BOTW: 2017.09.23
Isle of Man International
September 23 - October 1, 2017
The strongest Swiss of the year and -- with the current World Champion and his two immediate predecessors -- one of the strongest swiss tournaments ever. In addition to the World Champs, it has 67 GMs, including 13 over 2700:
| Rank | Name | FED | Rtg |
| 1 | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2827 |
| 2 | Kramnik Vladimir | RUS | 2803 |
| 3 | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2799 |
| 4 | Anand Viswanathan | IND | 2794 |
| 5 | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2781 |
| 6 | Adams Michael | ENG | 2738 |
| 7 | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2737 |
| 8 | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2734 |
| 9 | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2716 |
| 10 | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2707 |
| 11 | Naiditsch Arkadij | AZE | 2702 |
| 12 | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2702 |
| 13 | Howell David W L | ENG | 2701 |
Other Notables include a FIDE World Champion, two World Championship Challengers, and two Women's World Champions:
| 14 | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2698 |
| 17 | Leko Peter | HUN | 2679 |
| 18 | Kasimdzhanov R | UZB | 2676 |
| 22 | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2670 |
| 31 | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2630 |
| 44 | Timman Jan H | NED | 2573 |
| 52 | Kosteniuk A | RUS | 2552 |
Canadians in Master Group:
- IM Aman Hambleton
- IM Leon Piasetski
GM Eric Hansen was listed on the site a week ago, but is not listed there the night before. That's because he has decided to be Aman's second, to help him get his final GM Norm (and a shave).
Round 1 Novelty
Pairings for round 1 were done at random which has resulted in the #3 and #2 seeds Caruana - Kramnik paired against each other in round 1.
Homepage
http://iominternationalchess.com/
Live Games
http://iominternationalchess.com/live.html
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/isle-of-man-2017/
Standings and Results
http://chess-results.com/tnr303618.aspx
Note: the image above is not the symbol of some cabal of James Bond villains; it's the center of the Isle of Man flag.
WYCC
September 16-25, 2017
The World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC) takes place in Montevideo, Uruguay. For the first year the WYCC has only the U14, U16 and U18 players, with the U8, U10 and U12 held in the World Cadet Championships.
16 Canadians are playing. After 7 rounds:
- the top Canadian is Richard Chen with 5/7 in the U16.
- Next up, with 4.5/7, are: Rohan Talukdar, Sergey Noritsyn, and Adam Gaisinsky (all U14), and Svitlana Demchenko (U14G).
- As a whole, the Canadian team is up 133 rating points.
Full Canadian Team Stangings:
http://chess-results.com/tnr297049.aspx?lan=1&art=25&fedb=CAN&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=821
Photos of Canadian Team (thanks to HOD Christina Tao)
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Canadianwycc2014/posts/
2017 WYCC Homepage
http://fuajedrez.org/wyccuruguay2017
2017 World Cup
Zurabistan
Lev Aronian and Ding Liren qualifed for the Candidates by finishing atop their halves of at the World Cup. They play a four game match for bragging rights and more money. Regardless of the outcome, Ding will be the first Chinese man to qualify for the Candidates.
Anyone still interested in goings on in Zurab's fiefdom can find links elsewhere.