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Shanghai Masters 2010 (Shanghai CHN)
Fri 3rd Sep 2010 - Wed 8th Sep 2010 -
Official Site - Live
SuperGM (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:60m+10spm(41)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
Shanghai Masters 2010 (5)
Mark Crowther (Tue Sep 7 11:56:00 2010)
The Shanghai Masters takes place 3rd-8th September 2010 just prior to the Olympiad. Wang Hao, as best Chinese player (20th ranked); Alexei Shirov, as best Spanish player (9th ranked); Levon Aronian, as winner of the Final Chess Masters 2009 (5th ranked);and Vladimir Kramnik compete for two places in the Bilbao Masters final after the Olympiad.
Shirov beat Kramnik in Round 4 to virtually assure qualification. Photo © Peter Doggers. | http://www.chessvibes.com
Detailed Stories
Shanghai Masters 2010 (Daily Videos)
Daily Videos from the Shanghai Masters 21010
Peter Doggers | Sat Sep 4 10:10:00 2010
Shanghai and Bilbao Masters 2010 (Press Release)
Grand Slam Press Release on Shanghai and Bilbao
Mark Crowther | Wed Sep 1 22:56:00 2010
FIDE Presidential Elections 2010 (Khantiy Mansiysk RUS)
Wed 29th Sep 2010 - Sat 2nd Oct 2010 -
Official Site
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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov jumps before he is pushed as leader of Kalmykia (Kalmykia)
Mark Crowther (Tue Sep 7 11:15:00 2010)
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's leadership of the Russian Republic of Kalymkia will end on the 24th of October 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been removing all of the longest serving leaders of Republics this year. Russian press reports based on Kremlin sources have suggested that Ilyumzhinov would leave this year for some time now. In an interview with Interfax Ilyumzhinov stated that he supported the policy of rejuvenation of leadership but more likely he made the announcement to avoid the political attacks that would inevitably follow if he tried to hang on to power. Indeed this public announcement seems to have been expected by the Kremlin, this is the way that many of the other leaders have gone this year.
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FIDE Presidential Elections 2010 (Container)
FIDE Presidential Elections 2010
Mark Crowther | Tue Sep 7 11:08:00 2010
FIDE Presidential Election (Karpov Lawsuit)
IM Malcolm Pein | Mon Jul 12 14:07:00 2010
FIDE Presidential Elections 2010 (Karpov Legal Threat)
Karpov team strike back with threat of legal action
Mark Crowther | Sat Jul 3 16:39:00 2010
FIDE Presidential Elections 2010 (Tickets)
IM Malcolm Pein | Fri Jul 2 00:40:00 2010
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Kristiansund NOR)
Sat 28th Aug 2010 - Mon 30th Aug 2010 -
Official Site - Live
Arctic Stars Prelim (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Prelim
Arctic Stars 3rd-4th (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Bronze
Arctic Stars Final (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Final Games
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Final)
Mark Crowther (Mon Aug 30 15:07:00 2010)
The Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament took place in Kristiansund 28th-30th August 2010. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer played in the two stage event. The Double Round Robin between the four players was dominated by Anand. Time control: 20 minutes + 10 seconds a move. Carlsen beat Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final and Hammer beat Polgar to take third place.
Carlsen in action against Polgar in Round 4, there is excellent footage in the live coverage, commentary in Norwegian. I've always been a huge fan of seeing the moves being played on the board as you pick up so much. Photo © | http://bit.ly/chessnrk
Detailed Stories
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Final)
Carlsen beats Anand in Arctic Securities Final
IM Malcolm Pein | Wed Sep 1 11:02:00 2010
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Day 2)
IM Malcolm Pein | Tue Aug 31 11:00:00 2010
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Final)
Europe-Echecs | Mon Aug 30 23:28:00 2010
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Final)
Magnus Carlsen wins the Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010
Mark Crowther | Mon Aug 30 15:00:00 2010
Raw World Chess Challenge 2010 (New York USA)
Fri 10th Sep 2010 - Fri 10th Sep 2010 -
Official Site
RAW Chess Challenge (1 Rds Team )
RAW World Chess Challenge 2010 (Preview)
Mark Crowther (Thu Aug 19 17:52:00 2010)
The RAW World Chess Challenge under the tag-line "CAN YOU BEAT MAGNUS CARLSEN?" takes place the Cooper Star Hotel in New York City in New York City on Friday September 10th 2010. This one day match is part of Magnus Carlsen's G-Star fashion sponsorship (their RAW brand) and represents some of the best news for chess in years. The challenge see Carlsen take on registered viewers from throughout the world, they will receive help from Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France, Hikaru Nakamura from the United States and Judit Polgar from Hungary who will suggest moves that will be voted on. The event is just one day but is similar to the hugely successful Kasparov versus the World in 1999. Kasparov will also be on hand as an Ambassador for this match.
