THE WEEK IN CHESS 720 25th August 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Tal Memorial
3) 3rd NH Chess Tournament
4) French Championship
5) 35th Manresa International Open
6) Vienna GM
7) Slovenian Championship
8) Akiba Rubinstein International Chess Festival
9) X Sants Hostafrancs Open
10) Bratto Open
11) XI Bancpost Open
12) Antwerp Tournament
13) Montreal International
14) Ideal Max Euwe
15) Amizade International
16) Jessie Gilbert Celebration International
17) Malaysian Open
18) Olympiad U16
19) British Championship Corrections
20) 3rd Edmonton International
21) Ortigueira Open
22) Peregrina Open
23) Blackstone Chess Festival
24) Panevezys Open
25) Mislata Open
26) Latvian Chess Tour - Riga Open
27) European Senior Championship
28) US Chess League
29) 8th Savaria Summer
30) Obituaries
31) 11th Western Massachusetts Open
32) Paraguayan Championship
33) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Tal Memorial30 games
3rd NH Chess Tournament25 games
French Championship77 games
35th Manresa International Open30 games
Vienna GM45 games
Slovenian Championship153 games
Akiba Rubinstein Festival278 games
X Sants Hostafrancs Open40 games
Bratto Open25 games
XI Bancpost Open146 games
Antwerp Tournament15 games
Montreal International5 games
Ideal Max Euwe16 games
Amizade International15 games
Jessie Gilbert Celebration199 games
Olympiad U16520 games
British Championship Corrections4 games
3rd Edmonton International39 games
Ortigueira Open169 games
Peregrina Open90 games
Panevezys Open5 games
Latvian Chess Tour - Riga Open1 game
Paraguayan Championship6 games
1966 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Sinisa Joksic, Laszlo Nagy, Dennis Monokroussos, Robert N. Bernard, Toni Ayza, Primoz Kokalj, Zenon Franco Ocampos, George Mirijanian, Ilia Bluvshtein, Jan Lagrain, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Scott Freeman, Dinu-Ioan Nicula, Stefan Loeffler, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Gerard Demuydt, Adolivio Capece, Fred Lucas, Vlad Rekhson, Joaquim de Deus Fş, Efstratios Grivas, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Boris Zlender, Peter Shaw, Ilandzis Spyros, Gary Suffield, John Saunders and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The chess keeps on coming. The Tal Memorial takes top billing.with Vassily Ivanchuk having gone to the top of the standings by beating second placed Alexander Morozevich. This event still has two rounds to play and there is plenty of room for action. Vladimir Kramnik is playing his final event before his world title match against Viswanathan Anand and solidly mid-table on 3.5/7. There is again plenty of chess elsewhere of interest including the juniors giving a bit of a chess lesson to their elders in the NH Chess tournament, Etienne Bacrot won the French Championship after a tie-break match against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Bu Xiangzhi started with 3/3 in the Antwerp tournament and the Montreal tournament has seen its first round.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial in Moscow (GUM, Exhibition Hall- very close to Red Square) takes place in 17th-31st August 2008. The players are: Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Alekseev, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Gata Kamsky, Ruslan Ponomariov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Peter Leko and Boris Gelfand.

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

Tal Memorial Moscow (RUS), 18-27 viii 2008 cat. XX (2745)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 * 1 ½ . ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 . 5 2902
2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 0 * . 1 1 1 ½ ½ . ½ 4½ 2847
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 ½ . * ½ ½ ½ . 1 ½ ½ 4 2793
4. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 . 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ . 1 4 2796
5. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 ½ 0 ½ ½ * . . 1 ½ ½ 3½ 2744
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 ½ 0 ½ ½ . * ½ . ½ 1 3½ 2744
7. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 0 ½ . 0 . ½ * ½ 1 1 3½ 2754
8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 . ½ * 1 . 3 2689
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 0 . ½ . ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 2½ 2643
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 . ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 . 0 * 1½ 2510

Round 2 (August 19, 2008)
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 36 A30 English Symmetrical
Alekseev, Evgeny - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½ 20 D38 QGD Ragozin
Kramnik, Vladimir - Leko, Peter ½-½ 28 E15 Queens Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 31 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 45 D15 Slav Defence
Round 3 (August 20, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 31 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 87 A33 English Symmetrical
Leko, Peter - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 45 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kamsky, Gata - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 61 C43 Petroff's Defence
Round 4 (August 21, 2008)
Alekseev, Evgeny - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 76 D81 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½ 35 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 40 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 48 D10 Slav Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 29 C43 Petroff's Defence
Round 5 (August 22, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Morozevich, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 44 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Gelfand, Boris - Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ 52 E00 Catalan
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Leko, Peter 1-0 41 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Kamsky, Gata - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 40 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 6 (August 24, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 37 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kramnik, Vladimir - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 38 D93 Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Leko, Peter - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 43 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 37 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Shirov, Alexei - Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ 31 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 7 (August 25, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 60 D87 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Gelfand, Boris - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 47 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 38 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Alekseev, Evgeny - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 38 C10 French Rubinstein
Kamsky, Gata - Leko, Peter 0-1 48 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening

3) 3rd NH Chess Tournament

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

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

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

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

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

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


Round 1 (August 20, 2008)
Agdestein, Simen - Cheparinov, Ivan ½-½ 43 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Wang Yue 0-1 75 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Bareev, Evgeny - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 33 A19 English Opening
Korchnoi, Viktor - Stellwagen, Daniël 0-1 39 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Jussupow, Artur - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 33 D12 Slav Defence
Round 2 (August 21, 2008)
Wang Yue - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 35 A84 Dutch
Cheparinov, Ivan - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 28 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Stellwagen, Daniël - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 43 B19 Caro Kann
Caruana, Fabiano - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 63 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
L'Ami, Erwin - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½-½ 39 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 3 (August 22, 2008)
Agdestein, Simen - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 42 A19 English Opening
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Stellwagen, Daniël ½-½ 56 D10 Slav Defence
Bareev, Evgeny - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 24 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Korchnoi, Viktor - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 27 E98 King's Indian Classical
Jussupow, Artur - Wang Yue 0-1 49 D86 Gruenfeld Simagin
Round 4 (August 23, 2008)
Wang Yue - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 38 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Cheparinov, Ivan - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 89 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Stellwagen, Daniël - Agdestein, Simen ½-½ 42 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Caruana, Fabiano - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½-½ 25 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
L'Ami, Erwin - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 41 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Round 5 (August 24, 2008)
Agdestein, Simen - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 44 A27 English Dutch System
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 40 D76 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Bareev, Evgeny - Wang Yue 0-1 71 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Korchnoi, Viktor - L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 59 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Jussupow, Artur - Stellwagen, Daniël ½-½ 15 D45 Anti-Meran Variations

3rd NH Amsterdam (NED), 20-30 viii 2008
Round 5 Standings:
Youth
1. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 5
2. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 4½ 2962
3. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2616 3½ 2745
4. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2630 3½ 2745
5. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2610 2½ 2596
Total 19
Experience
1. Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2583 2 2577
2. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SRB 2555 1½ 2500
3. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2655 1 2409
5. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2602 1 2409
5. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2587 ½ 2283
Total 6

4) French Championship

The French Championship took place in Pau 11th-23rd August 2008. Etienne Bacrot took the title after beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1½-½ in rapid playoff. Both scored 8½/11 in the tournament.

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

83rd ch-FRA Pau (FRA), 11-23 viii 2008 cat. XIII (2574)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2691 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 2774
2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2681 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 2774
3. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2673 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ 2697
4. Bauer, Christian g FRA 2583 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2608
5. Maze, Sebastien g FRA 2553 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 6 2611
6. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2561 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2574
7. Feller, Sebastien g FRA 2523 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 2542
8. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2534 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2512
9. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2499 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 4½ 2515
10. Degraeve, Jean-Marc g FRA 2523 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 4 2476
11. Apicella, Manuel g FRA 2521 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 3½ 2445
12. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2542 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 2½ 2365

French Championship Playoff

Gm1 Bacrot, Etienne - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 31 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Gm2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Bacrot, Etienne ½-½ 59 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin

83rd ch-FRA P/O g15+5 Pau (FRA), 23-23 viii 2008
12
Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2691 1 ½ 1½ 2874
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2681 0 ½ ½ 2498

83rd ch-FRA w Pau (FRA), 11-23 viii 2008 cat. I (2259)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Milliet, Sophie wg FRA 2357 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 2460
2. Leconte, Maria wg FRA 2346 ½ * 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 2425
3. Collas, Silvia m FRA 2370 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 2423
4. Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2463 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 2373
5. Delorme, Laurie FRA 2155 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2333
6. Lallemand, Roza wg FRA 2285 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 5 2220
7. Congiu, Mathilde wf FRA 2196 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 4½ 2199
8. Verot, Melanie FRA 2125 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 4½ 2205
9. Guichard, Pauline wm FRA 2284 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 4½ 2191
10. Flear, Christine wm FRA 2133 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 3½ 2137
11. Benmesbah, Natacha wf FRA 2210 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 * 0 3 2088
12. Muller, Anne wm FRA 2179 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 2½ 2054

83rd ch-FRA National B Pau FRA (FRA), 11-22 viii 2008 cat. IX (2460)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Le Roux, Jean-Pierre m FRA 2490 * ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ 2522
2. Bricard, Emmanuel g FRA 2453 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2525
3. Cossin, Sebastien m FRA 2466 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2524
4. Edouard, Romain m FRA 2508 0 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6 2491
5. Govciyan, Pavel m FRA 2411 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 6 2500
6. Shoker, Samy m FRA 2365 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 5½ 2468
7. Kosten, Anthony C g FRA 2507 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2455
8. Benitah, Yohan m FRA 2416 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 5 2427
9. Lazarev, Vladimir g FRA 2482 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 5 2421
10. Prie, Eric g FRA 2526 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 4½ 2388
11. Collas, Didier m FRA 2439 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 4½ 2396
12. Vitoux, Colomban f FRA 2454 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 * 4½ 2395

