International Round Up 16/8/11

[LozCooper]

International Round-up 16/8/11

e2e4 Sunningdale International 10th - 14th August 2011
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/entrants_int.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/international/20 ... /index.htm

Congratulations to Ameet Ghasi who recorded his second IM norm with a tournament performance of 2598 scoring 8/9. After a first round loss to Keith Arkell he won his last eight games including a win against Igor Rausis to complete his norm with a round to spare. His rating has also reached 2400 so he needs one more norm for the title.

Tournament winners:

Masters A: Elizbar Ubiliva & Jonathan Douererassou 7/9
Masters B: Ameet Ghasi 8/9 (IM norm)
Masters C: Danny Gormally 8/9
Masters D: Simon Williams 7/9
Challengers E: Steven Burke 5.5/8
Challengers F: Alan Agnew & Dale Taylor 6.5/9
Challengers G: Dominic Bennett 7.5/9
Major H: Stephen Prior 8/9
Major J: Katherine Shepherd 6/9
Major K: David Gilbert 7.5/9
Major L: Aleida Liesel de Bruyn 7.5/9
Major M: Malcolm Probert 8.5/9

9th Davos Open, Switzerland, 7-13 August 2011
http://chess-results.com/tnr49043.aspx?lan=1
http://www.sinchess.com/davos/

Congratulations to Matthew Turner who finished outright first with 6.5/7. Mark Ferguson finished 2nd= with 5 and the other English scores were Andrew Bigg 4.5, Chris Briscoe 4, Brian Smith 1.5. Bjorn Tiller, of Wood Green also scored 5 to share second whilst David James finished with 4.5.

Thanks to Matthew and Brian for supplying me with the results which don’t yet appear on the above links.

22nd NATO Chess Championships Kaunas Lithuania 8-12 August 2011
http://www.natochess.com/

The United Kingdom team finished 8th out of 15 teams.

David Tucker and David Onley scored 4.5/7, David Dawson & Alec Toll 3.5, Duncan Harwood & David Ross 3, Edward Chwieseni 1.5

9th European Union Youth Chess Championship, Mureck, Austria, 2-11 August
http://www.jugendschsch.at
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr53697.a ... =0&flag=30

Final scores after 9 rounds:

U8 Oliver Howell 4.5, Tai Remus~Elliot 3.5
U8-12 Douglas Claridge-Hansen 1.5
U10 Gautan Jain 4.5, Luke Remus Elliot 3
U12 William Claridge-Hansen 5.5
U14 James Bowler 4

Thanks again to Peter Turner for arranging the English entry and to Neil McDonald and Tom Eckersley~Waites for coaching.

Olomouc Chess Summer 3-11 August 2011
http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/olomouc2011/
http://chess-results.com/tnr54142.aspx? ... =1&flag=30
http://chess-results.com/tnr54144.aspx? ... =1&flag=30
http://chess-results.com/tnr54145.aspx? ... =1&flag=30

Tom Wiley scored 4.5/9 in the IM 1 section, Ian Heppell 6, Tim Spanton & Richard Truman 4 in the open and Raymond Kearsley 5, Alan Collins 4.5 & David Guttridge 4 in the “Open Seniori D” section.

7th Open Chess Tournament Gazi-Heraklion 6-13 August 2011
http://gazi2011.gazichess.gr/

Paul Townsend finished on 6.5/9 & Tim Adams 5.

FSIMA Aug 2011 Budapest HUN Sat 6th Aug 2011 - Mon 15th Aug 2011
http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
http://chess-results.com/tnr54284.aspx? ... ES&flag=30
http://chess-results.com/tnr54289.aspx? ... ES&flag=30
http://chess-results.com/tnr54295.aspx? ... ES&flag=30

Mark Lyell scored 4/9 in the IM A section, Sam Franklin 4.5/9 in IM B, Diana Mihajlova finished equal first on 8/10 in FM C.

Riga Technical University Open, Latvia, 9-14 August 2011
http://chess-results.com/tnr54614.aspx?art=1&lan=1
http://www.sahafederacija.lv/?p=1358

Craig Hanley scored 5 and his younger brother James finished on 4.5.

Vienna Chess Open 13th-21st August 2011
http://chess-results.com/tnr42449.aspx? ... =1&flag=30
http://www.vienna-chess-open.at/viennachess.html?&L=3

English scores are as follows:

Tournament A:

Andrew Stone & Dr Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell 2.5, Nicholas Moloney 2, Tim Thurstan 1.5, Daniel Cotterill, Chris Majer & Barry Morris 1, John Hickman 0.5, Kevin Winter 0.

