International Round Up 8/7/11

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LozCooper

International Round Up 8/7/11

Post by LozCooper » Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:14 pm

International Round-up 8/7/11

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

Michael Adams was joint winner on 7/9 with Gata Kamsky but lost the blitz play-off for the title whilst Steve Barrett finished on 4. Alexander Hardwick scored 5/9 in the U1800 section.

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. After six rounds Michael is on 4.5 and Mark is on 4.

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 3/6 in the IM section which is a six player double round all-play-all. Mark Patrickson is on 4/5 in the FM C Section while Diana Mihajlova is on 0.5.

5th Leiden Chess Tournament July 7-17 2011
http://pakchess.org/tournament-news/5th ... netherland
http://chess-results.com/tnr52213.aspx

David Howell, Julian Farrand, Keith Richardson and Ray Edwards are all playing.

8th South Wales International 9th-14th July 2011
http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/

The English entry includes Grandmasters Peter Wells and Keith Arkell, International Masters Chris Baker and Jack Rudd as well as FIDE Masters David Eggleston and Rafe Martyn.

118th Scottish Chess Championships 9th-17th July 2011
http://www.chessscotland.com/membership ... tish.htm#1
http://www.chessscotland.com/

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 8/7/11