Tournament chess news capsule

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


Hi everyone,


A quick update on all the chess news from tournaments. 

• The 42nd Annual National Chess Congress will be held from November 25-27, 2011 at the Sheraton Hotel Philadelphia City Center, 17th & Race Streets, Philadelphia. The event has a $30,000 prize fund guaranteed. The event has 10 sections: Premier, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200, Under 1000, Under 800 and Under 600. All sections are 6 round Swiss tournaments with the Master to Under 1200 Sections having 3-day and 2-day schedules to play in and the Under 1000 to Under 600 Sections having a 2-day schedule. Premier section is open to all rated 2000/above and juniors under 18 rated 1800/above. Prizes are $3000-1500-700-400-200, clear win or 1st on tiebreak $100, U2400/Unr $1400-700. Section is FIDE rated. Official website.

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• The 2nd Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez will be held from 1st to 6th November at the Torre de las Comunicaciones in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Championship is organized by the Uruguay Chess Federation and will be played over nine rounds of Accelerated Swiss system. The tournament will have massive participation, with 213 players from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Among them are 19 Grandmasters, 14 International Masters and 18 FIDE Masters. Top seeded is GM Lazaro Bruzon from Cuba, who recently played in good shape at the World Chess Cup. Eduardo Iturrizaga is back in action, after missing the Magistral Casino de Barcelona due to car accident. Top Argentina players are also competing, while Peru is represented by the Cori siblings. Deysi T Cori is the reigning World Junior Girls Champion. Official website.

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• The International Chess Tournament “Open Skopje 2011″ is being played in hotel “Continental” from 23rd October to 1st November. The tournament is part of the Balkan Grand Prix Tour and is organized by the FYROM Chess Federation and Alkaloid AD – Skopje. The prize fund is 8000 EUR, while the first place is 1500 EUR worth. All relevant information can be found in the Tournament Regulations. Top seeded GM Robert Markus, winner of the Karposh Open in Skopje this spring, defeated the earlier leader GM Vlatko Bogdanovski with black pieces. Meanwhile, Macedonia’s first board Vladimir Georgiev beat IM Lucian-Costin Miron. Markus and Georgiev lead the standings after six rounds with 5 points each.

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Tournament chess news capsule: Four events to follow

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

We thought we'd change our format a bit and give you a tournament chess news capsule every Sunday to keep track of ongoing chess events for the week. A small summary to tell you what's the leaderboard like in tournaments about to finish. Of course other regular news updated would follow as usual.



World Disabled Chess Games in Dresden

• On the 25th of October the first World Chess Games for Disabled (WCGD) began with their official opening ceremony in Dresden, Germany. With 35 players from 6 nations, some traveled from India and Spain, the WCGD gains international interest and experts call this world championship of all disabilities a forerunner that will influence the history of chess immensely. Participating in this tournament is a well known chess player: GM Thomas Luther. He is already seen as one of the top players of this tournament and holds a very special position: Luther was appointed as the official 'FIDE Adviser Chess for Disabled' at the last FIDE Congress. The participants have so far played 5 rounds for the title "World Champion of Chess Games for Disabled". You can access Fide for more details. 
• The 11th Open Lucerne is taking place from 29th October to 1st November at the Hotel Anker in Lucerne (Switzerland). The 7-round Open is organized by the Chess Club Tribschen Lucerne. There are 57 players in Group A, rated for FIDE and SSB (Swiss federation), and 66 in Group B (U1900 ELO, rated only for SSB). Top rated players include Bindrich Falko GM 2548 Zittau GER, Hirneise Tobias IM 2446 Rommelshausen GER, Okhotnik Vladimir IM 2445 Uzgorod FRA, Krivonosov Oleg IM 2439 Daugavspils LAT, Belezky Alexander IM 2430 München UKR. You can access the official website at this link. 
• The 32nd Edoardo Crespi Trophy is set to take place from 3rd to 11th December in the hall of Chess Club in Milan, via Sant’Uguzzone 8. Participation is open to all Italian and foreign players. All Italian and foreign players who are resident in Italy must show a valid FSI membership card for the current year or subscribe on site at the tournament venue, provided they apply for membership to the “Società Scacchistica Milanese” for the current year. The official website is here. 
• The 15th International Bavarian Open Chess Championship is organized by the Municipality of Bad Wiessee and Tourism Tegernsee GmbH and takes place from 29th October to 6th November in Bad Wiessee am Tegernsee, Germany. The tournament will be played over nine rounds of Swiss system. The total prize fund is 16500 EUR. A number of young chess stars are taking participation, including the reigning World Junior Champion Dariusz Swiercz, Baku Open winner Sergei Zhigalko, Indian stars Parimarjan Negi and Adhiban Baskaran, Ukrainian wonder Illya Nyzhnyk and American on the European tour Aleksandr Lenderman. Check the official website here.

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