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11th European Individual 2010 (Rijeka CRO)
Fri 5th Mar 2010 - Thu 18th Mar 2010 -
Official Site - Results
Men (405 players 11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Men | Men Live
Women (158 players 11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Women | Women Live
European Individual Championships Rijeka 2010 (5)
Mark Crowther (Wed 10 Mar 2010 03:09:00 PM UTC)
The European Individual Championships for men and women take place 6th-18th March 2010 in Rijeka. Leading entries include: Etienne Bacrot, Zoltan Almasi, Sergei Movsesian, David Navara, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Evgeny Alekseev, Alexander Motylev, Michael Adams, Viktor Bologan, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Gabriel Sargissian, Vladimir Akopian, Alexander Moiseenko, Fabiano Caruana, Kiril Georgiev etc.
The first round was on Saturday. The Official site seems very well put together with live games, video and commentaries. However on day one they did have problems coping with the level of traffic, but there has been a steady improvement since then. It marks a trend this year which seems to indicate traffic to official sites has been increasing.
Play starts at 2:30pm UK time. All the live games and their results are now up along with previous rounds complete. chess-results.com has the full official results and standings and the round 5 pairings.
Detailed Stories
European Individual Championships 2010 (2)
Adams and Howell start with 2 from 2
IM Malcolm Pein | Wed 10 Mar 2010 10:07:00 PM UTC
11th European Individual Champiolnships 2010 (Start)
Adams and Howell compete for European Title
IM Malcolm Pein | Sat 06 Mar 2010 12:31:00 AM UTC
Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2010 (Nice FRA)
Fri 12th Mar 2010 - Thu 25th Mar 2010 -
Official Site
Amber Blindfold (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+20spm)
Rapid (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+10spm)
Combined (12 players 22 Rds DRR Indiv )
Amber Blindfold and Rapid 2010 (Lineup)
Mark Crowther (Fri 05 Mar 2010 06:31:00 PM UTC)
The 19th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament takes place at the Palais de la Mediterranée, a legendary hotel on the world-famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, March 12th-25th 2010. The event is organized by the Association Max Euwe of chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom, which is based in Monaco. The new number one in the world rankings, Magnus Carlsen, is the top-seed in Nice. Also present are Levon Aronian, the winner of the past two Amber tournaments, and Vladimir Kramnik, who won the Amber tournament a record six times.
Alexander Morozevich withdrew a week before the start of the tournament and has been replaced by the higher rated Alexander Grischuk.
News: Association Max Euwe.
Rating March 2010 (March 2010)
Mark Crowther (Mon 01 Mar 2010 01:08:00 PM UTC)
The FIDE Rating List for March 2010 has been released. Magnus Carlsen retains his number one spot from Veselin Topalov. Topalov's win in Linares isn't included but it wouldn't quite have been enough to recapture the number one spot anyhow. Kramnik overtook Anand for 3rd spot but again this is a very close call.
42nd Belgrade Womens Tournament 2010 (Belgrade SRB)
Wed 3rd Mar 2010 - Wed 10th Mar 2010 -
Official Site - Live
42nd WGM (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
42nd Belgrade Women's Tournament 2010 (8)
Mark Crowther (Wed 10 Mar 2010 03:06:00 PM UTC)
The traditional Belgrade Women's Tournament has suffered a bit in strength in recent times from the clash with the European Individual Championships but it has reached its 42nd edition which deserves respect. Tatania Grabuzova is the top seed.
Cannes Games Festival 2010 (Cannes FRA)
Sun 28th Feb 2010 - Sun 7th Mar 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Open A (91 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
Cannes Festival of Games 2010 (9)
Mark Crowther (Sun 07 Mar 2010 09:00:00 PM UTC)
The Cannes Festival of Games took place 3rd-7th March 2010. The chess event actually started a bit earlier, on the 28th February but traditionally appears as part of the festival. Tigran Gharamian edged out Vadim Malakhatko and Deep Sengupta on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. Only two games from rounds 1-7 are currently available.
Festival da Uva 2010 (Caxias do Sul BRA)
Sat 6th Mar 2010 - Sun 7th Mar 2010 -
Official Site
Open (221 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:60m) - Games in PGN: Games
Festival da Uva 2010 (9)
Mark Crowther (Sun 07 Mar 2010 09:18:00 PM UTC)
The XI International Chess tournament Festival da Uva 2010 took place 6th-7th March 2010.