Raw Chess World Challenge. | http://rwcc.g-star.com/en/rawchess/
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RAW World Chess Challenge 2010 (Preview)
RAW World Chess Challenge 2010
IM Malcolm Pein | Fri Aug 13 19:18:00 2010
Russian Championships Higher League 2010 (Irkutsk RUS)
Wed 25th Aug 2010 - Sun 5th Sep 2010 -
Official Site - Live
ch-RUS Higher League (50 players 10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
Russian Championships Higher League 2010 (10)
Mark Crowther (Sun Sep 5 08:33:00 2010)
The 63rd Russian Championships Higher League takes place in Irkutsk, Siberia starting 25th August 2010 (arrival) and running to September 5th . More than 50 GMs play. The top 5 qualify for the final in December. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Evgeny Tomashevsky are amongst the players (a preliminary list says: Alekseev, Riazantsev, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Siugirov, Nepomniatchi, Rublevsky, Lastin, Inarkiev, Grachev, Kokarev, I.Popov, Tseshkovsky…).
Live on the Russian Chess Federation website. 7am UK time.
The official site says there are 10 rounds in one place, yet the same site gives the regulations saying 11. This morning the games seem to have started early for round 10 so it is looking really likely this is the last round.
FIDE Ratings September 2010 (Sept10)
Mark Crowther (Tue Aug 31 21:05:00 2010)
The September rating list didn't see a lot of dramitic changes.
It was steady as you go at the top with Carlsen, Topalov, Anand and Aronian not playing any rated games. Aronian did move from 5 to 4 because of Kramnik's lost rating points in Dortmund. Ivanchuk and Gelfand move back into the top 10.
Sergey Zhigalko, Michael Roiz and Ivan Sokolov dropped out of the top 100. Viktor Laznicka, Luke McShane and Sebastien Feller came in.
The rating required to be in the top 100 moved up from 2639 to 2642. Michael Adams moves up to 18 from 35, Laurent Freseeinet from 40 to 27 both in part from becoming their national champions. Radoslaw Wojtaszek moved up from 75 to 42.
Full list available at: http://ratings.fide.com/
39th Olympiad 2010 (Khantiy Mansiysk RUS)
Sun 19th Sep 2010 - Mon 4th Oct 2010 -
Official Site
Men (11 Rds Olym Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))
Women (11 Rds Olym Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))
So how ready is Khanty-Mansijsk for the Olympiad? (Preparations)
Mark Crowther (Wed Sep 1 22:42:00 2010)
The organisers say they are ready, but others are concerned. It seems that FIDE's official in charge of the Olympiad, FIDE Vice-President Israel Gelfer, is under great strain right now. He sent an abusive E-Mail to one of the representatives of the nations that support the current FIDE regime, something regarded as quite out of character for him. It is however the changes to the times of flights to the venue that is causing most concern.
Work going on during the visit of Gelfer in July. | http://ura.ru/content/khanti/23-07-2010/news/1052117193.html
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39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 (Preview)
39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010
Mark Crowther | Wed Sep 1 11:11:00 2010
39th Chess Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk (Venue)
FIDE concerned about pace of Olympiad preparations
Mark Crowther | Fri Jul 23 11:47:00 2010
Chess Olympiad Khanty Mansiysk 2010 (England Team)
England at full strength for the Olympiad
IM Malcolm Pein | Wed Jun 30 10:37:00 2010
FIDE Chess Olympiad 2010 (Prize Money)
Prize Money Announced for FIDE Olympiad 2010
Mark Crowther | Sat Jun 5 08:40:00 2010
BATB Open 2010 (Lloydminster CAN)
Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Mon 6th Sep 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
BATB Open 2010 (6 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
4th Annual Battle at the Border 2010 (6)
Mark Crowther (Tue Sep 7 08:42:00 2010)
The 4th Annual Battle at the Border 2010 was a 6 Round Swiss which was made special by the participation of Hikaru Nakamura. GM Charbonneau, IM Hansen, IM Teplitsky, FM Jack Yoos also played. The event was won by Charbonneau who defeated Nakamura in Round 4.
Spanish Championships 2010 (El Sauzal ESP)
Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Sun 12th Sep 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Spanish Championship (115 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
Spanish Championships 2010 (2)
Mark Crowther (Sun Sep 5 16:48:00 2010)
The Spanish Championships take place in El Sauzal, Tenerife, 4th-12th September 2010. Francisco Vallejo Pons, Ivan Salgado Lopez, Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Jordi Magem Badals, Marc Narciso Dublan and Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez are the top seeds in this 9 round swiss.
