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Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Dortmund
Leko-Naiditsch Final Round 7. Photo © http://www.chessvibes.com (who also have videos from the event)
The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in Dortmund 28th June - 6th July 2008. 8 player all-play-all.
Peter Leko took clear first place. Elo-Favourite Vladimir Kramnik finished in 7th place losing
in the final round to Vassily Ivanchuk.
Malcolm Pein on rounds 6-7, Karjakin - Short and the start of Poikovsky
Malcolm Pein on rounds 1-4
Games in PGN
Details of all events including the open and other tournaments: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de
Sparkassen Dortmund (GER), 28 vi-6 vii 2008 | cat. XVIII (2695) |
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7 |
8 |
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1. |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2741 |
* |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
4½ |
2790 |
2. |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2740 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
4 |
2738 |
3. |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
g |
RUS |
2634 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2753 |
4. |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2752 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2736 |
5. |
Gustafsson, Jan |
g |
GER |
2603 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2758 |
6. |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
g |
GER |
2624 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
3½ |
2705 |
7. |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2788 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
3 |
2631 |
8. |
Van Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
2677 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
2388 |
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Poikovsky Tournament
The Poikovsky tournament took place 8th-17th July 2008. There was a four way
tie on 5.5/9 between Rublevsky, Jakovenko, Gashimov and
Shirov.
Games in PGN
Malcolm Pein on rounds 5-6 Poikovsky. Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship and Paris Championship.
Official site: http://russiachess.org/
9th Karpov Poikovsky (RUS), 8-17 vii 2008 | cat. XVIII (2691) |
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1. |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
g |
RUS |
2699 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
5½ |
2770 |
2. |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2709 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2769 |
3. |
Gashimov, Vugar |
g |
AZE |
2717 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2768 |
4. |
Shirov, Alexei |
g |
ESP |
2741 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2765 |
5. |
Wang Hao |
g |
CHN |
2691 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
5 |
2734 |
6. |
Bologan, Viktor |
g |
MDA |
2686 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
4 |
2649 |
7. |
Sutovsky, Emil |
g |
ISR |
2654 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
½ |
3½ |
2615 |
8. |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2675 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
0 |
3½ |
2613 |
9. |
Onischuk, Alexander |
g |
USA |
2670 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
3½ |
2613 |
10. |
Volokitin, Andrei |
g |
UKR |
2672 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
* |
3½ |
2613 |
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Lake Sevan 2008
The "Lake Sevan 2008" International tournament took place 10th-20th July, 2008, in Martuni, Armenia.
Arman Pashikian won the event with 6.5/9.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.sevan.chessacademy.am/
Lake Sevan Martuni (ARM), 11-19 vii 2008 | cat. XIII (2553) |
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9 |
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1. |
Pashikian, Arman |
g |
ARM |
2564 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
2718 |
2. |
Zhou Jianchao |
g |
CHN |
2604 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2672 |
3. |
Zhigalko, Sergei |
g |
BLR |
2583 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2629 |
4. |
Andriasian, Zaven |
g |
ARM |
2533 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2598 |
5. |
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel |
f |
ARM |
2480 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
4½ |
2561 |
6. |
Melkumyan, Hrant |
m |
ARM |
2507 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
4½ |
2558 |
7. |
Meier, Georg |
g |
GER |
2556 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2509 |
8. |
Grigoryan, Avetik |
m |
ARM |
2537 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
3½ |
2475 |
9. |
Pantsulaia, Levan |
g |
GEO |
2607 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
3 |
2422 |
10. |
Amin, Bassem |
g |
EGY |
2561 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
* |
2½ |
2386 |
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Karjakin - Short Rapid Match
Sergey Karjakin defeated Nigel Short by the convincing margin of 7.5-2.5 in Kiev (Kyiv)
in a rapid match which took place 3rd-7th July 2008. Things went wrong for Short early
when he blew a completely winning position in game two and Karjakin handed out a bit
of a thumping in the end.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://chess.life.com.ua/index.php?lng=en
Gm1 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
- Short, Nigel D |
1-0 |
37 |
B12 |
Caro Kann Advanced |
Gm2 |
Short, Nigel D |
- Karjakin, Sergey |
0-1 |
60 |
B23 |
Sicilian Closed |
Gm3 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
- Short, Nigel D |
1-0 |
38 |
B05 |
Alekhine's Defence |
Gm4 |
Short, Nigel D |
- Karjakin, Sergey |
1-0 |
32 |
B23 |
Sicilian Closed |
Gm5 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
- Short, Nigel D |
1-0 |
59 |
B12 |
Caro Kann Advanced |
Gm6 |
Short, Nigel D |
- Karjakin, Sergey |
1/2 |
57 |
B23 |
Sicilian Closed |
Gm7 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
- Short, Nigel D |
1-0 |
48 |
A52 |
Budapest Defence Main Line |
Gm8 |
Short, Nigel D |
- Karjakin, Sergey |
1-0 |
94 |
C32 |
Falkbeer Counter Gambit |
Gm9 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
- Short, Nigel D |
1-0 |
49 |
D37 |
QGD 5.Bf4 |
Gm10 |
Short, Nigel D |
- Karjakin, Sergey |
0-1 |
74 |
C78 |
Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence |
Rapid Match Kiev (UKR), 3-7 vii 2008 |
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Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2727 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
2821 |
Short, Nigel D
| g |
ENG | 2655 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2½ |
2561 |
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World Open
Lubomir Ftacnik. Photo from the World Open © Shelby Lohrman
The 36th World Open took place in Philadelphia 2nd-6th July 2008.
There was a 4-way tie for 1st place, and according to the tiebreak rules, the two players with the best tiebreak points then fought a playoff for the title of champion. GM Evgeny Najer defeated GM Parmijaran Negi in the Armaegeddon playoff game to claim the title.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://monroi.com/2008-world-open-chess-tournament-home.html
World Open Philadelphia
(USA), 2-6 vii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings |
# | Name | | Rtng | Tot |
1 | Evgeny Najer | GM | 2689 | 7 |
2 | Parmijaran Negi | GM | 2615 | 7 |
3 | Lubomir Ftacnik | GM | 2582 | 7 |
4 | Alexander Moiseenko | GM | 2716 | 7 |
5 | Victor Mikhalevski | GM | 2679 | 6.5 |
6 | Ilya Smirin | GM | 2763 | 6.5 |
7 | Alexander Ivanov | GM | 2621 | 6 |
8 | Jiri Stocek | GM | 2707 | 6 |
9 | Alex Yermolinsky | GM | 2596 | 6 |
10 | Surya She Ganguly | GM | 2729 | 6 |
11 | Alexander Shabalov | GM | 2662 | 6 |
12 | Arun Prasad | IM | 2565 | 6 |
13 | Jaan Ehlvest | GM | 2687 | 6 |
14 | Leonid G Yudasin | GM | 2620 | 6 |
15 | Sergey Kudrin | GM | 2609 | 6 |
16 | Kirill Kuderinov | IM | 2522 | 6 |
17 | Sergey Erenburg | GM | 2613 | 6 |
18 | Rajaram Laxman | IM | 2588 | 6 |
19 | Julio J Becerra | GM | 2636 | 5.5 |
20 | Varuzhan Akobian | GM | 2669 | 5.5 |
21 | Yury Shulman | GM | 2680 | 5.5 |
22 | K Rathnakaran | IM | 2588 | 5.5 |
23 | Melikset Khachiyan | GM | 2568 | 5.5 |
24 | Geetha Gopal | GM | 2662 | 5.5 |
25 | Renier Gonzalez | IM | 2565 | 5.5 |
26 | Justin Sarkar | IM | 2460 | 5.5 |
27 | Artur Yusupov | GM | 2698 | 5.5 |
28 | Bryan G Smith | IM | 2462 | 5.5 |
29 | John P Fedorowicz | GM | 2540 | 5.5 |
30 | Alex Lenderman | IM | 2518 | 5.5 |
31 | Abhijit Kunte | GM | 2595 | 5 |
32 | Michael A Rohde | GM | 2484 | 5 |
33 | Robert L Hess | IM | 2538 | 5 |
34 | John Bartholomew | IM | 2488 | 5 |
35 | Alejandro Ramirez | GM | 2589 | 5 |
36 | Daniel Ludwig | | 2454 | 5 |
37 | Vadim Milov | GM | 2750 | 5 |
38 | Alonso Zapata | GM | 2522 | 5 |
39 | Dashze Sharavdorj | GM | 2472 | 5 |
40 | Jonathan Tayar | FM | 2357 | 5 |
41 | Tegshsuren Enkhbat | FM | 2455 | 5 |
42 | Jon Jacobs | FM | 2314 | 5 |
43 | Dean J Ippolito | IM | 2504 | 5 |
44 | Eugen Perelshteyn | GM | 2619 | 5 |
45 | Eric Hansen | | 2368 | 5 |
46 | David Pruess | IM | 2480 | 5 |
47 | Nick E De Firmian | GM | 2571 | 5 |
48 | Samuel Shankland | | 2355 | 4.5 |
49 | Zviad Izoria | GM | 2692 | 4.5 |
50 | Daniel Naroditsky | FM | 2322 | 4.5 |
118 players |
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Aerosvit-2008
The Aerosvit-2008 tournament took place in Foros, Crimea 7th-20th June
2008. Magnus Carlsen won the event with a fantastic 8/11 which will take
him to number 2 in the world if the event is rated in the July list. Its
not quite clear if it will or not.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm
Aerosvit Foros (UKR), 8-19 vi 2008 | cat. XIX (2712) |
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9 |
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1. |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2765 |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
8 |
2881 |
2. |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2740 |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
7 |
2811 |
3. |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
6 |
2745 |
4. |
Eljanov, Pavel |
g |
UKR |
2687 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
6 |
2750 |
5. |
Volokitin, Andrei |
g |
UKR |
2684 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
5½ |
2714 |
6. |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2711 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
2711 |
7. |
Shirov, Alexei |
g |
ESP |
2740 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2709 |
8. |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2711 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
5 |
2675 |
9. |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2746 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2672 |
10. |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
g |
ROU |
2684 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
5 |
2678 |
11. |
Van Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
2677 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
4 |
2612 |
12. |
Onischuk, Alexander |
g |
USA |
2664 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
3½ |
2583 |
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Yerevan Chess Giants. Karen Asrian Memorial
The Yerevan Chess Giants took place June 8th-15th 2008. After the death of Karen Asrian
the Open Rapid Tournament alongside scheduled for June 12th-15th 2008,
was cancelled along with two days of the main event. The tournament is now also known as
the Karen Asrian Memorial and this will be for future years too. Time control 25 mins + 10 seconds a move.
Karen Asrian Memorial. Levon Aronian took clear first place, half a point clear of Peter Leko.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.chessgiants.am/
Karen Asrian Mem Yerevan (ARM), 9-15 vi 2008 | cat. XIX (2719) |
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7 |
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1. |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2763 |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
8½ |
2793 |
2. |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2741 |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
8 |
2766 |
3. |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2774 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
* |
* |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
7½ |
2740 |
4. |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2723 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
2747 |
5. |
Bu Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2708 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
7 |
2720 |
6. |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
g |
ARM |
2643 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
6½ |
2701 |
7. |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
2729 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
1 |
6 |
2667 |
8. |
Akopian, Vladimir |
g |
ARM |
2673 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
* |
5 |
2623 |
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Karen Asrian 1980-2008
Karen Asrian 1980-2008. Photo © Frits Agterdenbos http://www.chessvista.com/
There is shocking news that Karen Asrian has died at the age
of 28. According to A1+ News Agency
he died of a heart attack whilst driving his car.
He was the Armenian number 4 player and world number 92 and was their champion 3 times and also won Gold Medals at the
2006 Olympiad held in Turin.
Karen Asrian 24th April 1980 - 9th June 2008.
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Peter Leko vs Magnus Carlsen Rapid Match
There was an 8 game rapid match between Peter Leko and Magnus Carlsen 28th
May - 1st June 2008 in Miskolc, Hungary. Magnus Carlsen won the match 5-3.
Games in PGN
Gm1 Leko, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 36 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Gm2 Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter 1/2 18 B18 Caro Kann
Gm3 Leko, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 98 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Leko played 97.b8=Q (rook upside down) which crashed the coverage. I find that funny for some reason!
Gm4 Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter 1-0 58 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Gm5 Leko, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 64 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Gm6 Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter 1/2 32 E00 Catalan
Gm7 Leko, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 53 D12 Slav Defence
Gm8 Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter 1/2 27 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Official site: http://www.lekocarlsen.hu
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Sarajevo Tournament
The traditional Bosnia Sarajevo tournament took place 23rd May - 2nd June 2008.
Alexander Morozevich finished clear first with 7.5/10.
Games in PGN - A Group - Games in PGN - B Group
Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba/
GMA Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 23 v-2 vi 2008 | cat. XVIII (2695) |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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1. |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2774 |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
7½ |
2872 |
2. |
Dominguez Perez, Lenier |
g |
CUB |
2695 |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
6 |
2766 |
3. |
Movsesian, Sergei |
g |
SVK |
2695 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2694 |
4. |
Timofeev, Artyom |
g |
RUS |
2664 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
2665 |
5. |
Predojevic, Borki |
g |
BIH |
2651 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2631 |
6. |
Sokolov, Ivan NED |
g |
NED |
2690 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
* |
3 |
2546 |
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Magistral Ciudad de Leon
Anand vs Ivanchuk in the final. Photo © http://www.advancedchessleon.com/
The 21st edition of the "Magistral Ciudad de Leon" took place May 29th - June 2nd 2008 in Leon, Spain.
Vassily Ivanchuk won the final 2.5-1.5.
Anand - Vallejo Semi-Final Games in PGN - Ivanchuk - Shirov Semi-Final Games in PGN
- Anand - Ivanchuk Final Games in PGN
The players were World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk, and the 2 best Spanish Players, Alexei Shirov and Francisco Vallejo Pons.
Official site: http://www.advancedchessleon.com/
Final 1st June 2008. Anand - Ivanchuk
Gm1 Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 40 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Gm2 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 26 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gm3 Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 56 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Gm4 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 16 E55 Nimzo Indian
1st Semi-Final 30th May 2008. Anand 3.5-2.5 Vallejo
Gm1 Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 56 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gm2 Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 46 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Gm3 Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 27 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Gm4 Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 18 A09 Reti Opening
Tie-Break
Gm5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 58 B35 Sicilian Defence
Gm6 Anand, Viswanathan - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1/2 29 B19 Caro Kann
2nd Semi-Final 31st May 2008. Ivanchuk 3-1 Shirov
Gm1 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 45 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Gm2 Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 33 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Gm3 Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei 1/2 76 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Gm4 Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1/2 29 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
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4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup
The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup took place in Odessa 30th May - 2nd June
2008. There was a four way tie on 9/14 with Pavel Tregubov taking first on tie-break from Yuri Drozdovskij, Boris Gelfand and Ruslan
Ponomariov. They were half a point clear of Anatoly Karpov.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.worldcup.pivdenny.com
4th Pivdenny Bank Cup Odessa (UKR), 30 v-1 vi 2008 | cat. XV (2613) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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1. |
Tregubov, Pavel V |
g |
RUS |
2629 |
* |
* |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
2712 |
2. |
Drozdovskij, Yuri |
g |
UKR |
2581 |
½ |
0 |
* |
* |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
9 |
2719 |
3. |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2723 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2699 |
4. |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2719 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
2699 |
5. |
Karpov, Anatoly |
g |
RUS |
2655 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
8½ |
2686 |
6. |
Korchnoi, Viktor |
g |
SUI |
2598 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2456 |
7. |
Beim, Valery |
g |
AUT |
2523 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2467 |
8. |
Golubev, Mikhail |
g |
UKR |
2474 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
* |
* |
3½ |
2439 |
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King's Tournament Bazna
The King's Tournament took place in Bazna, Romania 24th May - 4th June
2008. Nigel Short won the event with 7/10 with Lajos Portisch with his best result in
years and Ulf Andersson taking second a point and a half behind.
