International Round Up 6/1/11

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International Round-up 6/1/11

OPEN INTERNATIONAL DE BETHUNE 2010 TOURNOI A 26-30 December
http://www.mr-jon.com/ChroniqueMrjon/Pa ... 8997Ga.htm
http://www.bethunechess.fr/bethunechess ... hindex.htm
http://www.bethunechess.fr/bethunechess ... 202010.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9CadPGybQ8

Twelve year old Isaac Sanders produced another excellent result finishing with a rating performance of 2124 scoring 4.5/9 and also winning grading and age group prizes.

London Junior Chess Championships (LJCC ) 28th-30th December
http://www.ljcc.co.uk
http://www.ljcc.co.uk/2010%20tables/2010u1821.htm

The FIDE rated open ended in a seven way tie on 4.5/6 between Philip Bonafont, Paul Georghiou, Akash Jain, Karel Mitura, Magdalena Miturova, Nasir Rizvi and Saravanan Sathyanandha.

Hastings Congress 28th December - 5th January 2011
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/2011/SMWSite/index.html
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/gamevie ... efault.asp

Congratulations to GM Deep Sengupta and IM Arghyadip Das (both from India) who won the Hastings Masters 2010 with 7/9. Grandmasters Romain Edouard, Andrei Istratescu, David Howell, Valeriy Neverov, Danny Gormally and IM Rao Prasanna all scored 6.5. Prasanna also achieved a GM norm.
From an English perspective David Howell had a 2631 performance, Danny Gormally 2551, Richard Bates 2481, Adam Ashton 2404, David Eggleston 2397. Our younger players also had good results; James Jackson performed at 2201, Sarah Hegarty 2148, Tarun Malhotra 2078 and Ravi Haria 2029.

53rd Reggio Emilia 2010-11 28th December - 6th January 2011
http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tablaGen ... pogrifo=25

Nigel Short played in the 10 player all-play-all where Vassily Ivanchuk was top seed. After beating Gashimov & Morozevich in the first two rounds Nigel finished on 3.5/9.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic843.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 6/1/11