International Round Up 01/02/10

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International Round Up 01/02/10

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2010
http://www.coruschess.com

Nigel Short played in the A Group which included Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik and finished on 5/13 after draws against Carlsen, Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Shirov, Leko, Dominguez, Caruana, Tivikaov and Smeets. He was close to wins in several games, most notably against Kramnik The overall winner was Magnus Carlsen who finished on 8.5/13, half ahead of Shirov and Kramnik.

David Howell played in the B Group and finished on 6/13. He won three games against GM Dimitri Reindermann, Ni Hua & Tomi Nyback. The event was won by Anish Giri with 9/13, half ahead of Arkadij Naiditsch.

Gibtelecom Masters 2010
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/g ... index.html

This annual event starts on the 26th January. Regrettably the English presence is very limited in terms of titled players although GMs Mickey Adams and Jon Speelman as well as IM Jovanka Houska are competing. The prize structure has again ensured that a lot of the world's strongest women players are competing. Mickey Adams is currently joint leader on 5.5/7. Jon Speelman is on 5 whilst Jovanka, Terry Chapman, Alan Byron and David Collier on 4. Congratulations to Philip Tozer who defeated GM Ketevan Arakhamia with black in round 5.

e2e4 Uxbridge International 13th-17th February
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/international/20 ... /index.htm

There is still time to enter the various all-play-all tournaments organised by Sean Hewitt. Please contact Sean at [email protected] for further information on any of these events.

Enquiries regarding the womens tournament should be directed to [email protected] There are still places available and will be filled on a first come first served basis. Please contact me as soon as possible if interested as I hope to announce the line up by the end of the week at the latest.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic795.html

Lawrence Cooper
Director of International Chess
English Chess Federation 01/02/10