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48th Groningen Chess Festival
December 21-30, 2011,
Groningen, Netherlands
9 Rounds
Group A 55 players, Group B 28 players, Group C 28 players,
Time control: 90mn for 40 moves + 30mn + 30sec per move
Kovchan won after tie-break.
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Kovchan, Alexander |
UKR | 7 |
| 2- |
Hess, Robert L |
USA | 7 |
| 3- |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
NED | 6,5 |
| 4- |
Zherebukh, Yaroslav |
UKR | 6,5 |
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Ratings January 2012
Top 100 players & top 10 countries
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World Women Chess Team Championship 2011
December 17-28, 2011,
Mardin, Turkey
Round robin system
China won gold medals.
Final round
Vietnam - Ukraine: 2 - 2
Russia - Armenia: 2 - 2
Greece - RSA: 4 - 0
Georgia - Turkey: 3 - 1
China - India: 2½ - 1½
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Brazil championship
December 10-20, 2011,
Brazil
Round robin system
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Leitao Rafael |
BRA | 9 |
| 2- |
Fier Alexandr |
BRA | 8,5 |
| 3- |
Mecking Henrique |
BRA | 7 |
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Sportaccord World Mind Games
Decembre 8 - 16, 2011
Beijing, China
Blindfold men - Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1- |
Almasi Zoltan |
HUN | 5 |
| 2- |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
FRA | 5 |
| 3- |
Gashimov Vugar |
AZE | 5 |
Blitz men - Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
FRA | 12 |
| 2 |
Grischuk Alexander |
RUS | 10,5 |
| 3 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
AZE | 10 |
Rapid men - Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Wang Hao |
CHN | 5,5 |
| 2 |
Gashimov Vugar |
AZE | 5 |
| 3 |
Kamsky Gata |
USA | 4,5 |
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London Chess Classic 2011
Decembre 3-12,2011
London, UK
Average rating : 2748
Round robin system
Round 9 Watch the games
Luke McShane - Vishy Anand : ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura - Michael Adams: 1-0
Nigel Short - Magnus Carlsen: ½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Levon Aronian: ½-½
David Howell (bye)
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Italian Chess Championship 2011
November 29 - Decembre 12,2011
Perugia, Italia
12 players
Round robin system
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Caruana Fabiano |
ITA | 10 |
| 2 |
Dvirnyy Daniyyl |
ITA | 6,5 |
| 3 |
Brunello Sabino |
ITA | 6 |
| 4 |
Ortega Lexy |
ITA | 6 |
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CCSCSL Invitational
November 29 - December 3 , 2011
The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis ,USA
Round robin tournament
1. GM Giorgi Kacheishvili 2590 GEO
2. GM Mesgen Amanov 2524 TKM
3. IM Marc Arnold 2504 USA
4. GM Andre Diamant 2489 BRA
5. IM Irina Krush 2476 USA
6. IM Greg Shahade 2459 USA
7. IM Darwin Yang 2442 USA
8. IM Daniel Rensch 2416 USA
9. IM Angelo Young 2350 PHI
10. WGM Tatev Abrahamyan 2264 USA
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Kacheishvili, Giorgi |
GEO | 8 |
| 2 |
Amanov, Mesgen |
TKM | 6 |
| 3 |
Diamant, Andre |
BRA | 6 |
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Russia Rapid Grand Prix
December 1-4 , 2011
15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move
Grischuk won the tournament.
Final
Grischuk - Dreev : ½-½ ; 1-0
Semi final
Kurnosov - Dreev : ½-½ ; 0-1
Grischuk - Nepomniachtchi: 1-0 ; 1-0
Quarter final
Maletin - Kurnosov ½-½ ; 0-1
Dreev - Yakovenko ½-½ ; 1-0
Rublevsky - Grischuk 0-1 ; ½-½
Nepomniachtchi - Bocharov 1-0 ; 0-1 ; 1-0
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World Championship Match
Indian chess champion Viswanathan Anand and his Israeli rival Boris Gelfand, the winner of the Candidates tournament, will challenge on May 10-31, 2012 in Moscow's Tretyakov State Gallery for the upcoming World Championship. 12 game match will be played. The $2,550,000 purse will be split 60-40 between the winner and loser.
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21st World Senior Chess Championship
November 15 - 26 , 2011
Rijeka,Croatia
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Okhotnik Vladimir |
FRA | 9 |
| 2 |
Komljenovic Davorin |
CRO | 8,5 |
| 3 |
Timoscenko Gennadij |
SVK | 8,5 |
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Tal Memorial
November 16 - 25 , 2011
Moscow,Russia
Average rating: 2777
Carlsen won on tie-break.
Final round :
Karjakin, Sergey - Ivanchuk, Vassily : ½ - ½
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Aronian, Levon : ½ - ½
Svidler, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir : 1 - 0
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan : ½ - ½
Nakamura, Hikaru - Carlsen, Magnus : 0 - 1
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Women's world chess championship
November 14 - 30, 2011
Tirana, Albania
10 games
Hou Yifan remains Women’s World Champion
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Euwe chess tournament
The tournament is organized to honour the memory of the former World Champion Max Euwe.
October 13 - 20 , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
2 groups of 4 players
Double round robin
Round 5 :
Round 6 :
Group 1
Cramling - Olafsson : ½–½
Peng - Van der Sterren : 1–0
Group 2
Van Kampen - Conquest : 1–0
Socko - Arakhamia-Grant : ½–½
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European Team Chess Championships
November 3 - 11, 2011
Porto Carras, Greece
Swiss system, 9 rounds
One open section and one section for the women’s teams
Open 38 teams
Women: 138 players
Time control : 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game +
30 sec increment from the first move.
Teams of 4 players
Germany are European champion with 15 points.
Open section - Round 9:
Germany - Armenia: 2½ - 1½
Azerbaijan - Romania: 3 - 1
Hungary - Bulgaria: 4 - 0
Slovenia - Russia: 1 - 3
Netherlands - Czech Rep.: 2½ - 1 ½
France - Spain: 1½ - 2½
Croatia - Poland: 1 - 3
Greece - Italy: 1½ - 2½
England - Ukraine: 1½ - 2½
Switzerland - Israel: 1½ - 2½
Georgia - Sweden: 3 : 1
Serbia - Montenegro: 2½ - 1½
Moldova - Austria: 2½ - 1½
Latvia - Lithuania: 2 - 2
Turkey - Norway: 1½ - 2½
Iceland - Scotland: 4 - 0
Cyprus - Denmark: 0 - 4
Finland - Luxembourg: 3½ - ½
FYROM - Wales: 4 - 0
- World Youth Under 16 Olympiad
October 23 - November 1st, 2011
Kocaeli, Turkey
Swiss system, 10 rounds
Time control : 90 minutes with 30 seconds increments per move.
26 teams
Team of 4 players
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Teams | Points |
| 1 |
Russia |
30 |
| 2 |
Armenia |
28,5 |
| 3 |
Iran |
27,5 |
| 4 |
Azerbaijan |
27,5 |
- Corsica Masters
October 22 - 31, 2011
Bastia (22-29) & Ajaccio ( Final 31 Oct),
182 players
At the end of 9 rounds, 14 players will be qualified to play a knock out system tournament with the participation of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, winner of Corsican circuit 2010,and Viswanathan Anand, World Champion.
Simultaneous and blitz tournaments will also take place during the tournament.
Final ( 31st October )
Anand is winner after beating Mamedyarov
Viswanathan Anand - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: 2 - 0
1- Anand - Mamedyarov : 1-0 (43) Grunfeld Defence
2- Mamedyarov - Anand : 0-1 (40) Queen's gambit 5.Bf4
Semi final ( 29th October )
Viswanathan Anand - Sasikiran Krishnan: 3 - 1
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Cheparinov Ivan: 2 - 0
Quarter final ( 29th October )
Viswanathan Anand - Grigoryan Avetik : 1½ - ½
Sasikiran Krishnan - Baron Tal: 2½ - 1½
Cheparinov Ivan - Battaglini Gabriel: 3 - 1
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Jones Gawain C B : 1½ - ½
1/8th final
Viswanathan Anand - Massoni Michael : 2 - 0
Melkumyan Hrant - Grigoryan Avetik : ½ - 1½
Cheparinov Ivan- Durarbeyli Vasif : 1½ - ½
Fressinet Laurent - Battaglini Gabriel : ½ - 1½
Sasikiran Krishnan - Arnold Marc T : 3 - 1
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Mullon Jean-Baptiste : 1½ - ½
Jones Gawain C B - Tregubov Pavel V. : 3 - 2
Mamedov Rauf - Baron Tal : 1½ - 2½
- Spice Cup 2011
October 15 - 25, 2011
Texas Tech University, USA
5 toUrnaments:
Spice Cup A,B,C, FIDE Rated Open, Scholastic Open
Spice Cup A
Double round robin
6 players
Final standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Le, Quang Liem |
VIE | 17 |
| 2-3 |
Dominguez, Leinier |
CUB | 15 |
| 2-3 |
Meier, Georg |
GER | 15 |
- Chigorin Memorial
October 12 - 22, 2011
St. Petersburg, Russia
9 rounds
Final standings of Classic t. top 3:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Bocharov, Dmitry |
RUS | 7,5 |
| 2 |
Onischuk, Vladimir |
UKR | 7 |
| 3 |
Lintchevski, Daniil |
RUS | 7 |
Final standings of Rapid t. top 3:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Korobov, Anton |
UKR | 7,5 |
| 2 |
Kurnosov, Igor |
RUS | 7,5 |
| 3 |
Jumabayev, Rinat |
KAZ | 7 |
| 4 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy |
UKR | 7 |
- Univé chess tournament
October 14 - 22 ,
Hoogeveen , The Netherlands
4 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2726
Round 6 :
Polgar, Judit - Kramnik, Vladimir : ½-½
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Giri, Anish : ½-½
- Nalchik Fide Women Grand-Prix
October 8 - 23, 2011
Nalchik, Russia
Round robin system
12 players
Round 11
Stefanova Antoaneta - Kovalevskaya Ekaterina : ½-½
Kosintseva Tatiana - Kosintseva Nadezhda : ½-½
Ju Wenjun - Zhao Xue : 1-0
Cmilyte Viktorija - Zhu Chen : ½-½
Kosteniuk Alexandra - Lahno Kateryna : 0-1
Galliamova Alisa - Munguntuul Batkhuyag : 1-0
- Barcelona Chess Tournament
October 12 - 20 ,
Magistral Casino Barcelona, Barcelona , Spain
10 players
Average rating: 2578
time control: 90 minutes + 30 sec increment per move from move one for 40 moves,
then 30 minutes + 30 sec increment per move (90’/40 + 30’) + 30 sec increment.