Official site: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/
Games in PGN
King's Tournament Bazna (ROM), 24 v-3 vi 2008 | cat. XIII (2573) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
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1. |
Short, Nigel D |
g |
ENG |
2660 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
7 |
2713 |
2. |
Portisch, Lajos |
g |
HUN |
2523 |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2613 |
3. |
Andersson, Ulf |
g |
SWE |
2537 |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2612 |
4. |
Suba, Mihai |
g |
ROU |
2487 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
5 |
2581 |
5. |
Beliavsky, Alexander G |
g |
SLO |
2641 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
5 |
2566 |
6. |
Khalifman, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2628 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
5 |
2567 |
7. |
Mecking, Henrique |
g |
BRA |
2565 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2573 |
8. |
Murariu, Andrei |
g |
ROU |
2483 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2581 |
9. |
Sokolov, Andrei1 |
g |
FRA |
2596 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
4 |
2498 |
10. |
Vaganian, Rafael A |
g |
ARM |
2617 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
4 |
2496 |
11. |
Timman, Jan H |
g |
NED |
2565 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
* |
4 |
2501 |
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French Top 16
The winners Clichy. Photo © http://www.europe-echecs.com
The final pool stages (Haute and Basse) of the French League took place
29th May - 1st June 2008 in Evry. Clichy took the title by a point from Cannes.
In the games section Fontaine-Philippe and Meier-Palac are identical so one of them has to be wrong.
Top scorers in the league as a whole by board: 1st Nakamura Hikaru (Antibes) 8,5/11
2nd Nisipeanu Liviu (Clichy) 6/8
3rd Kazhgaleyev Murtas (Cannes) 8,5/11
4th Tregubov Pavel (Clichy) 6/7
5th Philippe Christophe (Vandoeuvre) 8/11
6th Libiszewski Fabien (Montpellier) 8/11
7th Cornette Matthieu (Cannes) 5,5/8
8th Skripchenko Almira (Clichy) 9/10
Final Pool Games in PGN (Poule Basse Games from round 11 are missing)
Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr
French Team Championship Final Standings
(FRA), 29 v - 1 vi 2008 |
1 | Clichy | 32 | 11 | 40 | 45 | 5 |
2 | Cannes | 31 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 9 |
3 | Montpellier | 26 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 21 |
4 | Evry Grand Roque | 26 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 15 |
5 | Gonfreville l'Orcher | 25 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 23 |
6 | Vandoeuvre | 21 | 11 | -3 | 24 | 27 |
7 | Mulhouse Philidor | 21 | 11 | -16 | 17 | 33 |
8 | Metz Fischer | 20 | 11 | -6 | 26 | 32 |
9 | Marseille Echecs | 26 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 17 |
10 | Noyon | 22 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 24 |
11 | Strasbourg | 22 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 20 |
12 | Antibes | 20 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 23 |
13 | Bois-Colombes | 19 | 11 | -9 | 25 | 34 |
14 | Bischwiller | 17 | 11 | -17 | 18 | 35 |
15 | Hyères | 13 | 11 | -35 | 10 | 45 |
16 | Marseille Duchamps | 7 | 11 | -48 | 4 | 52 |
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National Open
The National Open took place in Las Vegas USA 5th-8th June 2008. 6 players finished on 5/6 no news on
any tie-breaks.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.vegaschessfestival.com//
National Open Las Vegas (USA), 6-8 vi 2008 |
No. | Ttl | Name | NAT | Rate | Pts |
1 | GM | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2782 | 5.0 |
2 | GM | Fressinet, Laurent | FRA | 2706 | 5.0 |
3 | GM | Petrosian, Tigran L | ARM | 2666 | 5.0 |
4 | GM | Kolev, Atanas | BGR | 2620 | 5.0 |
5 | IM | Finegold, Ben | USA | 2594 | 5.0 |
6 | IM | Friedel, Josh | USA | 2504 | 5.0 |
7 | GM | Erenburg, Sergey | ISR | 2613 | 4.5 |
8 | GM | Khachiyan, Melikset | USA | 2566 | 4.5 |
9 | IM | Robson, Ray | USA | 2433 | 4.5 |
10 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2747 | 4.0 |
11 | GM | Gurevich, Dmitry | USA | 2594 | 4.0 |
12 | GM | Paragua, Mark C | PHI | 2588 | 4.0 |
13 | GM | Yermolinsky, Alex | USA | 2584 | 4.0 |
14 | IM | Altounian, Levon | USA | 2531 | 4.0 |
15 | IM | Bradford, Joseph | USA | 2477 | 4.0 |
16 | IM | Pruess, David | USA | 2471 | 4.0 |
17 | GM | Laylo, Darwin | PHI | 2452 | 4.0 |
18 | IM | Vucic, Mladen | USA | 2415 | 4.0 |
19 | FM | Rensch, Daniel | USA | 2373 | 4.0 |
20 | FM | Adamson, Robby | USA | 2368 | 4.0 |
21 | IM | Tate, Emory A | USA | 2367 | 4.0 |
22 | | Schuyler, James | USA | 2357 | 4.0 |
23 | FM | Yanayt, Eugene | USA | 2280 | 4.0 |
24 | GM | Akobian, Varuzhan | USA | 2666 | 3.5 |
100 players |
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MTel Masters
Round 10. Ivanchuk needed just a draw to take the tournament
but instead destroyed Cheparinov with the black pieces to
finish on 8/10. Closing ceremony Photo © http://www.chessdom.com
http://www.europe-echecs.com
had Videos of the event.
M-Tel Masters took place 7th-18th May 2008 in the Central
Military Club in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The event is a 10 round
double round robin with a 5 hour time control.
Ivanchuk secured first place with a massive 8/10 score. He started with 5/5
in the first half. He slowed down with four draws in the second half before
destroying Cheparinov with the black pieces in the final round. Topalov
also scored a fine 6.5/10 to finish a point and a half behind. Teimour
Radjabov was a further point behind. World number 6 Levon Aronian had a
catastrophic 3/10 score in finishing joint last with Bu Xiangzhi. Cheparinov
only lost a few points in finishing with 4/10.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com
Other coverage: http://www.chessvibes.com/, http://www.chessclub.com/ with
on the spot videos and photo reports - http://en.chessfish.com/ and http://www.chessdom.com
4th M-Tel Masters Sofia (BUL), 8-18 v 2008 | cat. XX (2738) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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1. |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2740 |
* |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
8 |
2977 |
2. |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2767 |
0 |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
2841 |
3. |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2751 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2770 |
4. |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2696 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
4 |
2673 |
5. |
Bu Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2708 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
3 |
2594 |
6. |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2763 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
3 |
2583 |
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Cez Chess Trophy
Navara - Kramnik press conference in Prague. Photo © http://www.praguechess.cz
Vladimir Kramnik beat David Navara 5.5-2.5 to win the Cez Chess Trophy. The
match of 8 games in rapid chess was the main event of the
festival CEZ CHESS TROPHY 2008 and will take place in the Czech
Republic in Prague 14th-18th May 2008.
Vladimir Kramnik 5-1 David Navara.
Day 1 14th May 2008
Gm1 Kramnik, Vladimir - Navara, David 1-0 33 E04 Catalan
Gm2 Navara, David - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 62 C43 Petroff's Defence
Day 2 15th May 2008
Gm3 Kramnik, Vladimir - Navara, David 1-0 64 A37 English Symmetrical
Gm4 Navara, David - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 68 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Day 3 17th May 2008
Gm5 Kramnik, Vladimir - Navara, David 1/2 36 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Gm6 Navara, David - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 36 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Day 4 18th May 2008
Gm7 Kramnik, Vladimir - Navara, David 1/2 44 A34 English Symmetrical
Gm8 Navara, David - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 41 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.praguechess.cz
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FIDE Grand Prix Baku
Grischuk couldn't overcome Gashimov in round 12. Photo © http://www.chesspro.ru
The 1st FIDE Grand Prix took place in Baku, Azerbaijan 20th April
- 6th May 2008. Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue and Magnus Carlsen shared
first place on 8/11.
Games in PGN
Malcolm Pein Commentary
Soltis Variation of the Sicilian Dragon
Michael Adams and Gata Kamsky in Baku
Fragments from Baku and Plovdiv
Official site: http://baku2008.fide.com/ and
the site for the Grand Prix series as a whole http://grandprix.fide.com/ Also
Daily live coverage with GM comments in Russian at http://www.chesspro.ru
FIDE GP Baku (AZE), 21 iv-5 v
2008 |
cat. XIX (2717) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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1. |
Gashimov, Vugar |
g |
AZE |
2679 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
8 |
2807 |
2. |
Wang Yue |
g |
CHN |
2689 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
8 |
2806 |
3. |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2765 |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
8 |
2800 |
4. |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2752 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7½ |
2771 |
5. |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2716 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
7½ |
2774 |
6. |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
2729 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
6½ |
2716 |
7. |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2746 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
6½ |
2715 |
8. |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2751 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
6 |
2685 |
9. |
Kamsky, Gata |
g |
USA |
2726 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
6 |
2687 |
10. |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
6 |
2687 |
11. |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2696 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5½ |
2661 |
12. |
Navara, David |
g |
CZE |
2672 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
0 |
5½ |
2663 |
13. |
Bacrot, Etienne |
g |
FRA |
2705 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
* |
0 |
5 |
2631 |
14. |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2684 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
* |
5 |
2632 |
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Argentine Championship
The 82nd Argentine Championship took place in Mendoza 20th-31st May 2008. There was a playoff after there
was a triple tie for first won by Ruben Felgaer.
Games in PGN - Playoff Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/
82nd ch-ARG Playoff Mendoza ARG (ARG), 1-1 vi 2008 | cat. XII (2534) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
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1. |
Felgaer, Ruben |
g |
ARG |
2574 |
* |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
3 |
2707 |
2. |
Peralta, Fernando |
g |
ARG |
2546 |
0 |
½ |
* |
* |
1 |
. |
1½ |
2543 |
3. |
Valerga, Diego |
m |
ARG |
2482 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
. |
* |
* |
½ |
2291 |
82nd ch-ARG Mendoza ARG (ARG), 20-31 v 2008 | cat. IX (2453) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
1. |
Felgaer, Ruben |
g |
ARG |
2574 |
* |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2544 |
2. |
Peralta, Fernando |
g |
ARG |
2546 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
7 |
2546 |
3. |
Valerga, Diego |
m |
ARG |
2482 |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2552 |
4. |
Ricardi, Pablo |
g |
ARG |
2515 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
6½ |
2512 |
5. |
Flores, Diego |
m |
ARG |
2548 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
6½ |
2509 |
6. |
Lemos, Damian |
m |
ARG |
2458 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
6 |
2488 |
7. |
Real de Azua, Ernesto |
m |
ARG |
2417 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2456 |
8. |
Alonso, Salvador |
m |
ARG |
2420 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2420 |
9. |
Liascovich, Lucas |
m |
ARG |
2419 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2420 |
10. |
Salguero, Francisco |
|
ARG |
2320 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
4½ |
2400 |
11. |
Mahia, Gustavo |
f |
ARG |
2432 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
1 |
4½ |
2390 |
12. |
Luconi, Cristian |
|
ARG |
2306 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1½ |
2157 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capablanca Memorial
The 43rd Torneo Capablanca In Memoriam took place in La Habana
(Cuba) 8th - 17th May 2008, category 15 average 2602.
Top seed Lenier Dominguez Perez took clear first with 6/9.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.inder.cu/capablanca/
43rd Capablanca Memorial Havana
CUB (CUB), 8-17 v 2008 |
cat. XV (2605) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
1. |
Dominguez Perez, Lenier |
g |
CUB |
2695 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
6 |
2719 |
2. |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
g |
TJK |
2649 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
2680 |
3. |
Khenkin, Igor |
g |
GER |
2609 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
2684 |
4. |
Hernandez Carmenates, Holden |
g |
CUB |
2568 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2652 |
5. |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
g |
NED |
2635 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
4½ |
2601 |
6. |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2625 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
2602 |
7. |
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus |
g |
CUB |
2559 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2567 |
8. |
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky |
g |
CUB |
2567 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
3½ |
2529 |
9. |
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter |
g |
CUB |
2534 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
3½ |
2532 |
10. |
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro |
g |
CUB |
2608 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
3 |
2479 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
US Championship
The 2008 FKB US Chess Championship took place in Tulsa, OK, May 13th-21st 2008. Yuri Shulman took the men's title
with 7/9 alone. Anna Zatonskih took the women's title by beating Irina Krush after an armageddon playoff game (they'd
already drawn a rapid playoff 2-2).
