International Round-up 10/4/12

[LawrenceCooper]

International Round-up 10/4/12

e2e4 Dublin Easter International 5-9 April 2012
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/dublin/Apr2012/masters.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/dublin/Apr2012/challengers.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/dublin/Apr2012/major.htm

Congratulations to Mark Hebden who won the FIDE rated Masters with 7.5/9. Simon Williams recovered from a first round loss to finish outright second with 7. Other English scores were as follows: Danny Gormally and David Eggleston scored 6, Peter Sowray 5.5, Alex Longson, Alan Walton & Jack Rudd 5, Malcolm Armstrong 4 and Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 2.5.

Mindaugas Janusaitis from Lithuania, Pekka Pietinen from Finland and Monika Gedvilaite shared first with 5.5/7 in the FIDE Rated Challengers. There was one English entrant, Stephen Whatley, who scored 2.5/7.

Atanas Kouhtev won the Major with 6.0/7 ahead of fellow Bulgarian Martin Dimitrov who scored 5.5. Two English players took part; Ian Thackray scored 3/6 and Jacqueline Parchment 2.5.

1st Balagna Open 31st March - 7th April 2012
http://www.corse-echecs.com/9u-Open-Int ... _a952.html

Glenn Flear won on tie-break from American IM Marc Arnold. Both players scored 6/9 and Glenn’s rating performance was 2566.

Southend-on-Sea Easter Congress 6-9 April 2012
http://www.southendchessclub.co.uk/9999/Congress.html

Ameet Ghasi took first place with 6.5 /7, Bob Eames finished second with 5.5 and Michael White, Jim Burnett and David Haydon shared third with 5.

Surrey Easter Congress (Open and Major sections) April 6-9 April 2012
http://www.surreychesscongress.co.uk/SCC35ro.html
http://www.surreychesscongress.co.uk/SCC35rm.html

Alexander Cherniaev won the open with 5/6 ahead of Graeme Buckley, Peter Lalic and Jovica Radovanovic on 4.5.

Notable results included David Cutmore beating grandmaster Alexander Cherniaev, Matthew Wadsworth beating Kanwal Bhatia (2081) and drawing with Jovica Radovanovic (2296), Katherine Shepherd beating Julien Shepley (2045) and drawing with Tim Seymour (2068) and Liam Varnam (2060).

First prize in the Major was shared between Alan Hayward, Mark Johnstone, Nick Keene, David Sedgwick, David Tucker and Julian Way. They all scored 4.5/6.

Delft 6-8 April 2012
http://www.delftseschaaksite.nl/toernoo ... le&id=2045

Stewart Haslinger finished in equal second place with 4.5/6 in the A Group, Brendan O'Gorman scored 3.5, Mike Haslinger 3, David Gilbert and Kenneth Rose 1 in the B Group and Tim Allen 2.5 in the C group.

35th San Sebastian Open 31st March - 7 April 2012
http://www.fgajedrez.org/open-de-san-se ... esultados/
http://www.fgajedrez.org/open-de-san-sebastian/

Maxim Devereaux scored 6.5/9 with a rating performance of 2445. His results included wins against grandmaster Fabien Libiszewski rated 2523 and FM Arian Gonzalez Perez and a draw against GM Renier Vasquez Igarza rated 2566.

CCF Easter International 6-7 April 2012
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2012-04-07_LP.htm

John Duggan, Chris Ross, Laurence Ball and Tumen Buyundalai shared first equal on 3.5/5. John Duggan received the qualifying place for this year’s British Championship.

Doeberl Cup Canberra, Australia 5-9 April 2012
http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/DBL2012_re ... nding.html
http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/DBL2012_re ... rd.html#42

Carl Gorka finished on 4.5/9 in the Premier.

Open Karpos, Skopje 7-14 April 2012
http://skopje-2012.chessmix.com/results.html
http://skopje-2012.chessmix.com/standings.html
http://skopje-2012.chessmix.com/live.html
http://skopje-2012.chessmix.com/games.html

Adam Hunt and Lorin D’Costa are on 3/4.

