BOTW: 2016.10.19
The World Cadets, Russian Superfinal and Veterans vs Youngsters matches at Hoogeveen are this week's Best Of The Web.
World Cadets
October 19-30, 2016
Batumi, Georgia
This is the younger half of what used to be the World Youth Chess Championship. It is a set of six 11-round Swiss tournaments to decide World Champions in six sections: both Open and Girls in three age groups U8, U10, U12.
15 Canadians are playing:
| Name | Sect | Rank |
| Hua Michelle | Girls U08 | 54 |
| Gilani Mysha | Girls U10 | 25 |
| Tian Shi Yuan | Girls U12 | 90 |
| Atanasov Anthony | Open U08 | 12 |
| Chang Alexander | Open U08 | 85 |
| Zhong Kevin | Open U08 | 138 |
| Fedyushchenko Alexander | Open U10 | 126 |
| Guipi Bopala Prince Eric Jr | Open U10 | 68 |
| Issani Nameer | Open U10 | 16 |
| Jasniewicz Karol | Open U10 | 132 |
| Srinivas Atharva | Open U10 | 120 |
| Zhou Aiden | Open U10 | 32 |
| Huang Qiuyu | Open U12 | 45 |
| Makarczyk David | Open U12 | 114 |
| Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn | Open U12 | 26 |
Canadian Results
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr238140.aspx?lan=1&art=25&fedb=CAN&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984
Homepage
http://www.e2e4.ge/
Russian Superfinal
October 16-27, 2016
Novosibirsk
Two 12-player round robins to decide the men's and women's Russian Championship.
Russia's top-rated players are not playing -- Kramnik is getting treatment for arthritis, and Karjakin is preparing for his World Championship match in November) -- but it's still an extremly strong event, with Grischuk, Svidler, Tomashevsky, Vitiugov, Inarkiev, Jakovenko all over 2700.
In the women's event, former Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk and three-time Russian champion Valentina Gunina are the top seeds.
Homepage (Russian)
http://ruchess.ru/championship/detail/2016/superfinal_chempionata_rossian/
Live Games
You can follow the games on chess24 with live commentary from GMs Pavel Tregubov & Evgenij Miroshnichenko; but they start at 4am EST, so replays on livestream would be a better choice for people with regular hours.
Men's event
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/russian-championship-2016#live
Women's event
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/russian-womens-championship-2016/4/1/1
Livestream
http://livestream.com/ChessCast
Hoogeveen Matches
October 15-22, 2016
Hoogeveen, Netherlands
Two 6-game matches pit young stars against veterans:
- Hou Yifan plays Nigel Short
- Jorden Van Foreest plays Ivan Sokolov.
At the half-way point the veterans lead: Short leads +1 =2 -0, and Sokolov leads +2 =0 -1.