THE WEEK IN CHESS 705 12th May 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) MTel Masters
3) Capablanca Memorial
4) Kaupthing Open
5) Gyumri International
6) Predojevic - Dukic Match
7) Victory Day Tournament Moscow
8) II Magistral Colonia
9) 6th Solingen Chess Weeks
10) 2nd Thun Open
11) Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft
12) Campeonato de España de Selecciones Autonómicas
13) First Saturday May
14) Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial
15) Copa Ciudad De Berazategui
16) 4NCL
17) Halkidiki Chess Festival
18) European Individual Championships
19) 26th Liechtenstein International Open
20) Cez Chess Trophy
21) III President's Cup Baku
22) 8th Znojmo Open
23) X Salou Open
24) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
MTel Masters 15 games
Kaupthing Open 28 games
Predojevic - Dukic Match 4 games
Victory Day Tournament Moscow 42 games
II Magistral Colonia 45 games
Stuttgart 70 games
TCH-ESP Selecciones Autonómicas 60 games
First Saturday May 86 games
Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial 35 games
Copa Ciudad De Berazategui 71 games
4NCL 48 games
Halkidiki Chess Festival 8 games
European Individual Championships 4 games
26th Liechtenstein International Open 10 games
526 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Holger Lieske, Chris Bird, Jan Mazuch, Miklos Orso, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Mikhail Golubev, Gerard Demuydt, Jordan Jordanov, Efstratios Grivas, Robert Fontaine, Per Rasmussen, Malcolm Armstrong and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Vassily Ivanchuk is giving a real exhibition at the MTel Masters in Sofia. The mercurial Ukrainian player has started with a perfect 5/5 in the first half of the event and with more whites than blacks in the second half a plus score might reasonably be expected in that half too. Last year he was in Cuba playing and winning the Capablanca Memorial, this event is also on but coverage is sadly restricted to results at the moment.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) MTel 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 the event of a tie for first a tie break will be employed. As in the previous three editions of the M-Tel Masters the Sofia rules concerning draws will apply. Players cannot offer draws and a game can only be declared drawn by the Chief Arbiter.

Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com
Other coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com - http://www.chessclub.com/ with on the spot videos and photo reports - http://en.chessfish.com/ and http://www.chessdom.com

4th M-Tel Masters Sofia (BUL), 8-18 v 2008 cat. XX (2738)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 * * 1 . 1 . . . 1 . 1 . 4
2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2767 0 . * * ½ . 1 . 1 . . . 2832
3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2751 0 . ½ . * * ½ . . . ½ . 2657
4. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2763 . . 0 . ½ . * * ½ . ½ . 2643
5. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2696 0 . 0 . . . ½ . * * 1 . 2657
6. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2708 0 . . . ½ . ½ . 0 . * * 1 2544

Round 1 (May 8, 2008)
Radjabov, Teimour - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 48 E15 Queens Indian
Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 60 E00 Catalan
Cheparinov, Ivan - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 55 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 2 (May 9, 2008)
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 43 C11 French Defence
Aronian, Levon - Cheparinov, Ivan ½-½ 46 D11 Slav Defence
Bu Xiangzhi - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 45 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 3 (May 10, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 32 A11 Reti Opening
Radjabov, Teimour - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 56 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Cheparinov, Ivan - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 38 C11 French Defence
Round 4 (May 11, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Cheparinov, Ivan 1-0 40 E99 King's Indian Classical
Radjabov, Teimour - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 26 A17 English Opening
Bu Xiangzhi - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 36 D11 Slav Defence

3) Capablanca Memorial

The 43rd Torneo Capablanca In Memoriam takes place in La Habana (Cuba) 8th - 17th May 2008, category 15 average 2602. Coverage has thus far only been in the Cuban newspapers. Below are the first three rounds of results. Games not yet available.

43rd Capablanca Memorial Havana CUB (CUB), 8-17 v 2008 cat. XV (2605)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2695 * . . . ½ ½ . . 1 . 2 2761
2. Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter g CUB 2534 . * . . . . ½ 1 ½ . 2 2709
3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2609 . . * ½ . . . ½ . 1 2 2706
4. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2608 . . ½ * ½ ½ . . . . 2631
5. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2649 ½ . . ½ * . . . . ½ 2623
6. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2635 ½ . . ½ . * . . ½ . 2642
7. Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus g CUB 2559 . ½ . . . . * ½ . ½ 2556
8. Hernandez Carmenates, Holden g CUB 2568 . 0 ½ . . . ½ * . . 1 2442
9. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2625 0 ½ . . . ½ . . * . 1 2496
10. Quezada Perez, Yuniesky g CUB 2567 . . 0 . ½ . ½ . . * 1 2480

Round 1 (May 8, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1-0
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Tiviakov, Sergei ½-½
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus - Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter ½-½
Hernandez Carmenates, Holden - Khenkin, Igor ½-½
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky - Amonatov, Farrukh ½-½
Round 2 (May 9, 2008)
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter - Wojtaszek, Radoslaw ½-½
Khenkin, Igor - Quezada Perez, Yuniesky 1-0
Amonatov, Farrukh - Bruzon Batista, Lazaro ½-½
Tiviakov, Sergei - Dominguez Perez, Lenier ½-½
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus - Hernandez Carmenates, Holden ½-½
Round 3 (May 10, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Amonatov, Farrukh ½-½
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro - Khenkin, Igor ½-½
Hernandez Carmenates, Holden - Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter 0-1
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Tiviakov, Sergei ½-½
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky - Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus ½-½

The Guillermo Garcia Memorial takes place in Santa Clara  (Cuba) 19th-27th May, 2008.

