International Round-up 20/3/12
e2e4 High Wycombe Congress 16-18 March 2012
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/high_wycombe/Mar2012/open.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/high_wycombe/Mar2012/major.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/high_wycombe/Mar2012/inter.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/high_wycombe/Mar2012/minor.htm
Congratulations to grandmaster Keith Arkell who won the FIDE rated open with 5/5. Ameet Ghasi, Vladimir Hamitevici, Peter Wells and Michael White scored 4 to finish equal second. Anna Wang, who is thirteen this year, had a very impressive result scoring 3/5 and performing at 2192.
Matthew Peat won the FIDE rated Major (under 2050 FIDE or 175 ECF) with 4.5/5 ahead of Roger deCoverley who scored 4, Charlie Nettleton won the FIDE rated Intermediate (under 1850 FIDE or 150 ECF) with 4.5/5 ahead of John Kelly and David Walshaw and Stephen Crockett won the Minor with 4.5/5 ahead of Derek Brent and Peter Finn who finished on 4.
Bundesliga 17-18 March 2012
http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8009
http://schachbundesliga.de/ligen/runden ... u=inactive
http://schachbundesliga.de/ligen/runden ... pieltag=12
http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ligen/ru ... u=inactive
http://schachbundesliga.de/ligen/aufste ... u=inactive
Michael Adams scored 2/2 on board three (below Anand and Svidler) including the only decisive result as his team, Baden Baden, beat Werder Bremen, their main rivals. Michael beat Laurent Fressinet, rated 2696, and then won with black against a 2563 as his team won 5.5-2.5 on Sunday to take a three point lead over Bremen into the final weekend.
Luke McShane played for Werder Bremen. He drew with white against Alexei Shirov rated 2713 before beating a 2558 with black on the Sunday as his team won 6-2 against SG Trier.
SG Trier fielded just one of their English players as Stephen Gordon scored one out of two against the same two players that Michael played, albeit with opposite colours. His team lost 4.5-3.5 to Emsdetten and then 6-2 to Bremen. They are now in mid table.
Gawain Jones had two draws as his team managed a 4.5-3.5 win on Saturday before losing 5-3 on Sunday. The team remain in serious danger of being relegated.
Round 12 results:
Werder Bremen 3.5-4.5 Baden Baden
Board 3: Michael Adams 1-0 Laurent Fressinet (2696)
Board 4: Luke McShane 0.5-0.5 Alexei Shirov (2713)
SG Trier Board 3: Stephen Gordon 1-0 Wouter Spoelman (2563)
Konig Tegel 3.5 SC Remingen 4.5 Board 2: Rene Stern (2506) 0.5-0.5 Gawain Jones
Round 13 results:
Baden Baden 5.5 Emsdetten 2.5 Board 3: Wouter Spoelman (2563) 0-1 Michael Adams
SG Trier 2 Werder Bremen 6:
Board 3: Laurent Fressinet (2696) 1-0 Stephen Gordon
Board 4: Pawel Jaracz (2558) 0-1 Luke McShane
SC Remagen 3 Dresden 5 Board 2: Gawain Jones 0.5-0.5 Bartosz Socko (2628)
European Individual Championship Plovdiv, Bulgaria 19th March - 1st April 2012
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr66864.a ... =1&flag=30
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr66864.aspx?lan=1
http://www.eicc2012.eu/
http://www.eicc2012.eu/games/live1
http://www.eicc2012.eu/games/live2
http://www.eicc2012.eu/games/live3
Round 1 starts today. Gawain Jones is 60th seed and faces a 2400 with white, David Howell is 82nd and plays a 2363 while Adam Hunt and Andrew Ledger face tough opening rounds against Viktor Bologan rated 2687 with black and Maxim Rodshtein rated 2652 with white.
Future events:
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]
European Senior Team Chess Championship Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia 26 March - 5 April 2012
http://sent2012.sahohlacnik.com/
4NCL Divisions 1, 2, 3 North & South 31 March - 1st April 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm
6th annual Philadelphia Chess International Open 4th - 8th April 2012
http://www.chesstour.com/po12.htm
e2e4 Dublin International 5-9 April 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/dublin/index.htm
Doeberl Cup Canberra, Australia 5-9 April 2012
http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/
David Garner is playing.
CCF Easter International 6-7 April 2012
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Adult%20C ... Easter.htm
Delft 6-8 April 2012
http://www.delftseschaaksite.nl/toernoo ... le&id=2049
Stewart Haslinger is playing in the A Group, David Gilbert and Brendan O'Gorman are playing in the B Group and Tim Allen in the C group.
Southend-on-Sea Easter Congress 6-9 April 2012
http://southendchess.awardspace.biz/clu ... gress.html
Surrey Easter Congress (Open and Major sections) April 6-9 April 2012
http://www.surreychesscongress.co.uk
In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic906.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 20/3/12