International Round Up 18/5/11

[LozCooper]

International Round-up 18/5/11

European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 7-19th May Tbilisi, Georgia
http://www.tbilisi2011.ge/index.php

Jovanka Houska and Ingrid Lauterbach both played in this World Championship Qualifier. Jovanka finished on 6.5/11 and Ingrid on 2.5. Jovanka had a very difficult first week but then had a strong finish after the rest day winning her last four rounds whilst Ingrid had some good results in the first week against high rated players, including a win against Jovanka, before a run of losses against lower rated players at the end spoiled her performance.

2011 CUSA SA International Tournament Angola, Luanda May 12-21 2011
http://chess-results.com/tnr50050.aspx? ... =1&wi=1000
http://chess.business-news-blog.eu/2011 ... ournament/

Nigel Short is top seed. I hope to have more information on the event next week.

First Saturday IM A Tournament, Budapest, Hungary 7-18 May 2011
http://www.freeweb.hu/firstsaturday/1105/im.htm
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr49415.a ... 30&wi=1000

Mark Lyell finished on 7/11 with a 2350 performance and gained 40 rating points.

46th Capablanca Memorial, Havana 10th - 21st May 2011
http://www.capablanca.co.cu/

David Gates is playing in the Open II section and is on 1/6.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic862.html

I encourage players to send me details of events they or others are playing in abroad and I will do my best to include them in my round-up. There is a list of international tournaments at home and abroad listed here: http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2372

Lawrence Cooper,
Director of International Chess 18/5/11