International Round-Up 21/8/12

[LawrenceCooper]

International Round-up 21/8/12

Completed events:

14th IBCA World Chess Olympiad for Blind & Visually Impaired Chennai, India 10-19 Aug 2012
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.co.uk/2012/ ... chess.html
http://chess-results.com/tnr78816.aspx? ... ES&flag=30
http://chess-results.com/tnr78816.aspx? ... ES&flag=30
http://chess-results.com/tnr78816.aspx? ... ES&flag=30
http://www.aicfb.in/

Congratulations to Colin Crouch (7.5/9) and Chris Ross (6.5/9) who won silver medals on boards one and two respectively for the United Kingdom team. The team also comprised Stephen Hilton 1.5/7, David Hodgkins 3.5/6 and John Gallagher 0.5/5. The team finished on 10 match points from nine rounds. Each team was allowed a squad of five and four play in each match. 

11th Braunau Open, Ranshofen, Austria 4-11 August 2012 
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr75151.a ... d=9&lan=1 
http://ranshofen.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Stephen Berry scored 5/9.

HUSEK Vienna Open 13-19 August 2012
http://chess-results.com/tnr59596.aspx?lan=1
http://www.husekopen.info/

Harry Lamb scored 3.5/7 in Group A whilst his son Ian finished on 3/7 in Group B.

LBV Chess Tournament, Roosendaal, Netherlands 16-19 August 2012
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr79129.a ... urdet=YES 
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr79168.a ... urdet=YES 
http://www.schaakpromotie.nl/ 

Stewart Haslinger finished on 4/6 in Group A whilst his father Mike scored 2/6 in Group B

Manhattan Open 17-19 August 2012
http://chesstournamentservices.com/cca/ ... standings/

Alexander Hardwick scored 3/6 in the U2100 section.

Unfinished events:

e2e4 London Gatwick International 18th - 22nd August 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/gatwick/Aug2012/index.htm

Leaders after five rounds:

Masters A: Peter Roberson 5.
Masters B: Ameet Ghasi 4.5.
Challengers C: Michael Healey 3.5.
Major D: Stephen Pride 4.
Major E: Jason Obihara 4.
Major F: Reuben Balouka-Myers 4.

European Youth Chess Championship Prague 17-25 August 2012
http://chess-results.com/tnr79016.aspx? ... =1&flag=30
http://www.eycc2012.eu/
http://www.eycc2012.eu/games/live-coverage

English scores after four rounds:

Under 10 girls: Meytal Cohen & Laura Davidson 1.
Under 12 girls: Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 3, Beatrice Steele 1.5 & Eva Ressel 1.
Under 16 girls: Amy Hoare 2.5, Chantelle Foster & Katherine Shepherd 1.5.
Under 8 boys: Joshua Altman 3.5, Aditya Verma 3, Leo Sanitt 1.
Under 10 boys: Zheming Zhang 2.
Under 12 boys: Arul Gupta, Girinath Haridas & Dion Huang 1.5, Yang-Jian Zhou 1.
Under 14 boys: Conor Murphy 2.5, Ravi Haria, Tarun Malhotra & Ananthanarayanan Balaji 2, Rohan Shiatis & Leo Tsoi 1.5, Adam C Taylor 1.
Under 16 boys: Patrick Smith 1.5, Martin Oliver 1.
Under 18 boys: Yang-Fan Zhou & Sam Franklin 3/4, James Foster 1.5, Adrian Archer Lock 1, Gordon Scott 0.5.

5th Jessie Gilbert Celebration International Festival 16-26 August 2012
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Adult%20C ... b_info.htm
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2 ... tional.htm

Results not yet available.

12th European Seniors Championship Kaunas Lithuania 18-26 August 2012
http://www.escc2012.eu/index.php?option ... =4&lang=en

Ivan Myall is on 1.5/3.

27th Schwarzacher Open MAIN TOURNAMENT 18-26 August 2012
http://chess-results.com/tnr76593.aspx? ... turdet=YES
http://www.schachinsalzburg.at/

Andrew Stone is on 2/3.

48. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy im. Akiby Rubinsteina - Grupa B‏ 18-26 August
http://rubinstein.polanica.pl/
http://rubinstein.polanica.pl/index.php ... Itemid=104

Jonathan Kay is on 1.5/3 and Kevin Millward 1 in Group B.

Future events:

e2e4 Hinckley Congress 24-27 August 2012
http://e2e4.org.uk/hinckley/Aug2012/index.htm

Berks & Bucks Congress 25-27 August 2012
Email: [email protected]

6th Leyland Chess Congress 25-27 August 2012
http://www.leylandchess.org.uk/congress/index.htm

World Chess Olympiad 28th August - 9th September 2012
http://istanbul2012.tsf.org.tr/en/

England teams:
Open: 1 Michael Adams, 2 Gawain Jones, 3 Nigel Short, 4 David Howell, 5 Nick Pert.
Captain: Peter Wells.

Women: WGM 1. Anya Corke, 2. Maria Yurenok, 3. Sarah Hegarty, 4. Sabrina Chevannes, 5. Kanwal Bhatia. Captain: Stephen Gordon.
The event is being held from 28th August to 9th September in Istanbul, Turkey.

WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD 28 August - 06 September 2012 Istanbul, Türkiye (Turkey)
http://wyco2012.tsf.org.tr/en/regulations

I believe one English team is being sent, players not yet announced.

CCF Late Summer Long Play Congress (incl FIDE Open) 1-2 September 2012
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Adult%20C ... s_info.htm

62nd Annual Congress Paignton 2nd-8th September 2012
www.chessdevon.co.uk

Leek Chess Congress 7-9 September 2012
Email: [email protected]

A FIDE-rated open for players rated under 2350.

Hampstead FIDE Chess Congress 22-23 September 2012
http://www.hampsteadchess.blogspot.co.uk/

Under 2200 /unrated must be under ECF 190 on 22-23 September 2012. (The September 1st FIDE list, and the July ECF list will be to determine eligibility. FIDE rating takes precedence.)

Leicester Chess Congress (H E Atkins Memorial) 28-30 September 2012
www.leicesterchess.co.uk

4NCL Rapidplay 29-30 September 2012
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/download/2012-201 ... ELINES.pdf

e2e4 High Wycombe Chess Congress 12-14 October 2012
www.e2e4.org.uk/high_wycombe

In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at
the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic928.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. There is a list of international tournaments at home and abroad listed here: http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=3795

Lawrence Cooper,
Director of International Chess 21/8/12