Games in PGN Men - Games in PGN Women - Games in PGN Women's Playoff
Official site: http://monroi.com/the-2008-fkb-us-chess-championship-home.html
Frank K Berry ch-USA Tulsa (USA), 13-21 v 2008 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
1. |
Shulman, Yuri |
g |
USA |
2606 |
=12 |
+17 |
+10 |
=2 |
+11 |
+3 |
+7 |
=6 |
=4 |
7 |
2760 |
2. |
Onischuk, Alexander |
g |
USA |
2664 |
=16 |
+21 |
+6 |
=1 |
=3 |
=7 |
+11 |
=5 |
+12 |
6½ |
2707 |
3. |
Kudrin, Sergey |
g |
USA |
2549 |
+24 |
+8 |
=11 |
+5 |
=2 |
-1 |
+13 |
=4 |
=6 |
6 |
2672 |
4. |
Friedel, Joshua E |
m |
USA |
2484 |
-11 |
+23 |
=8 |
+10 |
=7 |
=6 |
+14 |
=3 |
=1 |
5½ |
2614 |
5. |
Akobian, Varuzhan |
g |
USA |
2601 |
=21 |
=16 |
+14 |
-3 |
=15 |
+18 |
+9 |
=2 |
=7 |
5½ |
2596 |
6. |
Perelshteyn, Eugene |
g |
USA |
2552 |
=18 |
+20 |
-2 |
=12 |
+17 |
=4 |
+15 |
=1 |
=3 |
5½ |
2559 |
7. |
Becerra Rivero, Julio |
g |
USA |
2575 |
=17 |
+12 |
+15 |
=11 |
=4 |
=2 |
-1 |
=13 |
=5 |
5 |
2597 |
8. |
Ivanov, Alexander |
g |
USA |
2560 |
+19 |
-3 |
=4 |
-15 |
+22 |
=10 |
-12 |
+17 |
+16 |
5 |
2517 |
9. |
Finegold, Benjamin |
m |
USA |
2539 |
=20 |
=18 |
=16 |
=17 |
+23 |
=13 |
-5 |
+15 |
=11 |
5 |
2508 |
10. |
Gulko, Boris F |
g |
USA |
2559 |
+22 |
=15 |
-1 |
-4 |
=19 |
=8 |
+20 |
=16 |
+21 |
5 |
2501 |
11. |
Kaidanov, Gregory S |
g |
USA |
2596 |
+4 |
+14 |
=3 |
=7 |
-1 |
=15 |
-2 |
=12 |
=9 |
4½ |
2545 |
12. |
Fedorowicz, John P |
g |
USA |
2459 |
=1 |
-7 |
+19 |
=6 |
-13 |
+23 |
+8 |
=11 |
-2 |
4½ |
2543 |
13. |
Shabalov, Alexander |
g |
USA |
2633 |
-15 |
+22 |
=18 |
=16 |
+12 |
=9 |
-3 |
=7 |
=14 |
4½ |
2487 |
14. |
Gurevich, Dmitry |
g |
USA |
2513 |
+23 |
-11 |
-5 |
=22 |
=20 |
+19 |
-4 |
+24 |
=13 |
4½ |
2429 |
15. |
Yermolinsky, Alex |
g |
USA |
2518 |
+13 |
=10 |
-7 |
+8 |
=5 |
=11 |
-6 |
-9 |
=19 |
4 |
2514 |
16. |
Kraai, Jesse |
g |
USA |
2509 |
=2 |
=5 |
=9 |
=13 |
-18 |
=17 |
+24 |
=10 |
-8 |
4 |
2465 |
17. |
Pruess, David |
m |
USA |
2425 |
=7 |
-1 |
+21 |
=9 |
-6 |
=16 |
+18 |
-8 |
=22 |
4 |
2455 |
18. |
Ludwig, Daniel |
|
USA |
2357 |
=6 |
=9 |
=13 |
=19 |
+16 |
-5 |
-17 |
=23 |
=24 |
4 |
2423 |
19. |
Vigorito, David |
m |
USA |
2405 |
-8 |
+24 |
-12 |
=18 |
=10 |
-14 |
=21 |
=20 |
=15 |
3½ |
2351 |
20. |
Langer, Michael |
f |
USA |
2254 |
=9 |
-6 |
-22 |
=24 |
=14 |
=21 |
-10 |
=19 |
+23 |
3½ |
2352 |
21. |
Ippolito, Dean |
m |
USA |
2425 |
=5 |
-2 |
-17 |
-23 |
+24 |
=20 |
=19 |
+22 |
-10 |
3½ |
2342 |
22. |
Kaufman, Larry C |
m |
USA |
2365 |
-10 |
-13 |
+20 |
=14 |
-8 |
=24 |
+23 |
-21 |
=17 |
3½ |
2353 |
23. |
Shankland, Samuel L |
|
USA |
2296 |
-14 |
-4 |
+24 |
+21 |
-9 |
-12 |
-22 |
=18 |
-20 |
2½ |
2237 |
24. |
Galant, Sergey |
|
USA |
2235 |
-3 |
-19 |
-23 |
=20 |
-21 |
=22 |
-16 |
-14 |
=18 |
1½ |
2135 |
Frank K Berry ch-USA w Tulsa (USA), 13-21 v 2008 | cat. I (2251) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
1. |
Krush, Irina |
m |
USA |
2479 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
2498 |
2. |
Zatonskih, Anna |
m |
USA |
2458 |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
2500 |
3. |
Rohonyan, Katerina |
wg |
USA |
2309 |
½ |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2369 |
4. |
Abrahamyan, Tatev |
wf |
USA |
2239 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2376 |
5. |
Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg |
wm |
USA |
2278 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2327 |
6. |
Battsetseg, Tsagaan |
wm |
USA |
2254 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
2250 |
7. |
Zenyuk, Iryna |
wf |
USA |
2233 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3½ |
2172 |
8. |
Epstein, Esther |
wm |
USA |
2184 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
½ |
2 |
2037 |
9. |
Airapetian, Chouchanik |
wf |
USA |
2092 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
1 |
2 |
2048 |
10. |
Jamison, Courtney |
|
USA |
1979 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
1836 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
III President's Cup
The III President's Cup took place 11th-21st May 2008 in
Baku, Azerbaijan dedicated to the memory of Haydar Aliyev and had a prize
fund of $85000. Evgeniy Najer took clear first with 7.5/9.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/regulations.htm
III President's Cup Baku
(AZE), 11-21 v 2008
Final Leading Round 9 Standings |
1 | 9 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2627 | RUS | 7,5 | 53,0 | 50,0 | 45,5 | 6 |
2 | 28 | GM | Abbasov Farid | 2528 | AZE | 7,0 | 54,5 | 51,0 | 46,0 | 5 |
3 | 10 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2625 | AZE | 7,0 | 54,5 | 50,0 | 45,0 | 6 |
4 | 13 | GM | Lastin Alexander | 2622 | RUS | 7,0 | 54,5 | 50,0 | 45,0 | 5 |
5 | 1 | GM | Milov Vadim | 2690 | SUI | 7,0 | 53,0 | 49,0 | 43,5 | 6 |
6 | 19 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2582 | BLR | 7,0 | 53,0 | 48,5 | 44,0 | 5 |
7 | 12 | GM | Gelashvili Tamaz | 2622 | GEO | 7,0 | 52,5 | 48,5 | 43,5 | 5 |
8 | 5 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2658 | GEO | 7,0 | 52,5 | 47,5 | 42,5 | 5 |
9 | 4 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2660 | ENG | 7,0 | 51,5 | 46,5 | 41,5 | 5 |
10 | 23 | GM | Dzhumaev Marat | 2557 | UZB | 6,5 | 54,5 | 50,0 | 44,5 | 6 |
11 | 7 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2640 | GER | 6,5 | 51,5 | 47,5 | 42,5 | 5 |
12 | 2 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2690 | NED | 6,5 | 51,5 | 47,0 | 42,0 | 5 |
13 | 11 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2624 | GER | 6,5 | 51,0 | 47,0 | 41,5 | 6 |
14 | 21 | GM | Timman Jan H | 2565 | NED | 6,5 | 48,5 | 45,0 | 41,5 | 5 |
15 | 15 | GM | Kazhgaleyev Murtas | 2617 | KAZ | 6,5 | 48,5 | 45,0 | 40,0 | 4 |
16 | 24 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2538 | BUL | 6,5 | 48,0 | 45,0 | 40,5 | 6 |
17 | 51 | FM | Agaragimov Djakhangir | 2343 | AZE | 6,5 | 42,0 | 39,5 | 36,0 | 5 |
18 | 18 | GM | Korchnoi Viktor | 2598 | SUI | 6,0 | 53,0 | 49,0 | 44,0 | 5 |
19 | 14 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | 2621 | BEL | 6,0 | 53,0 | 49,0 | 44,0 | 4 |
20 | 29 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2524 | AZE | 6,0 | 52,0 | 48,0 | 43,0 | 4 |
21 | 8 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2635 | GEO | 6,0 | 51,5 | 47,5 | 42,5 | 3 |
22 | 47 | IM | Durarbeyli Vasif | 2384 | AZE | 6,0 | 51,0 | 47,0 | 43,0 | 5 |
23 | 16 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2617 | AZE | 6,0 | 51,0 | 46,5 | 42,0 | 4 |
24 | 6 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2641 | SLO | 6,0 | 50,5 | 46,0 | 41,5 | 5 |
25 | 32 | GM | Guliev Sarhan | 2487 | AZE | 6,0 | 49,0 | 45,5 | 41,5 | 5 |
26 | 31 | IM | Sulashvili Malkhaz | 2491 | GEO | 6,0 | 49,0 | 45,5 | 41,5 | 4 |
27 | 35 | IM | Sanikidze Tornike | 2458 | GEO | 6,0 | 49,0 | 45,5 | 41,0 | 5 |
28 | 37 | IM | Esen Baris | 2451 | TUR | 6,0 | 49,0 | 45,0 | 40,5 | 5 |
29 | 36 | | Nigalidze Gaioz | 2455 | GEO | 6,0 | 48,0 | 45,0 | 41,0 | 5 |
30 | 33 | GM | Babaev Rashad | 2482 | AZE | 6,0 | 48,0 | 43,5 | 39,0 | 5 |
31 | 25 | GM | Ibrahimov Rasul | 2535 | AZE | 6,0 | 46,5 | 43,0 | 38,5 | 5 |
32 | 72 | | Rzayev Bahruz | 2225 | AZE | 6,0 | 45,5 | 43,0 | 38,5 | 5 |
33 | 22 | GM | Savchenko Stanislav | 2560 | UKR | 6,0 | 45,5 | 42,0 | 38,0 | 4 |
34 | 57 | | Bayramov Vugar | 2306 | AZE | 6,0 | 45,0 | 42,5 | 38,5 | 6 |
35 | 3 | GM | Van Wely Loek | 2677 | NED | 6,0 | 44,0 | 40,5 | 37,0 | 5 |
36 | 53 | | Mammadov Ayaz | 2333 | AZE | 6,0 | 43,5 | 40,0 | 36,0 | 6 |
179 players |
|
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Moscow Championship
The Final tournament of the Moscow Chess Championship took place 12th-18th
May 2008. Boris Savchenko took clear first with 5/7.
6 grandmasters and 2 international masters will play by the round
robin system. Live games are available.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=442/
and http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php?topicID=442&offPage=10
ch-Moscow Moscow RUS (RUS), 12-18 v 2008 | cat. XI (2516) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
1. |
Savchenko, Boris |
g |
RUS |
2569 |
* |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2665 |
2. |
Vorobiov, Evgeny E |
g |
RUS |
2536 |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
2614 |
3. |
Gabrielian, Artur |
m |
RUS |
2494 |
1 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2568 |
4. |
Rustemov, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2552 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2560 |
5. |
Deviatkin, Andrei |
m |
RUS |
2568 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2558 |
6. |
Rychagov, Andrey |
g |
RUS |
2565 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
3½ |
2508 |
7. |
Konovalov, Nikolay |
m |
RUS |
2426 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
3 |
2478 |
8. |
Gorbatov, Alexej |
m |
RUS |
2414 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
European Individual
Championship
Champion Sergei Tiviakov. Photo © http://www.chessvista.com/
The IX European Individual Chess Championship took place
in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 20th April - 4th May 2008. Sergei
Tiviakov took the men's title with 8.5/11 half a point clear
of the field, Sergei Movsessian took the silver after beating
Sergey Volkov in the playoffs. Kateryna Lahno won the women's
event also with 8.5/11 half a point clear. Viktorija Cmylite
beat Anna Ushenina in the playoffs to take the silver.
Games in PGN and Women's Games in PGN Rd1-11
Men's Playoff Games in PGN and
Women's Playoff Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.eicc2008.com/en/
IX EICC Plovdiv
(BUL), 21 iv-2 v 2008
Final Round 11 Standings |
1 |
GM |
Tiviakov Sergei |
2634 |
NED |
8.5 |
58.5 |
71.5 |
6 |
51.5 |
22.2 |
2 |
GM |
Volkov Sergey |
2633 |
RUS |
8.0 |
64.0 |
78.0 |
5 |
51.0 |
17.2 |
3 |
GM |
Tregubov Pavel V |
2629 |
RUS |
8.0 |
63.5 |
77.0 |
5 |
52.5 |
19.9 |
4 |
GM |
Movsesian Sergei |
2695 |
SVK |
8.0 |
59.5 |
72.5 |
5 |
54.5 |
10.7 |
5 |
GM |
L'Ami Erwin |
2600 |
NED |
8.0 |
59.5 |
72.5 |
5 |
48.0 |
16.7 |
6 |
GM |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
2632 |
FRA |
8.0 |
58.0 |
71.0 |
6 |
48.5 |
16.6 |
7 |
GM |
Grachev Boris |
2610 |
RUS |
8.0 |
58.0 |
70.5 |
5 |
48.5 |
17.4 |
8 |
GM |
Baklan Vladimir |
2647 |
UKR |
8.0 |
57.0 |
69.5 |
5 |
47.0 |
12.8 |
9 |
GM |
Kryvoruchko Yuriy |
2612 |
UKR |
8.0 |
56.5 |
70.0 |
6 |
48.5 |
16.6 |
10 |
GM |
Nyback Tomi |
2587 |
FIN |
8.0 |
56.0 |
68.5 |
6 |
46.0 |
25.3 |
11 |
GM |
Sutovsky Emil |
2630 |
ISR |
7.5 |
64.5 |
78.0 |
5 |
55.0 |
16.1 |
12 |
GM |
Laznicka Viktor |
2578 |
CZE |
7.5 |
63.5 |
75.5 |
4 |
49.0 |
19.8 |
13 |
GM |
Pavasovic Dusko |
2595 |
SLO |
7.5 |
62.0 |
75.0 |
5 |
47.0 |
20.9 |
14 |
GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
2660 |
UKR |
7.5 |
61.5 |
75.0 |
5 |
48.0 |
8.9 |
15 |
GM |
Papaioannou Ioannis |
2566 |
GRE |
7.5 |
61.0 |
73.0 |
4 |
47.5 |
25.4 |
16 |
GM |
Khalifman Alexander |
2628 |
RUS |
7.5 |
60.0 |
74.0 |
4 |
48.0 |
10.6 |
17 |
GM |
Najer Evgeniy |
2627 |
RUS |
7.5 |
59.5 |
72.0 |
5 |
47.0 |
10.7 |
18 |
GM |
Mamedov Rauf |
2617 |
AZE |
7.5 |
58.0 |
71.0 |
6 |
49.5 |
13.8 |
19 |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir |
2673 |
ARM |
7.5 |
56.5 |
70.0 |
4 |
46.0 |
5.3 |
20 |
GM |
Areshchenko Alexander |
2650 |
UKR |
7.5 |
56.0 |
69.0 |
5 |
45.5 |
8.7 |
21 |
GM |
Fressinet Laurent |
2656 |
FRA |
7.5 |
56.0 |
69.0 |
5 |
44.5 |
7.1 |
22 |
GM |
Smirin Ilia |
2630 |
ISR |
7.5 |
56.0 |
68.5 |
6 |
45.0 |
9.4 |
23 |
GM |
Lupulescu Constantin |
2558 |
ROU |
7.5 |
56.0 |
67.5 |
6 |
45.5 |
19.4 |
24 |
GM |
Bologan Viktor |
2665 |
MDA |
7.5 |
55.5 |
69.0 |
6 |
44.0 |
6.0 |
25 |
GM |
Khismatullin Denis |
2584 |
RUS |
7.5 |
55.0 |
67.0 |
6 |
44.0 |
14.3 |
26 |
GM |
Galkin Alexander |
2606 |
RUS |
7.5 |
55.0 |
67.0 |
6 |
43.0 |
5.5 |
27 |
GM |
Gustafsson Jan |
2603 |
GER |
7.5 |
54.5 |
66.5 |
5 |
45.5 |
12.4 |
28 |
GM |
Sargissian Gabriel |
2643 |
ARM |
7.5 |
53.5 |
65.5 |
5 |
43.5 |
7.7 |
29 |
GM |
Andreikin Dmitry |
2580 |
RUS |
7.5 |
53.5 |
65.0 |
5 |
45.5 |
13.8 |
30 |
GM |
Hracek Zbynek |
2613 |
CZE |
7.5 |
52.5 |
65.0 |
5 |
46.0 |
11.6 |
31 |
GM |
Roiz Michael |
2659 |
ISR |
7.5 |
52.5 |
65.0 |
4 |
43.0 |
5.2 |
32 |
GM |
Vajda Levente |
2582 |
ROU |
7.5 |
52.5 |
64.0 |
6 |
42.5 |
8.3 |
33 |
GM |
Markowski Tomasz |
2598 |
POL |
7.5 |
52.0 |
63.5 |
6 |
44.0 |
9.8 |
34 |
GM |
Gurevich Mikhail |
2611 |
TUR |
7.5 |
51.5 |
63.5 |
5 |
43.5 |
6.7 |
337 players |
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FIDE Grand
Prix
The line ups for the FIDE Grand Prix events have been
announced. The top four players in the world, along with
players such as Morozevich and Shirov are missing. All this
was more or less known beforehand. However the players who
have signed up make this a very attractive and interesting
series of events. The grand prix is organised by Global Chess
which is headed by Bessel Kok.
