Veteran Pia Cramling of Sweden held World Women's No.2
rated Koneru Humpy to a draw in 22 moves with the white
pieces from a Bogo-Indian defence on June 13. This
meeting took place in the opening round of the 3rd Ruy
Lopez Category 14 (Elo 2595) 8-player all-play-all at
Zafra, in Spain. Zafra is the birth place of Ruy Lopez.
Spanish IM Larino Nieto shocked Michael Adams with a
stunning opening round win. Adams paid the price for
delaying castling.
The results (round one): Ivan Cheparinov (Bul) drew with
Fabiano Caruana (Ita), David Larino Nieto (Esp) bt
Michael Adams (Eng), Pia Cramling (Swe) drew with Koneru
Humpy (Ind), Manuel Perez Candelario (Esp) drew with
Julio Granda Zuniga (Per).
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May 06 2010 - Please be informed that the FIDE has announced that, here after
all the rating tournaments should be registered 30 days in
advance. We therefore request all the organizers / State chess
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organize any FIDE rating events, 45 days in advance to All India
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