International Round-up 6/3/12

[LawrenceCooper]

International Round-up 6/3/12

4th Batavia Chess Tournament, Amsterdam 24th Feb - 4 Mar 2012
http://batavia1920.nl/chess/results-standings/
http://batavia1920.nl/chess/live-games/

Keith Arkell finished third with 5.5/9 whilst Mark Hebden scored 5 in the ten player all-play-all.

Cappelle La Grande International Open 3-10 March 2012
http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/en2/default.php?page=619
http://cappelle-chess.fr/live2012/ronde3/direct.html
http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/fr2/userpa ... 3Alpha.htm

Sam Franklin & George O'Toole are on 3/4, Gerald Parfett 2.5, Neil McDonald 2 & Andrew Whiteley 1.5.

First Saturday Budapest Hungary 3-13 March 2012
http://www.firstsaturday.hu/1202/index.htm
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr67500.a ... ES&flag=30

Mark Lyell is on 0/3.

Reykjavik Open 6-13 March 2012
http://skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=490/
http://chess-results.com/tnr54645.aspx? ... ilen=99999
http://skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=530
http://skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=531

Round 1 starts today at 16:30. Gawain Jones, Simon Williams, Adam Hunt, Ian Thompson, Andrew Dunn, Martin Goodger and Chris Smith are all registered.

Future events:

e2e4 High Wycombe Congress 16-18 March 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/high_wycombe/Mar2012/index.htm

Mark Hebden, Peter Wells and Keith Arkell are amongst those playing in the FIDE rated open. The congress also comprises a FIDE rated Major (under 2050 FIDE or 175 ECF) and Intermediate (under 1850 FIDE or 150 ECF) and the Minor section (under 120 ECF).

European Individual Championship Plovdiv, Bulgaria 19th March - 1st April 2012
http://www.eicc2012.eu/

Gawain Jones, David Howell, Adam Hunt and Andrew Ledger have all been registered.

Cork Congress 23-25 March 2012
http://www.corkchess.com/index.php?page=cork-congress-2

British Blitz Championship Saturday 24th March, 2012 at the Quinborne Community Centre, Ridgacre Road, Quinton, West Midlands B32 2TW
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?page_id=15530
Chief Organiser: Alex Holowczak – [email protected]

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic904.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=3795

Lawrence Cooper,
Director of International Chess 6/3/12

[John McKenna]

Excuse me being a bit off topic but having read about the London Forex trader who spent just over £200,000 (including £18,000+ tip) celebrating in a Liverpool nightclub on Sunday night I am looking at the above in terms of currencies. Sterling could go far in Hungarian forints and the Bulgarian lev I suspect!? And, probably go farther than they used to in Icelandic krona.

[Alan Walton]

Excuse me being a bit off topic but having read about the London Forex trader who spent just over £200,000 (including £18,000+ tip) celebrating in a Liverpool nightclub on Sunday night I am looking at the above in terms of currencies. Sterling could go far in Hungarian forints and the Bulgarian lev I suspect!? And, probably go farther than they used to in Icelandic krona.

I have been reliably informed that this is a hoax, a friend at work said his wife knows that the person was actually the owner of the nightclub, and has done it as a publicity stunt

[John McKenna]

So April 1st comes early. However, we can be thankful that at least it, or something similar, wasn't perpetrated by CJ & RDK.

[John McKenna]

Sorry I am forgetting Twitter-gate but that was small beer.