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Tal Memorial. Round 2 Ivanchuk, Morozevich and Kramnik share the lead on 1.5/2.

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2nd FIDE Grand Prix in Sochi. Levon Aronian took clear first place with 8.5/13 half a point clear of Teimour Radjabov.

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NH Chess Tournament

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Staunton Memorial. Michael Adams wins by half a point from Loek van Wely who he drew with in the final round.

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World Juniors. Abhijeet Gupta took the title after beating David Howell with black in the final round, finishing alone on 10/13. Parimarjan Negi drew in the final round and secured the silver on 9.5/13 alone. Harika Dronavalli took a quick draw to take the gold medal in the girls event on 10.5/13 alone.

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French Championship

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Acropolis Open

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Argentine Championship

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British Championship. Stuart Conquest defeated Keith Arkell 1.5-0.5 in play off for the title after both scored 8/11. Two Rapidplay games 20 minutes each + 10 seconds per move were played, the second of which was decisive thus avoiding a final Armageddon playoff.

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Najdorf Memorial

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XXIII Villarrobledo International Rapid Open

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Magnus Carlsen charity simul on ICC to raise money for Dusan Popovic.

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July 2008 FIDE Rating List

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New John Watson chess book and software reviews.

John Watson has a program called Chess Talk on ICC Chess.fm.
Most recent review: 4th January 2008. John Watson Book Review #86: The Big Three and Then Some

John Watson Book Review #85: A Convenient Truth

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John Watson's ambitious works"Mastering the Openings, Volume 1" and "Mastering the Openings, Volume 2" are now available, with Volume 3 planned. The books aim to explain openings on an instructional and conceptual basis. His "Dangerous Weapons: The French" is also available at the London Chess Center, along with his recent, co-authored, book "How to Succeed in the Queen Pawn Openings". Other of Watson's award-winning books include "Chess Strategy in Action", "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy", and "Play the French, 3rd Edition". John reports that TWIC is a constant Web companion.

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Tal Memorial

Round 2 - Tal Memorial. Photo © http://www.europe-echecs.com/

The Tal Memorial in Moscow (GUM, Exhibition Hall- very close to Red Square) takes place in 17th-31st August 2008. Playing days 18th-22nd and 24th-27th August 2008. Then there will be a blitz tournament with qualfiers on the 27th and 28th and then the main event on 29th-30th, Magnus Carlsen and Antoly Karpov are amongst the invitees along with the players in the main event. Play starts at 3pm local time. 12pm UK time.

The players are: Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Alekseev, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Gata Kamsky, Ruslan Ponomariov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Peter Leko and Boris Gelfand.

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Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/

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Tal Memorial Moscow (RUS), 18-27 viii 2008												cat. XX (2745)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2781	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2914
2.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2788	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	.	1½	2918
3.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2788	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2934
4.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2720	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	2749
5.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2741	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	1	2765
6.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2742	.	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	1	2764
7.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2718	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	2714
8.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2723	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	1	2761
9.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	.	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	2560
10.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2741	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	0	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 18, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kamsky, Gata	1-0	36	D92	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Morozevich, Alexander	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	40	A45	Trompowsky
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	46	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Leko, Peter	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	29	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	43	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 2 (August 19, 2008)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Leko, Peter	½-½	28	E15	Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	36	A30	English Symmetrical
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	31	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	20	D38	QGD Ragozin
Shirov, Alexei	- Kamsky, Gata	0-1	45	D15	Slav Defence

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2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi

The prize giving. Photo © http://www.europe-echecs.com/

The 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament took place in Sochi 31st July - 14th August 2008. Levon Aronian took clear first place with 8.5/13 half a point clear of Teimour Radjabov.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://sochi2008.fide.com/. The official videos will be compiled by http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and on the spot reports from http://www.chessvibes.com/

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2nd FIDE GP Sochi (RUS), 31 vii-14 viii 2008														cat. XIX (2708)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2737	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2816
2.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2744	½	*	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	8	2792
3.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2704	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	7½	2765
4.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2723	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	7½	2764
5.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2738	½	1	½	½	*	1	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	1	7	2735
6.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2709	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	7	2737
7.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2727	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	7	2735
8.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2781	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	½	6½	2702
9.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2717	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2707
10.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2728	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	6	2677
11.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2687	0	0	½	1	1	0	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	6	2681
12.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2720	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	5½	2650
13.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2646	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	4	2572
14.	Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	g	QAT	2556	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	*	4	2579

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NH Chess Tournament

The 3rd NH Chess Tournament takes place in Amsterdam August 20th-30th, 2008. The venue of this clash between 'Rising Stars' and 'Experience' is the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in the centre of the Dutch capital, at a five minutes’ walk from Central Station.

The Experience team consists of: Evgeny Bareev (Russia, 2655), Viktor Kortchnoi (Switzerland, 2602), Artur Jussupow (Germany, 2587), Simen Agdestein (Norway, 2583) and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia, 2555).

The Rising Stars team consists of Wang Yue (China, 2704), Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria, 2687), Fabiano Caruana (Italy, 2630), Daniel Stellwagen (The Netherlands, 2616) and Erwin l’Ami (The Netherlands, 2610).