Details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1607
See the full table of events and entrants: The Week in Chess 696
Event 1 April 20th - May 6th 2008, Baku, Azerbaijan
Event 2 July 30th - August 15th 2008, Sochi, Russia
Event 3 December 13th - 29th, 2008, Doha, Qatar
Event 4 April 14th - 28th, 2009, Montreux, Switzerland
Event 5 August 8th - 24th, 2009, Elista, Russia
Event 6 December 7th - 23rd, 2009, Karlovy Vary, Czech
Republic
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FIDE Rating April 2008
Viswanathan Anand
heads the April FIDE list alone with a rating of 2803 15 points clear
of Vladimir Kramnik. Alexander Morozevich has moved into 3rd position
after his win in the Russian Championships. Veselin Topalov lies in
4th place after losing 13 rating points. In 5th place is Magnus
Carlsen who gains 32 points has arrived in the top 10 for the first
and more than likely a very long stay.
April 2008 top 100
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16th Sigeman &
Co Chess Tournament
Ralf Akesson. Photo © http://www.sigeman-chess.com
The 16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place 22nd
- 30th April 2008 in Malmo,Sweden. Tiger Hillarp Persson took
clear first place with 7.5/9 a point clear of Daniel
Stellwagen.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com
XVI Sigeman & Co
Malmo (SWE), 22-30 iv 2008 |
cat. XII (2539) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
1. |
Hillarp Persson, Tiger |
g |
SWE |
2491 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
2817 |
2. |
Stellwagen, Daniël |
g |
NED |
2621 |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
2696 |
3. |
Hansen, Lars Bo |
g |
DEN |
2563 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
6 |
2661 |
4. |
Akesson, Ralf |
g |
SWE |
2466 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2590 |
5. |
Timman, Jan H |
g |
NED |
2565 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2579 |
6. |
Agrest, Evgenij |
g |
SWE |
2567 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
2536 |
7. |
Kotronias, Vasilios |
g |
GRE |
2611 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
½ |
3 |
2406 |
8. |
Lie, Kjetil A |
g |
NOR |
2558 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
0 |
½ |
3 |
2412 |
9. |
Smith, Axel |
|
SWE |
2428 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
2½ |
2385 |
10. |
Portisch, Lajos |
g |
HUN |
2523 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
2 |
2321 |
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Russian Team Championship 2008
The Russian Team Championship took place in Dagomys, Sochi
1st-14th April 2008. A very strong field competed. The winners with a round to
spare were Ural - Ekaterinburg the only team with an average rating
above 2700 (Radjabov, Shirov, Kamsky, Grischuk, Malakhov, Akopian, Dreev and Motylev).
My thanks to Jonathan Berry for the final crosstable.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/. Additional coverage:
http://www.chessdom.com/
TCh-RUS Dagomys (RUS), 2-13 iv 2008
Final Round 11 Standings |
# |
Team |
url |
ec1 |
tps |
fiG |
spa |
sha |
64 |
shm |
tom |
plt |
sUr |
ec2 |
M |
G |
1 |
Ural - Ekaterinburg |
X |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
17 |
39½ |
2 |
Economist 1 - Saratov |
0 |
X |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
37 |
3 |
TPS - Saransk |
1 |
1 |
X |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
14 |
37 |
4 |
FINEK Gasprom |
1 |
2 |
1 |
X |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
14 |
35½ |
5 |
Spasio - Moscow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
X |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
34½ |
6 |
Shatar - Buryatia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
X |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
34 |
7 |
64 - Moscow |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
X |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
32 |
8 |
ShCM - Moscow |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
X |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
33½ |
9 |
Tomsk 400 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
X |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
31 |
10 |
Polit - Nizhni Tagil |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
X |
0 |
2 |
9 |
31 |
11 |
South Ural - Chelya. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
X |
0 |
5 |
27½ |
12 |
Economist 2 - Saratov |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
X |
3 |
23½ |
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Dutch Championship 2008
Jan Smeets just after winning the 2008 Dutch Championship. Photo © http://www.chessvista.com/
The Dutch Championship took place takes place 2nd - 13th April 2008 in a
television studio (Studio 2) in Hilversum Media Park. First prize was EUR 10.000.
Jan Smeets took the title with a final round win against Daniel Stellwagen.
Peng Zhaoqin dominated the women's event and won with 8/9.
http://www.schaakbond.nl/nk2008/
and photos and reports at: http://www.chessvista.com/
Games in PGN and Women's Games in PGN
ch-NED Hilversum NED (NED), 2-13 iv
2008 |
cat. XII (2536) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
1. |
Smeets, Jan |
g |
NED |
2578 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
7½ |
2665 |
2. |
Reinderman, Dimitri |
g |
NED |
2526 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2639 |
3. |
Stellwagen, Daniël |
g |
NED |
2621 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
7 |
2630 |
4. |
Ernst, Sipke |
g |
NED |
2559 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
6½ |
2599 |
5. |
L'Ami, Erwin |
g |
NED |
2600 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6½ |
2595 |
6. |
Nijboer, Friso |
g |
NED |
2558 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
6 |
2570 |
7. |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
g |
NED |
2634 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
6 |
2563 |
8. |
Visser, Yge |
g |
NED |
2477 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2541 |
9. |
De Jong, Jan-Willem |
m |
NED |
2474 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
4 |
2440 |
10. |
Janssen, Ruud |
m |
NED |
2504 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2437 |
11. |
Brandenburg, Daan |
m |
NED |
2435 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
3½ |
2412 |
12. |
Bosboom, Manuel |
m |
NED |
2471 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
2½ |
2331 |
Round 11 (April 13, 2008) |
Smeets, Jan |
- Stellwagen, Daniël |
1-0 |
45 |
B82 |
Sicilian Scheveningen |
Reinderman, Dimitri |
- Brandenburg, Daan |
1-0 |
38 |
E70 |
King's Indian Fianchetto |
L'Ami, Erwin |
- Bosboom, Manuel |
0-1 |
37 |
E94 |
King's Indian Classical |
Nijboer, Friso |
- Visser, Yge |
1-0 |
66 |
C18 |
French Winawer |
De Jong, Jan-Willem |
- Tiviakov, Sergei |
1-0 |
61 |
E38 |
Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 |
Janssen, Ruud |
- Ernst, Sipke |
1-0 |
50 |
A17 |
English Opening |
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XIV Dos Hermanas tournament
The XIV Dos Hermanas tournament took place 18th-20th April 2008. The knockout featured four players
Veselin Topalov, Alexei Shirov, Judit Polgar and Paco Vallejo. There were four game rapid matches
of 20 minutes + 10 seconds a move. Tie blitz games of 5 minutes + 3 seconds a move followed by a final
sudden death game were not required.
In the Semi-Finals Francisco Vallejo Pons beats Alexei Shirov 3-1 on the first day. Veselin Topalov beat Judit Polgar 3,5-2.5 but
had already made sure of qualifying before the fourth game. Topalov won the final 2.5-1.5 against Vallejo after winning the first
game and drawing the rest.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.doshermanas.net
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II Ruy Lopez Chess Festival
The II Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival took place in Merida, Spain 4th-13th April 2008. The main event was a category XV all-play-all
won by Michael Adams with 5.5/7.
Games in PGN
Official web page http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/
II Ruy Lopez Masters Merida ESP (ESP), 5-11 iv 2008 | cat. XV (2616) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
1. |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
2726 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2826 |
2. |
Zhang Pengxiang |
g |
CHN |
2640 |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2767 |
3. |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
g |
ARM |
2676 |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
4½ |
2706 |
4. |
Koneru, Humpy |
g |
IND |
2612 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
2715 |
5. |
Caruana, Fabiano |
g |
ITA |
2598 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
2½ |
2513 |
6. |
Granda Zuniga, Julio E |
g |
PER |
2588 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
2 |
2458 |
7. |
Hou Yifan |
wg |
CHN |
2527 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
* |
0 |
2 |
2467 |
8. |
Perez Candelario, Manuel |
m |
ESP |
2537 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
2 |
2465 |
Round 7 (April 11, 2008) |
Zhang Pengxiang |
- Granda Zuniga, Julio E |
1-0 |
27 |
B47 |
Sicilian Paulsen |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
- Adams, Michael |
½-½ |
18 |
E17 |
Queens Indian |
Caruana, Fabiano |
- Koneru, Humpy |
0-1 |
40 |
C42 |
Petroff's Defence |
Perez Candelario, Manuel |
- Hou Yifan |
1-0 |
39 |
B96 |
Sicilian Najdorf |
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Gausdal Chess Classic
The Gausdal Chess Classic took place 8th-16th April 2008.
Official site: http://www.bergensjakk.no/gausdal/classics2008/index.htm
Games in PGN
Gausdal Classics GMA Gausdal (NOR), 8-16 iv 2008 | cat. XI (2517) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
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1. |
Kaidanov, Gregory S |
g |
USA |
2596 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2729 |
2. |
Gopal, G.N |
g |
IND |
2562 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
6 |
2638 |
3. |
Kotronias, Vasilios |
g |
GRE |
2611 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2588 |
4. |
Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav |
g |
RUS |
2578 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2554 |
5. |
Macieja, Bartlomiej |
g |
POL |
2599 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
* |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2552 |
6. |
Sandipan, Chanda |
g |
IND |
2585 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2554 |
7. |
Lie, Kjetil A |
g |
NOR |
2558 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
1 |
1 |
½ |
4½ |
2514 |
8. |
Krush, Irina |
m |
USA |
2479 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
3½ |
2442 |
9. |
Hole, Oystein |
m |
NOR |
2387 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
2½ |
2367 |
10. |
Moskow, Eric |
|
USA |
2229 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
2199 |
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10th Dubai Open
The 10th Dubai Open took place 6th-15th April 2008. Wesley So took first place on tie-break from
Merab Gagunashvili, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and Li Chao B after all finished
with 7/9.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.arabfide.com/dubaiopen2008/
Rk. | | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB3 |
1 | GM | So Wesley | PHI | 2540 | 7,0 | 20234 | 39,5 |
2 | GM | Gagunashvili Merab | GEO | 2553 | 7,0 | 20085 | 39,0 |
3 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | IRI | 2604 | 7,0 | 19789 | 35,0 |
4 | GM | Li Chao B | CHN | 2581 | 7,0 | 19605 | 37,0 |
5 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2521 | 6,5 | 20400 | 36,0 |
6 | GM | Drozdovskij Yuri | UKR | 2581 | 6,5 | 20135 | 36,0 |
7 | IM | Laxman R R | IND | 2488 | 6,5 | 19794 | 33,0 |
8 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | UKR | 2568 | 6,5 | 19658 | 34,0 |
9 | GM | Arutinian David | GEO | 2593 | 6,5 | 19546 | 34,5 |
10 | GM | Ibrahimov Rasul | AZE | 2535 | 6,5 | 19533 | 33,0 |
11 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2625 | 6,5 | 19527 | 31,0 |
12 | GM | Guliev Sarhan | AZE | 2487 | 6,5 | 18570 | 31,0 |
13 | FM | Salem A R Saleh | UAE | 2429 | 6,0 | 19985 | 36,0 |
14 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2603 | 6,0 | 19690 | 32,0 |
15 | GM | Kotanjian Tigran | ARM | 2570 | 6,0 | 19663 | 32,5 |
16 | GM | Adly Ahmed | EGY | 2578 | 6,0 | 19634 | 33,0 |
17 | GM | Ibrayev Nurlan | KAZ | 2507 | 6,0 | 19370 | 32,5 |
18 | IM | Sachdev Tania | IND | 2423 | 6,0 | 19184 | 29,5 |
19 | FM | Wu Xibin | CHN | 2351 | 6,0 | 19137 | 27,0 |
20 | | Zhou Weiqi | CHN | 2560 | 6,0 | 19088 | 32,5 |
21 | IM | Ashwin Jayaram | IND | 2446 | 6,0 | 18905 | 29,5 |
22 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2514 | 6,0 | 18872 | 30,0 |
23 | IM | Guliev Logman | AZE | 2434 | 6,0 | 18559 | 29,5 |
24 | GM | Kotsur Pavel | KAZ | 2568 | 5,5 | 19920 | 33,5 |
25 | GM | Gelashvili Tamaz | GEO | 2622 | 5,5 | 19831 | 32,5 |
26 | IM | Frhat Ali | EGY | 2392 | 5,5 | 19669 | 30,5 |
27 | GM | Ramesh R B | IND | 2472 | 5,5 | 19625 | 29,5 |
28 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2524 | 5,5 | 19410 | 30,0 |
29 | IM | Ismagambetov Anuar | KAZ | 2492 | 5,5 | 19317 | 30,5 |
30 | IM | Tissir Mohamed | MAR | 2440 | 5,5 | 19257 | 29,5 |
31 | FM | Soozankar A M | IRI | 2221 | 5,5 | 19111 | 26,0 |
32 | | Noroozi Omid | IRI | 2274 | 5,5 | 18938 | 26,0 |
33 | IM | Durarbeyli Vasif | AZE | 2384 | 5,5 | 18811 | 28,0 |
34 | | Shiven Khosla | IND | 2086 | 5,5 | 18802 | 24,5 |
35 | IM | El Taher Fouad | EGY | 2486 | 5,5 | 18578 | 28,5 |
36 | | Wang Li | CHN | 2406 | 5,5 | 18392 | 27,0 |
37 | IM | Nedochetov Mikhail | RUS | 2355 | 5,5 | 18237 | 25,0 |
38 | | Praveen Kumar C | IND | 2287 | 5,5 | 18122 | 24,5 |
39 | FM | Somoff Abdo | LIB | 2278 | 5,5 | 16181 | 26,5 |
40 | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS | 2556 | 5,0 | 19386 | 30,5 |
132 players |
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Morelia/Linares 2008
Viswanathan Anand against Veselin Topalov in round 14.
