THE WEEK IN CHESS 702 21st April 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) FIDE Grand Prix in Baku
3) European Individual Championships
4) XIV Dos Hermanas Tournament
5) Russian Team Championships
6) 10th Dubai Open
7) Gausdal Chess Classic
8) V Magistral da Hebraica
9) First Saturday April
10) 2nd Gap Open
11) Copenhagen Chess Challenge
12) Mecking - Greenfeld Match
13) Semi-Finals of the 82nd Argentine Championships
14) Nordic Girls Championships
15) 4th Rhone Open
16) Japfa WGM and Match
17) Metz Open
18) 7th Malakoff Open
19) French Youth Championship
20) 16th Sigeman & Co
21) 3rd Salon de Provence
22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
FIDE Grand Prix in Baku 7 games
European Individual Championships 229 games
XIV Dos Hermanas Tournament 12 games
Russian Team Championships 537 games
10th Dubai Open 39 games
Gausdal Chess Classic 244 games
V Magistral da Hebraica 15 games
First Saturday April 40 games
2nd Gap Open 73 games
Copenhagen Chess Challenge 170 games
Mecking - Greenfeld Match 4 games
Semi-Finals 82nd Argentine Ch 74 games
Nordic Girls Championships 25 games
4th Rhone Open 90 games
Japfa WGM and Match 36 games
1595 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Mikhail Golubev, Torstein Bae, Tom Skovgaard, Kristianus Liem, Gaguik Oganessian, Pablo Sierra, Bela Lengyel, Miklos Orso and everyone else who helped with the issue.

More high quality chess this week. First of all there was the nice Dos Hermanas event that took place over the weekend that was won by Veselin Topalov. Then today the first FIDE Grand Prix started in Baku and the European Individual Championship in Plodiv. We're spoilt for choice!

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE Grand Prix in Baku

The first event of the FIDE Grand Prix 2008-9 takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan 20th April - 6th May 2008.

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)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2716 * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2726 . * . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1
3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752 . . * ½ . . . . . . . . . . ½ 2746
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746 . . ½ * . . . . . . . . . . ½ 2752
5. Adams, Michael g ENG 2729 . . . . * . . ½ . . . . . . ½ 2751
6. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 . . . . . * ½ . . . . . . . ½ 2672
7. Navara, David g CZE 2672 . . . . . ½ * . . . . . . . ½ 2732
8. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2751 . . . . ½ . . * . . . . . . ½ 2729
9. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2705 . . . . . . . . * . ½ . . . ½ 2679
10. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765 . . . . . . . . . * . ½ . . ½ 2689
11. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2679 . . . . . . . . ½ . * . . . ½ 2705
12. Wang Yue g CHN 2689 . . . . . . . . . ½ . * . . ½ 2765
13. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2684 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . 0
14. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2696 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . * 0

Round 1 (April 21, 2008)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 25 E76 King's Indian Four Pawns
Karjakin, Sergey - Navara, David ½-½ 35 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Radjabov, Teimour - Adams, Michael ½-½ 39 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Carlsen, Magnus - Wang Yue ½-½ 59 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gashimov, Vugar - Bacrot, Etienne ½-½ 65 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 48 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Cheparinov, Ivan - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 42 C19 French Winawer

3) European Individual Championships

The IX European Individual Chess Championship takes place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 20th April (day of arrival) - 4th May (day of departure) 2008.

Games in PGN and Women's Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.eicc2008.com


