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Shanghai Masters 2010 (Shanghai CHN)
Fri 3rd Sep 2010 - Wed 8th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Live

SuperGM (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:60m+10spm(41)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live

Masters Playoff (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:4m+3smp) - Games in PGN: Playoff | Playoff

Shanghai Masters 2010 (6)

The Shanghai Masters took place 3rd-8th September 2010 just prior to the Olympiad. Wang Hao, as best Chinese player (20th ranked); Alexei Shirov, as best Spanish player (9th ranked); Levon Aronian, as winner of the Final Chess Masters 2009 (5th ranked);and Vladimir Kramnik competed for two places in the Bilbao Masters final after the Olympiad.

Alexei Shirov took clear first place with a run of three wins in a row settling matters for first place. Kramnik seemed out of it too when he lost to Shirov but he managed to grind out a win against Aronian in Round 5. They had a blitz playoff where Kramnik won game one, should have won game two but lost on time and then in an Armageddon (sudden death) playoff with White having 5 minutes and Black 4 he won with black on time to get the final place in Bilbao. Shirov and Kramnik will be joined by Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen in Bilbao.

Shirov beat Kramnik in Round 4 to virtually assure qualification. Photo © Peter Doggers.

Shirov beat Kramnik in Round 4 to virtually assure qualification. Photo © Peter Doggers. | http://www.chessvibes.com

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FIDE Presidential Elections 2010 (Khantiy Mansiysk RUS)
Wed 29th Sep 2010 - Sat 2nd Oct 2010 - Official Site

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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov jumps before he is pushed as leader of Kalmykia (Kalmykia)

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's leadership of the Russian Republic of Kalymkia will end on the 24th of October 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been removing all of the longest serving leaders of Republics this year. Russian press reports based on Kremlin sources have suggested that Ilyumzhinov would leave this year for some time now. In an interview with Interfax Ilyumzhinov stated that he supported the policy of rejuvenation of leadership but more likely he made the announcement to avoid the political attacks that would inevitably follow if he tried to hang on to power. Indeed this public announcement seems to have been expected by the Kremlin, this is the way that many of the other leaders have gone this year.

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2nd London Chess Classic (London ENG)
Mon 6th Dec 2010 - Wed 15th Dec 2010 - Official Site

Classic (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m:60m:15m+30spm(61))

FIDE Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:120m+30m)

Enter one of the London Chess Classic's many events in December (Entry Form)

The London Chess Classic doesn't just feature the World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand and the World Number one Magnus Carlsen and a strong field of English and foreign stars. There are a large number of side events for amateur and professional alike. There are two simuls with chess legend Viktor Korchnoi, the very popular daily blitz tournaments, weekend and rapidplays. Finally, and definitely not least, there is the FIDE rated open which last year was won by Jon Ludvig Hammer with a first prize of £2500. This year you can play the full schedule 8th-15th December or the busy person's 11th-15th December.

The Entry form is now available.

DOWNLOAD PDF Entry form

See body of this article for links to tickets and downloads and a grid of the schedule of the events.

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Staunton Memorial Dinner 2010 (London ENG)
Wed 8th Sep 2010 - Wed 8th Sep 2010 - Official Site

Consultation Game (4 players 1 Rds Consult Indiv ) | Consultation

Staunton Memorial Dinner 2010 (1)

The Staunton Memorial Dinner 2010 was a fund raiser for the Karpov FIDE Presidential Campaign. There was a so called Grandmaster Consultation game (probably there should have been another name) Nigel Short and Rajko Vujatovic played alternate moves against Garry Kasparov and Jon Crumiller. Crumiller reports that: "Rajko played e4 and I played c5, then Nigel played Nf3, Garry played e6, etc. The match conditions were that there was no consultation whatsoever. It was a wild game, the star move of the game (in my opinion) was Kasparov’s …Kh8!!"