The Torneo Moncada takes place in Santiago de Cuba 29th May - 6th June 2008 is a Swiss Open - 9 rounds 

Official site: http://www.inder.cu/capablanca/

4) Kaupthing Open

The Kaupthing Open takes place 10th-17th May 2008 in the the Woiwer Sports Center, Differdange, Luxembourg. Players include: Bartosz Socko, Andrei Istratescu and Christian Bauer.

Official site: http://www.lecavalier.lu/Kaupthing-Open-2008.htm

Kaupthing Open Differdange (LUX), 10-17 v 2008
PlPlayerTiTWZ NATPtsPktSu Buchh
1Drozdovskij,Yuri GM 2581UKR 3.599.5
2Edouard,Romain IM 2509FRA 3.599
3Stefansson,Hannes GM 2583ISL 3.58.510
4Danielsen,Henrik GM 2510ISL 3.58.59.5
5Istratescu,Andrei GM 2628ROU 3.58.59
5Gupta,Abhijeet IM 2521IND 3.58.59
7Feller,Sebastien GM 2540FRA 3.58.58
8Dzagnidze,Nana IM 2443GEO 399.5
9Velicka,Petr GM 2496CZE 38.511
10Kritz,Leonid GM 2609GER 38.59
10Negi,Parimarjan GM 2514IND 38.59
12Zdebskaja,Natalia WGM 2368UKR 37.510
13Gharamian,Tigran IM 2554FRA 37.58.5
14Risch,Michel 2017LUX 379.5
15Schlosser,Philipp GM 2563GER 379
16Thorhallsson,Thro GM 2437ISL 377
16Nebolsina,Vera WGM 2345RUS 377
18Johannesson,Ingva FM 2344ISL 376
19Siebrecht,Sebasti IM 2493GER 2.5811
20Socko,Monika IM 2505POL 2.5810.5
21Kristjansson,Stef IM 2485ISL 2.5810
22Frolyanov,Dmitry GM 2553RUS 2.57.510
23Papadopoulos,Ioan IM 2471GRE 2.57.59.5
24Degtiarev,Evgeny FM 2350GER 2.57.59
25Gunnarsson,Jon Vi IM 2431ISL 2.56.59.5
25Tania,Sachdev IM 2423IND 2.56.59.5
25Faibisovich,Vadim IM 2421RUS 2.56.59.5
28Thorfinnsson,Bjor FM 2417ISL 2.56.58
29Berend,Fred IM 2350LUX 2.56.57.5
30Ajrapetjan,Yuriy GM 2504UKR 2.56.57.5
31Marzolo,Cyril IM 2476FRA 2.56.57
32Delorme,Axel FM 2377FRA 2.567.5
33Bauer,Christian GM 2619FRA 2.558
34Raykhman,Alexande 2242GER 2.557.5
85 players

5) Gyumri International

The Gyumri International took place in Armenia 25th April - 6th May 2008. Arman Pashikian won the event with 9/11. Games from the final two rounds not yet available.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.am

It Gyumri ARM (ARM), 25 iv-6 v 2008 cat. X (2487)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2537 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 9 2744
2. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2473 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 7 2590
3. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2622 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 2576
4. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2536 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 2547
5. Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2510 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 2549
6. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2428 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 2492
7. Simonian, Hrair m ARM 2443 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 5 2454
8. Babujian, Levon m ARM 2413 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 2428
9. Melkumyan, Hrant m ARM 2534 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 1 2417
10. Kalashian, David ARM 2439 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 4 2389
11. Hayrapetian, Arman m ARM 2414 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 * 0 2360
12. Gabrielian, Artur m RUS 2494 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 3 2311

6) Predojevic - Dukic Match

Borki Predojevic beat Nikola Ðukic 2.5-1.5 in a match following the Sozina Open in Bar (Crna Gora) 7th-10th April 2008.

Coverage at http://www.sozina.org

7) Victory Day Tournament Moscow

The "Victory Day" Tournament took place at the Russian State Social University (RGSU) in Moscow. 24th April - 6th May 2008. Mikhail Krylov won the event with 10/12.

Official site: http://plotnikov.org/grossrgsu2008/main/index.php

Victory Day A Moscow RUS (RUS), 24 iv-6 v 2008 cat. VII (2419)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
1. Krylov, Mikhail RUS m RUS 2409 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2692
2. Mongontuul, Bathuyag wg MGL 2402 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7.5 2515
3. Bagirov, Rufat g AZE 2488 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7.0 2470
4. Okara, Andrey f RUS 2407 ½ ½ 1 * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 6.5 2448
5. Khruschiov, Alexey g MDA 2514 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 6.5 2439
6. Chernobay, Artem RUS 2416 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 6.5 2448
7. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2456 0 1 0 1 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6.0 2415
8. Reshetnikov, Alexey f RUS 2402 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.5 2391
9. Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2444 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 5.5 2387
10. Konovalov, Nikolay m RUS 2426 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 5.5 2389
11. Paveliev, Alexey m RUS 2392 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 5.0 2364
12. Morozov, Grigoriy f RUS 2357 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 4.0 2299
13. Manakova, Maria wg SRB 2332 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 2.5 2196

8) II Magistral Colonia

The II Magistral Colonia took place in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay 4th-9th May 2008. Guillermo Soppe won with 6.5/9.

http://www.escaque.blogspot.com/

II Magistral de Colonia Colonia del Sacramento URU (URU), 4-9 v 2008 cat. III (2317)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2417 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 2471
2. Bertona, Fernando ARG 2425 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2384
3. Valiente, Cristobal m PAR 2267 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2365
4. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2420 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 5 2348
5. Riverol, Jose URU 2275 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5 2364
6. Menna Barreto, Luiz Ney f BRA 2314 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 2317
7. Rodriguez, Santiago URU 2204 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ * 0 0 1 4 2286
8. Larrea, Manuel f URU 2342 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 1 4 2271
9. Oddone, Cristhian URU 2235 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * 0 2246
10. Ippoliti, Horacio ARG 2270 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 2 2102

9) 6th Solingen Chess Weeks

The 6th Solingen Chess Weeks takes place in Solingen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 9th-17th May 2008.

