6th Wunsiedel Open, Germany 17th-20th May 2012
http://chess-results.com/tnr67707.aspx? ... =ENG&snr=1
http://chess-results.com/tnr67707.aspx?art=1&rd=7&lan=1
http://www.wunsiedel-schachfestival.de/
Congratulations to David Howell who finished equal first with 6/7 and a 2702 rating performance.
e2e4 Amersham Congress 18th - 20th May 2012
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/amersham/May2012/open.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/amersham/May2012/challengers.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/amersham/May2012/major.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/amersham/May2012/ENGvWLS.htm
Mark Hebden won the FIDE rated open with 4.5/5 ahead of Jonathan Hawkins and Richard Jones who scored 4. Matthew Wadsworth, with a rating performance of 2278, finished on 3.5 along with David Eggleston and David Spence.
Peter Tart won the Challengers with 4.5/5 ahead of Henrik Stepanyan and Musstapha Othman on 4 whilst Lara Osiyemi and Mani Subramaniam shared first place in the Major with 4.5/5 ahead of Paul Waddingham and Jaqdeep Dhemrait on 4.
There was also a four board women’s match between England and Wales. On Saturday the team of Natasha Regan, Kanwal Bhatia, Maria Yurenok and Ann-Marie James defeated Olivia Smith, Suzy Blackburn, Lynda Roberts and Alyssa Wang 4-0 albeit the score was very harsh on the Welsh team, while on Sunday the score was 2-2 with Ann-Marie James defeating Suzy Blackburn, Maria Yurenok and Anna Wang drawing with Olivia Smith and Lynda Roberts and Alyssa Wang defeating Louise Head.
Liechtenstein Seniors 11th-19th May 2012
http://www.chessdom.com/grandmaster-seb ... tein-open/
Oliver Jackson and Ken Norman finished equal second with IM Josef Pribyl rated 2307 CZE on 6.5/9 behind the French/Ukranian GM Vladimir Okhotnik rated 2463 with 8. Dinah Norman finished in a multiple tie for 19th-33rd place with a score of 4.5/9.
My thanks to Ken Norman for providing this information. He recommends the Liechtenstein Seniors to any English Senior as the tournament is very well organised and Liechtenstein is a very beautiful country. The dates of next years tournament are 3rd to 11th May 2013.
14th Salou Open Salou ESP Thu 3rd May 2012 - Fri 11th May 2012
http://chess-results.com/tnr71889.aspx? ... ENG&snr=59
http://www.wix.com/escacssalou/open#!__english
Chris Evans scored 4.5/9 but was denied a full rating after playing an unrated player in the last round.
FSFMB May 2012 Budapest HUN Sat 5th May 2012 - Thu 17th May 2012
http://chess-results.com/tnr72308.aspx? ... g=30&snr=3
http://www.firstsaturday.hu/1205/index.htm
Diana Mihajlova scored 4/10.
Future events:
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/twic915.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 22/5/12