39th World Chess Olympiad; Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (19-09-2010/04-10-2010)
81st FIDE Congress 2010; Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (24-09-2010/03-10-2010)
30-08-2010: I managed to fulfill my 3rd and final GM-norm during the tournament in Kavala (see below). I hope I will be awarded with the IGM-title, at the 81st FIDE Congress, during the Olympiad.
19th Open International Chess Tournament; Kavala, Greece (31-07-2010/07-08-2010)
KAVALA-ISTANBUL-KAVALA (2007-2009-2010) 07-08-2010: Today I managed to realise my 3rd and final GM-norm! In the last round I played draw against IGM Alberto David from Luxembourg, which was enough to take a joined 3rd place in this strong Open Tournament and most important to take my final GM-norm. Because my rating was already over 2500, I can now apply for the IGM title. You can imagine I am very, very happy with this result!
Here are some games from the tournament, some wins with help of my opponent, but my win against Alexander Zubarev (2562) is nice.
International Chess Tournament Negroponte 2010; Chalkida, Greece (09-08-2010/17-08-2010)
23-08-2010: After my result in Kavala, it was of course difficult to keep focus. My score was ok, though in several games I missed chances. Now I will concentrate on coming Olympiad, with a little luck we can come quite far with our team.