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73rd Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee 2011 (Wijk aan Zee NED)
Fri 14th Jan 2011 - Sun 30th Jan 2011 - Official Site

A-Group (14 players 13 Rds SRR Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1))

B-Group (14 players 13 Rds SRR Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1))

C-Group (14 players 13 Rds SRR Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1))

73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 (Announcement)

The 73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 takes place Friday 14th to Sunday, January 30th, 2011, in the traditional "De Moriaan" venue in Wijk aan Zee. The event which has taken place since 1938 will carry a new name, that of Tata Steel, they bought Corus a number of years ago.

Confirmed players are: World Number One Magnus Carlsen (last year's winner), reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and his predecessor Vladimir Kramnik. The composition of the A-Group is expected to be finalised shortly after the conclusion of the Olympiad in early October with the remaining groups to follow after that. The start for the registration for the amateur groups is on November 1, 2010. The official website will change to http://www.tatasteelchess.com/ (not yet active probably from October)

Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Kristiansund NOR)
Sat 28th Aug 2010 - Mon 30th Aug 2010 - Official Site - Live

Arctic Stars Prelim (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Prelim

Arctic Stars 3rd-4th (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Bronze

Arctic Stars Final (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:20m+10spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Final Games

Arctic Securities Chess Stars 2010 (Final)

The Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament took place in Kristiansund 28th-30th August 2010. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Judit Polgar and Jon Ludvig Hammer played in the two stage event. The Double Round Robin between the four players was dominated by Anand. Time control: 20 minutes + 10 seconds a move. Carlsen beat Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final and Hammer beat Polgar to take third place.

Carlsen in action against Polgar in Round 4, there is excellent footage in the live coverage, commentary in Norwegian. I've always been a huge fan of seeing the moves being played on the board as you pick up so much. Photo ©

Carlsen in action against Polgar in Round 4, there is excellent footage in the live coverage, commentary in Norwegian. I've always been a huge fan of seeing the moves being played on the board as you pick up so much. Photo © | http://bit.ly/chessnrk

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Raw World Chess Challenge 2010 (New York USA)
Fri 10th Sep 2010 - Fri 10th Sep 2010 - Official Site

RAW Chess Challenge (1 Rds Team )

RAW World Chess Challenge 2010 (Preview)

The RAW World Chess Challenge under the tag-line "CAN YOU BEAT MAGNUS CARLSEN?" takes place the Cooper Star Hotel in New York City in New York City on Friday September 10th 2010. This one day match is part of Magnus Carlsen's G-Star fashion sponsorship (their RAW brand) and represents some of the best news for chess in years. The challenge see Carlsen take on registered viewers from throughout the world, they will receive help from Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France, Hikaru Nakamura from the United States and Judit Polgar from Hungary who will suggest moves that will be voted on. The event is just one day but is similar to the hugely successful Kasparov versus the World in 1999. Kasparov will also be on hand as an Ambassador for this match.

Raw Chess World Challenge.

Raw Chess World Challenge. | http://rwcc.g-star.com/en/rawchess/

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Russian Championships Higher League 2010 (Irkutsk RUS)
Wed 25th Aug 2010 - Sun 5th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Live

ch-RUS Higher League (50 players 10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

Russian Championships Higher League 2010 (10)

The 63rd Russian Championships Higher League takes place in Irkutsk, Siberia starting 25th August 2010 (arrival) and running to September 5th . More than 50 GMs play. The top 5 qualify for the final in December. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Evgeny Tomashevsky are amongst the players (a preliminary list says: Alekseev, Riazantsev, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin, Timofeev, Siugirov, Nepomniatchi, Rublevsky, Lastin, Inarkiev, Grachev, Kokarev, I.Popov, Tseshkovsky…).

Live on the Russian Chess Federation website. 7am UK time.

The official site says there are 10 rounds in one place, yet the same site gives the regulations saying 11. This morning the games seem to have started early for round 10 so it is looking really likely this is the last round.

