International Round Up 06/07/10

[LozCooper]

International Round Up 06/07/10

World Open 2010 Philadelphia, USA, June 29-July 5
http://worldopen.com/

Congratulations to Luke McShane who despite being 13th seed finished 2nd= in the open with GMs Harikrishna & Smirin scoring 7/9, half behind the winner GM Viktor Laznicka from the Czech Republic. Luke faced an average rating of 2561 and played against six GMs scoring wins against Onischuk rated 2699 in round 2 and Shabalov rated 2585 in the last round.

Kanwal Bhatia finished on 3.5/7 in the U2200.

ROC Nova College Tournament 2-4 July
http://www.hwphaarlem.nl/nova-groepa

Congratulations to Matthew Sadler who was playing his first standard play tournament for many years. He won the Group A tournament with 5/6 against an average of 2414 including 3 out of 4 against GMs. Stewart Haslinger also played and scored 3.5.

Mike Haslinger played in the Group B event and finished 4th= with 4.5/6.

Le Championnat International de Paris takes place 3rd-11th July
http://idf-echecs.com/competitions/Cham ... is2010.htm

Peter Poobalasingam and Lorin D’Costa are both on 1.5/2.

HSG Open Hilversum (NED), 26 June - 4 July
http://www.hsgopen.nl/

Graham Burton finished on 4.5/9.

Future events:

7th South Wales International 10-15 July
http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/home.html

Titled entrants include GMs Keith Arkell and Peter Wells as well as IM Jack Rudd.

Canadian Open Chess Championship 10-18 July
http://www.chess.ca/canopen.shtml
http://www.monroi.com

Luke McShane heads the English challenge which also includes Adam Ashton & Alan Walton.

43rd Biel International Chess Festival 19-29 July
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/twic817.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 06/07/10

[David Clayton]

Alex Mcfarlane, can you spot any future international tournaments missing from the above list?

I will see you Alex on Saturday for the 117th Scottish Chess Championships (including International Open) starting on Sunday 11 July.

Guys, have you seen the on site student accomodation rates? £85 for the week, £15 per night.

Cheers

Dave