10th Gibralter Chess Festival
Jan 24-Feb2, 2012
Gibralter, UK
English GM Nigel Short wins event on tiebreak playoff
victory over Women's World Champion Yifan Hou
Material by: The Week in Chess
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Master Section - Ten Round Swiss
Final Standings
GM Nigel Short (2677, ENG) 8.0/10 (2838 TPR)
GM Yifan Hou (2605, CHN) 8.0/10 (2872 TPR)
GM Michael Adams (2724, ENG) 7.5/10 (2807 TPR)
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2747, AZE) 7.5/10 (2783 TPR)
GM Viktor Bologan (2680, MDA) 7.5/10 (2734 TPR)
GM Emil Sutovsky (2703, ISR) 7.5/10 (2669 TPR)
17 Players with 7.0/10
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74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Jan 13-29, 2012
Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
GM Levon Aronian wins event 9.0/13
Radjabov, Carlsen 8.0/13
Harikrishna wins Group B 9.0/13
Turov wins Group C 10.5/13
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PLAYERS - GROUP A
GM Levon Aronian (2808, ARM) 9.0/13 (2891 TPR)
GM Magnus Carlsen (2835, NOR) 8.0/13 (2830 TPR)
GM Teymour Radjabov (2773, AZE) 8.0/13 (2834 TPR)
GM Fabiano Caruana (2743, ITA) 8.0/13 (2837 TPR)
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2756, UKR) 7.5/13 (2807 TPR)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2761, USA) 7.5/13 (2808 TPR)
GM Gata Kamsky (2732, USA) 7.0/13 (2783 TPR)
GM Sergey Karjakin (2769, RUS) 6.5/13 (2754 TPR)
GM Loek Van Wely (2692, NED) 5.5/13 (2705 TPR)
GM Gelfand (2739, ISR) 5.0/13 (2675 TPR)
GM Veselin Topalov (2770, BUL) 5.0/13 (2672 TPR)
GM Vugar Gashimov (2750, AZE) 5.0/13 (2673 TPR)
GM Giri (2729, NED) 4.5/13 (2648 TPR)
GM David Navara (2721, CZE) 4.5/13 (2648 TPR)
PLAYERS - GROUP B
GM Pentala Harikrishna (2665, IND) 9.0/13 (2738 TPR)
GM Alexander Motylev (2677, RUS) 8.5/13 (2707 TPR)
GM Lazaro Bruzon (2691, CUB) 8.5/13 (2706 TPR)
GM Erwin L'Ami (2596, NED) 8.0/13 (2684 TPR)
GM Sergey Tiviakov (2677, NED) 8.0/13 (2678 TPR)
GM Illya Nyzhnik (2568, UKR) 7.5/13 (2659 TPR)
GM Dimitri Reinderman (2581, NED) 7.5/13 (2658 TPR)
GM Vladimir Potkin (2684, RUS) 6.5/13 (2597 TPR)
GM Jan Timman (2571, NED) 6.0/13 (2578 TPR)
GM Spike Ernst (2606, NED) 5.0/13 (2521 TPR)
GM Daniele Vocaturo (2545, ITA) 4.5/13 (2497 TPR)
GM Kateryna Lahno (2557, UKR) 4.5/13 (2496 TPR)
GM Viktorija Cmilyte (2503, LTU) 4.0/13 (2470 TPR)
GM Dronavalli Harika (2516, IND) 3.5/13 (2436 TPR)
PLAYERS - GROUP C
GM Maxim Turov (2645, RUS) 10.5/13 (2688 TPR)
GM Hans Tikkanen (2549, SWE) 10.0/13 (2655 TPR)
GM Baskaran Adhiban (2561, IND) 8.5/13 (2557 TPR)
GM Daan Brandenburg (2527, NED) 8.5/13 (2558 TPR)
IM Sahaj Grover (2532, IND) 7.0/13 (2475 TPR)
IM Elizabeth Paehtz (2454, GER) 7.0/13 (2480 TPR)
GM Matthew Sadler (2660, ENG) 7.0/13 (2465 TPR)
IM Tania Sachdev (2411, IND) 6.0/13 (2430 TPR)
GM Elina Danielian (2490, ARM) 5.5/13 (2398 TPR)
FM Etienne Goudriaan (2279, NED) 5.0/13 (2385 TPR)
Lars Ootes (2326, NED) 4.5/13 (2353 TPR)
Pieter Hopman (2342, NED) 4.0/13 (2322 TPR)
WIM Lisa Schut (2290, NED) 4.0/13 (2325 TPR)
WIM Anne Haast (2290, NED) 3.5/13 (2293 TPR)
ROUND ONE - JAN 14
Group A - Aronian wins with black vs Karjakin; Carlsen and Giri also win
Group B - Four wins by Harikrishna, L'Ami, Lahno and Nyzhnik
Top seeds Bruzon and Tiviakov both lose.
Group C - Five wins, four by top four seeds Sadler, Turov, Adhiban and
Tikkanen, one by FM Goudriaan
ROUND TWO - JAN 15
Group A - Aronian leads alone after beating Nakamura; Caruana beats
Karjakin who is now 0.0/2; draws everywhere else
Group B - Harikrishna moves to 2.0/2; Tiviakov beats Timman
Grover, Vocaturo win
Group C - Turov 2.0/2; Last seed Goudriaan now 1.5/2
ROUND THREE - JAN 16
Group A - Carlsen moves into first place with victory over Aronian
Radjabov moves to second with Aronian after his win over
Navara; Karjakin gets his first score by beating Giri
Group B - Harikrishna remains perfect with win over Harika
L'Ami moves to clear second 2.5/3 followed by Tiviakov
Group C - Turov 3.0/3 with surprise Goudriaan close behind 2.5/3
ROUND FOUR - JAN 17
Group A - Aronian wins his third game to join Carlsen back in the lead
after he drew Caruana; Karjakin wins his second in a row
Group B - Motylev beats Tiviakov via Queen sac; Ernst beats L'Ami
Harikrishna still in lead 3.5/4
Group C - Six decisive games, including Turov who is 4.0/4
ROUND FIVE - JAN 19
Group A - Carlsen and Aronian lead 3.5/5; Ivanchuk, Nakamura, and
Gelfand all score their first victory; Caruana, Ivanchuk and
Radjabov all 3.0/5
Group B - Harikrishna 4.0/5; Motylev wins with black vs Lahno to
move into second place 3.5/5; Timman notches a second
victory while Bruzon gains his first
Groupo C - Turov stays perfect 5.0/5 with win vs Ootes; Tikkanen
keeps pace 4.0/5 with black win vs Danielian; Schut wins
ROUND SIX - JAN 20
Group A - Aronian moves into first with a win over Gashimov; Radjabov
defeats Karjakin to join Carlsen in second; Nakamura, Giri
win to go to plus one
Group B - Harikrishna 5.0/6 after beating Timman; Bruzon wins again
and moves to third place with L'Ami
Group C - Turov nicked for a draw by Tikkanen but still leads 5.5/6
Adhiban moves to third; Schut now plus one after beating
Ootes
ROUND SEVEN - JAN 21
Group A - Carlsen beats Gelfand to draw even with Aronian again 5.0/7
Karjakin fights back to defeat Topalov; Kamsky gets his
first win; Radjabov in second place alone 4.5/7
Group B - Harikrishna still in lead 5.5/7; Motylev 4.5/7; Nyzhnik beats
Vocaturo to join Bruzon, L'Ami and Reinderman with 4.0/7
Ernst gets his third win after a slow start to move to 3.5/7
Group C - Turov 6.0/7; Tikkanen wins vs Schut to close within one
half point of Turov 5.5/7; Adhiban beats Paehtz and is now
alone in third place 5.0/7
ROUND EIGHT - JAN 22
Group A - Nice win by Gashimov with black vs Giri; Aronian, Carlsen both
with 5.5/8 going into the second rest day; Radjabov alone in
third 5.0/8; Kamsky misses chance to get even score
Group B - Harikrishna 6.0/8 after drawing Tiviakov ; Motylev pulls
within one half point with his win over Vocaturo; Bruzon
joins L'Ami at 5.0/8 after winning his third game
Group C - Turov 6.5/8 after drawing Sadler; Tikkanen joins Turov in
the lead after his win over Haast, his fifth of the event
Adhiban 5.5/8, Grover 5.0/8
ROUND NINE - JAN 24
Group A - Karjakin achieves even score after beating Carlsen with
black; Aronian beats Caruana and is the sole leader once
again 6.5/9; Ivanchuk defeats Giri to pull even with
Carlsen and Radjabov 5.5/9
Group B - Harikrishna beats Nyzhnik to maintain lead 7.0/9; L'Ami
and Bruzon win to join Motylev at 6.0/9; Vocaturo defeats
Ernst; Tiviakov crushes Reinderman
Group C - Turov, Tikkanen win to stay in joint first 7.5/9; Adhiban
keeps pace (6.5/9) with win over Hopman; Huge upset as Haast
defeats Grover; Schut gains first WGM norm with draw against
Sadler
ROUND TEN - JAN 25
Group A - Aronian's sixth win leaves him in first place going into the
final rest day 7.5/10; Ivanchuk scores his third win and now
resides alone in second place 6.5/10; Radjabov and Carlsen
at 6.0/10; four black wins in the A section today
Group B - Harikrishna records his sixth win, this time vs Bruzon to go
to 8.0/10; Motylev and L'Ami win to move to 7.0/10; Bruzon
at 6.5/10
Group C - Turov draws with Paehtz and stands alone in first place 8.0/10
after Tikkanen (7.5/10) is upset by Hopman; Adhiban 7.0/10
Five decisive games in the C group
ROUND ELEVEN - JAN 27
Group A - Navara throws a wrench in the works with a stunning victory
with the black pieces over tournament leader Aronian; Six
decisive games in A today, four with black; Second place
Ivanchuk also fell victim to a white loss against Gelfand;
Carlsen and Radjabov win to close within a half point of Aronian
Group B - Six decisive games in B today, five with black, including
Harikrishna's first loss of the event to Spike Ernst; L'ami and
Motylev draw to creep to a half point behind Harikrishna;
Nyzhnik upsets Bruzon
Group C - Tikkanen beats Grover to pull even with Turov who drew with
Brandenburg; Adhiban stays one point behind the leaders;
Sachdev and Paehtz both win to get to even score
ROUND TWELVE - JAN 28
Group A - Aronian pulls it out of the fire with black vs Gelfand and
now leads the field by one point 8.5/12 going into the final
round; Carlsen and Radjabov both draw their games and are
tied for second place 7.5/12; Aronian - Radjabov Round 13;
Nakamura beats Van Wely and shares fourth with Caruana
and Ivanchuk 7.0/12; Topalov wins his first game of the event
by dealing Giri his fifth straight loss
Group B - Harikrishna maintains half point lead 8.5/12 after drawing
Motylev who stays in second with L'Ami 8.0/12; Reinderman,
Bruzon, Nyzhnik and Tiviakov all win; Bruzon still in striking
distance 7.5/12; Harikrishna - Reinderman Round 13
Group C - Turov and Tikkanen both win with black to stay in joint
first 9.5/12; Adhiban and Brandenburg distant third 7.5/12
Turov - Goudriaan and Tikkanen - Sachdev Round 13
ROUND THIRTEEN - JAN 29
Group A - Aronian wins Wijk for third time with 9.0/13 after a short
draw with Radjabov (8.0/13) who is the only player with no
losses in the A Group; Seven wins for Aronian; Caruana beats
Gelfand to share second place with Radjabov and Carlsen
Group B - Harikrishna wins Group B (9.0/13) and will play in Group A
in 2013; Bruzon's brilliancy prize victory brings him to 8.5/13
and shared second with Motylev who was held to a draw by
Timman; L'Ami's train was derailed by European champion
Vladimir Potkin who reached an even score after his victory
over the Dutchman who finished 8.0/13; Harikrishna 6 wins
Four decisive games in the last round; Motylev was the only
player in this section with no losses
Group C - Maxim Turov (10.5/13) will play in Group B in 2013 by virtue of
his win vs Goudriaan after Hans Tikkanen (10.0/13) was held
to a draw by Tania Sachdev; Adhiban and Brandenburg were
a distant 8.5/13; Five decisive games in the last round
Turov along with Brandenburg finished without a loss; Turov
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54th Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Dec 27, 2011-Jan 6, 2012
Dutch GM Anish Giri Wins in Dramatic Fashion
Morozevich Second, Nakamura Third
Material by: The Week in Chess
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PLAYERS
GM Anish Giri (2714, NED) 6.0/10
GM Alexander Morozevich (2762, RUS) 5.5/10
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2759, USA) 5.5/10
GM Fabiano Caruana (2736, ITA) 5.0/10
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2765, UKR) 4.5/10
GM Nikita Vitiugov (2726, RUS) 3.0/10
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2011 London Chess Classic
Dec 3-12, 2011
London, England
Kramnik wins London 6.0/8
Nakamura second, Carlsen third
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PLAYERS
GM Vladimir Kramnik (2790, RUS) 6.0/8
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2753, USA) 5.5/8
GM Magnus Carlsen (2823, NOR) 5.5/8
GM Luke McShane (2671, ENG) 5.0/8
GM Viswanathan Anand (2817, IND) 4.0/8
GM Levon Aronian (2807, ARM) 4.0/8
