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International Round-Up I encourage players to send me details of events they or others are playing in abroad and I will do my best to include them in my round-up. - Lawrence Cooper The English Chess Federation Future events: Certificate of Merit 4NCL Divisions 1, 2 & 3 15-16 January 2011 Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island 4NCL Northern League De Vere Wychwood Park (nr Crewe) http://www.4ncl.co.uk/index.htm The second weekend of the 4NCL 2010-11 season takes place this weekend with Divisions 1, 2 and 3 all taking place at the exotically named Hinckley Island whilst the Northern League is in Crewe. The Certificate of Merit (COM) is centred on a number of online tests, which enable chess students to measure their progress and to earn certificates and badges. The tests are taken entirely online, and payments for the credits can be made online or by cheque. Examinees can practice as many times as they wish before they take the CoM test. All questions are multiple-choice, and the result comes through automatically - the certificate is issued by email and the button badge for the particular level is sent out by the ECF Office shortly afterwards. Please see the shop on the ECF website www.englishchess.org.uk for details of purchase of the full package or individual items. 73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament Wijk aan Zee 14-30 January 2011 http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournament/participants/group/2 http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournament/livegames England’s number two (on the January 2011 rating list) Luke McShane plays in Grandmaster Group B. He is eighth seed in the fourteen player all-play-all event that includes four players rated over 2700. New! Each credit costs £6 or £150 for 30. Once a student has paid for a credit, he or she can then take the test as many times as necessary until a pass is achieved. New! Students can track each question answered wrongly and find out the correct answer. New! The answers now have an explanation included (where appropriate) Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 24 Jan -3 Feb 2011 http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com Entrants include Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Gawain Jones, Jon Speelman and Jovanka Houska. English results abroad: Rilton Cup 27th December – 5th January 2011 http://www.rilton.se/1011/index.html http://www.chessresults.com/tnr42335.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=ENG &flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000&snr=38 Ian Thompson finished on 4.5/9 with a 2245 performance. There is also a package available of many goodies for details, go to www.certificateofmerit.org.uk For further information contact the ECF Office: 01424 775222 / [email protected] www.certificateofmerit.org.uk Basle Open 2011 1st-5th January 2011 http://www.schachfestivalbasel.ch/ Nathan Alfred finished on 3.5/7. In addition to the individual websites the latest international chess news can be found at the following link: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic844.html ECF Live Games Calendar http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?page_id=5052 10