FIDE Ratings September 2010 (Sept10)

The September rating list didn't see a lot of dramitic changes.

It was steady as you go at the top with Carlsen, Topalov, Anand and Aronian not playing any rated games. Aronian did move from 5 to 4 because of Kramnik's lost rating points in Dortmund. Ivanchuk and Gelfand move back into the top 10.

Sergey Zhigalko, Michael Roiz and Ivan Sokolov dropped out of the top 100. Viktor Laznicka, Luke McShane and Sebastien Feller came in.

The rating required to be in the top 100 moved up from 2639 to 2642. Michael Adams moves up to 18 from 35, Laurent Freseeinet from 40 to 27 both in part from becoming their national champions. Radoslaw Wojtaszek moved up from 75 to 42.

Full list available at: http://ratings.fide.com/

39th Olympiad 2010 (Khantiy Mansiysk RUS)
Sun 19th Sep 2010 - Mon 4th Oct 2010 - Official Site

Men (11 Rds Olym Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

Women (11 Rds Olym Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))

So how ready is Khanty-Mansijsk for the Olympiad? (Preparations)

The organisers say they are ready, but others are concerned. It seems that FIDE's official in charge of the Olympiad, FIDE Vice-President Israel Gelfer, is under great strain right now. He sent an abusive E-Mail to one of the representatives of the nations that support the current FIDE regime, something regarded as quite out of character for him. It is however the changes to the times of flights to the venue that is causing most concern.

Work going on during the visit of Gelfer in July.

Work going on during the visit of Gelfer in July. | http://ura.ru/content/khanti/23-07-2010/news/1052117193.html

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BATB Open 2010 (Lloydminster CAN)
Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Mon 6th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

BATB Open 2010 (6 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

4th Annual Battle at the Border 2010 (6)

The 4th Annual Battle at the Border 2010 was a 6 Round Swiss which was made special by the participation of Hikaru Nakamura. GM Charbonneau, IM Hansen, IM Teplitsky, FM Jack Yoos also played. The event was won by Charbonneau who defeated Nakamura in Round 4.

Spanish Championships 2010 (El Sauzal ESP)
Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Sun 12th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

Spanish Championship (115 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live

Spanish Championships 2010 (4)

The Spanish Championships take place in El Sauzal, Tenerife, 4th-12th September 2010. Francisco Vallejo Pons, Ivan Salgado Lopez, Miguel Illescas Cordoba, Jordi Magem Badals, Marc Narciso Dublan and Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez are the top seeds in this 9 round swiss.

Malaysian Open 2010 (Kuala Lumpur MAS)
Wed 1st Sep 2010 - Tue 7th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

Malaysian Open (133 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010 (9)

The 7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010 took place in Kuala Lumpur 1st-7th September 2010. There was a three way tie for first on 7/9. Zhou Weiqi took first from Cao Sang and Sethuraman after a blitz playoff.

19th Croatian Teams 2010 (Sibenik CRO)
Sat 4th Sep 2010 - Sun 12th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

Men 1a (85 players 9 Rds League Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Gp 1A

Men 1b (84 players 9 Rds League Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Gp 1B

Women (47 players 9 Rds League Team TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Women

19th Croatian Teams 2010 (2)

The 19th Croatian Team Championships take place in Sibenik 4th-12th September 2010. Pavel Eljanov, Vladimir Malakhov, Sergei Movsesian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vugar Gashimov, Arkadij Naiditsch, Viktor Bologan, Boris Grachev, Alexey Dreev, Sergei Tiviakov etc make it a strong event.

11th World University Chess Championship 2010 (Zuerich SUI)
Sun 5th Sep 2010 - Sat 11th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

Men (57 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Men

Women (37 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Women

11th World University Chess Championship 2010 (4)

The 11th World University Chess Championship takes place in Zuerich, Switzerland, 5th-11th September 2010. GM Wang Yue, Igor Lysyj, Pavel Ponkratov, Jan Markos, Dusan Popovic etc compete. Men's and Women's Groups.