Draw offers not allowed until the first time control is finished.
Iturrizaga Eduardo couldn't participate to the tournament because of the car accident that he suffered.
Salgado won the tournamnet with 5,5 points.
Final round :
Salgado Lopez, Ivan - De La Riva Aguado, Oscar : 1-0
Spraggett, Kevin - Narciso Dublan, Marc: ½-½
Alsina Leal, Daniel - Seirawan, Yasser : 0-1
Peralta, Fernando - Oms Pallisse, Josep : ½-½
- Mitropa cup
October 7 - 16, 2011
Merlimont , France
9 rounds
Final standings, top 3:
| Rank |
Country | Points |
| 1 |
Germany |
23 |
| 2 |
Italy |
22 |
| 3 |
Austria |
21 |
- 12th Poikovsky chess tournament
October 4 - 13 , 2011
round robin tournament
10 players
Bacrot took the first place on tie-break.
Round 9
Motylev, Alexander - Karjakin, Sergey: ½-½
Onischuk, Alexander - Caruana, Fabiano : ½-½
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Laznicka, Viktor : ½-½
Rublevsky, Sergei - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro : 0-1
Efimenko, Zahar - Bacrot, Etienne : 0-1
- Turkish Chess Federation sues ECU in CAS
Turkish Chess Federation has started legal procedures against ECU in the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport). The case entered in Lausanne on the 10th of October, 2011. The main reason is mishandling of 2013 events bids and the procedures for naming the bid winners.
The appeal of the Turkish Chess Federation is filed for:
1. ECU’s decision to award the 2013 European Youth Chess Championship to Budva, Montenegro without making proper bid evaluation
2. The refusal to award TCF the 2013 Senior Team Championship despite having won the evaluation, and the postponement for the decision for the General Assembly
In a short comment of the President of TCF, Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici, he has made following remarks:
“In the last four years the Turkish Chess Federation has not organized any European Championships, due to decisions of ECU. Now, ECU mishandled many things for European 2013 events. But this time it is not acceptable. We are happy for their choice to give European Club Cup to Rhodos, it is a correct one. For the others we have decided to go to CAS. I have spoken with Danailov on the 18th of September. It is not a personal matter, it is not political. We will see the decision of the court and you will understand.”
This is not the first time the Turkish Chess Federation enters in dispute with ECU. In 2009 there was a heated argument over the organization of the European Club Cup, the European Individual Chess Championship, and the European Youth Chess Championship. Now the story is repeating, the 2011 case is going to court in the CAS, Lausanne. Stay tuned for updates.
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Chess Masters Final Bilbao / Sao Paulo
September 25 - October 1 , 2011 , Sao Paulo
October 5 - 11 , 2011 , Bilbao
Round robin tournament
Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes to finish the game, with 10 extra seconds per move from move number 41.
Sofia Rule: Players are not allowed to agree draw without arbiter’s permission.
Scoring System :
3 - Points per win,
1 - Point per draw,
0 - Point per loss
Carlsen won the tournament after the tie-break games ( blitz games):
Tie-break : Carlsen - Ivanchuk : 1,5 - 0,5
Final Round
Vassili Ivanchuk - Levon Aronian : ½-½
Viswanathan Anand - Francisco Vallejo : 1-0
Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen: ½-½
- World Amateur Chess Championship
October 1 - 10, 2011
Antalya, Turkey
9 rounds
Final standings, top 3:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Bilguun Sumiya |
MGL | 7,5 |
| 2 |
Ozdemir Timur |
TUR | 7 |
| 3 |
Alavarez Dager |
COL | 7 |
| 4 |
Serra Azul Neto Francisco |
BRA | 7 |
- Oslo Chess International
October 2 - 9, 2011
Oslo, Norway
2 groups: ( players with ELO greater than 2150 ) ,
ELO-group: (with ELO 1800-2150)
9 rounds
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
Participants
Final standings, top 3:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Sadler Matthew D |
ENG | 8 |
| 2 |
Ernst Sipke |
NED | 6,5 |
| 3 |
Hammer Jon Ludvig |
NOR | 6 |
- 1st Qin Huangdao Open Chess Tournament
October 1 - 7, 2011
Qin Huangdao,China
9 rounds
Time control: 90 minutes until the end the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
Averadge ELO: 2379
Participants with the highest rating
1- Liem Le Quang , VIE , 2717
2- Wang Yue , CHN , 2716
3- Li Chao B , CHN , 2710
4- GM Bu Xiangzhi , CHN , 2666
5- Ding Liren , CHN , 2660
6- Yu Yangyi , CHN , 2646
7- Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son , VIE , 2644
8- Sandipan Chanda , IND , 2640
9-Negi Parimarjan , IND , 2631
10- Surya Sekhar Ganguly , IND , 2631
11- Zhou Jianchao , CHN , 2628
12- Levan Pantsulaia , GEO , 2614
total 78 players
Final standings, top 3:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Zhou Weiqi |
CHN | 7 | 2616 |
| 2 |
Zhou Jianchao |
CHN | 7 | 2566 |
| 3 |
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son |
VIE | 7 | 2554 |
Tie Break: rating average of the opponents
- Hungarian Women Chess Championship
September 26 - October 5, 2011
Szeged, Hungary
round robin tournament
Time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes before the end of the game
with an increment of 30 seconds per move,
Final standings, top 3:
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Rudolf Anna |
HUN | 6 |
| 2 |
Schneider Veronika |
HUN | 6 |
| 3 |
Gara Tícia |
HUN | 6 |
- European Club Cup
27th European Club Cup for Men, 16th European Club Cup for Women.
September 24 - October 2, 2011
Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia
7 rounds, Swiss system
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for
the rest of the
game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
Men: 65 teams from 37 countries
Women: 12 teams from 9 countries
Men - Final Round
First 5 boards
OSG Baden Baden - SOCAR: 2 - 4
Mika - Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation: 2½ - 3½
SHSM-64 - Ekonomist SGSEU Saratov: 3 - 3
G-Team Novy Bor - Haladás VSE: 5½ - ½
Bosna Sarajevo - Lunds ASK: 4½ - 1½
Men Final Standings
| Rank |
Teams | Match points | Points |
| 1 |
Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation |
13 | 31,5 |
| 2 |
SOCAR |
12 | 31,5 |
| 3 |
G-Team Novy Bor |
11 | 31,5 |
| 4 |
Ekonomist SGSEU Saratov |
11 | 30,5 |
| 5 |
SHSM-64 |
11 | 30 |
| 6 |
OSG Baden Baden |
11 | 29 |
| 7 |
Bosna Sarajevo |
11 | 27 |
Women Final Standings
| Rank |
Teams | Match points | Points |
| 1 |
AVS |
12 | 18,5 |
| 2 |
AEM Luxten Timisoara |
10 | 17,5 |
| 3 |
Mika |
10 | 17,5 |
- Istanbul Chess Festival
September 12 - 18, 2011
Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Time control: 90 minutes and increment of 30 seconds per move,
starting from the first.
Two Open Tournaments
Category A: 106 players
Category B: 293 players
Final standings - Category A
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Shanava Konstantine | GEO |
7,5 | 51 |
| 2 |
Neverov Valeriy | UKR |
7,5 | 50 |
| 3 |
Abdulov Orkhan | AZE |
7 | 48 |
| 4 |
Sumets Andrey | UKR |
7 | 46 |
Tie break: Buccholz
- Women Grand-Prix Shenzhen
This is the 2nd tournament of FIDE Women's Grand Prix series 2011/2012.
September 6 - 20, 2011
Shenzhen, China
Round robin system
10 players
Hou Yifan won the second stage of FIDE Women Grand Prix in Shenzhen
Final round
Cmilyte Viktorija - Zhu Chen: 1-0
Ruan Lufei - Tan Zhongyi : ½-½
Ju Wenjun - Muzychuk Anna : ½-½
Danielian Elina - Hou Yifan : ½-½
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina - Zhao Xue : ½-½
Munguntuul Batkhuyag - Yildiz Betul Cemre : 1-0
- FIDE World Chess Cup
August 26 - September 21, 2011
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Knock-Out system
128 players
Svidler, Peter (RUS) won the FIDE World Cup. Svidler - Grischuk: 2,5 - 1,5
Final:
Game 4: Svidler, Peter (RUS) - Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) : 0,5 - 0,5 (Sicilian, Canal Sokolsky)
- Moscow vs St.Petersburg
September 17 - 18, 2011
St. Petersburg, Russia
2 rounds, 10 board match
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes before the end of the game with
30 seconds for each move, starting with the first one.
Draw offer is not allowed before the 40th move.
Teams:
Moscow:
1. Alexander Morozevich (2737), 2. Ian Nepomniachtchi (2718), 3. Dmitry Jakovenko (2716),
4. Alexei Dreev (2711), 5. Vladimir Malakhov (2710), 6. Ernesto Inarkiev (2692),
7. Alexander Riazantsev (2688), 8. Boris Grachev (2682), 9. Vadim Zvjaginzev (2666), 10. Evgeny Najer (2637)
Substitute 11. Boris Savchenko (2630), 12. Nikolai Chadaev (2564).