They play a 'Scheveningen' tournament, which means that each player of one team plays against each of the players of the other team. They do so twice, once with the white pieces and once with the black pieces. However, the Rising Stars may be most interested in the special prize for the player on their team with the highest score: an invitation to the prestigious 2009 Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament in Nice.

The rounds start at 13.30 hrs (except for the last round on August 30, which starts at noon; August 25 is a free day) and every day there is expert commentary for the public. Admission is free.

Official site: http://www.nhchess.com

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Staunton Memorial

The Staunton Memorial took place in Simpsons in the Strand in London August 7th-18th 2008. Michael Adams secured first place with a quick draw against his closest rival Loek van Wely in the final round.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2008/index.shtml

Steve Giddins Round by Round Reports

Round 11 - Round 10 - Round 9 - Round 8 - Round 7 - Round 6 - Round 5 - Round 4 - Round 3 - Round 2 - Round 1

6th Staunton Memorial London (ENG), 7-18 viii 2008														cat. XIII (2558)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2735	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	8	2716
2.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2644	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2683
3.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2593	0	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7	2656
4.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2562	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	6½	2622
5.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2610	½	½	1	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	6	2589
6.	Sokolov, Ivan NED	g	NED	2658	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2584
7.	Speelman, Jon S	g	ENG	2524	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2561
8.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2655	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5½	2549
9.	Werle, Jan	g	NED	2591	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	1	1	5½	2555
10.	Wells, Peter K	g	ENG	2526	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	5	2524
11.	Cherniaev, Alexander	g	RUS	2431	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	3½	2436
12.	Wade, Robert G	m	ENG	2167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0

Round 1 (August 7, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Speelman, Jon S	1-0	59	D36	QGD Exchange
Smeets, Jan	- Adams, Michael	0-1	28	C45	Scotch Game
Timman, Jan H	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	23	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
L'Ami, Erwin	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	35	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	30	D38	QGD Ragozin
Werle, Jan	- Cherniaev, Alexander	1-0	32	E94	King's Indian Classical
Round 2 (August 8, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Werle, Jan	1-0	40	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	42	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Speelman, Jon S	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	29	D10	Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D	- Timman, Jan H	0-1	40	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wells, Peter K	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	35	B07	Pirc Defence
Cherniaev, Alexander	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	47	C15	French Winawer
Round 3 (August 9, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	33	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Smeets, Jan	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	1-0	45	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Timman, Jan H	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	31	E18	Queens Indian
L'Ami, Erwin	- Adams, Michael	½-½	26	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Werle, Jan	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	24	E49	Nimzo Indian
Wade, Robert G	- Short, Nigel D	0-1	53	A47	Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 4 (August 10, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Timman, Jan H	1-0	49	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Van Wely, Loek	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	47	D19	Slav Defence
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Werle, Jan	½-½	33	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Speelman, Jon S	- L'Ami, Erwin	1-0	62	D11	Slav Defence
Wells, Peter K	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	25	D07	Tchigorin Defence
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	37	C41	Philidor's Defence
Round 5 (August 11, 2008)
Smeets, Jan	- Wells, Peter K	1-0	39	C91	Ruy Lopez
Timman, Jan H	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	15	A14	Reti Opening
L'Ami, Erwin	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	½-½	65	D10	Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D	- Cherniaev, Alexander	1-0	30	B01	Centre Counter
Werle, Jan	- Van Wely, Loek	0-1	34	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Wade, Robert G	- Adams, Michael	0-1	40	A47	Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 6 (August 12, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	20	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Van Wely, Loek	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	21	E04	Catalan
Smeets, Jan	- Werle, Jan	½-½	15	C49	Four Knights Metger
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	17	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Speelman, Jon S	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	37	A41	Modern Defence
Wells, Peter K	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	32	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (August 14, 2008)
Timman, Jan H	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	47	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
L'Ami, Erwin	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	41	D19	Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	42	B19	Caro Kann
Werle, Jan	- Wells, Peter K	1-0	27	D39	QGD Ragozin
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Adams, Michael	½-½	81	C28	Vienna Game
Wade, Robert G	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	0-1	55	C00	French Defence
Round 8 (August 15, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	51	D35	QGD Exchange
Smeets, Jan	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	134	B19	Caro Kann
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	64	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Speelman, Jon S	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	15	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Werle, Jan	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	20	C42	Petroff's Defence
Wells, Peter K	- Adams, Michael	½-½	23	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (August 16, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Speelman, Jon S	1-0	40	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Timman, Jan H	- Werle, Jan	1-0	35	C42	Petroff's Defence
L'Ami, Erwin	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	27	A19	English Opening
Short, Nigel D	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	27	B23	Sicilian Closed
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	0-1	39	C27	Vienna Game
Wade, Robert G	- Smeets, Jan	0-1	29	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 10 (August 17, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Cherniaev, Alexander	1-0	30	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Smeets, Jan	- Short, Nigel D	1-0	35	C96	Ruy Lopez
L'Ami, Erwin	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	19	E36	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Adams, Michael	½-½	44	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Werle, Jan	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	31	D52	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Wells, Peter K	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	15	E07	Catalan
Round 11 (August 18, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	15	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Timman, Jan H	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	17	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Speelman, Jon S	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	½-½	39	D26	QGA
Short, Nigel D	- Werle, Jan	½-½	25	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Smeets, Jan	0-1	33	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Wade, Robert G	- L'Ami, Erwin	0-1	39	B50	Sicilian Defence