GM Nigel Short (2698, ENG) 2.5/8
GM David Howell (2633, ENG) 2.0/8
GM Michael Adams (2725, ENG) 1.5/8
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2011 Tal Memorial
Nov 16-25, 2011
Moscow, Russia
Carlsen wins Tal Memorial on tiebreak over Aronian
Nakamura last with 3.0/9
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PLAYERS
GM Magnus Carlsen (2826, NOR) 5.5/9
GM Levon Aronian (2802, ARM) 5.5/9
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2730, RUS) 5.0/9
GM Sergey Karjakin (2763, RUS) 5.0/9
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2775, UKR) 5.0/9
GM Viswanathan Anand (2811, IND) 4.5/9
GM Peter Svidler (2755, RUS) 4.5/9
GM Vladimir Kramnik (2800, RUS) 3.5/9
GM Boris Gelfand (2744, ISR) 3.5/9
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2758, USA) 3.0/9
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4th Final Masters
Sao Paulo, Brazil / Bilbao, Spain
Sept 26 - Oct 11, 2011
Carlsen wins event on tiebreak over Ivanchuk
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PLAYERS
GM Magnus Carlsen (2823, NOR) 6.0/10
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2765, UKR) 5.5/10
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2753, USA) 5.0/10
GM Levon Aronian (2807, ARM) 5.0/10
GM Viswanathan Anand (2817, IND) 5.0/10
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (2716, ESP) 3.5/10
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2011 fide World Cup
Khanty Mansiysk, Russia
Aug 28-Sep 20, 2011
Russian GM Svidler wins event
Svidler, Grischuk, Ivanchuk qualify for Candidates
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ROUND ONE
US GM Shankland defeats Hungarian GM Peter Leko
Big Guns Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Adams, Karjakin, Nepomniachtchi, Svidler, Ponomariov, Polgar, Radjabov, Shirov, Gashimov, Mamedyarov through to round two
USA GM's Kamsky, Onischuk, Ivanov advance
ROUND TWO
Super GM's Karjakin, Ivanchuk, Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Grischuk and
Russian Champ Svidler all advance
Dutch GM Peter Heine Nielsen eliminates GM Michael Adams
Kamsky eliminates Kasimdzhanov
Onischuk, Ivanov, Shankland out
ROUND THREE
Polgar eliminates Karjakin; Grischuk takes out Morozevich
Ivanchuk, Gashimov, Ponomariov, Radjabov, Svidler advance
Heine Nielsen into third round
18 year old Ukranian GM Zherebuch defeats Mamedyarov
Kamsky advances with win over Russian GM Nepomniachtchi
ROUND FOUR
Svidler sweeps Kamsky to advance
Navara, Radjabov through to round five
Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Polgar, Ponomariov, Gashimov advance
via tiebreaks
ROUND FIVE
Polgar - Svidler 0.5 - 1.5
Ponomariov - Gashimov 1.5 - 0.5
Ivanchuk - Radjabov 2.5 - 1.5
Navara - Grischuk 1.5 - 2.5
ROUND SIX (Semi-final)
Svidler - Ponomariov 1.5 - 0.5
Ivanchuk - Grischuk 2.5 - 3.5
ROUND SEVEN (FINAL)
Svidler - Grischuk 2.5 - 1.5
Ivanchuk - Ponomariov 2.5 - 1.5
King's Tournament Fifth Edition
June 11-22, 2011
Medias, Romania
Category XXI
2758 average ELO
Carlsen, Karjakin both 6.5/10
Carlsen wins on third tiebreak
Material by: The Week in Chess
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PARTICIPANTS
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2815) 6.5/10
GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS, 2776) 6.5/10
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2774) 4.5/10
GM Teymour Radjabov (AZE, 2744) 4.5/10
GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM, 2662) 4.0/10
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR, 2776) 4.0/10
ROUND ONE
Carlsen - Nakamura 1-0
Ivanchuk - Radjabov 1-0
Nisipeanu - Karjakin 1/2
ROUND TWO
Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2
Radjabov - Karjakin 1/2
Nakamura - Nisipeanu 1-0
ROUND THREE
Carlsen - Radjabov 1/2
Nisipeanu - Ivanchuk 1-0
Karjakin - Nakamura 1/2
ROUND FOUR
Nisipeanu - Radjabov 1/2
Karjakin - Carlsen 1/2
Nakamura - Ivanchuk 1/2
ROUND FIVE
Radjabov - Nakamura 1/2
Ivanchuk - Karjakin 0-1
Carlsen - Nispeanu 1-0
ROUND SIX
Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2
Nakamura - Carlsen 1/2
Karjakin - Nisipeanu 1-0
ROUND SEVEN
Karjakin - Radjabov 1/2
Nisipeanu - Naamura 1/2
Carlsen - Ivanchuk 1-0
ROUND EIGHT
Radjabov - Carlsen 1/2
Ivanchuk - Nisipeanu 1/2
Nakamura - Karjakin 1/2
ROUND NINE
Nakamura - Radjabov 1/2
Karjakin - Ivanchuk 1-0
Nisipeanu - Carlsen 1/2
ROUND TEN
Carlsen - Karjakin 1/2
Radjabov - Nisipeanu 1/2
Ivanchuk - Nakamura 1-0
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2012 World Championship
Candidates Matches
May 3-27, 2011
Kazan, Russia
Round One
Kamsky, Gelfand Advance
Kramnik, Grischuk through after tiebreaks
GM Veselin Topalov 1.5-2.5 GM Gata Kamsky
GM Vladimir Kramnik 2.0-2.0 GM Teymour Radjabov
GM Levon Aronian 2.0-2.0 GM Alexander Grischuk
GM Boris Gelfand 2.5-1.5 GM Shakriyar Mamedyarov
Round Two
Gelfand, Grischuk play for Candidate
Kramnik, Kamsky eliminated by tiebreaks
GM Gata Kamsky 2.0-2.0 GM Boris Gelfand
GM Vladimir Kramnik 2.0-2.0 GM Alexander Grischuk
Round Three - FINAL
Gelfand wins candidate match 3.5-2.5
Will play Anand for World Championship in 2012
GM Boris Gelfand 3.5-2.5 GM Alexander Grischuk
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ROUND ONE - GAME ONE
Kamsky - Topalov 1/2
Radjabov - Kramnik 1/2
Aronian - Grischuk 1/2
Mamedyarov - Gelfand 1/2
ROUND ONE - GAME TWO
Topalov - Kamsky 0-1
Kramnik - Radjabov 1/2
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2
Gelfand - Mamedyarov 1/2
ROUND ONE - GAME THREE
Kamsky - Topalov 1/2
Radjabov - Kramnik 1/2
Aronian - Grischuk 1/2
Mamedyarov - Gelfand 0-1
ROUND ONE - GAME FOUR
Topalov - Kamsky 1/2
Kramnik - Radjabov 1/2
Grischuk - Aronian 1/2
Gelfand - Mamedyarov 1/2
ROUND TWO - GAME ONE
Kamsky - Gelfand 1/2
Grischuk - Kramnik 1/2
ROUND TWO - GAME TWO
Gelfand - Kamsky 1/2
Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2
ROUND TWO - GAME THREE
Kamsky - Gelfand 1/2
Grischuk - Kramnik 1/2
ROUND TWO - GAME FOUR
Gelfand - Kamsky 1/2
Kramnik - Grischuk 1/2
ROUND THREE - GAME ONE
Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2
ROUND THREE - GAME TWO
Gelfand - Grischuk 1/2
ROUND THREE - GAME THREE
Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2
ROUND THREE - GAME FOUR
Gelfand - Grischuk 1/2
ROUND THREE - GAME FIVE
Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2
ROUND THREE - GAME SIX
Gelfand - Grischuk 1-0
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2011 US Championship
Apr 13-28, 2011
St Louis MO
GM Kamsky repeats as US Champion
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Round Robin Group A
GM Gata Kamsky (2804 USCF, NY) 5.0/7
GM Yuri Shulman (2688 USCF, IL) 4.5/7
GM Ray Robson (2586 USCF, FL) 4.0/7
GM Alexander Ivanov (2593 USCF, MA) 3.5/7
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2699 USCF, CA) 3.0/7
GM Jaan Ehlvest (2673 USCF, NY) 3.0/7
IM Daniel Naroditsky (2469 USCF, CA) 2.5/7
GM Alexander Stripunsky (2671 USCF, NJ) 2.5/7
Round Robin Group B
GM Robert Hess (2658 USCF, NY) 5.5/7
GM Samuel Shankland (2559 USCF, CA) 4.0/7
GM Alexander Onischuk (2764 USCF, VA) 4.0/7
GM Yasser Seirawan (2691 USCF, WA) 3.5/7
GM Alexander Shabalov (2654 USCF, PA) 3.0/7
GM Gregory Kaidanov (2629 USCF,KY) 3.0/7
GM Larry Christiansen (2665 USCF, MA) 2.5/7
GM Benjamin Finegold (2554 USCF, MO) 2.5/7
FINAL FOUR
GM Gata Kamsky (2804 USCF, NY) 1.5/2
GM Samuel Shankland (2559 USCF, CA) 0.5/2
GM Yuri Shulman (2688 USCF, IL) 1.0/2
GM Robert Hess (2658 USCF, NY) 1.0/2
GAME ONE
Shankland - Kamsky 1/2
Shulman - Hess 1/2
GAME TWO
Kamsky - Shankland 1-0
Hess - Shulman 1/2
TIEBREAK GAME ONE
Hess - Shulman 1/2
TIEBREAK GAME TWO
Shulman - Hess 1-0
FINAL
GM Gata Kamsky (2804 USCF, NY) 1.5/2
GM Yuri Shulman (2688 USCF, IL) 0.5/2
ROUND ONE
Kamsky - Shulman 1-0
ROUND TWO
Shulman - Kamsky 1/2
2011 European Individual Championship
Mar 21 - Apr 3, 2011
Aix les Bains, France
Material by: The Week in Chess
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Russian GM Vladimir Potkin wins European Championship
on tiebreak from Wojtaszek, Polgar, Moiseenko
all 8.5/11
Hungarian GM Judit Polgar makes history as first
woman to tie for European title
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2011 Aeroflot Open
Feb 8-16, 2011
Moscow, Russia
Material by: The Week in Chess
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GM Le Quang Liem (2664, VIE) 6.5/9
GM Nikita Vitiugov (2709, RUS) 6.5/9
GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2695, RUS) 6.5/9
Americans in Moscow:
Section A: GM Kamsky (2730) - 6.0/9 GM Hess (2572) - 4.5/9
Section B: GM Lenderman (2549) - 5.0/9 GM Khachyan (2518) - 4.0/8
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73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Jan 14-30, 2011
Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
US GM HIKARU NAKAMURA WINS 9.0/13
World Champion Anand second 8.5/13
World number two GM Magnus Carlsen and
number three GM Levon Aronian share third 8.0/13
English GM Luke McShane wins GMB on tiebreak
over Czech GM David Navara, both 8.5/13
Italian GM Daniele Vocaturo wins GMC 9.0/13
Material by: The Week in Chess
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A GAMES IN PGN
B GAMES IN PGNC GAMES IN PGN
VIDEO REPORTS ALL ROUNDS
ROUND ONE
GMA: Dutch GM Smeets upsets Shirov; World Champion Anand winsNakamura wins best game award vs former Russian Champ Grischuk
GMB: Top seed Wojtaszek beaten by Navara; Four decisive games
GMC: Young talent shines as Indian Master Sachdev defeats Ivanisevic
while 14 year old GM Nyzhnyk defeats top seed Kazhgaleyev
ROUND TWO
GMA: New Russian champion Nepomniachtchi beats Wang Hao in 80 moves
Anand, Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi, Smeets all 1.5/2
GMB: McShane 2.0/2; Three players with 1.5/2
GMC: Five players with 1.5/2; Four decisive games again
ROUND THREE
GMA: Dutch champion Giri punishes Carlsen error; Nakamura wins second
best game award defeating Shirov to lead 2.5/3; Ponomariov wins
Anand, Giri, Nepomniachtchi 2.0/3
GMB: English GM McShane only undefeated player in any section 3.0/3
Sargissian, Navara, Efimenko 2.0/3
GMC: Lahno, Vocaturo 2.5/3; Four decisive games yet again
ROUND FOUR
GMA: Beautiful win by Anand pulls him even with Nakamura at 3.0/4
Aronian, Lagrave win and join Giri at 2.5/4
GMB: McShane finally nicked for a draw, still leads by full point 3.5/4
Sargissian, Fressinet, Navara, Efimenko 2.5/4
GMC: Vocaturo on top with 3.5/4; Bluvshtein, Nyzhnyk 3.0/4
SIX decisive games this time
ROUND FIVE
GMA: Anand takes the lead 4.0/5; Marathon win for Carlsen
Wang Hao gets first win; All other games drawn
GMB: McShane still in lead 4.0/5 but Efimenko pulls closer with win
over Navara to stand 3.5/5; Wojtaszek, Hammer and So also win
GMC: Vocaturo now tournament best 4.5/5; 14 year old Ukranian
GM Nyzhnyk right behind with 4.0/5; SIX decisive games again
ROUND SIX
GMA: The cream is rising to the top; Nakamura beats L'Ami with black
today to join Anand in the lead 4.5/6; Three other black wins by
Carlsen, Kramnik and Nepomniachtchi; Five players with 3.5/6
Carlsen (3.5/6) has white the next two rounds against guess who...
