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Aeroflot Open round 4

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:22:19 +0200

Round 4 Top 10 boards

Korobov, Anton - Caruana, Fabiano : 1-0
Zhigalko, Sergei - Alekseev, Evgeny : ½-½
Gupta, Abhijeet - Balogh, Csaba : ½-½

Khismatullin, Denis - Rodshtein, Maxim : ½-½
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter : 1-0
Negi, Parimarjan - Le, Quang Liem : ½-½

Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Sokolov, Ivan : 0-1
Safarli, Eltaj - Jobava, Baadur : 1-0
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Socko, Bartosz : ½-½
Khalifman, Alexander - Eljanov, Pavel : ½-½
Standings

Aeroflot Open round 3

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:46:04 +0200

Round 3 Top 10 boards

Alekseev, Evgeny - Rodshtein, Maxim : ½-½
Zhigalko, Sergei - Khismatullin, Denis : ½-½
Gupta, Abhijeet - Vallejo Pons, Francisco : ½-½

Bartel, Mateusz - Tomashevsky, Evgeny: ½-½
Caruana, Fabiano - Iturrizaga, Eduardo: 1-0
Le, Quang Liem - Iordachescu, Viorel : ½-½

Jobava, Baadur - Sokolov, Ivan : ½-½
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Sasikiran, Krishnan: ½-½
Eljanov, Pavel - Socko, Bartosz : ½-½
Andreikin, Dmitry - Khalifman, Alexander : ½-½

Aeroflot Open

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:50:55 +0200

February 6 - 17, 2012
Moscow, Russia

3 Open Tournaments and a Blitz Tournament
3 Open Tournaments: 9 rounds, swiss system

Tournament A 84 players
Round 2 Top 10 boards

Iordachescu, Viorel - Caruana, Fabiano : ½-½
Iturrizaga, Eduardo - Le, Quang Liem : ½-½
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Jobava, Baadur : ½-½

Sokolov, Ivan - Eljanov, Pavel : ½-½
Socko, Bartosz - Andreikin, Dmitry : ½-½
Rodshtein, Maxim - Akopian, Vladimir : 1-0

Yu, Yangyi j - Alekseev, Evgeny : 0-1
Khismatullin, Denis - Zhou, Jianchao : 1-0
Salgado Lopez, Ivan - Korobov, Anton: ½-½
Bartel, Mateusz - Gajewski, Grzegorz : ½-½

Moscow Open 2012

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:29:43 +0200

January 28 - February 5, 2012
Moscow, Russia

RSSU International Chess Cup Moscow Open 2012 will consist of nine individual tournaments:

-Tournament A - National Cup stage among men
-Tournament B – National Cup stage among women
- Tournament C – RSSU Amateur Chess Cup
- Tournament D – RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup (men)
- Tournament E - RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup (women)
- Tournament F – RSSU Student Cup
- Tournament G – RSSU School Champions Cup
- Tournament H – RSSU School Leavers Cup
- Tournament I – The fifth World Chess Problem Solving Cup

Turkish Chess Champ.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:28:53 +0200

January 29 - February 5, 2012
Kemer, Antalya, Turkey

10 rounds
Swiss system
Time control: 90 mn + 30 mn after 40th move + 30 sec increment for each move .
Men: 309 players Women: 69 players

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee final round

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:06:06 +0200

Aronian won with 9 pts.

Final round (13)

Kamsky, Gata - Topalov, Veselin : 1-0
Van Wely, Loek - Carlsen, Magnus : ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Nakamura, Hikaru : ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Karjakin, Sergey : ½-½
Aronian, Levon - Radjabov, Teimour : ½-½
Caruana, Fabiano - Gelfand, Boris : 1-0
Giri, Anish - Navara, David : ½-½
Previous rounds and standings

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 12

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:24:12 +0200

round 12

Topalov, Veselin - Giri, Anish : 1-0
Navara, David - Caruana, Fabiano : ½-½
Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon : 0-1
Radjabov, Teimour - Ivanchuk, Vassily : ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Gashimov, Vugar : ½-½
Nakamura, Hikaru - Van Wely, Loek : 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus - Kamsky, Gata : ½-½
Previous rounds and standings

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 11

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:16:04 +0200

round 11

Carlsen, Magnus - Topalov, Veselin : 1-0
Kamsky, Gata - Nakamura, Hikaru : ½-½
Van Wely, Loek - Karjakin, Sergey : 0-1
Gashimov, Vugar - Radjabov, Teimour : 0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris : 0-1
Aronian, Levon - Navara, David : 0-1
Caruana, Fabiano - Giri, Anish : 1-0
Previous rounds and standings

Gibraltar Masters

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:40:14 +0200

January 24 - February 2, 2012
Gibraltar,

Masters (Open to all): 24 January - 2 February (10-round Swiss, FIDE rated)
Challengers A (Under 2250): 23 January - 27 January (5-round, Swiss, FIDE rated)
Challengers B (Under 2250): 28 January - 1 February (5-round, Swiss, FIDE rated)
Amateurs A (Under 1800): 23 January - 27 January (5-round, Swiss, FIDE rated)
Amateurs B (Under 1800): 28 January - 1 February (5-round, Swiss, FIDE rated)