Ian Cross is on 1.5/3 in Tournament B.

Future events:

1st Metropolitan International August 17th-21st 2011 in Los Angeles, California
http://www.metrochessla.com/players.php

Michael Adams will play.

2011 Gibraltar Junior International Chess Festival 18-23 August 2011
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/g ... ional.html

XIII OPEN INTERNACIONAL D'ESCACS DE SANTS, HOSTAFRANCS I LA BORDETA 19-28 August 2011
http://www.cotxeres.org/open/
http://www.cotxeres.org/open/inscrits11.htm

Matthew Sadler, Peter Sowray, David Eggleston and Graham Burton are playing.

Jessie Gilbert Celebration International Festival 20-28 August 2011
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/

BDO Chess Tournament, Haarlem Netherlands 20-28 August 2011
http://www.bdochess.nl/en/premier/
http://www.bdochess.nl/en/challenger/
http://www.bdochess.nl/en/bdo-open/informatie/

Stewart Haslinger and Lorin D’Costa are both playing in the Premier which is a ten player all-play-all with GM norms possible. Peter Poobalasingam is playing in the Challengers which is a ten player all-play-all with IM norm chances and Sarah Hegarty, Mike Haslinger and Hannah Dale are playing in the open.

Leinster Chess Union’s IM Norm Tournament 26-30 August 2011
http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id318
http://www.leinsterchess.com

Rafe Martyn and Phil Makepeace are both playing in this ten player all-play-all with IM norm opportunities. There are also two Scottish and six Irish players including IMs Sam Collins and Gavin Wall. The score required for a norm will be 6.5/9.

47th Berks and Bucks Congress 27-29 August 2011
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-conte ... m-2011.pdf

Includes FIDE rated Championship and Challengers sections.

5th Leyland Chess Congress 27-29 August 2011
http://www.leylandchess.org.uk/congress [email protected]
includes a FIDE rated open with £250 1st prize. Congress Director David Clayton.

FIDE World Cup 2011 28th August - 20th September 2011
http://chess.ugrasport.com/

Mickey Adams is England’s sole representative.

CCF Late Summer LP Congress [inc. FIDE Open] 3-4 September 2011
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/

61st DCCA Paignton Congress 4-10 September 2011
Email: [email protected]

Oslo Chess International 2nd- 9th October 2011
http://www.bergensjakk.no/oslointernational/

Matthew Sadler, Adam Hunt and Robert Bellin are all registered.

15th Unive Tournament, Netherlands 15-22 October 2011
http://www.univechess.nl/toernooi-2011/deelnemers/open

Stewart Haslinger is playing in the open.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic875.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 16/8/11

[Alan Walton]

Lawrence,

Here is a tournament myself and David Spence are playing in October, normally there are a couple of other English players

Quite good prize money for an amateur tournament (U2300, no GM/IM allowed)

Calvia Amateur Tournament Link : www.calviafestival.com

[Kevin Thurlow]

Guernsey runs 16-22 October

http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/fes ... stival.htm

(There seems to be a problem with a link if you go in the usual way...)

[Richard Bates]

The start of a bit more of a serious Matthew Sadler comeback...?

[Matthew Peat]

The start of a bit more of a serious Matthew Sadler comeback...?

Let's hope so as he is currently destroying Smeets in great style for 8.5/10 and around a circa 2750 result.

I never really understood why he chose to give up professional chess just as he was looking likely to become a permanent top 10 player.

[Mike Truran]

Maybe something to do with a big salary, excellent bonuses and a good pension scheme, but what do I know.....

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Maybe something to do with a big salary, excellent bonuses and a good pension scheme, but what do I know.....

It's interesting to speculate how much of a difference it makes to spend your 20s and early 30s putting some money in the bank and pursuing other interests, and then returning to chess, as opposed to playing chess at the top level from an early age and sticking with it until your early/late 40s (e.g. Gelfand and Anand). There probably is a difference, but how much is it really, and how much in terms of ELO points and how much is due to innate talent and how much due to the experience gained, and other factors? Is making a comeback easier in the age of computers and large amounts of opening theory, or not? Also, compare and contrast with the amateur/professional status of chess in the 19th century and early 20th century (using Staunton, Steinitz, Lasker and Euwe as examples). Discuss.