Anand and Nakamura
GMB: McShane beats number one seed Wojtaszek to move to a
tournament best 5.0/6; Efimenko keeps pace with a black win over
Spoelman 4.5/6; 17 year old Philippine GM Wesley So 4.0/6
SIX decisive games in GMB today
GMC: 14 year old Nyzhnyk now shares lead (4.5/6) as Vocaturo loses to
Indian IM Sachdev (2391); Ukranian GM Katherina Lahno third 4.0/6
ROUND SEVEN
GMA: Nakamura's third best game award sends him to 5.5/7
Aronian, Kramnik win to move into third 4.5/7 behind Anand 5.0/7
who drew quickly with Carlsen (4.0/7)
GMB: McShane finally takes a loss to Liem but still leads 5.0/7 along
with So and Efimenko; Sargissian 4.5/7; Wojtaszek 4.0/7
GMC: Best game award for Nyzhnyk puts him in joint lead with
Vocaturo 5.5/7; Lahno 5.0/7
ROUND EIGHT
GMA: Carlsen crushes Nakamura and gives him his first loss;
Anand, Nakamura 5.5/8; Carlsen, Aronian, Kramnik, Lagrave 5.0/8
GMB: So assumes lead with fourth win in a row 6.0/8; McShane 5.5/8
Sargissian, Wojtasjek, Efimenko 5.0/8; Tkachiev 4.5/8
GMC: Vocaturo tournament best 6.5/8; Lahno, Nyzhnyk 5.5/8
Five decisive games
ROUND NINE
GMA: Kramnik and Aronian join Anand, Nakanura at 6.0/9; Kramnik best
game award; Carlsen, Lagrave draw and are both 5.5/9
GMB: So loses to Li Chao and is joined by McShane, Sargissian 6.0/9
Tkachiev, Efimenko 5.5/9; Three with 5.0/9; Five decisive games
GMC: Vocaturo tournament best 7.5/9 after win number seven
Lahno, Nyzhnyk 6.0/9
ROUND TEN
GMA: Anand, Nakamura win to stay on top 7.0/10; Five decisive games
Aronian, Kramnik 6.5/10; Carlsen loses to Nepomniachtchi who
grabbed the best game award for his effort
GMB: Efimenko wins and joins So on top 6.5/10; McShane loses to
Efimenko to drop behind joining Tkachiev, Sargissian and Navara
at 6.0/10; Five decisive games
GMC: Vocaturo loses his second game but still remains tournament best
7.5/10; Lahno lone second now 6.5/10; Ivanesivic, Nuyzhnyk 6.0/10
Five decisive games
ROUND ELEVEN
GMA: Nakamura's win with black against Nepomniachtchi propels him into
the sole lead with two rounds to go; Anand and Aronian draw while
Kramnik suffers his first loss at the hands of Carlsen; Nakamura
received another best game award for his victory
Nakamura 8.0/11, Anand 7.5/11, Aronian 7.0/11, Carlsen 6.5/11
GMB: McShane, Navara win to join Efimenko and So at 7.0/11; Liem wins
to crawl into contention with Sargissian 6.5/11
Tkachiev, Wojtaszek 6.0/11
GMC: Vocaturo defeats his closest competition, Kateryna Lahno to virtually
assure himself of Group C title as he leads by 1.5 ponts with two
games to go; Nyzhnyk wins to move into second place
Vocaturo tournament best 8.5/11; Nyzhnyk 7.0/11;
Ivanesivic, Lahno 6.5/11
ROUND TWELVE
GMA: Going into the final round, Nakamura leads 8.5/12; Anand remains
on Nakamura's heels 8.0/12; Carlsen wins again to join Aronian
one point back 7.5/12
GMB: McShane and Navara win to pull ahead of the pack 8.0/12
Efimenko now 7.5/12; So loses to McShane and joins Liem,
Sargissian and Tkachiev with 7.0/12; Five decisive games
Navara - McShane in the last round
GMC: Polish GM Swiercz takes out Vocaturo who still leads 8.5/12
Nyzhnyk wins his sixth game to close the gap 8.0/12
Ivanisevic wins again and now sits at 7.5/12; Six decisive games
again; Vocaturo - Nyzhnyk in the last round
ROUND THIRTEEN
GMA: US GM Nakamura wins Wijk 9.0/13; World Champion Anand 8.5/13
Carlsen, Aronina share third 8.0/13; Nakamura wins six games
GMB: English GM McShane wins on tie break from Czech GM Navara with
both players finishing 8.5/13; McShane and possibly Navara will
move to A Group next year; Both players notched six wins
Ukranian GM Efimenko 8.0/13
GMC: Italian GM Vocaturo cranks out eight wins on his way to the GMC
crown and will play in GMB next year; Score = 9.0/13
Ukranian GM's Nyzhnyk and Lahno in second and third scoring
8.5/13 and 8.0/13 respectively
Grandmaster Group A
| GM | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2814 8.0/13 | ||
| GM | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2810 8.5/13 | ||
| GM | Levon Aronian | ARM | 2805 8.0/13 | ||
| GM | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2784 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2773 4.5/13 | ||
| GM | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2751 9.0/13 | ||
| GM | Ruslan Ponomariov | UKR | 2744 6.5/13 | ||
| GM | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2733 6.0/13 | ||
| GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2731 6.0/13 | ||
| GM | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2721 4.0/13 | ||
| GM | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2715 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Anish Giri | NED | 2686 6.5/13 | ||
| GM | Jan Smeets | NED | 2662 4.5/13 | ||
| GM | Erwin l'Ami | NED | 2628 4.5/13 | ||
| Average rating | : 2740 |
| Category 20 |
Grandmaster Group B
| GM | Radek Wojtaszek | POL | 2726 6.5/13 | ||
| GM | David Navara | CZE | 2708 8.5/13 | ||
| GM | Laurent Fressinet | FRA | 2707 6.0/13 | ||
| GM | Zahar Efimenko | UKR | 2701 8.0/13 | ||
| GM | Wesley So | PHL | 2673 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Gabriel Sargissian | ARM | 2667 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2664 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Luke McShane | ENG | 2664 8.5/13 | ||
| GM | Surya Ganguly | IND | 2651 5.5/13 | ||
| GM | Li Chao | CHN | 2649 6.0/13 | ||
| GM | Jon Ludvig Hammer | NOR | 2647 4.0/13 | ||
| GM | Vlad Tkachiev | FRA | 2636 7.0/13 | ||
| GM | Friso Nijboer | NLD | 2584 3.5/13 | ||
| GM | Wouter Spoelman | NLD | 2547 5.0/13 | ||
| Average rating | : 2659 |
| Category 17 |
Grandmaster Group C
| GM | Murtas Kazhgaleyev | KAZ | 2637 7.0/13 | ||
| GM | Ivan Ivanisevic | SRB | 2630 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Mark Bluvshtein | CAN | 2590 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Daniele Vocaturo | ITA | 2570 9.0/13 | ||
| GM | Dariusz Swiercz | POL | 2540 7.5/13 | ||
| IM | Ilya Nyzhnyk | UKR | 2530 8.5/13 | ||
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| GM | Katherina Lahno | UKR | 2518 8.0/13 | ||
| IM | Roeland Pruijssers | NLD | 2484 4.0/13 | ||
| IM | Benjamin Bok | NLD | 2453 6.5/13 | ||
| IM | Robin van Kampen | NLD | 2443 4.5/13 | ||
| GM | Sebastian Siebrecht | GER | 2439 5.5/13 | ||
| IM | Mark van der Werf | NLD | 2439 5.0/13 | ||
| IM | Jan Willem de Jong | NLD | 2437 4.0/13 | ||
| IM | Tania Sachdev | IND | 2382 6.5/13 | ||
| Average rating | : 2507 |
| Category 11 |
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53rd Reggio Emilia Chess Tournament
Dec 28 - Jan 6, 2011
Reggio Emilia, ITALY
GM Gashimov wins event on tiebreak
over GM Vallejo Pons
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
PLAYERS
GM Vugar Gashimov (AZE, 2733) 6.0/9
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP, 2698) 6.0/9
GM Sergei Movsesian (SVK, 2721) 5.0/9
GM David Navara (CZE, 2708) 5.0/9
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR, 2764) 5.0/9
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2709) 4.5/9
GM Alexander Onishuk (USA, 2683) 4.5/9
GM Alexander Morozevich (RUS, 2700) 4.0/9
GM Nigel Short (ENG, 2680) 3.5/9GM Michele Godena (ITA, 2549) 1.5/9
GAMES IN PGN
Round One - Short, Vallejo Pons victorious
Round Two - Short beats Morozevich
Round Three - Vallejo Pons, Caruana win; Short suffers first loss
Round Four - Vallejo Pons extends lead with win over Short
Round One - Morozevich beats Navara in make-up game
Round Five - Ivanchuk wins; Vallejo Pons retains lead
Round Six - Four decisive games; Vallejo still leads by 1 point
Round Seven - Gashimov beats Vallejo; now shares first
Round Eight - Gashimov, Vallejo both win
Round Nine - Gashimov captures tournament on tie-break
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London Chess Classic 2010
Dec 8 - 15, 2010
London, ENG
CARLSEN ADDS LONDON VICTORY
Material by: The Week in Chess
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Players
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2812) 4.5/7 13 points
GM Luke McShane (ENG, 2645) 4.5/7 11 points
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND, 2808) 4.5/7 11 points
GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS, 2786) 4.0/7 10 points
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2748) 4.0/7 10 points
GM Michael Adams (ENG, 2727) 3.5/7 8 points
GM David Howell (ENG,2620) 2.0/7 4 points
GM Nigel Short (ENG, 2680) 1.0/7 2 points
ROUND TWO: MCSHANE, NAKAMURA, CARLSEN WIN
ROUND THREE: ANAND BEATS CARLSEN
ROUND FOUR: CARLSEN, ANAND, KRAMNIK ALL WIN
ROUND FIVE: CARLSEN, NAKAMURA VICTORIOUS
ROUND SEVEN: CARLSEN WINS OUTRIGHT
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American Chess Legend Larry Evans
passes away in Reno NV
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Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen
withdraws from World Championship Cycle
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2010 TAL Memorial
Nov 5 - 14
Moscow, Russia
ARMENIAN GM LEVON ARONIAN AND
RUSSIAN GM SERGEY KARJAKIN EQUAL FIRST
Aronian adds World Blitz Championship to resume
Material by: The Week in Chess
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PLAYERS
GM Levon Aronian (ARM, 2801) 5.5/9
GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS, 2760) 5.5/9
GM Shariyar Mamedyarov (AZE, 2763) 5.5/9
GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS, 2771) 5.0/9
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2741) 5.0/9
GM Wang Hao (CHN, 2727) 5.0/9
GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS, 2791) 4.5/9
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2741) 3.5/9
GM Alexei Shirov (ESP, 2735) 3.0/9
GM Pavel Eljanov (UKR, 2742) 2.5/9
GAMES IN PGN
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Pearl Spring Masters
Oct 18-30, 2010
Nanjing, China
GM CARLSEN WINS EVENT
Material by: The Week in Chess
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PLAYERS
GM Magnus Carlsen (2801, NOR) 7.0/10
GM Viswanathan Anand (2803, IND) 6.0/10
GM Etienne Bacrot (2716, FRA) 5.0/10
GM Vugar Gashimov (2733, AZE) 4.5/10
GM Veselin Topalov (2785, BUL) 4.5/10
GM Wang Yue (2753, CHN) 3.0/10
ROUND ONE - OCT 20
Carlsen - Bacrot 1-0
Anand - Wang 1/2
Topalov - Gashimov 1/2
ROUND TWO - OCT 21
Anand - Carlsen 1/2
Wang - Gashimov 1/2
Bacrot - Topalov 1/2
ROUND THREE - OCT 22
Carlsen - Wang 1-0
Topalov - Anand 0-1
Gashimov - Bacrot 0-1
ROUND FOUR - OCT 23
Topalov - Wang 1/2
Gashimov - Carlsen 1/2
Bacrot - Anand 1-0
ROUND FIVE - OCT 24
Anand - Gashimov 1/2
Carlsen - Topalov 1-0
Wang - Bacrot 0-1
ROUND SIX - OCT 26
Wang - Anand 0-1
Bacrot - Carlsen 1/2
Gashimov - Topalov 1/2
ROUND SEVEN - OCT 27
Gashimov- Wang 1/2
Topalov - Bacrot 1-0
Carlsen - Anand 1/2
ROUND EIGHT
Bacrot - Gashimov 1/2
Anand - Topalov 1/2
Wang - Carlsen 1/2
ROUND NINE
Bacrot - Wang 1/2
Gashimov - Anand 1/2
Topalov - Carlsen 0-1
ROUND TEN
Carlsen - Gashimov 1/2
Anand - Bacrot 1-0
Wang - Topalov 0-1
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Dortmund 2010
Jul 15-25
Dortmund, GER
Ukranian GM Ruslan Ponomariov wins event 6.5/10
But doesn't qualify for WCC Candidates
Material by: The Week in Chess
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GM Ruslan Ponomariov (2737, UKR) 6.5/10
GM Liem Le Quang (2689, VIE) 5.5/10
GM Vladimir Kramnik (2790, RUS) 5.0/10
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2760, AZE) 5.0/10
GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2691, GER) 4.0/10
GM Peter Leko (2735, HUN) 4.0/10
GAMES IN PGN
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2010 World Open
June 29-July 5
Valley Forge, PA
Material by: The Week in Chess
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KING'S TOURNAMENT
June 14-25,2010
Medias, Romania
GM Magnus Carlsen wins 7.5/10
Radjabov, Gelfand two points back
Material by: The Week in Chess
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PLAYERS
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2813) 7.5/10
GM Teimour Radjabov (AZE,2740) 5.5/10
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2741) 5.5/10
GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR, 2733) 4.5/10
GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM, 2672) 4.0/10
GM Wang Yue (CHN, 2752) 3.0/10
Round One
Geland - Wang Yue 1-0
Nisipeanu - Radjabov 1-0
Carlsen - Ponomariov 1/2
Round Two
Wang Yue - Ponomariov 1/2
Radjabov - Carlsen 1/2
Gelfand - Nisipeanu 1/2
Round Three
Nisipeanu - Wang Yue 1/2
Carlsen - Gelfand 1/2
Ponomariov - Radjabov 0-1
Round Four
Carlsen - Wang Yue 1-0
Ponomariov - Nisipeanu 1-0
Radjabov - Gelfand 1-0
Round Five
Wang Yue - Radjabov 1/2
Gelfand - Ponomariov 1-0
Nisipeanu - Carlsen 0-1
Round Six
Wang Yue - Gelfand 1/2
Radjabov - Nisipeanu 1/2
Ponomariov - Carlsen 1-0
Round Seven
Ponomariov - Wang Yue 1/2
Carlsen - Radjabov 1-0
Nisipeanu - Gelfand 0-1
Round Eight
Wang Yue - Nisipeanu 0-1
Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2
Radjabov - Ponomariov 1/2
Round Nine
Radjabov - Wang Yue 1/2
Ponomariov - Gelfand 1/2
Carlsen - Nisipeanu 1/2
Round Ten
Wang Yue - Carlsen 0-1
Nisipeanu - Ponomariov 0-1
Gelfand - Radjabov 0-1
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2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ANAND - TOPALOV
Apr 23-May 12, 2010
Sofia, Bulgaria
ANAND RETAINS TITLE
TWELFTH ROUND WIN WITH BLACK
TOPALOV CLASSY IN DEFEAT
MATCH SCORE: ANAND - 6.5 TOPALOV - 5.5
Official Site: Official Site
Material by: The Week in Chess
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Game One - April 24 - TOPALOV CRUSHES ANAND AFTER BLUNDER
Topalov - Anand 1-0 Gruenfeld Defense 30 moves
Game Two - April 25 - ANAND REPLIES... MATCH TIED
Anand - Topalov 1-0 Catalan 43 movesGame Three - April 27 - ANAND SOLID WITH SLAV - MATCH EVEN
Topalov - Anand 1/2 Slav Defense 46 moves
Game Four - April 28 - KING SIDE CRUSH FOR ANAND
Anand - Topalov 1-0 Catalan 32 moves
Game Five - April 30 - ANAND DRAWS WITH SLAV AGAIN
Topalov - Anand 1/2 Slav Defense 44 moves
Game Six - May 1 - THIRTEEN KNIGHT MOVES IN A ROW
Anand - Topalov 1/2 Catalan 58 moves
Game Seven - May 3 ANAND SURVIVES TOPALOV NOVELTY
Anand - Topalov 1/2 Catalan 58 moves
Game Eight - May 4 ANOTHER LATE BLUNDER BY ANAND
Topalov - Anand 1-0 Slav Defense 56 moves
Game Nine - May 6 ANAND DRAWS WON GAME IN 83
Anand - Topalov 1/2 Nimzo Indian 83 moves
Game Ten - May 7 TOPALOV PRESSES; ANAND HOLDS DRAW
Topalov - Anand 1/2 Gruenfeld Defense 60 moves
Game Eleven - May 9 FIRST ENGLISH PRODUCES A DRAW
Anand - Topalov 1/2 English 65 moves
Game Twelve - May 11 ANAND WINS WITH BLACK
Topalov - Anand 0-1 QG Lasker Defense 56 moves
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Famous Hungarian GM Andor Lilienthal
1911 - 2010
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11th European Individual Championship
March 5-19, 2010
Rijeka, Croatia
Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi
wins European Championship 9.0/11
Material by: The Week in Chess
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95 players over 2600 - Eleven round Swiss with tiebreaks
Standings after Round Eleven
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS,2656) 9.0/11
GM Baadur Jobava (GEO,2695) 8.5/11
GM Artyom Timofeev (RUS,2655) 8.5/11
GM Zahar Efimenko (UKR,2640) 8.0/11
GM Igor Lysyj (RUS,2615) 8.0/11
Top Five Women
GM Pia Cramling (SWE,2523) 9.0/11
IM Victorija Cmilyte (LTU,2485) 8.5/11
GM Monika Socko (POL,2465) 8.0/11
GM Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS,2524) 8.0/11
GM Marie Sebag (FRA,2506) 8.0/11
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Torneo de Linares
February 12-25, 2010
Linares, Spain
Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov wins 6.5/9
Topalov world number two
Russian GM Grischuk 6.0/10
Material by: The Week in Chess
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Players:
GM Veselin Topalov (BUL, 2805) 6.5/10
GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS, 2736) 6.0/10
GM Levon Aronian (ARM, 2781) 5.5/10
GM Vugar Gashimov (AZE, 2759) 4.0/10
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2761) 4.0/10
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP, 2705) 4.0/10
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9th Aeroflot Open
February 8-19, 2010
Moscow, Russia
Vietnamese GM Lei Quang Liem wins event
Champion scores 7.0/9
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Strongest Open tournament of the year
Nine round Swiss
GM Lei Quang Liem (VIE, 2647) 7.0/9
Anton Korobov (UKR, 2648) 6.5/9
GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE, 2616) 6.0/9
GM Alexander Motylev (RUS, 2697) 6.0/9
GM Boris Grachev (RUS, 2653) 6.0/9
GM Jianchao Zhou (CHN, 2632) 6.0/9
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72nd Corus Chess Tournament
JANUARY 16-31, 2010
Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
Norwegian GM and world number one Magnus Carlsen
wins Corus A 8.5/13
Fifteen year old Dutch champion GM Anish Giri takes Corus B 9.0/13 and will play in Corus A in 2011
Chinese GM Li Chao scores 10.0/13 to capture Corus C and will play in Corus B in 2011
Official Site: http://coruschess.com/index.php
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Games in pgn
Round One Van Wely and Shirov win with Black against Short and Leko respectively In Group B, Nisipeanu, Sutovsky and Anish Giri victorious - Group C had four decisive games won by Li Chao, Robson, Grandelius and Vocaturo
Round Two Shirov takes the early lead with wins in his first two games - Carlsen and Nakamura close behind with 1.5/2 after both won today - Dutch champion phenom Anish Giri perfect after two rounds in Group B - USA's newest GM Ray Robson leads Group C 2.0/2
Round Three Four wins in the A section today, all with the black pieces, by Carlsen, Nakamura, Shirov and Ivanchuk - Shirov still perfect 3.0/3 - Carlsen and Nakamura 2.5/3 - Ni and Harikrishna also win with the black pieces in Group B - Ni and Giri lead 2.5/3 - Group C also saw three wins by black (Chao, Lie, Gupta) and two decisive games with the white pieces by Vocaturo and Swinkels - three-way tie with Robson, Chao and Vocaturo all with 2.5/3 - ELEVEN decisive games today with black winning NINE!
