International Round Up 18/1/11

[LozCooper]

International Round-up 18/1/11

36th Seville Open 2011
http://www.fsajedrez.com/torneos/2011/open/clas.htm
http://www.fsajedrez.com/

Congratulations to Stewart Haslinger who won the open on tie-break with 7.5/9 ahead of Deep Sengupta. Stewart had a performance of 2637 and gained 16 rating points. Mike Haslinger (Stewart’s dad) also played and scored 4.

73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament Wijk aan Zee 14-30 January 2011
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournamen ... ts/group/2
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournament/livegames

England’s number two (on the January 2011 rating list) Luke McShane is on 3/3 in the Grandmaster Group B. He is eighth seed in the fourteen player all-play-all event that includes four players rated over 2700. His wins have been against GMs Wouter Spoelman rated 2547, Li Chao rated 2649 and Vlad Tkachiev rated 2636.

Future events:

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

Entrants include Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Gawain Jones, and Jon Speelman. This is Stuart Conquest’s first year as Tournament Director.

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic845.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 18/1/11

[Gavin Strachan]

does this include English players playing in Wales or Scotland?

[LozCooper]

does this include English players playing in Wales or Scotland?

Of course, it also includes those living in America, Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Hungary, New Zealand and Norway to name a few that I've covered in previous round-ups. If I'm aware of the tournaments I'll include them.