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World Junior Championship

Abhijeet Gupta took the title after beating David Howell with black in the final round, finishing alone on 10/13. Parimerjan Negi drew in the final round and secured the silver on 9.5/13 alone. Harika Dronavalli took a quick draw to take the gold medal in the girls event on 10.5/13 alone.

World Junior Games in PGN - World Junior Girls Games in PGN

Official site: http://wjcc2008.tsf.org.tr/ large gallery of photos at: http://reports.chessdom.com/photos-world-junior-chess-championship

WCh-Junior Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts
1	19	GM	GUPTA Abhijeet	2551	IND	10
2	26	GM	NEGI Parimarjan	2529	IND	9½
3-7	23	IM	BRAUN Arik	2533	GER	9
	14	GM	HOWELL David	2561	ENG	9
	28	GM	SAFARLI Eltaj	2527	AZE	9
	16	WGM	HOU Yifan	2557	CHN	9
	13	GM	AMIN Bassem	2561	EGY	9
8-14	2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2605	ISR	8½
	11	GM	SO Wesley	2577	PHI	8½
	9	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	2579	VIE	8½
	29	IM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	2507	ARM	8½
	8	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	2583	BLR	8½
	33	GM	WEN Yang	2487	CHN	8½
	21	IM	SJUGIROV Sanan	2545	RUS	8½
15-19	10	GM	LE QUANG Liem	2577	VIE	8
	17	IM	KRAVTSIV Martyn	2555	UKR	8
	1	GM	MAMEDOV Rauf	2627	AZE	8
	4	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	2601	CZE	8
	53	IM	DURARBEYLI Vasif	2413	AZE	8
20-36	6	GM	LI Chao B	2590	CHN	7½
	20	GM	POPOV Ivan	2549	RUS	7½
	24	GM	RAMIREZ Alejandro	2531	CRC	7½
	52		LIN Chen	2417	CHN	7½
	3	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	2604	RUS	7½
	22	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	2543	MEX	7½
	36	IM	BOROS Denes	2472	HUN	7½
	31	IM	ARUN Prasad Subramanian	2492	IND	7½
	30	IM	HAMMER Jon Ludvig	2494	NOR	7½
	37	IM	CAN Emre	2460	TUR	7½
	35	FM	NECHEPURENKO Roman	2476	RUS	7½
	12	GM	GEETHA Narayanan Gopal	2572	IND	7½
	40	IM	SENGUPTA Deep	2454	IND	7½
	44	IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	2436	IND	7½
	5	GM	BARAMIDZE David	2593	GER	7½
	55	IM	KARTHIKEYAN Pandian	2402	IND	7½
	88		SIRIN Atakan	2107	TUR	7½
109 players

WCh-Junior Girls Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts
1	1	IM	HARIKA Dronavalli	2461	IND	10½
2-5	2	WGM	MUZYCHUK Mariya	2413	UKR	9
	31	WFM	OZTURK Kubra	2188	TUR	9
	7	WIM	GOMES Mary Ann	2316	IND	9
	14	WFM	PAIKIDZE Nazi	2277	GEO	9
6-10	18	WIM	MIKADZE Miranda	2258	GEO	8½
	12	WGM	MAMEDJAROVA Turkan	2284	AZE	8½
	4	WGM	NEMCOVA Katerina	2372	CZE	8½
	38		KAZIMOVA Narmin	2148	AZE	8½
	3	WFM	BODNARUK Anastasia	2394	RUS	8½
11-13	10	WIM	SOUMYA Swaminathan	2293	IND	8
	8	WFM	SEVERIUKHINA Zoja	2300	RUS	8
	25	WIM	NADIG Kruttika	2241	IND	8
14-23	33	WFM	NAKHBAYEVA Guliskhan	2170	KAZ	7½
	13	WFM	ABRAHAMYAN Tatev	2277	USA	7½
	23	WFM	NIKOLOVA Adriana	2242	BUL	7½
	48		GUO Qi	2048	CHN	7½
	24		MUMINOVA Nafisa	2242	UZB	7½
	26	WIM	YILDIZ Betül Cemre	2236	TUR	7½
	5	WGM	FOISOR Sabina-Francesca	2337	ROU	7½
	16	WIM	POURKASHIYAN Atousa	2269	IRI	7½
	11	WIM	DAULYTE Deimante	2288	LTU	7½
	34	WFM	SGIRCEA Silvia-Raluca	2167	ROU	7½
68 players

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French Championships

The French Championship takes place in Pau 11th-23rd August 2008.