Leading players: GMs: Vassily Ivanchuk, Giovanni Vescovi, Rafael Leitao, Gilberto Milos,Andre Diamant, Ulf Andersson, Diego Flores and Andres Rodrigues. IMs: Francisco Trois, Krikor Mekhitarian, Dragan Stamenkovic, Herman Claudius, Everaldo Matsuura, Rodrigo Disconzi, Sandro Merenco and WIM Regina Ribeiro.
The event was a Swiss System event. The first two rounds were g/16, the next two g/30 and the final five g/60. In the final round result if the first game was drawn would be settlled with a g/6/5 (Armageddon playoff) for the full point.
Gilberto Milos' round 6 win against Vassily Ivanchuk is available.
In the final round: Vassily Ivanchuk (7) beat Diego Flores (7) and this was enough to take the title on tie-break. Sandro Mareco (7) beat Rafael Leitao (7) with black to take 2nd place. Both finished on 8 points.
There is a twitter page but I'm unclear where the games and results might appear. It is also worth checking out http://xadrezgaucho.wikispaces.com/2010-TorneioFestaUva-Caxias
81st German Championships 2010 (Bad Liebenzell GER)
Fri 5th Mar 2010 - Sat 13th Mar 2010 -
Official Site
ch-GER 2010 (44 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
81st German Championship 2010 (6)
Mark Crowther (Wed 10 Mar 2010 03:06:00 PM UTC)
The 81st German Championship takes place in Bad Liebenzell, 5th-13th March 2010. Igor Khenkin and Leonid Milov are the top seeds.
128th Varsity Match 2010 (London ENG)
Sat 6th Mar 2010 - Sat 6th Mar 2010 -
Official Site
128th Varsity Match (16 players 1 Rds Match Team TC:120m:60m) - Games in PGN: Games
128th Varsity Chess Match 2010 (1)
Mark Crowther (Sat 06 Mar 2010 07:55:00 PM UTC)
The 128th Varsity Chess Match between Oxford University and Cambridge University took place at the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London on 6th March 2010. The match sponsor was Henry Mutkin. The match was drawn 4-4. News: John Saunders who has a special report at the BCM site..
Detailed Stories
128th Varsity Chess Match 2010 (1)
IM Malcolm Pein | Thu 11 Mar 2010 12:08:00 AM UTC
XXVII Linares 2010 (Linares ESP)
Fri 12th Feb 2010 - Thu 25th Feb 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
XXVII SuperGM (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:120m:60m:30m) - Games in PGN: PGN
Linares 2010 (10)
Mark Crowther (Thu 25 Feb 2010 01:29:00 PM UTC)
The Linares tournament took place in Spain 12th-25th February 2010. Veselin Topalov emerged as the winner for the first time. He beat Boris Gelfand in the final round and edged out Alexander Grischuk by half a point.
Round 10 Results
Vallejo 1/2 Grischuk
Topalov 1-0 Gelfand
Aronian 1-0 Gashimov
Final Standings: Topalov 6.5, Grischuk 6, Aronian 5.5, Gelfand 4, Gashimov 4, Vallejo 4
Detailed Stories
Linares 2010 (10)
Topalov - Gelfand the decisive game in Linares
IM Malcolm Pein | Mon 01 Mar 2010 12:01:00 AM UTC
Linares 2010 (10)
Topalov victorious at Linares 2010
IM Malcolm Pein | Sat 27 Feb 2010 11:35:00 PM UTC
Linares 2010 (9)
Alexander Grischuk catches Veselin Topalov by beating him
IM Malcolm Pein | Thu 25 Feb 2010 06:36:00 PM UTC
Linares 2010 (8)
Topalov leads with two rounds to go
IM Malcolm Pein | Tue 23 Feb 2010 06:30:00 PM UTC
London Chess Centre relocates after 18 years (1992-2010)
Mark Crowther (Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:03:00 PM UTC)
The London Chess Centre in Euston Road is to close after 18 years due to the termination of the lease.
The new main London Shop will now be in Baker Street.
The final day of shopping will be on Friday 12th February 2010.
Mail order will not be affected and the contact telephone numbers should not change.
Four World Chess Champions have taken part in events in the shop on Euston Road.