5) 35th Manresa International Open

35th Manresa (Spain) International Open took place 12th-20th August 2008. Lazaro Bruzon Batista took first place on tie-break from Logman Guliev, Alexandr Fier, Rashad Babaev, Field Jimenez Corrales and Lazaro Lorenzo de la Riva after all finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.escacscatalonia.org/. Further details: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2008/manresa.html

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr14996.aspx?lan=1

35th Open Manresa (ESP), 12-17 viii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDFIDEPts. Des 1 Des 2 Des 3 Rp
1BRUZON BATISTA LazaroGMCUB25927,057,533,045,52589
2GULIEV LogmanIMAZE24367,055,531,543,52564
3FIER AlexandrGMBRA25587,052,529,541,52534
BABAEV RashadGMAZE24847,052,529,541,52561
5CORRALES JIMENEZ FidelIMCUB25047,052,528,540,52566
6LORENZO DE LA RIVA LazaroFMESP23677,047,527,537,02449
7SUNDARARAJAN KidambiIMIND24466,550,527,539,02397
8DIAMANT AndreIMBRA23936,548,526,537,52427
9PRATS RODRIGUEZ Juan BoscoESP21016,543,525,034,02173
10MEKHITARIAN Krikor SevagIMBRA25046,055,531,544,02418
11PERPINYA ROFES Lluis MariaFMESP23856,048,527,038,02346
12FERNANDEZ MADRID CarlosCMESP21796,046,024,535,52216
13VEHI BACH Victor ManuelIMESP24116,045,024,534,02187
14ESCOFET MARTIN DavidESP21386,045,024,035,02215
15BAŃOS OscarCMARG22716,045,023,534,52310
16VILAISARN AkkhavanhFRA22316,041,023,532,52177
17DI BERARDINO Diego RafaelIMBRA24715,551,030,041,02341
18ALMEIDA QUINTANA OmarGMCUB25245,548,528,539,52279
19GIL LudovicFRA19015,548,026,537,02200
20RYAN JosephFMIRL23315,548,026,037,02212
21FERREIRA Henrique CamaraBRA21515,546,526,536,52216
22DURAN BURNIOL JoanESP19745,545,526,536,02188
23DEL VALLE CIRERA AdriaESP21175,545,524,535,52131
24RODRIGUEZ SORRIBES JordiESP21395,545,524,534,52204
25MOLANO LAFUENTE IsmaelESP21075,545,026,036,52171
26HUMEAU CyrilFRA21705,544,523,534,02128
27COLL ENRIQUEZ LluisCMESP21485,542,024,534,02161
28TORNER PLANELL Josep RamonESP21335,542,023,533,02170
29KONGUVEL PonnuswamyIMIND24155,052,530,541,52317
91 players

6) Vienna GM

There was a GM tournament in the Kunsthalle Vienna (Wien) 16th-24th August 2008. Saraunus Sulskis took clear first with 7/9. Giri und Kreisl made IM norms. News: Stefan Loeffler.

Official site: http://www.gmturnier.de/ and results at: Vienna Results

GM Vienna (AUT), 16-24 viii 2008 cat. VIII (2443)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2562 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2650
2. Giri, Anish f RUS 2430 ½ * 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2569
3. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2596 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 6 2551
4. Timoshenko, Georgy g UKR 2572 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2509
5. Kreisl, Robert f AUT 2337 0 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2455
6. Schroll, Gerhard m AUT 2436 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 2444
7. Pachta, Paul f AUT 2312 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 3 2332
8. Neubauer, Martin m AUT 2457 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 3 2316
9. Beckhuis, Gernod f GER 2353 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 3 2328
10. Schneider-Zinner, Harald f AUT 2378 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 * 2½ 2284

7) Slovenian Championship

The Slovenian Championship took place in Ljubljana 17th-24th August 2008. Young grandmasters Luka Lenic and Ana Srebrnic became National Champions of Slovenia for 2008, both for the first time. News: Primoz Kokalj.

Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0808/si08ch and http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0808/si08chw for the women's event.

ch-SLO Ljubljana (SLO), 17-24 viii 2008 cat. VIII (2427)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Lenic, Luka g SLO 2584 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 2630
2. Skoberne, Jure m SLO 2499 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 2585
3. Tratar, Marko g SLO 2486 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2545
4. Sebenik, Matej m SLO 2485 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 2501
5. Mohr, Georg g SLO 2494 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 2463
6. Sakelsek, Tadej m SLO 2390 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 2388
7. Zorko, Jure f SLO 2366 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ 3½ 2354
8. Barle, Janez m SLO 2414 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 3½ 2348
9. Jeran, Bostjan SLO 2193 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 2½ 2287
10. Crepan, Marjan f SLO 2363 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1½ 2161
ch-SLO w Ljubljana (SLO), 17-24 viii 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Srebrnic, Ana wg SLO 2268 +13 +12 +2 =8 +5 =3 +4 =7 =6 7 2392
2. Krivec, Jana wg SLO 2337 +17 +18 -1 +15 =4 +8 =3 +5 +7 7 2372
3. Kaps, Darja wg SLO 2287 =20 =19 +16 +17 +8 =1 =2 +4 +10 7 2270
4. Bajt, Indira wf SLO 2199 =19 +20 +6 =5 =2 +12 -1 -3 +9 5½ 2210
5. Rozic, Vesna wm SLO 2308 +16 =8 +15 =4 -1 =7 +12 -2 +11 5½ 2187
6. Ursic, Simona wf SLO 2120 =9 +11 -4 -10 +22 +13 +15 =12 =1 5½ 2108
7. Novak, Ksenija wf SLO 2176 =11 -15 +20 +9 =12 =5 +19 =1 -2 5 2113
8. Mihevc, Narcisa wf SLO 2134 +14 =5 +9 =1 -3 -2 =11 =19 =18 4½ 2090
9. Grilc,Mojca SLO ---- =6 +10 -8 -7 +20 -11 +14 +15 -4 4½ 2017
10. Nadvesnik, Vilma SLO 1939 =21 -9 +11 +6 -15 =14 =16 +20 -3 4½ 1987
11. Bucar, Natasa SLO 1848 =7 -6 -10 =23 +18 +9 =8 +16 -5 4½ 2069
12. Biti, Ana wf SLO 2102 +24 -1 +13 +19 =7 -4 -5 =6 =14 4½ 2073
13. Orehek, Spela SLO 1886 -1 +23 -12 +18 =14 -6 =20 =17 +21 4½ 2023
14. Nadvesnik, Maja SLO 1841 -8 -22 +21 +16 =13 =10 -9 +24 =12 4½ 1994
15. Hrenic, Misa SLO 2015 +23 +7 -5 -2 +10 =19 -6 -9 +24 4½ 2082
16. Kolaric, Spela SLO 1890 -5 +24 -3 -14 +23 +22 =10 -11 +19 4½ 2009
17. Bukovec, Tina SLO 1929 -2 +21 +22 -3 -19 -20 +24 =13 +23 4½ 2029
18. Petek, Francka SLO 2060 +22 -2 -19 -13 -11 +24 +23 +21 =8 4½ 2007
19. Topic, Jelena SLO 1866 =4 =3 +18 -12 +17 =15 -7 =8 -16 4 2045
20. Vombek, Sara SLO 1888 =3 -4 -7 +21 -9 +17 =13 -10 +22 4 2003
21. Leonardi,Caterina SLO ---- =10 -17 -14 -20 =24 +23 +22 -18 -13 3 1824
22. Bernik,Alja SLO ---- -18 +14 -17 +24 -6 -16 -21 =23 -20 2½ 1803
23. Vidic,Teja SLO ---- -15 -13 =24 =11 -16 -21 -18 =22 -17 1½ 1685
24. Bojc,Dasa SLO ---- -12 -16 =23 -22 =21 -18 -17 -14 -15 1 1630

8) Akiba Rubinstein International Chess Festival

The Akiba Rubinstein International Chess Festival takes place in Polanica Zdroj 19th-28th August, 2008.

Official site: http://www.rubinstein.64pola.pl/

44th Rubinstein Mem GM Polanica Zdroj (POL), 20-28 viii 2008 cat. XIII (2564)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Swiercz, Dariusz m POL 2456 * . . ½ . ½ 1 1 ½ 1 4½ 2768
2. Miton, Kamil g POL 2580 . * . ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ . 1 4 2707
3. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2578 . . * ½ 0 . ½ 1 1 1 4 2695
4. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2632 ½ ½ ½ * . ½ . ½ 1 . 3½ 2617
5. Gajewski, Grzegorz g POL 2575 . ½ 1 . * . ½ ½ ½ 0 3 2562
6. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2604 ½ 0 . ½ . * 1 ½ ½ . 3 2563
7. Markos, Jan g SVK 2568 0 ½ ½ . ½ 0 * . . 1 2½ 2492
8. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2612 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ . * . . 2 2445
9. Moranda, Wojciech m POL 2533 ½ . 0 0 ½ ½ . . * ½ 2 2432
10. Warakomski, Tomasz m POL 2502 0 0 0 . 1 . 0 . ½ * 1½ 2355

