BOTW 2015.10.21
European Club Cup (Oct.18-24, 2015)
The European Club Cup continues in Skopje, Macedonia.
The Open section has 50 teams composed of the best players money can buy -- seven of the world's top ten -- including: #3 Topalov, #5 Giri, #6 Caruana, #17 Adams, #19 Radjabov, #21 Mamedyarov, #94 Rauf Mamedov and #95 Eltaj Safarli, who all play for the defending champions SOCAR.
Other notable players: #2 Nakamura, #7 Aronian, #9 Kramnik, #10 Grischuk, #11 Karjakin, #13 MVL and #14 Tomashevsky.
The women's section is noticably less competitive, with only 12 teams and four of the top 20 players.
Live games with GM Commentary:
Open
http://www.europeanchessclubcup2015.com/chess24_livestream.php
Women
http://www.europeanchessclubcup2015.com/chess24_livestream_f.php
Results and Standings
Open
http://chess-results.com/tnr188529.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=821
Women
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr191642.aspx?lan=1&art=1&wi=821
Maybe Next Season...!?
It seems the Blue Jays picked the wrong starter in Game 4. They had a proven winner in Canadian WYCC team-member William Graif, who is undefeated against Kansas pitching. OTOH, all those wins come against KC starter Jeremy Guthrie, who is not pitching in the play-offs.
And they're all in chess.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/154869054/jeremy-guthrie-has-canadian-chess-mate
World Youth and Cadets Chess Championship (Oct.24 - Nov.6, 2015)
Halkidiki, Greece, hosts the the 2015 World Championships for players under 18. There are 12 sections: Open and Girls, each with six age divisions: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18.
Canada has 57 players registered. With entries still coming in, Canada's top seeds are:
WIM Qiyu Zhou (#1 seed in U16g)
IM Razvan Preotu (#3, U16)
Max Chen (#19, U8)
Maili-Jade Ouellet (#23, U14g)
I would be surprised if Nicholas Vettese does not dramatically outperform his #39 starting position in the U12.
Note: The annual event has changed its name -- adding "and Cadets" -- because next year the jumbo event will be split into two events: the U14, U16 and U18 will be in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Sept. 1-15, 2016) and the U8, U10 and U12 will be in Batumi, Georgia, Oct. 18-30, 2016.
Homepage
Canadians
http://chess-results.com/tnr187413.aspx?lan=1&art=25&fedb=CAN&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984