Photo © ChessVibes.
The Morelia - Linares tournament took place 15th-23rd
February (Mexican half) and then 28th February - 7th March 2008
(Spanish half). Viswanathan Anand took clear first half a point clear
of Magnus Carlsen.
Index to TWIC
videos, stories and annotations from Morelia and Linares 2008
PGN
Games
Official site (Linares part):
http://www.soloajedrez.com/ciudaddelinares/ and
http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares
(MEX/ESP), 15 ii-7 iii 2008.
cat. XXI (2756) |
1. |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2799 |
8½ |
2829 |
2. |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2733 |
8 |
2808 |
3. |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2739 |
7½ |
2787 |
4. |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2780 |
7½ |
2781 |
5. |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2735 |
7 |
2758 |
6. |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2751 |
6½ |
2727 |
7. |
Lékó, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2753 |
5½ |
2676 |
8. |
Shirov, Alexei |
g |
ESP |
2755 |
5½ |
2675 |
|
|
|
|
Heviz Category XVI Tournament
Round 10 Csaba Balogh takes first place on tie-break. Photo © http://www.palace-heviz.hu
The Palace Hotel International Chess Tournament Heviz
(Hungary) took place 18th-28th March 2008.
Games
in PGN
Reports and Results from Heviz
Official site: http://www.palace-heviz.hu
with live games.
Reports: Miklos Orso
Final Round 10: Four players tied at first place
Almasi Z. - Balogh Cs. Catalan Opening
When White regained the sacrificed c4-pawn black found just enough
counter-play in the centre to hold on.
Draw agreed in 23 moves.
Naiditsch - Mikhalevski Ruy Lopez Open
White had well-placed knights in the centre and created a strong
outpost on d6.
Black could also build a base on d3 for his knight.
During a heavy battle Black rejected a three-fold repetition but
overestimated his chances. 1-0 in 47 moves.
Nisipeanu - Vallejo Pons Sicilian, Kalashnikov
Defence
Black's surprising choice of opening seemed to work well and the
position was about equal after trading the Queens.
Later Black let his opponent make an unpleasant pin oh the h-file but
White missed the right moment to take advantage of it. Draw agreed in
26 moves.
Final notes: The youngest GM, former youth European Champion Csaba
Balogh of Hungary won the
tournament with his solid style of play.
His rating was the lowest having only 2575. Arkadij Naiditsch of
Germany came second due to the Berger-Sonneborn tie-break.
He got a bit tired during the second half. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of
Romania recovered well after losing in Round 1.
Zoltan Almasi HUN played well in all but one game. Francisco Vallejo
Pons represented a colourful,
romantic style but with less success this time while Viktor Mikhalevski
of Israel was far short of his best.
The fighting spirit and the average of number of moves was at an
all the time high.
Palace Hotel GM Heviz
(HUN), 18-28 iii 2008 |
cat. XVI (2645) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
1 |
Balogh, Csaba |
g |
HUN |
2575 |
* |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
5½ |
2695 |
2 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
g |
GER |
2638 |
½ |
0 |
* |
* |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2682 |
3 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
g |
ROU |
2684 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
2673 |
4 |
Almasi, Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2667 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2676 |
5 |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
g |
ESP |
2675 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
0 |
½ |
4½ |
2603 |
6 |
Mikhalevski, Victor |
g |
ISR |
2632 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
* |
* |
3½ |
2537 |
Round 10 (March 28, 2008) |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
- Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
½-½ |
26 |
B32 |
Sicilian Labourdonnais |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
- Mikhalevski, Victor |
1-0 |
47 |
C80 |
Ruy Lopez Open |
Almasi, Zoltan |
- Balogh, Csaba |
½-½ |
23 |
E20 |
Nimzo Indian |
|
|
|
|
17th Amber tournament
Kramnik and Aronian
during their rapid game in round 10. Photo © ChessVibes
The 17th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament
took place March 14th-28th, 2008 at the Hotel Palais de la
Mediterranée on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Twelve grandmasters
from ten different countries took part and the total prize-fund was
216,000 Euro. Levon Aronian having already secured victory with a round
to go in the
combined and rapid sections also shared first in the blindfold section
along with Kramnik, Morozevich and Topalov.
Official site: http://www.amberchess2008.com
Blindfold Games in PGN and Rapid Games in PGN
Page of results and
pairings
Amber Blindfold
and
Rapid 15-27 iii 2008.
cat. XXI (2752) |
Thursday 27th March 2008 Round XI.
|
12.30 |
Blind |
Kramnik |
1/2 |
Karjakin |
Anand |
1/2 |
Van Wely |
Mamedyarov |
1-0 |
Gelfand |
14.00 |
Blind |
Topalov |
1-0 |
Ivanchuk |
Leko |
1/2 |
Aronian |
Morozevich |
1/2 |
Carlsen |
15.45 |
Rapid |
Karjakin |
1/2 |
Kramnik |
Van Wely |
1/2 |
Anand |
Gelfand |
1-0 |
Mamedyarov |
17.15 |
Rapid |
Ivanchuk |
1-0 |
Topalov |
Aronian |
1/2 |
Leko |
Carlsen |
1/2 |
Morozevich |
Amber Blindfold
14-28 iii 2008
Final Round 11 Standings |
1. |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2799 |
6½ |
2813 |
2. |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2739 |
6½ |
2818 |
3. |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2765 |
6½ |
2816 |
4. |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2780 |
6½ |
2814 |
5. |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2753 |
6 |
2788 |
6. |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2799 |
6 |
2784 |
7. |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2733 |
6 |
2790 |
8. |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
5 |
2718 |
9. |
Van Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
2681 |
5 |
2722 |
10. |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2751 |
4½ |
2687 |
11. |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2760 |
4½ |
2686 |
12. |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2737 |
3 |
2578 |
Amber Rapid 14-28
iii 2008
Final Round 11 Standings |
1. |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2739 |
8 |
2928 |
2. |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2751 |
6½ |
2817 |
3. |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2737 |
6 |
2789 |
4. |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2753 |
6 |
2788 |
5. |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2733 |
6 |
2790 |
6. |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2799 |
5½ |
2748 |
7. |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2780 |
5½ |
2749 |
8. |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2799 |
5 |
2712 |
9. |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2760 |
4½ |
2686 |
10. |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2765 |
4½ |
2686 |
11. |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
4½ |
2689 |
12. |
Van Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
2681 |
4 |
2656 |
Amber Blindfold and
Rapid 14-28 iii 2008
Combined Final Standings |
1. |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2739 |
14.5 |
2870 |
2. |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2799 |
12.0 |
2784 |
3. |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2753 |
12.0 |
2788 |
4. |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2780 |
12.0 |
2785 |
5. |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2733 |
12.0 |
2790 |
6. |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2751 |
11.0 |
2752 |
7. |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2799 |
11.0 |
2748 |
8. |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2765 |
11.0 |
2751 |
9. |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
9.5 |
2704 |
10. |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2737 |
9.0 |
2688 |
11. |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2760 |
9.0 |
2686 |
12. |
Van Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
2681 |
9.0 |
2693 |
|
|
|
|
|
24th Cappelle La Grande Open
Winner Vugar Gashimov. Photo © Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/
The 24th Cappelle La Grande Open took place 16th-23rd February
2008. The winner was GM Vugar Gashimov who scored 7/9 and had the
best tie-break ahead of 7 others on 7/9 (Arutinian, Fedorchuk,
Kryvoruchko, Chernyshov, Deviatkin, Kotronias and L’Ami).
There were 14 norms (17 last year) : # GM : Kravtsiv - Salgado
Lopez - Papp - Deviatkin # IM : Gosset - Nabaty - Grandelius -
Hrabinska - Melia - Bijaoui - Rasmussen # WGM : Hoolt # WIM : Hoolt
- Schuurman
Games
in PGN Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/
24th Cappelle La Grande
Open (FRA), 16-23 ii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings |
Pl |
Surname |
First Name |
Ti |
NAT |
Rat |
PTS |
DEP |
1 |
Gashimov |
Vugar |
GM |
AZE |
2665 |
7.0 |
2741 |
2 |
Arutinian |
David |
GM |
GEO |
2576 |
7.0 |
2736 |
3 |
Fedorchuk |
Sergey |
GM |
UKR |
2652 |
7.0 |
2735 |
4 |
Kryvoruchko |
Yuriy |
GM |
UKR |
2597 |
7.0 |
2735 |
5 |
Chernyshov |
Konstantin |
GM |
RUS |
2543 |
7.0 |
2722 |
6 |
Deviatkin |
Andrei |
IM |
RUS |
2543 |
7.0 |
2712 |
7 |
Kotronias |
Vasilios |
GM |
GRE |
2628 |
7.0 |
2651 |
8 |
L'ami |
Erwin |
GM |
NED |
2581 |
7.0 |
2637 |
9 |
Moiseenko |
Alexander |
GM |
UKR |
2643 |
6.5 |
2665 |
10 |
Vitiugov |
Nikita |
GM |
RUS |
2609 |
6.5 |
2664 |
11 |
Kazhgaleyev |
Murtas |
GM |
KAZ |
2594 |
6.5 |
2662 |
12 |
Malakhatko |
Vadim |
GM |
BEL |
2600 |
6.5 |
2653 |
13 |
Petrosian |
Tigran l |
GM |
ARM |
2606 |
6.5 |
2653 |
14 |
Miroshnichenko |
Evgenij |
GM |
UKR |
2647 |
6.5 |
2645 |
15 |
Kravtsiv |
Martyn |
IM |
UKR |
2516 |
6.5 |
2642 |
16 |
Luther |
Thomas |
GM |
GER |
2526 |
6.5 |
2632 |
17 |
Gulko |
Boris F |
GM |
USA |
2550 |
6.5 |
2622 |
18 |
Kanep |
Meelis |
GM |
EST |
2523 |
6.5 |
2614 |
19 |
Papp |
Gabor |
IM |
HUN |
2484 |
6.5 |
2611 |
20 |
Ulibin |
Mikhail |
GM |
RUS |
2518 |
6.5 |
2607 |
21 |
David |
Alberto |
GM |
LUX |
2557 |
6.5 |
2606 |
22 |
Degraeve |
Jean-Marc |
GM |
FRA |
2535 |
6.5 |
2601 |
23 |
Savchenko |
Stanislav |
GM |
UKR |
2558 |
6.5 |
2601 |
24 |
Renet |
Olivier |
GM |
FRA |
2513 |
6.5 |
2593 |
25 |
Rozentalis |
Eduardas |
GM |
LTU |
2567 |
6.5 |
2568 |
26 |
Simutowe |
Amon |
IM |
ZAM |
2457 |
6.5 |
2565 |
27 |
Sokolov |
Andrei |
GM |
FRA |
2594 |
6.5 |
2541 |
28 |
Szelag |
Marcin |
IM |
POL |
2484 |
6.5 |
2534 |
29 |
Maiorov |
Nikita |
GM |
BLR |
2525 |
6.5 |
2506 |
30 |
Erdos |
Viktor |
GM |
HUN |
2575 |
6.5 |
2503 |
31 |
Llaneza Vega |
Marcos |
IM |
ESP |
2445 |
6.5 |
2477 |
32 |
Salgado Lopez |
Ivan |
IM |
ESP |
2459 |
6.0 |
2637 |
33 |
Oleksienko |
Mikhailo |
GM |
UKR |
2590 |
6.0 |
2631 |
34 |
Timoshenko |
Georgy |
GM |
UKR |
2560 |
6.0 |
2624 |
35 |
Panarin |
Mikhail |
GM |
RUS |
2511 |
6.0 |
2613 |
36 |
Gharamian |
Tigran |
IM |
FRA |
2558 |
6.0 |
2585 |
37 |
Shneider |
Aleksandr |
GM |
UKR |
2532 |
6.0 |
2567 |
38 |
Dervishi |
Erald |
GM |
ALB |
2543 |
6.0 |
2561 |
39 |
Belov |
Vladimir |
GM |
RUS |
2578 |
6.0 |
2553 |
40 |
Li |
Shilong |
GM |
CHN |
2502 |
6.0 |
2552 |
41 |
Olszewski |
Michal |
IM |
POL |
2430 |
6.0 |
2548 |
42 |
Aveskulov |
Valeriy |
GM |
UKR |
2532 |
6.0 |
2547 |
43 |
Dzagnidze |
Nana |
IM |
GEO |
2429 |
6.0 |
2547 |
44 |
Tissir |
Mohamed |
IM |
MAR |
2428 |
6.0 |
2542 |
45 |
Burmakin |
Vladimir |
GM |
RUS |
2611 |
6.0 |
2534 |
46 |
Hess |
Robert L |
IM |
USA |
2445 |
6.0 |
2530 |
47 |
Martinez Martin |
David |
IM |
ESP |
2395 |
6.0 |
2527 |
48 |
Spraggett |
Kevin |
GM |
CAN |
2588 |
6.0 |
2527 |
49 |
Khruschiov |
Alexey |
GM |
MDA |
2504 |
6.0 |
2526 |
50 |
Cyborowski |
Lukasz |
GM |
POL |
2543 |
6.0 |
2521 |
51 |
Banusz |
Tamas |
IM |
HUN |
2489 |
6.0 |
2520 |
52 |
Lalic |
Bogdan |
GM |
CRO |
2507 |
6.0 |
2519 |
53 |
Butnorius |
Algimantas |
GM |
LTU |
2441 |
6.0 |
2510 |
54 |
Sandipan |
Chanda |
GM |
IND |
2593 |
6.0 |
2505 |
55 |
Ghane |
Shojaat |
IM |
IRI |
2442 |
6.0 |
2503 |
56 |
Mamedov |
Nidjat |
GM |
AZE |
2574 |
6.0 |
2502 |
57 |
Gutman |
Gennadi |
GM |
UKR |
2496 |
6.0 |
2501 |
58 |
Grandelius |
Nils |
FM |
SWE |
2371 |
6.0 |
2500 |
59 |
Moroz |
Alexander |
GM |
UKR |
2512 |
6.0 |
2496 |
60 |
Danielian |
Elina |
IM |
ARM |
2480 |
6.0 |
2494 |
61 |
Kharitonov |
Alexandr |
GM |
RUS |
2524 |
6.0 |
2485 |
62 |
Van Der Weide |
Karel |
GM |
NED |
2483 |
6.0 |
2473 |
63 |
Naumkin |
Igor |
GM |
RUS |
2475 |
6.0 |
2472 |
64 |
Rasmussen |
Allan stig |
FM |
DEN |
2468 |
6.0 |
2465 |
65 |
Vera Gonzalez Q |
Reynaldo |
GM |
CUB |
2495 |
6.0 |
2464 |
66 |
Mogranzini |
Roberto |
IM |
ITA |
2401 |
6.0 |
2461 |
67 |
Llorente Zaro |
Alfonso |
IM |
ESP |
2435 |
6.0 |
2448 |
68 |
Khurtsidze |
Nino |
IM |
GEO |
2441 |
6.0 |
2446 |
69 |
Sulskis |
Sarunas |
GM |
LTU |
2553 |
6.0 |
2444 |
70 |
Petkevich |
Jusefs |
GM |
LAT |
2434 |
6.0 |
2430 |
71 |
Wang |
Puchen |
IM |
NZL |
2383 |
6.0 |
2425 |
72 |
Smith |
Axel |
CF |
SWE |
2458 |
6.0 |
2420 |
73 |
Durarbeyli |
Vasif |
IM |
AZE |
2392 |
6.0 |
2419 |
74 |
Grabinsky |
Vladimir |
IM |
UKR |
2295 |
6.0 |
2416 |
75 |
Aloma Vidal |
Robert |
FM |
ESP |
2393 |
6.0 |
2410 |
76 |
Klovans |
Janis |
GM |
LAT |
2447 |
6.0 |
2359 |
77 |
Sandu |
Mihaela |
IM |
ROU |
2313 |
6.0 |
2349 |
78 |
Petrosian |
Suren |
IM |
ARM |
2404 |
6.0 |
2368 |
79 |
Vavrak |
Peter |
IM |
SVK |
2472 |
5.5 |
2550 |
80 |
Zubarev |
Alexander |
GM |
UKR |
2491 |
5.5 |
2528 |
|
|
|
|
1st Pfalz Open
The 1st Pfalz Open took place in Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße
15th-23rd February 2008. Tomasz Markowski took clear first place
with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field.