Round 1 (August 20, 2008)
Swiercz, Dariusz - Mchedlishvili, Mikheil ½-½ 48 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Kuzubov, Yuriy - Moiseenko, Alexander ½-½ 40 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Gajewski, Grzegorz - Malakhatko, Vadim ½-½ 51 D22 QGA
Markos, Jan - Miton, Kamil ½-½ 50 D23 QGA
Warakomski, Tomasz - Moranda, Wojciech ½-½ 53 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 2 (August 21, 2008)
Miton, Kamil - Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 1-0 46 D10 Slav Defence
Moiseenko, Alexander - Swiercz, Dariusz ½-½ 60 D15 Slav Defence
Markos, Jan - Warakomski, Tomasz 1-0 36 A42 Modern Defence
Malakhatko, Vadim - Kuzubov, Yuriy 0-1 56 A28 English Four Knights
Moranda, Wojciech - Gajewski, Grzegorz ½-½ 42 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Round 3 (August 22, 2008)
Swiercz, Dariusz - Malakhatko, Vadim 1-0 54 A13 Reti Opening
Kuzubov, Yuriy - Moranda, Wojciech 1-0 55 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Gajewski, Grzegorz - Markos, Jan ½-½ 28 E64 King's Indian Fianchetto
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil - Moiseenko, Alexander ½-½ 10 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Warakomski, Tomasz - Miton, Kamil 0-1 41 B61 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 4 (August 23, 2008)
Miton, Kamil - Moiseenko, Alexander ½-½ 27 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Markos, Jan - Kuzubov, Yuriy ½-½ 43 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Malakhatko, Vadim - Mchedlishvili, Mikheil ½-½ 37 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Moranda, Wojciech - Swiercz, Dariusz ½-½ 29 D10 Slav Defence
Warakomski, Tomasz - Gajewski, Grzegorz 1-0 27 C76 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Round 5 (August 24, 2008)
Swiercz, Dariusz - Markos, Jan 1-0 81 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Kuzubov, Yuriy - Warakomski, Tomasz 1-0 27 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Moiseenko, Alexander - Malakhatko, Vadim ½-½ 14 D20 QGA
Gajewski, Grzegorz - Miton, Kamil ½-½ 29 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil - Moranda, Wojciech ½-½ 58 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 6 (August 25, 2008)
Miton, Kamil - Malakhatko, Vadim ½-½ 23 D20 QGA
Gajewski, Grzegorz - Kuzubov, Yuriy 1-0 31 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Markos, Jan - Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 0-1 35 D01 Queen's Pawn Richter/Veresov
Moranda, Wojciech - Moiseenko, Alexander 0-1 35 E33 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Warakomski, Tomasz - Swiercz, Dariusz 0-1 44 C06 French Tarrasch

44th Rubinstein Mem Open A Polanica Zdroj (POL), 19-28 viii 2008
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
PlaceNoTitleNameFed.EloTotalMBch.Bch.WinsProg.
15IMOlszewski, MichalPOL24585.516.0024.50520.0
211FMOwczarzak, JerzyPOL23435.016.5025.00419.5
33GMHeberla, BartlomiejPOL25105.015.0022.50418.5
425Tokarski, LukaszPOL22385.011.5017.50417.0
56FMPiorun, KacperPOL24454.516.0023.50417.5
636Fistek, DariuszPOL22084.514.0020.50317.0
79FMKanarek, MarcelPOL23494.513.5020.00414.5
81GMKveinys, AloyzasLTU25274.513.5020.00316.0
920FMGralka, JulianPOL22684.017.0024.50316.5
108Hnydiuk, AleksanderPOL23874.015.0021.00215.5
1132WIMToma, KatarzynaPOL22124.014.5021.50313.5
1235Brzeski, MaciejPOL22084.014.5021.00214.5
1322Krzyzanowski, MarcinPOL22614.014.0022.00315.0
1424Kocwin, BartoszPOL22454.014.0021.50315.5
1529WFMKulon, KlaudiaPOL22174.014.0020.00314.5
164IMSzoen, DariuszPOL24774.014.0020.00313.0
172GMCzarnota, PawelPOL25264.013.5021.50314.0
1810Mickiewicz, PiotrPOL23474.013.5020.50312.5
1941Bebel, ArkadiuszPOL21874.013.5018.50315.0
2015WGMKadziolka, BeataPOL23134.012.5018.50313.5
2123Jaroch, PawelPOL22554.010.5017.00413.0
2218WFMSzczepkowska-Horowska, KarinaPOL22853.516.0024.00316.0
84 players

9) X Sants Hostafrancs Open

The X Sants Hostafrancs Open takes place 22nd-31st August 2008.

Official site: http://www.cotxeres-casinet.org/open/

X Sants Open Barcelona (ESP), 22-31 viii 2008
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
1Hansen Torbjorn RingdalIMNOR24233,04,56,56,0
2Di Berardino Diego RafaelIMBRA24713,04,56,06,0
3Beinoras MindaugasLTU24263,04,05,56,0
4Postny EvgenyGMISR26613,04,05,06,0
Rodshtein MaximGMISR26053,04,05,06,0
Oms Pallisse JosepGMESP25143,04,05,06,0
Cuartas Jaime AlexanderIMCOL24953,04,05,06,0
8Recuero Guerra DavidFMESP24173,03,55,06,0
9Bartel MateuszGMPOL25793,03,54,56,0
Howell David W LGMENG25613,03,54,56,0
Cruz CristhianFMPER25083,03,54,56,0
Mekhitarian Krikor SevagIMBRA25043,03,54,56,0
Perez Mitjans* OrelvisFMCUB24473,03,54,56,0
De Vreugt DennisGMNED24273,03,54,56,0
Panelo MarceloIMARG24143,03,54,56,0
Roser KevinFMFRA24143,03,54,56,0
Lorenzo De La Riva LazaroFMESP23673,03,54,56,0
Genutis MindaugasFMLTU23173,03,54,56,0
19Almeida Quintana OmarGMCUB25253,03,54,06,0
20Radulski JulianGMBUL25163,03,04,06,0
Lammers MarkusGER23553,03,04,06,0
22Hernandez Carmenates HoldenGMCUB25822,54,56,55,5
Sundararajan KidambiIMIND24462,54,56,55,5
Walter StefanGER22442,54,56,55,5
25Akesson RalfGMSWE24802,54,56,05,5
Gullaksen EirikIMNOR23872,54,56,05,5
27Fier AlexandrGMBRA25582,54,55,55,5
Sumets AndreyGMUKR25342,54,55,55,5
Lopez Martinez Josep ManuelGMESP25312,54,55,55,5
Lafuente PabloGMARG25052,54,55,55,5
Fluvia Poyatos JordiIMESP25002,54,55,55,5
Alonso Rosell AlvarFMESP23932,54,55,55,5
33Hernando Rodrigo Julio AcmESP23542,54,55,05,5
34Guliyev NamigGMAZE25102,54,05,05,5
Lubczynski RafalIMPOL24142,54,05,05,5
Popilski GilCMISR23722,54,05,05,5
Almeida Toledano DanielcmESP23032,54,05,05,5
38Salgado Lopez IvanGMESP25322,54,04,05,0
39Gallego Alcaraz Andres FelipeCOL24002,53,55,05,0
40Nijboer FrisoGMNED25642,53,55,04,5
41Diamant AndreIMBRA23932,53,54,55,5
Rios Parra MauricioFMCOL23492,53,54,55,5
43Giffard NicolasIMFRA23792,53,04,05,0
44Oms Fuentes LluisFMESP23382,53,03,55,5
Guramishvili SopikoWIMGEO23022,53,03,55,5
46Vila Gazquez XavierIMESP24192,53,03,54,5
47Mestre Bellido HectorFMESP22842,52,53,54,5
48Vilela De Acuna Jose LuisIMCUB23472,52,53,05,0
49Lorscheid GerhardFMGER23482,52,03,05,0
Cuartas Medina Jorge HumbertoFMCOL23022,52,03,05,0
51Aloma Vidal RobertFMESP23882,05,06,55,0
322 players

10) Bratto Open

The 28th Bratto Open takes place August 22nd-30th 2008. Many GMs and IMs. Very good prizes Moreover Italian women championship and Italian Under 20 Championship. Bratto is a little town in the beautiful mountains near Bergamo.

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

28th Open Bratto (ITA), 22-30 viii 2008
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
PlNameTiNATEloPts Buc1 BucT PRtg
1Tiviakov Sergei GMNED26443453080
2Epishin Vladimir GMRUS25743453062
3Rombaldoni Denis IMITA24183332990
4Jaracz Pawel GMPOL25012.54.562545
5Borgo Giulio IMITA24422.54.562527
6Colovic Aleksandar IMMKD24702.54.562513
7Guido Flavio FMITA23562.54.55.52628
8Godena Michele GMITA25192.54.55.52576
9Matamoros Franco Car GMECU25082.54.552566
10Lanzani Mario IMITA23492.545.52672
11Vocaturo Daniele IMITA24172.545.52482
12Bellia Fabrizio IMITA24032.5452548
13Piscopo Pierluigi IMITA23892.5452455
14Narayanan Srinath FMIND22202.544.52425
15Klip Hans FMNED23902.53.54.52485
16Brunello Sabino IMITA24822.53.53.52543
17Sax Gyula GMHUN25062.5342527
18Levin Felix GMGER25642.533.52489
19Bruno Fabio IMITA24542.533.52480
20Efimov Igor GMMNC24582.533.52427
21Drazic Sinisa GMSRB25052.522.52499
22Horvath Csaba GMHUN25372572439
23Simutowe Amon IMZAM245924.55.52456
24Salvador Roland IMPHI244324.55.52433
25Qendro Llambi IMALB237524.552394
26Korneev Oleg GMRUS2631245.52454
27Burmakin Vladimir GMRUS2625245.52422
28Tatai Stefano IMITA23722452373
29De Nardi Riccardo -- ITA19822452225
30Cebalo Miso GMCRO25232452344
31Mogranzini Roberto IMITA242223.54.52450
32Spassov Liuben GMBUL242823.54.52379
33Marholev Dimitar IMBUL236623.54.52369
34Leon Hoyos Manuel GMMEX254323.54.52349
35Shytaj Luca IMITA246723.542320
36Lucaroni Massimilian FMITA228923.542315
37De Filomeno Simone -- ITA210223.53.52373
38Brun Dario -- ITA224523.53.52364
39Piasetski Leon IMCAN231423.53.52345
40De Haan Eric FMNED235623.53.52337
41Salami Marco -- ITA21862342368
42Manca Federico IMITA23672342351
43Gutierrez Castillo P WIMESP21572342330
44Scalcione Michelange FMITA239822.53.52232
45David Alberto GMLUX256822.532370
322 players

11) XI Bancpost Open

XI Bancpost Open took place in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) 18th-24th August 2008, with a prize fund of 1000 Euro. Daniel Baratosi won the event with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.caissa.nextra.ro