Saint Petersburg:
1. Nikita Vitiugov (2726), 2. Evgeny Alekseev (2662), 3. Ildar Khairullin (2642),
4. Evgeny Romanov (2639) 5. Maxim Matlakov (2630), 6. Alexander Khalifman (2627),
7. Konstantin Sakaev (2609), 8. Vasily Emelin (2568), 9. Alexander Shimanov (2565),10. Valery Popov (2545)
Substitute 11. Sergey Ivanov (2537), 12 Denis Evseev (2529)
Final result
Moscow - St. Petersburg: 11,5 - 8,5
Round 1
Moscow - St.Petersburg
Morozevich - Vitiugov: 1 - 0
Alekseev - Nepomniaschiy: 0,5 - 0,5
Jakovenko - Sakaev : 0,5 - 0,5
Khairullin - Dreev : 0,5 - 0,5
Malakhov - Romanov : 0 - 1
Khalifman - Inarkiev: 0,5 - 0,5
Riazantsev - Matlakov: 0,5 - 0,5
Emelin - Grachev: 0,5 - 0,5
Zviagintsev - Shimanov: 0,5 - 0,5
Popov - Najer: 0,5 - 0,5
Round 2
St.Petersburg - Moscow
Vitiugov - Morozevich : 1 - 0
Nepomniaschiy - Alekseev : 0,5 - 0,5
Sakaev - Jakovenko : 0,5 - 0,5
Dreev - Khairullin : 0,5 - 0,5
Romanov - Malakhov : 0,5 - 0,5
Inarkiev - Khalifman: 1 - 0
Matlakov - Riazantsev : 0 - 1
Grachev - Emelin : 1 - 0
Shimanov - Zviagintsev : 0,5 - 0,5
Najer - Popov : 1 - 0
- Kings vs Queens
September 10 - 15, 2011
Saint Louis, USA
Queens team
GM Kateryna Lahno (2554) - Ukraine
IM Anna Zatonskih (2508) - U.S.
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2469) - Russia
IM Irina Krush (2472) - U.S.
IM Martha Fiero (2378) - Ecuador
Kings team
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2753) - U.S.
IM Marc Arnold (2505) - U.S.
GM Ben Finegold (2489) - U.S.
IM Jacek Stopa (2482) - Poland
NM Kevin Cao (2152) - U.S.
A Scheveningen-paired tournament, in which each of the five team members will play each of the opposing team members twice:
once in a Fischer Random (Chess 960) game with a time control of G/25 + 10-second increment and
once in a rapid game with a time control of G/25 with a 5-second increment.
Final standings
Kings - Queens: 31,5 - 18,5
Men
1. Nakamura 9,5 pts
2. Finegold 7,5
3-4. Arnold 6
3-4. Stopa 6
5. Cao 2,5
Women
1. Kosteniuk 5,5 pts
2. Lahno 5
3. Krush 3
4-5. Zatonskih 2,5
4-5. Fierro 2,5
- Inventichess GM tournament
September 3 - 11, 2011
Antwerp, Belgium
The time control : 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes extra time
for the rest of the game + 30 seconds additional time per move from move 1.
Edouard (FRA) won with 7 pts.
Final round
Van Der Wiel, John T.H. - Michiels, Bart : 0-1
Docx, Stefan - Timman, Jan H : ½-½
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Hovhanisian, Mher : 0-1
Savina, Anastasia - Edouard, Romain : 0-1
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan - Bok, Benjamin: 0-1
- Botvinnik Memorial International
September 2-3, 2011
Moscow, Russia
Round robin
Time control: 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move starting from the first.
Men
Round 1 on Septembre 2
Anand - Carlsen : 0,5 - 0,5
Kramnik - Aronian : 0,5 - 0,5
Round 2 on Septembre 2
Aronian - Anand : 0 - 1
Carlsen - Kramnik : 0,5 - 0,5
Round 3 on Septembre 2
Anand - Carlsen : 0,5 - 0,5
Kramnik Aronian : 0,5 - 0,5
Round 4 on Septembre 3
Kramnik - Anand : 0,5 - 0,5
Carlsen - Aronian : 0 - 1
Round 5 on Septembre 3
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian: 1 - 0
Kramnik - Carlsen: 1 - 0
Round 6 on Septembre 3
Aronian - Kramnik: 1 - 0
Carlsen - Anand : 0 - 1
Final standings - Men
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Anand, Viswanathan | IND |
4,5 |
| 2 |
Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS |
3 |
| 3 |
Aronian, Levon | ARM |
3 |
| 4 |
Carlsen, Magnus | NOR |
1,5 |
Women
Round 1 on 02.09.2011
Danielian - Cmilyte: 1 - 0
Kosintseva T. - Koneru : 0 - 1
Round 2 on 02.09.2011
Koneru - Cmilyte: 0 - 1
Kosintseva T. - Danielian : 1 - 0
Round 3 on 02.09.2011
Cmilyte - Kosintseva T. : 1 - 0
Danielian - Koneru : 0,5 - 0,5
Round 4 on Septembre 3
Cmilyte, Viktorija - Danielian : 1 - 0
Koneru, Humpy - Kosintseva: 0,5 - 0,5
Round 5 on Septembre 3
Cmilyte - Koneru : 1 - 0
Danieliana - Kosintseva T.: 1 - 0
Round 6 on Septembre 3
Kosintseva, T. - Cmilyte: 1 - 0
Koneru - Danielian: 0 - 1
Final standings - Women
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Cmilyte, Viktorija | LTU |
4 |
| 2 |
Danielian, Elina | ARM |
3,5 |
| 3 |
Kosintseva, Tatiana | RUS |
2,5 |
| 4 |
Koneru, Humpy | IND |
2 |
- Rubinstein International
August 19 - 28, 2011
Polanica Zdroj, Poland
9 rounds
Average ELO: 2441
Time control: 90 mn / 40 moves+ 30mn + 30 sec per move
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Hnydiuk, Aleksander | POL |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Tazbir, Marcin | POL |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Sieciechowicz, Marcin | POL |
5,5 |
| 4 |
Kolosowski, Mateusz | POL |
5,5 |
- Russian Super Final - Women
August 19-28, 2011
Moscow , Russia,
10 players,
Round robin
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game +
30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move.
Gunina won with 6,5 points.
Final round
Kovanova - Gunina: 1/2-1/2
Pogonina - Charochkina: 0-1
Girya - Shadrina : 1/2-1/2
Bodnaruk - Kosteniuk: 1/2-1/2
Galliamova - Zaiatz :1-0
- BDO premier chess tournament
August 20 - 28, 2011
Haarlem, Netherlands
Round robin
Average ELO: 2492
Turov won after Armageddon game.
Final round :
Janssen - Huschenbeth : ½-½
Van Kampen - Haslinger : 1-0
Turov - Bosboom : 1-0
Vaibhav - D'Costa : 1-0
Nijboer - De Jager : 1-0
- France championship 2011
August 14 - 25, 2011
Caen, France
11 rounds
Round robin
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec increment
for every move played starting from the first move.
Vachier-Lagrave won the title with 7 points.
Final round
Feller Sebastien - Shchekachev Andrei : 1-0
Edouard Romain - Le Roux Jean-Pierre : 0-1
Bauer Christian - Fressinet Laurent : 1-0
Dorfman Iossif - Hamdouchi Hicham : ½-½
Bacrot Etienne - Vachier-Lagrave M. : ½-½
Bricard Emmanuel - Istratescu Andrei: ½-½
- Botvinnik Memorial - open
August 11-20, 2011
St. Petersburg, Russia, Russia,
166 players,
9 rounds
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Khismatullin, Denis | RUS |
7 | 54 |
| 2 |
Aleksandrov, Aleksej | BLR |
6 | 53,5 |
| 3 |
Ponkratov, Pavel | RUS |
5 | 53 |
tie-break: Buccholz
- Botvinnik Memorial - rapid
August 15-19, 2011
Suzdal, Vladimir Region , Russia,
10 players,
Round robin
Time control: 25 min + 10 sec / move.
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Korchnoi, Viktor | SUI |
7 |
| 2 |
Vasiukov, Evgeni | RUS |
6 |
| 3 |
Vasiukov, Evgeni | HUN |
5 |
- Russian Championship Super Final 2011
August 8-15, 2011
Moscow , Russia,
8 players,
Average ELO: 2715
Round robin
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game +
30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move.
Svidler won the title with 5 pts.
Final round
Galkin - Kramnik: 0-1
Timofeev - Grischuk: 1/2-1/2
Nepomniachtchi - Karjakin: 1/2-1/2
Morozevich - Svidler: 1-0
- FIDE Women Grand-Prix Rostov
August 1 - 15, 2011
Rostov, Russia
Round robin tournament
This is the 1st tournament of FIDE Women's Grand Prix series 2011/2012.
The FIDE Women Grand Prix is a series of elite tournaments over two years
in various countries around the world with three tournaments every year.
Hou (CHN) won with 8 pts.
Final round
Kosintseva Nadezhda - Ruan Lufei : ½-½
Danielian Elina - Muzychuk Anna : ½-½
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina - Kosteniuk Alexandra : 1-0
Kosintseva Tatiana - Galliamova Alisa : 0-1
Lahno Kateryna - Koneru Humpy : ½-½
Hou Yifan - Stefanova Antoaneta : ½-½
- Ostroda International
August 4-11, 2011
Ostroda , Poland,
10 players,
Average ELO: 2448
Round robin
Time control: 90 min + 30" per move
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Malisauskas, Vidmantas | LTU |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Mista, Aleksander | POL |
5,5 |
| 4 |
Leniart, Arkadiusz | POL |
5,5 |
- Politiken Cup
July 30 - August 7, 2011
Copenhagen, Denmark
311 players,
10 rounds
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game +
30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move.
Kurnosov won the tournament with 8,5 points.
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Kurnosov Igor | RUS |
8,5 |
| 2 |
Radulski Julian | BUL |
8 |
| 3 |
Savchenko Boris | RUS |
8 |
- 98th British Chess Championships 2011
July 25 - August 5, 2011
Ponds Forge , Sheffield,
87 players,
11 rounds
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game +
30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move.
Adams, Michael won the British Championship after play-off games.
Playoff
Short, Nigel D - Adams, Michael: ½-½
Adams, Michael - Short, Nigel : 1-0
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Adams, Michael | ENG |
8,5 |
| 2 |
Short, Nigel D | ENG |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Jones, Gawain | ENG |
8 |
- Dortmund chess tournament
July 21 - 31, 2011
Dortmund, Germany
Average ELO: 2731
Double round robin tournament
Kramnik (RUS) won the title with 7 points.