Official site: http://www.pfalzopen.de/ - Live coverage
at: http://www.schach.com/neustadt
Games
in PGN
1st Pfalz Open Neustadt
a.d. Weinstrasse (GER), 16-23 ii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings |
Pl |
Player |
Ti |
NAT |
Rat |
Pts |
Buchh |
BuSumm |
1 |
Markowski,Tomasz |
GM |
2585 |
POL |
7.5 |
48 |
379.5 |
2 |
Tiviakov,Sergei |
GM |
2649 |
NED |
7 |
51 |
373 |
3 |
Greenfeld,Alon |
GM |
2559 |
ISR |
7 |
49.5 |
375.5 |
4 |
Postny,Evgeny |
GM |
2627 |
ISR |
7 |
49.5 |
372 |
5 |
Milov,Leonid |
IM |
2482 |
GER |
7 |
48.5 |
367.5 |
6 |
Kempinski,Robert |
GM |
2590 |
GER |
7 |
46.5 |
369 |
7 |
Korneev,Oleg |
GM |
2645 |
RUS |
7 |
42.5 |
343.5 |
8 |
Graf,Alexander |
GM |
2586 |
GER |
6.5 |
49 |
371.5 |
9 |
Khenkin,Igor |
GM |
2602 |
GER |
6.5 |
49 |
368 |
10 |
Epishin,Vladimir |
GM |
2577 |
RUS |
6.5 |
47 |
354 |
11 |
Berelovich,Aleksa |
GM |
2606 |
UKR |
6.5 |
46 |
366 |
12 |
Borovikov,Vladisl |
GM |
2583 |
UKR |
6.5 |
46 |
342 |
13 |
Kekelidze,Michail |
GM |
2454 |
GEO |
6.5 |
45.5 |
351 |
14 |
Dgebuadze,Alexand |
GM |
2512 |
BEL |
6.5 |
45 |
351.5 |
15 |
Teske,Henrik |
GM |
2493 |
GER |
6.5 |
44.5 |
349.5 |
16 |
Brener,Ilja |
IM |
2394 |
GER |
6.5 |
44 |
341 |
17 |
Djuric,Stefan |
GM |
2448 |
SRB |
6.5 |
43 |
357.5 |
18 |
Starostits,Ilmars |
IM |
2500 |
LAT |
6.5 |
43 |
343.5 |
19 |
Haba,Petr |
GM |
2536 |
CZE |
6 |
51.5 |
366.5 |
20 |
Manolache,Marius |
GM |
2530 |
ROU |
6 |
50 |
363 |
21 |
Drozdovskyy,Yuriy |
GM |
2574 |
UKR |
6 |
50 |
358 |
22 |
Moldovan,Daniel |
IM |
2446 |
ROU |
6 |
48.5 |
346.5 |
23 |
Morawietz,Dieter |
|
2424 |
GER |
6 |
48 |
352.5 |
24 |
Lauber,Arnd |
IM |
2417 |
GER |
6 |
47 |
344 |
25 |
Agopov,Mikael |
IM |
2444 |
FIN |
6 |
45 |
344 |
26 |
Chernov,Vadim |
IM |
2505 |
ROU |
6 |
45 |
342 |
27 |
Wegerle,Jörg |
FM |
2415 |
GER |
6 |
44.5 |
331 |
28 |
Mäurer,Christoph, |
FM |
2266 |
GER |
6 |
44 |
352 |
29 |
Helbig,Mark |
FM |
2343 |
GER |
6 |
43.5 |
331.5 |
30 |
Dyballa,Markus |
FM |
2324 |
GER |
6 |
42.5 |
345 |
31 |
Mezhlumian,Vahram |
|
2264 |
ARM |
6 |
42 |
334.5 |
32 |
Piasetski,Leon |
IM |
2308 |
CAN |
6 |
42 |
330 |
33 |
Heimann,Andreas |
|
2403 |
GER |
6 |
41.5 |
315 |
34 |
Zdebskaja,Natalia |
WGM |
2313 |
UKR |
6 |
40.5 |
326.5 |
35 |
Haker,Johann-Chri |
|
2342 |
GER |
5.5 |
45 |
349 |
36 |
Kopylov,Michael |
IM |
2457 |
UKR |
5.5 |
45 |
348 |
37 |
Schulze,Ulrich |
IM |
2316 |
GER |
5.5 |
44.5 |
351.5 |
38 |
Dittmar,Peter |
FM |
2329 |
GER |
5.5 |
44.5 |
342 |
39 |
Nekrasov,Michail |
IM |
2375 |
UKR |
5.5 |
44 |
345 |
40 |
Sorm,Daniel |
FM |
2330 |
FID |
5.5 |
44 |
315 |
41 |
Esterluss,Johanne |
|
2126 |
GER |
5.5 |
43 |
345 |
42 |
Hillenbrand,Micha |
|
2167 |
GER |
5.5 |
42.5 |
346 |
43 |
Krockenberger,Mar |
FM |
2208 |
GER |
5.5 |
42.5 |
334.5 |
44 |
Ferkingstad,Sjur |
|
2232 |
NOR |
5.5 |
42.5 |
332.5 |
45 |
Degenhardt,Horst |
FM |
2286 |
GER |
5.5 |
42.5 |
328.5 |
46 |
Meiser,Markus |
|
2187 |
GER |
5.5 |
41.5 |
333.5 |
47 |
Friedrich,Norbert |
FM |
2306 |
GER |
5.5 |
41 |
345.5 |
48 |
Frotscher,Thomas |
|
2174 |
GER |
5.5 |
41 |
332 |
49 |
De Andres Gonalon |
|
2092 |
ESP |
5.5 |
41 |
324.5 |
50 |
Vogel,Johannes |
|
1954 |
GER |
5.5 |
41 |
317.5 |
51 |
Wind,Lutz |
|
2174 |
GER |
5.5 |
40.5 |
338.5 |
52 |
Kopylova,Ljubov |
WIM |
2218 |
GER |
5.5 |
40.5 |
331 |
53 |
Piekors,Mark |
|
2094 |
GER |
5.5 |
38.5 |
317.5 |
54 |
Spitzer,Martin |
|
2223 |
GER |
5.5 |
37.5 |
311 |
55 |
Müller,Waldemar |
|
2168 |
GER |
5.5 |
36 |
327.5 |
56 |
Braun,Peter |
FM |
2309 |
GER |
5.5 |
35 |
302.5 |
57 |
Weisenburger,Hors |
|
2135 |
GER |
5.5 |
34.5 |
307 |
58 |
Dushatskiy,Fedor |
|
2206 |
GER |
5.5 |
32 |
301 |
59 |
Kunz,Konstantin |
|
2161 |
GER |
5 |
43.5 |
339 |
60 |
Feibert,Fred |
FM |
2256 |
GER |
5 |
43 |
327.5 |
61 |
Bongartz,Philipp |
|
1993 |
GER |
5 |
43 |
323 |
62 |
Busch,Lorenz |
|
2098 |
GER |
5 |
43 |
316.5 |
63 |
Meier,Volker |
FM |
2246 |
GER |
5 |
42.5 |
336.5 |
64 |
Martin,Stefan |
|
2226 |
GER |
5 |
40.5 |
329.5 |
65 |
Wilhelm,Jochen |
|
2167 |
GER |
5 |
40.5 |
319 |
66 |
Busch,Andreas |
|
2115 |
GER |
5 |
40.5 |
313 |
67 |
Schleich,Theodor, |
|
2052 |
GER |
5 |
40 |
304 |
68 |
Viebahn,Dirk |
|
2177 |
GER |
5 |
39.5 |
328.5 |
69 |
Dewenter,Ulf |
|
2220 |
GER |
5 |
39 |
334 |
70 |
Nowik,Volker |
|
2171 |
GER |
5 |
39 |
325 |
71 |
Frick,Christoph |
|
2271 |
GER |
5 |
39 |
321 |
72 |
Wurzel,Andre |
|
2193 |
GER |
5 |
38.5 |
339.5 |
73 |
Wüst,Hans-Heiner, |
|
2072 |
GER |
5 |
38 |
301.5 |
74 |
Scheeff,Volker |
|
2130 |
GER |
5 |
37.5 |
314 |
75 |
Schaefer,Michael |
|
2219 |
GER |
5 |
37 |
308.5 |
76 |
Inhoven,Stefan |
|
2140 |
GER |
5 |
37 |
307.5 |
77 |
Ludy,Klaus |
|
2134 |
GER |
5 |
37 |
304 |
78 |
Weber,Dominik |
|
2097 |
GER |
5 |
36.5 |
310 |
79 |
Hankel,Dennis |
|
2208 |
GER |
5 |
36.5 |
300 |
80 |
Hauck,Heiko |
|
2170 |
GER |
5 |
36 |
309 |
81 |
Zweschper,Erich |
|
2146 |
GER |
5 |
36 |
308 |
82 |
Ackermann,Hans We |
FM |
2342 |
GER |
5 |
35.5 |
315.5 |
83 |
Kastek,Thomas |
|
2207 |
GER |
5 |
35.5 |
306.5 |
84 |
Halt,David |
|
2044 |
GER |
5 |
35.5 |
290.5 |
85 |
Hansult,Manfred |
|
2042 |
GER |
5 |
35 |
301.5 |
86 |
Naundorf,Maik |
|
2134 |
GER |
5 |
34.5 |
320 |
87 |
Kaiser,Elmar |
|
2142 |
GER |
5 |
34 |
312.5 |
88 |
Bohne,Lutz |
|
2135 |
GER |
5 |
33 |
309.5 |
|
|
|
|
Four Nations Chess Challenge
The Four Nations Chess Challenge between Norway, Sweden, England
and Latvia took place in Oslo - Norway, 15th-17th February 2008.
Sweden took clear first winning all their matches, England came in
second place.
Official site: http://www.bergensjakk.no/four_nations_2008/
additional coverage: http://previews.chessdom.com/four-nations-chess-challenge
Four Nations Chess Challenge Oslo
(NOR)
15-17 ii 2008 Team Results |
Team |
Pl |
+ |
= |
- |
Ind Pts |
Mpts |
1. Sweden |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
20.0 |
6 |
2. England |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
14.0 |
4 |
3. Latvia |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
13.5 |
1 |
4. Norway |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
12.5 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Moscow Open 2008
The 4th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2008 takes
place 2nd-10th February 2008. Artyom Timofeev took first alone
place after winning a marathon game against the leader Ernesto
Inarkiev (who had just won 7 in a row).
Official site: http://moscowchessopen.ru/eng/index.shtml
Games in PGN
4th Open Moscow (RUS),
2-10 ii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
Rank |
Ti |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
Pts |
T/B |
1 |
GM |
Timofeev Artyom |
RUS |
2664 |
7,5 |
38,0 |
2 |
GM |
Riazantsev Alexander |
RUS |
2628 |
7,0 |
37,5 |
3 |
GM |
Volkov Sergey |
RUS |
2623 |
7,0 |
37,5 |
4 |
GM |
Efimenko Zahar |
UKR |
2638 |
7,0 |
37,0 |
5 |
GM |
Lastin Alexander |
RUS |
2604 |
7,0 |
37,0 |
6 |
GM |
Jobava Baadur |
GEO |
2643 |
7,0 |
36,5 |
7 |
GM |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
RUS |
2681 |
7,0 |
35,0 |
8 |
GM |
Kazhgaleyev Murtas |
KAZ |
2594 |
7,0 |
34,5 |
9 |
GM |
Moiseenko Alexander |
UKR |
2643 |
7,0 |
34,5 |
10 |
GM |
Kurnosov Igor |
RUS |
2577 |
7,0 |
32,5 |
11 |
GM |
Motylev Alexander |
RUS |
2644 |
6,5 |
34,5 |
12 |
GM |
Naiditsch Arkadij |
GER |
2638 |
6,5 |
34,0 |
13 |
GM |
Kobalia Mikhail |
RUS |
2623 |
6,5 |
33,5 |
14 |
GM |
Korobov Anton |
UKR |
2573 |
6,5 |
33,5 |
15 |
GM |
Potkin Vladimir |
RUS |
2609 |
6,5 |
33,5 |
16 |
GM |
Khairullin Ildar |
RUS |
2544 |
6,5 |
32,0 |
17 |
FM |
Zabotin Alexander |
RUS |
2495 |
6,5 |
32,0 |
18 |
GM |
Malakhov Vladimir |
RUS |
2689 |
6,5 |
31,5 |
19 |
GM |
Areshchenko Alexander |
UKR |
2645 |
6,5 |
31,0 |
20 |
GM |
Aleksandrov Aleksej |
BLR |
2618 |
6,5 |
30,5 |
21 |
GM |
Rodshtein Maxim |
ISR |
2614 |
6,5 |
27,5 |
|
|
|
|
Aeroflot Open 2008
Aeroflot Round 9 Ian Nepomniachtchi drew with Andrei Volokitin and
combined with an early draw between Dreev and Motylev, took clear
first place. Photo. © Robert Fontaine http://www.europe-echecs.com who
also have videos of the tournament.