IX EICC Plovdiv (BUL), 21 iv-2 v 2008
Rank SNo. Name IRtg FED Pts BH. BH. vict Rtg+/-
1 11 GM Timofeev Artyom 2664 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
25 GM Beliavsky Alexander 2641 SLO 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
28 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2638 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
108 GM Maletin Pavel 2574 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
114 GM Kotanjian Tigran 2570 ARM 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
117 GM Savchenko Boris 2569 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
133 GM Marin Mihail 2556 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
136 GM Sulskis Sarunas 2555 LTU 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
139 GM Jenni Florian 2550 SUI 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
145 GM Djukic Nikola 2543 MNE 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
153 GM Iotov Valentin 2531 BUL 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
261 IM Luch Michal 2383 POL 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
309 FM Berbatov Kiprian 2220 BUL 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
319 Hagesaether Arne 2174 NOR 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
15 1 GM Movsesian Sergei 2695 SVK 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
3 GM Volokitin Andrei 2684 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
4 GM Almasi Zoltan 2674 HUN 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
5 GM Nikolic Predrag 2674 BIH 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
9 GM Bologan Viktor 2665 MDA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
12 GM Efimenko Zahar 2660 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
15 GM Fressinet Laurent 2656 FRA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
17 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2650 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
23 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2643 ARM 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
24 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2642 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
27 GM Delchev Aleksander 2639 BUL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
29 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2635 GEO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
31 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2634 NED 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
32 GM Volkov Sergey 2633 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
33 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2632 FRA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
35 GM Smirin Ilia 2630 ISR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
36 GM Solak Dragan 2630 SRB 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
37 GM Sutovsky Emil 2630 ISR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
38 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2629 DEN 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
39 GM Tregubov Pavel V 2629 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
41 GM Khalifman Alexander 2628 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
43 GM Najer Evgeniy 2627 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
44 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2626 ISR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
45 GM Guseinov Gadir 2625 AZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
47 GM Caruana Fabiano 2620 ITA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
49 GM Mamedov Rauf 2617 AZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
50 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2617 GEO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
53 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2616 SRB 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
55 GM Hracek Zbynek 2613 CZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
56 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2612 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
61 GM Galkin Alexander 2606 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
62 GM Golod Vitali 2606 ISR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
63 GM Fedorov Alexei 2603 BLR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
64 GM Gustafsson Jan 2603 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
65 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2603 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
67 GM Berg Emanuel 2601 SWE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
70 GM L'Ami Erwin 2600 NED 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
71 GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2599 POL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
73 GM Sokolov Andrei 2596 FRA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
75 GM Kempinski Robert 2595 POL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
77 GM Pavasovic Dusko 2595 SLO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
79 GM Kurnosov Igor 2593 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
81 GM Zelcic Robert 2591 CRO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
83 GM Nyback Tomi 2587 FIN 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
84 GM Azarov Sergei 2584 BLR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
85 GM Halkias Stelios 2584 GRE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
87 GM Khismatullin Denis 2584 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
88 GM Lenic Luka 2584 SLO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
89 GM Stocek Jiri 2584 CZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
90 GM Baramidze David 2583 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
91 GM Kozul Zdenko 2583 CRO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
95 GM Vajda Levente 2582 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
96 GM Werle Jan 2581 NED 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
97 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2580 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
98 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 2580 GRE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
99 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2579 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
100 GM Miladinovic Igor 2579 SRB 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
102 GM Spasov Vasil 2579 BUL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
103 GM Laznicka Viktor 2578 CZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
104 GM Dziuba Marcin 2577 POL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
105 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2577 AZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
106 GM Erdos Viktor 2576 HUN 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
109 GM Minasian Artashes 2574 ARM 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
110 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2573 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
112 GM Belov Vladimir 2571 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
113 GM Stevic Hrvoje 2571 CRO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
115 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2569 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
116 GM Buhmann Rainer 2569 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
119 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2568 BLR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
120 GM Papaioannou Ioannis 2566 GRE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
121 GM Markos Jan 2565 SVK 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
123 GM Parligras Mircea 2561 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
124 GM Anastasian Ashot 2560 ARM 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
125 GM Meier Georg 2560 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
127 GM Shomoev Anton 2559 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
129 GM Nevednichy Vladislav 2558 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
130 GM Nijboer Friso 2558 NED 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
131 GM Markus Robert 2557 SRB 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
132 GM Iljin Artem 2556 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
134 GM Ovetchkin Roman 2556 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
135 GM Vuckovic Bojan 2556 SRB 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
137 GM Khairullin Ildar 2554 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
138 GM Steingrimsson Hedinn 2551 ISL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
141 GM Dizdar Goran 2548 CRO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
142 GM Romanov Evgeny 2547 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
143 GM Jovanovic Zoran 2546 CRO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
144 GM Zhigalko Andrey 2545 BLR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
146 GM Mista Aleksander 2537 POL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
147 GM Drasko Milan 2536 MNE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
148 GM Aveskulov Valeriy 2535 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
152 GM Blagojevic Dragisa 2532 MNE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
154 GM Jianu Vlad-Cristian 2531 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
155 GM Kulaots Kaido 2530 EST 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
156 IM Braun Arik 2529 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
157 GM Jankovic Alojzije 2528 CRO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
158 GM Kharitonov Alexandr 2526 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
159 GM Popov Valerij 2525 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
160 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios 2524 GRE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
161 GM Safarli Eltaj 2524 AZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
162 GM Naumann Alexander 2523 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
163 GM Jones Gawain 2522 ENG 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
164 GM Brkic Ante 2521 CRO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
165 GM Wells Peter 2521 ENG 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
166 IM Sebag Marie 2521 FRA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
167 GM Nedev Trajko 2518 MKD 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
168 GM Shanava Konstantine 2518 GEO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 1
170 IM Szabo Gergely 2516 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
184 IM Bosiocic Marin 2503 CRO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 7
188 IM Saric Ivan 2500 CRO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 7
225 IM Smirnov Artem 2438 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 7
236 GM Petkov Vladimir 2415 BUL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 7
242 IM Schroll Gerhard 2410 AUT 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 7
248 IM Willemze Thomas 2399 NED 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 11
275 FM Pankov German 2349 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 12
291 FM Koepke Christian 2296 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 12
297 FM Mudelsee Manfred 2284 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 12
318 Kourousis Epaminondas 2191 GRE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 13
132 6 GM Akopian Vladimir 2673 ARM 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
7 GM Fedorchuk Sergey 2671 UKR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
8 GM Motylev Alexander 2666 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
10 GM Georgiev Kiril 2665 BUL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
13 GM Roiz Michael 2659 ISR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
14 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2658 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
18 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2650 UKR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
19 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2649 SRB 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
21 GM Baklan Vladimir 2647 UKR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
22 GM Socko Bartosz 2644 POL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
26 GM Fridman Daniel 2640 GER 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
30 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2634 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
34 GM Asrian Karen 2630 ARM 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
40 GM Istratescu Andrei 2628 ROU 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
42 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2627 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
46 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2625 POL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
48 GM Miton Kamil 2620 POL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
51 GM Potkin Vladimir 2617 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
52 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2617 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
54 GM Petrosian Tigran 2615 ARM 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
58 GM Grachev Boris 2610 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
59 GM Kritz Leonid 2609 GER 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
60 GM Pelletier Yannick 2607 SUI 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
66 GM Huzman Alexander 2602 ISR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
69 GM Banikas Hristos 2600 GRE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
72 GM Markowski Tomasz 2598 POL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
76 GM Lysyj Igor 2595 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
78 GM Popov Ivan 2594 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
82 GM Bartel Mateusz 2588 POL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
86 GM Iordachescu Viorel 2584 MDA 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
92 GM Stefansson Hannes 2583 ISL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
94 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2582 BLR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
101 GM Perunovic Milos 2579 SRB 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
111 GM Georgiev Vladimir 2572 MKD 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
118 GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2568 MDA 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
126 GM Balogh Csaba 2559 HUN 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
151 GM Tahirov Farhad 2533 AZE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -4
174 GM Carlsson Pontus 2513 SWE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
175 GM Czebe Attila 2513 HUN 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
176 GM Tukhaev Adam 2512 UKR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
178 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2509 ESP 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
181 GM Stanojoski Zvonko 2506 MKD 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
182 GM Saric Ante 2505 CRO 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
186 IM Vokarev Sergey 2502 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
187 GM Kosic Dragan 2500 MNE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
189 IM Colovic Aleksandar 2493 MKD 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
190 IM Bojkov Dejan 2492 BUL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
194 IM Nikolov Momchil 2488 BUL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
198 GM Berescu Alin 2481 ROU 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
202 IM Papadopoulos Ioannis K 2471 GRE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
208 IM Magalashvili Davit 2462 GEO 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
210 IM Khmelniker Ilya 2459 ISR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
214 IM Margvelashvili Giorgi 2455 GEO 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
216 IM Lintchevski Daniil 2450 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
219 FM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2449 ARM 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
220 IM Collas Didier 2446 FRA 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
222 GM Butnorius Algimantas 2442 LTU 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
226 IM Kozhuharov Spas 2433 BUL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
227 IM Kaplan Sasha 2428 ISR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
228 IM Llaneza Vega Marcos 2425 ESP 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
234 IM Perunovic Miodrag 2420 SRB 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 2
237 FM Balogh Imre 2415 HUN 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
240 IM Swiercz Dariusz 2413 POL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
244 Dimitrov Radoslav 2409 BUL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
246 Pileckis Emilis 2403 LTU 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
250 IM Ris Robert 2395 NED 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
254 IM Chudinovskikh Alexander M 2392 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
260 Chigladze Iveri 2384 GEO 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
262 IM Vehi Bach Victor M 2381 ESP 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
269 IM Atakisi Umut 2365 TUR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
279 Beinoras Mindaugas 2339 LTU 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
287 FM Reutsky Sergei 2302 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 5
295 FM Logothetis Sotirios 2291 GRE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 5
320 Muratet Casadevall Albert 2174 ESP 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 6
206 16 GM Predojevic Borki 2651 BIH 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
20 GM Sakaev Konstantin 2649 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
57 GM Gurevich Mikhail 2611 TUR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
68 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2601 POL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
74 GM Damljanovic Branko 2595 SRB 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
80 GM Atalik Suat 2592 TUR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -8
107 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2575 ESP 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -8
122 GM Novikov Stanislav 2564 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -8
128 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2558 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -8
149 GM Cao Sang 2535 HUN 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -9
169 IM Rusev Krasimir 2516 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
171 IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica 2515 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
172 GM Radulski Julian 2514 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
173 GM Bindrich Falko 2513 GER 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
177 GM Heberla Bartlomiej 2509 POL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
180 IM Szabo Krisztian 2507 HUN 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
183 IM Mateuta Gabriel 2504 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
185 IM Sebenik Matej 2502 SLO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
191 IM Skoberne Jure 2492 SLO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
192 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2491 GEO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
195 IM Rasmussen Karsten 2486 DEN 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
197 IM Papin Vasily 2483 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
199 GM Tratar Marko 2477 SLO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
200 GM Janev Evgeni 2472 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
201 IM Hoffmann Michael 2471 GER 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
203 GM Efimov Igor 2469 MNC 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
204 IM Vasilev Milen 2469 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
205 IM Vavrak Peter 2466 SVK 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
206 IM Jakovljevic Vlado 2463 BIH 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
207 IM Jojua Davit 2463 GEO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
209 GM Sanduleac Vasile 2461 MDA 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
211 Filip Lucian 2459 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
212 IM Sanikidze Tornike 2458 GEO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
213 IM Grigorov Grigor 2456 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
215 IM Berczes David 2453 HUN 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
217 IM Damaso Rui 2449 POR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
218 IM Sarakauskas Gediminas 2449 LTU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
221 IM Zherebukh Yaroslav 2445 UKR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
223 IM Baumegger Siegfried 2440 AUT 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