French National A Games - French Women's Championship Games - French National B Games

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/

83rd ch-FRA Pau (FRA), 11-23 viii 2008													cat. XIII (2574)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2673	*	½	.	1	1	½	.	1	1	½	.	.	5½	2790
2.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2681	½	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	½	1	1	1	5½	2788
3.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2691	.	.	*	.	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	.	5	2703
4.	Abergel, Thal	m	FRA	2499	0	.	.	*	½	.	1	0	.	½	1	1	4	2606
5.	Sokolov, Andrei1	g	FRA	2561	0	½	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	1	.	½	3½	2591
6.	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2583	½	.	½	.	.	*	½	½	.	½	½	½	3½	2575
7.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2553	.	0	½	0	.	½	*	1	½	.	1	.	3½	2576
8.	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2523	0	.	0	1	.	½	0	*	.	.	½	1	3	2527
9.	Nataf, Igor-Alexandre	g	FRA	2534	0	½	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	½	.	½	2½	2501
10.	Vaisser, Anatoly	g	FRA	2542	½	0	0	½	0	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	2	2445
11.	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2523	.	0	½	0	.	½	0	½	.	.	*	½	2	2420
12.	Apicella, Manuel	g	FRA	2521	.	0	.	0	½	½	.	0	½	.	½	*	2	2399

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23rd Acropolis Open

The 23rd Acropolis 2008 International Open Chess Tournament took place in Athens, Greece, 9th-17th August 2008. Ilya Smirin edged out Mircea Parlgras on tie-break after both scored 7/9.

84 chessplayers from 22 countries competed. "Acropolis" is Greece's longest-standing traditional competitive chess event, with its 23rd edition taking place this year.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2008 (with results, standings, games, photos as well as live transmission of the most important games of each round.)

Acropolis Open Athens (GRE), 9-17 viii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	SNo.	FED	Rtg	Pts	Res.	RtgØ	Fide	BH.
1	Smirin Ilia	GM	ISR	2637	7	½	2523	38½	51½
2	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2588	7	½	2513	39	48
3	Dzagnidze Nana	IM	GEO	2458	6½	0	2449	33	46½
4	Graf Alexander	GM	GER	2621	6½	0	2448	32½	49½
5	Danielian Elina	IM	ARM	2495	6½	0	2429	32½	46
6	Kolev Atanas	GM	BUL	2565	6½	0	2391	32	46
7	Salgado Lopez Ivan	GM	ESP	2532	6	0	2460	34	50½
8	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2572	6	0	2442	33	48
9	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2587	6	0	2432	31	47½
10	Managadze Nikoloz	IM	GEO	2444	6	0	2378	29	41½
11	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GM	GRE	2563	6	0	2354	28	43½
12	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2489	5½	0	2483	31½	50½
13	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2517	5½	0	2464	32½	49½
14	Zhukova Natalia	WGM	UKR	2489	5½	0	2433	30½	45½
15	Atakisi Umut	IM	TUR	2388	5½	0	2429	29½	47
16	Maric Alisa	IM	SRB	2412	5½	0	2428	31½	46
17	Romanishin Oleg M	GM	UKR	2530	5½	0	2426	32	50½
18	Caselas Cabanas Jacobo	IM	ESP	2418	5½	0	2385	30	41½
19	Rasmussen Allan Stig	IM	DEN	2519	5½	0	2381	30	43
20	Kotanjian Tigran	GM	ARM	2578	5½	0	2379	29½	46
21	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2431	5½	0	2374	29½	45
22	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IM	IND	2411	5½	0	2356	26	42
23	Secer Ata	FM	TUR	2320	5½	0	2341	26½	42
24	Zawadzka Jolanta	WGM	POL	2389	5½	0	2336	26½	41½
25	Tirard Hugo	IM	FRA	2461	5½	0	2277	24	37
84 players

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83rd Argentine Championship

The 83rd Argentine Championship took place 30th July - 11th August 2008. Anton Kovalyov, Diego Flores and Ruben Felgaer all finished on 8/11. Ruben Felgaer won a rapid (g15+10s/move) playoff amongst these players to take the title.

Official site: http://201.216.215.172/torneos/FINAL-83-ARG-08/

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British Championship

The 95th Championships of The British Isles organised by the English Chess Federation took place Sunday 27th July - Saturday 9th August 2008 in St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Stuart Conquest defeated Keith Arkell 1.5-0.5 in a two game g20m+10s/per move games match.