The Aeroflot Open took place 14th-22nd February 2008. This is
usually regarded as the strongest open of the year with $30,000 US
first place and $100,000 US total prizes in the top group (and good
prizes in the lower groups). Ian Nepomniachtchi took clear first
with 7/9 half a point clear of the field.
Games in PGN (One interesting result
was the last (by some margin too) game to finish Nguyen Ngoc Truong
Son against Maxime Vachier Lagrave which was a Rook and Bishop vs
Rook endgame called off as a draw just two moves from mate due to
the 50 move rule. Vachier Lagrave knew he was safe on move 113
(133...Ka6 is a draw) and didn't care how he defended after
that.
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
Aeroflot Open Moscow (RUS), 14-22
ii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
Rk |
Name |
Ti |
NAT |
Elo |
Score |
TPR |
1 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
GM |
RUS |
2600 |
7.0 |
2822 |
2 |
Motylev, Alexander |
GM |
RUS |
2644 |
6.5 |
2761 |
3 |
Dreev, Alexey |
GM |
RUS |
2633 |
6.5 |
2767 |
4 |
Rodshtein, Maxim |
GM |
ISR |
2614 |
6.0 |
2717 |
5 |
Volokitin, Andrei |
GM |
UKR |
2674 |
6.0 |
2706 |
6 |
Grachev, Boris |
GM |
RUS |
2601 |
6.0 |
2736 |
7 |
Guseinov, Gadir |
GM |
AZE |
2617 |
6.0 |
2727 |
8 |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
GM |
TJK |
2649 |
6.0 |
2701 |
9 |
Mamedov, Rauf |
GM |
AZE |
2583 |
5.5 |
2694 |
10 |
Bologan, Viktor |
GM |
MDA |
2663 |
5.5 |
2655 |
11 |
Asrian, Karen |
GM |
ARM |
2621 |
5.5 |
2677 |
12 |
Predojevic, Borki |
GM |
BIH |
2641 |
5.5 |
2659 |
13 |
Sutovsky, Emil |
GM |
ISR |
2642 |
5.5 |
2653 |
14 |
Azarov, Sergei |
GM |
BLR |
2594 |
5.5 |
2611 |
15 |
Khismatullin, Denis |
GM |
RUS |
2564 |
5.0 |
2648 |
16 |
Le, Quang Liem |
GM |
VIE |
2540 |
5.0 |
2650 |
17 |
Kotanjian, Tigran |
GM |
ARM |
2545 |
5.0 |
2647 |
18 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
GM |
FRA |
2637 |
5.0 |
2599 |
19 |
Volkov, Sergey |
GM |
RUS |
2623 |
5.0 |
2598 |
20 |
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son |
GM |
VIE |
2551 |
5.0 |
2673 |
21 |
Zhou, Jianchao |
GM |
CHN |
2551 |
5.0 |
2669 |
22 |
Minasian, Artashes |
GM |
ARM |
2578 |
5.0 |
2647 |
23 |
Timofeev, Artyom |
GM |
RUS |
2664 |
5.0 |
2643 |
24 |
Grigoriants, Sergey |
GM |
RUS |
2583 |
5.0 |
2638 |
25 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
GM |
RUS |
2634 |
5.0 |
2616 |
26 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
GM |
ARM |
2700 |
5.0 |
2602 |
27 |
Jobava, Baadur |
GM |
GEO |
2643 |
5.0 |
2609 |
28 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
GM |
RUS |
2628 |
5.0 |
2587 |
29 |
Dyachkov, Sergej |
GM |
RUS |
2559 |
4.5 |
2613 |
30 |
Frolyanov, Dmitry |
GM |
RUS |
2544 |
4.5 |
2615 |
31 |
Hou, Yifan |
WGM |
CHN |
2527 |
4.5 |
2605 |
32 |
Bindrich, Falko |
GM |
GER |
2497 |
4.5 |
2591 |
33 |
Khalifman, Alexander |
GM |
RUS |
2638 |
4.5 |
2557 |
34 |
Lysyj, Igor |
GM |
RUS |
2593 |
4.5 |
2521 |
35 |
Evdokimov, Alexander A. |
GM |
RUS |
2569 |
4.5 |
2630 |
36 |
Safarli, Eltaj |
IM |
AZE |
2496 |
4.5 |
2576 |
37 |
Zhigalko, Andrey |
GM |
BLR |
2556 |
4.5 |
2597 |
38 |
Feller, Sebastien |
GM |
FRA |
2522 |
4.5 |
2605 |
39 |
Iordachescu, Viorel |
GM |
MDA |
2586 |
4.5 |
2566 |
40 |
Jussupow, Artur |
GM |
GER |
2585 |
4.5 |
2564 |
|
|
|
|
|
Daniel Noteboom Memorial
The Daniel Noteboom Memorial tournament took place in Leiden,
Netherlands 1st-3rd February 2008. Predrag Nikolic edged out John
Van der Wiel for the cup on Buchholz tie-break after both finished
on 5.5/6.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://lsg-leiden.nl/noteboom/2008/noteboom2008.html.
Frits Agterdenbos photo report:
http://www.chessvista.com/
Noteboom Mem A Leiden
(NED), 1-3 ii 2008.
Leading Final Round 6 Standings: |
Pl. |
Name |
Ti. |
NAT |
ELO |
Sc |
# |
Bhlz |
SB |
1 |
Nikolic, Predrag |
g |
BIH |
2665 |
5.5 |
6 |
25.0 |
22.50 |
2 |
Van der Wiel, John |
g |
NED |
2490 |
5.5 |
6 |
21.0 |
19.00 |
3 |
Li Shilong |
g |
CHN |
2502 |
5.0 |
6 |
25.0 |
19.50 |
4 |
Roobol, Martin |
f |
NED |
2288 |
5.0 |
5 |
23.0 |
18.50 |
5 |
Dgebuadze, Alexandre |
g |
BEL |
2512 |
5.0 |
6 |
23.0 |
18.25 |
6 |
Lalic, Bogdan |
g |
CRO |
2507 |
5.0 |
6 |
21.5 |
17.50 |
7 |
Wantola, Ivo |
|
NED |
2229 |
4.5 |
5 |
24.0 |
16.75 |
8 |
Van den Doel, Erik |
g |
NED |
2593 |
4.5 |
6 |
24.0 |
16.25 |
9 |
Nijboer, Friso |
g |
NED |
2578 |
4.5 |
6 |
22.0 |
15.25 |
10 |
Plukkel, Sjoerd |
|
NED |
2196 |
4.5 |
5 |
22.0 |
14.25 |
11 |
Lahaye, Rick |
|
NED |
2377 |
4.5 |
6 |
21.5 |
14.00 |
12 |
Van Ketel, Raoul |
f |
NED |
2339 |
4.5 |
6 |
20.0 |
14.25 |
13 |
Miedema, Roi |
f |
NED |
2287 |
4.5 |
6 |
19.5 |
12.50 |
14 |
Pel, Bonno |
f |
NED |
2299 |
4.5 |
5 |
19.5 |
12.25 |
15 |
Burg, Twan |
f |
NED |
2262 |
4.0 |
6 |
25.5 |
15.50 |
16 |
Kuipers, Stefan |
|
NED |
2302 |
4.0 |
6 |
22.5 |
13.75 |
17 |
Van Dongen, Cor |
|
NED |
2315 |
4.0 |
5 |
22.5 |
13.00 |
18 |
Gorter, Yme |
|
NED |
2084 |
4.0 |
5 |
22.0 |
13.00 |
19 |
Van Kampen, Robin |
|
NED |
2243 |
4.0 |
6 |
22.0 |
12.50 |
20 |
Hagendijk, Klaas |
|
NED |
---- |
4.0 |
5 |
21.5 |
12.75 |
144 players |
|
|
|
|
|
Wijk
aan Zee 2008
Aronian, Carlsen and Corus director Marjan Oudeman
at the closing ceremony. Photo © Frits Agterdenbos: http://www.chessvista.com/
The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 took place
11th-27th January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee. The tournament venue was the De
Moriaan Community Centre. Levon Aronian shared first place for the
second year in a row. 17 year old Magnus Carlsen was joint first having
made his breakthrough in the C-Group in only 2004.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com
Link to
stories, annotations and full Wijk aan Zee 2008 tables
PGN
A-Group in PGN - B-Group in PGN - C-Group
in PGN - Honorary-Group in PGN
Corus
A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XX (2742) |
1. |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2739 |
8 |
2829 |
2. |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2733 |
8 |
2830 |
3. |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2799 |
7½ |
2794 |
4. |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2735 |
7½ |
2799 |
5. |
Lékó, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2753 |
7 |
2770 |
6. |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2751 |
7 |
2770 |
7. |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
2726 |
6½ |
2743 |
8. |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2799 |
6½ |
2737 |
9. |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2780 |
6 |
2710 |
10. |
Polgar, Judit |
g |
HUN |
2707 |
6 |
2716 |
11. |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2760 |
6 |
2711 |
12. |
Eljanov, Pavel |
g |
UKR |
2692 |
5 |
2659 |
13. |
Van Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
2681 |
5 |
2660 |
14. |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2737 |
5 |
2655 |
Fred Lucas takes many photos at the event: http://www.fredlucas.eu. Frits
Agterdenbos has daily photo reports: http://www.chessvista.com/.
Commentary: http://www.chessdom.com/.
Chess Videos: http://www.chessvibes.com/.
http://www.chessclub.com/
has daily live coverage and also John Watson interviews Wijk tournament
director Jeroen van den Berg on his Book show.
Direct link - Etienne Bacrot annotates his own games: http://www.chess22.fr/ - Ian Rogers
blogging from Wijk: http://main.uschess.org/
- John Lee Shaw on the spot: http://www.chessgateway.com/
- Europe Echecs has videos: http://www.europe-echecs.com/
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Gibraltar 2008
Jon Speelman drew against Hikaru Nakamura in round 3. Photo
© John Saunders
The 6th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival took place
22nd-31st January 2008 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar's best
hotels. Hikaru Nakamura beat Bu Xiangzhi in a playoff 2-0 to win
the event after both players finished on 8/10.
Games in PGN
Offical site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
-Chess Videos: http://www.chessvibes.com/
Coverage at:
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2008/live/commentary.html
(9 games). Another 50 are available live at http://www.monroi.com
Gibraltar's Gibtelecom
Chess Festival 22nd-31st January 2008
Leading Final Round 10 standings: |
Rank |
Name |
Ti |
Fed. |
Rating |
Score |
BH |
SB |
TPR |
1 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
GM |
CHN |
2691 |
8.0 |
67.5 |
53.25 |
2834 |
2 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
GM |
USA |
2670 |
8.0 |
63.5 |
50.75 |
2747 |
3 |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
GM |
UKR |
2645 |
7.5 |
61.5 |
45.5 |
2663 |
4 |
Bologan, Viktor |
GM |
MDA |
2663 |
7.5 |
62.0 |
43.75 |
2680 |
5 |
Efimenko, Zahar |
GM |
UKR |
2638 |
7.5 |
64.5 |
47.5 |
2687 |
6 |
Gopal, G.N. |
GM |
IND |
2528 |
7.5 |
61.5 |
44.0 |
2703 |
7 |
Gurevich, Mikhail |
GM |
TUR |
2607 |
7.5 |
58.0 |
42.75 |
2635 |
8 |
Ni, Hua |
GM |
CHN |
2680 |
7.5 |
64.0 |
46.25 |
2742 |
9 |
Wang, Hao |
GM |
CHN |
2665 |
7.5 |
60.5 |
43.75 |
2728 |
10 |
Akobian, Varuzhan |
GM |
USA |
2599 |
7.0 |
58.5 |
38.0 |
2605 |
11 |
Banikas, Hristos |
GM |
GRE |
2592 |
7.0 |
64.0 |
43.25 |
2691 |
12 |
Beliavsky, Alexander G |
GM |
SLO |
2638 |
7.0 |
63.0 |
42.5 |
2636 |
13 |
Berg, Emanuel |
GM |
SWE |
2583 |
7.0 |
63.5 |
42.5 |
2668 |
14 |
Georgiev, Kiril |
GM |
BUL |
2662 |
7.0 |
64.5 |
44.0 |
2684 |
15 |
Kritz, Leonid |
GM |
GER |
2592 |
7.0 |
60.5 |
40.25 |
2583 |
16 |
Petrosian, Tigran L. |
GM |
ARM |
2606 |
7.0 |
60.5 |
41.0 |
2615 |
17 |
Sandipan, Chanda |
GM |
IND |
2593 |
7.0 |
58.0 |
38.5 |
2565 |
18 |
Szabo, Krisztian |
IM |
HUN |
2500 |
7.0 |
55.0 |
35.75 |
2505 |
19 |
Thomassen, Joachim |
FM |
NOR |
2308 |
7.0 |
54.5 |
37.25 |
2517 |
20 |
Wang, Yue |
GM |
CHN |
2698 |
7.0 |
60.0 |
41.75 |
2653 |
21 |
Al Sayed, Mohamad N. |
IM |
QAT |
2486 |
6.5 |
52.0 |
32.0 |
2424 |
22 |
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan |
IM |
GEO |
2457 |
6.5 |
55.5 |
34.5 |
2422 |
23 |
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel |
GM |
ESP |
2455 |
6.5 |
49.5 |
31.0 |
2344 |
24 |
Butnorius, Algimantas |
GM |
LTU |
2441 |
6.5 |
57.5 |
34.75 |
2455 |
25 |
Cmilyte, Viktorija |
IM |
LTU |
2475 |
6.5 |
58.5 |
34.0 |
2578 |
26 |
Devereaux, Maxim L |
FM |
ENG |
2348 |
6.5 |
55.0 |
33.75 |
2491 |
27 |
Harika, Dronavalli |
IM |
IND |
2455 |
6.5 |
60.0 |
36.0 |
2472 |
28 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy |
GM |
UKR |
2606 |
6.5 |
60.5 |
35.0 |
2545 |
29 |
Malakhatko, Vadim |
GM |
BEL |
2600 |
6.5 |
62.0 |
38.25 |
2593 |
30 |
Papadopoulos, Ioannis |
IM |
GRE |
2444 |
6.5 |
52.5 |
33.25 |
2398 |
31 |
Quillan, Gary |
|
ENG |
2362 |
6.5 |
52.5 |
30.75 |
2354 |
32 |
Socko, Bartosz |
GM |
POL |
2635 |
6.5 |
65.0 |
39.25 |
2620 |
33 |
Speelman, Jon S |
GM |
ENG |
2491 |
6.5 |
67.5 |
42.25 |
2690 |
34 |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
GM |
BUL |
2464 |
6.5 |
68.0 |
40.25 |
2690 |
35 |
Sulskis, Sarunas |
GM |
LTU |
2553 |
6.5 |
60.0 |
36.5 |
2573 |
36 |
Zhao, Zong-Yuan |
IM |
AUS |
2487 |
6.5 |
66.0 |
42.25 |
2642 |
37 |
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad |
GM |
QAT |
2569 |
6.0 |
63.0 |
36.75 |
2519 |
203 players |
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Croatian Championship 2008
The Croatian chess championship took place in Split, 16th-29th
January 2008. Hrvoje Stevic won the event with 8/12 a point clear
of Robert Zelcic. Elo favourite Zdenko Kozul trailed in 11th with
only 5 points.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.a1split.hr/prvenstvo/prvenstvo.html
ch-CRO Split (CRO),
16-29 i 2008 cat. XII (2538) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1. |
Stevic, Hrvoje |
g |
CRO |
2531 |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
8 |
2663 |
2. |
Zelcic, Robert |
g |
CRO |
2587 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
7 |
2591 |
3. |
Kurajica, Bojan |
g |
CRO |
2556 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
2565 |
4. |
Hulak, Krunoslav |
g |
CRO |
2552 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
6½ |
2566 |
5. |
Jankovic, Alojzije |
g |
CRO |
2541 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6½ |
2566 |
6. |
Jovanovic, Zoran |
g |
CRO |
2525 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
6½ |
2568 |
7. |
Saric, Ivan |
m |
CRO |
2482 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
6 |
2542 |
8. |
Cvitan, Ognjen |
g |
CRO |
2535 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
6 |
2538 |
9. |
Palac, Mladen |
g |
CRO |
2575 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
5½ |
2506 |
10. |
Dizdar, Goran |
g |
CRO |
2564 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2507 |
11. |
Kozul, Zdenko |
g |
CRO |
2600 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
5 |
2476 |
12. |
Rezan, Sasa |
m |
CRO |
2390 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
4½ |
2463 |
13. |
Brkic, Ante |
g |
CRO |
2558 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
4½ |
2449 |
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Bobby Fischer 1943-2008
Bobby Fischer died from kidney failure 17th January 2008. He'd been
in hospital for two months but was released to go home after the
doctors said his case was hopeless, he may have also been in
hospital for his final days. Born March 9th 1943 he became world
champion in 1972.