224 IM Bratanov Zsivko 2440 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
229 IM Pedersen Nicolai Vesterbaek 2425 DEN 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
230 Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei 2423 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
231 IM Chirila Ioan Cristian 2422 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
232 IM Grunberg Mihai-Lucian 2422 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
233 IM Morchiashvili Bachana 2421 GEO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
235 IM Lubczynski Rafal 2418 POL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
238 FM Milchev Nikolay 2415 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
239 IM Dimitrov Pavel 2414 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
241 IM Kapnisis Spyridon 2412 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
243 IM Loeffler Stefan 2409 GER 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
245 Todorovic Jovan 2406 SRB 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
247 IM Marholev Dimitar 2400 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
249 FM Rombaldoni Axel 2398 ITA 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
251 FM Bykhovsky Anatoly 2394 ISR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
252 Georgiadis Ioannis 2394 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
253 Lomsadze Davit 2394 GEO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
255 FM Filev Georgi 2392 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
256 GM Bogdanovski Vlatko 2391 MKD 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
257 IM Popovic Milos 2387 SRB 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
258 FM Lilov Valeri 2385 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
259 FM Georgescu Tiberiu 2384 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
263 Nestorovic Nikola 2381 SRB 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
264 IM Moor Roger 2378 SUI 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
265 Mladenov Plamen 2371 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
266 IM Pesotsky Vitaly 2370 UKR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
267 Vedder Henk 2370 NED 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
268 FM Arnaudov Petar G 2369 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
270 FM Kukov Velislav 2365 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
271 IM Bakalarz Mietek 2361 LUX 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
272 FM Mihok Oliver 2352 HUN 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
273 IM Stamenkov Vanco 2350 MKD 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
274 FM Beckhuis Gernod 2350 GER 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
277 FM Van Beek Alexander 2343 NED 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
278 Macak Stefan 2342 SVK 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
280 IM Kostic Nebojsa 2334 SRB 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
281 Sidorenko Ilya 2334 ISR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
283 FM Kotrotsos Vasilios 2323 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
284 FM Ramesa Davor 2321 CRO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
286 FM Badev Kiril 2311 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
288 Kanakaris Georgios 2300 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
289 FM Nikolaidis Konstantinos 2299 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
290 FM Dinev Dejan 2298 MKD 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
292 Yordanov Nikolay 2296 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
293 FM Hadzimanolis Antonios 2293 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
294 Haroutjunian Dmitri 2293 ARM 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
296 Orlov Oleg 2285 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
298 Bonev Todor 2284 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
299 Milovic Jovan 2280 MNE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
300 Pavlidis Anastasios 2280 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
301 IM Vegh Endre 2278 HUN 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
303 Sigalas Frangiskos 2250 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
304 IM Medancic Rikard 2247 CRO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
306 Galopoulos Nikolaos 2243 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
307 Goumas Georgios 2234 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
310 Elkin Leonid 2213 BLR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
311 Kokolias Konstantinos 2211 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
312 Dorfanis Ilarion 2207 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
313 Vlashki Nino 2206 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
315 Gengler Pierre 2200 LUX 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
316 Stanoev Atanas 2193 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
317 Ljangov Petar 2192 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
321 Arnaudov Petar D 2162 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
323 Klokas Konstantinos 2160 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
324 Kostopoulos Evangelos 2152 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
325 Bozinovic Boban 2150 SRB 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
326 Fragakis Efstratios 2133 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
327 Ivanov Stojan 2129 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
328 Stavrianakis Ioannis 2121 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
329 Kounalakis Evryklis 2099 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
330 Nitelea Barbu Alexandru 2090 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
331 Kakkanas Evangelos 2058 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
332 Monev Alexander 2038 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
333 Ivanov Ljubomir 2019 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0
334 Rigopoulos-Tsigkos Alexandros 1980 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
335 Petrusic Toni 1956 CRO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
336 Aristotelous Vassilis 1954 CYP 0,0 0,0 1,0 0
337 Tzouganakis Panteleimon 1900 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
323 2 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2684 ESP 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
93 GM Yemelin Vasily 2583 RUS 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
140 GM Vovk Yuri 2549 UKR 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
150 GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2535 AZE 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
179 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2508 RUS 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
193 GM Krivoshey Sergei 2488 UKR 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
196 FM Nechepurenko Roman V 2485 RUS 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
276 FM Agaragimov Djakhangir 2343 AZE 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
282 FM Leniart Arkadiusz 2324 POL 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
285 FM Sorm Daniel 2320 CZE 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
302 FM Peterson Eric 2266 SVK 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
305 Tassopoulos Marios 2247 GRE 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
308 Ajvazi Ramadan 2225 EUR 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
314 FM Valenti Giuseppe 2200 ITA 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
322 Rizos Georgios 2162 GRE 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
IX EICC w Plovdiv (BUL), 21 iv-2 v 2008
Rank SNo. Name IRtg FED Pts BH. BH. vict Rtg+/-
1 8 IM Ushenina Anna 2474 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
92 WIM Tarasova Viktoriya 2276 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,5 1
3 159 Mihajlova Diana 1623 ENG 1,0 0,0 0,5 0
4 1 GM Cramling Pia 2539 SWE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
2 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2538 BUL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
4 IM Muzychuk Anna 2486 SLO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
5 GM Lahno Kateryna 2479 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
6 IM Danielian Elina 2479 ARM 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
9 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2470 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
10 IM Cmilyte Viktorija 2466 LTU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
12 GM Peng Zhaoqin 2455 NED 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
14 WGM Zhukova Natalia 2450 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
15 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2449 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
16 IM Dzagnidze Nana 2443 GEO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
18 IM Ovod Evgenija 2437 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
19 IM Bojkovic Natasa 2434 SRB 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
21 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
22 IM Matveeva Svetlana 2420 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
23 IM Peptan Corina-Isabela 2415 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
24 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2413 ARM 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
25 IM Vajda Szidonia 2413 HUN 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
26 WGM Melia Salome 2413 GEO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 4
30 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2400 GEO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
31 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2397 POL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
32 IM Collas Silvia 2395 FRA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 4
34 IM Vasilevich Irina 2395 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
35 IM Houska Jovanka 2390 ENG 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 4
39 IM Ciuksyte Dagne 2380 ENG 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
41 WGM Stepovaia Tatiana 2378 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
44 WGM Kovanova Baira 2372 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 4
45 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2371 GEO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 4
48 IM Vasilevich Tatjana 2360 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
50 IM Sedina Elena 2356 ITA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
51 WGM Milliet Sophie 2354 FRA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 4
52 IM Gvetadze Sopio 2350 GEO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 4
54 WGM Stojanovic Andjelija 2346 SRB 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 4
56 WIM Nemcova Katerina 2344 CZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
58 WIM Majdan Joanna 2338 POL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
59 WGM Demina Julia 2337 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
63 WGM Romanko Marina 2325 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
64 WIM Sandu Mihaela 2325 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
66 WGM Kursova Maria 2322 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
70 WGM Kochetkova Julia 2316 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 3
71 IM Petrenko Svetlana 2314 MDA 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
72 WGM Sharevich Anna 2311 BLR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
73 WGM Kadimova Ilaha 2308 AZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
74 WIM Paulet Iozefina 2308 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
75 WIM Batsiashvili Nino 2304 GEO 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
76 WGM Juergens Vera 2302 GER 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
77 WIM Rudolf Anna 2302 HUN 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
79 WGM Shaidullina Sandugach 2298 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 2
90 WIM Ionica Iulia-Ionela 2278 ROU 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 11
106 WIM Worek Joanna 2244 POL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 11
115 WIM Vojinovic Jovana 2217 MNE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 11
122 WIM Tsiganova Monika 2198 EST 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 11
125 Isgandarova Khayala 2193 AZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 11
132 WFM Cherednichenko Elena 2155 UKR 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 11
134 WFM Butuc Maria 2137 RUS 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 12
144 Bednikova Stefi 2086 BUL 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 12
147 Kazimova Narmin 2071 AZE 1,0 0,0 0,0 1 20
61 3 IM Socko Monika 2505 POL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
7 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2477 HUN 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
17 IM Skripchenko Almira 2443 FRA 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
20 IM Dembo Yelena 2429 GRE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
28 IM Rajlich Iweta 2411 POL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
29 IM Atalik Ekaterina 2409 TUR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
33 IM Moser Eva 2395 AUT 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
37 WGM Muzychuk Mariya 2387 UKR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -4
38 IM Repkova Eva 2381 SVK 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
40 IM Turova Irina 2380 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
42 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2375 ROU 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
47 WGM Zimina Olga 2363 ITA 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -2
49 WIM Molchanova Tatjana 2359 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
57 WGM Voiska Margarita 2339 BUL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -4
60 IM Dworakowska Joanna 2335 POL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
61 WGM Benderac Ana 2334 SRB 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -4
62 WGM Gara Anita 2331 HUN 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
67 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2322 AZE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -5
69 IM Klinova Masha 2318 ISR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -3
78 WGM Djingarova Emilia 2301 BUL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 -6
82 FM Schuurman Petra 2295 NED 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
86 WIM Komiagina Maria 2285 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
96 WGM Calzetta Monica 2264 ESP 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
99 WIM Schneider Veronika 2261 HUN 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
107 WIM Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda 2242 ROU 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
108 WIM Franciskovic Borka 2240 CRO 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
112 WIM Umudova Nargiz 2222 AZE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
116 WIM Jelica Mara 2206 CRO 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
117 WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2205 TUR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
119 Skinke Katrina 2204 LAT 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
121 WIM Sarakauskiene Zivile 2198 LTU 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
126 WIM Gavasheli Ana 2191 GEO 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
128 WFM Mammadova Gulnar 2188 AZE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 3
136 WFM Danelia Mariam 2129 GEO 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
139 Hairapetian Anna 2115 ARM 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
140 WFM Bulmaga Irina 2106 MDA 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
141 Grapsa Georgia 2098 GRE 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 4
146 Efroimski Marsel 2081 ISR 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 8
148 WFM Khropova Larisa 2069 RUS 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 5
157 Galunova Tsveta 1816 BUL 0,5 0,0 0,5 0 6
101 11 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2466 GEO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
27 IM Tairova Elena 2412 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
36 IM Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino 2388 GER 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
43 WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2374 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
46 IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2364 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -7
53 WFM Paikidze Nazi 2347 GEO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -11
55 IM Jackova Jana 2345 CZE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -8
65 WIM Galojan Lilit 2324 ARM 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -12
68 WFM Akatova Ekaterina 2320 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -12
80 WGM Zakurdjaeva Irina 2296 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
81 WGM Aginian Nelly 2295 ARM 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
83 WIM Fakhiridou Ekaterini 2292 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
84 WGM Levushkina Elena 2291 GER 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
85 WGM Voicu Carmen 2290 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
88 WGM Srebrnic Ana 2283 SLO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
89 WIM Andriasian Siranush 2278 ARM 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
91 WIM Ivkina Olga 2278 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
93 WGM Mamedjarova Turkan 2271 AZE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
94 WIM Cherednichenko Svetlana 2270 UKR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
95 WIM Bensdorp Marlies 2268 NED 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
97 WGM Maksimovic Suzana 2264 SRB 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
98 WGM Velcheva Maria 2262 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
100 WFM Raeva Elitsa 2258 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
101 WGM Rogule Laura 2255 LAT 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
102 WGM Makropoulou Marina 2254 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
103 WGM Golubenko Valentina 2253 CRO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
104 WIM Nikoladze Sopio 2249 GEO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
105 WFM Ohme Melanie 2248 GER 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
109 WIM Popova Natalija 2239 BLR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
110 WIM Seps Monika 2237 SUI 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
111 WIM Gromova Iulia 2232 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
113 WFM Mijovic Aleksandra 2222 MNE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
114 WFM Nikolova Adriana 2219 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
118 WIM Makka Ioulia 2204 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
120 WIM Papadopoulou Vera 2199 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
123 WFM Bogumil Tatiana 2194 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
124 WIM Stiri Alexandra 2193 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
127 WGM Lematschko Tatjana 2189 SUI 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
129 WIM Marin Irina Luiza 2182 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
130 WFM Videnova Iva 2178 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
131 WFM Ozturk Kubra 2169 TUR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
133 Minina Veronika 2148 RUS 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -4
135 WFM Zhorzholiani Meri 2133 GEO 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
137 WFM Coimbra Margarida 2120 POR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
138 WFM Ni Viktorija 2120 LAT 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
142 WFM De Rosa Maria 2094 ITA 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
143 Foisor Mihaela-Veronica 2088 ROU 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
145 WFM Bensdorp Laura 2085 NED 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
149 Ikonomopoulou Maria 2050 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
150 WFM Bayrak Asli 2031 TUR 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
151 Stefanova Milena 2029 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
152 WFM Bakalarz Grazyna 2006 LUX 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
153 Pavlidou Ekaterini 1978 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
154 Vladimirova Maria 1976 BUL 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
155 Boyarchenko Marie 1877 LUX 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -3
156 Nikolaidou Eleni 1817 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0 -2
158 Tsarouha Marianthi 1747 GRE 0,0 0,0 1,0 0
158 13 IM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2452 SCO 0,0 0,0 0,5 0
87 WFM Gunina Valentina 2285 RUS 0,0 0,0 0,5 0