The Euston Road Chess and Bridge Shop | http://chess.co.uk
Gotth' Art Cup 2010 (Szentgotthard HUN)
Mon 22nd Feb 2010 - Wed 3rd Mar 2010 -
Official Site
Gotth' Art Cup GM (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GMA
Gotth' Art Cup IM (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GpB
Gotth' Art Cup 2010 (9)
Mark Crowther (Wed 03 Mar 2010 07:06:00 PM UTC)
The Gotth' Art Cup 2010 took place 22nd February - 4th March 2010. Alexander Beliavsky took clear first place with 6.5/9 half a point clear of Lajos Portisch and Richard Rapport. 13 year old Rapport earned his final GM norm. Anna Rudolf took clear first place with 6.5/9 in the IM Group. , Ftacnik, Portisch etc play in the GM group.
Richard Rapport - Lajos Portisch in Round 9. Photo © Janos Rigo | http://www.chesspremier.com/gotart.html
Reykjavik Open (Reykjavik ISL)
Wed 24th Feb 2010 - Thu 4th Mar 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Reykjavik Open (104 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
Reykjavik Open 2010 (9)
Mark Crowther (Wed 03 Mar 2010 07:04:00 PM UTC)
The Reykjavík Open 2010 took place 24th February - 3rd March 2010. Ivan Sokolov edged out Yurij Kozubov, Abhijeet Gupta and Hannes Stefansson on tie-break after all scored 7/9.
Zagreb Open 2010 (Zagreb CRO)
Thu 25th Feb 2010 - Thu 4th Mar 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Open A (34 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:15m:30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GpA
Zagreb Open 2010 (9)
Mark Crowther (Thu 04 Mar 2010 08:56:00 PM UTC)
The Zagreb Open took place 25th February - 4th March 2010. Mikhail Ulibin took clear first place with 7/9.
1st London Chess Classic (London ENG)
Mon 7th Dec 2009 - Wed 16th Dec 2009 -
Official Site - Live
Classic (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)) - Games in PGN: Games
FIDE Open (67 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:120m+30m) - Games in PGN: FIDE Open
Women (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m+30m) - Games in PGN: Women
London Chess Classic 2009 (Concluded)
Mark Crowther (Tue 15 Dec 2009 08:39:00 PM UTC)
Magnus Carlsen took clear first place from Vladimir Kramnik. In the end the decisive result was their round one meeting.
London Chess Classic. Nakamura - Kramnik Round 7. | http://www.londonchessclassic.com/
Detailed Stories
London Chess Classic FIDE Open (Concluded)
IM Malcolm Pein | Tue 22 Dec 2009 12:20:00 AM UTC
London Chess Classic 2009 (7)
IM Malcolm Pein | Sat 19 Dec 2009 12:01:00 AM UTC
London Chess Classic 2009 (Best Game)
IM Malcolm Pein | Fri 18 Dec 2009 11:44:00 PM UTC
Polgar - Kaidanov Sicilian Match (Hilton Head USA)
Mon 22nd Feb 2010 - Thu 25th Feb 2010 -
Official Site
Match (2 players 4 Rds Match Indiv TC:100m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
Polgar - Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match 2010 (4)
Mark Crowther (Sat 27 Feb 2010 10:28:00 AM UTC)
Judit Polgar played Gregory Kaidanov in a 4 game match in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
They played the following Sicilian Variations: Gm1) Sveshnikov, Gm2) Dragon, Gm3) Najdorf and Gm4) Scheveningen.
The match was drawn 2-2 with white winning every game. Wins for white continued in the Blitz playoff. When that finished 1-1 Polgar won a final Armageddon game (white had 6 minute, black had 5 but white had to win) to win the match. These blitz games don't appear to be available.