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

Solinger Schachwochen A (GER), 9-12 v 2008
Round 6 of 7 Standings
PlPlayerTiTWZ NATPtsBuchh BuSumm
1Saulin, Dmitrij IM 2404RUS 523.5127.5
2Souleidis, Georgi IM 2412GRE 522.5128.5
3Mladenov, Svetlin 2328BUL 4.522.5124.5
4Mainka, Romuald GM 2480GER 4.522.5121.5
5Wegerle, Jörg FM 2415GER 4.522123
6Rotstein, Jefim FM 2390GER 4.522121
7Krieg, Nikolaj 2299GER 423.5121
8Klundt, Klaus IM 2378GER 422120.5
9Rudolph, Anna WIM 2286GER 421.5116.5
10Wigger, Jochen 2287GER 421.5114.5
11Rezasade, Amir 2268GER 421118
12Schumacher, Gottf 2132GER 420114
13Livner, Anders FM 2306SWE 418115
14Werthebach, Felix 2148GER 3.521.5116.5
15Krug, Kevin 2183GER 3.521119.5
16Volkov, Mykyta 2084GER 3.519.5114
17Balduan, Markus FM 2324GER 3.519116.5
18Skutta, Dr. Bernd 2077GER 3.518.5107
19Eulering, Georg 2049 3.516.5103
20van Ackeren, Fran 2075GER 3.516104.5
21Nowik, Volker 2196GER 3.515.5106.5
52 players

10) 2nd Thun Open

The 2nd "Rathaus Open takes place in Thun, Switzerland, May 9th-12th 2008. Mihajl Stojanovic and Richard Gerber lead on 5/6 going into the final round although both have the black pieces in round 7.

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

11) Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft

The Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2008 took place in Ditzingen, South-Germany 1st-4th May 2008, Andrey Sumets took first place on tie-break from Thomas Luther after both scored 6/7.

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

Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft A Ditzingen (GER), 1-4 v 2008
PlPlayerTiNATTWZPtsBuchh
1Sumets,AndreyGMUKR2532630
2Luther,ThomasGMGER2539629.5
3Rau,HannesIMGER24245.531
4Schebler,GerhardGMGER24425.530.5
5Lammers,MarkusGER23715.526.5
6Tuncer,UfukFMTUR23065.523
7Gutman,LevGMGER2484530
8Eisenbeiser,AmadeusFMGER2422528
9Reinhart,EmmanuelFMFRA2298527.5
10Hirneise,TobiasFMGER2382526.5
11Schlötzer,WaldemarGER2268526.5
12Jussupow,EkaterinaGER2046526.5
13Ringoir,TanguyBEL2252526
14Reefschläger,Helmut,Dr.IMGER2295524
15Strunski,AndreasGER2271521
16Kunz,KonstantinGER21984.528.5
17Kabisch,ThiloGER22844.526.5
18Barthel,AnsgarGER22584.525.5
19Dudek,RichardGER22564.525
20Zhou,SyangGER20274.525
21Krockenberger,MartinFMGER22204.524.5
22Schulte,TorstenGER21854.524.5
23Meyner,HannesGER21464.524
24Häcker,AlexanderGER22344.524
25Kaplunov,VadymGER19674.523.5
26Schuh,KarstenGER22444.522.5
27Fiderer,LukasGER20654.522
28Hottes,DieterGER22084.520.5
115 players

12) Campeonato de España de Selecciones Autonómicas

The III Campeonato de España de Selecciones Autonómicas took place 30th April - 3rd May 2008. Selección Catalana won the team event. 12 games from rounds 2-6 now available.

Results http://chess-results.com/tnr12826.aspx?tnr=12826&art=16&lan=2&m=-1

Coverage: http://www.ajedrezmelilla.com/noticias/08/ce/nacional.htm

http://www.feda.org/

13) First Saturday May

The First Saturday tournaments takes place 3rd-15th May 2008.

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

FSGM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 v 2008 cat. VIII (2429)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Sjugirov, Sanan m RUS 2492 * 1 ½ 1 . . 0 ½ . . . 1 1 . 5 2560
2. Duong The Anh f VIE 2403 0 * ½ 1 . . ½ . . ½ 1 . 1 . 2530
3. Prohaszka, Peter2 m HUN 2506 ½ ½ * 0 . . ½ . . . 1 1 1 . 2492
4. Boros, Denes m HUN 2457 0 0 1 * . . 1 . 0 1 1 . . . 4 2484
5. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2496 . . . . * ½ 1 . ½ ½ 0 . ½ 1 4 2462
6. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2548 . . . . ½ * . 0 ½ ½ . 1 ½ 1 4 2459
7. Solomon, Kenny m RSA 2317 1 ½ ½ 0 0 . * 1 . . . ½ . . 2445
8. Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy f VIE 2482 ½ . . . . 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 . . 1 2429
9. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2466 . . . 1 ½ ½ . ½ * . . 0 0 1 2422
10. Bui Vinh m VIE 2448 . ½ . 0 ½ ½ . ½ . * . ½ . 1 2427
11. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2411 . 0 0 0 1 . . 1 . . * ½ . 1 2421
12. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2279 0 . 0 . . 0 ½ . 1 ½ ½ * . . 2353
13. Pesotsky, Vitaly m UKR 2371 0 0 0 . ½ ½ . . 1 . . . * 0 2 2304
14. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2326 . . . . 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 1 * 1 2151

FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 v 2008 cat. I (2254)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Gao Rui CHN 2139 * . 1 . . ½ 1 1 . 1 . 1 . . 2644
2. Petr('a)n, P('a)l m HUN 2347 . * 1 ½ ½ . . 1 ½ . 1 . 1 . 2501
3. Liu Qingnan CHN 2344 0 0 * . . 1 1 . . 1 1 . . 1 5 2411
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2267 . ½ . * . ½ ½ . ½ . 1 . 1 ½ 2387
5. Werner, Dimo m GER 2300 . ½ . . * ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 . . 1 2382
6. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2358 ½ . 0 ½ ½ * . ½ . 1 . 1 . . 4 2273
7. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2240 0 . 0 ½ ½ . * . . ½ . 1 1 . 2217
8. Pasalic, Harun BIH 2215 0 0 . . . ½ . * 1 ½ . ½ 1 . 2235
9. Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2332 . ½ . ½ ½ . . 0 * . ½ . ½ . 2204
10. Sankalp, Modwal IND 2138 0 . 0 . ½ 0 ½ ½ . * . ½ . . 2 2093
11. Horvath, Andras f HUN 2272 . 0 0 0 0 . . . ½ . * 1 ½ . 2 2116
12. Zalkind, Konstantin f ISR 2164 0 . . . . 0 0 ½ . ½ 0 * . 1 2 2076
13. Tate, Alan SCO 2167 . 0 . 0 . . 0 0 ½ . ½ . * ½ 2048
14. Sondermann, Johannes GER 2279 . . 0 ½ 0 . . . . . . 0 ½ * 1 2008

14) Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial

The Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial took place in Split, Croatia 28th April - 6th May 2008. Sinisa Drazic took clear first place with 6.5/9. Games from the first two rounds are not available.

http://www.a1split.hr/index.html

Father Ivan Cvitanovic Mem Split CRO (CRO), 28 iv-6 v 2008 cat. VIII (2434)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Drazic, Sinisa g SRB 2497 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 2592
2. Doric, Darko m CRO 2448 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 2557
3. Polak, Tomas g CZE 2553 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2545
4. Martinovic, Sasa f CRO 2403 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2480
5. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2502 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 5 2469
6. Bilobrk, Franjo m CRO 2370 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 1 ½ 4 2397
7. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2432 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 4 2390
8. Ljubicic, Filip m CRO 2471 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 2349
9. Plenkovic, Zdenko f CRO 2370 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 * 1 2274
10. Zelic, Mladen f CRO 2290 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 2283

15) Copa Ciudad De Berazategui

The 3rd Cup Berazategui took place 1st-6th May 2008. Alejandro Enrique Scarella won on tie-break from Sebastian Iermito after both scored 6/7.

Details: http://201.216.215.170/torneos/BERAZATEGUI_2008/index_berazategui.htm

3rd Cup Berazategui
(ARG), 1-6 v 2008
Final Round 7 Standings
PlPNoNameTiNATEloPtsBuchholzPSSB
111Scarella, Enrique Alejandro m ARG2349631,52626,25
213Iermito, Sebastian f ARG233963124,525,75
31Zarnicki, Pablo g ARG25155,53322,524,75
417Perez Ponsa, Federico f ARG22815,532,521,522,25
512Perelman, Hernan ARG23435,5 322423,25
66Liascovich, Lucas m ARG24195,531,52423,25
77Barrionuevo, Pablo f ARG24015,531,522,523,5
820Malbran, Guillermo m ARG22405,52721,520,75
910Perdomo, Carlos Andres m COL2353534,522,524
104Mahia, Gustavo f ARG24325342222,5
1115Blit, Jacques ARG23175 29,521,519,5
1219Meza, Hugo ARG22575 29,52019,75
1316Contin, Daniel m ITA23035291916,75
1425Catelli, Hernan ARG21835 2719,516,75
1530Dimuro, Matias ARG21435 251816
1633Alcobedo, Damian ARG21165 251816
1726Restuccia, Francisco ARG21605 24,51816
1814Quiroga, Facundo m ARG23314,5332219,25
198Tristan, Leonardo ARG23734,5 3120,517,5
209Aguilar, Juan f PER23574,530,520,517,25
2118Calderon Fernandez, Gervasio ARG22814,5 3021,517,75
225Alonso, Salvador m ARG24204,5302118,25
232Mareco, Sandro m ARG24704,5292117,25
2421Spata, German ARG22404,5 2920,516,5
253Quinteros, Miguel A g ARG24334,52919,516
2637Plazaola, Maria de los Angeles wfARG20754,528,518,516,25
2742Lovece, Ruth wfARG19964,526,516,513,25
2841Balzano, Ivan ARG20344,523,51711,5
101 players

16) 4NCL

The final weekend of the 4NCL took place 3rd-5th May 2008 in Sunningdale. Guildford A&DC 1 edged out their second team to take the title. My thanks to Malcolm Armstrong for the games from round 9 and 10. Full results, standings and the final round games are now available.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/