Final round :
Le – Giri: ½ - ½
Kramnik – Nakamura: 0 - 1
Meier – Ponomariov: ½ - ½
- 44th Biel Accentus chess grandmasters tournament
July 16 - 29, 2011
Festival consists Grandmaster Tournament,Master Tournament, Main Tournament,
Rapid, Blitz, chess960, Vinetum Youth, simultaneous, chess-tennis Tournaments
Accentus chess grandmasters tournament
Carlsen (NOR) won with 19 pts.
Final round
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Alexei Shirov: ½ - ½
Yannick Pelletier - Alexander Morozevich: 0 - 1
Fabiano Caruana - Magnus Carlsen: ½ - ½
- World Team Chess Championship
July 17 - 26, 2011
Ningbo, China
10 teams, round robin tournament.
Average rating: 2669
Armenia won with 14 points
Final round
India - Russia 2½ : 1½
Hungary - China 1½ : 2½
Azerbaijan - Egypt 2½ : 1½
Ukraine - Armenia 2 : 2
Israel - USA 1½ : 2½
- XXIX International Open Andorra
July 16 - 24 , 2011
Arinsal - La Massana
Swiss system, 9 rounds
153 players
Average rating: 2002
Time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes
to finish with an increment of 30 seconds
per move starting from the first move.
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Georgiev Kiril | BUL |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Arizmendi Martinez J. L. | ESP |
7 |
| 3 |
Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP |
6,5 |
- Najdorf International
July 14 - 22 , 2011
Warsaw, Poland
Swiss system
98 players
Average rating: 2253
Time control: 90 mn / 40 moves + 30 mn + 30 sec /move
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Markowski, Tomasz | POL |
7 | 41 |
| 2 |
Swiercz, Dariusz | POL |
7 | 37 |
| 3 |
Malakhatko, Vadim | BEL |
6,5 | 40 |
- 3rd International Artemis Cup
July 12 - 19 , 2011
Leros , Greece
77 players
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Mastrovasilis Athanasios | GRE |
7 | 49 |
| 2 |
Mirzoev Azer | AZE |
7 | 48,5 |
| 3 |
Hunt Adam C | ENG |
7 | 47,5 |
Tie break: Buccholz
- Leiden Chess Tournament 2011, group A
July 7 - 17, 2011
Final standings, group A, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Tiviakov, Sergei | NED |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Nikolic, Predrag | BIH |
7 |
| 3 |
Howell, David W L | SUI |
7 |
- Swiss Championship
Final standings, men, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Bauer Christian | FRA |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Sokolov Andrei | FRA |
7 |
| 3 |
Kortschnoj Viktor | SUI |
6,5 |
- Chennai to host World chess champ.
World chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand (India) and Boris Gelfand (Israel) will be held in Chennai, India in April-May next year.
- Asian Zonal 3.1 Men Championship
July 4 - 13 , 2011
Sharjah, UAE
16 men, 10 women players
Average ELO: 2203
Final standings, men, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Salem A R Saleh | UAE |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Darini Pouria | IRI |
6 |
| 3 |
Khader Sami | JOR |
6 |
| 4 |
Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | IRI |
6 |
- L. Polugaevsky Memorial 2011
July 5 - 13 , 2011
Samara , Russia
124 players
Average ELO: 2149
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Dvoirys Semen I | RUS |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Smirnov Pavel | RUS |
7 |
| 3 |
Geller Jakov | RUS |
7 |
| 4 |
Papin Vasily | RUS |
7 |
- Paris championship 2011
July 2 - 10 , 2011
Paris , France
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Arun Prasad | IND |
7 |
| 2 |
Fedorchuk Sergey | UKR |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Felgaer Ruben | ARG |
6,5 |
- 2nd Borloy Androvitzky Karoly GM Memorial
July 2 - 11 , 2011
Budapest , Hungary
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Gavrilov Alexei | RUS |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Vajda Levente | ROU |
7 |
| 3 |
Varga Zoltan | HUN |
5,5 |
- Turkey Is Bank Chess League 2011
June 27 - July 10 , 2011
Konya, Turkey
14 teams
round robin
time control: 90mn + 30 mn ( after 40th move) and 30 seconds increment per move.
Team composition, 10 players: 4 titled + 1 female player + 1 junior player +
U16 boy and girl players + U14 boy and girl players
Final Standings , top 5
| Rank |
Teams | Match Points | Game Points |
| 1 | Isek Aquamatch S.K. | 23 | 82 |
| 2 | Yapi Kredi S.K. | 21 | 79 |
| 3 | Adana Truva Satranç S.K. | 21 | 74,5 |
| 4 | Istanbul Teknik Üni. | 19 | 74,5 |
| 5 | Manisa Doruk Koleji | 17 | 70 |
Teams & average ratings
1- BÜYÜKÇEKMECE MERSIN EZGI SATRANÇ KULÜBÜ 2162
2- TARSUS ZEKA SATRANÇ S.K. 2265
3- TÜRK HAVA YOLLARI S.K. 2066
4- BESIKTAS JIMNASTIK KULÜBÜ 2305
5- BURSA TOPHANE MESLEK LISESI S.K. 2236
6- YESILKÖY SPOR KULÜBÜ 2150
7- ADANA TRUVA SATRANÇ S.K. 2308
8- ISTANBUL TEKNIK ÜNIVERSITESI S.K. 2394
9- ÇELIKKOL TURIZM PAMUKKALE ÜNIVERSITESI S.K. 2216
10- MANISA DORUK KOLEJI S.K. 2414
11- ISEK AQUAMATCH S.K. 2344
12- DENIZ GENÇLIK S.K. 2271
13- YAPI KREDI SPOR KULÜBÜ 2355
14- GAZI ÜNIVERSITESI S.K. 2330
- 39th Annual World Open 2011
June 28 - July 4 , 2011
Philadelphia, USA
Kamsky and Adams played an Armageddon game. Adams, having the better tie-breaks, chose the black pieces, 3-minutes and draw odds but Kamsky beat Adams.
Final standings, open, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Kamsky Gata | USA |
7 |
| 2 |
Adams Michael | ENG |
7 |
| 3 |
Van Wely Loek | NED |
6,5 |
- The Netherlands championship
June 26 - July 5 , 2011
Boxtel, The Netherlands
Average rating: 2582
round robin system (men), double round robin system (women)
Giri won the tournament with 7,5 points.
Final round
Sokolov, Ivan - Brandenburg, Daan : ½-½
Nijboer, Friso - L'Ami, Erwin : 1-0
Smeets, Jan - Ernst, Sipke : 1-0
Giri, Anish - Spoelman, Wouter : 1-0
Swinkels, Robin - Janssen, Ruud : ½-½
- Airports Authority of India Chess Tournament
June 20 - July 3 , 2011
New Delhi, India
Average rating: 2662
Double round robin tournament
Caruana (ITA) won with 7 pts.
Final round
Caruana Fabiano - So Wesley : ½-½
Hou Yifan - Sasikiran Krishnan : ½-½
Negi Parimarjan - Laznicka Viktor: ½-½
- HL Russia Championship 2011
June 15 - 26 , 2011
Taganrog, Russia
Average ELO - men : 2571 ; women : 2253
Swiss system
11 rounds for men and 9 rounds for womens
90 minutes on the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes
before the end of the game with 30 seconds per move starting from the first.
Morozevich, Timofeev, Galkin (Men), Zaiatz , Kovanova,Gunina,Charochkina and Shadrina (Women) are qualified to the Super Final of the Russian Championship.
Final standings, men, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Morozevich Alexander | RUS |
8 |
| 2 |
Timofeev Artyom | RUS |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Galkin Alexander | RUS |
7,5 |
Final standings, women, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Zaiatz Elena | RUS |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Kovanova Baira | RUS |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Gunina Valentina | RUS |
6 |
- IX. Marx György Memorial 2011
June 16 - 27 , 2011
Paks, Hungary
Average rating: 2664
Wojtaszek won the tournament with 8 points.
Final round
Salgado Lopez, I - Ács, P : 1-0
Berkes, F - Bologan, V : ½-½
Wojtaszek, R - Smirin, I : ½-½
- Ukraine championship
June 9 - 21, 2011
Kiev, Ukraine
12 players,
round robin
Average ELO: 2651
Players
1 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij , 2651
2 Areshchenko, Alexander , 2694
3 Ponomariov, Ruslan , 2754
4 Eljanov, Pavel , 2712
5 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy , 2640
6 Vysochin, Spartak , 2529
7 Efimenko, Zahar , 2701
8 Kovchan, Alexander , 2558
9 Moiseenko, Alexander , 2679
10 Korobov, Anton , 2660
11 Volokitin, Andrei , 2677
12 Vovk, Yuri , 2550
Final standings, men, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Ponomarev | UKR |
8,5 |
| 2 |
Eljanov | UKR |
7,5 |
| 3-4 |
Efimenko | UKR |
7 |
| 3-4 |
Moiseenko | UKR |
7 |
- Bazna King's chess tournament 2011
June 11 - 22 , 2011
Bazna, Romania
Average ELO: 2758
Carlsen won the tournament after tie-break.
Final Round
Radjabov Teimour - Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter : ½-½
Carlsen Magnus - Karjakin Sergey: ½-½
Ivanchuk Vassily - Nakamura Hikaru : 1-0
- Zone 3.4 Championship (Men)
June 7 - 16 , 2011
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Average ELO: 2758
Filippov (UZB) and Kazhgaleyev (KAZ) won the right to participate in the World Cup in 2011. Davletbayeva, Madina (KAZ) won the right to participate in the World Championship for women.
Final standings, men, top 5
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Filippov, Anton | UZB |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | KAZ |
6 |
| 3 |
Kvon, Andrey | UZB |
6 |
| 4 |
Kuderinov, Kirill | KAZ |
6 |
| 5 |
Vakhidov, Jahongir | UZB |
6 |
- Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2011
June 9 - 13 , 2011
Malmö, Sweden
Average tournament's rating: 2625
5 rounds
Round 5 :
Grandelius, Nils - Shirov, Alexei: ½-½
Tikkanen, Hans - Giri, Anish: ½-½
Hector, Jonny - So, Wesley: : 0-1
- Gaddafi versus Ilyumzhinov
World Chess Federation president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov who was visiting Libya as part of an effort to promote chess in Africa, in the frameworks of the Africa Year 2011, played chess with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The opening prefered was Sicilian Defense. Ilyumzhinov's draw offer was readily accepted by Gaddafi.