Detailed Stories
Polgar - Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match (3)
IM Malcolm Pein | Fri 05 Mar 2010 09:27:00 PM UTC
Polgar - Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match 2010 (2)
Polgar wins game 2 of the Sicilian Theme Match
IM Malcolm Pein | Wed 03 Mar 2010 12:02:00 AM UTC
Polgar - Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match 2010 (1)
Polgar - Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match Game 1
IM Malcolm Pein | Tue 02 Mar 2010 12:01:00 AM UTC
Malcolm Pein Articles
Varsity Match 2010 Drawn (1)
128th Varsity Chess Match was drawn 4-4
128th Varsity Chess Match 2010 (1)
IM Malcolm Pein (Thu 11 Mar 2010 12:08:00 AM UTC)
European Individual Championships 2010 (2)
Adams and Howell start with 2 from 2
IM Malcolm Pein | Wed 10 Mar 2010 10:07:00 PM UTC
Cappelle La Grande 2010 (1)
Isaac Sanders, a name to watch
IM Malcolm Pein | Tue 09 Mar 2010 10:05:00 PM UTC
FIDE Rating List (March 2010)
Magnus Carlsen still top in March 2010 Rating List
IM Malcolm Pein | Mon 08 Mar 2010 12:33:00 AM UTC
11th European Individual Champiolnships 2010 (Start)
Adams and Howell compete for European Title
IM Malcolm Pein | Sat 06 Mar 2010 12:31:00 AM UTC
Polgar - Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match (3)
IM Malcolm Pein | Fri 05 Mar 2010 09:27:00 PM UTC
Bundesliga 2009-10 (10)
IM Malcolm Pein | Thu 04 Mar 2010 09:22:00 PM UTC
Latest Stories
European Individual Championships 2010 (5)
European Individual Championships Rijeka 2010
Mark Crowther | Wed 10 Mar 2010 03:09:00 PM UTC
42nd Belgrade Women's Tournament 2010 (8)
42nd Belgrade Women's Tournament 2010
Mark Crowther | Wed 10 Mar 2010 03:06:00 PM UTC
81st German Championship 2010 (6)
Mark Crowther | Wed 10 Mar 2010 03:06:00 PM UTC
Cannes Festival of Games 2010 (9)
Mark Crowther | Sun 07 Mar 2010 09:00:00 PM UTC
128th Varsity Chess Match (1)
128th Varsity Chess Match 2010
Mark Crowther | Sat 06 Mar 2010 07:55:00 PM UTC
Amber Blindfold and Rapid 2010 (Lineup)
Amber Blindfold and Rapid 2010
Mark Crowther | Fri 05 Mar 2010 06:31:00 PM UTC
Stories from other chess websites
Collinsworth will honor Munoz at chess tournament - Cincinnati.com
Source: chess - Google News - 10 March 2010, 10:01 pm
Amber Chess 2010 - Amber Rapid and Blindfold chess in Nice
Source: Chessdom - 10 March 2010, 7:45 pm
GM norms for Deep and Arghyadip - Indian players win norms at the Cannes Open chess tournament
Source: Chessdom - 10 March 2010, 7:35 pm
FM Shakil of Biman takes solo lead in Parachute International Chess - The New Nation
Source: chess - Google News - 10 March 2010, 6:32 pm
Willi - Knebel - Gedenkturnier
Source: SCHACH-TICKER - 10 March 2010, 3:36 pm
Nakamura, Kamsky, 17 Others Confirmed for 2010 U.S. Chess Championship
Source: United States Chess Federation - 10 March 2010, 2:49 pm
Spring in the Air at the Eastern Class
Source: United States Chess Federation - 10 March 2010, 12:28 pm
Danailov running for ECU President; players protest against zero-tolerance rule
Source: Chess news by ChessVibes - 10 March 2010, 9:01 am
This Week's ChessBase Show: Avant-Garde Chess, Part 1: Karpov-Miles, Bogojno 1978
Source: The Chess Mind Blog - 10 March 2010, 7:25 am
Source: The Daily Dirt Chess News Blog - 10 March 2010, 5:44 am
The Instructor by Mark Dvoretsky
Source: ChessCafe.com Updates - 10 March 2010, 4:00 am
Middlegame Motifs by Nigel Davies
Source: ChessCafe.com Updates - 10 March 2010, 4:00 am
Press Releases
John Watson Chess Talk with collector, historian and author Yakov Zusmanovich
Mark Crowther | Thu 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 AM UTC
John Watson Interview (Hans Ree)
John Watson interviews Hans Ree on chess.fm sneek preview
John Henderson | Thu 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 AM UTC
John Watson interviews Ray Robson
Chess Talk with IM John Watson - IM Ray Robson
John Henderson | Wed 09 Sep 2009 04:13:00 PM UTC
Hendon Blitz 3rd Sept 2009 (Concluded)
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