Games in PGN Rd1-11

Official site: http://www.britishchess08.com includes live coverage of the top boards

Playoff Games 9th August 2008

Gm 1	Arkell, Keith C	- Conquest, Stuart C	½-½	43	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Gm 2	Conquest, Stuart C	- Arkell, Keith C	1-0	46	B17	Caro Kann

95th ch-GBR Playoff (g20m+10s per move) Liverpool (ENG), 9 viii 2008
				1	2
Conquest, Stuart C	g	ENG	2536	½	1	1½	2699
Arkell, Keith C	g	ENG	2506	½	0	½	2343

95th ch-GBR Liverpool (ENG), 28 vii - 9 viii 2008 Final Round 11 Standings:
Pos	Player	NAT	ti	Elo	Pts
1	Arkell, Keith C	ENG	g	2506	8
2	Conquest, Stuart	ENG	g	2536	8
3	Davies, Nigel R	ENG	g	2478	7½
4	Gordon, Stephen	ENG	m	2508	7½
5	Lalic, Bogdan	CRO	g	2533	7½
6	Williams, Simon K	ENG	g	2496	7½
7	Buckley, Graeme	ENG	m	2401	7
8	Gormally, Daniel	ENG	g	2504	7
9	Hawkins, Jonathan	ENG		2232	7
10	Hebden, Mark	ENG	g	2520	7
11	Jones, Gawain C	ENG	g	2549	7
12	Kolbus, Dietmar	GER	m	2393	7
13	Pert, Nicholas	ENG	g	2547	7
14	Rendle, Thomas	ENG	m	2363	7
15	Trent, Lawrence	ENG	m	2470	7
16	Addison, Bret C	ENG		2244	6½
17	Houska, Jovanka	ENG	m	2405	6½
18	Kett, Tim	WLS		2247	6½
19	Ledger, Andrew	ENG	m	2423	6½
20	Pert, Richard	ENG	m	2468	6½
21	Storey, Charles	ENG		2268	6½
22	Tiruchirapalli, Venkatara	IND		2247	6½
23	Briscoe, Christopher	ENG		2232	6
24	Flear, Glenn C	ENG	g	2493	6
25	Greet, Andrew N	ENG	m	2453	6
26	Hanley, James L	ENG		2243	6
27	Haslinger, Stewart G	ENG	g	2511	6
28	Lyell, Mark	ENG	f	2232	6
29	Rudd, Jack	ENG	f	2345	6
30	Zhou, Yang-Fan	ENG		2259	6
68 players

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Najdorf Memorial

The Najdorf Memorial took place 2nd-10th August 2008. Krishnan Sasikiran took clear first with 6.5/9 a point clear of Tomi Nyback and Emanuel Berg. Grzegorz Gajewski edged out Kacper Piorun and Vladimir Onischuk on tie break to take the open event after all scored 7/9.

Games in PGN and Open Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.poloniachess.pl/najdorf2008/index.php?lang=en

Najdorf Memorial A Warsaw (POL), 2-10 viii 2008												cat. XV (2608)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2684	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2765
2.	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	2639	½	*	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	5½	2684
3.	Berg, Emanuel	g	SWE	2592	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	5½	2689
4.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2639	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	5	2647
5.	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2627	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	5	2649
6.	Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2599	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	4	2566
7.	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2624	½	1	0	0	½	0	*	0	1	½	3½	2526
8.	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2606	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	½	0	3½	2528
9.	Kempinski, Robert	g	POL	2613	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	3½	2527
10.	Olszewski, Michal	m	POL	2458	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	3	2499

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XXIII Villarrobledo International Rapid Open

The XXIII Villarrobledo International Rapid Open took place over the weekend of 2nd-3rd August 2008. There was a strong entry at the top headed by Veselin Topalov who took clear first place with 8/9 half a point clear of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Former FIDE Champion Ruslan Ponomariov was a further half point behind and Alexei Shirov a further half point behind that.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.ajedrezenvillarrobledo.es/

XXIII Rapid Open Villarrobledo (ESP), 2-3 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl.	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts.	BH 1	BH 2	FIDE
1	Topalov Veselin	GM	BUL	2777	8,0	53,0	58,0	41,0
2	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2742	7,5	52,0	56,5	41,0
3	Ponomariov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2718	7,0	52,0	57,0	37,0
4	Palac Mladen	GM	CRO	2587	7,0	50,0	53,5	36,0
5	Malakhov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2689	7,0	49,5	54,0	38,0
6	Ljubojevic Ljubomir	GM	SRB	2555	7,0	47,5	51,0	36,5
7	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	GM	ESP	2524	7,0	47,0	50,0	35,0
8	Shirov Alexei	GM	ESP	2741	6,5	52,0	56,5	37,0
9	Paunovic Dragan	GM	SRB	2539	6,5	48,5	53,5	36,5
10	Sokolov Ivan	GM	NED	2658	6,5	48,0	52,5	34,0
11	Van Wely Loek	GM	NED	2644	6,5	48,0	52,0	36,0
12	Abreu Delgado Aryam	IM	CUB	2502	6,5	46,5	49,0	34,5
13	Perez Candelario Manuel	IM	ESP	2537	6,5	43,5	47,5	34,0
14	Dreev Alexey	GM	RUS	2657	6,5	43,5	47,5	32,5
15	Guliyev Namig	GM	AZE	2510	6,5	42,5	46,0	34,5
16	Lafuente Pablo	IM	ARG	2505	6,5	42,0	46,0	32,5
17	Minzer Claudio Javier	IM	ARG	2457	6,5	42,0	45,0	31,0
18	Milov Vadim	GM	SUI	2705	6,0	48,5	53,5	35,0
19	Fedorchuk Sergey A	GM	UKR	2624	6,0	47,5	51,5	35,5
20	Kolev Atanas	GM	BUL	2565	6,0	46,0	50,5	34,5
163 players

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Magnus Carlsen Simul on ICC in aid of Dusan Popovic

Magnus Carlsen played a simultaneous exhibition in aid of Dusan Popovic who has chronic kidney failure. The exhibition will take place on ICC on August 11th 2008.