- 3rd Orissa International - KiiT Cup - 2011
May 28 - June 6, 2011
Orissa, India
220 players,
11 rounds, swiss system
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR |
9 |
| 2 |
Petrosian Tigran L | ARM |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Panchanathan Magesh C | IND |
8,5 |
| 4 |
Gupta Abhijeet | IND |
8,5 |
- Liechtenstein - open 2011
May 27 - June 6, 2011
Triesen, Liechtenstein
84 players, average ELO: 2010
Final standings, Open, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Likavsky Tomas | SVK |
7 |
| 2 |
Hera Imre Jr | HUN |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Farago Ivan | HUN |
6,5 |
- 24th Leon Masters
Vishy Anand vs Alexei Shirov
June 2-6, 2011
Leon , Spain
6 games. 1st game on 3 June 2011, Friday
Time control: 45 minutes per side plus 30 seconds increment after each move.
Download games (pgn)
Final result: Anand - Shirov: 4,5 - 0,5
day 3:
Shirov - Anand: 0-1
Anand - Shirov: ½-½
day 2:
Shirov - Anand: 0-1
Anand - Shirov: ½-½
day 1:
Shirov - Anand: ½-½
Anand - Shirov: 1-0
| Players | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | Total |
|---|
| Anand (IND) | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4,5 |
| Shirov (ESP) | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1,5 |
- France Clubs Championship
May 26 - June 5, 2011
Mulhouse , France
12 players,
round robin
Marseille Echecs won the tournament after defeating Clichy and
got the France champion title.
Round 11
Chalons en Champagne - Evry Grand Roque : 0 - 4
Mulhouse Philidor - Metz Fischer : 3 - 2
Noyon - Vandoeuvre : 2 - 0
Guingamp - Lutèce Echecs : 3 - 2
Clichy - Marseille Echecs : 1 - 3
Strasbourg - Rueil Malmaison : 3 - 3
Final Standings
1 Marseille Echecs 31
2 Clichy 31
3 Evry Grand Roque 30
4 Mulhouse Philidor 27
5 Metz Fischer 22
6 Chalons en Champagne 21
7 Noyon 20
8 Vandoeuvre 20
9 Lutèce Echecs 18
10 Guingamp 17
11 Strasbourg 14
12 Rueil Malmaison 13
- Zone 3.3 Championships 2011
May 23 - 31, 2011
Tagaytay City, Philippines
9 rounds, swiss system
Susanto Megaranto ( Indonesia ) qualified for the World Cup 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Final standings, Open, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Megaranto Susanto | INA |
7 |
| 2 |
Paragua Mark | PHI |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Zhang Zhong | SIN |
6,5 |
| 4 |
Bitoon Richard | PHI |
6,5 |
Ruofan( Singapore ) qualifieds for the Women's World Cup.
Final standings, Women , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Li Ruofan | SIN |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Le Thanh Tu | VIE |
6 |
- St. Petersburg championship
May 21 - 31, 2011
St. Petersburg ,Russia
12 players, average ELO: 2471
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Emelin Vasiliy | RUS |
8 |
| 2 |
Shimanov Alexander | RUS |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS |
7 |
| 4 |
Goganov, Alexey | RUS |
7 |
- Moscow Championship Men
May 17 - 28, 2011
Moscow ,Russia
8 players, average ELO: 2526
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Chadayev Nicholas | RUS |
4,5 |
| 2 |
Grigoriants Sergei | RUS |
4,5 |
| 3 |
Vorobiev Evgeny | RUS |
4 |
| 4 |
Reshetnikov, Alexey | RUS |
4 |
- Candidates Matches - world chess championship
May 3-27, 2011
Kazan, Tatarstan
Gelfand qualified to play against the World Champion GM Vishy Anand for World
chess championship in a 12-game match during the first half of 2012.
Final result: Gelfand (ISR) - Grischuk (RUS): 3,5 - 2,5
Final: game 6
Gelfand (ISR) - Grischuk (RUS): 1 - 0 ( Neo Grünfeld ) Watch the games -- Other Results
- Nakamura vs Ponomariov
May 12-25, 2011
Saint Louis, USA
6 classicals, 4 rapid games
Final result: Nakamura - Ponomariov: 6,5 - 3,5
Rapid 4: Nakamura - Ponomariov: ½ - ½ ( King's Indian )
Rapid 3: Ponomariov - Nakamura: 0 - 1 ( Queen's gambit declined - Slav )
Rapid 2: Nakamura - Ponomariov: 1 - 0 ( Nimzovich-Larsen attack )
Rapid 1: Ponomariov - Nakamura: ½ - ½ ( Dutch - Leningrad var.)
Game 6: Nakamura - Ponomariov: 1 - 0 ( Queen's gambit declined - Charousek Petrossian var. )
Game 5: Ponomariov - Nakamura: 0 - 1 ( King's Indian - Orthodox)
Game 6: Nakamura - Ponomariov: 1 - 0 ( Queen's gambit declined - Charousek Petrossian var. )
Game 5: Ponomariov - Nakamura: 0 - 1 ( King's Indian - Orthodox)
Game 4: Nakamura - Ponomariov: ½ - ½ ( Queen's gambit declined - Charousek Petrossian var. )
Game 3: Ponomariov - Nakamura: 0 - 1 ( King's Indian - Orthodox)
Game 2: Nakamura - Ponomariov: ½ - ½ ( Ruy Lopez - Berlin def. )
Game 1: Ponomariov - Nakamura: 1 - 0 ( King's Indian - Orthodox )
Other game:
Robson vs Finegold
Final result: Robson - Finegold: 6 - 4
Rapid 4: Robson, Ray - Finegold, Ben : ½ - ½ ( Sicilian - Nimzovitch-Rossolimo at. )
Rapid 3: Finegold, Ben - Robson, Ray: 0 - 1 ( Richter-Veresov attack )
Rapid 2: Robson, Ray - Finegold, Ben : ½ - ½ ( Sicilian - Dragon )
Rapid 1: Finegold, Ben - Robson, Ray: 1 - 0 ( Sicilian - Canal-Sokolsky )
Game 6: Robson, Ray - Finegold, Ben : ½ - ½ ( Sicilian - Dragon )
Game 5: Finegold, Ben - Robson, Ray: ½ - ½ ( Sicilian - Alapin )
Game 4: Robson, Ray - Finegold, Ben : ½ - ½ ( Sicilian - Dragon )
Game 3: Finegold, Ben - Robson, Ray: ½ - ½ ( Sicilian - Canal-Sokolsky )
Game 2: Robson, Ray - Finegold, Ben : ½ - ½ ( Pirc - Hanham var. )
Game 1: Finegold, Ben - Robson, Ray: 0-1 ( Sicilian - Alapin )
- Lublin Union Memorial
May 15-21, 2011
Lublin,Poland
8 players, average ELO: 2680
Final standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Shirov Alexei | ESP |
5 |
| 2 |
Grachev Boris | RUS |
4,5 |
| 3 |
Zhigalko Sergei | BLR |
4,5 |
-
46th Capablanca Memorial Elite 2011
May 10 - 21 , 2011
Havana , Cuba
Average rating: 2712
Double round robin tournament
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves and 30 minutes to finish, plus
30 seconds per move from the first movement.
Round 10
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Le, Quang Liem: 1-0
Navara, David - Andreikin, Dmitry: ½-½
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro: ½-½
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Bahia Feliz International
May 12 - 21, 2011
Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) Spain
9 rounds, round robin
10 players
Average ELO: 2547
Final standings, top 5
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP |
6 |
| 2 |
Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Granda Zuniga Julio E | PER |
5 |
| 4 |
Mecking Henrique | BRE |
5 |
| 5 |
Ragger Markus | AUT |
5 |
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European Women Chess Championships
May 6 - 19, 2011
Tbilisi, Georgia
11 rounds, Swiss system
Open: 130 players, average rating: 2224
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest
of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
Cmilyte Viktorija ( LTU ) won the title with 9 points.
Final round (11), top 10 boards:
Cmilyte Viktorija - Matveeva Svetlana : ½ - ½
Danielian Elina - Stefanova Antoaneta : ½ - ½
Bodnaruk Anastasia - Kosintseva Tatiana : ½ - ½
Khotenashvili Bela - Muzychuk Anna : ½ - ½
Lahno Kateryna - Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan : ½ - ½
Javakhishvili Lela - Kosintseva Nadezhda : ½ - ½
Khukhashvili Sopiko - Cramling Pia : ½ - ½
2468 12
Foisor Cristina-Adela - Ushenina Anna : 1 - 0
Romanko Marina - Hoang Thanh Trang : ½ - ½
Abdulla Khayala Mardan Qizi - Gaponenko Inna : ½ - ½
Final standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU |
9 |
| 2 |
Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Danielian Elina | ARM |
8 |
| 4 |
Matveeva Svetlana | RUS |
8 |
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X Asian Individual Chess Championships
May 1 - 11, 2011
Mashhad, Iran
9 rounds, Swiss system
Open: 54 players
Women: 32 players
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Harikrishna P | IND |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Yu Yangyi | CHN |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE |
6,5 |
- Nakhchivan Open 2011
April 23 - May 1 2011
Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
9 rounds, Swiss system
time control: 90 mn + 30 seconds for each move.
Group A: 54 players, Average ELO: 2426
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Korobov Anton | UKR |
7 |
| 2 |
Almasi Zoltan | HUN |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP |
6,5 |
- 17th Asian cities team chess championship
April 22-28, 2011
Jakarta, Indonesia
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Teams | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Shi Jiazhuang | CHN |
18 |
| 2 |
Astana | KAZ |
15 |
| 3 |
Tehran | IRI |
13 |
Matchpoints (2 for wins, 1 for Draws, 0 for Losses)
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U.S. chess championship 2011
April 14 - 28, 2011
St.Louis, The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
Men's championship
Kamsky won US men's chess champion title.
