Short stumbled

The Monarch Assurance Open, which ended on Sunday on the Isle of Man, ended in somewhat of a disaster for Nigel Short.

After a blistering start, England's former World Championship Challenger suffered two straight losses and had to settle for third place behind Sergey Shipov and Emil Sutovsky.

Game commentary and more here

Official site: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/iom99.htm

World Senior Championships

The 9th edition of the World Senior Chess Championships runs November 8-20 in Gladenbach, Germany. After 6 rounds GM Vladimir Bagirov and FM Heinrich Fronczek are tied for first with 5.5 points.

Game commentary and more here

Standings and games at: http://www.teleschach.de/swm-1999/stand.htm

and http://www.gladenbach.de/Veranstaltungen/schach-w2.htm

Chigorin Memorial

The first stage of the Russian Cup, which finished last Wednesday in St Petersburg, ended with GM's Sergey Volkov and Alexander Grischuk sharing the honours.

Results and games at: http://www.gmchess.spb.ru/english/chigorin/main.html

Battle of the Riviera

Grandmasters Vladimir Tkachiev and John van der Wiel lock horns in a ten game match in Cannes. Tkachiev is off to an early lead after winning games 1 and 3.

Coverage at: http://www.cannes-echecs.org/

German Championships

The 71st German Chess Championships are currently underway in Altenkirchen. Former World Championship Candidate Robert Hübner has taken an early lead with three straight wins.

Results, standings and games at: http://www.gm-schach.de/news/dm99/dm99.html

Team events

The Slovenian Team Championships ended in Bled this weekend. SK Piramidia (headed by Zdenko Kozul and former World Championship candidate Gyula Sax) took the title, after winning six matches and conceding only one draw.

Results and games at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/9911/si99cht/

The Spanish Team Championships are currently underway in Cala Galdana. CA Marcote lead the top division with two rounds to go.

Full coverage at: http://195.235.97.120/equipos99/html/index.html

- Einar Gausel