4NCL 2007-8 Sunningdale
(ENG), Round 9-11 3-5 v 2008
RD 9HILSMARK KINGFISHER 122421-7THE ADS2345
1wGreet, Andrew N2445½ - ½Speelman, Jonathan S2524
2bTherrien, Alex22460 - 1Davies, Nigel R2477
3wLindner, Daniel22450 - 1Jirka, Jiri2400
4bBriscoe, Christopher22590 - 1Cernousek, Lukas2435
5wMcFarland, Robert S22300 - 1Richardson, John R2305
6bTavoularis, Nicholas21840 - 1Snape, Ian2212
7wAndersson, Christin (F) *21730 - 1Anderton, David2239
8bJiretorn, Eva (F) *2155½ - ½Bellin, Jana (F)2170
RD 9SLOUGH SHARKS 122353-5RICHMOND2278
1wRendle, Thomas E2366½ - ½Gormally, Daniel W2508
2bJessel, Stephen2300½ - ½Bates, Richard A2382
3wWilliams, Samuel G (def)22490 - 1Hinks-Edwards, Thomas2375
4bMuter, Donny2211½ - ½Wall, Gavin2308
5wMarlow, Michael22530 - 1Bisby, Daniel L2279
6bRoberson, Peter T (def)22140 - 1Osborne, Marcus E2270
7wVan Weersel, Arlette (F)22031 - 0Mitchem, Nicholas D (reserve)2023
8bde Coverly, Roger2081½ - ½Chevannes, Sabrina (F)2075
RD 9BARBICAN 4NCL 123554½-3½WOOD GREEN2344
1wCollinson, Adam2384½ - ½Turner, Matthew J2486
2bFerguson, Mark24060 - 1Baburin, Alexander2542
3wD'Costa, Lorin A R2410½ - ½Martin, Andrew D2426
4bKnott, Simon2356½ - ½Sowray, Peter J2335
5wCollins, Sam24211 - 0Smith, Brian (reserve) *1905
6bCox, John J2380½ - ½McDonald, Neil2386
7wRogers, Jonathan W23371 - 0Pokorna, Regina (F)2352
8bLauterbach, Ingrid (F)2148½ - ½Tan, Desmond2316
RD 9BARBICAN 4NCL 22270½-7½GUILDFORD-A&DC 12508
1wDevereaux, Maxim2412½ - ½Rowson, Jonathan2582
2bTwyble, Michael S22710 - 1Conquest, Stuart C2530
3wBerry, Neil23160 - 1Hebden, Mark L2518
4bPritchett, Craig W23150 - 1Pert, Nicholas2545
5wLewis, Andrew P22820 - 1Howell, David W L2533
6bTaylor, Peter22370 - 1Prie, Eric2520
7wDorrington, Christopher22620 - 1Kosten, Anthony C2496
8bBhatia, Kanwal K (F)20640 - 1Lalic, Susan (F)2341
RD 9BETSSON.COM23552½-5½GUILDFORD-A&DC 22438
1wHunt, Adam C2453½ - ½King, Daniel J2518
2bHunt, Harriet (F)24541 - 0Gallagher, Joseph G2480
3wPert, Richard G2466½ - ½Cherniaev, Alexander2449
4bLedger, Andrew J2421½ - ½Flear, Glenn C2508
5wWebb, Laurence E23090 - 1Shaw, John K2467
6bEames, Robert G23150 - 1Tissir, Mohamed2444
7wLedger, David J22730 - 1Buckley, Graeme2390
8bLedger, Stephen C21480 - 1Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea (F) *2247
RD 9CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 121903-5NORTH WEST EAGLES 12206
1wDearing, Eddie23831 - 0Morrison, Graham2332
2bMoskovic, David M22821 - 0Hague, Ben2259
3wEckersley-Waites, Adam2197½ - ½Lyell, Mark2237
4bChurm, Rohan M21961 - 0Coates, Kenneth G2234
5wConlon, Joe21941 - 0Redmond, John2205
6bPickard, Charles2185½ - ½Hulmes, David I2203
7wCooley, Oliver21171 - 0Bowmer, Kevin *2120
8bBroomfield, Lucy (F)19670 - 1Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)2058
RD 10GUILDFORD-A&DC 125086½-1½BETSSON.COM2375
1wRowson, Jonathan25821 - 0Hunt, Adam C2453
2bConquest, Stuart C25301 - 0Hunt, Harriet (F)2454
3wHebden, Mark L25181 - 0Ledger, Andrew J2421
4bPrie, Eric2520½ - ½Pert, Richard G2466
5wHowell, David W L25331 - 0Webb, Laurence E2309
6bPert, Nicholas2545½ - ½Ortmann, David *2307
7wKosten, Anthony C24961 - 0Ledger, David J2273
8bLalic, Susan (F)2341½ - ½Eames, Robert G2315
RD 10NORTH WEST EAGLES 122244-4SLOUGH SHARKS 12273
1wMorrison, Graham2332½ - ½Jones, Gawain C B2522
2bHague, Ben2259½ - ½Rendle, Thomas E2366
3wLyell, Mark22370 - 1Jessel, Stephen2300
4bCoates, Kenneth G22341 - 0Muter, Donny2211
5wRedmond, John2205½ - ½Williams, Samuel G2249
6bHulmes, David I22031 - 0Marlow, Michael2253
7wChin, Francis2265½ - ½Van Weersel, Arlette (F)2203
8bGrigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)20580 - 1de Coverly, Roger2081
RD 10GUILDFORD-A&DC 224383-5THE ADS2345
1wKing, Daniel J2518½ - ½Speelman, Jonathan S2524
2bFlear, Glenn C25081 - 0Cernousek, Lukas2435
3wCherniaev, Alexander2449½ - ½Davies, Nigel R2477
4bGallagher, Joseph G24801 - 0Jirka, Jiri2400
5wShaw, John K24671 - 0Richardson, John R2305
6bTissir, Mohamed24441 - 0Snape, Ian2212
7wBuckley, Graeme2390½ - ½Anderton, David2239
8bSasu-Ducsoara, Andreea (F) *2247½ - ½Bellin, Jana (F)2170
RD 10WOOD GREEN23913½-4½HILSMARK KINGFISHER 12242
1wTurner, Matthew J24861 - 0Greet, Andrew N2445
2bBaburin, Alexander25420 - 1Therrien, Alex2246
3wMartin, Andrew D2426½ - ½Lindner, Daniel2245
