Svein Bjørnland (t.h.) vant gårsdagens åpningslyn i Fredriksstad SS.
Svein scoret 12,5 av 13 og vant 1,5 poeng foran Erik-Kristian Zahl-Pettersen.
Henrik Øieroset knep tredjeplassen med 9 poeng. Les mer om gårsdagens
spillekveld hos Fredriksstad SS.

FM Thomas Schunk (rechts) aus SG Leipzig gewann seine Partie in der
6.Runde in Faaker See Open in Latschach,Österreich und hat 5 Punkte.
Heute spielt er Schwarz gegen GM Vadim Malakhatko, der 5,5 Punkte hat
und die Führung mit GM Matthias Womacka teilt.FM Stephan Rausch hat
4 Punkte und hat heute Schwarz gegen Marco Stagl (2088).Die 7.Runde
beginnt um 19 Uhr.

Svein Bjørnland (t.h.) og hans klubbkamerater i Fredriksstad SS starter
høstsesongen i kveld.Da skal det spilles lynsjakk og det foregår påmelding
til høsttturneringen som starter torsdag 3.september. Torsdagene 20. og
27.august blir det hurtigsjakkturnering.

Grandmaster Saleh A.R.Salem, UAE,
 is the new Asian champion. Salem
scored 7 points in 9 rounds. GM Surya
Shekhar Ganguly also had 7 points, but
Salem had better tie-break with more
wins.The Indian S.P.Sethuraman was
third with 6,5 points.The championship
was held in Al Ain in the United Arab
Emirates.
Photo:Organizer

Grandmaster Nikita Maiorov (right) is the rating favourite in Apolda Open
which starts in the German smalltown in Thüringen next Thursday.We
will also keep a close eye on IM Heiko Machelett and Robert Kreyssig.
Machelett left SG Leipzig in Summer and will play 1.Bundesliga for his
new club Erfurter SK in this autumn. He will use this tournament to get
practice before he battle it out with the strong grandmasters in the German
Top League. Young Robert Kreyssig will be eager to improve his elo and
perhaps beat some titleholders. The tournament has 7 rounds and the 1st
round begins Thursday 20th of August at 6.30 (18.30). The last round
starts on Sunday 23.August at 14.30. The winner can take home 800 euros.
140 players have so far registered to play.

Onsdagsnøtta.M.Petrov-K.Georgiev, bulgarsk
mesterskap 2015. Svart trekker og vinner.
Løsningen kommer torsdag.

Her er løsningen på tirsdagsnøtta.J.Lundin-P.Fogel:1.Th8+! Kxh8
2.Dh6+ Kg8 3.Dg7 matt 1-0.

FM Stephan Rausch (left) has started good in Faaker See Open in
Austria. He played a draw with GM Miso Cebalo in the 4th round and has
3,5 points. Club mate FM Thomas Schunk has 3 points after 4 rounds,
after having won two games and drawn the last two.Both Leipziger-players
meet lower rated players in the 5th round tonight (19.00).

Tirsdagsnøtta.J.Lundin-P.Fogel, Praha Open
2015. Hvit trekker og vinner. Løsningen kommer
onsdag.

GM Normund Miezis (t.v) innledet Riga Open med seier.2.runde spilles i
dag kl.11 latvisk tid(10 norsk tid). Normunds har svart mot den russiske IM
Ruslan Kashtanov (2322) i dagens 2.runde.GM Alexei Shirov er toppratet.
Følg 15 partier live, blant annet Sipila-Shirov.