The first super-tournament of the year was another success for Anand (IND) 8½/13 at Wijk aan Zee, Holland (official website) followed by Leko (HUN) and Adams (ENG) 8/13. Kramnik (RUS) trailed in at 6th place losing three games to obtain 6½/13. See TWIC (Rd1 • Rd2 • Rd3 • Rd4 • Rd5 • Rd6 • Rd7 • Rd8 • Rd9 • Rd10 • Rd11 • Rd12 • Rd13) and Chessbase (Rd1 • Rd2 • Rd3 • Rd4 • Rd5 • Rd6 • Rd7 • Rd8 • Rd9 • Rd10 • Rd11 • Rd12) for reports and games and the PGN file from TWIC. This year the talking point was the incredible result of Carlsen (NOR) 10½/13 in winning the GM C tournament thus gaining a GM norm at the tender age of 13!

The oldest chess tournament ran again at Hastings, England (official website) with a slightly unexpected winner in the shape of Rowson (SCO) 6/9. Last years winner Nielsen (DEN) could only manage fifth place. Reports can be found at TWIC (Rd1 • Rd2 • Rd3 • Rd4 • Rd5 • Rd6/7 • Rd8 • Rd9) and BCM. The PGN file from TWIC.

Another traditional tournament took place in Reggio Emilia , Italy (official website) which was the 46th edition where Miladinovic (GRE ) 7/9 was victorious. The PGN file from TWIC.

Short (ENG) 7½/9 was crowned the Commonwealth Champion after winning at Mumba , India (official website). The PGN file from TWIC.

The UK 4NCL league (official website) saw Rd 3 and Rd 4 played with Betsson.com taking the lead from Wood Green (Table).

An interesting six-player double round tournament took place in Bermuda (official website) where Vescovi (BRA) 7/10 just beat Gelfand 6½/10 to the title. The PGN file from TWIC.

Also in Swedish at Per-Åke Lindblom's Schackportalen Website.

January Websites and Sources

There was a new tournament which finished in Febrary which took place in Gibralter (official website) with many GMs from England and India; including Short (ENG), Speelman (ENG), Harikrishna (IND) and Sandipan (IND), as well as the ubiquitous Dreev (RUS). It signalled another success for Short (ENG) 8/10 who appears to be regaining his appetite to return top-flight chess after a sabbatical of a few years. TWIC supplied the PGN file.

The German Championship, Hoeckendorf (official website) took place which saw Graf (GER) 7½/9 win by a whole point from Gustafsson (GER) 6½/9. PGN file from TWIC. Also in Germany the 8th and 9th Round of the Bundesliga took place (official website) with both Porz and Baden-Oos winning both matches it has become a two horse race for these two super-teams for the title. See Schach Bundesliga for all the games in several formats.

What is likely to be the strongest Open tournament took place in Moscow, Russia (official website) with a tie between Rublevsky (RUS), Vaganian (ARM) and Filippov (RUS) on 7/9. Rublevsky (RUS) won on tie-break and the games can be found at TWIC. There are reports from ChessCafe and Chessbase.

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February Websites and Sources

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March Websites and Sources

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April Websites and Sources

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May Websites and Sources

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June Websites and Sources

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July Websites and Sources

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July Websites and Sources

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July Websites and Sources

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July Websites and Sources

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July Websites and Sources

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July Websites and Sources