4bSowray, Peter J23350 - 1Briscoe, Christopher2259
5wMcDonald, Neil23861 - 0McFarland, Robert S2230
6bTan, Desmond23160 - 1Tavoularis, Nicholas2184
7wPokorna, Regina (F)23521 - 0Andersson, Christin (F) *2173
8bLee, Graham D22820 - 1Jiretorn, Eva (F) *2155
RD 10BARBICAN 4NCL 222533½-4½CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 12190
1wPritchett, Craig W2315½ - ½Dearing, Eddie2383
2bRogers, Jonathan W2337½ - ½Moskovic, David M2282
3wLewis, Andrew P22821 - 0Eckersley-Waites, Adam2197
4bBerry, Neil2316½ - ½Churm, Rohan M2196
5wTwyble, Michael S22710 - 1Conlon, Joe2194
6bTaylor, Peter22370 - 1Pickard, Charles2185
7wColeman, David22030 - 1Cooley, Oliver2117
8bBhatia, Kanwal K (F)20641 - 0Broomfield, Lucy (F)1967
RD 10RICHMOND22893-5BARBICAN 4NCL 12365
1wGormally, Daniel W2508½ - ½Devereaux, Maxim2412
2bBates, Richard A23821 - 0Cox, John J2380
3wHinks-Edwards, Thomas23751 - 0Collins, Sam2421
4bWall, Gavin2308½ - ½Ferguson, Mark2406
5wOsborne, Marcus E22700 - 1Knott, Simon2356
6bFranklin, Michael J22420 - 1D'Costa, Lorin A R2410
7wMeyer, Gordon21530 - 1Collinson, Adam2384
8bChevannes, Sabrina (def) (F)20750 - 1Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)2148
RD 11HILSMARK KINGFISHER 122511-7GUILDFORD-A&DC 12493
1wGreet, Andrew N2445½ - ½Rowson, Jonathan2582
2bLindner, Daniel22450 - 1Conquest, Stuart C2530
3wTherrien, Alex22460 - 1Flear, Glenn C2508
4bBritton, Richard L22570 - 1Prie, Eric2520
5wBriscoe, Christopher22590 - 1Gallagher, Joseph G2480
6bMcFarland, Robert S22300 - 1Hebden, Mark L2518
7wJiretorn, Eva (F) *2155½ - ½Shaw, John K2467
8bAndersson, Christin (F) *21730 - 1Lalic, Susan (F)2341
RD 11BARBICAN 4NCL 123832½-5½GUILDFORD-A&DC 22453
1wParker, Jonathan25331 - 0Howell, David W L2533
2bDevereaux, Maxim24120 - 1Pert, Nicholas2545
3wFerguson, Mark24060 - 1King, Daniel J2518
4bCox, John J23800 - 1Kosten, Anthony C2496
5wCollins, Sam24210 - 1Cherniaev, Alexander2449
6bD'Costa, Lorin A R2410½ - ½Tissir, Mohamed2444
7wKnott, Simon23561 - 0Buckley, Graeme2390
8bLauterbach, Ingrid (F)21480 - 1Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea (F) *2247
RD 11NORTH WEST EAGLES 122302½-5½BARBICAN 4NCL 22269
1wMorrison, Graham2332½ - ½Twyble, Michael S2271
2bCarleton, John J23130 - 1Berry, Neil2316
3wHague, Ben22591 - 0Lewis, Andrew P2282
4bLyell, Mark22370 - 1Rogers, Jonathan W2337
5wCoates, Kenneth G22341 - 0Pritchett, Craig W2315
6bRedmond, John22050 - 1Taylor, Peter2237
7wHulmes, David I22030 - 1Coleman, David2203
8bGrigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)20580 - 1Regan, Natasha (F)2192
RD 11THE ADS23453½-4½WOOD GREEN2389
1wSpeelman, Jonathan S2524½ - ½Baburin, Alexander2542
2bDavies, Nigel R2477½ - ½Martin, Andrew D2426
3wCernousek, Lukas24350 - 1Turner, Matthew J2486
4bJirka, Jiri2400½ - ½Sowray, Peter J2335
5wRichardson, John R2305½ - ½McDonald, Neil2386
6bSnape, Ian2212½ - ½Pokorna, Regina (F)2352
7wAnderton, David2239½ - ½Law, Andrew P2303
8bBellin, Jana (F)2170½ - ½Lee, Graham D2282
RD 11BETSSON.COM23394½-3½RICHMOND2289
1wHunt, Adam C2453½ - ½Gormally, Daniel W2508
2bHunt, Harriet (F)2454½ - ½Bates, Richard A2382
3wLedger, Andrew J24211 - 0Hinks-Edwards, Thomas2375
4bOrtmann, David *2307½ - ½Wall, Gavin2308
5wEames, Robert G23151 - 0Osborne, Marcus E2270
6bLedger, David J22731 - 0Franklin, Michael J2242
7wLedger, Stephen C21480 - 1Meyer, Gordon2153
8bdefault0 - 1Chevannes, Sabrina (F)2075
RD 11CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 121903-5SLOUGH SHARKS 12247
1wDearing, Eddie23830 - 1Jones, Gawain C B2522
2bMoskovic, David M2282½ - ½Jessel, Stephen2300
3wEckersley-Waites, Adam2197½ - ½Rendle, Thomas E2366
4bChurm, Rohan M2196½ - ½Linford, Charles (reserve)2129
5wConlon, Joe2194½ - ½Williams, Samuel G2249
6bPickard, Charles2185½ - ½Ruston, Mark R2128
7wCooley, Oliver2117½ - ½Van Weersel, Arlette (F)2203
8bBroomfield, Lucy (F)19670 - 1de Coverly, Roger2081
4NCL 2007-8 Sunningdale Final Standings
(ENG), Round 9-11 3-5 v 2008
TeamWonDrawnLostPoints
GUILDFORD-A&DC 1101021
GUILDFORD-A&DC 2100120
BARBICAN 4NCL 181217
BETSSON.COM71315
THE ADS60512
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 13359
WOOD GREEN3268
RICHMOND3268
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 13268
BARBICAN 4NCL 23177
NORTH WEST EAGLES 10383
SLOUGH SHARKS 11281 *