4) 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 after winning the first game and drawing the rest.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.doshermanas.net

5) Russian Team Championships

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). Games now available from the women's and higher league.

Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/. Additional coverage: http://www.chessdom.com/

6) 10th Dubai Open

The Dubai Open took place 5th-14th April 2008 at the Dubai Chess Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Wesley So took first place on tie-break from Merab Gagunashvili, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and Li Chao B after all finished with 7/9. More games now available.

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

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
132 players

7) Gausdal Chess Classic

The Gausdal Chess Classic took place 8th-16th April 2008.

Eirik T. Gullaksen reports: GM Gregory Kaidanov took clear first place in the closed top group. Kaidanov was threatened by GM Chanda Sandipan in the start and GM Kjetil A. Lie in the middle of the tournament, but only Kaidanov was able to keep his speed up. 19-year old GM Geetha Naraynan Gopal was the youngest player in the field and took second place ahead of top seed GM Vasilios Kotronias.

  The swiss GM-B ended in a three-way tie between GM Kveinys Aloyzas, GM Felix Levin and IM Jon Ludvig Hammer, with Kveinys having the better tie break. 17-year old Hammer is a classmate of Magnus Carlsen and is generally expected to be the next Norwegian GM.

Canadian IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon made a less then favorable impression by withdrawing after four rounds and four draws against lower-rated opponents. He felt all chances for a GM-norm were lost, so there was no point playing anymore.  

16-year old Jon Kristian Haarr won the ELO-group convincingly, advancing to next year's GM-B together with Terje Lund and Tor Wetle Hoem.

Official site: http://www.bergensjakk.no/gausdal/classics2008/index.htm

Gausdal Classics GMA Gausdal (NOR), 8-16 iv 2008 cat. XI (2517)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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
Gausdal Classics GMB Gausdal (NOR), 8-16 iv 2008
No Name Fed Rtg Title Total Perf
1 Kveinys, Aloyzas (4) LIT 2515 gm 6.5 2600
2 Levin, Felix (2) GER 2546 gm 6.5 2559
3 Hammer, Jon Ludvig (12) NOR 2457 im 6.5 2529
4 Åkesson, Ralf (9) SWE 2466 gm 6.0 2518
5 Prasad, Arun (10) IND 2465 im 6.0 2509
6 Saltaev, Mihail (5) UZB 2500 gm 6.0 2511
7 Djurhuus, Rune (11) NOR 2459 gm 6.0 2480
8 Leniart, Arkadiusz (30) POL 2324 fm 5.5 2550
9 Kidambi, Sundararjan (15) IND 2441 im 5.5 2480
10 Bromberger, Stefan (8) GER 2487 im 5.5 2468
11 Vidonyak, Roman (20) GER 2400 im 5.5 2453
12 Cox, John (23) ENG 2380 im 5.5 2448
13 Flumbort, Andras (6) HUN 2499 im 5.5 2442
14 Berelovich, Alexander (1) UKR 2595 gm 5.5 2446
15 Westerinen, Heikki (26) FIN 2357 gm 5.5 2413
16 Rotstein, Arkandij (3) GER 2528 gm 5.5 2423
17 Collins, Sam E (19) IRL 2421 im 5.5 2407
18 Womacka, Mathias (13) GER 2445 im 5.5 2410
19 Lindberg, Bengt (14) SWE 2442 im 5.5 2338
20 Kovachev, Daniel J. (39) NOR 2189 5.0 2376
21 Bentsen, Øyvind (50) NOR 2115 5.0 2301
22 Peek, Marcel (21) NED 2389 im 5.0 2288
23 Afek, Yochanan (28) ISR 2333 im 5.0 2283
24 Getz, Nicolai (57) NOR 2058 5.0 2293
25 Lie, Espen (16) NOR 2440 im 4.5 2425
26 Pruess, David (18) USA 2425 im 4.5 2400
27 Hirneise, Tobias (22) GER 2382 fm 4.5 2346
28 Elsness, Frode (17) NOR 2429 im 4.5 2329
29 Grotnes, Nils Ragnar (32) NOR 2256 fm 4.5 2324
30 Söderberg, Per (38) SWE 2195 4.5 2287
31 Røyset, Pål (37) NOR 2204 4.5 2275
32 Kremenietsky, Anatoly (27) RUS 2354 im 4.5 2269
33 Naslund, Mikael (35) SWE 2228 fm 4.5 2234
58 players

8) V Magistral da Hebraica

The V Magistral da Hebraica took place in Sao Paulo 6th-14th April 2008. Rafael Leitao and Gilberto Milos finished with 6.5/9.

Official site: http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/

V Magistral da Hebraica Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 6-14 iv 2008 cat. IX (2468)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2604 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2618
2. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2594 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2619
3. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2500 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 5 2507
4. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag m BRA 2466 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5 2511
5. Diamant, Andre m BRA 2407 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5 2517
6. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2575 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2456
7. Coelho, Luis Henrique m BRA 2392 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 3½ 2396
8. Stamenkovic, Dragan m SRB 2440 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 3 2346
9. Perdomo, Leandro m ARG 2361 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 3 2354
10. Rodi, Luis Ernesto f ARG 2340 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ * 3 2357

9) First Saturday April

The First Saturday tournaments took place 5th-17th April 2008. Bui Vinh won the GM event with 7.5/10.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 iv 2008 cat. VIII (2438)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Bui Vinh m VIE 2448 * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 2629
2. Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2458 1 * ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 2545
3. Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy f VIE 2482 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2543
4. Horvath, Peter1 g HUN 2469 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2506
5. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2548 0 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 6 2498
6. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2500 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2467
7. Brunello, Sabino m ITA 2475 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 5 2434
8. Duong The Anh f VIE 2403 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 4½ 2405
9. Langrock, Hannes f GER 2395 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 4½ 2406
10. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2279 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 2 2213
11. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2358 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 2079

FSIM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 iv 2008 cat. I (2271)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Natsidis, Christoph GER 2280 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 2341
2. Werner, Dimo m GER 2300 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2303
3. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2316 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2302
4. Van der Nat, Nicholas f RSA 2265 0 0 ½ * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5½ 2307
5. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2267 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 5 2270
6. Darazs, Zoltan HUN 2246 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 5 2273
7. Simonyi, Zoltan f SRB 2250 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2272
8. Szabo, Bence HUN 2216 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 5 2276
9. Balazs, Gabor2 HUN 2278 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4½ 2233
10. Lorand, Norbert HUN 2233 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 4 2202
11. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2325 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 4 2193

10) 2nd Gap Open

The 2nd Gap Open took place 14th-19th April 2008. Dmitry Svetushkin won the event with 8.5/9.