Final
game 2: Shulman, Yuri - Kamsky, Gata : ½-½ (Slav accepted)
game 1: Kamsky, Gata - Shulman, Yuri : 1-0 (Catalan)
Third place
game 3: Shankland, Samuel L - Hess, Robert L : 1-0 (Nimzo Indian)
game 2: Hess, Robert L - Shankland, Samuel L : ½-½ (Caro Kann)
game 1: Shankland, Samuel L - Hess, Robert L : ½-½ (Catalan)
Women's championship
Zatonskih won US chess champion title after rapid Armageddon game. ( After bidding the lowest amount of time ,19 minutes, Zatonskih choose Black and had draw odds )
Final
tiebreak game 3 (rapid Armageddon) : Abrahamyan, Tatev - Zatonskih, Anna : ½-½ (French defence)
tiebreak game 2 (rapid) : Zatonskih, Anna - Abrahamyan, Tatev : 0-1 (Sicilian Indian)
tiebreak game 1 (rapid) : Abrahamyan, Tatev - Zatonskih, Anna : 0-1 (French defence)
game 2: Zatonskih, Anna - Abrahamyan, Tatev : ½-½ (King's Indian)
game 1: Abrahamyan, Tatev - Zatonskih, Anna: ½-½ (French defence)
Third place
game 2: Krush, Irina - Baginskaite, Camilla : ½-½ (Nimzo Indian)
game 1: Baginskaite, Camilla - Krush, Irina : 0-1 (Reti)
- Russian Women's Blitz Chess Championship 2011
April 24, 2011
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS |
11 |
| 2 |
Gunina Valentina | RUS |
10,5 |
| 3 |
Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS |
9 |
| 4 |
Zaiatz Elena | RUS |
9 |
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Iceland championship 2011
April 15 - 23, 2011
Egilsstadir, Iceland
Players:
Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2554
Danielsen Henrik ISL 2533
Kristjansson Stefan ISL 2483
Thorfinnsson Bragi ISL 2417
Thorhallsson Throstur ISL 2387
Johannesson Ingvar Thor ISL 2338
Kjartansson Gudmundur ISL 2327
Lagerman Robert ISL 2320
Gislason Gudmundur ISL 2291
Halldorsson Jon Arni ISL 2195
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Steingrimsson Hedinn | ISL |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Thorfinnsson Bragi | ISL |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Danielsen Henrik | ISL |
6 |
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Russian Team Championship 2011
April 12-23 , 2011
Olginka, Russia.
Round robin, 11 rounds,
time control: 90 mn /40 moves + 30 mn + 30s
Average rating: 2543
Men: ShSM-64 won the tournament
(team's players: Gelfand , Wang Hao, Caruana, Geary, Ryazantsev, Potkin, Grachev, Najer)
Women: SHSM - RSCU were winner.
(team's players: Kosteniuk, Gunina, Romanko, Kettlebell, Kashlinskaya)
Round 11:
Yamal - Ugra: 2 ½ - 3 ½
Tomsk400 - OSDYUSSHOR Kemerovo: 6 - 0
YSU VISTA - SHSM 64: 1 ½ - 4 ½
Polytechnic - Club them. MI Chigorin:3 - 3
Economist SSSEU - SPbShF: 3 - 3
NIU BSU - Atom: 2 ½ - 3 ½
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Thailand Open Chess Championship 2011
April 4-17 , Bangkok, Thailand
140 players
9 rounds .
Average rating : 2074
Gustafsson has won after finishing in a three-way tie for first place and
winning the title on a tiebreaker due to he had played tougher opposition.
Final standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Gustafsson Jan | GER |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Short Nigel | ENG |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Vallejo | ESP |
7,5 |
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11th European Senior Chess Championship
April 6-14, 2011
Courmayeur, Aosta Valley - Italy
9 rounds , swiss system.
Average rating : 2002
101 players
Time control: 40 moves in 90
minutes and 30 minutes to the end of the game plus
30 seconds for each move.
Final standings
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Suba Mihai | ROU |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Okhotnik Vladimir | FRA |
7 |
| 3 |
Timoscenko Gennadij | SVK |
7 |
| 4 |
Peretz Malkiel | CRO |
7 |
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Chinese chess championship
March 30 - April 10 , 2011 in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China
12 players (men)- 12 players (women)
11 rounds .
Average rating : 2609 (men) - 2382 (women)
Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 sec. per move
Final round
Bu Xangzhi - Li Shilong : 1-0
Yu Yangyi - Zhang Ziyang : 1-0
Zhao Jun - Zhou Jianchao : ½-½
Ding Liren - Wang Yue : 1-0
Ni Hua - Xiu Deshun : 1-0
Hou Yifan - Li Chao : ½-½
Ding, Liren won with 9 points.
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Ravenna Open - Lido Adriano
April 2-10, 2011
Ravenna ,Lido Adriano, Italy
72 players
9 rounds, Swiss system
Time control: 40 moves in 90 min + 30 minutes to finish the game.
30 seconds increment from the first move.
Players with ELO over 2500
Viorel Iordachescu (Moldova, 2634)
Alexander Delchev (Bulgaria, 2629)
Sarunas Sulskis (Lithuania, 2568)
Tamir Nabaty (Israel, 2565)
Pablo Lafuente (Argentina, 2561)
Elshan Moradiabadi (Iran, 2558)
Dmitry Svetushkin (Moldova, 2543)
Andrei Vovk (Ukraine, 2528)
Ramil Hasangatin (Russia, 2508)
Final Standings top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Sulskis Sarunas | LTU |
7 |
| 2 |
Bruno Fabio | ITA |
7 |
| 3 |
Vovk Andrey | UKR |
6,5 |
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11th European Senior Chess Rapid Championship
April 4-5, 2011
Courmayeur, Aosta Valley - Italy
9 rounds , rapid matches.
Average rating : 2090
Final Standings top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Kupreichik Viktor D | BLR |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Mishuchkov Nikolai M | RUS |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Cebalo Miso | CRO |
6,5 |
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Victor Ciocaltea Memorial
March 25 - April 4, 2011
Bucharest, Roumania
12 players
Round robin
Szabo (ROU) won with 8 points.
Final Standings top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula | ROU |
8 |
| 2 |
Shishkin Vadim | UKR |
7 |
| 3 |
Tazbir Marcin | POL |
7 |
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European Individual Chess Championship
March 21 - April 3, 2011
Aix les Bains, France
400 players
11 rounds, Swiss system
The rate of play will be 90 minutes for 40 moves plus
30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of
30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
Potkin (RUS) is winner.
Final round 11 - First 10 tables
Potkin Vladimir - Polgar Judit : ½-½
Wojtaszek Radoslaw - Svidler Peter : ½-½
Vitiugov Nikita - Feller Sebastien : ½-½
Vallejo Pons Francisco - Mamedov Rauf : ½-½
Moiseenko Alexander - Mcshane Luke J : 1-0
Zhigalko Sergei - Ragger Markus : ½-½
Jakovenko Dmitry - Parligras Mircea-Emilian : 1-0
Nepomniachtchi Ian - Korobov Anton : 0-1
Khairullin Ildar - Jobava Baadur : ½-½
Iordachescu Viorel - Riazantsev Alexander : ½-½
Final standings , top 6
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Potkin Vladimir | RUS |
8,5 | 2849 |
| 2 |
Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL |
8,5 | 2826 |
| 3 |
Polgar Judit | HUN |
8,5 | 2799 |
| 4 |
Moiseenko Alexander | UKR |
8,5 | 2755 |
Tie-break: Rating Performance without two results.
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Blondes vs Brunettes
April 1 , 2011, Russia
Ten Blondes will play against ten Brunettes
Scheveningen system
5 mn blitz match
Another condition: the blonde had to dress in bright and brunette - in the dark
Brunettes
1. Nasi Paykidze 2425
2. Savina Anastasia 2383
3. Svetlana Matveeva 2380
4. Maria Manakova 2336
5. Alina Kashlinskaya 2320
6. Daria Charochkina 2330
7. Karina Ambartsumov 2308
8. Varvara Saulina 2286
9. Bogumil Tatiana 2096
10. Victoria Zaryvkina 2059
Blondes:
1. Valentina Gunina 2472
2. Olga Kettlebell 2425
3. Tatiana Grabuzova 2336
4. Irina Vasilevich 2324
5. Maria Fominykh 2303
6. Tamara Minogin 2244
7. Alina Bivol 2137
8. Hope Potihoshkina
9. Marie Severin, 2049
10.Irina Zakurdyaevoy
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FIDE Zonal 2.3
March 18 - 27, 2011
Santiago, Dominican Republic
13 players
13 rounds, Swiss system
90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes
until the end of the game,
with a cumulative increase of 30
seconds after the first move.
Participants:
Leon Hoyos Manuel MEX 2546
Barrientos Sergio E COL 2499
Mateo Ramon DOM 2446
Arenas David COL 2420
Munoz Santana Jose Lisandro DOM 2401
Leyva Hector ESA 2393
Mazara Adan DOM 2298
Pitterson Jomo JAM 2263
Lorenzana Wilson Estuardo GUA 2227
Del Castilho Martyn BAR 2205
Cabralis Keron TRI 2203
Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 0
Dominguez Perez Leinier CUB 0
Dominguez and Bruzon are selected in the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Final Standings top 5
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | CUB |
11 |
| 2 |
Bruzon Batista Lazaro | CUB |
10,5 |
| 3 |
Leon Hoyos Manuel | MEX |
9,5 |
| 4 |
Munoz Santana Jose Lisandro | DOM |
8 |
| 5 |
Arenas David | COL |
7 |
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Anand vs Kasimdzhanov
March 7, 2011
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
World champions friendly match:
Current World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand (India) and the 17th World Chess Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)
4 rapid games.
Time control: 25 minutes per game with a 10-second increment per move
starting at move one.
game 1: Anand - Kasimdzhanov: ½-½
game 2: Kasimdzhanov - Anand: 0-1
game 3: Anand - Kasimdzhanov: 1-0
game 4: Kasimdzhanov - Anand: 0-1
Aggregate: Anand - Kasimdzhanov: 3,5 - 0,5
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Memorial of Georgy Agzamov
March 18 - 26, 2011
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
106 players
9 rounds, Swiss system
Time controls: 90 minutes for 40 moves, with a subsequent
30-minute addition for each player and a 30-second
increment per move starting at move one.
