International Round Up 29/06/10
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:23 pm
International Round Up 29/06/10
3rd Sveins Memorial, Oslo
http://sveins3minneturnering.blogspot.com/
Congratulations to Mark Hebden who finished 1st= with the highly rated Norwegian Jon Ludvig Hammer on 7/9. Mark registered another 2600+ performance (this time 2610) and gained another 9 rating points.
French Cup Final
http://www.echecs.asso.fr
Mickey Adams scored a crucial win for his French club Evry Grand Roque as they won the cup final against Metz Fischer.
Upper Hutt Rapidplay near Wellington, New Zealand
Gawain Jones won with 5.5/6 ahead of Ben Thomas on 5 and IMs Anthony Kerr & Russell Dive as well as his girlfriend WIM Sue Maroroa on 4.5.
HSG Open Hilversum (NED), 26 vi-4 vii 2010
http://www.hsgopen.nl/
Graham Burton is currently on 1/3.
Future events:
World Open 2010 June 29-July 5, 2010, Valley Forge, PA
Kanwal Bhatia will play in the above event.
43rd Biel International Chess Festival
http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/
David Howell will be playing in a 10 player all-play-all where the oldest player is aged just 22.
In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic816.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.
Lawrence Cooper
Director of International Chess
English Chess Federation 29/06/10
3rd Sveins Memorial, Oslo
http://sveins3minneturnering.blogspot.com/
Congratulations to Mark Hebden who finished 1st= with the highly rated Norwegian Jon Ludvig Hammer on 7/9. Mark registered another 2600+ performance (this time 2610) and gained another 9 rating points.
French Cup Final
http://www.echecs.asso.fr
Mickey Adams scored a crucial win for his French club Evry Grand Roque as they won the cup final against Metz Fischer.
Upper Hutt Rapidplay near Wellington, New Zealand
Gawain Jones won with 5.5/6 ahead of Ben Thomas on 5 and IMs Anthony Kerr & Russell Dive as well as his girlfriend WIM Sue Maroroa on 4.5.
HSG Open Hilversum (NED), 26 vi-4 vii 2010
http://www.hsgopen.nl/
Graham Burton is currently on 1/3.
Future events:
World Open 2010 June 29-July 5, 2010, Valley Forge, PA
Kanwal Bhatia will play in the above event.
43rd Biel International Chess Festival
http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/
David Howell will be playing in a 10 player all-play-all where the oldest player is aged just 22.
In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic816.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.
Lawrence Cooper
Director of International Chess
English Chess Federation 29/06/10