Official site: http://gapechecs.phpnet.org/

2nd Open Gap ((FRA), 14-19 iv 2008
Pl Name Ti  Elo NAT Pts Tr. Ka. Perf.
1 SVETUSHKIN Dmitry g 2568 MDA 8,5 45 34 2793
2 NINOV Nikolai m 2509 BUL 7 46,5 28 2542
3 BORSOS Bogdan m 2354 UKR 7 43,5 29 2426
4 PRIE Eric g 2520 FRA 6,5 44,5 27 2476
5 OKHOTNIK Vladimir m 2458 FRA 6,5 43 28 2432
6 DELEAU Denis   2107 FRA 6,5 42 27 2206
7 PHILIPPE Christophe m 2407 FRA 6 44,5 26 2369
8 PY Walter   2101 FRA 6 42 26 2133
9 FORTHOFER Robert   2253 FRA 6 41 26 2169
10 CHEVALIER Christian   1975 FRA 6 35 27 1913
11 GARNIER Jean-Paul   2059 FRA 5,5 40 25 2026
12 MERCKY Gilles   1905 FRA 5,5 36,5 25 1936
13 GROLEAU Antoine   1640 FRA 5,5 31,5 25 1774
14 PAIRAUD Jean-Rene   1730 FRA 5 41,5 23 1907
15 BIRENS Eric-Andre   2046 FRA 5 39,5 24 1987
16 JOUET Philippe   1893 FRA 5 39 24 1958
17 RUBINO Adrien   1820 FRA 5 35,5 23 1787
18 LABARTHE Arnaud   1904 FRA 5 35 24 1851
19 DE LA FOREST Laurent   1870 FRA 5 35 24 1843
20 POMMERET Jean-Claude   1923 FRA 5 34,5 24 1893
21 HADAMARD Olivier   1810 FRA 5 33,5 24 1782
22 POBEDONOSTZEFF Franck   1874 FRA 5 32 23 1792
23 ESTACHY Simon   1530 FRA 5 31 23 1694
52 players

11) Copenhagen Chess Challenge

The Copenhagen Chess Challenge took place in Copenhagen 16th-20th April 2008. Allan Stig Rasmussen won the event alone with 6.5/9.

Official site: http://kobenhavnsskakunion.dk

Copenhagen Chess Challenge Ballerup (DEN), 16-20 iv 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Rasmussen, Allan Stig f DEN 2510 +19 =10 =17 +12 =2 +9 =4 +6 =5 6½ 2548
2. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2493 +27 +5 +11 =8 =1 =7 =6 =4 =3 6 2534
3. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2536 +21 =12 =6 =7 =11 +18 =5 +14 =2 6 2450
4. Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2492 =24 +28 =10 +17 =8 +13 =1 =2 =9 6 2498
5. Semcesen, Daniel f SWE 2351 +38 -2 =24 +22 +10 =16 =3 +11 =1 6 2419
6. Mikkelsen, Nikolaj f DEN 2392 +22 =15 =3 +19 =9 +8 =2 -1 =7 5½ 2439
7. Glud, Jakob Vang m DEN 2456 +30 =17 +15 =3 =13 =2 =9 =8 =6 5½ 2453
8. Karim, Ismael f MAR 2394 +31 +18 +9 =2 =4 -6 =14 =7 =11 5½ 2421
9. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2461 +14 +20 -8 +18 =6 -1 =7 +21 =4 5½ 2403
10. Grandelius, Nils f SWE 2388 +29 =1 =4 =11 -5 -14 +23 +28 +20 5½ 2343
11. Smith, Axel SWE 2428 +23 +16 -2 =10 =3 =15 +13 -5 =8 5 2387
12. Olsson, Linus f SWE 2372 +25 =3 =13 -1 =24 +23 =16 =15 =17 5 2314
13. Tikkanen, Hans m SWE 2437 =26 +21 =12 +20 =7 -4 -11 =16 +24 5 2323
14. Akdag, Dara DEN 2095 -9 +38 =16 =28 +17 +10 =8 -3 =15 5 2345
15. Nilsson, Sebastian SWE 2215 +34 =6 -7 =26 +29 =11 =20 =12 =14 5 2270
16. Skovgaard, Peter DEN 2244 +37 -11 =14 =24 +26 =5 =12 =13 =18 5 2273
17. Bejtovic, Jasmin f BIH 2364 +33 =7 =1 -4 -14 =26 +35 +27 =12 5 2270
18. Kludacz, Magdalena wm POL 2215 +35 -8 +23 -9 +25 -3 =24 +22 =16 5 2243
19. Haubro, Sigfred DEN 2130 -1 +33 +31 -6 . -25 +29 =24 +32 4½ 2132
20. De Verdier, Michael SWE 2225 +32 -9 +30 -13 =28 =24 =15 +25 -10 4½ 2180
21. Peschardt, Soren DEN 2130 -3 -13 +35 -25 +32 +31 +30 -9 =28 4½ 2165
22. Christensen, Esben DEN 2038 -6 +36 =27 -5 +34 =28 =25 -18 +33 4½ 2133
23. Johansson, Alexander ITA 2046 -11 +34 -18 +37 =27 -12 -10 +30 +31 4½ 2182
24. Hansen, Martin DEN 2107 =4 =26 =5 =16 =12 =20 =18 =19 -13 4 2239
25. Knudsen, Jes West DEN 1980 -12 =27 =29 +21 -18 +19 =22 -20 =26 4 2103
26. Hansen, Lars-Henrik Bech DEN 2072 =13 =24 =28 =15 -16 =17 =31 =32 =25 4 2107
27. Eriksson, Christian DEN 2129 -2 =25 =22 =31 =23 +29 =28 -17 =34 4 2088
28. Hvenekilde, Jorgen DEN 2210 +36 -4 =26 =14 =20 =22 =27 -10 =21 4 2131
29. Andersen, Daniel DEN 2010 -10 =35 =25 +30 -15 -27 -19 +38 +37 4 2048
30. Grove, Peter DEN 2073 -7 +37 -20 -29 +36 +33 -21 -23 +38 4 2034
31. Pallesen, Jacob DEN 2038 -8 +32 -19 =27 =33 -21 =26 +35 -23 3½ 1984
32. Almasy, Alexander DEN 1755 -20 -31 =33 =34 -21 +36 +37 =26 -19 3½ 1977
33. Brauner, Jonathan DEN 1920 -17 -19 =32 +35 =31 -30 =38 +36 -22 3½ 1954
34. Luther,Lasse DEN ---- -15 -23 +38 =32 -22 -35 =36 =37 =27 3 1885
35. Petrovski,Petruli DEN ---- -18 =29 -21 -33 +38 +34 -17 -31 -36 2½ 1899
36. Capion,Jon DEN ---- -28 -22 -37 +38 -30 -32 =34 -33 +35 2½ 1823
37. Haubro, Martin DEN ---- -16 -30 +36 -23 . -38 -32 =34 -29 1½ 1753
38. Hartsteen, Mark DEN 1909 -5 -14 -34 -36 -35 +37 =33 -29 -30 1½ 1776

12) Mecking - Greenfeld Match

GM Henrique Mecking drew a match with Alon Greenfeld 2-2 in the amphitheatre of Law College at University of Passo Fundo in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The 4 game match took place 16th-20th April 2008. Official site: http://www.ligadexadrez.com.br/conteudo/ver.asp?id=19&conteudoId=347

Match Passo Fundo (BRA), 16-20 iv 2008
Greenfeld, Alon - Mecking, Henrique ½-½ 30 E17 Queens Indian
Mecking, Henrique - Greenfeld, Alon ½-½ 24 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Greenfeld, Alon - Mecking, Henrique ½-½ 47 E17 Queens Indian
Mecking, Henrique - Greenfeld, Alon ½-½ 13 B14 Caro Kann Panov

Match Passo Fundo (BRA), 16-20 iv 2008
1 2 3 4
1-2 Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2575 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2 2565
1-2 Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2565 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2 2575

13) Semi-Finals of the 82nd Argentine Championships

The Semi-Finals of the 82nd Argentine Championships took place in 11th-18th April 2008. Diego Flores won the event with 7/9.

