International Round Up 22/06/10

[LozCooper]

International Round Up 22/06/10

45th Capablanca Memorial takes place 9th-22nd June 2010
http://www.capablanca.co.cu
http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/e ... orial-2010

Nigel Short played in a category 18 six player double round all-play-all which included Vassily Ivanchuk and had an average rating of 2700. He finished 3rd= with 5.5/10 and a rating performance of 2739. Ivanchuk won with 7/10.

Yeovil Summer Congress

Congratulations to Felix Ynojosa who won the FIDE rated open with 4/5, half ahead of Sarah Hegarty and Patryk Krzyzanowski who qualified for the British.

Frank Pittman won the FIDE rated major with 4/5, Shane McCabe, Brendan O`Gorman, Robert Kane and Lucjan Karpinski were equal second with 3½.

Teplice Open
http://www.openteplice.cz
http://chess-results.com/tnr31478.aspx

Glenn Charleshouse scored 5 out of 9 and Mark Lyell finished on 4.5.

First Saturday International June 2010 5-15 June
http://firstsaturday.freeweb.hu/

Diana Mihajlova played in the FM B tournament and finished on 3 out of 10.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic815.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 22/06/10