Round Four Shirov 4.0/4 going into the first rest rest day riding a 3083 TPR so far Ivanchuk beats Van Wely to share second place at 3.0/4 with Carlsen and Nakamura - Ni and Giri drew and remain sharing first in Group B at 3.0/4 Harikrishna, Howell and L'Ami all win to stay within striking distance of the leaders 1/2 point back - Li Chao and Robson both win to maintain one point lead with 3.5/4 - nice win with black in 21 moves by FM Bok (2337) over GM Grandelius (2540)
Round Five Shirov 5.0/5 after beating Van Wely with black - Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Nakamura all draw to drop 1.5 behind the leader - Smeets languishing with 0.5/5 - Dutch champion Giri wins again to lead 4.0/5 in Group B British - GM David Howell wins to take over sole possession of second place 3.5/5 Tough sledding in Wijk for American GM Akobian who has lost four in a row Reinderman no wins yet - Group C is led by US GM Robson who is 4.5/5 - Li Chao second at 4.0/5 - Italian GM Vocaturo wins to take over third place with 3.5/5
Round Six Short stops Shirov's streak by garnering a draw - Instead of trying to gain ground on Shirov, Ivanchuk, Carlsen, Nakamura all draw quickly Kramnik wins his second in a row - Dominguez and Leko get their first win - Shirov still leads 5.5/6 - Kramnik joins Carlsen, Ivanchuk and Nakmura with 4.0/6 - Five decisive games in Group B - Giri wins to maintain his lead 5.0/6 - l'Ami and Ni win to stay in second place 4.0/6 Philippine GM So gets his first win and moves into third joining Howell, Naiditsch and Harikrishna with 3.5/6 - Robson continues his tear through Group C where there were six decisive games and stands at 5.5/6 - Chao close behind at 5.0/6 while Indian GM Gupta moves into third place alone with 4.0/6
Round Seven Shirov absorbs his first loss at the halfway point of the tournament to Nakamura - Carlsen defeats Ivanchuk and is now, along with Nakamura, only a half point behind Shirov who is 5.5/7 - Giri still leads Group B by a full point at 5.5/7 followed by a four player group with 4.5/7; l'Ami, Ni, Howell and So - Robson takes his first loss of the event in Group C to Italian GM Vocaturo but still leads 5.5/7 - Gupta and Chao follow closely with 5.0/7
Round Eight Four White wins by Kramnik, Karjakin, Leko and Caruana in the A Group going into the second rest day - Shirov still in the lead 6.0/8 - Kramnik and Carlsen close behind with 5.5/8 - Five decisive games in B Group Giri still in the lead 6.5/8 followed by Ni, So and l'Ami 5.0/8 - Robson drawn by Plukkel but still in the lead 6.0/8 - Chao and Gupta 5.5/8
Round Nine Kramnik defeats Carlsen with Black and Shirov draws so now Kramnik and Shirov share first place at 6.5/9 - Kramnik is 3.5/4 his last four games and his TPR is now 2866 behinds Shirov's 2870 - Karjakin wins his second in a row - Nakamura loses his second in a row - Carlsen and Karjakin share third with 5.5/9 - Giri is upset by Anna Muzychuk but still remains in first place 6.5/9 in Group B - Ni Hua and l'Ami both win and are now close behind the leader with 6.0/9 - Li Chao takes over the lead in Group C 6.5/9 after his win over Robson - Robson, Swinkels and Vocaturo now all 6.0/9
Round Ten Kramnik is the new leader in Wijk 7.0/10 after World Champion Anand gets his first win of the event by defeating Shirov - Carlsen defeats Karjakin and joins Shirov at 6.5/10 - Five players with 5.5/10 - Giri still leads Group B 7.0/10 - So wins to join l'Ami and Ni at 6.5/10 - Naiditsch follows with 6.0/10 - Li Chao wins to stand at 7.5/10 in Group C and is 1.5 points ahead of four players; Vocaturo, Van Kampen, Robson and Swinkels - Thursday the 28th is the final rest day
Round Eleven Carlsen beats Dominguez to draw even with Kramnik at 7.5/11, who drew with Shirov - Shirov now stands 0.5 games behind the leaders with two rounds to go - Van Wely defeats Tiviakov in the only other decisive game in Group A - Wesley So was two pieces up against Group B leader Anish Giri and blundered into a mate in two in the only decisive game - Giri is now 8.0/11, one point ahead of Ni and l'Ami - Chao, Van Kampen, Robson and Vocaturo all win in Group C which saw all decisive games today - Chao can win the section with a draw in either of his last two games as he maintains a 1.5 lead over his closest rivals-coruschess.com supplied live commentary today by Australian GM Ian Rogers
Round Twelve Carlsen assumes the sole lead 8.0/12 after Kramnik loses to Anand out of the Petroff - Kramnik and Shirov now stand at 7.5/12 - Anand in fourth by himself at 7.0/12 - In Group B, Dutch champion Anish Giri guarantees himself at least a share of first place with 8.5/12 after his draw with Akobian - German GM Naiditsch joins Ni and l'Ami at 7.5/12 after his win over Muzychuk - Group C has been won by Chinese GM Li Chao with one round to go and he will play in Group B in 2011 - Chao's 9.0/12 score is the best of the event so far - Robson and Gupta trail by 1.5 points - World Champion Anand and Dutch GM Erwin l'Ami are the only players in the tournament who have not yet lost a game - Australian GM Ian Rogers once again provided live commentary and I would think the same will continue in the last round tomorrow
Round Thirteen Carlsen wins crown 8.5/13 after all the top boards draw - Nakamura beat Tiviakov in the only decisive game in Group A - Shirov and Kramnik 8.0/13 Anand and Nakamura 7.5/13 - World Champion Anand is the only player in the event without a loss- Carlsen and Shirov won five games each - Dutch GM Giri captures Group B 9.0/13 - German GM Naiditsch beat l'Ami to finish clear second 8.5/13 - Giri won six games on his way to victory - Group C was won by Li Chao with an impressive 10/13 including eight wins - Indian GM Gupta a distant second at 8.5/13 - seven decisive games in Group C today - GM Ian Rogers once more provided great commentary for the final round
Participants Grandmaster group A
| Name | Country | Rating | |||
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| GM | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2801 8.5/13 | ||
| GM | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2788 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2772 8.0/13 | ||
| GM | Peter Leko | HUN | 2752 6.5/13 | ||
| GM | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2739 7.0/13 | ||
| GM | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2723 7.0/13 | ||
| GM | Leinier Dominguez | CUB | 2719 6.5/13 | ||
| GM | Alexei Shirov | SPA | 2719 8.0/13 | ||
| GM | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2715 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Nigel Short | ENG | 2707 5.0/13 | ||
| GM | Sergey Tiviakov | NED | 2664 4.5/13 | ||
| GM | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2662 5.5/13 | ||
| GM | Loek van Wely | NED | 2652 5.0/13 | ||
| GM | Jan Smeets | NED | 2650 4.5/13 | ||
| Average rating | : 2719 |
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Participants Grandmaster group B
| Name | Country | Rating | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | Arkadij Naiditsch | GER | 2689 8.5/13 | ||
| GM | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | ROM | 2677 5.5/13 | ||
| GM | Pentala Harikrishna | IND | 2672 6.5/13 | ||
| GM | Emil Sutovsky | ISR | 2666 6.0/13 | ||
| GM | Hua Ni | CHN | 2665 8.0/13 | ||
| GM | Wesley So | PHI | 2640 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Tomi Nyback | FIN | 2628 5.0/13 | ||
| GM | Varuzhan Akobian | USA | 2624 4.5/13 | ||
| GM | Parimarjan Negi | IND | 2620 6.5/13 | ||
| GM | Erwin l'Ami | NED | 2606 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | David Howell | ENG | 2597 6.0/13 | ||
| GM | Anish Giri | NED | 2585 9.0/13 |
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| GM | Dimitri Reinderman | NED | 2575 5.0/13 | ||
| WGM | Anna Muzychuk | SLO | 2532 5.5/13 | ||
| Average rating | : 2627 |
| Category | : 16 |
Participants Grandmaster group C
| Name | Country | Rating | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | Li Chao2 | CHN | 2596 10.0/13 | ||
| GM | Abhijeet Gupta | IND | 2578 8.5/13 | ||
| GM | Ray Robson | USA | 2567 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Kjetil Lie | NOR | 2547 5.5/13 | ||
| IM | Nils Grandelius | SWE | 2540 6.0/13 | ||
| GM | Robin Swinkels | NED | 2500 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Daniele Vocaturo | ITA | 2500 8.0/13 | ||
| IM | Robin van Kampen | NED | 2470 8.0/13 | ||
| WGM | Marya Muzychuk | UKR | 2447 6.0/13 | ||
| GM | Zhaoqin Peng | NED | 2408 5.0/13 | ||
| FM | Benjamin Bok | NED | 2337 7.0/13 | ||
| FM | Stefan Kuipers | NED | 2316 6.0/13 | ||
| WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | IND | 2303 3.0/13 | ||
| Sjoerd Plukkel | NED | 2259 3.0/13 | |||
| Average rating | : 2455 |
| Category |
: 9 |
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Captain IM John Donaldson
leads Team USA in
2010 World Team Championship
Jan 5 - 14, 2010
Bursa, Turkey
Russia beats Israel to take Gold
USA impressive in scoring Silver
India crushes Brazil; gets Bronze
Official Site: http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr/
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Team USA
Hikaru Nakamura (2708) Individual GOLD Medal
Alexander Onischuk (2670) Individual GOLD Medal
Varuzhan Akobian (2628)
Yuri Shulman (2624)
Robert L Hess (2572)
Ray Robson (2570)
STANDINGS Match Points Game Points
Russia 15 24
USA 13 21.5
India 13 21
Azerbaijan 12 22
Armenia 12 20.5
Greece 8 18
Israel 7 18
Brazil 4 12.5
Egypt 3 12
Turkey 3 11.5
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2009 Russian Championship
Moscow, Russia
Dec 19 - 30, 2009
Official Site: tal.russiachess.org/online/index.htm
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Players - Men
GM Alexander Grischuk (2736) 6.5/9
GM Peter Svidler (2754) 6.0/9
GM Nikita Vitiugov (2694) 5.0/9
GM Evgeny Alekseev (2715) 4.5/9
GM Dmitry Jakovenko (2736) 4.5/9
GM Denis Khismatullin (2640) 4.0/9
GM Alexander Riazantsev (2661) 4.0/9
GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2708) 4.0/9
GM Artyom Timofeev (2651) 3.5/9
GM Sanan Sjugirov (2612) 3.0/9
Players - Women
M Alisa Galliamova (2460) 7.5/9
M Nadezhda Kosintseva (2518) 7.0/9
WF Valentina Gunina (2446) 6.0/9
M Tatiana Kosintseva (2522) 5.5/9
M Elena Zaiatz (2390) 4.5/9
WG Anastasia Bodnaruk (2372) 4.5/9
WG Natalija Pogonina (2501) 3.5/9
WG Tatiana Stepovaia (2384) 3.0/9
WG Maria Manakova (2344) 2.0/9
M Marina Romanko (2449) 1.5/9
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Elista, Kalmykia
Dec 17 - 27, 2009
Official Site: http://chess-rk.ru/
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
GM Viktor Korchnoi (2567) 4.0
GM Boris Spassky (2548) 4.0
Korchnoi - Spassky 1-0 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 47 moves
Spassky - Korchnoi 1/2 French Defense 46 moves
Korchnoi - Spassky 1/2 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 50 moves
Spassky - Korchnoi 1/2 French Classical 22 moves
Korchnoi - Spassky 0-1 English Four Knights 26 moves
Spassky - Korchnoi 0-1 Four Knights Metger 35 moves
Korchnoi - Spassky 0-1 Bogo Indian Defense 46 moves
Spassky - Korchnoi 1/2 Petroff Defense 11 moves
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is granted the advantage of playing a
WCC match on his home turf.....again
The ridiculous details
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First London Chess Classic
London, England
Dec 7-16, 2009
GM Magnus Carlsen wins tournament
GM Kramnik second place
Official Site: http://www.londonchessclassic.com
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Players Score Points TPR
Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2805) 5.0/7 13 pts 2839
Vladimir Kramnik (RUS, 2772) 4.5/7 12 pts 2787
David Howell (ENG, 2597) 4.0/7 9 pts 2760
Michael Adams (ENG, 2698) 4.0/7 9 pts 2746
Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2715) 3.0/7 6 pts 2644
Luke McShane (ENG, 2615) 2.5/7 7 pts 2606
Ni Hua (CHN, 2665) 2.5/7 6 pts 2599
Nigel Short (ENG, 2707) 2.5/7 6 pts 2593
Round One - Dec 8
Carlsen - Kramnik 1-0
Howell - Adams 1/2
McShane - Short 1-0
Nakamura - Ni Hua 1/2
Round Two - Dec 9
Carlsen - McShane 1-0
Adams - Nakamura 1/2
Kramnik - Ni Hua 1-0
Short - Howell 1/2
Round Three - Dec 10
Howell - Carlsen 1/2
McShane - Kramnik 0-1
Nakamura - Short 1/2
Ni Hua - Adams 1/2
Round Four - Dec 12
Kramnik - Adams 1/2
Short - Ni Hua 1/2
Carlsen - Nakamura 1/2
McShane - Howell 1/2
Round Five - Dec 13
Howell - Kramnik 1/2
Nakamura - McShane 0-1
Ni Hua - Carlsen 0-1
Adams - Short 1/2
Round Six - Dec 14
Kramnik - Short 1-0
Carlsen - Adams 1/2
McShane - Ni Hua 0-1
Howell - Nakamura 1/2
Round Seven - Dec 15
Nakamura - Kramnik 1/2
Ni Hua - Howell 0-1
Adams - McShane 1-0
Short - Carlsen 1/2
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Israeli GM Boris Gelfand
wins 2009 fide World Cup knock out
Khanty Mansiysk, Russia
Nov 20 - Dec 15, 2009
Gelfand will play in Candidates in 2010
Official Site: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Round Four
Gelfand - Vachier-Lagrave 4.5 / 3.5
Gashimov - Caruana 3.5 / 1.5
Svidler - Shirov 1.5 / 0.5
Mamedyarov - Laznicka 1.5 / 0.5
Karjakin - Vitiugov 1.5 / 0.5
Malakhov - So 4.0 / 1.0
Ponomariov - Bacrot 3.5 / 2.5
Grischuk - Jakovenko 3.0 / 5.0
Round Five
Gelfand - Jakovenko 3.5 / 1.5
Ponomariov - Gashimov 3.5 / 1.5
Svidler - Malakhov 0.5 / 1.5
Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1.5 / 0.5
Round Six
Karjakin - Gelfand 0.0 / 2.0
Ponomariov - Malakhov 4.0 / 2.0
Round Seven
Gelfand - Ponomariov 7.0 / 5.0
Category XXI (2761)
Official Site: http://tal.russiachess.org/online/index.htm
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
PLAYERS: WORLD RANK SCORE
Vladimir Kramnik (RUS, 2772) 5 6.0/9
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR, 2739) 12 5.5/9
Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2801) 2 5.5/9
Viswanathan Anand (IND, 2788) 3 5.0/9
Levon Aronian (ARM, 2786) 4 5.0/9
Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2758) 7 4.5/9
Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR, 2739) 13 4.0/9
Peter Svidler (RUS, 2754) 8 3.5/9
Alexander Morozevich (RUS, 2750) 10 3.0/9
Peter Leko (HUN, 2752) 9 3.0/9
Round One - Nov 5
Carlsen - Kramnik 1/2 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 58 moves
Aronian - Svidler 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5 37 moves
Gelfand - Ponomariov 1/2 Blumenfeld Gambit 29 moves
Ivanchuk - Anand 1/2 Gruenfeld Closed 44 moves
Morozevich - Leko 1/2 Scotch Game 39 moves
Round Two - Nov 6
Kramnik - Anand 1/2 Gruenfeld Defense 29 moves
Svidler - Ivanchuk 1/2 Ruy Lopez Berlin 27 moves
Ponomariov - Aronian 1/2 Gruenfeld Botvinnik 32 moves
Leko - Gelfand 1/2 Petroff Defense 44 moves
Carlsen - Morozevich 1/2 Nimzo Indian Saemisch 42 moves
Round Three - Nov 7
Morozevich - Kramnik 0-1 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 45 moves
Gelfand - Carlsen 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5 27 moves
Aronian - Leko 1-0 Anti Meran Gambit 43 moves
Ivanchuk - Ponomariov 1/2 QGD Ragozin 69 moves
Anand - Svidler 1-0 Gruenfeld Defense 32 moves
Round Four - Nov 8
Kramnik - Svidler 1-0 Gruenfeld Defense 37 moves
Ponomariov - Anand 1/2 Gruenfeld 3.g3 34 moves
Leko - Ivanchuk 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 27 moves
Carlsen - Aronian 1/2 Queen's Gambit Meran 32 moves
Morozevich - Gelfand 1/2 English Four Knights 41 moves
Round Five - Nov 10
Aronian - Morozevich 1/2 Semi-Slav Defense 31 moves
Anand - Leko 1-0 Anti Meran Gambit 45 moves
Gelfand - Kramnik 1/2 Catalan 81 moves
Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2 KID 31 moves
Svidler - Ponomariov 1/2 Ruy Lopez Berlin 31 moves
Round Six - Nov 11
Kramnik - Ponomariov 1-0 QGD Ragozin 81 moves
Gelfand - Aronian 1-0 Queen's Gambit Meran 66 moves
Carlsen - Anand 1/2 QGD Ragozin 36 moves
Morozevich - Ivanchuk 0-1 KID 49 moves
Leko - Svidler 1/2 Sicilian Paulsen 41 moves
Round Seven - Nov 12
Anand - Morozevich 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 36 moves
Ivanchuk - Gelfand 1-0 Slav Defense 43 moves
Aronian - Kramnik 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 23 moves
Ponomariov - Leko 1/2 Catalan 31 moves
Svidler - Carlsen 1/2 Sicilian Rossolimo 40 moves
Round Eight - Nov 13
Kramnik - Leko 1/2 QID 36 moves
Carlsen - Ponomariov 1-0 Sicilian Najdorf 31 moves
Morozevich - Svidler 1/2 Sicilian Paulsen 49 moves
Gelfand - Anand 1/2 Catalan 28 moves
Aronian - Ivanchuk 1/2 Catalan 58 moves
Round Nine - Nov 14
Ivanchuk - Kramnik 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 29 moves
Anand - Aronian 0-1 Slav Defense 25 moves
Ponomariov - Morozevich 1-0 Catalan 27 moves
Svidler - Gelfand 1/2 Petroff Defense 30 moves
Leko - Carlsen 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf 59 moves
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GM Magnus Carlsen breaks 2800 barrier
19 year old Norweigan GM youngest ever to pass 2800
Sep 27 - Oct 9, 2009
Nanjing, China
Carlsen crushes opposition
Official Site: www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Players
Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2772) 8.0/10
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2813) 5.5/10
Wang Yue (CHN,2736) 4.5/10
Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS,2742) 4.0/10
Teimour Radjabov (AZE,2757) 4.0/10
Peter Leko (HUN,2762) 4.0/10
Round One - Sep 28
Carlsen - Leko 1-0 Scotch Game 44 moves
Wang Yue - Radjabov 1/2 KID Classical 38 moves
Topalov - Jakovenko 1/2 Catalan 43 moves
Round Two - Sep 29
Carlsen - Topalov 1-0 KID Classical 41 moves
Jakovenko - Wang Yue 1/2 Petroff Defense 35 moves
Leko - Radjabov 1/2 Modern Dragon 32 moves
Round Three - Sep 30
Topalov - Leko 1/2 Ruy Lopez Closed 55 moves
Wang Yue - Carlsen 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 58 moves
Radjabov - Jakovenko 1/2 Scoth Game 32 moves
Round Four - Oct 1
Wang Yue - Leko 1/2 Anti-Meran Gambit 29 moves
Radjabov - Topalov 1/2 Scotch Game 64 moves
Jakovenko - Carlsen 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf 63 moves
Round Five - Oct 2
Carlsen - Radjabov 1-0 Sicilian Rossolimo 25 moves
Topalov - Wang Yue 1/2 Slav Defense 46 moves
Leko - Jakovenko 1/2 Ruy Lopez Berlin 51 moves
Round Six - Oct 4
Leko - Carlsen 1/2 Gruenfeld 3.g3 64 moves
Radjabov - Wang Yue 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 30 moves
Jakovenko - Topalov 0-1 Gruenfeld Flohr 29 moves
Round Seven - Oct 5
Radjabov - Leko 1/2 Various 34 moves
Wang Yue - Jakovenko 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 42 moves
Topalov - Carlsen 1/2 Sicilian Sveshnikov 43 moves
Round Eight - Oct 6
Leko - Topalov 0-1 Gruenfeld 3.g3 40 moves
Carlsen - Wang Yue 1-0 Slav Defense 69 moves
Jakovenko - Radjabov 1-0 Modern Dragon 72 moves
Round Nine - Oct 8
Jakovenko - Leko 1/2 Anti Meran Var 40 moves
Radjabov - Carlsen 1/2 Gruenfeld Simagin 34 moves
Wang Yue - Topalov 1/2 KID Classical 70 moves
Round Ten - Oct 9
Carlsen - Jakovenko 1-0 Semi-Slav Defense 38 moves
Topalov - Radjabov 1/2 KID Classical 95 moves
Leko - Wang Yue 1/2 Petroff Defense 46 moves
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in exhibition match
September 21 - 24
Valencia
Ex-Champ dominates opponent on 25th anniversary
of Kasparov - Karpov WC
Official Site: www.europe-echecs.com
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Armenian GM Levon Aronian wins
2009 Grand Slam Masters Final
Bilbao, Spain
September 6 - 12, 2009
Official Site: www.bilbaofinalmasters.com/2009
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Players:
Levon Aronian (ARM, 2773) 4.0/6
Alexander Grischuk (RUS, 2733) 3.0/6
Sergey Karjakin (UKR, 2722) 3.0/6
Alexei Shirov (ESP, 2730) 1.5/6
Grischuk - Aronian 1-0 Anti-Meran Gambit 52 moves
Karjakin - Shirov 1/2 Sicilian Modern Dragon 24 moves
Round Two
Grischuk - Shirov 1-0 QG Meran 52 moves
Aronian - Karjakin 1-0 Nimzo Indian 30 moves
Round Three
Karjakin - Grischuk 1-0 Ruy Lopez Chigorin 39 moves
Shirov - Aronian 0-1 Ruy Lopez Marshall 29 moves
Round Four
Aronian - Grischuk 1-0 Slav Defense 42 moves
Shirov - Karjakin 1/2 Ruy Lopez Chigorin 36 moves
Round Five
Aronian - Shirov 1-0 English 43 moves
Grischuk - Karjakin 1/2 Ruy Lopez Chigorin 99 moves
Round Six
Karjakin - Aronian 1/2 Ruy Lopez Exchange 36 moves
Shirov - Grischuk 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 47 moves
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Jermuk, Armenia
August 8 - 24, 2009
Ivanchuk claims victory
Undefeated Ukranian GM scores 8.5/13
Armenian GM Aronian clinches FIDE Grand Prix
Official Site: http://jermuk2009.fide.com/
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
GM Boris Gelfand (2755, ISR) 8.0/13
GM Levon Aronian (2768, ARM) 8.0/13
GM Evgeny Alekseev (2714, RUS) 7.5/13
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2672, UZB) 7.5/13
GM Peter Leko (2756, HUN) 7.5/13
GM Sergey Karjakin (2717, UKR) 7.0/13
GM Pavel Eljanov (2716, UKR) 6.5/13
GM Gata Kamsky (2717, USA) 6.0/13
GM Etienne Bacrot (2721, FRA) 6.0/13
GM Dmitry Jakovenko (2760, RUS) 5.0/13
GM Vladimir Akopian (2712, ARM) 5.0/13
GM Ernesto Inarkiev (2675, RUS) 4.5/13
GM Ivan Cheparinov (2678, BUL) 4.0/13
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London, England
August 7 - 17, 2009
Gotta pay if you wanna watch this one live
Timman wins the RR with 7.0/9
Official Site: http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtm
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
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GM Dmitry Gurevich victorious
110th US Open Championship
Indianapolis IN
August 1-9, 2009
Gurevich wins playoff
Seven players with 7.5/9
Official Site: www.monroi.com/2009-us-open-chess-championship-home.html
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Idaho (and former ID) players in Indianapolis
Luke Harmon-Vellotti 2022 Boise 6.0/9
Dan (Superman) Mayers 1915 Sun Valley 5.5/9
Hans Morrow (Former ID Champion) 1928 UT 5.5/9
Carl Harmon-Vellotti 1686 Boise 4.5/9
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French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins
42nd Biel International Chess Festival
Biel, Switzerland
July 18-31,2009
Eighteen year old prodigy finishes undefeated
Official Site: www.bielchessfestival.ch
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2703) 6.0/10
GM Alexander Morozevich (RUS, 2751) 5.5/10
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR, 2703) 5.5.10
GM Evgeny Alekseev (RUS,2714) 5.0/10
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2755) 4.0/10
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2670) 4.0/10
Round One - July 19
Morozevich - Alekseev 1-0 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 34 moves
Gelfand - Caruana 1/2 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 34 moves
Vachier-Lagrave - Ivanchuk 1/2 French Tarrasch 32 moves
Round Two - July 20
Morozevich - Gelfand 1-0 Bishop's Opening 31 moves
Caruana - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 Gruenfeld Alekhine 34 moves
Alekseev - Ivanchuk 1/2 French Winawer 22 moves
Round Three - July 21
Vachier-Lagrave - Morozevich 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 41 moves
Gelfand - Alekseev 1/2 QGD Ragozin 27 moves
Ivanchuk - Caruana 1-0 4 Knights Rubinstein 49 moves
Round Four - July 23
Caruana - Morozevich 1-0 Gruenfeld Botvinnik 59 moves