Official site: Full details

82nd ch-ARG s/f Buenos Aires (ARG), 11-19 iv 2008
Rank Name Score Title Buchholz PS SB Rating
1 FLORES, Diego 7 IM 54 38,5 41 2548
2 FELGAER, Ruben 6,5 GM 53 36 37,5 2574
3 MAHIA, Gustavo 6,5 FM 52,5 36 36 2432
4 ALONSO, Salvador 6,5 IM 51 35,5 35,5 2420
5 LEMOS, Damian 6,5 IM 50,5 34 35,25 2458
6 LIASCOVICH, Lucas 6,5 IM 49 35 34,25 2419
7 REAL DE AZUA, Ernesto 6,5 IM 48 33 31 2417
8 VALERGA, Diego 6,5 IM 46,5 30,5 32,75 2482
9 FULGENZI, Ernesto 6 FM 50,5 32 32 2315
10 DOS SANTOS, Ramiro 6 FM 49,5 30,5 31,25 2436
11 MARECO, Sandro 6 IM 48,5 32 30 2470
12 DELLA MORTE, German 6 FM 48 33 28,75 2407
13 IERMITO, Sebastian 6 FM 45 31,5 25,75 2339
14 HOBAICA, Juan Pablo 6 IM 44,5 28,5 28,5 2420
15 FUSCO, Leonardo 5,5 FM 49 30,5 27,5 2365
16 PERELMAN, Hernan 5,5   47 28,5 26,75 2342
17 SOLA, Ruben 5,5 FM 46,5 29 24,75 2321
18 DIAZ HOLLEMAERT, Nahuel 5,5 IM 45 27 25,5 2429
19 CUEVAS, Alex 5,5 FM 44 25 18,75 2183
20 AMBROGI, Agustin 5,5   42,5 27 25 2258
21 MEZA, Hugo 5,5   41 25 22,25 2257

14) Nordic Girls Championships

The Nordic Girls Championships took place 18th-20th April 2008. Katrine Tjolsen and Inna Agrest finished on 4.5/5 in the under-20 event. Detailed coverage of this and the under-16 and under-13 events also below.

Official site: http://ungdom.sk1911.no/?page_id=177

ch-Nordic Girls U20 Haraldsheim (NOR), 18-20 iv 2008
1 2 3 4 5
1. Tjolsen, Katrine NOR 2066 +6 +3 =2 +4 +7 4½ 2275
2. Agrest, Inna SWE 2180 +8 +5 =1 +3 +6 4½ 2185
3. Hansen, Herborg FAI 1710 +4 -1 +5 -2 +8 3 2004
4. Holen, Line NOR 1878 -3 +7 =6 -1 +10 2½ 1911
5. Bator, Magdalena POL 1869 +10 -2 -3 =8 +9 2½ 1871
6. Kristinardottir, Elsa Maria ISL 1781 -1 +9 =4 =7 -2 2 1912
7. Hojen,Louise DEN ---- =9 -4 +10 =6 -1 2 1832
8. Finnbogadottir, Tinna Kristin ISL 1669 -2 =10 =9 =5 -3 1½ 1762
9. Farevaag, Evy NOR 1799 =7 -6 =8 =10 -5 1½ 1714
10. Haugsvar,Lisbeth NOR ---- -5 =8 -7 =9 -4 1 1603

15) 4th Rhone Open

The 4th Rhone Open took place 12th-18th April 2008. Vadim Malakhatko won the event with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.open-rhone-echecs.com

4th Open Rhone (FRA), 12-18 iv 2008
Pl Nom   Cat. Fede Pts Tr. Cu. Perf.
1 MALAKHATKO Vadim g Sen BEL 8 45 42,5 2719
2 SIMUTOWE Amon m Sen ZAM 7,5 45 38 2584
3 HORVATH Jozsef g SenM HUN 7 48 38,5 2586
4 FARGERE Francois f SenM FRA 7 43 36 2460
5 DONCEA Vladimir   Sen ROM 7 41 35 2433
6 SAFRANSKA Anda gf SenF LAT 7 38,5 35 2287
7 BENITAH Yohan m SenM FRA 6,5 43 35,5 2397
8 ZOZULIA Anna m Sen BEL 6,5 41,5 34,5 2298
9 VOCATURO Daniele m Jun ITA 6,5 40 34 2353
10 GOMEZ JURADO Luis Alberto f SenM ESP 6,5 38,5 32 2216
11 PHAM Minh Hoang m Sen VIA 6 47,5 37 2455
12 GARCIA ROMAN Daniel m SenM ESP 6 46,5 35,5 2416
13 CAU Benjamin   SenM FRA 6 43 33,5 2253
14 BRIH Said   Sen FRA 6 41,5 32 2249
15 GOOSSENS Etienne f SenM BEL 6 41 34 2228
16 LACOUR Serge   SenM FRA 6 41 33 2204
17 BJARNASON Oskar   Sen ISL 6 40 33,5 2213
18 DELORT Frederic   SenM FRA 6 39,5 32 2179
19 BENEDIC Patrick   Sen FRA 6 39,5 31,5 2160
20 LEBURGUE Sylvain   SenM FRA 6 39,5 31 2138
21 PETIT Didier   SenM FRA 6 39,5 30 2112
22 MEINSOHN Pierre f SenM FRA 6 38 29,5 2110
23 CHARPENTIER Denis   SenM FRA 6 35 26 1969
123 players

16) Japfa WGM and Match

The Japfa WGM tournament and Match took place 15th - 20th April 2008. Wesley So won his match against Susanto Megaranto and Li Ruofan won the tournament.

Further details at Kristianus Liem's website: http://potretcatur.blogspot.com/

Japfa Match Jakarta (INA), 17-20 iv 2008
So, Wesley - Megaranto, Susanto 1-0 38 B19 Caro Kann
Megaranto, Susanto - So, Wesley 0-1 36 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
So, Wesley - Megaranto, Susanto 1-0 57 B01 Centre Counter
Megaranto, Susanto - So, Wesley ½-½ 45 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
So, Wesley - Megaranto, Susanto 0-1 32 B00 Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Megaranto, Susanto - So, Wesley ½-½ 67 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo

Japfa Match Jakarta (INA), 17-20 iv 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 So, Wesley m PHI 2540 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 4 2686
2 Megaranto, Susanto g INA 2561 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 2 2415

Japfa WGM Jakarta (INA), 15-20 iv 2008 cat. III (2318)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Li Ruofan wg SIN 2423 * * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 2445
2. Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2352 0 ½ * * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6½ 2420
3. Sukandar, Irine Kharisma wm INA 2243 ½ 1 0 ½ * * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2404
4. Krivec, Jana wg SLO 2362 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * * ½ 0 ½ 1 5 2308
5. Perena, Catherine PHI 2234 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * * 1 1 4½ 2298
6. Thandar Aye Win wf MYA 2291 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 * * 1 1956

17) Metz Open

The Metz International Open takes place 19th-27th April 2008.

Official site

18) 7th Malakoff Open

The 7th Malakoff Open takes place 19th - 26th April 2008. Evgeny Sveshnikov is the top rated player.

Official site: http://www.malakoffetmat.net/

19) French Youth Championship

The French Youth Championship takes place 19th-27th April 2008.

Website http://www.echecs.com/

20) 16th Sigeman & Co

The 16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place 22nd - 30th April 2008 in Malmo,Sweden. Play starts at 14:00 CET except for the final round (12:00 CET).

Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com

16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmo SWE (SWE), 22-30 iv 2008
GM Vassilios Kotronias GRE 2628
GM Daniel Stellwagen NED 2626
GM Lars Bo Hansen DEN 2576
GM Jan Timman NED 2561
GM Kjetil Lie NOR 2556
GM Evgeny Agrest SWE 2535
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 2535
GM Lajos Portisch HUN 2530
GM Ralf Akesson SWE 2470

Axel Smith SWE 2458

21) 3rd Salon de Provence

The 3rd Salon de Provence took place 14th-18th April 2008. Armen Petrossian won with 6/7. No games available.

Results: http://monsite.orange.fr/resultats-open/

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

La Laguna

The Torneo Internacional de La Laguna takes place in La Laguna - Tenerife, 21st - 27th April 2008.

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

8th Savaria Summer

The 8th Savaria Summer International Chess Tournament takes place 14th-22nd August 2008, Szombathely, Hungary

Details: http://sakk.savaria.hu/main.php?Lang=EN

French League Top 16

The final three rounds of the French League Top 16 Group Stage took place 10th-13th April 2008. There will be the final pool stages (Haute and Basse) 29th May - 1st June 2008.

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

4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup

The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup takes place in Odessa 30th May - 2nd June 2008. Anatoly Karpov, Ruslan Ponomariov and Boris Gelfand compete and there will be 8 players.

Official site: www.worldcup.pivdenny.com

8th PAL/CSS Freestyle Tournament

8th PAL/CSS Freestyle Tournament with $16,000 prize fund 24.03.2008 - A "Freestyle tournament" is one in which computer assistance - or help in any conceivable form - during the game is allowed and encouraged. The Eighth PAL/CSS Freestyle tournament will take place on the Playchess server on two weekends, April 11th-13th which has been just completed and April 25th-27th. The main sponsor, the PAL Group in Abu Dhabi (UAE), has provided a $16,000 dollar prize fund. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4528

Details of the preliminaries at: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4528, http://www.computerschach.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=643&Itemid=1 and the Final standings of the preliminary: http://80.237.188.74/rooms/freestyle_B.htm

Voronezh Chess Festival

12th Voronezh traditional chess festival takes place 10th-21st June 2008.

Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

Arctic Chess Challenge

The Arctic Chess Challenge 2008 takes place August 2nd - 10th in Tromsø, Norway. Contact address: simsim64@gmail.com

Details: http://www.arcticchess.org

Last year's event had 99 participants and was won by Alexander Moiseenko ahead of Kjetil Lie, Vugar Gashimov and Magnus Carlsen.

6th Solingen Chess Weeks

The 6th Solingen Chess Weeks will be held at Solingen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) between May, 9th and May, 17th 2008.

The main events of the chess festival are the two opens between June, 9th and 12th, both 7 rounds swiss, 2h/40+30 min/all.

The A-open is an Elo tournament open for all players; the top prizes are 800/500/300 euros. IM and GM are free of entry fee.

The B-open is for players rated below 1900 DWZ (national rating) only; the top prizes are 250/200/150 euros.

Additionaly there will be a blitz tournament on May, 16th (15 rounds swiss, 5 min/game) and a rapid tournament on May, 17th(9 rounds swiss, 20 min/game).

Further information: Andreas Peschel: +49 (0)175 591.24.07; anrope@hotmail.com and on the tournaments website: http://www.schachwochen.de/  

Ikaros Chess Festival

The main event of the Ikaros Chess Festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place from 12th-20th July 2008. It is a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3000 Euros in total (1st prize 800 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans). Special conditions for GMs/IMs and WGMs/WIMs are provided. The URL of Ikaros Chess Festival is: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros . Our e-mail is: ikaros@chess.gr while to contact us on the phone one can try: +30 6932 478386 or +30 210 5010871 (Mr. Savas Kyriakou). For general information about the island of Ikaria one can also check at: http://www.island-ikaria.com

Cez Chess Trophy.

Vladimir Kramnik plays David Navara for the Cez Chess Trophy. The match of 8 games in rapid chess will be the main event of the festival CEZ CHESS TROPHY 2008 and will take place in the Czech Republic in Prague 14th-18th May 2008.

Official site: http://www.praguechess.cz

Leko - Carlsen Match

There is an 8 game rapid match between Peter Leko and Magnus Carlsen 28th May - 1st June 2008.

Official site: http://www.lekokarpov.hu

European Union Championships, Liverpool 2008

This years European Union Championships takes place in Liverpool, England 9th - 18th September 2008. The prize fund is 30,000 pounds with 6000 pounds first prize. Already 16 Grandmasters have entered including Nigel Short, Sergei Tiviakov and Maxim Vachier-Lagrave.

Details:  http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk            

8th Brno Chess Festival

The 8th Brno Chess Festival 2008 takes place 27th or 29th June - 6th July 2008) in the luxury hotel BOBYCENTRUM****. Two open tournaments (FIDE and national) and closed tournaments (one grandmaster and 2-3 masters) are proposed. More details at: http://www.skduras.cz/en

VII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2008

The VII Benidorm International Chess Festival takes place 28th November - 8th December 2008. For information contact: E-Mail: eventosdeajedrez@yahoo.es festivaldebenidorm@gmail.com News: Patricia Claros Aguilar.

Brussels International Chess Festival

The Brussels International Chess Festival rapid chess tournament (11 rounds - 25 minutes) Open to all rated and unrated players takes place Saturday 24th May - Sunday 25th May 2008

Details: http://www.creb.be/

III President's Cup Baku

The III President's Cup takes place 11th-21st May 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan dedicated to the memory of Haydar Aliyev has a prize fund of $85000. Details: http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/regulations.htm

Magistral Ciudad de León

The 21st edition of the "Magistral Ciudad de León" takes place May 29th - June 2nd in León, Spain.

The players will be 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/

The players will be World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk, ant the 2 best Spanish Players, Top-10 Alexei Shirov and Francisco Vallejo Pons.

2nd Annual Ennis Open

The 2nd Annual Ennis Open will take place on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April 2008 at the Auburn Lodge Hotel, Galway Road, Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland (http://www.auburnlodge.com/). The tournament will incorporate the 2008 North Munster Championship, with the title of North Munster Champion going to the best performing player in the Open who is resident in or orginally from North Munster.

Alongside the Open an Under 1400 tournament will be run. Players rated under 1400 have the option of playing in either tournamet. A report of last years tournament can be viewed at the website of the Irish Chess Union (www.icu.ie)

Entries to: John Cassidy 065 6824642/ 087 2495913 or Rory Quinn 065 6821835 ennischessclub@hotmail.com

Tournament Venue: Auburn Lodge Hotel, Ennis, Co Clare Prizes: Subject to entries. Minimum first prize of Euro 700 in the Open. System: Swiss system of 6 rounds Starting Time: 8 pm sharp Time Control: All moves in 105 mins. Application deadline: 17th April Entry Fee: Titled players free, Adults Euro 40, Under 18 Euro 25 (players can deduct Euro 5 if fee received before closing date)

Dvoretsky-Jussupow Chess School in Paris

The Dvoretsky-Jussupow Chess School will hold lessons in Paris in June.

The first stage will be held in the "Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris" 11th-15th June 2008. The training sessions (3 hours with Dvoretsky and 3 hours with Jussupow)are given in english (with possible translation into french), and the trainers will deliver written lessons (available both in English and French).

Groups : limited to 16 persons a day, groups of 8 persons maximum for each trainer.

Charges : 220 Euro per day.

Wednesday : under 1700 elo.

Thursday :1700-2100

Friday :1800-2199

Saturday :+2200

Sunday :+2200

Send your reservations to : L’Ecole Parisienne du jeu d’Échecs, 2 rue des Goncourt, 75011 Paris, France (cheque 220 Euro, order E.P.J.E.). The lessons will be delivered in la Cité Internationale Universitaire, Maison internationale, 19 Bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris. From 10h to 13h and from 14h to 17h. Further information: eneiman@free.fr or phone: +33 6 81 48 64 58

Official site (in French): http://epje.free.fr/

World Championship Match Anand vs 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.

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

FIDE Grand Prix Events

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. It seems that in the case of Kramnik and Topalov that they believe that the event doesn't have big enough prize money (according to quotes in Chess Today). 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


FIDE Grand Prix 2008-9
Surname First Name NAT Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ck 08 Criteria WRk
Svidler Peter RUS 2763 2763 2763
2763
2763 4 2 Pres Nom 5
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2760 2760
2760 2760
2760 4 2 Rating 6
Leko Peter HUN 2753

2753 2753 2753 2753 4 1 Rating 8
Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2751
2751
2751 2751 2751 4 1 Rating 9
Aronian Levon ARM 2739
2739
2739 2739 2739 4 1 Rating 10
Gelfand Boris ISR 2737
2737
2737 2737 2737 4 1 Rating 11
Radjabov Teimour AZE 2735 2735 2735 2735 2735

4 3 Rating 12
Carlsen Magnus NOR 2733 2733
2733 2733
2733 4 2 Wcup 13
Karjakin Sergey UKR 2732 2732 2732
2732 2732
4 2 Wcup 14
Adams Michael ENG 2726 2726
2726
2726 2726 4 2 Reserve 16
Kamsky Gata USA 2726 2726 2726
2726 2726
4 2 Matches 15
Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2720
2720 2720
2720 2720 4 2 Hcity 17
Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2713 2713 2713 2713

2713 4 3 Pres Nom 19
Grischuk Alexander RUS 2711 2711 2711 2711 2711

4 3 Reserve 21
Bacrot Etienne FRA 2700 2700
2700 2700 2700
4 2 Pres Nom 22
Wang Yue CHN 2698 2698 2698 2698
2698
4 3 Pres Nom 25
Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2681 2681
2681
2681 2681 4 2 Hcity 34
Navara David CZE 2680 2680 2680

2680 2680 4 2 Hcity 37
Gashimov Vugar AZE 2665 2665 2665 2665
2665
4 3 Hcity 48
Pelletier Yannick SWZ 2600

2600 2600 2600 2600 4 1 Hcity 165
Al Modiahki Mohamad QTR 2569
2569 2569 2569
2569 4 2 Hcity 274
AVERAGE RATING


2715.9 2709.9 2697.4 2714.9 2707.7 2708.9



Player Count 21
2709.1 14 14 14 14 14 14 84 42

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

Grand Prix 2008-9 Prizes Each Event
Place EUR Points
1 30,000 140 + 40 bonus
2 22,500 130 + 20
3 20,000 120 + 10
4 15,000 110
5 12,500 100
6 11,000 90
7 10,000 80
8 8,500 70
9 7,500 60
10 6,000 50
11 5,500 40
12 5,000 30
13 4,500 20
14 4,000 10


Grand Prix 2008-9
Prizes for Final Standings
(Best three events)
Pl Prize (Euros)
1st 75,000
2nd 50,000
3rd 40,000
4th 30,000
5th 25,000
6th 20,000
7th 18,000
8th 16,000
9th 14,000
10th 12,000

British Chess Championships 2008

The 95th Championships of The British Isles organised by the English Chess Federation takes place Sunday 27th July - Saturday 9th August 2008 in St. George's Hall, Liverpool.

