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European Individual Championships
Mar 6-18
Rijeka, Croatia
Leading players include Bacrot, Almasi, Movsesian, Navara, Tomashevsky, Vallejo-Pons, Alekseev, Motylev, Nisipeanu, Michael Adams, and dozens more. Discussion forum now open.
European Individual Championships (Women)
Mar 6-18
Rijeka, Croatia
The "leading ladies" include Kosintseva, Muzychuk, Kosintseva, Cramling, Sebag, Mkrtchian, Socko, Cmilyte, Paehtz, and dozens more. Discussion forum now open.
Amber Tournament (Rapid)
Mar 12-25
Nice, France
The 19th Amber Tournament takes place at the Palais de la Mediterranne in France. This is a twin event with a rapid and a blindfold tournament conducted simultaneously among some of the world's leading GMs. Players include Carlsen, Aronian, Grischuk, and Kramnik.
Amber Tournament (Blindfold)
Mar 12-25
Nice, France
The blindfold event of the 19th Amber Tournament. Discussion forum now open..
Reykjavik Open
Iceland
Feb 24-Mar 3
Ivan Sokolov edged out Yury Kozubov, Abhijeet Gupta and Hannes Stefansson on tie-break after all scored 7/9.
Linares 2010
Linares, Spain
Feb 13-25
Veselin Topalov defeated Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Boris Gelfand and Vugar Gashimov with a score of 6.5/9.
Polgar-Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match
Hilton Head, SC
Feb 22-25
Judit Polgar plays Gregory Kaidanov in a 4 game match in South Carolina. They played the following Sicilians, in order: Sveshnikov, Dragon, Najdorf, and Scheveningen. The loser was the Sicilian Defense itself, as White was victorious in all four rounds, leaving the match tied 2:2. A blitz playoff will determine the winner.
Cappelle la Grande
France
Feb 13-20
Ivan Sokolov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Sergey Fedorchuk, Jon Ludwig Hammer, Yuri Drozdovskij, and Eduardas Rozentalis are the star players.
Aeroflot Open
Moscow, Russia
Feb 8-Feb 19
This year's Aeroflot open features dozens of grandmasters. Discussion forum now open.
Moscow Open
Moscow, Russia
Jan 30-Feb 7
Konstantin Chernyshov, Evgeny Bareev, Le Quang Liem and Ernesto Inarkiev all tied with 7/9; Chernyshov won the tie-break (due to the most wins).
Gibraltar
Caleta Hotel
Jan 26-Feb 4
Michael Adams won the title after beating Francisco Vallejo Pons in the final of the playoff.
Corus
Wijk aan Zee, NL
Jan 15-31
Magnus Carlsen emerged victorious with 8.5/13 over Anand, Kramnik, Nakamura, Short, Ivanchuk and others.
Corus (B Group)
Wijk aan Zee, NL
Jan 15-31
Group B includes Wesley So, Anish Giri, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Ni Hua, and others.
Corus (C Group)
Wijk aan Zee, NL
Jan 15-31
Group C includes Peng Zhaoqin, Ray Robson, Robin Van Kampen, and others.
Polish Championship
Warsaw, Poland
Jan 9-17
Mateusz Bartel won the event with 7/9 half a point clear of Radoslaw Wojtaszek.
Hastings Chess Congress
Hastings, England
Dec 28-Jan 5
Ended in a four-way tie between Howell, Hebden, Eduard, and Istratescu all with 7 out of 9.
World Team Championship
Bursa, Turkey
Jan 3-14
Teams: Russia, Brazil, Egypt, India, Armenia, Israel, USA, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Greece. Russia won the gold, USA won the silver, and India the bronze.
52nd Reggio Emilia
Italy
Dec 28-Jan 6
Gata Kamsky defeated Zoltan Almasi on tie-break.
39th Rilton Cup
Dec 27-Jan 5
Stockholm, Sweden
Top seeds include Wojtaszek, McShane, Lysyj, Rozentalis, Popov and Jon Ludvig Hammer. Discussion forum now open.
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