Details at: http://www.chessclub.com/

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FIDE Rating List for July 2008

The FIDE Rating List for July has been released. Anand holds on to top spot. Morozevich catches Kramnik in 2nd but Aerosvit isn't rated so Carlsen doesn't move to that spot.

July 2008 FIDE Rating List

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COMPLETED EVENTS

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VI Gyorgy Marx	MORE
41st Biel International Chess Festival	MORE
North Urals Cup	MORE

Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz took place 28th July - 3rd August 2008. The 13th GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship takes place 1st-3rd August 2008. The time rate will be 20min + 5 seconds a move and 5min + 5 seconds a move if playoffs are required (play starts at 17:30pm each day). There is a double round robin amongst the players Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Morozevich, Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar.

Anand beat Carlsen in the final 3-1 with a game to spare after winning the first two games of the four game final. Alexander Morozevich won the final game of his match against Judit Polgar to take 3rd.

The 15th Ordix Open took place 2nd-3rd August and the time rate is also 20min + 5 seconds a move and was won by rising star Ian Nepomniachtchi on tie-break from Pavel Eljanov

Final Games in PGN

3rd-4th Place Games in PGN

Games in PGN

Ordix Open Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh Final Mainz (GER),3 viii 2008
Gm1	Anand, V	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	50	B77	Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
Gm2	Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, V	0-1	50	E06	Catalan closed, 5.Nf3
Gm3	Anand, V	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	56	B52	Sicilian Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7
Gm4	Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, V	½-½	11	E06	Catalan closed, 5.Nf3

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh Final Mainz (GER),3 viii 2008
				1	2	3	4
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2798	1	1	½	½	3	2968
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2775	0	0	½	½	1	2605

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh 3rd-4th Mainz (GER),3 viii 2008
Gm1	Morozevich, A	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	49	A70	Benoni Classical with e4 and Nf3
Gm2	Polgar, Judit	- Morozevich, A	½-½	146	C92	Ruy Lopez Flohr-Zaitsev system
Gm3	Morozevich, A	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	67	A70	Benoni Classical with e4 and Nf3
Gm4	Polgar, Judit	- Morozevich, A	1-0	71	C92	Ruy Lopez Flohr-Zaitsev system

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh 3rd-4th Mainz (GER),3 viii 2008
				1	2	3	4
Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2788	½	½	½	1	2½	2806
Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2711	½	½	½	0	1½	2701

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh Mainz (GER), 1-2 viii 2008									cat. XXI (2768)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2798	*	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	4	2883
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2775	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	3½	2822
3.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2788	0	0	½	½	*	*	1	1	3	2761
4.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2711	½	½	0	½	0	0	*	*	1½	2594