Details: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/events/bc2008/index.html

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place in Montreal July 19th-27th 2008.

Further details: Fédération québécoise des échecs

2nd Thun Open

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2008 continues in Thun with the 2nd "Rathaus Open Thun" May 9th-12th 2008. Thun is famous tourist town, 20 minutes from Bern by train, located on the lake of the same name. The venue is the Hotel-Restaurant "Rathaus" Thun, Open, Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1947), junior(1988-91), schoolboy (1992) and 3 best local players. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more (for everybody include GM, IM), GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "City House". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 May 9th ; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 10th; Round 4/5 9.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 11th; Rounds 6/7 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 12th; Closing ceremony May 12 at 20.30. Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch

Further info: http://www.beochess.ch

Cidade de Ferrol International

XXIII International Chess tournament Cidade de Ferrol Prizes : 14750 euros (different sections) Dates : 15th-20th July 2008 Time rate : 90’ + 30 Secunden Accomodation : 24,5 euros Full board in a Student house. There other posibilities. Entry: 30 euros . contact e-mail: xanrei@arrakis.es Other tournaments: Bernasque 3/7-12/7. Circuito Galego From 22/7 to 30/9

Further info: http://www.cfxadrez.org

X Sants Open

The X International Open of Sants, Hostafrancs and la Bordeta (Barcelona - Spain) takes place 22nd-31st August 2008. 10 round swiss system tournament with + 12.000 euros in prizes.

Other activities include a blitz tournament and rapid chess tournament with 1500 euros in prizes. Last year: 500 players from 40 countries including 70 titled players competed. There were 2 GM and 5 IM norms.

Details: http://http://www.cotxeres.org/open

Yerevan Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2008

The Chess Federation of Armenia is organizing an International Open Rapid Chess Tournament which takes place June 12th-15th, 2008, in Yerevan, Armenia. The event is organized simultaneously with the tournament "Chess Giants Yerevan 2008" with the participation of the world's top grandmasters.

The total prize fund of the open rapid tournament is 33000 USD with the following breakdown.

Breakdown of the Prize Fund
1st place 6 000 USD
2nd place 4 000 USD
3rd place 3 500 USD
4th place 2 500 USD
5th place 2 000 USD
6th place 1 800 USD
7th place 1 600 USD
8th place 1 500 USD
9th place 1 400 USD
10th place 1 300 USD
11th-20th 800 USD

Grandmasters and chess players with an Elo above 2450 will pay no entry fee. For the other participants the following fees are fixed: International Masters with an Elo up to 2450 30 USD Chess players with an Elo from 2301 to 2450 50 USD Chess players with an Elo from 2151 to 2300 70 USD Chess players with an Elo up to 2150 and without an Elo 100 USD The board and lodging costs will be covered by the participants. The following accommodation options are offered: Ani Plaza Hotel Single room - 80 Euro Double room - 50 Euro Breakfast is included in the prices. Optionally lunch - 10 Euro, dinner - 10 Euro Erebuni Hotel Single room - 60 Euro Double room - 35 Euro Breakfast is included in the prices.

For further information please contact: Mr. Gaguik Oganessian General Secretary, Armenian Chess Federation President, FIDE Zone 1,5
Tel.: (374)10-554923
Fax: (374)10-570758
E-Mail armchess@arminco.com

The 8th European Senior Championship

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2008" will present the 7th Chess Summer Festival in Davos from August 9th to 17th, 2008. The main event will be the 8th European Individual Senior Championship. The second tournament will be traditional, 7th Davos Open.

8th European Individual Senior Championship, August 9th to 17th 2008. "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in Congress Center. Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and rating: FIDE, Swiss (SSB) and German (DWZ). Seniors: men born 1947 and earlier; women born 1957 and earlier. Prize (men): 2.500/1.700/1.000/700/600/500/2x400/2x300 CHF. 3-4 group rating prize (200/150/100 CHF). Women: 400/300/3x200 CHF; Entry fee 80 CHF; at the door 20 CHF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 9th; Round 2/8 9.30-15.30 August 10th-16th; Round 9 9.30-15.30 August 17th.

7th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.000 SF, 800, 600, 400, 300, 200, 2x150 CHF. Natural prizes for 4 and more points. Entry fee 130 CHF, FMs and juniors 60 CHF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel free; at the door 20 CHF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 10th; Round 2/7 16.00-22.00 August 10th-16th. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress Center. Closing ceremony August 17th, 4 p.m. Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) Email beochess@bluewin.ch or read the website: http://www.beochess.ch

Paleochora International Open 2008

The Paleochora (southern Crete) International Open takes place 21st-28th July 2008.

Further details: http://www.chaniachess.gr

The Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival 2008

12th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" will be held 18th-25th. July 2008. in Senta (the Vojvodina /Serbia).

Further details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yuand in English: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/select.php?lang=3&xid=2

XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra

The XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra takes place 19th-27th July 2008. Contact: open@escacsandorra.com FEVA - Tel/Fax: 00.376.824465

Further details: http://www.escacsandorra.com

Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2008

Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2008, 1st-4th May 2008, in Ditzingen, South-Germany. 7 Rounds, Swiss System, A/B/C-tournament, over 7000 Euro prizes.

Further Details: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de

Alushta Diary 2008

GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 - 12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 3.06 - 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 7.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 - 9.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06 Individual and group studying. phone +38 (06560)5-05-32,

Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua

M-Tel Masters

M-Tel Masters takes 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. In case of a draw at the top there will be a tie break for determining the winner. Like in the previous three editions of M-Tel Masters the rule for the draws introduced in Sofia will be valid. According to it the players do not have the right to agree a draw. This can be decided only by the chef arbiter of the tournament.

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

M-Tel Masters Sofia BUL 7-18 v 2008
Veselin Topalov BUL 2780
Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2751
Levon Aronian ARM 2739
Teimour Radjabov AZE 2735
Ivan Cheparinov BUL 2713
Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2691
Average rating: 2735 Category: 20

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

The schedule for Chess Classic Mainz 2008 is now available. The event takes place 28th July - 3rd August 2008 in Mainz/Germany (a week later than originally advertised).

In addition there is a Chess Classic Calendar for the next year, which will be available in the first week of December. It is a big format (420 x 594 mm) and shows the stars and the biggest moments of the 14 years tournament history. The copies are limited to 200 (39,- Euro plus delivery) plus 64 with an autograph of World Champion Vishy Anand (48,- Euro plus delivery). Contact for order: juergen.wienecke@chesstigers.de

Further details: http://www.chesstigers.de

IX European Individual Chess Championship 2008

Pula Open 2008

The Pula Open 2008 takes place 21st-28th June 2008 in Pula, Croatia. Contact e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr

Further details: http://www.skpula.hr

echiquier-nicois Website

Thierry Foissez's echiquier-nicois website reports on news and events in French daily.

http://www.echiquier-nicois.org

Hungarian Chess Tournaments April - June 2008

1. 19th-28th of April, KECSKEMET, CAISSA IM tmt, org. Erdelyi

2. 3rd-15th of May First Saturday Budapest, org. NL,

3. 22nd-30th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, 1st prize 500,000 Ft (brutto 2 thousand EURO), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, e-mail: mssz@zalaszam.hu Mobile: 36-20-9777003

4. 7th-19th of June First Saturday, Budapest, org: NL.,

5. 13th-21st of June, Balatonlelle Open, GM-IM round robin, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match

A Press release from UEP Promotions announces that Viswanathan Anand will defend his World title against Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany October 11th-30th October, 2008. Main sponsor Evonik Industries AG and prizemoney 1,5 Million Euro. The match will be 12 games followed by playoffs if required. The contract was signed by both players 18th December 2007.

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

Mindsports

The World Mindsports games takes place in Beijing, China after the Olympics 3rd -18th October 2008.

Details: http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/Calendar/files/WorldMindSportsGames2007.pdf.

XXI Benidorm Open

The XXI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm 2008 Benidorm organised an international tournament 1977 till 1995 now it has returned second year. The event takes place 25nd April - 4th May 2008 (10 rounds). 35.000 Euros in prizes. Information: Mr. Alfonso Vilches Tel: +34 695 91 56 78. E-mail: open@chessbenidorm.com

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

Halkidiki Chess Festival 2008

Games Festival is a mass event organized for the third year in Halkidiki, Greece 28th April - 6th May 2008. The festival includes series of tournaments & exhibitions in prestigious sports like, chess, billiards, bridge, darts, streetbasketball and popular table games like scrabble, strategic games, pc games etc.

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

Etienne Bacrot's Website

Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ with his analysis and news. Very worth while, especially when he's playing.

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones

Mats Luthman has written a program that connects to ICC and FICS, compatable with many modern mobile phones. I've been looking for something like this for a while for watching live tournaments if I'm out and about. Its a nice free solution, you can also play but I haven't tried that.

Website: http://www.luthman.nu/Mobi/Mobi.html