London Chess Classic 2010
8th Dec - 15th December 2010 Classic Open tournament
The Women’s Invitational event started with a surprise result as Australia’s Shannon Oliver defeated the favourite IM Susan Lalic of England. That opened the door to second favourite Arlette van Weersel of the Netherlands and she went through it with alacrity, winning four games on the bounce and then holding Susan Lalic to a draw. Sarah Hegarty was Arlette’s closest rival but Arlette beat her in round seven. Arlette wrapped the tournament up with a round to go and finished two points clear of the field. Sarah came tantalisingly close to a WIM norm (set at 7/9), beating Susan Lalic along the way, but lost her final game to Rasa Norinkeviciute.
| Women's Invitational London ENG Mon 6th Dec 2010 - Wed 15th Dec 2010. Category: None. Ave: (2044) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Van Weersel, Arlette | WIM | NED | 2186 | # | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2380 |
| 2 | Hegarty, Sarah N | WFM | ENG | 2080 | 0 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2165 |
| 3 | Ikonomopoulou, Maria | WFM | GRE | 2160 | 0 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 6 | 2157 |
| 4 | Lalic, Susan K | IM | ENG | 2294 | = | 0 | 1 | # | = | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2097 |
| 5 | Steil-Antoni, Fiona | WIM | LUX | 2147 | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2076 |
| 6 | Hoare, Amy | ENG | 1921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | 4 | 2015 | |
| 7 | Norinkeviciute, Rasa | WFM | LTU | 2028 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 3.5 | 1966 |
| 8 | Oliver, Shannon | WFM | AUS | 1926 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | # | = | = | 3 | 1933 |
| 9 | Fairley, Natasha | WFM | NZL | 1785 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | # | = | 2.5 | 1907 |
| 10 | Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | ENG | 1917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | # | 1.5 | 1786 | |
| Round 1. Wed 8th Dec 2010 | |||||
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| Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 1-0 | Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | 29 | B51 | Sicilian |
| Ikonomopoulou, Maria | 0-1 | Van Weersel, Arlette | 46 | C98 | Ruy Lopez |
| Oliver, Shannon | 1-0 | Lalic, Susan K | 31 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Hoare, Amy | 1/2-1/2 | Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 24 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Hegarty, Sarah N | 1-0 | Fairley, Natasha | 40 | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo |
| Round 2. Thu 9th Dec 2010 | |||||
| Hegarty, Sarah N | 1-0 | Hoare, Amy | 39 | C78 | Ruy Lopez |
| Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 1-0 | Oliver, Shannon | 43 | A15 | English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) |
| Lalic, Susan K | 1-0 | Ikonomopoulou, Maria | 26 | C47 | Four knights |
| Van Weersel, Arlette | 1-0 | Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 52 | C19 | French |
| Fairley, Natasha | 1/2-1/2 | Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | 40 | B20 | Sicilian defence |
| Round 3. Fri 10th Dec 2010 | |||||
| Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | 0-1 | Van Weersel, Arlette | 54 | E32 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 1/2-1/2 | Lalic, Susan K | 10 | B10 | Caro-Kann |
| Ikonomopoulou, Maria | 1-0 | Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 27 | B87 | Sicilian |
| Oliver, Shannon | 0-1 | Hegarty, Sarah N | 40 | B39 | Sicilian |
| Hoare, Amy | 1/2-1/2 | Fairley, Natasha | 55 | C23 | Bishop's opening |
| Round 4. Sat 11th Dec 2010 | |||||
| Hoare, Amy | 1-0 | Oliver, Shannon | 56 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Hegarty, Sarah N | 1/2-1/2 | Ikonomopoulou, Maria | 52 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 0-1 | Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 46 | A15 | English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) |
| Lalic, Susan K | 1-0 | Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | 31 | B23 | Sicilian |
| Fairley, Natasha | 0-1 | Van Weersel, Arlette | 50 | C77 | Ruy Lopez |
| Round 5. Sun 12th Dec 2010 | |||||
| Van Weersel, Arlette | 1/2-1/2 | Lalic, Susan K | 45 | B19 | Caro-Kann |
| Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | 1/2-1/2 | Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 86 | B50 | Sicilian |
| Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 1/2-1/2 | Hegarty, Sarah N | 26 | B02 | Alekhine's defence |
| Ikonomopoulou, Maria | 1-0 | Hoare, Amy | 23 | B01 | Scandinavian |
| Oliver, Shannon | 1/2-1/2 | Fairley, Natasha | 33 | C45 | Scotch game |
| Round 6. Mon 13th Dec 2010 | |||||
| Oliver, Shannon | 0-1 | Ikonomopoulou, Maria | 42 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Hoare, Amy | 1/2-1/2 | Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 47 | C02 | French |
| Hegarty, Sarah N | 1-0 | Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | 28 | B83 | Sicilian |
| Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 0-1 | Van Weersel, Arlette | 48 | A13 | English |
| Fairley, Natasha | 0-1 | Lalic, Susan K | 37 | B12 | Caro-Kann defence |
| Round 7. Mon 13th Dec 2010 | |||||
| Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | 0-1 | Hoare, Amy | 64 | D88 | Gruenfeld |
| Ikonomopoulou, Maria | 1/2-1/2 | Fairley, Natasha | 47 | C44 | Scotch gambit |
| Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 1/2-1/2 | Oliver, Shannon | 25 | B23 | Sicilian |
| Lalic, Susan K | 1-0 | Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 40 | B25 | Sicilian |
| Van Weersel, Arlette | 1-0 | Hegarty, Sarah N | 37 | B37 | Sicilian |
| Round 8. Tue 14th Dec 2010 | |||||
| Ikonomopoulou, Maria | 1-0 | Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 60 | C50 | King's pawn game |
| Oliver, Shannon | 1/2-1/2 | Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | 22 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Hoare, Amy | 0-1 | Van Weersel, Arlette | 38 | C24 | Bishop's opening |
| Hegarty, Sarah N | 1-0 | Lalic, Susan K | 82 | C12 | French |
| Fairley, Natasha | 1/2-1/2 | Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 50 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Round 9. Wed 15th Dec 2010 | |||||
| Steil-Antoni, Fiona | 1-0 | Fairley, Natasha | 59 | C28 | Vienna game |
| Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | 0-1 | Ikonomopoulou, Maria | 67 | E39 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Lalic, Susan K | 1/2-1/2 | Hoare, Amy | 66 | C42 | Petrov |
| Van Weersel, Arlette | 1/2-1/2 | Oliver, Shannon | 81 | B38 | Sicilian |
| Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 1-0 | Hegarty, Sarah N | 22 | A15 | English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) |
