International Round Up 17/11/11

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International Round Up 17/11/11

Post by LozCooper » Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:58 am

International Round-up 17/11/11

European Team Chess Championship 2011 Heraklion, Greece 2-12 Nov-2011
http://www.euroteams2011.com/
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr57856.a ... ES&flag=30
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr57855.a ... ES&flag=30

The England open team finished in twenty-second place after a last round defeat to second seeds Ukraine. Michael Adams rounded off a great performance with a win against Vassily Ivanchuk which earned him a performance of 2841, a score of 6.5/9 and the gold medal on board 1. Gawain Jones finished with a draw (which was partly influenced by his flight being brought forward by 90 minutes by Ryanair!) for a score of 6/9 and a rating performance of 2705 which left him narrowly outside the board 4 medals. Nigel Short finished with 3/7, Nick Pert 2.5/6 and David Howell 0.5/5.

The women’s team finished in twenty-third place after a 3-1 defeat to the Netherlands.
Dagne Ciuksyte finished with 6/8 and a 2446 performance on board 2 which represents a fine comeback after very little rated chess since her last England appearance in 2008. The European Team is a very tough women’s event with virtually no easy matches and no rest days. Maria Yurenok had a very promising debut, finishing with 3.5/8 and performing above her rating. Kanwal Bhatia and Sarah Hegarty finished with 3/7 and 2/5 respectively and performed approximately to their rating whilst Jovanka Houska had a tough finish to slip to 2.5/8 but remained a fine role model for the team and played every match except for Norway facing 1 GM, 4 IMs and 3 WGMs.

4NCL Rounds 1 and 2 12-13 November 2011
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm

The first weekend took place at three separate venues, Staverton Park, Daventry and Redworth Hall. Early leaders on four match points are as follows:

Division 1 Section A: Guildford & WGHK 1.
Division 1 Section B: Cheddleton & White Rose.
Division 2 Section A: Kings Head & Poisoned Pawns.
Division 2 Section B: AMCA Dragons & South Wales Dragons.
Division 3 North: North East England & Bradford DCA Knights B.
Division 3 South: KJCA Kings, British Universities CA, Oxford 2, The Rookies, Wessex, Anglian Avengers, Leeds University Old Boys, Gloucestershire Gambits, Cambridge University 3 and e2e4.org.uk 2.

First Saturday Budapest Hungary, November 5-16 2011
http://firstsaturday.hu/
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr59449.a ... ES&flag=30

Adam Hunt scored 7/14 in the GM section, Mark Lyell 4/12 in the IM event and Diana Mihajlova 5/11 in the FM B event.

2nd Brno Open takes place 12th-18th November 2011
http://chess-results.com/tnr59693.aspx? ... ES&flag=30

Tim Spanton is on 3.5/6, David Guttridge 2, Alan Collins and Raymond Kearsley 1.5.

Max Euwe Mem Gp2 Amsterdam (NED), 14-20 xi 2011 cat. X (2500)
http://en.euwetoernooi.nl/program/program-overview/

Stuart Conquest is playing in the four player, double round all-play-all event along with Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Robin Van Kampen and Monika Socko. After having to postpone his first round game due to a flight cancellation he drew in round 2 against Robin Van Kampen before losing to Monika Socko in round 3.

World Youth Championships 2011 Caldas Novas, Brazil 18-26 Nov 2011
http://www.wycc2011.com/

England will be represented by the following players:

Under 18s: Yang-Fan Zhou
Under 16s: Brandon Clarke & Jennifer Ehr
Under 14s: William Foo & Katherine Shepherd
Under 12s: Ravi Haria & Cosima Keen
Under 10s: Anthony Zhang & Akshaya Kalaiyalahan

The coaches will be Jovanka Houska, Andrew Martin and Simon Williams. Good luck to all the players representing England.

Future events:

Voivoda Cup Poland 24-30 November 2011
http://www.szachy.lca.pl/

Adam Hunt will play.

e2e4 Brighton Congress 25th - 27th November 2011
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/brighton/Nov2011/index.htm

Entries include grandmaster Keith Arkell.

London Chess Classic 3-12 December 2011
http://www.londonchessclassic.com/

This year’s Classic is the strongest yet with Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell playing in the same section as Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura.

The FIDE rated open includes grandmasters Nick Pert, Simon Williams, Mark Hebden, Peter Wells, Aaron Summerscale and Keith Arkell.

The women’s invitational includes Dagne Ciuksyte, Susan Lalic, Ingrid Lauterbach and Meri Grigoryan.

European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship, Warsaw Poland 16-18 Dec 2011
http://www.poloniachess.pl/amplico2011/en/

Tom Wiley is registered.

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 13-29 January 2012
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournamen ... 12/group/3

Matthew Sadler will play in Group C. Sadly Luke McShane was unable to take his place in Group A due to work commitments.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic888.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 17/11/11
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Re: International Round Up 17/11/11

Post by David Sedgwick » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:55 am

LozCooper wrote: World Youth Championships 2011 Caldas Novas, Brazil 18-26 Nov 2011
The coaches will be Jovanka Houska, Andrew Martin and Simon Williams.

e2e4 Brighton Congress 25th - 27th November 2011
Entries include grandmasters Simon Williams and Keith Arkell.
I've yet to perfect the art of being in two places at once. Does Simon offer lessons?

LozCooper

Re: International Round Up 17/11/11

Post by LozCooper » Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:03 am

David Sedgwick wrote:
LozCooper wrote: World Youth Championships 2011 Caldas Novas, Brazil 18-26 Nov 2011
The coaches will be Jovanka Houska, Andrew Martin and Simon Williams.

e2e4 Brighton Congress 25th - 27th November 2011
Entries include grandmasters Simon Williams and Keith Arkell.
I've yet to perfect the art of being in two places at once. Does Simon offer lessons?
It's called multi-tasking :D

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Re: International Round Up 17/11/11

Post by Alex Holowczak » Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:21 am

LozCooper wrote:
David Sedgwick wrote:
LozCooper wrote: World Youth Championships 2011 Caldas Novas, Brazil 18-26 Nov 2011
The coaches will be Jovanka Houska, Andrew Martin and Simon Williams.

e2e4 Brighton Congress 25th - 27th November 2011
Entries include grandmasters Simon Williams and Keith Arkell.
I've yet to perfect the art of being in two places at once. Does Simon offer lessons?
It's called multi-tasking :D
Are you sure we're not sending the Simon Williams who plays in the Birmingham League to Brazil? :wink:

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Re: International Round Up 17/11/11

Post by David Sedgwick » Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:27 pm

Alex Holowczak wrote:Are you sure we're not sending the Simon Williams who plays in the Birmingham League to Brazil? :wink:
No, the ECF just pays him the fee.

http://www.gingergm.com/2010/11/10/will ... -stand-up/

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Re: International Round Up 17/11/11

Post by Alex Holowczak » Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:29 pm

David Sedgwick wrote:
Alex Holowczak wrote:Are you sure we're not sending the Simon Williams who plays in the Birmingham League to Brazil? :wink:
No, the ECF just pays him the fee.

http://www.gingergm.com/2010/11/10/will ... -stand-up/
Yes, I was aware of this when I made the reference. :)