XI Bancpost A Miercurea Ciuc (ROM), 18-24 viii 2008
1Baratosi, Daniel fROU2433 7,5 0,0 51,0 41,50 39,5
2Orso, Miklos mHUN2345 7,0 1,0 49,5 38,25 36,0
3Suciu, Dinu-Simi fROU2189 7,0 0,0 50,5 36,50 36,0
4Brustkern, Juergen fGER2293 6,5 0,0 50,5 33,25 35,5
5Voda,Costel ROU---- 6,0 0,0 40,0 24,75 26,5
6Cornea, Alexandru ROU2005 5,5 0,0 48,5 23,75 31,0
7Antal, Tibor Kende HUN2036 5,5 0,0 48,0 23,50 28,0
8Jurassa, Andrei ROU2059 5,5 0,0 46,5 26,50 28,5
9Fugulyan, Grigore ROU1988 5,5 0,0 44,0 22,00 28,0
10Nagy, Gabor1 HUN2156 5,0 0,0 46,5 21,00 30,0
11Muntean, Ciprian-Sorin ROU2161 5,0 0,0 45,5 21,00 29,0
12Bognar, Csaba fHUN2293 5,0 0,0 44,5 17,50 24,5
13Smideliusz, Mark HUN1838 5,0 0,0 43,5 21,25 27,5
14Tanase, Liviu Mihail ROU---- 5,0 0,0 37,5 19,75 23,0
15Jakab, Tunde ROU1752 5,0 0,0 34,5 16,75 19,0
16Kiraly, Ferenc AUT1924 4,5 0,0 43,0 20,75 23,5
17Matei, Ciprian ROU1797 4,5 0,0 42,0 19,00 21,0
18Odor, Istvan HUN1830 4,5 0,0 41,0 16,50 19,5
19Kelemen-Feher, Balint-Denes ROU2095 4,5 0,0 40,5 17,25 23,0
20Costiuc, Ioan ROU1893 4,5 0,0 39,5 18,75 20,0
34 players

12) Antwerp Tournament

The Antwerp tournament takes place 23rd-31st August 2008.

Official site: http://www.inventichess.com the website http://www.schaakfabriek.be will be on the spot.

InventiChess GM Antwerp (BEL), 23-31 viii 2008 cat. XII (2546)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2710 * . . . 1 . . 1 1 . 3
2. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2593 . * ½ . . . 1 . . 1 2½ 2791
3. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2594 . ½ * . . . . . ½ 1 2 2639
4. Timman, Jan H g NED 2562 . . . * . ½ . ½ . 1 2 2633
5. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2586 0 . . . * 1 ½ . . . 1½ 2584
6. Werle, Jan g NED 2591 . . . ½ 0 * . 1 . . 1½ 2524
7. Schebler, Gerhard g GER 2453 . 0 . . ½ . * . 1 . 1½ 2540
8. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2426 0 . . ½ . 0 . * . . ½ 2348
9. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2442 0 . ½ . . . 0 . * . ½ 2312
10. Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2507 . 0 0 0 . . . . . * 0

Round 1 (August 23, 2008)
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 52 D00 Queen's Pawn Game
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Schebler, Gerhard ½-½ 31 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Werle, Jan - Timman, Jan H ½-½ 39 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Van der Stricht, Geert - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 59 E58 Nimzo Indian
Michiels, Bart - Vaganian, Rafael A ½-½ 44 C12 French MacCutcheon
Round 2 (August 24, 2008)
Bu Xiangzhi - Gyimesi, Zoltan 1-0 44 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Vaganian, Rafael A - Miroshnichenko, Evgenij ½-½ 33 E14 Queens Indian
Timman, Jan H - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 31 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen
Werle, Jan - Van der Stricht, Geert 1-0 49 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Schebler, Gerhard - Michiels, Bart 1-0 66 E14 Queens Indian
Round 3 (August 25, 2008)
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij - Schebler, Gerhard 1-0 51 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Werle, Jan 1-0 55 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Van der Stricht, Geert - Timman, Jan H ½-½ 36 E41 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Michiels, Bart - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Lahno, Kateryna - Vaganian, Rafael A 0-1 71 D37 QGD 5.Bf4

13) Montreal International

The Tournoi international de Montreal takes place 24th August - 2nd September 2008. The main sponsor is the EMPRESA Group.

Official site: http://perso.b2b2c.ca/lesechecauquebec/tim2008.htm

9th TIM Montreal (CAN), 24 viii-2 ix 2008 cat. XIII (2556)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2610 * . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2548 . * . . . . . 1 . . 1
3. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2499 . . * . . . . . 1 . 1
4. Kovalyov, Anton m ARG 2548 . . . * . ½ . . . . ½ 2534
5. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2697 . . . . * . ½ . . . ½ 2623
6. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2534 . . . ½ . * . . . . ½ 2548
7. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2623 . . . . ½ . * . . . ½ 2697
8. Maze, Sebastien g FRA 2553 . 0 . . . . . * . . 0
9. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2486 . . 0 . . . . . * . 0
10. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2457 0 . . . . . . . . * 0

Round 1 (August 24, 2008)
Akobian, Varuzhan - Zugic, Igor 1-0 32 D92 Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Kovalyov, Anton - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre ½-½ 56 E92 King's Indian Classical
Shulman, Yuri - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 38 E15 Queens Indian
Maze, Sebastien - Bluvshtein, Mark 0-1 42 C43 Petroff's Defence
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - Charbonneau, Pascal 0-1 25 E97 King's Indian Classical

14) Ideal Max Euwe

The Ideal Max Euwe International Tournament takes place 22nd-31st August 2008. The 10 player round robin, time control 2 hours/40 moves + 1 hour/20 moves + 30 minutes KO (+ 30 seconds/move) features 3 players from BRAZIL + 7 players from another countries.

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

2nd Euwe Stimulans Sao Paulo (BRA), 22-31 viii 2008 cat. IX (2454)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Zhao Zong-Yuan g AUS 2561 * . ½ . . . . 1 . 1 2½ 2742
2. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce f BRA 2440 . * 0 ½ . . . . 1 1 2½ 2555
3. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2598 ½ 1 * ½ . . . . . . 2 2626
4. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2504 . ½ ½ * . . . . . 1 2 2588
5. Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2361 . . . . * ½ . 1 ½ . 2 2560
6. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2463 . . . . ½ * ½ . 1 . 2 2513
7. Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel m ARG 2419 . . . . . ½ * 0 . 1 1½ 2424
8. Zambrana, Oswaldo g BOL 2458 0 . . . 0 . 1 * . . 1 2322
9. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2385 . 0 . . ½ 0 . . * . ½ 2148
10. Watanabe, Akira f JPN 2353 0 0 . 0 . . 0 . . * 0
Round 9 (August 21, 2008)
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce - Watanabe, Akira 1-0 42 E92 King's Indian Classical
Round 1 (August 22, 2008)
Milos, Gilberto - El Debs, Felipe de Cresce 1-0 39 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Lujan, Carolina - Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo ½-½ 18 C42 Petroff's Defence
Matsuura, Everaldo - Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel ½-½ 28 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Zambrana, Oswaldo - Zhao Zong-Yuan 0-1 41 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Watanabe, Akira - Van der Wiel, John 0-1 35 E48 Nimzo Indian
Round 2 (August 23, 2008)
Zhao Zong-Yuan - Watanabe, Akira 1-0 53 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Van der Wiel, John - Milos, Gilberto ½-½ 26 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Lujan, Carolina - Matsuura, Everaldo ½-½ 29 B38 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel - Zambrana, Oswaldo 0-1 39 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo - El Debs, Felipe de Cresce 0-1 29 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 3 (August 24, 2008)
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce - Van der Wiel, John ½-½ 19 A30 English Symmetrical
Milos, Gilberto - Zhao Zong-Yuan ½-½ 14 C27 Vienna Game
Matsuura, Everaldo - Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo 1-0 70 C43 Petroff's Defence
Zambrana, Oswaldo - Lujan, Carolina 0-1 54 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Watanabe, Akira - Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel 0-1 25 E94 King's Indian Classical

15) Amizade International

The Amizade International at the Clube de Xadrez Sao Paulo takes place 23rd-31st August 2008.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/ : Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr15313.aspx?lan=1

Amizade Open Sao Paulo (BRA), 23-31 viii 2008
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1FMTsuboi Edson KenjiBRA23563,05,52,05,50
2IMPerdomo LeandroARG23763,05,02,05,00
3GMVescovi GiovanniBRA26313,04,51,54,50
FMFusco LeonardoARG23923,04,51,54,50
5FMRodi Luis ErnestoARG23763,04,01,04,00
Leal Paulotarcisio GarciaBRA22113,04,01,04,00
7FMSantos Marcus Vinicius MoreiraBRA24032,56,02,04,75
Bueno Alfeu Junior VarelaBRA22672,56,02,04,75
9IMDe Souza Mauro GuimaraesBRA23172,55,01,53,75
WFMTerao Juliana SayumiBRA20942,55,01,53,75
11FMOlivencia FlavioBRA22262,53,51,03,00
12FMTeixeira Ricardo Da SilvaBRA23772,06,52,03,50
13Calcado Acyr RogerioBRA22132,06,02,03,00
14Utiyama Marcel Heimar RibeiroBRA21392,06,01,53,00
15IMLebredo Zaragoitia GerardoCUB22452,05,52,02,50
Moyses Fo JoaoBRA21212,05,52,02,50
17FMAranha Filho Alvaro ZBRA22912,05,02,03,50
18Pereira Silvio CunhaBRA22842,05,02,03,00
IMSegal Alexandru SorinBRA22312,05,02,03,00
Grellmann Fabricio StadlerBRA02,05,02,03,00
21Jukemura LeandroBRA21132,05,02,02,00
Abdalla Luiz Guilherme AurelliBRA20802,05,02,02,00
23WFMDelai Paula FernandaBRA20812,04,52,02,50
Celkevicius RobertoBRA20632,04,52,02,50
25IMTrois Francisco R TBRA23592,04,51,52,50
Oliveira Silvio EduardoBRA23232,04,51,52,50
Cordeiro Felipe SarmentoBRA02,04,51,52,50
28Barbosa FernandoBRA20362,04,51,02,00
29Feliciano VanessaBRA20662,04,01,52,25
30Limberg Estacio VermelhoBRA22822,04,01,02,00
Cajal AndreBRA20812,04,01,02,00
32Nunes Allan HurbaBRA19202,04,01,01,50
33Madeira Wagner MartinsBRA22652,03,51,02,25
34Hajenius WillemBEL20552,03,51,01,50
35De Haro Martim Afonso PalmaBRA21172,03,50,50,50
36Reis Alan De Albuquerque MaranBRA20122,03,00,51,00
87 players

16) Jessie Gilbert Celebration International

The Jessie Gilbert Celebration International takes place in Coulsden Surrey 16th-25th August 2008. Alexander Berelowitsch tleads with 7.5/9. My thanks to Scott Freeman.