Ivanchuk - Gelfand 1/2 English Fianchetto 30 moves
Vachier-Lagrave - Alekseev 1/2 Ruy Lopez Berlin 19 moves
Round Five - July 24
Morozevich - Ivanchuk 1/2 Semi-Slav Defense 12 moves
Gelfand - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 English Fianchetto 41 moves
Alekseev - Caruana 1/2 Sicilian Modern Dragon 52 moves
Round Six - July 25
Alekseev - Morozevich 1-0 Caro Kann 55 moves
Caruana - Gelfand 1/2 Petroff Defense 22 moves
Ivanchuk - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 Dutch Defense 41 moves
Round Seven - July 27
Gelfand - Morozevich 0-1 Catalan 48 moves
Vachier-Lagrave - Caruana 1-0 Ruy Lopez Berlin 38 moves
Alekseev - Ivanchuk 1/2 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 61 moves
Round Eight - July 28
Morozevich - Vachier-Lagrave 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf 76 moves
Alekseev - Gelfand 1/2 Petroff Defense 11 moves
Caruana - Ivanchuk 0-1 Pirc Defense 41 moves
Round Nine - July 29
Vachier-Lagrave - Gelfand 1/2 Petroff Defense 21 moves
Ivanchuk - Morozevich 0-1 QGD 5.Bf4 38 moves
Caruana - Alekseev 1/2 Sicilian Paulsen 73 moves
Round Ten - July 30
Morozevich - Caruana 1/2 Slav Defense 18 moves
Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1/2 Bogo Indian 32 moves
Alekseev - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 14 moves
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Completed Events
US Champ Nakamura wins
2009 Donostia Chess Festival
Donostia- San Sebastian
July 7 - 16
Nakamura wins playoff over Ponomariov 2-0
Official Site: www.donostiachess.com/en/
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Players:
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2710, USA) 6.5/9
GM Ruslan Ponomariov (2727, UKR) 6.5/9
GM Peter Svidler (2739, RUS) 5.5/9
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (2693, ESP) 5.0/9
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2672, UZB) 5.0/9
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2703, FRA) 4.5/9
GM Julio Granda-Zuniga (2647, PER) 3.5/9
GM Pablo San Segundo Carillo (2570, ESP) 2.5/9
GM Anatoly Karpov (2644, RUS) 1.5/9
Round One - July 7
Nakamura - Karpov 1-0 QGD 5.Bf4 65 moves
Vachier-Lagrave - Kasimdzhanov 1-0 Sicilian Dragon 46 moves
Svidler - Movsesian 1/2 Philidor Defense 22 moves
Vallejo Pons - Granda Zuniga 1-0 Caro Kann 43 moves
San Segundo - Ponomariov 1/2 Gruenfeld Defense 46 moves
Round Two - July 8
Karpov - Ponomariov 1/2 Gruenfeld Defense 52 moves
Granda Zuniga - San Segundo 1-0 Larsen Opening 28 moves
Movsesian - Vallejo Pons 1/2 French Advance 28 moves
Kasimdzhanov - Svidler 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 24 moves
Nakamura - Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Sicilian Najdorf 44 moves
Round Three - July 9
Vachier-Lagrave - Karpov 1-0 Petroff Defense 37 moves
Svidler - Nakamura 1/2 Caro Kann Adv 24 moves
Vallejo Pons - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 Petroff Defense 19 moves
San Segundo - Movsesian 1/2 Slav Defense 12 moves
Ponomariov - Granda Zuniga 1-0 Anti-Meran Gambit 29 moves
Round Four - July 11
Nakamura - Vallejo Pons 1-0 Center Counter 39 moves
Vachier-Lagrave - Svidler 0-1 Ruy Lopez Marshall 29 moves
Kasimdzhanov - San Segundo 1/2 Sicilian Rossolimo 43 moves
Movsesian - Ponomariov 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf 51 moves
Karpov - Granda Zuniga 1-2 QGA 14 moves
Round Five - July 12
Svidler - Karpov 1-0 Petroff Defense 35 moves
Vallejo Pons - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 Sicilian Closed 27 moves
San Segundo - Nakamura 0-1 QGD Cambridge 54 moves
Ponomariov - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 Catalan 23 moves
Granda Zuniga - Movsesian 1/2 KID Fianchetto 74 moves
Round Six - July 13
Karpov - Movsesian 0-1 Slav Defense 38 moves
Kasimdzhanov - Granda Zuniga 1-0 Slav Defense 30 moves
Nakamura - Ponomariov 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 14 moves
Vachier-Lagrave - San Segundo 1-0 Sicilian Rossolimo 35 moves
Svidler - Vallejo Pons 1/2 Ruy lopez Berlin 12 moves
Round Seven - July 14
Ponomariov - Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Gruenfeld Simagin 34 moves
Vallejo Pons - Karpov 1-0 Caro Kann Adv 59 moves
Movsesian - Kasimdzhanov 1-2 Petroff Defense 24 moves
Granda Zuniga - Nakamura 1/2 Dutch Leningrad 67 moves
San Segundo - Svidler 1/2 Gruenfeld 18 moves
Round Eight - July 15
Nakamura - Movsesian 1/2 Philidor Defense 17 moves
Svidler - Ponomariov 1/2 Sicilian Rossolimo 26 moves
Vallejo Pons - San Segundo 1-0 Sicilian Sveshnikov 28 moves
Vachier-Lagrave - Granda Zuniga 1/2 Ruy Lopez Berlin 65 moves
Karpov - Kasimdzhanov 0-1 QG Meran 62 moves
Round Nine - July 16
Ponomariov - Vallejo Pons 1-0 Semi-Tarrasch 36 moves
Kasimdzhanov - Nakamura 1/2 QID 22 moves
Movsesian - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 Sicilian Sheveningen 23 moves
Granda-Zuniga - Svidler 1/2 English Fianchetto 20 moves
San Segundo - Karpov 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 16 moves
Playoff
Nakamura 2.0
Ponomariov 0.0
Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik wins
2009 Dortmund Chess Meeting
Dortmund, Germany
July 2 - 12
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Standings:
Vladimir Kramnik (2759, RUS) 6.5/10
Magnus Carlsen (2772, NOR) 5.5/10
Peter Leko (2756, HUN) 5.5/10
Dmitry Jakovenko (2760, RUS) 5.5/10
Etienne Bacrot (2721, FRA) 4.0/10
Arkadij Naiditsch (2697, GER) 3.0/10
Round One - July 2
Carlsen - Jakovenko 1-0 Ruy Lopez Berlin 49 moves
Leko - Kramnik 1/2 Catalan 24 moves
Naiditsch - Bacrot 1/2 Ruy Lopez Marshall 42 moves
Round Two - July 3
Kramnik - Bacrot 1/2 Queen's Indian 30 moves
Jakovenko - Naiditsch 1-0 Sicilian Najdorf 62 moves
Leko - Carlsen 1/2 English Symmetrical 25 moves
Round Three - July 4
Carlsen - Kramnik 1/2 Nimzo-Indian 4.Qc2 19 moves
Naiditsch - Leko 1/2 Caro Kann Exchange 29 moves
Bacrot - Jakovenko 1/2 Ruy Lopez Berlin 22 moves
Round Four - July 5
Etienne - Carlsen 1/2 Anti-Meran Gambit 46 moves
Jakovenko - Leko 1/2 Nimzo-Indian 22 moves
Naiditsch - Kramnik 0-1 Petroff Defense 27 moves
Round Five - July 6
Leko - Bacrot 1-0 Queen's Indian 39 moves
Carlsen - Naiditsch 1-0 Ruy Lopez Berlin 60 moves
Kramnik - Jakovenko 1/2 QGD Ragozin 19 moves
Round Six - July 8
Kramnik - Leko 1/2 Nimzo Indian 25 moves
Jakovenko - Carlsen 1/2 Sicilian Sveshnikov 45 moves
Bacrot - Naiditsch 1/2 Queen's Indian 24 moves
Round Seven - July 9
Bacrot - Kramnik 1/2 Petroff Defense 38 moves
Naiditsch - Jakovenko 1/2 Sicilian Defense 70 moves
Carlsen - Leko 1/2 Ruy Lopez Closed 22 moves
Round Eight - July 10
Kramnik - Carlsen 1-0 QGD 5.Bf4 36 moves
Leko - Naiditsch 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 27 moves
Jakovenko - Bacrot 1-0 Ruy Lopez Marshall 81 moves
Round Nine - July 11
Jakovenko - Kramnik 1/2 Petroff Defense 56 moves
Bacrot - Leko 1/2 English Symmetrical 17 moves
Naiditsch - Carlsen 1/2 Sicilian Sveshnikov 32 moves
Round Ten - July 12
Kramnik - Naiditsch 1-0 QGD 5.Bf4 42 moves
Carlsen - Bacrot 1/2 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 39 moves
Leko - Jakovenko 1/2 Ruy Lopez Marshall 44 moves
GM Evgeny Najer wins
2009 World Open
Philadelphia, PA
June 29 - July 5
Official website: www.worldopen.com
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Idaho players in Philadelphia
Luke Harmon-Vellotti 1984 Boise OPEN 3.0/9
Carl Harmon-Vellotti 1671 Boise U2200 3.0/9
Dan (Superman) Mayers 1834 Sun Valley U2000 5.0/9
Leaders:
OPEN:
GM Evgeny Najer 2714 7.0/9
GM Hikaru Nakamura 2773 7.0/9
Five players with 6.5/9
U2400
Gabriel Battaglini, Igor Sorkin, FM Rodion Rubinchik, IM Angelo Young,
Siddharth Ravichandran all with 7.0/9
U2200
Scott T Low 2183 7.5/9
William J Stewart 2181 7.5/9
Six players tied with 7.0/9
U2000
Alex Gianos-Steinberg 1928 8.0/9
Four players with 7.5/9***********************************************************
Ukranian GM Vassily Ivanchuk wins
Bazna "KINGS TOURNAMENT"
June 14 - 25, 2009
Bazna, Romania
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Official Site: www.turneulregilor.com/Modules/PageTournamentsList.aspx
Players:
Vassily Ivanchuk (2746, UKR) 7.0/10
Teimour Radjabov (2756, AZE) 5.5/10
Alexei Shirov (2745, ESP) 5.5/10
Gata Kamsky (2720, USA) 3.0/10
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (2675, ROU) 3.0/10
Round One - June 14
Nisipeanu - Ivanchuk 0-1 Ruy Lopez Chigorin 34 moves
Radjabov - Gelfand 1/2 Petroff Defense 32 moves
Kamsky - Shirov 0-1 Reti 60 moves
Round Two - June 15
Shirov - Ivanchuk 1/2 Sicilian Rossolimo 65 moves
Gelfand - Nisipeanu 1-0 KID Classsical 36 moves
Kamsky - Radjabov 1/2 Sicilian Dragon 34 moves
Round Three - June 16
Ivanchuk - Gelfand 1/2 Petroff Defense 37 moves
Radjabov - Shirov 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5 37 moves
Nisipeanu - Kamsky 1/2 Giuoco Piano 16 moves
Round Four - June 17
Ivanchuk - Radjabov 1/2 Sicilian Classical 37 moves
Gelfand - Kamsky 1/2 Gruenfeld Simagin 37 moves
Nisipeanu - Shirov 1/2 Ruy Lopez Moeller 31 moves
Round Five - June 18
Radjabov - Nisipeanu 1/2 Center Counter 26 moves
Shirov - Gelfand 0-1 QID 40 moves
Kamsky - Ivanchuk 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf 32 moves
Round Six - June 20
Shirov - Kamsky 1-0 Caro Kann Advanced 34 moves
Gelfand - Radjabov 1/2 King's Indian Class. 37 moves
Ivanchuk - Nisipeanu 1-0 Sicilian Scheveningen 24 moves
Round Seven - June 21
Ivanchuk - Shirov 1-0 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5 84 moves
Radjabov - Kamsky 1-0 Caro Kann 49 moves
Nisipeanu - Gelfand 1/2 Petroff Defense 74 moves
Round Eight - June 22
Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1/2 Dutch Defense 20 moves
Shirov - Radjabov 1/2 Sicilian Sveshnikov 38 moves
Kamsky - Nisipeanu 1/2 Queen's Pawn Game 59 moves
Round Nine - June 24
Ivanchuk - Kamsky 1/2 Slav Defense 55 moves
Gelfand - Shirov 1/2 English Counter 71 moves
Nisipeanu - Radjabov 1/2 Sicilian Dragon 40 moves
Round Ten - June 25
Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 28 moves
Shirov - Nisipeanu 1-0 Sicilian Paulsen 41 moves
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GM Alexei Shirov wins
2009 M-Tel Masters
Sofia, Bulgaria
May 12 - 23, 2009
Carlsen second - Topalov third
Material by The Week in Chess
Official Site: www.mtelmasters09.com/
Players:
GM Veselin Topalov (2812, BUL), GM Magnus Carlsen (2770, NOR)
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2746, UKR), GM Alexei Shirov (2745, ESP)
GM Wang Yue (2738, CHN), GM Lenier Dominguez (2721, CUB)
Double Round Robin
Shirov, Alexei (2745, ESP) 6.5/10
Carlsen, Magnus (2770, NOR) 6.0/10
Topalov, Veselin (2812, BUL) 6.0/10
Wang, Yue (2738, CHN) 4.5/10
Round One - May 13
Ivanchuk - Shirov 0-1 Sicilian Rossolimo 24 moves
Wang - Dominguez 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 65 moves
Carlsen - Topalov 1-0 Anti-Meran Gambit 36 moves
Round Two - May 14
Shirov - Topalov 1/2 Ruy Lopez Classical 57 moves
Dominguez - Carlsen 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 30 moves
Ivanchuk - Wang 0-1 Petroff Defense 51 moves
Round Three - May 15
Wang - Shirov 1/2 Gruenfeld Simagin 39 moves
Carlsen - Ivanchuk 1/2 Slav Defense 54 moves
Topalov - Dominguez 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 51 moves
Round Four - May 16
Carlsen - Shirov 1/2 Anti-Meran Gambit 39 moves
Topalov - Wang 1-0 Slav Defense 33 moves
Dominguez - Ivanchuk 1/2 Sicilian Paulsen 49 moves
Round Five - May 17
Shirov - Dominguez 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 43 moves
Ivanchuk - Topalov 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf 54 moves
Wang - Carlsen 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 25 moves
