</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> King's Tournament takes place in Bazna Romania 14th-25th June 2009. 10 rounds 6 player double round robin. Category XX (ave 2729). Official site: http://www.turneulregilor.com/Modules/PageTournamentsList.aspx Live games </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
Round 4 parings and results: </SPAN> Ivanchuk, Vassily - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 37 B45 Sicilian Classical Gelfand, Boris - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 37 D86 Gruenfeld Simagin Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 31 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Standings after round 4: </SPAN> 1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 * * ½ . ½ . ½ . . . 1 . 2½ 2822 2. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 ½ . * * . . ½ . 1 . ½ . 2½ 2819 3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 ½ . . . * * ½ . ½ . 1 . 2½ 2819 4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 ½ . ½ . ½ . * * ½ . . . 2 2736 5. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 . . 0 . ½ . ½ . * * ½ . 1½ 2640 6. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2675 0 . ½ . 0 . . . ½ . * * 1 2543
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The third edition of Festivat Internacional Ruy Lopez 2009 takes place in Zafra, Spain, 12-21 June 2009. The lineup: GM Michael Adams, GM Ivan Cheparinov, GM Fabiano Caruna (winner in 2008), and GM Humpy Koneru, GM Pia Cramling, IM Manuel Perez Calendario, and IM David Lariño. Official site: http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/ Live games photos
Round 5 parings and results: </SPAN> Cheparinov, Ivan - Cramling, Pia 1-0 46 B48 Sicilian Paulsen Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 65 D38 QGD Ragozin Perez Candelario, Manuel - Adams, Michael ½-½ 56 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann Caruana, Fabiano - Larino Nieto, David 0-1 54 C11 French Defence
Standings after round 5: </SPAN> 1. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2678 * . ½ ½ 1 . 1 1 4 2812 2. Adams, Michael g ENG 2703 . * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 . 3 2624 3. Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2464 ½ 1 * . 0 0 1 . 2½ 2614 4. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2610 ½ ½ . * . ½ 0 1 2½ 2631 5. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2528 0 0 1 . * 1 . ½ 2½ 2594 6. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2513 . ½ 1 ½ 0 * . 0 2 2511 7. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2649 0 0 0 1 . . * 1 2 2541 8. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2612 0 . . 0 ½ 1 0 * 1½ 2446

The 39th Capablanca Memorial takes place in La Habana starting on June 7th to 18th 2009. There are the Elite group (2655) and Premier group (2580). Official site: http://www.capablanca.co.cu/    </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
Elite group players: </SPAN></SPAN> 1.- GM Leinier Domínguez (CUB-2721)  2.- GM Igor Khenkin (GER-2630)  3.- GM Artyom Timofeev (RUS-2667)  4.- GM Boris Savchenko (RUS-2655)  5.- GM Georg Meier (GER-2641)  6.- GM Lázaro Bruzón (CUB-2617)
Round 9 parings and results:</SPAN> Meier, Georg - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro ½-½ 42 E05 Catalan Savchenko, Boris - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ 48 A36 English Botvinnik Timofeev, Artyom - Khenkin, Igor 1-0 38 B15 Caro Kann
Standings after round 9: </SPAN> 1. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2721 * * ½ . 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2724 2. Meier, Georg g GER 2641 ½ . * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . 1 ½ 4½ 2699 3. Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2655 0 ½ ½ ½ * * 1 ½ ½ . ½ . 4 2658 4. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2617 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * * ½ ½ ½ . 4 2620 5. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2630 ½ ½ ½ . ½ . ½ ½ * * ½ 0 3½ 2622 6. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2677 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ . ½ . ½ 1 * * 3½ 2614