Malaysian Open 2010 (Kuala Lumpur MAS)
Wed 1st Sep 2010 - Tue 7th Sep 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Malaysian Open (133 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010 (7)
Mark Crowther (Mon Sep 6 13:25:00 2010)
The 7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010 takes place in Kuala Lumpur 1st-7th September 2010.
19th Croatian Teams 2010 (Sibenik CRO)
Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Sun 12th Sep 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Men 1a (85 players 9 Rds League Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Gp 1A
Men 1b (84 players 9 Rds League Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Gp 1B
Women (47 players 9 Rds League Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Women
19th Croatian Teams 2010 (2)
Mark Crowther (Mon Sep 6 13:27:00 2010)
The 19th Croatian Team Championships take place in Sibenik 4th-12th September 2010. Pavel Eljanov, Vladimir Malakhov, Sergei Movsesian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vugar Gashimov, Arkadij Naiditsch, Viktor Bologan, Boris Grachev, Alexey Dreev, Sergei Tiviakov etc make it a strong event.
11th World University Chess Championship 2010 (Zuerich SUI)
Sun 5th Sep 2010 - Sat 11th Sep 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Men (57 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Men
Women (37 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Women
11th World University Chess Championship 2010 (2)
Mark Crowther (Mon Sep 6 13:21:00 2010)
The 11th World University Chess Championship takes place in Zuerich, Switzerland, 5th-11th September 2010. GM Wang Yue, Igor Lysyj, Pavel Ponkratov, Jan Markos, Dusan Popovic etc compete. Men's and Women's Groups.
InventiChess 2010 (Antwerp BEL)
Fri 3rd Sep 2010 - Sat 11th Sep 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
InventiChess GM (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
InventiChess 2010 (3)
Mark Crowther (Sun Sep 5 20:49:00 2010)
The InventiChess 2010 tournament takes place in Antwerp 3rd-11th September 2010.
NH Chess Tournament 2010 (Amsterdam NED)
Thu 12th Aug 2010 - Sun 22nd Aug 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
NH Tournament (10 players 10 Rds Schev Team TC:120m:30m+30spm(41)) - Games in PGN: Games
Blitz Playoff (2 players 3 Rds Match Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Playoff
NH Chess Tournament 2010 (10)
Mark Crowther (Sun Aug 22 16:17:00 2010)
The 5th NH Chess Rising Stars vs Experience Tournament took place in Amsterdam 12th-22nd August 2010. The experienced Gelfand, Svidler, PH Nielsen, Van Wely and Ljubojevic took on the Rising Stars of Nakamura, Caruana, Wesley So, Giri and Howell.
The tournament finished with the Youth side defeating the Experience 26-24. Boris Gelfand scored 7/10 for the Experience team. Anish Giri lost his final game to allow Hikaru Nakamura to catch him on 6/10. The two had a play-off for a place in next year's Amber tournament. The blitz playoff with a time rate of 3m+2spm saw Nakamura win with a 2-0 score. It wouldn't really surprise me if Giri gets an invitation anyway.
At the closing ceremony it was confirmed that this will be the last edition of the tournament.
The leading scorers for each team Boris Gelfand and Anish Giri drew an interesting game in round 7. Photo © | http://www.nhchess.com/
Detailed Stories
NH Chess Tournament 2010 (Blitz Playoff)
IM Malcolm Pein | Thu Aug 26 10:51:00 2010
NH Chess Tournament 2010 (10)
Nakamura catches Giri for Amber place
IM Malcolm Pein | Wed Aug 25 10:49:00 2010
NH Experience vs Youth 2010 (5)
Honours even in Round 5 of the NH Tournament
IM Malcolm Pein | Thu Aug 19 19:29:00 2010
Kasparov attends Karpov campaign dinner in London on September 8th (Karpov Fundraiser)
Mark Crowther (Fri Jul 16 14:29:00 2010)
The English Chess Federation President, CJ de Mooi has announced an evening of fundraising for the Karpov 2010 campaign as the FIDE President and also to raise awareness and funds for British Chess. Guests of Honour will be former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, former World Chess Challenger Michael Adams, former World Chess Challenger Nigel Short and a host of other world class chess Grandmasters.
Date - 8th September 2010 Venue - Simpson's In The Strand
Details: http://howardstaunton.com/staunton2010/Staunton/Welcome.html
3rd Grand Slam Masters Final Bilbao (Bilbao ESP)
Sat 9th Oct 2010 - Fri 15th Oct 2010 -
Official Site
Final Masters (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:60m)
Bilbao Masters Final 2010 (Prelim)
Mark Crowther (Tue Aug 10 17:31:00 2010)
The Bilbao Masters Final takes place October 9th-15th 2010. Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen plus two players from the Shanghai Masters compete in the four player double round robin.