Round Six - May 19
Shirov - Ivanchuk 1-0 Ruy Lopez Open 49 moves
Topalov - Carlsen 1/2 QGD Lasker Defense 45 moves
Dominguez - Wang 1/2 Petroff Defense 40 moves
Round Seven - May 20
Topalov - Shirov 1/2 Anti-Meran Gambit 40 moves
Carlsen - Dominguez 1-0 Gruenfeld Russian 43 moves
Wang - Ivanchuk 1/2 Benoni 30 moves
Round Eight - May 21
Shirov - Wang 1/2 Catalan 44 moves
Dominguez - Topalov 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 43 moves
Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2 Sicilian Defense 41 moves
Round Nine - May 22
Dominguez - Shirov 1/2 Ruy Lopez Moeller 50 moves
Topalov - Ivanchuk 1-0 Ruy Lopez 81 moves
Carlsen - Wang 1-0 Slav Defense 33 moves
Round Ten - May 23
Shirov - Carlsen 1-0 Sicilian Sveshnikov 30 moves
Wang - Topalov 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 33 moves
Ivanchuk - Dominguez 1-0 Gruenfeld 3.g3 56 moves
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GM Hikaru Nakamura wins
2009 US Chess Championship
St Louis MO
May 7 - 17
Material by: The Week in Chess
Material by: Chessbase
Official Site: www.saintlouischessclub.org
Round One - May 8
Kamsky (2798) destroys Ibragimov (2628) in 18 moves - Major upset as FM Hughes (2293) defeats GM Gulko (2631) with the black pieces - IM Hess (2545) defeats GM Christiansen (2681) IM Krush (2496) draws GM Kaidanov (2662) - Nine players on 1.0/1
Round Two - May 9
Apparently, the Kamsky - Ibragimov game from Round One is not quite the crush it seemed to be at first due to incomplete game notation .....more to follow - The IM vs GM upsets continue as Gulko (2631) loses again, this time to IM Ray Robson (2465), IM Hess (2545) defeats GM Julio Becerra (2672) and IM Michael Brooks (2419) takes out former US Champion GM Alexander Shabalov (2620) with the black pieces - Kamsky, Shulman and Hess lead with 2.0/2
Round Three - May 10
Something wrong with GM Gulko as he loses his third game in a row, this time to IM Irina Krush (2496) - Im Anna Zatonskih withdraws from tournament and is replaced by FM Doug Eckert (2275) - Kamsky, Friedel, Nakamura and Shulman lead with 2.5/3
Round Four - May 11
IM Ray Robson (2542) defeats GM Ibragimov (2628) - GM Gulko finally wins against FM Eckert - Akobian joins leaders Kamsky, Friedel, Nakamura and Shulman at 3.0/4
Round Five - May 12
The IM-GM upsets continue as Hess defeats Khachiyan, Brooks beats Becerra with black and Sevillano wins with the black pieces against Shabalov Akobian and Shulman lead with 4.0/5
Round Six - May 13
More IM-GM stuff going on........IM Hess draws Kamsky, Robson beats Christiansen, Krush beats Becerra - Shulman and Akobian still on top with 4.5/6 followed by six players with 4.0/6
Round Seven - May 14
More of the same....GM Friedel - IM Hess = 0-1, IM Sevillano - GM Kaidanov = 1-0 - IM Hess, GM Kamsky, GM Onischuk, GM Nakamura all lead on 5.0/7
Round Eight - May 16
Two more upsets today as IM Hess defeats current US Champion GM Shulman while FM Eckert (2278) takes out GM Khachiyan (2632) - Hess and Nakamura lead with 6.0/8 going into the final round - Nakamura defeated Hess in Round Three - Akobian, Onischuk, Kamsky trail the leaders with 5.5/8
Round Nine - May 17
Nakamura defeats Friedel and wins the 2009 US Championship - Nakamura finishes 7.0/9 - IM Hess and Onischuk 6.5/9 - Kamsky and Akobian 6.0/9
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GM Levon Aronian wins
2009 Fide Grand Prix
Nalchik, Russia
April 14 - 30, 2009
Material by The Week in Chess
Final Standings
GM Levon Aronian (2754, ARM) 8.5/13
GM Peter Leko (2751, HUN) 7.5/13
GM Vladimir Akopian (2696, ARM) 7.5/13
GM Alexander Grischuk (2748, RUS) 7.0/13
GM Etienne Bacrot (2728, FRA) 7.0/13
GM Evgeny Alekseev (2716, RUS) 6.5/13
GM Boris Gelfand (2733, ISR) 6.5/13
GM Gata Kamsky (2720, USA) 6.0/13
GM Sergey Karjakin (2721, UKR) 6.0/13
GM Peter Svidler (2726, RUS) 6.0/13
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2725, AZE) 6.0/13
GM Vassily Ivanchuk (2746, UKR) 5.5/13
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2695, UZB) 5.5/13
GM Pavel Eljanov (2693, UKR) 5.5/13
Round One - April 15
Leko - Kamsky 1/2 English King's Fianchetto 121 moves
Mamedyarov - Aronian 0-1 Vienna Game 32 moves
Akopian - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 Petroff Defense 41 moves
Karjakin - Eljanov 1/2 Ruy Lopez Chigorin 45 moves
Grischuk - Gelfand 1-0 Queen's Gambit Tartakover 50 moves
Alekseev - Svidler 1/2 Slav Defense 37 moves
Ivanchuk - Bacrot 1/2 Queen's Pawn 27 moves
Round Two - April 16
Aronian - Akopian 1-0 Anti Meran 94 moves
Svidler - Ivanchuk 1-0 Ruy Lopez Moeller 29 moves
Eljanov - Grischuk 1/2 Queen's Gambit Meran 28 moves
Kamsky - Bacrot 1/2 Ruy Lopez Marshall 81 moves
Kasimdzhanov - Karjakin 1/2 Slav Defense 23 moves
Leko - Mamedyarov 1/2 Sicilian Rauzer 37 moves
Gelfand - Alekseev 1/2 QGD Ragozin 35 moves
Round Three - April 17
Grischuk - Kasimdzhanov 1-0 QGA 39 moves
Karjakin - Aronian 1-0 Ruy Lopez Closed 34 moves
Alekseev - Eljanov 1-0 QGD 5.Bf4 57 moves
Bacrot - Svidler 1/2 Ruy Lopez 36 moves
Mamedyarov - Kamsky 1/2 Gruenfeld Defense 43 moves
Ivanchuk - Gelfand 1/2 Slav Defense 30 moves
Akopian - Leko 0-1 Queen's Gambit Meran 61 moves
Round Four - April 18
Kamsky - Svidler 1-0 Ruy Lopez 74 moves
Leko - Karjakin 1/2 Slav Defense 40 moves
Aronian - Grischuk 1/2 English Symmetrical 35 moves
Eljanov- Ivanchuk 1/2 Slav Defense 47 moves
Gelfand - Bacrot 1/2 Queen's Indian 51 moves
Kasimdzhanov - Alekseev 1/2 Ruy Lopez Berlin 79 moves
Mamedyarov - Akopian 1/2 Queen's Indian 39 moves
Round Five - April 19
Akopian - Kamsky 1-0 French Tarrasch 98 moves
Ivanchuk - Kasimdzhanov 0-1 Semi-Slav 25 moves
Grischuk - Leko 1/2 Anti-Meran Gambit 38 moves
Karjakin - Mamedyarov 1/2 Sicilian Paulsen 34 moves
Alekseev - Aronian 1/2 Ruy Lopez Marshall 38 moves
Bacrot - Eljanov 1/2 Ruy Lopez Chigorin 39 moves
Svidler - Gelfand 1/2 Anti-Meran Gambit 19 moves
Round Six - April 21
Aronian - Ivanchuk 1-0 English Symmetrical 40 moves
Mamedyarov- Grischuk 1-0 Slav Defense 38 moves
Akopian - Karjakin 1-0 Sicilian Najdorf 71 moves
Eljanov - Svidler 0-1 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5 73 moves
Leko - Alekseev 1/2 Blumenfeld Counter Gam 54 moves
Kamsky - Gelfand 1/2 Catalan 41 moves
Kasimdzhanov - Bacrot 1/2 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 20 moves
Round Seven - April 22
Karjakin - Kamsky 1-0 French Winawer 32 moves
Gelfand - Eljanov 0-1 Reti Opening 36 moves
Alekseev - Mamedyarov 1/2 Pirc Defense 52 moves
Grischuk - Akopian 1/2 Slav Defense 43 moves
Svidler - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 Petroff Defense 22 moves
Ivanchuk - Leko 1/2 Ruy Lopez Anderssen 55 moves
Round Eight - April 23
Kasimdzhanov - Gelfand 0-1 Anti Meran Gambit 28 moves
Kamsky - Eljanov 0-1 Ruy Lopez 67 moves
Aronian - Svidler 1/2 Slav Defense 30 moves
Karjakin - Grischuk 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 75 moves
Leko - Bacrot 1/2 Queen's Indian 23 moves
Mamedyarov - Ivanchuk 1/2 Gruenfeld 3.g3 37 moves
Akopian - Alekseev 1/2 QGD Ragozin 50 moves
Round Nine - April 24
Alekseev - Karjakin 1-0 Sicilian Najdorf 47 moves
Bacrot - Mamedyarov 1-0 Sicilian Paulsen 31 moves
Grischuk - Kamsky 0-1 Ruy Lopez Breyer 101 moves
Svidler - Leko 1/2 Ruy Lopez Closed 32 moves
Eljanov - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 65 moves
Gelfand - Aronian 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 33 moves
Ivanchuk - Akopian 1/2 English Four Knights 45 moves
Round Ten - April 26
Aronian - Eljanov 1-0 QGD 5.Bf4 50 moves
Leko - Gelfand 1-0 Petroff Defense 43 moves
Grischuk - Alekseev 1-0 Nimzo Indian 52 moves
Akopian - Bacrot 1-0 Sicilian Defense 57 moves
Mamedyarov - Svidler 1-0 Anti-Meran Var 36 moves
Karjakin - Ivanchuk 1/2 Sicilian Sveshnikov 40 moves
Kamsky - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 Petroff Defense 36 moves
Round Eleven - April 27
Bacrot - Karjakin 1-0 Sicilian Najdorf 38 moves
Gelfand - Mamedyarov 1-0 Blumenfeld Counter Gam 56 moves
Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1-0 King's Indian Classical 37 moves
Alekseev - Kamsky 1/2 Sicilian Paulsen 44 moves
Svidler - Akopian 1/2 Ruy Lopez Ctr Attack 22 moves
Kasimdzhanov - Aronian 1/2 Anti-Meran Variations 67 moves
Eljanov - Leko 1/2 Queen's Gambit Meran 44 moves
Round Twelve - April 28
Leko - Kasimdzhanov 1-0 Petroff Defense 30 moves
Grischuk - Bacrot 1-0 Benoni 56 moves
Karjakin - Svidler 1-0 Ruy Lopez Chigorin 52 moves
Akopian - Gelfand 1/2 Petroff Defense 31 moves
Alekseev - Ivanchuk 1/2 Sicilian Rauzer 37 moves
Kamsky - Aronian 1/2 Barcza System 40 moves
Mamedyarov - Eljanov 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 50 moves
Round Thirteen - April 29
Aronian - Leko 1-0 Nimzo Indian 54 moves
Bacrot - Alekseev 1-0 Petroff Defense 60 moves
Gelfand - Karjakin 1-0 Slav Defense 45 moves
Eljanov - Akopian 0-1 Slav Defense 49 moves
Svidler - Grischuk 1/2 French Winawer 21 moves
Ivanchuk - Kamsky 1/2 Ruy Lopez Breyer 32 moves
Kasimdzhanov - Mamedyarov 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 39 moves********************************************************************
Russian Evgeny Tomashevsky Wins
European Individual Championship
March 5 - 19, 2009
Budva, Montenegro
Material: The Week in Chess
FINAL STANDINGS
GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2664, RUS) 8.0/11
GM Vladimir Malakhov (2692, RUS) 8.0/11
GM Baadur Jobava (2669, GEO) 8.0/11
GM Ernesto Inarkiev (2656, RUS) 8.0/11
GM Ivan Sokolov (2657, NED) 8.0/11
Eleven players finished 8.0/11
Twenty three players finished 7.5/11
Top seed GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (2702, ESP) 6.5/11
Two seed GM Vladimir Akopian (2700, ARM) 7.0/11
Three seed GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2693, GER) 8.0/11
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Russian Alexander Grischuk Wins
Linares 2009
February 18 to March 8
Official Site: http://www.soloajedrez.com/ciudaddelinares/
RUS 2733 Alexander Grischuk 8.0/14
UKR 2779 Vassily Ivanchuk 8.0/14
NOR 2776 Magnus Carlsen 7.5/14
IND 2791 Viswanathan Anand 7.0/14
CHN 2739 Wang Yue 6.5/14
AZE 2761 Teymour Radjabov 6.5/14
ARM 2750 Levon Aronian 6.5/14
CUB 2717 Lenier Dominguez 6.0/14
Round One
Wan Yue - Ivanchuk 1/2 Bogo Indian 31 moves
Anand - Radjabov 1-0 Sicilian Sveshnikov 61 moves
Aronian - Carlsen 1/2 Catalan 31 moves
Dominguez - Grischuk 1/2 French Winawer 30 moves
Round Two
Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2 King's Indian Classical 42 moves
Grischuk - Wang Yue 1-0 Slav Defense 57 moves
Anand - Aronian 0-1 Queen's Gambit Meran 53 moves
Carlsen - Dominguez 1/2 English Symmetrical 18 moves
Round Three
Aronian - Radjabov 1/2 King's Indian Classical 42 moves
Dominguez - Anand 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 41 moves
Wang Yue - Carlsen 1/2 QGD 5.Bf4 57 moves
Ivanchuk - Grischuk 1/2 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 65 moves
Round Four
Aronian - Dominguez 1-0 QGA 92 moves
Carlsen - Ivanchuk 1/2 Gruenfeld Botvinnik 34 moves
Anand - Wang Yue 1-0 Slav Defense 33 moves
Radjabov - Grischuk 0-1 Queens Indian 41 moves
Round Five
Dominguez - Radjabov 1/2 Sicilian Modern Dragon 62 moves
Ivanchuk - Anand 1/2 Slav Defense 65 moves
Grischuk - Carlsen 1/2 Sicilian Sveshnikov 34 moves
Wang Yue - Aronian 1/2 Slav Defense 26 moves
Round Six
Wang Yue - Radjabov 1/2 King's Indian Classical 43 moves
Ivanchuk - Dominguez 1/2 Dutch System 47 moves
Grischuk - Aronian 1-0 Anti-Meran Gambit 59 moves
Carlsen - Anand 1-0 Anti-Meran Var 77 moves
Round Seven
Radjabov - Carlsen 1/2 Giuoco Piano 34 moves
Anand - Grischuk 1/2 King's Indian Saemisch 32 moves
