International Round-up 15/6/11
KNSB Cup Final 2011 Bussum, Netherlands, 2nd June 2011
http://www.bsg-bussum.nl/live/?q=node/17
http://www.bsg-bussum.nl/live/?q=bf2011_teams
Matthew Sadler played board 1 for SG Amersfoort in the Dutch Cup and beat IM Jeroen Boesch in the semi-final before drawing with GM Robin Swinkels as his team finished fourth. Ironically his 1.5 was the only game points that his team scored in both the semi-final and the 3rd/4th place play-off.
LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 8-12 June 2011
http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/results/2011/
Chris Gant (formerly of Stafford Chess Club) finished on 3.5/6 and shared the U2300 prize.
20th ICSC European Club Team Deaf Chess Championship Date: 8-13 June 2011
1st ICSC Open Deaf Club Team Chess Tournament Date: 8-13 June 2011
[ICSC = International Committee of Silent Chess]
http://www.edcc2011.co.uk/
In the open, the Sheffield team that consisted of Michael Freund, Peter Sharpe, Stephen Gibson, Michael Simmons and David Whiston finished with 3 match wins, 1 draw, 2 losses and 1 bye. The event was won by Dresden 1 with Moscow and Dresden 2 in joint second.
In the closed section, the London team of Alasdair MacLeod, Christopher Kreuzer, Neil Dunlop, Phillip Gardner and Richard Dunn finished in sixth place after 3 match wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. The event was won by Zagreb, with Kiev in second and Hamburg in third.
FSIM June Budapest HUN Sat 4th Jun 2011 - Tue 14th Jun 2011
http://www.freeweb.hu/firstsaturday/1106/im.htm
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr51017.a ... ES&flag=30
Mark Lyell finished on 5.5/11 in the IM section with a 2235 performance and gained 12.6 rating points.
Future events:
e2e4 London Gatwick Congress 17th - 19th June 2011
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/gatwick/jun2011/index.htm
Sean Hewitt’s latest congress has a FIDE rated open and major as well as an unrated minor section. The open includes GMs Simon Williams, Peter Wells and Keith Arkell.
2nd Big Slick International 25th June - 3rd July 2011
http://www.gingergm.com/2011/05/11/2nd- ... f-players/
The event is being held at the Big Slick Poker Club in Purley, Croydon and there are three 10 player 9 round all-play-alls being organised with one offering GM norms, a second offering IM norms and a third rated event. There are still places available in each section. Please contact Lawrence Cooper [email protected] for details on how to enter.
In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic866.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 15/6/11
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