Official site: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/chessway/JG_Int/jg1.htm

Jessie Gilbert Celebration Int Coulsdon (ENG), 16-25 viii 2008
Leading Round 9 (of 10) Standings:
No NameTi Fed Rtg Loc Tot
1 Berelovich, AlexGM UKR 2557 7.5
2 Radovanovic, JFM SER 2325 211 6.5
3 Gerzhoy, LeonidIM CAN 2399 6.5
4 Arkell, KeithGM ENG 2506 232 6.5
5 Lalic, BogdanGM CRO 2533 232 6
6 Eggleston, DavidFM ENG 2372 206 6
7 Mcnab, ColinGM SCO 2450 228 5.5
8 Jones, GawainGM ENG 2549 239 5.5
9 Madan, AugustinIM ROU 2415 213 5.5
10 Rendle, ThomasIM ENG 2363 208 5.5
11 Allicock, RawleFM ENG 2297 202 5.5
12 Roberson, Peter ENG 2214 194 5.5
13 Storey, Charles ENG 2268 204 5.5
14 Martyn, RafeFM ENG 2302 204 5
15 Lock, Gavin ENG 2232 187 5
16 Franklin, MichaelFM ENG 2231 182 5
17 Rudd, JackFM ENG 2345 215 5
18 Sowray, PeterFM ENG 2327 207 5
19 Hodgson, John ENG 2208 190 5
20 Khamroev, Ravshan UZB 2181 5
21 Foster, James C ENG 1948 172 5
22 Snape, Ian ENG 2204 193 4.5
23 Hegarty, Sarah ENG 1966 168 4.5
24 Purton, Ben ENG 2092 176 4.5
48 players

17) Malaysian Open

The 5th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess took place in Kuala Lumpur 18th-24th August 2008. Li Chao won the event with 9/11, half a point clear of the field. No games appear to be available at the moment.

Official site: http://datmo.net/

5th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open (MAS), 18-24 viii 2008
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rank Name Rtg FED Pts BH.
1Li Chao b GM 2590CHN 979˝
2Zhang Zhong GM 2632SIN 8˝ 76˝
3Dzhumaev Marat GM 2549UZB 881˝
4Megaranto Susanto GM 2532INA 881
5Laylo Darwin GM 2504PHI 875˝
6Sermek Drazen GM 2509CRO 875
7Nadanian Ashot IM 2436ARM 868
8Li Shilong GM 2511CHN 7˝ 76˝
9Yap Kim Steven 2321PHI 7˝ 73˝
10Dableo Ronald IM 2444PHI 7˝ 72˝
11Zhang Ziyang 2441CHN 7˝ 70˝
12Sukandar Irine Kharisma WIM 2262INA 7˝ 69
13Lim Yee-Weng FM 2367MAS 774˝
14Zhou Weiqi 2556CHN 774˝
15Yang Kaiqi 2366CHN 773
16Xiu Deshun 2410CHN 771˝
17Sadorra Julio Catalino IM 2470PHI 769
18Wang Li 2392CHN 767˝
19Bitoon Richard IM 2439PHI 767
20Senador Emmanuel 2390PHI 767
21Wan Yunguo 2471CHN 764˝
22Iuldachev Saidali GM 2520UZB 6˝ 78˝
23Li Ruofan WGM 2425SIN 6˝ 73˝
24Wahono Awam FM 2387INA 6˝ 73
25Yu Lie 2377CHN 6˝ 66˝
26Goldenberg Igor FM 2386AUS 6˝ 66
27Mas Hafizulhelmi IM 2386MAS 6˝ 66
28Minhazuddin Ahmed FM 2339BAN 6˝ 64
29Priya P. WIM 2190IND 6˝ 64
30Gu Xiaobing WGM 2286CHN 6˝ 63˝
31Rahman Ziaur GM 2564BAN 6˝ 63
32Shen Siyuan 2316CHN 6˝ 61˝
33Dimakiling Oliver IM 2479PHI 671˝
34Garma Chito IM 2346PHI 668˝
35Irwanto Sadikin IM 2453INA 668˝
36Nanjo Ryosuke 2184JPN 668
37Kojima Shinya 2253JPN 667˝
38Causo Deniel 2410PHI 667
39Castellano Christopher 2249PHI 667
40Simanjuntak Sebastian FM 2256INA 666˝
41Karavade Eesha WGM 2297IND 665˝
42Mok Tze-Meng FM 2308MAS 664˝
43Jia Haoxiang 2303CHN 663˝
44Legaspi Rhobel 2315PHI 663˝
45Novita Anjas FM 2358INA 662
46Zhang Xiaowen WIM 2382CHN 660˝
47Zakaria Fairin 2220MAS 657˝
48F. Sayani M. Hendrik 0INA 656˝
49Chua Aaron 0MAS 653
50Nadig Kruttika WIM 2241IND 5˝ 65˝
112 players

18) Olympiad U16

The U16 Olympiad took place in Mersin, Turkey 17th-24th August 2008. India edged out Russia on tie-break after both teams finished on 28 points. The Philippines took 3rd on 27 points.

Full details: http://wyco2008.tsf.org.tr/

19) British Championship Corrections

There are three games to be corrected from the recent British. Goodger-Auckland (10) had the wrong result and a couple of Peter Shaw's games had slightly different conclusions to the ones given. Whilst I'm clearing house Balkova - Cagasik from the Olomouc Open black actually played 19...gxf6 (NOT 19...Rxf6). Otherwise, 20.Bh6 would just blunder the bishop.

20) 3rd Edmonton International

The 3rd Edmonton International took place July 31st-August 4th, 2008 and was the main event of the 3rd Edmonton chess festival which also includes many events for all levels of players. Alexander Moiseeko was the clear winner with 7/9. Further games from Vlad Rekhson.

Official site: http://www.ecf2008.com

21) Ortigueira Open

The VII Open Ortigueira took place 10th-18th August 2008. Alexandre Dgebuadze won on tie-break from Aramis Alvarez Pedraza, Jose Angel Guerra Mendez and Nikolay Milchev all of whom scored 6½/9. Games from the final two rounds not yet available.

Official site: Ortigueira Results

VII Open Ortigueira (ESP), 10-18 viii 2008
Pos Name Rtg FED Pts BH.
1 GM Dgebuadze Alexandre 2562 BEL 6½ 30½
2 IM Alvarez Pedraza Aramis 2453 CUB 6½ 29 33½
3 FM Guerra Mendez Jose Angel 2456 CUB 6½ 29 33
4 FM Milchev Nikolay 2356 BUL 6½ 27½
5 GM Paunovic Dragan 2539 SRB 6 29 32½
6 IM Ivanov Jordan 2421 BUL 6 29 32
7 FM Pozo Vera Sandro 2454 CUB 6 28½ 34½
8 FM Berbatov Kiprian 2250 BUL 6 28½ 31
9 GM Dimitrov Vladimir 2450 BUL 6 27 32
10 Barrenechea Bahamonde Gustavo 2175 ESP 6 27 30½
11 GM Manolache Marius 2521 ROU 6 26½
12 GM Petkov Vladimir 2423 BUL 5½ 28½
13 FM Ramiro Ovejero Juan Luis 2370 ESP 5½ 27½
14 IM Filip Lucian 2461 ROU 5½ 27
15 IM Guerra Bastida Diego 2402 ESP 5½ 26
16 Navarro Rivas Rashid 0 CUB 5½ 25½
17 Alcaide Luque Aitor 2149 ESP 5½ 23
18 Alvarez Gonzalo Miguel Angel 1928 ESP 5½ 21
19 Pena Torres Jose Carlos 2143 ESP 5 26½
20 FM Del Barrio Gomez Jesus Maria 2217 ESP 5 26
21 Roca Rivera Alejandro 1723 ESP 5 22½
22 Rey Farina Angel 1818 ESP 5 20
51 players

22) Peregrina Open

The XXI Virxe Peregrina Open took place in Pontevedra, 10th-18th August 2008. Isam Ortiz Suarez took first place on tie-break from Krasimir Rusev and Sriram Jha all of whom scored 7/9.

Official site: Peregrina Results

XXI Virxe Peregrina Open Pontevedra (ESP), 10-18 viii 2008
Pos SNo. Name Elo FED Club Pts BUC
1 5 IM Ortiz Suarez Isam 2392 CUB 7 48
2 1 IM Rusev Krasimir 2508 BUL 7 48
3 3 IM Sriram Jha 2429 IND 7 47
4 4 GM Spassov Liuben 2428 BUL 6½ 50½
5 11 FM Espineira Gonzalez Diego 2267 ESP Gal 6½ 47
6 20 Rodriguez Calvo Manoel 2167 ESP Gal 6½ 42
7 10 IM Rodriguez Lopez Rafael 2312 ESP Gal 6 47½
8 18 Stanoev Atanas 2198 BUL 6 46½
9 8 IM Rivera Daniel 2322 URU Gal 6 45½
10 13 Diaz Nunez Adolfo 2251 ESP Gal 6 44½
11 16 Casares Cabanas Carlos 2203 ESP Gal 6 44
12 7 FM Permuy Lorenzo Carlos Javier 2335 ESP Gal 6 42
13 28 Alonso Macias Victor 1977 ESP Gal 6 42
14 15 Fernandez De Pablo Miguel A 2232 ESP Ctl 6 40½
15 19 Maleki Manuel 2189 FRA 5½ 46½
16 21 Santaclara Rodriguez Ramon 2154 ESP Gal 5½ 43
17 17 Lestao Balseiro Adrian 2202 ESP Gal 5½ 42½
18 12 Carrera Perez Francisco 2266 ESP Gal 5½ 41½
19 32 Villar Perez Samuel 1937 ESP Gal 5½ 41
20 14 IM Gil Reguera Juan Carlos 2236 ESP Gal 5½ 39½
21 41 Guerra Vidal Carlos 1864 ESP Gal 5½ 38½
22 22 Campos Calvo-Sotelo Javier 2125 ESP Mad 5½ 37½
23 35 De La Torre Alfonso Jesus Ange 1925 ESP Gal 5½ 37
24 79 Porto Diaz Iago 0 ESP Gal 5½ 36
83 players

23) Blackstone Chess Festival

George Mirijanian reports: The Blackstone Chess Festival Open took place on August 16th-17th, 2008 at the Comfort Inn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. GM Timur Gareev of Uzbekistan and GM Keith Arkell of England tied for first place with IM Justin Sarkar of Scarsdale, New York. All three tallied 3.5-0.5 in a field of 31 players. Runners-up with 3-1 results were GM Leonid Kritz of Germany and GM Sergey Erenburg of Israel. U.S. Chess Federation-certified senior TD Ken Ballou of Framingham, Massachusetts directed for the sponsoring Blackstone Chess Academy of Rhode Island. The event followed on from the New England Masters.