Aronian - Ivanchuk 0-1 King's Indian Classical 44 moves
Dominguez - Wang Yue 1/2 Petroff Defense 57 moves
Round Eight
Radjabov - Anand 1/2 Anti-Meran Gambit 47 moves
Carlsen - Aronian 0-1 Anti-Meran Variations 93 moves
Grischuk - Dominguez 1/2 Gruenfeld Defense 47 moves
Ivanchuk - Wang Yue 1/2 Petroff Defense 66 moves
Round Nine
Ivanchuk - Radjabov 1/2 Ruy Lopez Schliemann 30 moves
Wang Yue - Grischuk 1/2 QGA 17 moves
Dominguez - Carlsen 0-1 Sicilian Modern Dragon 54 moves
Aronian - Anand 1/2 Catalan 30 moves
Round Ten
Radjabov - Aronian 1-0 Barcza System 56 moves
Anand - Dominguez 1/2 Gruenfeld Russian 35 moves
Carlsen - Wang Yue 0-1 Slav Defense 64 moves
Grischuk - Ivanchuk 1/2 Petroff Defense 41 moves
Round Eleven
Grischuk - Radjabov 1/2 King's Indian Classical 44 moves
Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2 QGD Lasker Defense 22 moves
Wang Yue - Anand 1/2 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 27 moves
Dominguez - Aronian 1/2 Ruy Lopez Closed 56 moves
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Round Twelve
Radjabov - Dominguez 1/2 Sicilian Alapin 65 moves
Aronian - Wang Yue 1/2 Caro Kann Exchange 31 moves
Anand - Ivanchuk 1/2 Ruy Lopez Berlin 32 moves
Carlsen - Grischuk 1-0 Sicilian Schveningen 37 moves
Round Thirteen
Carlsen - Radjabov 1/2 Sicilian Rossolimo 53 moves
Grischuk - Anand 1/2 Sicilian Najdorf 33 moves
Ivanchuk - Aronian 1-0 Anti-Meran Var 35 moves
Wang Yue - Dominguez 1/2 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5 48 moves
Round Fourteen
Radjabov - Wang Yue 1/2 Slav Defense 29 moves
Dominguez - Ivanchuk 1/2 Ruy Lopez Closed 35 moves
Aronian - Grischuk 1/2 King's Indian Classical 41 moves
Anand - Carlsen 1/2 King's Indian w/o Nc3 29 moves
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Topalov defeats Kamsky in seven games
February 16 to 28, 2009
Veselin Topalov wins the candidates match and will go on to face
Viswanathan Anand in 2010 for the World Championship
BUL 2796 Topalov - USA 2725 Kamsky 4.5 - 2.5
Material by The Week in Chess
Official Site: www.wccc2009.com
Game One: Topalov - Kamsky 1/2 Gruenfeld Simagin 36 moves
Game Two: Kamsky - Topalov 0-1 Ruy Lopez Berlin 32 moves
Game Three: Topalov - Kamsky 1/2 Gruenfeld Botvinnik 37 moves
Game Four: Kamsky - Topalov 1-0 Ruy Lopez Chigorin 73 moves
Game Five: Topalov - Kamsky 1-0 French Tarrasch 55 moves
Game Six: Kamsky - Topalov 1/2 Caro Kann Advanced 43 moves
Game Seven: Topalov - Kamsky 1-0 French Tarrasch 45 moves********************************************************************
Aeroflot Open in Moscow
February 16 - 27, 2009
Bacrot finishes first on tiebreak over Moiseenko
Material by The Week in Chess
Material by www.aeroflotchess.com
Material by www.chessbase.comFRA GM 2722 Etienne Bacrot 6.5/9
UKR GM 2676 Alexander Moiseenko 6.5/9
CHN GM 2612 Jianchao Zhou 6.0/9
BIH GM 2650 Borki Predojevic 6.0/9
BLR GM 2587 Sergei Zhigalko 6.0/9
RUS GM 2602 Igor Kurnosov 6.0/9
RUS GM 2613 Vladimir Potkin 6.0/9
RUS GM 2664 Evgeny Thomashevsky 6.0/9
ARM GM 2621 Arman Pashikian 6.0/9
Top seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2724) filed a protest after his crushing loss to Igor Kurnosov (2602) in round six accusing him of computer cheating and withdrew from the event.
GM Kurnosov has responded with a letter and analysis.
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5257
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Wijk aan Zee 2009
January 16 to February 1, 2009
Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
Material by The Week in Chess
Material by Official Site: www.coruschess.com
Round One - Netherland Champion and 14 seed Jan Smeets (2601) beats top seed Ivanchuk (2779) with Black - Morozevich (2771) loses to Karjakin(2706) Kamsky draws with Adams
Round Two - Ivanchuk comes back with a win against Yue Wang- Morozevich gets on the board with a win against Van Wely - Movsesian defeats Adams - Kamsky draws with Dominguez
Round Three - Kamsky defeats Morozevich to join the leaders - Top seed Ivanchuk loses for the second time in three games - Short, Navara, Kasimdzhanov tied for the lead in GM group B with 2.5/3 - Iturrizaga wins to join Bosboom in the lead with 2.5/3 in GM group C
Round Four - All draws today in the GM group A - the first rest day sees Kamsky, Karjakin, Radjabov, Movsesian and 14 seed Smeets all with 2.5/4 - the win by 8th seed Caruana in GM B section propels him into the lead with Short and Kasimdzhanov all at 3.0/4 - another win in the GM C section by Tiger Hillarp Persson puts him in the lead along with 13 seed IM Manuel Bosboom (2418) at 3.0/4 - next round Thursday
Round Five - Karjakin alone in the lead after defeating Stellwagen - Morozevich loses third game of the event to Dominguez - Aronian, Van Wely other winners in GM A - Kasimdzhanov leads in GM B - Sasikiran, Volokitin, Efimenko win - All but one game decisive in GM C where Hillarp Persson leads
Round Six - Karjakin still alone in the lead at 4.0/6 - World number five Morozevich loses his fourth game, this time to Movsesian - Adams defeats Wang while Kamsky finally falls to Radjabov - 14 seed Smeets has still not lost - In GM B, wins with the black pieces vault Short and Navara into the lead with Kasimdzhanov at 4.0/6 - Wesley So takes over the lead in GM C with 4.5/6 - IM Bosboom 4.0/6 along with Persson
Round Seven - Movsesian defeats Ivanchuk to join Karjakin in the lead - Morozevich hands Smeets his first loss, but still shares last place with Ivanchuk and Wang - Short takes over the lead in GM B with his win over Kasimdzhanov - All games in B decisive except one draw - Tiger Hillarp Persson joins So in the lead in GM C after his win with the black pieces against Iturrizaga who has now lost four in a row
Round Eight - Going into the second rest day, Movsesian takes over the lead in GM group A with 5.0/8 after Karjakin loses to Ivanchuk - Yue Wang hands Morozevich his fifth loss in eight games - Aronian, Karjakin, Dominguez and Radjabov all with 4.5/8 - In GM group B, Short maintains his lead at 5.5/8 after he salvages a draw with Volokitin, who, along with Motylev trail Short by 1/2 point - Tiger Hillarp Persson back in the lead at an impressive 6.0/8 coupled with his win over Manuel Leon Hoyos and top seed Wesley So's loss to 9th seed Frank Holze - All but one decisive game in GM C - Next round Tuesday
Round Nine - Aronian, Karjakin & Dominguez tied for first in GM A after defeating Kamsky, Movsesian & Stellwagen respectively - Short remains in first in GM B but five players 1/2 point behind hot on his heels - Top seed Sasikirin loses again - Hillarp Persson still on top in GM C
Round Ten - Heading into the final rest day, Aronian beats Adams to take the sole lead in GM A- Carlsen defeats Dominguez - All other games drawn - Short stays on top in GM B, but five players still 1/2 point behind - Number one seed Sasikirin in last place tied with Werle - Hillarp Persson wins his sixth game to retain lead by 1/2 point over So in GM C, who registered his fifth win - All games in GM C decisive today - Next round Friday
Round Eleven - Dominguez wins brilliancy prize in defeat of Aronian in GM A- Radjabov, Movsesian, Kamsky all win - four-way tie at the top - In GM B, Short retains the lead with a win over Navara with the black pieces - Caruana and Kasimdzhanov both win to share second place, 1/2 point behind the leader - Top seed Sasikirin loses again - In GM C, Hillarp Persson falls to Bitalzadeh while top seed So (8.0/11) takes over first place with a win over Bosboom - All but one game decisive - FM Anish Giri (RUS) attains GM norm while assuming third place at 7.0/11
Round Twelve - Carlsen bests Smeets, Karjakin beats Adams to create six way tie at the top of GM A with one round to go - All other games drawn - Carlsen is the only player who has not lost a game - Kasimdzhanov beats l'Ami to join Short for the lead in GM B - Wesley So defeats his closest challenger to guarantee himself at least a tie for first place in GM C - FM Giri, soon to be GM, takes over second place - Final round tomorrow
Round Thirteen -Nineteen year old eleventh seed Ukranian GM Sergey Karjakin (2706) wins Corus 2009 (8.0/13) after defeating Cuban GM Lenier Dominguez with black - Sixteen year old Italian GM Fabiano Caruana (2646) wins Corus GM B (8.5/13) after knocking off British GM Nigel Short in the last round - Fifteen year old Philippine GM Wesley So (2627) took care of business in Corus GM C (9.5/13) - I'm pretty sure this the first time in the history of the Wijk aan Zee tournament that a teenager won each of the three sections, but I could be wrong.......
Participants Grandmaster group A
| Average rating | : 2716 |
| Category | : 19 |
FIDE-ratings as of January 2009
Participants Grandmaster group B
| Average rating | : 2641 |
| Category | : 16 |
FIDE-ratings as of January 2009
Participants Grandmaster group C
| GM | Wesley So | PHI |
2627 9.5/13 | ||
| GM | David Howell | ENG | 2622 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Tiger Hillarp Persson | SWE | 2586 8.5/13 | ||
| GM | Abhijeet Gupta | IND | 2569 7.5/13 | ||
| GM | Friso Nijboer | NED | 2560 5.5/13 | ||
| GM | Manuel Leon Hoyos | MEX | 2542 5.0/13 | ||
| GM | Oleg Romanishin | UKR | 2533 4.5/13 | ||
| GM | Eduardo Iturrizaga | VEN | 2528 5.5/13 | ||
| GM | Frank Holzke | GER | 2524 6.5/13 | ||
| WGM | Dronavalli Harika | IND | 2473 6.0/13 | ||
| FM | Anish Giri | RUS | 2469 8.5/13 | ||
| IM | Roeland Pruijssers | NED | 2444 5.5/13 | ||
| IM | Manuel Bosboom | NED | 2418 5.5/13 | ||
| IM | Ali Bitalzadeh | NED | 2400 5.5/13 | ||
| Average rating | : 2521 |
| Category | : 11 |
FIDE-ratings as of January 2009
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December 28 to January 5
All content by The Week in Chess
Igor Kurnosov (2606, RUS) wins the event 7.5/9 ahead of the winner of the last two Hastings tournaments, Valerij Neverov (2571, UKR) 7.0/9. Neverov finished third on tiebreaks behind second place finisher Emanuel Berg (2623, SWE) 7.0/9.
Four Englishmen took the four through seven spots; British Champion Stuart Conquest (2526, 6.5/9), Mark Hebden (2515, 6.5/9), David Howell (2593, 6.5/9) and Simon Williams (2494, 6.5/9).
Complete crosstable at www.hastingschess.org.uk
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Leon Open
Leon, Spain
December 26 - 28
Yussupow, Korchnoi, Andersson, Beliavsky, Portisch, Timman, Shirov
All content by The Week in Chess
Evgeny Bareev, Artur Yussupow, Daniel Fridman, Alexei Shirov,
Orelvis Perez Mitjans, Renier Vazquez Igarza, Sergey Fedorchuk,
Dragan Paunovich all finished 7.5/9.
Jan Timman, Lajos Portisch, Ljubomir Ljubojevich,
Aleksander Beliavsky, Julio Granda Zuniga - 7.0/9
Viktor Kortchnoi - 6.0/9
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Pearl Spring Super GM - Nanjing
http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/yindex.htmAll material by The Week in Chess
Topalov wins - Aronian clear second
NAME COUNTRY SCORE TPR
Topalov, Veselin BUL 7.0/10 2892
Aronian, Levon ARM 5.5/10 2786
Bu, Xiangzhi CHN 5.0/10 2758
Svidler, Peter RUS 4.5/10 2720
Movsesian, Sergei SVK 4.0/10 2683
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 4.0/10 2672
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US Men & Women
Win Bronze in Olympiad
All material by The Week in Chess
MEN -1.) Armenia 2.) Israel 3.) USA
WOMEN - 1.) Georgia 2.) Ukraine 3.) USA
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Israeli Championship
All material by The Week in Chess
Boris Avrukh new Israeli Champion
1.) Boris Avruhk
2.) Ilia Smirin
3.) Victor Mikhalevski
4..) Makim Rodshtein
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