15th Ordix Open Mainz (GER), 2-3 viii 2008 Final Round 11 Standings
Pl	Player	Ti	NAT	TWZ	Punkte	PktSum	MiBuch
1	Nepomniachtchi,Ian	GM	RUS	2602	9,5	62,5	69,5
2	Eljanov,Pavel	GM	UKR	2716	9,5	60,0	71,0
3	Almasi,Zoltan	GM	HUN	2675	9,0	58,5	69,0
4	Najer,Evgeniy	GM	RUS	2680	9,0	58,0	71,0
5	Lahno,Kateryna	WGM	UKR	2515	9,0	57,0	70,0
6	Nakamura,Hikaru	GM	USA	2697	9,0	56,5	67,5
7	Motylev,Alexander	GM	RUS	2675	9,0	56,5	66,5
8	Naiditsch,Arkadij	GM		2669	9,0	55,5	68,0
9	Ivanisevic,Ivan	GM	SRB	2664	9,0	54,0	66,5
10	Kazhgaleyev,Murtas	GM	KAZ	2641	9,0	54,0	63,5
11	Fressinet,Laurent	GM	FRA	2673	9,0	54,0	63,5
12	Kasimdzhanov,Rustam	GM	UZB	2679	8,5	56,5	70,5
13	Vaganjan,Rafael Agred	GM	ARM	2610	8,5	56,0	69,5
14	Bareev,Evgeny	GM	RUS	2659	8,5	55,5	65,5
15	Potkin,Vladimir	GM	RUS	2636	8,5	54,5	66,0
16	Schneider,Ilja			2468	8,5	54,5	61,5
17	Mchedlishvili,Mikhail	GM	GEO	2604	8,5	54,0	66,0
18	Tregubov,Pavel	GM	RUS	2668	8,5	53,0	64,0
19	Bhat,Vinay S.	IM	USA	2483	8,5	53,0	62,0
20	Bischoff,Klaus	GM		2545	8,5	52,5	64,0
21	Appel,Ralf	IM		2543	8,5	52,5	62,5
22	Barle,Janez	IM	SLO	2414	8,5	50,0	57,5
23	Siebrecht,Sebastian	IM		2453	8,5	49,5	61,5
24	Seel,Christian	IM		2494	8,5	48,5	59,0
25	Buhmann,Rainer	GM		2561	8,0	54,5	67,0
26	Jaracz,Pawel	GM	POL	2501	8,0	54,0	69,0
27	Arutinian,David	GM	GEO	2586	8,0	54,0	66,0
28	Movsesian,Sergei	GM	SVK	2723	8,0	53,5	69,0
29	Polzin,Rainer	GM		2520	8,0	53,0	65,5
30	Berelovich,Aleksandar	GM	UKR	2557	8,0	53,0	63,0
31	Morawietz,Dieter			2449	8,0	52,0	67,0
32	Hracek,Zbynek	GM	CZE	2630	8,0	51,5	64,5
33	De Jong,Jan Willem	IM	NED	2479	8,0	51,0	62,0
34	Meier,Georg	GM		2556	8,0	50,5	59,0
35	Csiszar,Csaba	IM	HUN	2436	8,0	50,0	62,5
36	Gheng,Josef	FM		2315	8,0	48,0	59,5
37	Zhukova,Natalia	WGM	UKR	2489	8,0	47,5	60,0
38	Bruehl,Andreas	FM		2378	8,0	47,5	56,5
39	Gohil,Harry	FM		2344	8,0	46,0	59,5
40	Voropaev,Gleb	FM		2290	8,0	46,0	57,0
41	Donchenko,Anatoly	IM		2399	8,0	45,0	56,0
42	Handke,Florian	GM		2498	8,0	44,0	54,0
43	Kosteniuk,Alexandra	GM	RUS	2510	7,5	55,5	71,0
44	Horvath,Adam	GM	HUN	2513	7,5	55,0	70,5
45	Markowski,Tomasz	GM	POL	2606	7,5	54,5	70,5
46	Ruck,Robert	GM	HUN	2574	7,5	54,0	66,5
47	Andersson,Ulf	GM	SWE	2562	7,5	52,0	64,0
48	Shanava,Konstantine	GM	GEO	2522	7,5	52,0	63,5
49	Glek,Igor	GM		2512	7,5	52,0	63,5
50	Cmilyte,Viktorija	WGM	LTU	2536	7,5	51,0	64,5
693 players

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VI Gyorgy Marx

The VI.Gyorgy Marx Memorial took place in Paks, Hungary 24th July - 4th August, 2008. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the event with 7/10.

Alongside was the XII.Paks Open 30th July - 3rd August, 2008, 7 rounds.

The time control was 100 minutes for 40 moves and then 50 minutes for 20 moves and finally 15 minutes. There is an increment of 30 seconds per move first move 1.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2008/index_eng.html

VI Gyorgy Marx Mem Paks (HUN), 25 vii-4 viii 2008										cat. XV (2625)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2681	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	7	2763
2.	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2606	½	½	*	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	6	2701
3.	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2645	½	½	0	½	*	*	½	½	½	0	1	1	5	2621
4.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2660	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	*	½	1	½	½	4½	2582
5.	Stellwagen, Daniël	g	NED	2616	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	*	*	1	½	4	2555
6.	Acs, Peter	g	HUN	2544	0	½	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	*	3½	2531

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41st Biel International Chess Festival

The 41st Biel International Chess Festival took place 19th July - 1st August 2008. Leinier Dominguez Perez and Evgeny Alekseev finished on 6.5/9 half a point clear of the pre-tournament favourite Magnus Carlsen. Alekseev won the title after a playoff 2.5-1.5 by winning game four and thus avoided taking the match into a sudden death (Armageddon) 5m-4m playoff.

Games in PGN and Playoff Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

Playoff format: Two rapid games (15 minutes) were both drawn, Alekseev won the second 5 minute + 2secs a move game to take the cup.

41st Festival GM Biel Playoff (SUI), 31 vii 2008
Gm1	Alekseev, Evgeny	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	37	D27	QGA
Gm2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	65	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gm3	Alekseev, Evgeny	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	48	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Gm4	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Alekseev, Evgeny	0-1	44	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin

41st Festival GM Biel Playoff (SUI), 31 vii 2008
				1	2	3	4
Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	½	½	½	1	2½	2803
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2708	½	½	½	0	1½	2621

41st Festival GM Biel (SUI), 20-31 vii 2008										cat. XVIII (2687)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	*	*	½	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	6½	2792
2.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2708	½	1	*	*	½	½	1	0	½	1	½	1	6½	2792
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2775	½	0	½	½	*	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	6	2741
4.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2691	0	1	0	1	0	½	*	*	½	1	1	½	5½	2722
5.	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2670	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	*	1	½	4	2618
6.	Pelletier, Yannick	g	SUI	2569	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	*	1½	2414

Round 10 (July 31, 2008)
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Pelletier, Yannick	1-0	43	D81	Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Carlsen, Magnus	- Onischuk, Alexander	½-½	36	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Bacrot, Etienne	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1-0	36	D27	QGA

