International Round-up 5/9/12
World Chess Olympiad 28th August - 9th September 2012
http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.co ... =1&flag=30
http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.co ... =1&flag=30
http://www.chessdom.com/chess-olympiad-2012-live/
http://www.chessolympiadistanbul.com/livegames/
After eight rounds the mens team have eleven match points out of sixteen whilst the women have eight.
Individual scores:
Open: Michael Adams 4/7, Gawain Jones 3/8, Nigel Short 6/8, David Howell 3.5/6, 5 Nick Pert 2/3.
Women: Anya Corke 2.5/7, Maria Yurenok 3/6, Sarah Hegarty 5/7, Sabrina Chevannes 4.5/6, Kanwal Bhatia 3/6.
Chris Ross is representing the International Braille Chess Association team and is on 5/6.
The event is being held from 28th August to 9th September in Istanbul, Turkey.
WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD 29 August - 05 September 2012 Istanbul, Turkey
http://chess-results.com/tnr79880.aspx? ... n=1&snr=18
http://wyco2012.tsf.org.tr/en/component ... ew&kid=207
http://live2.tsf.org.tr/
England finished on eight match points from ten rounds with Marcus Harvey scoring 4.5/9, Oskar Hackner 4/9, Roy Zhang 4/7, Amy Hoare 2/7 and Daniel Noel 4.5/8. Grandmaster Glenn Flear was their coach.
Sarkany-Aranytiz IM All-play-all Budapest, Hungary 18-26 August 2012
http://chess-results.com/tnr79319.aspx? ... g=30&snr=6
http://tournament.sarkanydse.hu/
Mark Lyell scored 4/9.
6th Leyland Chess Congress 25-27 August 2012
http://www.leylandchess.org.uk/congress ... wnload.htm
Oliver Jackson and Mike Surtees shared equal first with 4.5/6 in the open.
Houtman Open, Gouda, Netherlands 1st September 2012
http://www.messemaker-1847.nl/HoutmanOK ... index.html
http://www.messemaker-1847.nl/GrandPrix2012/
Matthew Sadler finished equal third with 5/7.
CCF Late Summer Long Play Congress (incl FIDE Open) 1-2 September 2012
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2012-09-02_LP.htm
Gavin Lock took first place with 4/5 ahead of Ananthanarayanan Balaji, Philip Bonafont, Alan Hayward & Conor Murphy on 3.5.
First Saturday Budapest 1-10 September 2012
http://chess-results.com/tnr80087.aspx? ... =1&flag=30
http://chess-results.com/tnr80089.aspx? ... =1&flag=30
Mark Lyell is on 1.5/3 in the IM section and Diana Mihajlova 1.0/3 in FM B.
Future events:
62nd Annual Congress Paignton 2nd-8th September 2012
http://www.chessdevon.co.uk
Leek Chess Congress 7-9 September 2012
Email: [email protected]
A FIDE-rated open for players rated under 2350.
Hampstead FIDE Chess Congress 22-23 September 2012
http://www.hampsteadchess.blogspot.co.uk/
Under 2200 /unrated must be under ECF 190 on 22-23 September 2012. (The September 1st FIDE list, and the July ECF list will be to determine eligibility. FIDE rating takes precedence.)
Leicester Chess Congress (H E Atkins Memorial) 28-30 September 2012
http://www.leicesterchess.co.uk
4NCL Rapidplay 29-30 September 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/download/2012-201 ... ELINES.pdf
e2e4 High Wycombe Chess Congress 12-14 October 2012
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/high_wycombe
In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic930.html
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 5/9/12