Blackstone Chess Festival Open (USA), 16-17 viii 2008
No.NameFedTiEloPts.
1.Timur Gareev UZBg25703.5
2.Keith ArkellENGg25063.5
3.Justin SarkarUSAm24163.5
4.Leonid KritzGERg26103.0
5.Sergey ErenburgISRg25633.0
6.William PuntierDOMf22983.0
7.Mark LaRoccaUSA3.0
8.Zakhar MayminUSA2.5
9.James DicksonUSA18982.5
10.Christopher BirdUSA2.5
11.George WinsorUSA2.5
32 players

24) Panevezys Open

The 21st International Panevezys Open 2008 took place in Panevezys, Lithuania 12th-18th August 2008. Two Open A and Open B and two closed norm tournaments second woman WGM and GM takes place in chess Festival program this year. Vadim Malakhatko won the GM event with 7/9.Anna Zozulia won the IM event with 7.5/9. Yuri Solodovnichenko won the open event with 7.5/9. Games from the final round now available.

Official site: http://www.chesslyga.lt/panevezys2008 and http://www.bsk.puslapiai.lt//lenteles/2008/Panevezys/Panevezys%202008.htm

GM Panevezys (LTU), 12-18 viii 2008 cat. X (2484)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2612 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2690
2. Pileckis, Emilis LTU 2443 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 2655
3. Klimov, Sergey m RUS 2509 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6 2606
4. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2540 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 2558
5. Kovalev, Andrei g BLR 2550 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2520
6. Beinoras, Mindaugas LTU 2426 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 4 2447
7. Simutowe, Amon m ZAM 2459 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 4 2444
8. Luch, Michal m POL 2412 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 2½ 2326
9. Haznedaroglu, Kivanc m TUR 2444 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 2½ 2322
10. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2449 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 2 2268


IM Panevezys (LTU), 12-18 viii 2008 cat. II (2299)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Zozulia, Anna m BEL 2346 * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 2566
2. Labeckas, Kestutis LTU 2265 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 2522
3. Berzina, Ilze wm LAT 2297 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2424
4. Sharevich, Anna wg BLR 2318 1 1 0 * 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 5 2339
5. Zickus, Simonas LTU 2269 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 2302
6. Zapolskis, Antanas m LTU 2351 0 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 4 2250
7. Bucinskas, Valdas LTU 2341 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 4 2251
8. Ciuksyte, Dagne m ENG 2363 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 3 2166
9. Sarakauskiene, Zivile wm LTU 2197 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 2½ 2144
10. Tsiganova, Monika wm EST 2241 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1½ 2032

Open Panevezys (LTU), 12-18 viii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1GMSolodovnichenko YuriUKR25417,544,549,040,5
2GMMalisauskas VidmantasLTU24766,549,053,034,5
3GMKveinys AloyzasLTU25276,547,552,036,5
4Klimciauskas DomantasLTU22226,544,047,532,0
5Narmontas TaurasLTU22566,543,046,533,0
6FMLimontas MartynasLTU22756,541,546,032,0
7IMLabuckas AidasLTU22886,047,552,032,5
8FMSavickas AiridasLTU23516,046,551,031,0
9Godlauskas KazysLTU22626,045,548,031,5
10IMDambrauskas VirginijusLTU23416,044,549,031,5
11Gabrilavicius ArunasLTU21235,544,548,030,5
12WGMRogule LauraLAT22655,544,548,030,0
13Garnelis JuliusLTU21665,544,047,031,5
14Kalvaitis SigitasLTU22565,542,546,028,0
15Macenis AudriusLTU21285,541,044,528,0
16Latinis MariusLTU05,540,545,025,0
17Tiuninas AlgirdasLTU19685,535,538,022,5
18Laurusaite BrigitaLTU20395,042,546,028,0
19FMLasinskas PovilasLTU22695,042,044,530,0
20Grigaliunas SigitasLTU21135,041,543,026,0
21Lomonosovas VitalijusLTU21235,040,544,025,5
22Batkovskyte DominykaLTU19345,038,542,024,0
23Kubilius JonasLTU20855,033,536,021,0
59 players

25) Mislata Open

The XLII Open de Villa de Mislata takes place 25th-31st August 2008. Mislata is in the Province of Valencia Spain.

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

26) Latvian Chess Tour - Riga Open

The VIII World chess championship Mikhail Tal Cup (Riga OPEN 2008) took place 19th-24th August 2008. Jurijs Mihailovs took clear first place with 7/9. Only one game appears to be available.

Official site: http://www.chess.lv/lv/vesture/

Mikhail Tal Cup Riga Open (LAT), 19-24 viii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:
1MIHAILOVS, JurijsLAT2388739.549
2KANEP, MeelisgmEST25266.53848.5
3SVESHNIKOV, EvgenygmLAT25106.535.545.5
4SVESHNIKOV, VladimirfmLAT24136.534.544.5
5MIEZIS, NormundsgmLAT2540638.550
6SAMOLINS, VitalijsLAT244463646
7SOULEIDIS, GeorgiosimGRE2431635.545
8KARKLINS, ImantsLAT22145.53947.5
9KALNINS, KristapsLAT22175.53747.5
10JESSE, IngemarsLAT20815.536.548
11BERRY, NeilfmSCO23235.531.540
12ROGULE, LaurawgmLAT22655.53139
13REIMANIS, RitvarsLAT21105.530.539.5
14OSIS, RenarsLAT2134535.546
15KLOVANS, JanisgmLAT242853444
16MALISHAUSKAS, VidmantasgmLTU247653443.5
17SIEBRECHT, SebastianimGER24534.53950
18KANTANS, TomsLAT21484.538.548.5
19LEVCHENKOV, VitalyfmLAT22274.53544.5
20LAVENDELIS, EgonsLAT22474.534.544
21SKINKE, KatrinaLAT21974.53441.5
22TRONENKOVS, ValdisLAT22934.532.540.5
23DZALBO, AndrejsLAT21024.529.537.5
24LASINSKAS, PovilasfmLTU22694.52938
25BESEDINS, PavelsLAT4.528.537
26SMIRNOVS, AleksandrsLAT20454.52834.5
27LANGEDIJK, ArdjanNED22514.52533.5
28KLOCANS, JevgenijsLAT43342
29KOVALEVSKIS, ArkadijsLAT43036.5
30VISOCKIS, JanisLAT221742837
31SOMOVA, NadezdaLAT198742733
32MEIJERS, ViestursgmLAT249642230.5
43 players

27) European Senior Championship

The 8th European Senior Championship took place 9th-17th August 2008 in the Parkhotel Sunstar in Davos, Switzerland (the was also a normal open alongside 10th-16th August 2008). Mark Tseitlin took the title on tie-break from Vitaly Tsechkovsky after both scored 7.5/9. David Markosian won the open with 6/7 half a point clear of Andrew Bigg. No games available.

Sinisa Joksic reports: The new European champions are GM Mark Tseitlin (ISR) and WGM Elena Fatalibekova (RUS). This was the third Mark title and Elena second.

Actually it was race between Mark Tseitlin and Vitaly Tseshkovsky. They played best in Davos and finished 7.5 out of 9, one points ahead the third. Third in tie-break was GM Miso Cebalo (CRO).

Only 14 Ladies take part, so they played, according the rules, together with men. (They should be more than 25 to play separate.) Elena Fatalibekova defend champion title with respectable score 6/9. Next two places took Latvian, WFM Tamara Vilerte and WIM Tatiana Voronova, both with 5.5/9. Second by Bucholz was Vilerte.

There were 110 participants; 36 title holders (GM 8, IM 9, FM 19); 24 nationals (German 24, Russian 21, Swiss 18, Norway 7, Israel 6, Serbia 5, Croatia and Turkey 4 each etc); 6 previous president of national federation; few high functionary FIDE and ECU; many famous professors, doctors, highest level expert in various professions.

The old masters played plenty of very, very good games.

Open Davos played August 10-16, won convince GM David Markosian from Armenia with 6/7, half points less finish Andrew Bigg from England, neither defeat. Third was Leonid Bebchuk from Israel. There were 24 participants.

Congress Center of Hotel Sunstar host both tournaments. Mostly of players stay in Hotel Sunstar and were very satisfied. The organisation was very good.

Tournaments carry out Robert Spoerri, organizer, tournament director and IA, Sinisa Joksic, IA and chief arbiter, Albert Braunberger, IA, pairing arbiter, Ronald Harth assistant arbiter.