Future events:

Thailand Open 13-19 April 2012
http://bangkokchess.com/events-calendar ... ed-players
http://bangkokchess.com/events-calendar ... -open-2012

Nigel Short will be top seed in the open. Tristan Cox, Peter Darby, Mark McCready and Martin Greenwood are also registered. David Gates is playing in the Challengers.

World Amateur Championship Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece 15-23 April 2012
http://gamesfestival.chessdom.com/world ... rticipants

Dominic Gibbs, Jonathan Pein, Luke and Tate Remus Elliot are playing in the World Amateur whilst Malcolm Pein, Isaac Sanders and Ravi Haria are playing in the open.

8th World School Individual Chess Championship Iasi, Romania 28 April - 6 May
http://wscc2012.ro/index.php?option=com ... &Itemid=28

There will be twenty-four English players involved in the event.

4NCL All Divisions Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island 5-7 May 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm

e2e4 Amersham Congress 18th - 20th May 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/amersham/May2012/index.htm

There will be three sections, Masters, Challengers (U2000/ECF 170) and Major (U1750/ECF 140).

e2e4 London Diamond Jubilee Congress 2nd - 6th June 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/gatwick/Jun2012/index.htm

There will be three sections, Masters, Challengers (U2050/ECF 175) and Major (U1800/ECF 145).

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic909.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 10/4/12

[Sean Hewitt]

Jack actually scored 5/9 in Dublin. Interesting that almost every English player gained rating points or broke even

Ranking after round 9 - Players by fed ENG

Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 GM Hebden, Mark L 7.5 ENG M 2514 2634 +1.33 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1
2 GM Williams, Simon K 7.0 ENG M 2506 2513 +0.32 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1
7 GM Gormally, Daniel W 6.0 ENG M 2520 2412 -1.04 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 ½ 1
10 FM Eggleston, David J 6.0 ENG M 2327 2304 +0.01 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
15 FM Sowray, Peter J 5.5 ENG M 2375 2353 -0.04 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½
20 IM Rudd, Jack 5.0 ENG M 2303 2302 +0.10 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½
22 Longson, Alexander 5.0 ENG M 2267 2304 +0.46 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0
27 CM Walton, Alan J 5.0 ENG M 2159 2258 +1.03 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1
44 Armstrong, Malcolm J 4.0 ENG M 2026 2132 +0.93 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 0
64 Kalai Yalahan, Akshaya 2.5 ENG M 1640 1739 +0.47 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 1

[LawrenceCooper]

Jack actually scored 5/9 in Dublin. Interesting that almost every English player gained rating points or broke even

Ranking after round 9 - Players by fed ENG

Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 GM Hebden, Mark L 7.5 ENG M 2514 2634 +1.33 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1
2 GM Williams, Simon K 7.0 ENG M 2506 2513 +0.32 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1
7 GM Gormally, Daniel W 6.0 ENG M 2520 2412 -1.04 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 ½ 1
10 FM Eggleston, David J 6.0 ENG M 2327 2304 +0.01 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
15 FM Sowray, Peter J 5.5 ENG M 2375 2353 -0.04 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½
20 IM Rudd, Jack 5.0 ENG M 2303 2302 +0.10 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½
22 Longson, Alexander 5.0 ENG M 2267 2304 +0.46 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0
27 CM Walton, Alan J 5.0 ENG M 2159 2258 +1.03 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1
44 Armstrong, Malcolm J 4.0 ENG M 2026 2132 +0.93 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 0
64 Kalai Yalahan, Akshaya 2.5 ENG M 1640 1739 +0.47 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 1

Oops, sorry

[Brendan O'Gorman]

International Round-up 10/4/12

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Delft 6-8 April 2012
http://www.delftseschaaksite.nl/toernoo ... le&id=2045

Stewart Haslinger finished in equal second place with 4.5/6 in the A Group, Mike Haslinger scored 3, David Gilbert and Brendan O'Gorman 1 in the B Group and Tim Allen 2.5 in the C group.