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North Urals Cup

The North Urals Cup took place in Krasnoturinsk (Sverdlovsk region) July 26th - August 3rd 2008. Antoaneta Stefanova took clear first place with 4½/7 half a point clear of Anna Ushenina and Marie Sebag.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.northuralscup.ru

5th North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk (RUS), 27 vii-3 viii 2008											cat. XI (2522)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2550	*	½	1	½	1	0	½	1	4½	2620
2.	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2476	½	*	½	1	½	0	1	½	4	2578
3.	Sebag, Marie	m	FRA	2530	0	½	*	½	1	1	½	½	4	2571
4.	Xu Yuhua	g	CHN	2483	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	3½	2527
5.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2622	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	3½	2508
6.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2544	1	1	0	0	0	*	½	½	3	2469
7.	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2504	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	3	2474
8.	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2469	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	2½	2427

Round 7 (August 3, 2008)
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Xu Yuhua	½-½	10	E06	Catalan
Ushenina, Anna	- Koneru, Humpy	½-½	21	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sebag, Marie	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	61	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Pogonina, Natalija	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	36	B42	Sicilian Paulsen

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FUTURE EVENTS

World Championship Bonn	MORE
Wijk aan Zee 2008	MORE
Bilbao	MORE

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World Championship Match Anand against Kramnik in Bonn.

The World Championship match where Viswanathan Anand will defends his World title against Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany will now take place October 14th– 2nd November, 2008. The main reason for the slight change in dates is to fit in with the sponsors and politicians ability to attend the opening. The main sponsor is Evonik Industries AG and the prizemoney 1,5 Million Euro. The contract was signed by both players 18th December 2007.

Dates for the match: Gm1: Oct 14th, Gm2: Oct 15th, Gm3: Oct 17th, Gm4: Oct 18th, Gm5: Oct 20th, Gm6: Oct 21st, Gm7: Oct 23rd, Gm8: Oct 24th, Gm9: Oct 26th, Gm10: Oct 27th, Gm11: Oct 29th, Gm12: Oct 31st, Tiebreak Nov 2nd.

Advanced booking for the World Chess Championship 2008 between Viswanathan Anand (India) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) has started. The tickets are available at the price of 35 Euro per day. The following benefits are included: - entrance to the playing hall - entrance to the commentary room with analysis by prominent grandmasters. The tickets are available at all ticket agencies in Germany. You can also buy tickets for the match in advance via BONNTICKET: http://www.bonnticket.de tickets@bonnticket.de. Tel. +49-(0)-180/5001812. Tickets for a possible tiebreak on November 02, 2008, will be available after the 12th game. Exclusive VIP tickets are also available. Details at the website below along with features on the leadup to the championships.

Website: http://www.uep-worldchess.com/

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Wijk aan Zee 2009

The organizers of the 71st Corus Chess Tournament have invited the young Dutch Grandmasters Daniel Stellwagen (1987) and reigning Dutch Champion Jan Smeets (1985) for the Grandmaster group A in 2009. For both players it means a debut on the highest level. Together with Loek van Wely, they will represent the Netherlands in the traditional chess festival, that will be held from Friday January 16th to Sunday 1st of February 2009.

Besides the participation of the above mentioned three Dutch players, the following World Class players have confirmed their participation: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Gata Kamsky (United States) and Teymour Radjabov (Azerbaijan). Carlsen, Ivanchuk and Morozevich will be in the Top-5 of the new World Ranking list, that will be published on July 1st 2008.

The young Ukrainian Grandmaster Sergei Karjakin, as well as the winner of last year’s Grandmaster group B, Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia), have also confirmed their participation. The complete field with 14 participants will be presented in October 2008, as well as the names of the participants in the Grandmaster groups B and C.

Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/

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Bilbao Grand Slam Final

The 1st Grand Slam Chess Final Masters takes place 2nd-13th September 2008 in Bilbao with 6 players in a double round robin format. They are: World Champion Viswanathan Anand, the in-form Vassily Ivanchuk, Veselin Topalov, the de-facto world number 2 Magnus Carlsen (his Foros result was too late for the July rating list), Teimour Radjabov and Levon Aronian.

Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and another 60 minutes to finish the game.

The total prize money amounts to €400,000: €150,000 for 1st, €70,000 for 2nd, €60,000 for 3rd, €50,000 for 4th, €40,000 for 5th and €30,000 for 6th.

Other innovations include three points for a win and only a point for a draw (in events where this has been tried before its never really seemed to make much difference to the final result in my opinion) and that they will play outside in a huge soundproofed and air-conditioned glass case which is under construction. This will be placed in the Plaza Nueva in Bilbao under a marquee which will also accommodate The Agora for analysis and comments.

Grand Slam Final Bilbao (ESP), 2-13 ix 2008. Category XXI (2769)
WRk	Name	Ti	NAT	YofB	Elo Ju08
1	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2798
4	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2781
5	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2777
6	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2775
7	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2744
12	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2737

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