The British Chess Magazine 531
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xiiiiiiiiy XI . Zhao Jun – Xiu Deshun Chinese Ch , Xinghua Jiangsu , 2011
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News from Abroad
xiiiiiiiiy XII . Ni Hua – Xu Jun Yongchuan Zonal , 2003
Austria .
Open in Vienna , 17th – 25th August . A whole bunch of English campaigners in a massive gathering of 400 !
1st = J Hawkins 7.5 / 9 ; 8th = KC Arkell 7 ; H Lamb 4.5 ; J Fraser-Mitchell and T Thurstan both 4 ; C Majer and RG Truman both 3 ; I Gooding 2.5 .
Bulgaria . Sunny Beach , 31st August – 8th September , saw 36-player-Swiss turn into quite a little English triumph . 1st A Rombaldoni ( ITA ) 7.5 / 9 ; 2nd = V Petkov ( BUL ) and V Bernadskiy ( UKR ) both 7 ; also JR Adair , YFG Zhou and L Trent 5.5 ; C Kilpatrick ( all ENG ) 5 .
IM Norms for James and Callum .
China . The latest FIDE Grand Prix was held at Beijing , 3rd – 17th August , all twelve competitors being over 2700 ! ‘ The New Century Grand Hotel ’ hosted this Category 21 qualifier .
Germany . Klaus Bischoff , 52 , won the German Championship , 6th – 14th September at Saarbruecken , with 6.5 / 9 . 42 played including 4 GMs .
Italy . Five sections were played in the Porto San Giorgio Festival , 21st – 29th August , a port on the Adriatic . Only a loss in the last round deprived David Eggleston of a top prize in the top section .
1st = M Mchedlishvili ( GEO ), D Dvirnyy ( ITA ) and OM Romanishin ( UKR ) all 7 / 9 ; also : DJ Eggleston 6 , MJ Armstrong ( both ENG ) 5.5 .
Norway . 127 players assembled for the FIDE World Cup in Tromso , 10th August – 3rd September , for this knock-out event where speed and seeding and preparation can often tell more than ability or experience . As reported last month , Jones and Adams , the English representatives , did not fare too well .
The Quarter-Finals resulted as follows :
EY Tomashevsky ( RUS ) 1.5 – 0.5 G Kamsky ( USA ) M Vachier-Lagrave ( FRA ) 2.5 – 1.5 FL Caruana ( ITA ) DV Andreikin ( RUS ) 2.5 – 1.5 PV Svidler VB Kramnik ( RUS ) 1.5 – 0.5 A Korobov ( UKR )