Premier group players: </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> 1.- GM Fidel Corrales (CUB-2574)  2.- GM Neuris Delgado (CUB-2572)  3.- GM Vladimir Potkin (RUS-2621)  4.- GM Yuniesky Quesada (CUB-2596)  5.- GM Emilio Córdova (PER-2543)  6.- GM Holden Hernández (CUB-2573)
Round 9 parings and results: </SPAN> Potkin, Vladimir - Delgado Ramirez, Neuris ½-½ 46 D37 QGD 5.Bf4 Cordova, Emilio - Hernandez Carmenates, Holden ½-½ 50 E11 Bogo Indian Defence Quezada Perez, Yuniesky - Corrales Jimenez, Fidel ½-½ 12 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Standings after round 9: </SPAN> 1. Delgado Ramirez, Neuris g CUB 2572 * * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 . 1 ½ 1 1 6 2704 2. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2621 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ . 1 . 1 ½ 5½ 2709 3. Cordova, Emilio g PER 2543 ½ 1 ½ 0 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 . 5 2631 4. Quezada Perez, Yuniesky g CUB 2596 0 . ½ . ½ ½ * * ½ 1 0 ½ 3½ 2528 5. Hernandez Carmenates, Holden g CUB 2573 0 ½ 0 . ½ ½ ½ 0 * * ½ . 2½ 2436 6. Corrales Jimenez, Fidel m CUB 2574 0 0 0 ½ 0 . 1 ½ ½ . * * 2½ 2445
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13th traditional chess festival Voronezh-2009 is being held 10-21.06.2009! There are 95 participants from 9 countries in the main tournament 'Master Open', including 27 GM, 2 WGM, 24 players have ELO higher than 2500. There are 113 participants from 3 countries (Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan) in the second tournament 'FIDE Open', including 92 players having FIDE ELO rating. Official site: http://homes.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/ games  
Pairing of round 6 of Master Open 2009 top 10 tables:    1   Andreikin, Dmitry            ( 4  ) - Popov, Valerij               ( 4.5)   1- 14          2   Rakhmanov, Aleksandr         ( 4  ) - Kokarev, Dmitry              ( 4  )  21-  6          3   Khismatullin, Denis          ( 4  ) - Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.    ( 4  )   7- 19          4   Zablotsky, Sergei            ( 3.5) - Belov, Vladimir              ( 3.5)  23-  2          5   Panarin, Mikhail             ( 3.5) - Safarli, Eltaj               ( 3.5)  24-  8          6   Volkov, Sergey               ( 3.5) - Papin, Vasily                ( 3.5)   9- 30          7   Sjugirov, Sanan              ( 3.5) - Sharafiev, Azat              ( 3.5)  11- 34          8   Gabrielian, Artur            ( 3.5) - Ponkratov, Pavel             ( 3.5)  29- 12          9   Smirnov, Pavel               ( 3.5) - Chuprikov, Dmitry            ( 3.5)  13- 38         10   Lutsko, Igor                 ( 3.5) - Popov, Ivan                  ( 3.5)  47- 15       
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Tbuilisi City Hall Cup takes place 14th - 24th June 2009 in Tbuilisi, Greogia. There are 208 players. Official site: http://www.gcf.org.ge/index.php
Top 10 players:  1) Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2687 16 26.11.1983 2) Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2655 1987 3) Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2645 03.05.1978 4) Gagunashvili, Merab g GEO 2591 33 03.01.1985 5) Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2586 32 04.06.1979 6) Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2581 13 26.02.1986 7) Sanikidze, Tornike g GEO 2559 38 01.01.1989 8) Kotanjian, Tigran g ARM 2552 1981 9) Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2552 1964 10) Shengelia, David g AUT 2549 06.03.1980
Round 4 parings top 10 tables: </SPAN> 1) Pashikian, Arman | : | Dzagnidze, Nana 2- 12 ( 3 - 3 ) 2) Gagunashvili, Merab | : | Kobalia, Mikhail 4- 3 ( 3 - 3 ) 3) Nigalidze, Gaioz | : | Mchedlishvili, Mikhei 23- 5 ( 3 - 3 ) 4) Gvetadze, Sopio | : | Sanikidze, Tornike 39- 7 ( 3 - 3 ) 5) Lomsadze, Davit | : | Shanava, Konstantine 41- 14 ( 3 - 3) 6) Kotanjian, Tigran | : | Javakhadze, Zurab 8- 51 ( 2.5- 3 ) 7) Azaladze, Shota | : | Jobava, Baadur 30- 1 ( 2.5- 2.5) 8) Pantsulaia, Levan | : | Paichadze, Luka 6- 35 ( 2.5- 2.5) 9) Charkhalashvili, Inga | : | Neverov, Valeriy 40- 9 ( 2.5- 2.5) 10) Gelazonia, Parmen | : | Arutinian, David 42- 11 ( 2.5- 2.5)
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