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FIDE published new ratings – July 2011

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Top 100 Players July 2011

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2821 10 1990
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2817 0 1969
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 4 1982
4 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2788 10 1990
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2781 8 1975
6 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2770 16 1987
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2768 20 1969
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2768 4 1975
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2765 4 1985
10 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2764 17 1983
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Oberwart Open 2011

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This pretty strong open event has just started in Oberwart, Austria. Seven GMs, and 13 IMs participate.

Here are the pairings of the first 10 boards:

1 59 FM Ulker Ates 2120 0 – 0 GM Markus Robert 2652 1
2 2 GM Palac Mladen 2592 0 – 0 Stolterfoht Daniel 2118 60
3 61 Groh Jiri 2116 0 – 0 GM Perunovic Milos 2570 3
4 4 GM Zelcic Robert 2555 0 – 0 Kamaryt Thomas 2107 62
5 64 Huber Martin Christian 2096 0 – 0 GM Hera Imre 2536 5
6 6 GM Sergeev Vladimir 2522 0 – 0 Koller Hans-Juergen 2088 65
7 66 Hofbauer Peter 2080 0 – 0 GM Milanovic Danilo 2515 7
8 8 IM Kovacs Gabor 2496 0 – 0 Haertl Siegfried 2078 67
9 68 Natter Markus 2076 0 – 0 IM Kovacevic Blazimir 2480 9
10 10 IM Videki Sandor 2460 0 – 0 Odor Istvan 2071 69

AAI International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2011

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Caruana won the event with 7 points out of 10 games! Sasikiran was 2nd with 6 points and Laznicka was 3rd with 5.5. Here are the final standings:

1 GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2714 7.0 29.75
2 GM Sasikiran Krish IND 2676 6.0 26.75
3 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2681 5.5 25.25
4 GM So Wesley PHI 2667 5.0 26.25
5 GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2622 3.5 16.25
6 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2612 3.0 14.25

And here is the last game of the event:

AAI International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2011

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This very strong event is under way in India. Here are the standings after 5 rounds:

1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2714 ITA 4
2 GM Laznicka Viktor 2681 CZE 3½
3 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2676 IND 3
4 GM So Wesley 2667 PHI 2½
5 GM Negi Parimarjan 2622 IND 1½
6 GM Hou Yifan 2612 CHN ½

IX. György Marx Memorial

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This event just finished in Paks, Hungary.

Men – final standings

1. Wojtaszek, R 8
2-3. Berkes, F 6½, Smirin, I 6½
4-5. Salgado Lopez, I 3½, Bologan, V 3½
6. Ács, P 2

Women- final standings

1. Kashlinskaya, A 6½
2-3. Mádl, I 6, Mkrtchian, L 6
4. Rudolf, A 5
5. Dudás, E 3½
6. Sharevich, A 3

There were also Opens A & B, Rapid, Blitz and kids events taking place at the same time.

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