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Lawrence Cooper,
Director of International Chess 10/4/12

I actually scored 3.5 ! The surprise outright winner of the Open was Jordan Ivanov, a mere IM, ahead of GMs like Kasparov (Sergey), Andersson and Haslinger.
Some photos here of an excellent tournament and a lovely city http://tinyurl.com/DelftPics
Well worth considering entering one of the three sections (Open, u2000 and u1700) if you fancy a chess holiday abroad but not too far away and where everyone (literally) speaks English.

[Brendan O'Gorman]

Should have added that the tournament website http://www.delftseschaaksite.nl/toernoo ... le&id=2044 has loads of info, including games and great photos taken by a professional photographer supplied by the main sponsor for the entire three days of the event.

[LawrenceCooper]

International Round-up 10/4/12

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Delft 6-8 April 2012
http://www.delftseschaaksite.nl/toernoo ... le&id=2045

Stewart Haslinger finished in equal second place with 4.5/6 in the A Group, Mike Haslinger scored 3, David Gilbert and Brendan O'Gorman 1 in the B Group and Tim Allen 2.5 in the C group.

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Lawrence Cooper,
Director of International Chess 10/4/12

I actually scored 3.5 ! The surprise outright winner of the Open was Jordan Ivanov, a mere IM, ahead of GMs like Kasparov (Sergey), Andersson and Haslinger.
Some photos here of an excellent tournament and a lovely city http://tinyurl.com/DelftPics
Well worth considering entering one of the three sections (Open, u2000 and u1700) if you fancy a chess holiday abroad but not too far away and where everyone (literally) speaks English.

Apologies for the error, I somehow mixed up your score with Kenneth Rose. I do hope my successor checks his reports more thoroughly before publishing them

[Brendan O'Gorman]

Not to worry. It's good of you to take the trouble to report on patzers abroad.

[Ian Thompson]

Jack actually scored 5/9 in Dublin. Interesting that almost every English player gained rating points or broke even

Ranking after round 9 - Players by fed ENG

Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
20 IM Rudd, Jack 5.0 ENG M 2303 2302 +0.10 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½

How is it possible for someone to have a TPR less than their rating, but to gain rating points, without playing anyone rated more than 400 points above or below them?

[Sean Hewitt]

Jack actually scored 5/9 in Dublin. Interesting that almost every English player gained rating points or broke even

Ranking after round 9 - Players by fed ENG

Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
20 IM Rudd, Jack 5.0 ENG M 2303 2302 +0.10 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½

How is it possible for someone to have a TPR less than their rating, but to gain rating points, without playing anyone rated more than 400 points above or below them?

Rounding!

[IM Jack Rudd]

Jack actually scored 5/9 in Dublin. Interesting that almost every English player gained rating points or broke even

Ranking after round 9 - Players by fed ENG

Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
20 IM Rudd, Jack 5.0 ENG M 2303 2302 +0.10 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½

How is it possible for someone to have a TPR less than their rating, but to gain rating points, without playing anyone rated more than 400 points above or below them?

That's what happens with a nonlinear system and a strange distribution of opponents' ratings.

[E Michael White]

How is it possible for someone to have a TPR less than their rating, but to gain rating points, without playing anyone rated more than 400 points above or below them?

That's what happens with a nonlinear system and a strange distribution of opponents' ratings.

Oh no it isnt if you use Jeff Sonas's TPR method here - http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1759 and any continuous expectations which increase with difference in ratings.

The effect Ian Thompson noted cannot be explained by non-linearity in this case but is caused by the approximation for a continuous expectation function in using the FIDE discrete ranges table. That is unless the method used was not the Jeff Sonas method.

[Alex Holowczak]

How is it possible for someone to have a TPR less than their rating, but to gain rating points, without playing anyone rated more than 400 points above or below them?

That's what happens with a nonlinear system and a strange distribution of opponents' ratings.

Oh no it isnt if you use Jeff Sonas's TPR method here

... but we're not?