Final standings , top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Petrosian, Tigran L. | ARM |
7 |
| 2 |
Filippov, Anton | UZB |
7 |
| 3 |
Dzhumaev, Marat | UZB |
7 |
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Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament
March 11 - 24, 2011
Monaco
12 players
Every day four sessions will be played, two blindfold sessions and two rapid sessions.
The rate of play is 25 minutes per game per player.
With every move made in the blindfold games 20 seconds is added to the clock,
with every move made in the rapid games 10 seconds is added.
Aronian (ARM) won with 15,5 points. Aronian also won the blindfold competition. Magnus Carlsen won the rapid competition.
Final round :
Blind
Ivanchuk-Topalov : ½-½
Gashimov-Grischuk : ½-½
Giri-Anand : 0-1
Carlsen-Gelfand : 0-1
Nakamura-Kramnik : 0-1
Aronian-Karjakin : ½-½
Rapid
Topalov-Ivanchuk : 1-0
Grischuk-Gashimov: ½-½
Anand-Giri : 1-0
Gelfand-Carlsen : 0-1
Kramnik-Nakamura: 0-1
Karjakin-Aronian : ½-½
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MP Reykjavik Open
March 9-16, 2011
Reykjavik,Iceland
166 players .
9 rounds .
Average ELO: 2149
Top 10 highest ranked players
1. McShane Luke J ENG 2683
2. Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2670
3. Gustafsson Jan GER 2647
4. Sokolov Ivan NED 2643
5. Adly Ahmed EGY 2640
6. Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2627
7. Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2606
8. Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2603
9. Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2602
10. Baklan Vladimir UKR 2602
11. Miton Kamil POL 2600
Final Standings, top 6
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR |
7 | 55,5 |
| 2 |
Sokolov Ivan | NED |
7 | 52,5 |
| 3 |
Baklan Vladimir | UKR |
7 | 51,5 |
| 4 |
Miton Kamil | POL |
7 | 51,5 |
| 5 |
Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR |
7 | 51 |
| 6 |
Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR |
7 | 50,5 |
Tie Break: Buchholz
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9th international Chess Festival
of Meurthe et Moselle
March 12-13, 2011
Nancy,France
Total 175 players.
Blitz tournament on March 12,
11 rounds - 4 min (+2 sec per move) per player.
Rapid tournament on March 13,
9 rounds - 15 min (+3 sec per move) per player
Blitz - Final Standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Fressinet Laurent | FRA |
10,5 |
| 2 |
Naiditsch Arkadij | GER |
9 |
| 3 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | UZB |
8,5 |
| 4 |
Meier Georg | GER |
8,5 |
Rapid - Final Standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Fridman Daniel | GER |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Andersson Ulf | SWE |
7 |
| 3 |
Turov Maxim | RUS |
7 |
| 4 |
Fressinet Laurent | FRA |
7 |
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Bucharest international
March 1-11, 2011
Bucharest,Romania
10 players .
Round robin system.
Round 9
Ushenina - M. Muzychuk : ½-½
Peptan - Repkova : ½-½
Socko - Turova : ½-½
Cosma - Zatonsky : ½-½
Gunina - Muzychuk : ½-½
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27th Cappelle La Grande chess tournament
February 26 – March 5, 2011
Cappelle-la-Grande, France
9 rounds ,
Swiss system.
568 players
Time control: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for the first 40 moves and
then 30 minutes plus 30 seconds per move to the end of the game.
Final Standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Gajewki Grzegorz | POL |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Sharapov Evgeny | UKR |
7 |
| 3 |
Ipatov Alexander | ESP |
7 |
| 4 |
Vovk Yuri | UKR |
7 |
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Fide Women Grand-Prix Qatar
February 20 - March 6, 2011
Doha, Qatar
12 players .
Round robin system.
Koneru (IND) won the tournament with 8 points. She will play against Yifan for the World Chess Championship.see aggregate standings
Round 11View all games
Chiburdanidze Maia - Dzagnidze Nana : ½-½
Munguntuul Batkhuyag - Sebag Marie : 1-0
Danielian Elina - Stefanova Antoaneta : ½-½
Xu Yuhua - Cramling Pia : 1-0
Mkrtchian Lilit - Fierro Baquero Martha L : ½-½
Zhu Chen - Koneru Humpy : 0-1
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Bunratty Chess Festival
February 25 - 27, 2011
Bunratty, Ireland
6 rounds ,
Final Standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Points |
| 1 |
Gawain Jones |
5 |
| 2-3 |
Tony Kosten |
4,5 |
| 2-3 |
Ryan Rhys Griffiths |
4,5 |
France Blitz Championship
February 20 , 2011
Nice, France
Final Standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Points |
| 1 |
Bacrot Etienne |
11 |
| 2 |
Fedorchuk , Sergey |
10 |
| 3 |
Maze , Sebastien |
9,5 |
| 4 |
Bauer ,Christian |
9,5 |
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Polish chess championship
January 12 - 20 , 2011
Warsaw, Hotel Novotel Centrum, Poland
22 players .
9 rounds swiss system.
Average rating : 2532
Time control: 90 mn / 40 moves + 30mn + 30 sec. per move
Bartel won with 7 points.
Final round
Bartel, Mateusz - Kempinski, Robert : ½-½
Jaracz, Paul - Swiercz, Dariusz : ½-½
Socko, Bartosz - Olszewski, Michal : ½-½
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Lightning, Casper : 1-0
Mista, Aleksander - Krysztofiak, Marcin : 1-0
Kanarek, Marcel - Maciej, Bartlomiej : 0-1
Markowski, Tomasz - Gajewski, Grzegorz : ½-½
Tazbir, Marcin - Pakleza, Zbigniew : 1-0
Staniszewski, Piotr - Sadzikowski, Daniel : ½-½
Dragun, Kamil - Jakubowski, Krzysztof : 0-1
Miton, Kamil - Stoma, Pawel : 1-0
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Aeroflot Open 2011
February 7-18 , 2011
Moscow, Russia
9 rounds
Swiss system
Three Open Tournaments (A, B and C)
Tournament A for the chessplayers with a FIDE rating higher than 2549
Tournament B for chessplayers with a FIDE rating between 2299 and 2550
Tournament C:
for chessplayers whose ratings are lower than 2300.
Time control:
Tournament A and B: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and
15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from the first.
Tournament C: 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1.
Tournament A 86 players,
Tournament B 106 players,
Tournament C 106 players,
Tournament A , Final round ( first 10 boards):
1- Cheparinov, Ivan - Vitiugov, Nikita : 0-1
2- Mamedov, Rauf - Le, Quang Liem : ½-½
3- Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Sjugirov, Sanan: 1-0
4- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Yu, Yangyi : ½-½
5- Rodshtein, Maxim - Khismatullin, Denis : ½-½
6- Vuckovic, Bojan - Kamsky, Gata : 0-1
7- Jakovenko, Dmitry - Sandipan, Chanda : ½-½
8- Kobalia, Mikhail - Bocharov, Dmitry : ½-½
9- Petrosian, Tigran L. - Grachev, Boris : ½-½
10- Ding, Liren - Zvjaginsev, Vadim : ½-½
Le Quang Liem (VIE) won the tournament after tiebreak.
Tiebreak systems:
The number of games played with Black. Byes and forfeited games will be considered as games played with White.
The average of the opponents' ratings minus the highest and the lowest rating.
Final Standings, top 6
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Le, Quang Liem | VIE |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS |
6,5 |
| 4 |
Khismatullin, Denis | RUS |
6 |
| 5 |
Yu, Yangyi | CHN |
6 |
| 6 |
Kamsky, Gata | USA |
6 |
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Turkish chess championship 2011
February 5 - 13 , 2011
Kemer, Antalya
Average ELO: 1817
257 players
Swiss system, 10 rounds
Time control: 90 mn + 30 mn ( after 40.move) + 30 sec increment
Final Standings, top 6
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Can Emre | TUR |
8,5 |
| 2 |
Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR |
8 |
| 3 |
Topak Engin | TUR |
8 |
| 4 |
Esen Baris | TUR |
8 |
| 5 |
Erdoðdu Aziz Mert | TUR |
8 |
| 6 |
Ali Marandi Cemil Can | TUR |
8 |
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Chess: new Guinness record
Iranian chess grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami set a new Guinness record on Tuesday
and he ousted the Israeli title holder to regain the Guinness record. He simultaneously played against 614 opponents in Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti university,
scoring 590 wins, 16 draws and 8 loses for a winning percentage of over 90 percent.
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1st Cento open
February 5-13 , 2011
Cento, Italy
9 rounds
Swiss system
102 players ( 15 GM )
Top 10 players with highest ELO:
1 Dreev Aleksey GM 2694
2 Sokolov Ivan GM 2657
3 Delchev Aleksander GM 2629
4 Rozentalis Eduardas GM 2588
5 David Alberto GM 2580
6 Korneev Oleg GM 2576
7 Leon Hoyos Manuel GM 2565
8 Godena Michele GM 2541
9 Brunello Sabino GM 2540
10 Romanishin Oleg M GM 2534
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Moscow Open 2011
January 27 - February 6 , 2011
Moscow
11 rounds
Round robin system
Grachev won with 7,5 pts.
Final round
Safarli - Kuzubov: ½ - ½
Chadaev - Inarkiev: 1 - 0
Hess, Robert - Grachev: ½ - ½
Sjugirov - Rakhmanov: 1 - 0
Cheparinov - Zhigalko: ½ - ½
Alekseev - Krylov: ½ - ½
Women: Kosteniuk is winner with 8 points.
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2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival
January 24 - February 3, 2011
Gibraltar
Gibraltar Masters - open tournament: 10 rounds
Swiss system
233 players
Other tournaments:
Challengers A: Under 2250. (24 to 28 January 2011)
Challengers B: Under 2250. (29 January to 2 February 2011)
Amateur A: Under 1800. (24 to 28 January 2011)
Amateur B: Under 1800. (29 January to 2 February 2011)
Final Standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR |
9 |
| 2 |
Short Nigel | ENG |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Kulaots Kaido | EST |
7,5 |
| 4 |
Roiz Michael | ISR |
7,5 |
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Tata steel chess tournament, Wijk aan Zee
January 14 - 30 , 2011 in Wijk aan Zee. Old Corus tournament starts on January 14th
with its new name Tata steel chess tournament.
