International Round Up 17/8/10
NH Chess Tournament Rising Stars vs. Experience 12-22 August
http://www.nhchess.com/
David Howell is part of the ‘Rising Star’ team. He is currently on 2.5/5 having beaten Ljubojevic & Van Wely, drawn with Svidler and lost to Gelfand and Nielsen.
World Junior and Girls U20 Championship Chotowa Poland 2-17 August
http://www.wjcc2010.pl/en/gry-on-line
http://www.chessarbiter.to.pl/turnieje/t_3905/
http://www.chessarbiter.to.pl/turnieje/t_3906/
Yang-Fan Zhou played in the junior and Anya Corke in the girls. Both were coached by Mark Hebden. Yang-Fan finished on 5.5/13 whilst Anya finished on 8.5 in equal sixth place.
Waikato Open Hamilton, New Zealand
http://hamiltonchess.weebly.com/weekend ... ments.html
Congratulations to Ben Hague who won the open with 5/6.
XXXVI Open Internacional d'Escacs "Ciutat de Badalona" Grup A 2-10 Aug
http://chess-results.com/tnr32550.aspx? ... 000&snr=69
Ian Reynolds finished on 4/9.
Hogeschool HZ Zeeland Chess Tournament August 7-14
http://www.hztoernooi.nl/hz/index.php/en/home-en
Stewart and Mike Haslinger and Rob Thompson are all playing. Stewart finished on 6.5/9, whilst Rob & Mike both scored 4.
First Saturday Budapest, Hungary August 7-17
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr36952.a ... 1000&snr=5
Mark Lyell finished with 3/9.
Events starting this week:
XII International Open Chess Sants Barcelona 20-29 August
http://www.cotxeres.org/open/inscrits10.htm
Lorin D’Costa, Peter Sowray, David Eggleston, Ian Thompson, Chris Briscoe, Donny Muter, Michael White, Graham Burton & Tobias Stock are all playing.
The 3rd JESSIE GILBERT Celebration International Chess Festival 21-30 Aug
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Adult%20C ... b_info.htm
Events include a GM norm swiss, as well as rated all-play-alls, a junior event on 25th and rapid and blitz on the 30th.
Future events:
46th Berks & Bucks Chess Congress 28-30 August
Contact: Nigel Dennis Email: [email protected]
Both the Championship and Challengers will be FIDE rated.
4th Leyland Chess Congress - 28 to 30 August
http://www.leylandchess.org.uk/congress/index.htm
There is a FIDE rated open alongside unrated U170 and U135 events.
Diamond Jubilee Congress Paignton 5-11 September
http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/
There will be numerous events including a FIDE rated Premier, U180, U150, U125 from 5-11 as well as a junior international from 4th-9th.
11th World University Chess Championship Zurich, Switzerland - Sep 5-12
http://www.fisu.net/en/Chess-2010-1703.html
e2e4 Sunningdale Chess Congress 10-12 September
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/sunningdale/Sept2010/index.htm
Events include a FIDE rated open and major.
World Chess Olympiad 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk Siberia 21 Sep - 3 Oct
http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/index.htm
e2e4 Runcorn Congress 24-26 September
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/runcorn/Sep2010/index.htm
Guernsey 17th -23rd October
http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/fes ... mation.htm
e2e4 Uxbridge Premier & Young Masters 24-28 October
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/international/20 ... /index.htm
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/international/20 ... /index.htm
4NCL Rounds 1 and 2 6-7 November
http://www.4ncl.co.uk
e2e4 Brighton Chess Congress : 12th - 14th November
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/brighton/index.htm
In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic823.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
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