InventiChess 2010 (Antwerp BEL)
Fri 3rd Sep 2010 - Sat 11th Sep 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

InventiChess GM (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

InventiChess 2010 (5)

The InventiChess 2010 tournament takes place in Antwerp 3rd-11th September 2010.

NH Chess Tournament 2010 (Amsterdam NED)
Thu 12th Aug 2010 - Sun 22nd Aug 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

NH Tournament (10 players 10 Rds Schev Team TC:120m:30m+30spm(41)) - Games in PGN: Games

Blitz Playoff (2 players 3 Rds Match Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Playoff

NH Chess Tournament 2010 (10)

The 5th NH Chess Rising Stars vs Experience Tournament took place in Amsterdam 12th-22nd August 2010. The experienced Gelfand, Svidler, PH Nielsen, Van Wely and Ljubojevic took on the Rising Stars of Nakamura, Caruana, Wesley So, Giri and Howell.

The tournament finished with the Youth side defeating the Experience 26-24. Boris Gelfand scored 7/10 for the Experience team. Anish Giri lost his final game to allow Hikaru Nakamura to catch him on 6/10. The two had a play-off for a place in next year's Amber tournament. The blitz playoff with a time rate of 3m+2spm saw Nakamura win with a 2-0 score. It wouldn't really surprise me if Giri gets an invitation anyway.

At the closing ceremony it was confirmed that this will be the last edition of the tournament.

The leading scorers for each team Boris Gelfand and Anish Giri drew an interesting game in round 7. Photo ©

The leading scorers for each team Boris Gelfand and Anish Giri drew an interesting game in round 7. Photo © | http://www.nhchess.com/

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Staunton Memorial Dinner 2010 (London ENG)
Wed 8th Sep 2010 - Wed 8th Sep 2010 - Official Site

Consultation Game (4 players 1 Rds Consult Indiv ) | Consultation

Kasparov attends Karpov campaign dinner in London on September 8th (Karpov Fundraiser)

The English Chess Federation President, CJ de Mooi has announced an evening of fundraising for the Karpov 2010 campaign as the FIDE President and also to raise awareness and funds for British Chess. Guests of Honour will be former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, former World Chess Challenger Michael Adams, former World Chess Challenger Nigel Short and a host of other world class chess Grandmasters.

Date - 8th September 2010 Venue - Simpson's In The Strand

Details: http://howardstaunton.com/staunton2010/Staunton/Welcome.html

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3rd Grand Slam Masters Final Bilbao (Bilbao ESP)
Sat 9th Oct 2010 - Fri 15th Oct 2010 - Official Site

Final Masters (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:60m)

Bilbao Masters Final 2010 (Prelim)

The Bilbao Masters Final take place October 9th-15th 2010. Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen are joined by Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik (qualifiers from the Shanghai Masters) to compete in the four player double round robin.

Dun Laoghaire Masters 2010 (Dun Laoghaire IRL)
Fri 20th Aug 2010 - Sun 29th Aug 2010 - Official Site

GM (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GM

IM (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: IM

Dun Laoghaire Masters 2010 (9)

The Dun Laoghaire Master tournaments took place in Ireland 20th August 2010 to 29th August 2010. Two all-play-all tournaments, a GM and a Masters. The GM Group was won by Mark Hebden.

News from Alex Baburin whose newsletter Chess Today has run since 2000. You can read the latest issue with coverage of this event by downloading this zip file: Zipped file of PDF, cbv and PGN files of Chess Today 3577

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Malcolm Pein Articles

Wrangle over the Fischer Estate (Estate)

Malcolm Pein reports on the increasingly tiresome legacy of Bobby Fischer who quite predictably left his affairs in a tangled mess on his death.

Bobby Fischer (Estate)

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