International Round Up 18/05/10

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International Round Up 18/05/10

Nigel Short v Amish Giri match 13-16 May
http://www.maxeuwe.nl/activiteiten/max- ... tches.html
http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/e ... tches-2010

The match finished 2-2 after Nigel lost the final game.

Game 1: Nigel played the King’s Gambit and drew in 57 moves.
Game 2: Nigel played the Benoni and drew in 42 moves.
Game 3: Nigel played the Veresov and won in 23 moves.
Game 4: Nigel played the Chigorin and lost in 41 moves.

You can find the games via the second link above. This match was one of five arranged where promising Dutch players got the chance to play against higher rated players. It would be great to be able to offer our young players such experience but sadly English chess does not seem able to find the money for such worthwhile events.

Sabadell WIM Tournament 14-22 May
http://chess-results.com/tnr33979.aspx?art=2&lan=9
http://directefcde.org/femeni10/tfd.htm (live coverage)

Sabrina Chevannes and Meri Grigoryan are both playing in the WIM norm event where their required norm score is 6.5/9. Meri is on 3/4 and Sabrina is on 1/4. Meri won their individual game in round 3.

First Saturday Tournaments Budapest IM A 1-12 May
http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr33594.a ... -1&wi=1000

Mark Lyell played in IM Tournament A scoring 4.5/11.

Stuttgart State Championships (GER), 13-16 May
http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterscha ... i?ID=Index

Tom Wiley scored 4.5/7.

Future events:

e2e4 Sunningdale Congress 28-31 May
http://www.e2e4.org.uk/sunningdale

Please all view the ECF calendar for a list of all domestic events: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?page_id=1390

2010 World Universities' Chess Championship 4-12 September Zurich
http://www.buca.org.uk/news/2010-world- ... ampionship

If any eligible students are interested in playing in the event above please contact Alex Holowczak at [email protected] for further details.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic810.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 18/05/10