17) Halkidiki Chess Festival

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. The main open event was won by Miroslav Miljkovic on tie-break from Evgenij Ermenkov, David Zakarian and Antonios Pavlidis. Games from the final round 9 now available.

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

Halkidiki Chess Festival
(GRE), 29 iv-5 v 2008
RankSNo.Name RtgFEDPtsRes.FideBH.SB.
15Miljkovic Miroslav DIM2418SRB233½46½33.25
22Ermenkov EvgenijGM2463PLE35½50½35
38Zakarian David 2330ARM34½5230.75
416Pavlidis Antonios 2218GRE13245½31.5
53Georgiev KrumGM2452BUL6031½47½30.25
61Grivas EfstratiosGM2498GRE60314630.25
74Shavtvaladze NikolozIM2437GEO60314830.5
86Sandalakis Angelos 2346GRE033½49½27
911Breahna RaduFM2310ROU02741½21.75
1013Nikolaou Georgios 2271GRE5025½4220.75
1118Ilic Slobodan S 2182SRB502539½21
1228Malikentzos Sotirios 2043GRE5022½40½22
1310Poley VladimirIM2316BLR502237½18.75
1422Ketzetzis Georgios 2068GRE502137½17.25
1512Gergacz AttilaFM2287HUN027½4721.25
167Bayram YakupFM2337TUR02641½19
179Vragoteris AntoniosFM2317GRE0264716
1815Ataman Alper EfeFM2231TUR023½38½17.75
1921Hristodoulou Panagiotis 2092GRE022½4219
2024Kirgeridis Panagiotis 2060GRE018½3516.25
2136Gymnopoulos Konst. 1880GRE016½3411

18) European Individual Championships

The IX European Individual Chess Championship took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 20th April - 4th May 2008. Sergei Tiviakov took the men's title with 8.5/11 half a point clear of the field, Sergei Movsessian took the silver after beating Sergey Volkov in the playoffs. Kateryna Lahno won the women's event also with 8.5/11 half a point clear. Viktorija Cmylite beat Anna Ushenina in the playoffs to take the silver. A small number of corrections to the games file are now available.

Games in PGN and Women's Games in PGN

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

19) 26th Liechtenstein International Open

The 26th Liechtenstein International Open took place in Triesen 25th April - 3rd May 2008. Sergei Ovsejevitsch took first place on tie-break from Ivan Farago and Davit Shengelia after all finished on 7/9. Games from Round 9 now available.

Coverage at http://www.schach.li/

26th Liechtenstein International Open Triesen (LIE), 25 iv-3 v 2008
Rg.SNrName EloFEDPkteBH
11Ovsejevitsch SergeiGM2581UKR750
 5Farago IvanGM2470HUN750
32Shengelia DavitGM2549GEO749½
47Neubauer MartinIM2446AUT49½
54Van Der Weide KarelGM2482NED49
 8Ardeleanu AlinIM2415ROU49
711Dittmar PeterFM2338GER48
86Belezky Alexander DrIM2454UKR47
910Mantovani RenzoIM2354ITA44
1024Johnsen Gunnar 2186NOR42½
1120Schiendorfer Emanuel 2208SUI41½
1245Gaehwiler Gabriel 2044SUI643
1342Maurer Fritz 2050SUI641½
149Bronznik ValerijIM2373UKR641
1517Zeltwanger Andree 2242GER46½
163Siebrecht SebastianIM2490GER45½
1716Keller ManfredCM2244GER45½
1814Habibi AliIM2264GER45½
1915Grabher HeinzFM2258AUT44½
2019Prakken GerritFM2218NED43½
2125Kozlov Alexander 2167GER43½
2213Peredy FerencIM2268HUN42½
2331Donovan Linton 2123BEL42½
2422Bhend EdwinIM2202SUI39
2526Frick Renato 2153LIE36½
96 players

20) 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

21) 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.

Official site: http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/regulations.htm

22) 8th Znojmo Open

The 8th Znojmo Open took place 8th-11th May 2008. Tadeas Klecker took first place.

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/znojmo-open/

23) X Salou Open

The X Salou International Open takes place 8th-16th May 2008. Karen Movsziszian leads on 4/4. There is live coverage but no games in PGN so far.

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

24) Forthcoming Events and Links

4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup

The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup takes place in Odessa 30th May - 2nd June 2008. Participants: Boris Gelfand (2723, ISR) Ruslan Ponomariov (2719, UKR) Anatoly Karpov (2655, RUS) Pavel Tregubov (2629, RUS) Viktor Korchnoi (2598, SUI) Yuri Drozdovskij (2581, UKR) Valery Beim (2523, AUT) Mikhail Golubev (2474, UKR)

Official site: http://www.worldcup.pivdenny.com

Moscow Chess Championship

The Final tournament of the Moscow Chess Championship starts 12th May 2008.

6 grandmasters and 2 international masters will play by the round robin system. Live games are available.

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

Baltic Sea Cup 2008

The Baltic Sea Cup 2008 (Bornholm Summer Chess) takes place in Denmark 29th July - 6th August 2008. 10 round swiss. Top players already signed up include: GM Michael Roiz 2659, GM Sergei Tiviakov 2635, GM Igor Khenkin 2609, itali Golod 2606, GM Yuriy Kuzubov and GM Zoltan Gyimesi 2600.