Dun Laoghaire Masters 2010 (Dun Laoghaire IRL)
Fri 20th Aug 2010 - Sun 29th Aug 2010 -
Official Site
GM (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GM
IM (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: IM
Dun Laoghaire Masters 2010 (9)
Mark Crowther (Sun Aug 29 20:53:00 2010)
The Dun Laoghaire Master tournaments took place in Ireland 20th August 2010 to 29th August 2010. Two all-play-all tournaments, a GM and a Masters. The GM Group was won by Mark Hebden.
News from Alex Baburin whose newsletter Chess Today has run since 2000. You can read the latest issue with coverage of this event by downloading this zip file: Zipped file of PDF, cbv and PGN files of Chess Today 3577
Detailed Stories
Baku Open (Baku AZE)
Mon 23rd Aug 2010 - Tue 31st Aug 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Open (159 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
Baku Open 2010 (9)
Mark Crowther (Mon Sep 6 14:46:00 2010)
The Baku Open took place 23rd-31st August 2010. Gata Kamsky in spite of a loss to Rauf Mamedov secured victory alone with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field. More games are now available.
Additional coverage at www.ulvichess.az with Photos from the event.
Rauf Mamedov beat Gata Kamsky in Round 6. Photo © | http://www.ulvichess.az
Leko -Gelfand Rapid Match 2010 (Miskolc HUN)
Wed 25th Aug 2010 - Sun 29th Aug 2010 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Rapid Match (2 players 8 Rds Match Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games
Leko vs Gelfand Rapid Match 2010 (Day 4)
Mark Crowther (Sun Aug 29 20:52:00 2010)
Boris Gelfand beat Peter Leko 4.5-3.5 in an 8 game rapid match in Miskolc, 25th-29th August 2010. The time control was 25m + 10spm. This was the 6th such match Leko has played in Miskolc since the first one in 2005 (Adams, Karpov, Kramnik, Carlsen and Anand). Arbiter: Zsuzsa Veroci.
Leko - Gelfand. Photo © | http://www.lekogelfand.hu
2nd London Chess Classic (London ENG)
Mon 6th Dec 2010 - Wed 15th Dec 2010 -
Official Site
Classic (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m:60m:15m+30spm(61))
FIDE Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:120m+30m)
London Chess Classic 2010 (Preview)
Mark Crowther (Thu Aug 12 09:09:00 2010)
The field for the 2nd London Chess Classic has been strengthened again this year with the addition of Viswanathan Anand. Returning are World Number One Magnus Carlsen, Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, US Number One Hikaru Nakamura and the top English players Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell.
There will be many events alongside this major tournament.
World Number One Magnus Carlsen in last year's Classic against Vladimir Kramnik who he beat in a good game. Photo © John Saunders | www.londonchessclassic.com
Detailed Stories
London Chess Classic 2010 (Field)
IM Malcolm Pein | Sat Jun 12 12:07:00 2010
London Chess Classic 2010 (Field)
London field set to be Category 19
IM Malcolm Pein | Thu Jun 10 00:13:00 2010
London Chess Classic 2010 (Announcement)
Anand and Carlsen to star in London Chess Classic 2010
John Saunders | Sat Jun 5 00:05:00 2010
London Chess Classic 2010 (Field)
World Champion Anand to play in London
IM Malcolm Pein | Sat Jun 5 00:05:00 2010
Malcolm Pein Articles
Wrangle over the Fischer Estate (Estate)
Malcolm Pein reports on the increasingly tiresome legacy of Bobby Fischer who quite predictably left his affairs in a tangled mess on his death.
Bobby Fischer (Estate)
IM Malcolm Pein (Fri Sep 3 00:11:00 2010)
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Final)
Carlsen beats Anand in Arctic Securities Final
IM Malcolm Pein | Wed Sep 1 11:02:00 2010
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Day 2)
IM Malcolm Pein | Tue Aug 31 11:00:00 2010
Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Day 1)
IM Malcolm Pein | Mon Aug 30 10:57:00 2010
Latest Stories
FIDE Presidential Elections 2010 (Kalmykia)
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov jumps before he is pushed as leader of Kalmykia
Mark Crowther | Tue Sep 7 11:15:00 2010
FIDE Presidential Elections 2010 (Container)
FIDE Presidential Elections 2010
Mark Crowther | Tue Sep 7 11:08:00 2010
7th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open (7)
7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010
Mark Crowther | Mon Sep 6 13:25:00 2010
11th World University Chess Championship 2010 (2)
11th World University Chess Championship 2010
Mark Crowther | Mon Sep 6 13:21:00 2010