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

European Seniors Davos (SUI), 9-17 viii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rg.NameFEDEloPkt. Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3 Rp
1Tseitlin Mark DGMISR24387,550,060,52619
2Tseshkovsky VitalyGMRUS25197,549,560,52617
3Cebalo MisoGMCRO25236,548,550,02483
4Chernikov Oleg LGMRUS24066,548,050,02456
5Rukavina JosipIMCRO24146,547,050,02446
6Werner ClemensFMGER23156,546,550,02384
7Ivkov BorislavGMSRB24116,545,050,02412
8Butnorius AlgimantasGMLTU24426,542,550,02360
9Klundt KlausIMGER23616,047,540,02395
10Kraidman YairGMISR22806,044,550,02365
11Fatalibekova ElenaWGMRUS22596,044,540,02390
12Gruzmann BorisFMRUS22406,043,060,02379
13Blechzin IgorIMRUS24916,043,040,02334
14Onoprienko VladimirIMRUS23096,042,040,02344
15Gaspariants GarryRUS22706,042,040,02320
16Grinberg Iosif PRUS22966,041,040,02281
17Schmid WolfgangFMGER22716,040,540,02296
18Gundersen HelgeNOR22546,038,540,02290
19Arkhangelsky BorisIMRUS23405,544,540,02325
20Pribyl JosefIMCZE23975,543,530,02266
21Aijala JoukoFIN21575,541,050,02212
22Ozbilen HayriTUR21135,541,050,02219
23Frumson YuryFMRUS22355,541,040,02247
24Schmidt GerhardGER22365,540,530,02236
25Hohler PeterFMSUI22005,540,530,02232
26Khropov BorisRUS22475,540,050,02258
27Vilerte TamaraWFMLAT22075,538,540,02209
28Voronova TatianaWIMLAT22365,537,040,02184
29Grabov SteenDEN21905,537,040,02169
30Kulago AlexanderFMRUS23055,537,040,02204
31Karl HansFMSUI22465,536,520,02181
32Clemens Christian DrFMGER23075,534,050,02154
33Seuss OswaldAUT21985,533,550,02109
34Jadrijevic AnteCRO22505,045,050,02293
110 players

28) US Chess League

The 2008 season of the US Chess League starts tonight 25th August 2008. The opening match is between the two newest teams in the league, the Arizona Scorpions and the Chicago Blaze. Play takes place on the Internet Chess Club (ICC).

The rest of the week's games take place on Wednesday 26th August 2008.

For details see: http://www.uschessleague.com/

29) 8th Savaria Summer

The 8th Savaria Summer International Chess Tournament takes place 14th-22nd August 2008, Szombathely, Hungary. No results or games currently available.

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

Savaria Summer GM Szombathely (HUN), 14-22 viii 2008
NameTiNATElo
Yuri VovkGMUKR2549
Szabó KrisztianIMHUN2510
Papp GaborIMHUN2509
Prohaszka PéterIMHUN2509
Kovacs GaborIMHUN2505
Czebe AttilaGMHUN2481
Varga ZoltanGMHUN2479
Vavrak PeterIMSVK2474
Sasa MartinovicIMCRO2395
Farkas GaborSVK2290
Average ELO2470

30) Obituaries

Chess Today has reported the sad news of deaths of three players recently.

IM Mario Bertok (1929-2008)

Mario Bertok (2nd September 1929 - 20th August 2008) Croatian IM Mario Bertok died in a swimming accident. According to reports from Croatia, Bertok went for a swim in the lake Jarun in Zagreb and drowned, possibly suffering a heart attack in the water.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bertok

Vladimir Bukal (1939-2008)

Croatian IM Vladimir Bukal Senior born 1st November 1939 died on the night between the 20th and 21st of August in Zagreb. He won the European Seniors Championship in Saint Vincent in 2002.

Igor Zakharevich (1963-2008)

GM Igor Zakharevich born in Russia 14th July 1963 died on the 10th August 2008. He became a Grandmaster in 2000.

31) 11th Western Massachusetts Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 11th Western Massachusetts Open took place on August 23, 2008 at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Mass. tallied a perfect 4-0 to win first place. National master Max Enkin of Peabody, Mass. finished second with a 3-1 score. Tying for third place iwith 2-2 results were FM Nelson Castaneda of Connecticut and U.S. Chess Federation-rated expert Clay Bradley of New Hampshire. The event drew 29 players in three sections and was directed by Frank Kolasinski of Springfield, Mass. for the sponsoring Western Massachusetts Chess Association.

32) Paraguayan Championship

The Paraguayan Championship took place in Asuncion 31st May - 20th July 2008. Eduardo Peralta, Luis Patriarca, Enrique Butti and Angel Hernandez played off for the title after all finished on 8.5/11.

Zenon Franco Ocampos reports: FM Luis Patriarca is the new Champion of Paraguay. This is the 7th title for Patriarca, (4th in a row), who equaled the total IM Cristobal Valiente, with 7 titles. Ronald Cantero still holds the record, with 8 championships.

Rounds 1 and 2 (16th and 17th August), were played in Asunción, and the last four, (August 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th), in Ciudad de Este.

Official site: http://www.winner.com.py/feparaj/

ch-PAR Playoff Asuncion/Ciudad del Este (PAR), 16-24 viii 2008
1 2 3
1. Patriarca, Luis f PAR 2318 * * ½ 1 ½ 1 3 2344
2. Hernandez, Angel C f PAR 2210 ½ 0 * * 1 1 2½ 2300
3. Butti, Enrique PAR 2093 ½ 0 0 0 * * ½ 1942

Round 1 (August 16, 2008)
Patriarca, Luis - Butti, Enrique ½-½ 16 A20 English Opening
Round 2 (August 17, 2008)
Butti, Enrique - Hernandez, Angel C 0-1 13 D10 Slav Defence
Round 3 (August 21, 2008)
Hernandez, Angel C - Patriarca, Luis ½-½ 52 C01 French Exchange
Round 4 (August 22, 2008)
Butti, Enrique - Patriarca, Luis 0-1 29 E54 Nimzo Indian
Round 5 (August 23, 2008)
Hernandez, Angel C - Butti, Enrique 1-0 39 C50 Giuoco Piano
Round 6 (August 24, 2008)
Patriarca, Luis - Hernandez, Angel C 1-0 49 D94 Gruenfeld Closed

33) Forthcoming Events and Links

Women's World Championship

The World Women's Championship 2008 takes place in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation), 28th August - 18th September 2008 with a prize fund of 450,000 USD. FIDE and the organisers have stressed that events in Ossetia shouldn't have any impact on the event although its clearly worrying some participants.

Official site: http://nalchik2008.fide.com

WCh-Women Nalchik (RUS), 28 viii - 18 ix 2008
Round 1 Pairings 29th-31st August 2008.
Bd No SNo NAME NATNAMENAT
1 1-64 Xu, Yuhua CHN Solomons, Anzel RSA
2 2-63 Koneru, Humpy IND Alaa El Din, Yorsa EGY
3 3-62 Hou, Yifan CHN Khaled, Mona EGY
4 4-61 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL Zapata, Karen PER
5 5-60 Cramling, Pia SWE Sanchez Castillo, Sarai VEN
6 6-59 Sebag, Marie FRA Gasik, Anna POL
7 7-58 Zhao, Xue CHN Zuriel, Marisa ARG
8 8-57 Kosintseva, Tatjana RUS Muminova, Nafisa UZB
9 9-56 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS Pourkashiyan, Atousa IRI
10 10-55 Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU Golubenko, Valentina CRO
11 11-54 Muzychuk, Anna SLO Velcheva, Maria BUL
12 12-53 Ruan, Lufei CHN Zakurdjaeva, Irina RUS
13 13-52 Zhukova, Natalia UKR Rohonyan, Katherine USA
14 14-51 Chiburdanidze, Maya GEO Nguyen, Thi Thanh An VIE
15 15-50 Hoang Thanh Trang HUN Arribas Robaina, Maritza CUB
16 16-49 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER Kadimova, Ilaha AZE
17 17-48 Ushenina, Anna UKR Le Thanh Tu VIE
18 18-47 Socko, Monika POL Foisor, Sabina-Francesca ROM
19 19-46 Krush, Irina USA Sedina, Elena ITA
20 20-45 Gaponenko, Inna UKR Zhang Jilin CHN
21-44 Javakhishvili, Lela GEO Amura, Claudia ARG
22 22-43 Harika, Dronavalli IND Nebolsina, Vera RUS
23 23-42 Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS Mohota, Nisha IND
24 24-41 Korbut, Ekaterina RUS Gvetadze, Sopio GEO
25 25-40 Zatonskih, Anna USA Bosboom Lanchava, Tea NED
26 26-39 Shen, Yang CHN Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino GER
27 27-38 Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM Moser, Eva AUT
28 28-37 Tania, Sachdev IND Tan Zongyi CHN
29 29-36 Bojkovic, Natasa SRB Ju, Wenjun CHN
30 30-35 Rajlich, Iweta POL Mongontuul, Bathuyang MGL
31 31-34 Lomineishvili, Maia GEO Khukhashvili, Sopiko GEO
32 32-33 Khurtsidze, Nino GEO Matveeva, Svetlana RUS

Grand Slam in Bilbao

The Chess Grand Slam Final takes place in Bilbao 1st-13th September 2008. There are 6 players. The first three are the winners of Corus 2008, Morelia - Linares 2008, and Mtel Masters 2008 - GM Levon Aronian, GM Viswanathan Anand, and GM Vassily Ivanchuk. Invitations have been sent also to the second place players - GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Veselin Topalov and finally to Teimour Radjabov.

Official site for the event: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com

CECLUB Spanish Club Chess Championship

The CECLUB Spanish Club Chess Championship takes place 3rd-7th September 2008. 25 of the world's top 50 can participate and team rosters include the players: Shirov, Adams, Ponomariov, Cheparinov, Akopian, Gelfand, Kasimdzhanov, Van Wely, Ivanchuk, Carlsen, Alekseev, Motylev, Bareev, Vallejo, Roiz, Rublevsky, Svidler, Mamedyarov, Karjakin, Jakovenko, Harikrishna, Movsesian, Malakhov, Gashimov and Dominguez Perez. Some of those for 2nd division sides.

Preview: http://previews.chessdom.com/ceclub-chess-spain

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

VII Benidorm International Festival

The VII Benidorm International Festival of Chess takes place 29th November - 8th December 2008.

Details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/

For information contact: E-Mail: eventosdeajedrez@yahoo.es festivaldebenidorm@gmail.com News: Patricia Claros Aguilar.

First Saturday September

6th-18th of September GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L, 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914. From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1.