Details: http://www.balticseacup.dk

Blackstone Chess Festival

Blackstone Chess Festival incorporating the New England Masters - 11th-17th August 2008.

The New England Masters will take place at the Blackstone Chess Academy, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA, from August 11-15, 2008. The event will be a 9 round Swiss with GM/IM norm opportunities and a prize fund of $3,300. The Masters is open to a maximum of 50 players rated FIDE 2100 or higher. Please visit http://www.NewEnglandMasters.com for more info.

The Masters event will be followed by the Blackstone Open on August 16-17, 2008, at the same location. This event will be a 4 round Swiss, split into two sections, an Open (minimum rating USCF 1600) and an Under 1900 Section. The total prize fund is $4,000. Please visit http://www.blackstonechess.com/event88g.htm for more info.

82nd Argentine Championship

The 82nd Argentine Championship takes place in Mendoza 19th-31st May 2008.

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/

I Masters of Olalachess Academy Training Camp

The I Masters of Olalachess Academy Training Camp takes place in Salou, Spain 1st-7th September 2008.

Details: http://www.masters.olalachess.com

Festival Santista de Xadrez

The Festival Santista de Xadrez  sees  2 GM Norm Tournaments takes place in Santos, Brazil 17th-25th May 2008.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/

King's Tournament Bazna

The King's Tournament takes place in Bazna, Romania 23rd May - 4th June 2008.

No official site announced yet. Details http://www.ligadexadrez.com.br/conteudo/ver.asp?id=19&conteudoId=356

King's Tournament, Bazna (ROM), 23 v - 4 vi 2008
Andersson, UlfSWEGM2537
Beliavsky, Alexander GSLOGM2641
Chiburdanidze, MaiaGEOGM2489
Khalifman, AlexanderRUSGM2628
Mecking, HenriqueBRAGM2565
Murariu, AndreiROMGM2483
Portisch, LajosHUNGM2523
Ribli, ZoltanHUNGM2581
Sokolov, AndreiFRAGM2596
Suba, MihaiROMGM2487
Short, NigelENGGM2660
Vaganian, Rafael AARMGM2617

Aerosvit Tournament

The Aerosvit-2008 tournament takes place in Foros, Crimea 7th-20th June 2008.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm

Aerosvit - Foros (UKR), 7-20 vi 2008
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2740
5 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732
6 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2711
7 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711
8 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2687
9 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2684
10 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2684
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2676
12 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2664

European U18 Team championships

The European U18 Team championships take place 13th-22nd June 2008 in Szeged, Hungary. Szeged is a major town on the South of Hungary on the river Tisza.

Invitation, registration form, bank account number, list of entries and other important information can be found at: http://www.chess.hu/u18etc

13th Pannonia Cup

The 13th Pannonia Cup takes place in Balatonalmádi (Hungary) 30th July - 3rd August 2008 International Open for FIDE ratings (without age limit)

Contact details: Fáncsy Imre: 8222. Balatonalmádi, Gábor Áron u. 15.; HUNGARY E-mail: almadikupa@freemail.hu

Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu

VI Gyorgy Marx Memorial

The VI.Gyorgy Marx Memorial takes place in Paks, Hungary 24th July - 4th August, 2008.

Players: Acs Peter, Aleksander Beliavsky, Berkes Ferenc, Gabriel Sargissian, Daniel Stellwagen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave average:2617 cat XV.

Alongside is the XII.Paks Open 30th Julybv- 3rd August, 2008, 7 rounds, rapid, blitz and children tournaments Apply and information:Vidéki Sándor videkis2001@yahoo.com

Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy

2nd Queenstown Chess Classic 2009

Queenstown Chess Classic takes place in Queenstown, South Island of New Zealand 15th-24th January 2009.

This will be the second such event, the first was held in Jan 2006.

The Tournament promoter is GM Murray Chandler. Over $50,000 (NZ) is being offered in prizes with additional prizes in the Rapid and Blitz events being held on January 25th-26th 2009.

Full details: http://www.queenstownchess.com

Mitropa Cup

The 2008 Mitropa Cup takes place May 24th - June 4th 2008 on the island of Sardinia in the city of Olbia at the Archaeological Museum. It will be a 9 round competition amongst teams from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland in two separate sections, the men's section and the women's section. Each team will be comprised of four men plus one reserve (for the men´s section), two women plus one reserve (for the women´s section), and one team captain. Officials from both the Italian Chess Federation (FSI) and the European Chess Union (ECU) will be present. Live coverage of the games commencing on Sunday May 25th at 15:00 (GMT + 02:00).

Official web site: http://www.federscacchi.it/mitropa_cup_2008.php

GM Boris Alterman's Chess Lessons

GM Boris Alterman has a blog with free chess lessons on it.

Website: http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/

19th Czech Open

The 19th Czech Open takes place 10th-27th July 2008 (Pardubice, CEZ Arena and Ideon)

THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL CHESS AND GAMES FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD (5908 starts of players from 50 countries in CZECH OPEN 2007!). Open grand master tournament (ELO FIDE >= 2200), Open European Amateurs Championships ( 1800,  2000,  2200), hundreds of other tournaments in chess and also in other games

Contacts: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic, tel./fax +420 - 466 535 200, mobile phone + 420 - 608 203 007, e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz,

Further information: http://www.czechopen.net

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

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

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

The schedule for Chess Classic Mainz 2008 is now available. The event takes place 27th July - 3rd August 2008 in Mainz/Germany. Anand , Morozevich, Carlsen and Polgar play.

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

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.

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

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/

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.

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

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

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

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.

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