Robert James Fischer 1943-2008
by Mark Crowther
Leonard
Barden in the Guardian
Dick Cavett article and video of an interesting interview from
1972 |
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Armenian Championship 2008
The 68th Armenian Championship takes place 7th-21st January 2008 in
Yerevan. Ashot Anastasian withdrew after 8 rounds. Karen Asrian
edged out Artashes Minasian on tie-break after both finished on 8
points.
Official site: http://www.armchess.am/
Games in PGN
68th ch-ARM Yerevan (ARM), 8-21 i 2008 cat. XII
(2531) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1. |
Asrian, Karen |
g |
ARM |
2621 |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
8 |
2648 |
2. |
Minasian, Artashes |
g |
ARM |
2578 |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
2652 |
3. |
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel |
f |
ARM |
2369 |
1 |
1 |
* |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
7½ |
2639 |
4. |
Kotanjian, Tigran |
g |
ARM |
2545 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
2625 |
5. |
Petrosian, Tigran L |
g |
ARM |
2606 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
* |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
2620 |
6. |
Andriasian, Zaven |
g |
ARM |
2532 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2588 |
7. |
Minasian, Ara |
g |
ARM |
2466 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
2565 |
8. |
Lputian, Smbat G |
g |
ARM |
2616 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
6 |
2524 |
9. |
Pashikian, Arman |
g |
ARM |
2556 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
2529 |
10. |
Babujian, Levon |
m |
ARM |
2439 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2414 |
11. |
Yegiazarian, Arsen |
g |
ARM |
2512 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
3½ |
2374 |
12. |
Anastasian, Ashot |
g |
ARM |
2562 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
* |
½ |
3½ |
2370 |
13. |
Nalbandian, Tigran |
g |
ARM |
2505 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
3 |
2340 |
|
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January 2008 FIDE Rating List
The January 2008 FIDE rating list see's Vladimir Kramnik number one
on games played from Viswanathan Anand both are tied on 2799.
FIDE January 2008 Rating List: Top
100
January 2008 FIDE
Rating List. Top 20 |
No |
Oc |
Name |
NAT |
YroB |
ja08 |
Gms |
1 |
3 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
RUS |
1975 |
2799 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
IND |
1969 |
2799 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
Topalov, Veselin |
BUL |
1975 |
2780 |
14 |
4 |
6 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
RUS |
1977 |
2765 |
12 |
5 |
12 |
Svidler, Peter |
RUS |
1976 |
2763 |
19 |
6 |
7 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz |
AZE |
1985 |
2760 |
35 |
7 |
10 |
Shirov, Alexei |
ESP |
1972 |
2755 |
49 |
8 |
5 |
Leko, Peter |
HUN |
1979 |
2753 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
UKR |
1969 |
2751 |
30 |
10 |
9 |
Aronian, Levon |
ARM |
1982 |
2739 |
16 |
11 |
11 |
Gelfand, Boris |
ISR |
1968 |
2737 |
9 |
12 |
8 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
AZE |
1987 |
2735 |
20 |
13 |
16 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
NOR |
1990 |
2733 |
37 |
14 |
24 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
UKR |
1990 |
2732 |
36 |
15 |
17 |
Kamsky, Gata |
USA |
1974 |
2726 |
32 |
16 |
13 |
Adams, Michael |
ENG |
1971 |
2726 |
31 |
17 |
19 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
RUS |
1983 |
2720 |
33 |
18 |
21 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
UKR |
1983 |
2719 |
40 |
19 |
42 |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
BUL |
1986 |
2713 |
36 |
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Maalot-Tarshiha
There was an international tournament in Maalot-Tarshiha, Israel
7th-15th January 2008. Ilia Smirin and Evgeny Postny finished on
6/9.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.chess.org.il/sitefiles/1/30/3667.asp
It Maalot-Tarshiha (ISR), 7-15 i 2008 cat. XV
(2620) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
1. |
Smirin, Ilia |
g |
ISR |
2616 |
* |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2745 |
2. |
Postny, Evgeny |
g |
ISR |
2627 |
0 |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2744 |
3. |
Khenkin, Igor |
g |
GER |
2602 |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
5 |
2665 |
4. |
Roiz, Michael |
g |
ISR |
2659 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2658 |
5. |
Avrukh, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2628 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2662 |
6. |
Gyimesi, Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2605 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
4½ |
2621 |
7. |
Rodshtein, Maxim |
m |
ISR |
2614 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
2620 |
8. |
Moiseenko, Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2643 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
4 |
2574 |
9. |
Macieja, Bartlomiej |
g |
POL |
2617 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
3 |
2495 |
10. |
Kogan, Artur |
g |
ISR |
2591 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
2 |
2403 |
|
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2nd ACP World Rapid
Cup
The winner Teimour Radjabov is interviewed. Photo © Misha
Savinov.
2nd ACP World Rapid Cup sponsored by the Pivdenny Bank took place
in Odessa, Ukraine January 4th-7th, 2008. The event was a 16 player
knockout. Teimour Radjabov overcame Alexander Grischuk in a blitz
playoff to win the final 2.5-1.5
Time controls. 1st pair of games 20 mins+ 5 secs per move.
Tie-breaks: If a match endws in a draw (1-1), two additional blitz
games were played. Time control 3 min+2 sec per move. If a final
tie-break was needed then a single blitz game where White has 5
mins and needs to win the game in order to win the match. Black,
with draw odds only had 4 minutes. This final tie-break game was
played without time increment.
Games in PGN
2nd ACP World Rapid Cup Odessa UKR 4-7 i 2008 |
Round 1 Day 1 4th Jan 2008 |
Savchenko, Boris |
g |
RUS |
2589 |
0-2 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2720 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2735 |
1.5-0.5 |
Drozdovskij, Yuri |
g |
UKR |
2574 |
Eljanov, Pavel |
g |
UKR |
2692 |
0.5-1.5 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2751 |
Shirov, Alexei |
g |
ESP |
2755 |
0.5-1.5 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2681 |
Round 1 Day 2 5th Jan 2008 |
Shabalov, Alexander |
g |
USA |
2622 |
0-2 |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2763 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
g |
RUS |
2634 |
0.5-1.5 |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2737 |
Karpov, Anatoly |
g |
RUS |
2655 |
1.5-2.5 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2711 |
Polgar, Judit |
g |
HUN |
2707 |
0-2 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
1/4 Final 6th Jan 2008 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2720 |
1.5-0.5 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2681 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2735 |
3-2 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2751 |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2763 |
0.5-1.5 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2711 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
3-1 |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2737 |
1/2 Final 7th Jan 2008 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2735 |
2-0 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2720 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
2-3 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2711 |
Final 7th Jan 2008 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2711 |
1.5-2.5 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2735 |
The official site of the event: http://worldcup.pivdenny.com |
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Hastings Chess
Congress
The Celebration 83rd Hastings International Congress took place
28th December 2007 to 6th January 2008. There was a three way tie
between Vadim Malakhatko Nidjat Mamedov and Veleriy Neverov on
7.5/10.
Games in PGN
Official site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/
83rd Hastings International Congress 28 xii 2007 -
6 i 2008.
Official Leading Final Round 10 Standings |
1 |
Malakhatko,Vadim |
BEL |
g |
2596 |
7½ |
2 |
Mamedov,Nidjat |
AZE |
g |
2565 |
7½ |
3 |
Neverov,Valeriy |
UKR |
g |
2558 |
7½ |
4 |
Bindrich,Falko |
GER |
g |
2512 |
7 |
5 |
Flear,Glenn |
ENG |
g |
2493 |
7 |
6 |
Jones,Gawain |
ENG |
g |
2567 |
7 |
7 |
Lalic,Bogdan |
CRO |
g |
2500 |
7 |
8 |
Pavlovic,Milos |
SCG |
g |
2536 |
7 |
9 |
Pert,Nicholas |
ENG |
g |
2539 |
7 |
10 |
Chatalbashev,Boris |
BUL |
g |
2581 |
6½ |
11 |
Conquest,Stuart |
ENG |
g |
2540 |
6½ |
12 |
Eames,Robert |
ENG |
f |
2304 |
6½ |
13 |
Gormally,Daniel |
ENG |
g |
2484 |
6½ |
14 |
Greet,Andrew |
ENG |
m |
2441 |
6½ |
15 |
Haslinger,Stewart |
ENG |
g |
2502 |
6½ |
16 |
Hebden,Mark |
ENG |
g |
2542 |
6½ |
17 |
Houska,Jovanka |
ENG |
m |
2404 |
6½ |
18 |
Tahirov,Farhad |
AZE |
g |
2540 |
6½ |
19 |
Collins,Sam |
IRL |
m |
2401 |
6 |
20 |
Georgiev,Vladimir |
MKD |
g |
2576 |
6 |
21 |
Huizer,Mark |
NDL |
|
2201 |
6 |
22 |
Islam,Kh Aminul |
BAN |
f |
2390 |
6 |
23 |
Lock,Gavin |
ENG |
|
2215 |
6 |
24 |
Marusenko,Peter |
UKR |
m |
2304 |
6 |
25 |
Prosviriakov,Vladimir |
USA |
m |
2319 |
6 |
26 |
Roy Chowdhury,Saptarshi |
IND |
m |
2418 |
6 |
27 |
Rudd,Jack |
ENG |
f |
2332 |
6 |
28 |
Satyapragyan,Swayangsu |
IND |
m |
2404 |
6 |
29 |
Sengupta,Deep |
IND |
m |
2447 |
6 |
30 |
Williams,Simon |
ENG |
m |
2475 |
6 |
31 |
Zozulia,Anna |
BEL |
w |
2343 |
6 |
32 |
Bates,Richard |
ENG |
m |
2378 |
5½ |
33 |
Bogner,Sebastian |
GER |
m |
2383 |
5½ |
34 |
Goodger,Martyn |
ENG |
|
2067 |
5½ |
35 |
Grant,Alan |
SCO |
|
2251 |
5½ |
36 |
Jackson,Oliver |
ENG |
|
2219 |
5½ |
37 |
Kwiatkowski,Feliks |
ENG |
c |
2237 |
5½ |
38 |
Ledger,David |
ENG |
f |
2266 |
5½ |
39 |
Radovanovic,Jovica |
SRB |
f |
2355 |
5½ |
40 |
Shakil,Abu Sufian |
BAN |
f |
2361 |
5½ |
41 |
Snape,Ian |
ENG |
|
2230 |
5½ |
42 |
Afek,Youchanan |
ISR |
m |
2349 |
5 |
43 |
Andersen,Daniel |
DEN |
|
2013 |
5 |
44 |
Dinger,Florian |
GER |
f |
2378 |
5 |
45 |
Formanek,Edward |
USA |
m |
2276 |
5 |
46 |
Furman,Boris |
RUS |
f |
2264 |
5 |
47 |
Gurbanzade,Erkin |
AZE |
|
2179 |
5 |
48 |
Hagesaether,Arne |
NOR |
|
2153 |
5 |
49 |
Hasan,Mehdi |
BAN |
f |
2287 |
5 |
50 |
Heinis,Vincent |
FRA |
|
2202 |
5 |
51 |
Knott,Simon |
ENG |
m |
2366 |
5 |
52 |
Lyell,Mark |
ENG |
f |
2197 |
5 |
53 |
Mansson,James |
ENG |
|
2161 |
5 |
54 |
O'toole,George |
ENG |
|
1987 |
5 |
55 |
Poobalasingam,Peter |
ENG |
|
2158 |
5 |
56 |
Rayner,Francis |
WLS |
|
2201 |
5 |
57 |
Rendle,Thomas |
ENG |
m |
2397 |
5 |
58 |
Thompson,Ian |
ENG |
f |
2309 |
5 |
59 |
Zhou,Yang-Fan |
ENG |
|
2068 |
5 |
103 players |
|
|
|
|
50th "Torneo di
Capodanno" in Reggio Emilia
Winner Zoltan Almasi. Photo © Giorgio Gozzi
The 50th "Torneo di Capodanno" in Reggio Emilia took place December
29th 2007 - January 6th 2008. Zoltan Almasi took clear first with
6/9 half a point clear of the field. Gashimov won the brilliancy
prize for his win against Tiviakov.
Games in PGN [Correction to
Harikrishna 1-0 Godena rd 2]
Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it
50th "Torneo di Capodanno" Reggio Emilia
December 29th 2007 - January 6th 2008 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
1. |
Almasi, Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2691 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
6 |
2752 |
2. |
Gashimov, Vugar |
g |
AZE |
2664 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
5½ |
2710 |
3. |
Ni Hua |
g |
CHN |
2641 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
2713 |
4. |
Harikrishna, P |
g |
IND |
2668 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2710 |
5. |
Landa, Konstantin |
g |
RUS |
2678 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
4½ |
2628 |
6. |
Korchnoi, Viktor |
g |
SUI |
2611 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
4 |
2593 |
7. |
Navara, David |
g |
CZE |
2656 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2588 |
8. |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
g |
NED |
2643 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
3½ |
2552 |
9. |
Marin, Mihail |
g |
ROU |
2551 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
3½ |
2563 |
10. |
Godena, Michele |
g |
ITA |
2535 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
3 |
2519 |
|
|
All material © Mark Crowther |