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 10

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:26:32 +0200

round 10

Topalov, Veselin - Caruana, Fabiano : 0-1
Giri, Anish - Aronian, Levon : 0-1
Navara, David - Ivanchuk, Vassily : 0-1
Gelfand, Boris - Gashimov, Vugar : ½-½
Radjabov, Teimour - Van Wely, Loek : ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Kamsky, Gata : 0-1
Nakamura, Hikaru - Carlsen, Magnus : ½-½
Previous rounds and standings

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 9

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:21:05 +0200

round 9

Nakamura, Hikaru - Topalov, Veselin : ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Karjakin, Sergey : 0-1
Kamsky, Gata - Radjabov, Teimour : ½-½
Van Wely, Loek - Gelfand, Boris : ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Navara, David : ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Giri, Anish : 1-0
Aronian, Levon - Caruana, Fabiano : 1-0
Previous rounds and standings

Queenstown International

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:37:25 +0200

Final standings, top 3

Rank	Players	Country	Points	Tie-break
1-	Johansen Darryl K	AUS	7,5	7
2-	Li Chao B	CHN	7,5	6
3-	Zhao Jun	CHN	7,5	6

Tie Break: The greater number of victories

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 8

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:14:06 +0200

round 8
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon : ½-½
Caruana, Fabiano - Ivanchuk, Vassily : ½-½
Giri, Anish - Gashimov, Vugar : 0-1
Navara, David - Van Wely, Loek : ½-½
Gelfand, Boris - Kamsky, Gata : ½-½
Radjabov, Teimour - Carlsen, Magnus : ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru : ½-½
Previous rounds and standings

72nd Armenian Championship final standings

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:06:09 +0200

72nd Armenian Championship

Final standings, top 3

Rank	Players	Country	Points
1-	Petrosian Tigran L	ARM	7
2-	Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	6,5
3-	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	ARM	6

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 7

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:12:14 +0200

round 7

Karjakin, Sergey - Topalov, Veselin : 1-0
Nakamura, Hikaru - Radjabov, Teimour : ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Gelfand, Boris : 1-0
Kamsky, Gata - Navara, David : 1-0
Van Wely, Loek - Giri, Anish : ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Caruana, Fabiano : ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Aronian, Levon : ½-½
Previous rounds and standings

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 6

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:19:13 +0200

round 6

Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily : ½-½
Aronian, Levon - Gashimov, Vugar : 1-0
Caruana, Fabiano - Van Wely, Loek : ½-½
Giri, Anish - Kamsky, Gata : 1-0
Navara, David - Carlsen, Magnus : ½-½
Gelfand, Boris - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0-1
Radjabov, Teimour - Karjakin, Sergey : 1-0
Previous rounds and standings

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 5

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:10:52 +0200

round 5

Radjabov, Teimour - Topalov, Veselin : ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Gelfand, Boris : 0-1
Nakamura, Hikaru - Navara, David : 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus - Giri, Anish : ½-½
Kamsky, Gata - Caruana, Fabiano : ½-½
Van Wely, Loek - Aronian, Levon : ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Ivanchuk, Vassily : 0-1
Previous rounds and standings

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 4

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:34:28 +0200

round 4

Topalov, Veselin - Gashimov, Vugar : ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Van Wely, Loek : ½-½
Aronian, Levon - Kamsky, Gata : 1-0
Caruana, Fabiano - Carlsen, Magnus : ½-½
Giri, Anish - Nakamura, Hikaru : ½-½
Navara, David - Karjakin, Sergey : 0-1
Gelfand, Boris - Radjabov, Teimour : ½-½
Previous rounds and standings

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee round 3

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:16:07 +0200

round 3

Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin : ½-½
Radjabov, Teimour - Navara, David : 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Giri, Anish : 1-0
Nakamura, Hikaru - Caruana, Fabiano : ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon : 1-0
Kamsky, Gata - Ivanchuk, Vassily : ½-½
Van Wely, Loek - Gashimov, Vugar : ½-½
Previous rounds and standings

Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee r-1 & 2

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:44:41 +0200

round 2

Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek : ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Kamsky, Gata : ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Carlsen, Magnus : ½-½
Aronian, Levon - Nakamura, Hikaru : 1-0
Caruana, Fabiano - Karjakin, Sergey : 1-0
Giri, Anish - Radjabov, Teimour : ½-½
Navara, David - Gelfand, Boris : ½-½

round 1

Carlsen, Magnus - Gashimov, Vugar: 1-0
Radjabov, Teimour - Caruana, Fabiano: ½-½
Nakamura, Hikaru - Ivanchuk, Vassily: ½-½
Kamsky, Gata - Van Wely, Loek: ½-½
Navara, David - Topalov, Veselin: ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon: 0-1
Gelfand, Boris - Giri, Anish: 0-1

Previous rounds and standings