International Round Up 02/11/10

[LozCooper]

International Round Up 2/11/10

Cap D'Agde, France
http://www.capechecs.com/resultats/inde ... =grandprix

Congratulations to Mark Hebden who was joint winner on 7/9 after scoring 5.5 from his last six games. Simon Ansell scored 6 and Maria Yurenok 3.5 with all draws as black and all decisive games as white!

World Youth Chess Championships 20-30 October
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr39339.a ... -1&wi=1000
http://wycc2010.chessdom.com/

Under 18 open: Robert Lydiard 4.5 & Jasper Tambini 4
Under 18 girls: Sheila Dines 4
Under 16 open: Yang-Fan Zhou 7
Under 14 boys: Felix Ynojosa 7.5
Under 14 girls: Maria Wang 5.5
Under 12 boys: Ravi Haria 6.5 & Tarun Malhotra 6
Under 12 girls: Anna Wang 5.5
Under 10 boys: Mark Kenyon 4.5

Congratulations to 14 year old Felix Ynojosa who finished 7th= with a 2317 performance whilst 16 year old Yang-Fan Zhou was close to a medal until a last round loss reduced his performance to a still very respectable 2361.

The players were coached by GM Simon Williams, IM Lorin D’Costa and myself who was also Head of Delegation.

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

Sean Hewitt’s e2e4 FIDE rated events are widely regarded as the best organised and most popular tournaments in England. His latest venture took place in Uxbridge from the 24th to 28th October. There were two sections, the Premier was a nine round international open with GM, IM, WGM and WIM norm possibilities. Entries included Grandmasters Keith Arkell and Aaron Summerscale. There were prizes of £750 first, £500 second, £250 third and £100 fourth as well as several £100 rating prizes.

There was also a junior international which was open to all players born on or after 1st January 1989.

After a fluctuating tournament Aaron Summerscale & Jack Rudd finished 1st= with 7/9 whilst Graeme Buckley defeated overnight leader Keith Arkell to finish 3rd on 6.5. Keith lost to Aaron & Graeme on the last day to finish fourth on 6. Amongst those on 5.5 was 15 year old James Holland who performed at 2273 gaining 35 points.

The overnight leader in the junior event also lost their last two games but in this case Lateefah Messam-Sparks was still able to finish 1st= with 6.5/9 alongside Lithuanian Einora Juciute. There was a four way tie for third place on 6 between Dominic Foord, Adrian Archer-Lock, Charlie Nettleton and Theodore Dias.

Corsican Circuit 2010
http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Resultat2.asp ... &Action=Cl

Gawain Jones finished 4th= with 5/7 qualifying for the knockout phase where he was defeated by Shahriyar Mamedjarov.

Le Touquet Open A 23-29 October
http://www.opalechecs.com/
http://www.opalechecs.com/letouquet-201 ... oi-AGa.htm

Twelve year old Isaac Sanders scored 4.5/9 with a 2067 performance. As can be seen from the crosstable Isaac gained valuable experience playing against several higher rated players including one GM.

Future events:

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

Hastings International Chess Congress 28 Dec - 5 Jan
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/news_view.asp?ID=316

Mark Hebden and Simon Williams are amongst the players in the Masters.

53rd Reggio Emilia 2010 28 Dec - 6 Jan

Nigel Short is playing in this event over new year.

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 24 Jan -3 Feb 2011
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

Entrants include Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Jon Speelman and Jovanka Houska.

73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament 14-30 Jan 2011
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Luke McShane will play in the B section.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic834.html

ECF Live Games Calendar
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?page_id=5052

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 2/11/10