International Round Up 30/11/10

[LozCooper]

International Round Up 30/11/10

3rd Remco Heite 2010, Wolvega, Netherlands 26-28 November
http://www.heiteschaaktoernooi.nl/

Congratulations to Luke McShane who won the six grandmaster all-play-all with 3.5.5, with wins against Dutch GMs Erwin l’Ami and Loek Van Wely and draws against Peter Heine Nielsen, Anish Giri and Bartlomiej Macieja. Giri & l’Ami finished equal 2nd with 3/5. After starting with two draws Luke beat l’Ami with white in round three, drew with Giri in four and then beat Van Wely with black in the last round to take outright first.

Huesca Provincial Championship Spain
http://www.ajedrezaltoaragones.com/2010 ... mpeon.html

Congratulations to Justin Horton who won the event scoring 8/9 to finish half a point clear. Justin’s performance was 2310 and he gained 25 rating points.

Thanksgiving Open Saint Louis, Missouri, USA 26-28 November
http://saintlouischessclub.org/news/201 ... al-results

Nigel Short finished on 4.5/6 in the open, half a point behind the four winners, Alexander Onischuk, Yury Shulman, Gregory Kaidinov & Dmitry Gurevich.

Kilkenny Open 26-28 November
http://ennischessclub.wordpress.com/201 ... enny-2010/

A very strong open ended with first place being shared between Ireland’s Sam Collins and Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov who both scored 5/6. Third place was a five way tie between England’s Gawain Jones and fellow GMs Alexander Baburin, Sebastien Maze, Fabien Libiszewski & Mihai Suba.

BNBank Blitz Gp2 Oslo Norway Sat 27th Nov 2010
http://bnbankblitz.sjakk.no/

Jovanka Houska finished on 3/10 in her six player group which was won by Simen Agdestein with Leif Johannessen finishing second. The overall event was won by Hikaru Nakamura.

World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad 27 November - 4 December
http://wyco2010.tsf.org.tr/en/component ... iew&kid=76

England are seeded 18th out of 22 teams and are represented by Craig Whitfield, James Foster, Isaac Craft and Adrian Archer-Lock.

Round 1: England 1.5 Turkmenistan 2.5 Isaac won and Adrian drew.
Round 2: Syria 2.5 England 1.5 James won and Adrian drew.
Round 3: England 3 South Africa 1. Wins for Craig, James and Adrian.
Round 4: England 0 Russia 4
Round 5: Slovenia 1 England 3 Wins for Craig, James and Adrian.

World Seniors Arco, Italy 26th October - 6th November
http://www.arcoworldchess.com/
http://chess-results.com/tnr39569.aspx? ... -1&wi=1000

England’s Anthony Ashby finished on 5.5/11 whilst Scottish IM Craig Pritchett finished on 7. Despite a last round loss Craig still achieved a 2402 performance. He played 4 GMs and 2 IMs and beat GM Ivan Farago and drew with GM Larry Kaufman.

4th Open Cesky Krumlov CZE Sun 21st Nov 2010 - Sat 27th Nov 2010
http://www.czechtour.net/south-bohemia-open/
http://chess-results.com/tnr40515.aspx? ... -1&wi=1000

David Spence finished on 5.5/9.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link:
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic838.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 30/11/10

[Matthew Turner]

Loz,
Many thanks for keeping us informed. I hadn't even realised that the U16 Olympiad was taking place. A very decent result for England in the last round

5.8 11 Slovenia 1 - 3 18 England
1 Tomazini Zan 2257 0 : 1 Whitfield Craig M 1960
2 Janzelj Tim 2025 0 : 1 Foster James M 1953
3 Hiti Domen 1952 1 : 0 Craft Isaac 0
4 Janzekovic Klemen 1897 0 : 1 Archer-Lock Adrian 1844

[Peter Turner]

Disappointed that the U16 Olympiad has reached round 6 before I realised it was taking place - thanks to Lawrence for the link. Could not find any reference on the ECF website. Does the team have a manager/coach in attendance? Good performance in the last round.

[LozCooper]

Disappointed that the U16 Olympiad has reached round 6 before I realised it was taking place - thanks to Lawrence for the link. Could not find any reference on the ECF website. Does the team have a manager/coach in attendance? Good performance in the last round.

I have to give thanks to Neville Belinfante for e-mailing me the link as I was unaware too I don't have any more information but expect that the team's participation was arranged by Peter Purland and Andrew Martin

[Jonathan Rogers]

Is Kilkenny an Elo-rated event? Another bucket of Elo points for Sam if so.

[Sean Hewitt]

Is Kilkenny an Elo-rated event? Another bucket of Elo points for Sam if so.

It would appear not http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_list ... ountry=IRL

[LozCooper]

Disappointed that the U16 Olympiad has reached round 6 before I realised it was taking place - thanks to Lawrence for the link. Could not find any reference on the ECF website. Does the team have a manager/coach in attendance? Good performance in the last round.

Just noticed that live coverage is available here: http://wyco2010.tsf.org.tr/en/live-games In round 6 Craig has lost and James, Isaac & Adrian all drew.

6.8 16 Greece - 18 England 2.5-1.5
1 Papadogiannis Sevastianos 1983 : Whitfield Craig M 1960 1-0
2 Naoum Spyridon 1990 : Foster James M 1953 0.5-0.5
3 Tsarouha Marianthi 1771 : Craft Isaac UNR 0.5-0.5
4 Agnanti Danai-Kalliopi 1742 : Archer-Lock Adrian 1844 0.5-0.5

[Richard Bates]

Is Kilkenny an Elo-rated event? Another bucket of Elo points for Sam if so.

It would appear not http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_list ... ountry=IRL

Presumably they have 3 games on the Saturday. Anyway i think it extremely unlikely that they could entice quite the fantastically strong fields that they do if the tournament was FIDE rated. I've heard that Kilkenny has other attractions which aren't always compatible with optimum performance on the chess board...

[LozCooper]

7.8 18 England 3 - 1 13 Sri Lanka
1 Whitfield Craig M 1960 1 : 0 Munasinghe Lahiru 1940
2 Foster James M 1953 1 : 0 Jayasundara P K U M 1963
3 Craft Isaac 0 0 : 1 Lamawansa Yasas 1821
4 Archer-Lock Adrian 1844 1 : 0 Subasinghe K R V R 1908

[LozCooper]

8.7 12 Turkey-Turkuaz 2-2 18 England
1 Koksal Ege 1986 : Whitfield Craig M 1960 1-0
2 Burcu Çağatay 1881 : Foster James M 1953 0-1
3 Benzetsel Ekim 1755 : Craft Isaac 0 1-0
4 Sevgi Volkan(R) 1893 : Archer-Lock Adrian 1844 0-1

Amazing save by England . 2-0 down to 2-2 in a matter of seconds at the end . Board 4 being the last game to finish, one assumes in a time scramble