Places still available. Players and potential players so far:

September 2008 IM tournament FIRST SATURDAY, Budapest IM VÉGH, Endre (HUN), IM LENGYEL, Béla (HUN), IM GALYAS, Miklós (HUN), IM SZALÁNCZY, Emil (HUN), IM FARAGÓ, Sándor (HUN), IM WERNER, Dimo (HUN), FM ISMAIL, Sherif (EGY), MOSKOVIC, David (ENG), LI, Panru (CHN), SOLOMONS, Deon (RSA), RUECKER, Benjamin (GER), TO, Nhat Minh (HUN), FM LYELL, Mark (ENG), PEREZ ALEMAN, Pedro Thomas (ESP), KÖNNYŰ, János (HUN), KISLIK, Erik Andrew (USA), LEHMANN, Holger (GER, 2235). Min 9, max 13 players.

GM tournament FIRST SATURDAY, Budapest IGM KOSIC, Dragan (MNE, 2516), IGM ILINCIC, Zlatko (SRB, 2519), IGM FARAGÓ, Iván (HUN,2482), IM PASCHALL, William (USA), IM NGUYEN, Huynh Minh Huy (VIE, 2477), FM TÓTH, Ervin (HUN, 2409), IM WITTMANN, Walter (AUT, 2272), IM GRAFL, Florian (GER, 2404), IM BÉRCZES, Dávid (HUN,2458), IM SIMUTOWE, Amon (ZAM, 2459), IM KAHN, Evarth Dr (HUN, 2317), IM SAMMALVUO, Tapani (FIN, 2468), IM DUONG, The Anh (VIE, 2445)

Commonwealth Chess Championship

The Commonwealth Chess Championship takes place 28th September - 6th October 2008 in Nagpur, India. Good conditions for GM/WGMs. Contact: Praful Zaveri (prafulzaveri@hotmail.com) for further information.

Further details: http://www.indianchessfed.org/tournamentreports08/ccwealth-at-Nagpur.asp

12th Essent Chess Tournament

The 12th edition of the Essent Chess Tournament takes place October 17th-25th 2008. The location is the city of Hoogeveen. Just like last year there are several competitions: a Crown Group, a strong Essent Open, an Amateur Tournament and an event for youth.

Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl/index2008.htm

Mindsports

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

Official site: http://www.2008wmsg.org/

Further details: http://players.chessdom.com/world-mind-sports-games-participants and http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3069-entries-for-1st-world-mind-sports-games

23rd Parla International Open

The 23rd Parla (Spain) International Open takes place 6th-14th September 2008.

Details: http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/torneos/torneo.asp?torneo=08090600

XVI Albacete International Open

The XVI Albacete (Spain) International Open takes place 1st-6th September 2008.

Details: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2008/albacete.html

Dresden Olympiad

The Olympiad takes place in Dresden 12th-25th November 2008.

Official site: http://dresden2008.de

VI Transcarpathian Rapidtournament Chess Decyk

VI Transcarpathian Rapidtournament "Chess Decyk" Ukraine, Uzhgorod, 28-29.08.2008

Organizers of tournament: Chess Federation of Uzhgorod Organizational committee: B. Borshosh, A. Samoylenko, V. Prokopishin Place: Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Pub-museum "Deca u notaria", Gagarin street, 98 Also Traditional Beer blitz-tournament will take place in Pub-museum "Deca u notaria"! Phone: +380503723900, +380503179153, (+3803122) 2-25-87 E-mail: chessfeduzh@rambler.ru Details: http://www.chessfeduzh.narod.ru

Bradford Chess Congress

The Bradford Chess Congress takes place 12th-14th September 2008.

Entry form: http://www.anno-domini.net/CHESS/BDCACHESS.htm

Ared Open (Romania)

The Ared International Chess Open (Romania) took place in Arad 25th-31st July 2008. Zlatko Ilincic edged out Vlad-Victor Barnaure on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9. Games may still follow. News: Alin Campeanu.

Official site: http://www.vados.ro/

2nd Berkeley Masters

The 2008 Berkeley Masters takes place December 14th-23rd 2008 in Berkeley, California, finishing two days before the start of the North American Open in Las Vegas. It is a 10 round swiss, open to players rated fide 2200+. Space in the tournament and conditions for some Grandmasters are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Prize fund $5000 US. Info at http://dotq.org/chess

British Rapidplay

The British Rapidplay takes place 29th-30th November 2008.

Details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/

Hungarian Chess Tournaments July 2008 - March 2009

1. 19th-28th of July 2008 KECSKEMET, IM-FM Berger tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South-East from Budapest.

2. 2nd-14th of August, FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 9-13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914. From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1.

3.16th-25th of August, IM-FM tmt, Kecskemet, org: Erdelyi

4.6th-18th of September GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L,

5.20th -29th September IM-FM tmt Kecskemet, org Erdelyi

6.4th-16th of October, GM-IM-FM tmt, First Saturday Budapest, org.Nagy L.

7.18th-30th of October, SAKKAKADEMIA, GM-IM closed, org: WGM Csonkics, Tunde, info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

8.18th-27th of October IM-FM tmt Kecskemet, org Erdelyi.

9.1st-13th of November GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L.

10. 15th-23rd of November, Kecskemet, IM dr.Erdelyi.

11.14th-22nd of November Tenkes Kupa Open, Harkany, 300 km South-West from Budapest, 9 round Swiss, org: Ambrus Lajos, mobile: 36-30-851-4224 e-mail: info@baranyasakk.hu www.baranyasakk.hu

12.6th-18th of December GM-IM-FM tmt, First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L.

13.27th of Dec - 5th of January IM-FM tmt Kecskemet, org: Erdelyi.

14.9th-17th of January, EVADNYITO Open 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, org: IA FAZEKAS, info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

15.23rd of January - 2nd of February, BALASSAGYARMAT WINTER, GM-IM closed, 100 km North from Budapest, Org: Nagy Laszlo, info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

16.7th-19th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest - org: Nagy Laszlo, www.firstsaturday.hu - info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

17.7th-19th of March, First Saturday, Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org Nagy L.

18.20th-28th of March, 25th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy L. - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

IV Alajuela International

The IV Alajuela International Chess Tournament (Costa Rica) took place 8th-13th July 2008. Rodolfo Arias reports that 17 year old Peruvian talent Emilio Cordova, (considered to be Julio Granda´s succesor) scored 8 wins (including a last round brilliant defensive game against g.m. Victor Mikhalevski) and one loss, to Nş 1 seeded, european champion Sergei Tiviakov of Holland.

Games from the first three rounds only currently available but more should become available.

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

Norwegian Championship

The Norwegian Championship took place 5th-13th July 2008. Jon Ludvig Hammer and Frode Elsness both finished on 6.5/9 and will play off for the title at a date to be announced.

Official site: http://nm2008.sjakkweb.no/

SPICE Cup

The SPICE Cup takes place September 19th-28th 2008 at the Texas Tech Student Union Building. Eugene Perelshteyn is the defending champion.

Official website: http://www.SPICE.ttu.edu

SPICE Cup (RUS), 19-28 ix 2008. Category 15 (2605)
NameNATUSCFFIDE
Alexander OnischukUSA27342670
Harikrishna PentalaIND27242668
Leonid KritzGER26672610
Varuzhan AkobianUSA26602610
Gregory KaidanovUSA26642605
Julio Becerra RiveroUSA26402598
Victor MikhalevskiISR26792592
Kamil MitonPOL27032580
Hannes StefanssonISL25972566
Eugene PerelshteynUSA26192555

Romgaz Open

The 2nd edition of the "Open Romgaz" takes place 11th-19th September 2008 at the Polytechnical Institute of Bucharest, with a prize fund of 20000 Euro (a record for Romania!). Organizers: Romgaz & ACS "Elisabeta Polihroniade". - Free accomodation for all GM &WGM and full board for GM over 2500 & for WGM. The tournament will be preceded by "Open Romgaz Junior", 5th-11th September 2008 at the same venue, with a prize fund of 3000 Euro.

Official site: http://www.frsah.ro

Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2009

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

Besides the participation of the above mentioned three Dutch players, the following World Class players have confirmed their participation: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Gata Kamsky (United States) and Teymour Radjabov (Azerbaijan). Carlsen, Ivanchuk and Morozevich will be in the Top-6 of the new World Ranking list, that will be published on July 1st 2008.

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

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

Torino, Italy

The Torino tournament in (Italy) takes place 30th November 2008 - 8th December 2008. 9 Round swiss top group (B Group 7 rounds). Contact for entries and info tornei@scacchisticatorinese.it

Official site: http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it

Hastings Chess Congress

The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2008 - 5th January 2009. Contact: Con Power at: conpowr@ol.com

Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

European Club Cup

The European Club Cup 2008 (24th European Club Cup for Men, 13th European Club Cup for Women) takes place in Kallithea, Greece 16th-24th October 2008.

Official site: http://ecc2008.chessdom.com/

Chess Study

Do you have an FIDE rating?

Dr. Robert Howard of the University of New South Wales in Australia is carrying out a study of chess skill in internationally rated players. The study looks at effects of amount of practice, coaching and age of starting chess on chess skill and at chess players' views about chess skill. The study involves a short online survey. The survey is for anyone who has, or who ever has had, an FIDE rating.

The survey takes only about 5-10 minutes to complete. All responses are completely confidential. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Russian, and German.

To take part, you must know your exact FIDE ID number, which will be something like "14200887". ID numbers are posted on the FIDE website at http://www.fide.com

A summary and analysis of the study findings will be posted here when it is complete and will be emailed to any participant who requests it.

If you would like to participate, please go to this website: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/

For any queries, please contact Dr Robert Howard, University of New South Wales, on rwh@unsw.edu.au

5th Highlands Open

The 5th International Chess Festival Highlands Open 2008, takes place in the town of Zdar nad Sazavou 20th-28th September 2008.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/regulations/

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.

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

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

Open "Mediterranean 2017" Rijeka

The Open "Mediterranean 2017" Rijeka (CRO) takes place 29th November - 6th December 2008.

Details: http://www.mediteran2013.com/en/default.asp

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

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

GM Boris Alterman's Chess Lessons

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

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

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 29 Grandmasters have entered including Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Alexander Beliavsky, Sergei Tiviakov and Maxim Vachier-Lagrave.

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

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

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

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/

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