International Round Up 5/7/11

[LozCooper]

International Round-up 5/7/11

Commonwealth & South African Open Chess Championships 25 June - 3 July 2011
http://www.commonwealthchess.com/
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr52156.a ... =1&flag=30

Congratulations to Gawain Jones and Nigel Short who both scored 9.5/11 to finish first with Gawain winning the title on tie-break.

39th World Open 2011 (Philadelphia USA) 28th June - 4th July 2011
http://www.worldopen.com/

Michael Adams leads with 6.5/8 whilst Steve Barrett is on 2.5.

Nova College Chess, Haarlem, Netherlands 1st - 3rd July 2011
http://www.hwphaarlem.nl/nova-groepa
http://www.hwphaarlem.nl/nova-groepb

Matthew Sadler won on tie-break from Erik Van den Doel on 5/6 after beating Stewart Haslinger in the last round who finished on 3.5/6. Gareth Haslinger finished on 2 whilst Mike Haslinger finished on 3/6 in Group B.

2nd Big Slick International 25th June - 3rd July 2011
http://www.gingergm.com/2011/06/20/2nd- ... orm-group/
http://www.gingergm.com/2011/06/20/2nd- ... orm-group/

Simon Williams won the GM norm event with 6.5/9 half a point clear of Portugese GM Luis Galego and Indian junior Shiven Khosla who turned fifteen during the tournament. Shiven secured his final IM norm and 2400 rating to gain his IM title. Keith Arkell and Jovanka Houska scored 5, David Eggleston 4.5, Simon Ansell 3 and Dave Ledger 2.

Danny Gormally won the IM norm event with 7.5/9, half clear of Nicolas Croad of New Zealand who made an IM norm. Other English scores were Phil Makepeace 4, Bob Eames 3.5, Maria Yurenok 2.5 and Sarah Hegarty 2.

Irish Championships 2nd-10th July 2011
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/ireland/

Michael Prizant and Mark Josse are playing in the Seniors which despite its name is the top section, not an event for players over 60! Sean Hewitt is the organiser and arbiter.

XXIII Citta 'di Lucca Festival Int - Op.A
http://www.luccascacchi.it/archivio_fil ... table.html
http://www.luccascacchi.it/archivio_fil ... nding.html

Gawain Jones won on tie-break with 4/5 in this Italian open.

Sveins 4. Minneturering Oslo, Norway 24-28 June 2011
http://turneringsservice.sjakklubb.no/s ... kSjakklubb

Mark Hebden scored 6/9 to finish equal seventh, a point behind the winner.

14th Vins du Medoc Open 26th June - 3rd July 2011
http://opendesvins.free.fr/Open14GA9.htm

Robert Bellin finished on 5.5/9 and John Beadle scored 3.5.

FSIM July Budapest HUN Sat 2nd Jul 2011 - Tue 12th Jul 2011
http://chess-results.com/tnr52400.aspx? ... =1&flag=30
http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
http://chess-results.com/tnr52403.aspx? ... =1&flag=30

Mark Lyell is on 1/3 in the IM section which is a six player double round all-play-all. Mark Patrickson is on 2/3 in the FM C Section while Diana Mihajlova is on 0.

5th Leiden Chess Tournament July 7-17 2011
http://www.samara-chess.ru/
http://chess-results.com/tnr52213.aspx

David Howell will play.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic869.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 5/7/11

[Leonard Barden]

The link to the World Open website is currently broken, which is presumably why Loz's report above omits the final round 9 results. TWIC doesn't help either but I tracked them down on www.2700chess.com which is very up to date. This even has the games and shows that both Adams and Kamsky drew quickly in round 9, so they and possibly one or two others tied first on 7/9. Still unknown is what happened in the blitz playoff for the World Open title.

[Mick Norris]

Kamsky beat Adams to take the title

http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/e ... -open-2011

[Leonard Barden]

The 39th World Open took place in Philadelphia June 28th-July 4th, 2011. Gata Kamsky beat Michael Adams in a final 5-minute vs 3-minute Armageddon game to take the title after both players finished on 7/9 following quick final round draws.

5 minutes v 3 minutes Armageddon? If correctly stated, that's not normal and a big advantage for White.

[Mick Norris]

The game is on the TWIC link I gave above - would be interesting to know how colours were chosen

[Sean Hewitt]

I have seen armageddon colours decided by asking each player how long they want with black. Whomever submits the lowest bid plays black with the amount of time they picked. I think it's quite an elegant solution.

[Mick Norris]

"Grandmasters Gata Kamsky and Michael Adams won the Open Section with 7/9 with Kamsky claiming the 2011 World Open Champion title by virtue of winning a 5-minute vs 3-minute Armageddon game between the current US & British Champions. Adams, having the better tie-breaks, chose the black pieces, 3-minutes and draw odds but was unable to hold against a determined Kamsky."

http://www.worldopen.com/

[LozCooper]

"Grandmasters Gata Kamsky and Michael Adams won the Open Section with 7/9 with Kamsky claiming the 2011 World Open Champion title by virtue of winning a 5-minute vs 3-minute Armageddon game between the current US & British Champions. Adams, having the better tie-breaks, chose the black pieces, 3-minutes and draw odds but was unable to hold against a determined Kamsky."

http://www.worldopen.com/

I'll round the event up next week, along with Steve Barrett and Alexander Hardwick's final scores.