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The Week in Chess


  • Adams and Howell start with 2 from 2
    Michael Adams and David Howell started with 2/2 at the European Individual Championships.

  • European Individual Championships Rijeka 2010
    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.

  • 42nd Belgrade Women’s Tournament 2010
    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.

  • 81st German Championship 2010
    The 81st German Championship takes place in Bad Liebenzell, 5th-13th March 2010. Igor Khenkin and Leonid Milov are the top seeds.

  • Isaac Sanders, a name to watch
    The Cappelle la Grande Open saw a fine performance by one of England’s up and coming young players, 11 year old, Isaac Sanders.

  • Magnus Carlsen still top in March 2010 Rating List
    Magnus Carlsen retains his number one ranking in the March 2010 Rating list.

  • Festival da Uva 2010
    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

  • Cannes Festival of Games 2010
    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.

  • 128th Varsity Chess Match 2010
    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..

  • Adams and Howell compete for European Title
    English GMs Michael Adams, David Howell and Keith Arkell compete in the European Individual which starts today at Rijeka in Croatia.

  • Kaidanov vs Polgar Game 3
    A further look at the Sicilian Theme Match between Judit Polgar and Gregory Kaidanov.

  • Amber Blindfold and Rapid 2010

    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.

    Detailed lineup >>>

  • Anand’s Baden Baden defeated
    Baden Baden including Viswanathan Anand were defeated by Werder Bremen in Round 10 of the Bundesliga.

  • Zagreb Open 2010
    The Zagreb Open took place 25th February – 4th March 2010. Mikhail Ulibin took clear first place with 7/9.

  • Gotth’ Art Cup 2010
    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.

  • Reykjavik Open 2010
    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.

  • Polgar wins game 2 of the Sicilian Theme Match
    Judit Polgar won game two of her four game match against Gregory Kaidanov. White won all the games until the final blitz playoff game where Polgar emerged victorious. The standard time rate games were drawn 2-2.

  • Polgar – Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match Game 1
    Judit Polgar and Gregory Kaidanov played a four game Sicilian Themed Match. Malcolm Pein looks at Game 1.

  • 2nd Batavia Amsterdam Tournament 2010
    The 2nd Batavia Amsterdam Tournament 2010 (Max Euwe Challenge) took place 19th-28th February 2010. Christov Kleijn won the event with 6½/9. Further info: Chess Vista and Chess Vibes

  • Topalov – Gelfand the decisive game in Linares
    Today we will look at the rook and pawn endgame that decided the Linares tournament as Veselin Topalov defeated Boris Gelfand who failed to find the right defence when the draw was within his grasp.