Three main groups with 14 players each. Round robin system.
Grandmaster Group A : Average rating : 2740
Category : 20
Group B : Average rating : 2659
Category : 17
Group C : Average rating : 2507
Category : 11
The time control is: 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves,
then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for
each move starting from the first move.
Round robin system
Nakamura won with 9 pts.
Final round View all games
V. Anand - A. Giri : ½-½
R. Ponomariov - A. Shirov: ½-½
E. l'Ami - L. Aronian: ½-½
J. Smeets - A. Grischuk: 0-1
M. Carlsen - Wang Hao : 1-0
H. Nakamura - V. Kramnik : ½-½
M. Vachier-Lagrave - I. Nepomniachtchi : 1-0
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Chennai Open 2011
January 17 - 26, 2011
Chennai,India
Final Standings, top 5 (Indians unless stated)
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR |
9,5 |
| 2 |
Tamir Nabaty | ISR |
9 |
| 3 |
Ni Hua | CHN |
9 |
| 4 |
Areshchenko Alexander | UKR |
9 |
| 5 |
Baskaran Adhiban | CHN |
9 |
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Croatian Chess Championship (men)
January 14 - 30
Marija Bistrica, Croatia
round 11
Martinovic Saša - Zelcic Robert : 0 - 1
Jankovic Alojzije - Kozul Zdenko : ½ - ½
Šulava Nenad - Palac Mladen : ½ - ½
Brkic Ante - Jovanovic Zoran : ½ - ½
Dizdar Goran - Jovanic Ognjen : 0 - 1
Stevic Hrvoje - Šaric Ivan : ½ - ½
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Belarus championship - men
January 11 - 24 , 2011
13 players
Final Standings, top 3
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Zhigalko Sergei | BLR |
9,5 |
| 2 |
Zhigalko Andrew | BLR |
9,5 |
| 3 |
Fedorov Alexei | BLR |
8,5 |
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68th Georgian Women's Championship 2011
January 10 - 23, 2011
13 players
Average ELO: 2377
Final Standings, top 4
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Lomineishvili Maia | GEO |
8,5 | 48,75 |
| 2 |
Khotenashvili Bela | GEO |
8,5 | 45,5 |
| 3 |
Khurtsidze Nino | GEO |
7 | 41,5 |
| 4 |
Purtseladze Maka | GEO |
7 | 38 |
tie- break: Sonneborn-Berger
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9th Parsvnath International Open
January 7-16, 2011
New Delhi, India
11 rounds , swiss system tournament,
351 players
Final Standings, top 5
| Rank |
Players | Country | Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Areshchenko Alexander | UKR |
9 | 86 |
| 2 |
Negi Parimarjan | IND |
9 | 85,5 |
| 3 |
Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR |
9 | 80 |
| 4 |
Ragger Markus | AUT |
9 | 79 |
| 5 |
Ni Hua | CHN |
9 | 78,5 |
tie- break: Buchholz
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1st HDBank cup open
January 4-9, 2011
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
65 players
Average ELO: 2298
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Yu Yangyi | CHN |
7 |
| 2 |
Wen Yang | CHN |
7 |
| 3 |
Gomez John Paul | PHI |
6,5 |
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Iran Chess Championship
January 1-9, 2011
24 players
Average ELO: 2328
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Rating | Points |
| 1 |
Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | 2604 |
9 |
| 2 |
Alavi Sayed Javad | 2415 |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Darini Pouria | 2423 |
8,5 |
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Berkeley International
January 2-8, 2011
Berkeley, USA
58 players
Time control: 40/90, SD/30 with 30 second increment
Final Standings, top 3
|
Players | Rating | Points |
| 1 |
Van Wely, Loek | 2676 |
8 |
| 2 |
Erenburg, Sergey | 2600 |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Panchanathan, Magesh | 2546 |
7 |
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Paul Keres Memorial
January 7-9, 2011
Tallinn, Estonia
8 players , 7 rounds
Round robin
Time control: 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment
Final Standings
|
Players | Rating | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Shirov , Alexei | 2722 | ESP |
6 |
| 2 |
Ehlvest , Jan | 2586 | USA |
5 |
| 3 |
Miezis , Normunds | 2546 | LAT |
5 |
| 4 |
Lugovoi , Aleksei | 2531 | RUS |
4 |
| 5 |
Vovk , Ilya | 2267 | EST |
3,5 |
| 6 |
Volodin , Aleksandr | 2487 | EST |
2,5 |
| 7 |
Smirnov , Artem | 2428 | RUS |
2 |
| 8 |
Kovaljov , Denis | 2274 | EST |
0 |
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53rd Reggio Emilia chess tournament
December 28 , 2010 - January 6, 2011
10 players,
Average ELO:
2695
Round robin tournament,
Gashimov won the tournament on tie-break.
Final round View all games
Movsesian, Sergei - Vallejo Pons, Francisco : ½ - ½
Navara, David - Short, Nigel D : 1 - 0
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Morozevich, Alexander : 1 - 0
Onischuk, Alexander - Gashimov, Vugar : ½ - ½
Godena, Michele - Caruana, Fabiano : ½ - ½
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Hastings International
December 28 , 2010 - January 5, 2011
104 players,
9 Round swiss system,
Time control 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by 20 moves in 50 minutes, followed by all moves
in 15 minutes with the addition of 30 seconds for each move from the start.
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Das Arghyadip | IND |
7 |
| 2 |
Sengupta Deep | IND |
7 |
| 3 |
Istratescu Andrei | ROU |
6,5 |
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40th Rilton cup
December 27 , 2010 - January 5, 2011
Stockholm, Sweden
Average ELO: 2304
9 rounds , swiss system
Sweden's biggest and most famous international chess tournament
Time Control :40 moves in two hours, hereafter 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Players: 70 players,
Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Volkov Sergey | RUS |
8 |
| 2 |
Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Naiditsch Arkadij | GER |
6,5 |
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Ratings January 2011
Carlsen, Magnus,NOR, at the top with 2814 rating
See list of the top 100 players ratings and top countries.
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1st Asean championship (Open & Women) 2010
December 26 to 30, 2010
Singapore
1st Asean championship (Open & Women) tournaments are one of the tournaments which will be organized during the 7th International chess festival. Other tournaments are Singapore Open 2010 and 1st Singapore International Youth Championships (Open & Girls) 2010. Only players from within ASEAN region can participate to Asean championship
Time Control :90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment
for every move starting from the first move.
Players: men: 32 players, Average ELO: 2371 - women: 20 players, Average ELO: 2119
Men - Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Azmaiparashvili Zurab | SIN |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Barbosa Oliver | PHI |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Megaranto Susanto | INA |
6 |
Women - Final standings, top 3
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Nguyen Thi Thanh An | VIE |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Hoang Thi Bao Tram | VIE |
7 |
| 3 |
Le Thanh Tu | VIE |
6,5 |
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Turkish Chess Federation withdraws European Individual Women Championship
The President of Turkish Chess Federation, Mr.Ali Nihat YAZICI, has published an open letter on 29 December 2010, and declared that TSF withdrew the organisation of 2011 European Individual Women Chess Championship in Gaziantep.
Open Letter to all European Federations,
The Turkish Chess Federation was granted the 2011 European Individual Women Championship, the 2011 European Women Rapid and the European Women Blitz. The contract was signed in March, 2010 in Rijeka, Croatia.
The Turkish Chess Federation has a concrete strategy in investing in women’s chess by supporting and organising Atatürk Memorial in 2008, FIDE Women Grand Prix in 2009, Women’s World Championship in 2010, ACP Women World Cup in 2009 and the events granted specifically for women are 2011 European Women Individual Championship, 2012 European Women Individual Championship, 2011 Women World Team Championship, ACP Women World Cup 2011, FIDE Women Grand Prix in 2012.
These last few weeks, we started to communicate with the General Secretary of ECU to finalise the details of this event and then as a result of insulting and condescending behaviour on her part we requested the intervention of the President of the ECU, Mr.Silvio Danaiolov.
None of those attempts have however worked, as you will see from the various emails and letters sent, and we were completely neglected by ECU management. This is really a big disappointment for me considering that I was the first person celebrating the victory of ECU President just after election and wishing him good luck in the next 4 years.
I also sent a last official message on 24th December 2010 .
Again, we have not been answered.
After all this unfair approach, we have decided to withdraw from the organisation of the 2011 European Individual Women Championship. Event, may I add, which would have created chess history with prizes at the same level as the event in Aix les Bains. Please look at below for the prize fund comparison.
We will take under careful consideration the legal rights of Turkish Chess Federation in the next few days.
We try to hope that this will be the last conflict between TSF and ECU management, created for no reason.
We would like to draw your attention to these issues in the interest of ECU and its future.
Best regards,
Ali Nihat YAZICI
President
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Women's Russian cup rapid & blitz
December 26& 27, 2010
Russian cup rapid top 3,
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Zhukova Natalia | UKR |
7 |
| 2 |
Girya Olga
| RUS |
7 |
| 3 |
Gunina Valentina
| RUS |
6,5 |
Russian cup blitz top 3,
|
Players | Country | Points |
| 1 |
Gunina Valentina | RUS |
10 |
| 2 |
Matveeva Svetlana | RUS |
8 |
| 3 |
Savina Anastasia | RUS |
8 |
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40th Rilton cup
December 27 , 2010 - January 5, 2011
Stockholm, Sweden
Average ELO: 2304
9 rounds , swiss system
Sweden's biggest and most famous international chess tournament
Time Control :40 moves in two hours, hereafter 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Players: 70 players,
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Candidates matches for World championship
Candidates Matches will take place in Kazan, Russia from 3 to 27 May 2011. The winner will gain the right to challenge Viswanathan Anand for his title.
Candidates:
1. Veselin Topalov (BUL),Qualified by losing the previous World Championship match.
2. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), by rating
3. Levon Aronian (ARM), winner of the FIDE Grand-Prix 2008-2009
4. Boris Gelfand (ISR), winner of the FIDE World Cup 2009
5. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), wild card selection
6. Alexander Grischuk (RUS), from the FIDE Grand-Prix
7. Teimour Radjabov (AZE), from the FIDE Grand-Prix
8. Gata Kamsky (USA), runner up of the Challengers Match 2009.
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