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My thanks to John Saunders, Steve Giddins, Dave Clayton, Luiz Roberto De Costa Jr, Christophe Philippe, Denis Vretenar, Georg Kradolfer, Harald Grafenhofer, Marcelo Pagano, George Mirijanian, Agustin Manrique, Alfonso Romero Holmes, Istvan Brindza and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The Christmas and New Year period is always a busy one with Pamplona, Hastings, Reggio Emilia, Rilton Cup, Groningen all being regular festivals, some for many decades. In addition there were two other important events this year. Vassily Ivanchuk defeated Peter Leko in a Rapid event in the Ukraine. The centenary of the Gjovik Chess Club saw the Aker rapid play and Magnus Carlsen appear in his home country for the first time in over a year. He played OK but Peter Svidler rained on his parade beating him in a rather strange endgame to take the event in its knockout phase. The new FIDE rating list is out. Topalov stands at the top and again the issue of what events you include is again raised. Topalov added yet more rating points at the Pearl Spring tournament which finished a week before the rating list was released. There is no reason that this event should not have been included except outdated FIDE rules and deadlines. It makes the list out of date before its even released which just doesn't seem right to me. We're into 2009 and I wish everyone a happy, healthy and fruitful year.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
Vassily Ivanchuk beat Peter Leko in a 6 game rapid match in Mukachevo , Ukraine 3rd-5th January 2009. Ivanchuk won the 5th game. Time control: (6 rounds, 25 min + 10 sec per move).
According to google with the offical site: http://www.ivanchukleko2009.com and http://chess32x64.org/ (Ukrainian language) had problems with trojans, but they claim to have fixed this now.
Rapid Rematch Mukachevo UKR Results | ||||||
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Ivanchuk, Vassily | - | Leko, Peter | ½-½ | 79 | A46 | Queen's Pawn Opening |
Leko, Peter | - | Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 16 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | - | Leko, Peter | ½-½ | 85 | E04 | Catalan |
Leko, Peter | - | Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 62 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | - | Leko, Peter | 1-0 | 77 | A32 | English Symmetrical |
Leko, Peter | - | Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 35 | B01 | Centre Counter |
Rapid Rematch Mukachevo (UKR), 3-5 xii 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | Perf | ||||||
Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2779 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3½ | 2808 | ||||||
Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2751 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 2½ | 2722 |
The Gjovik International Chess Festival 2008-9 takes place 29th December - 7th January 2009.
The main event was the Aker Chess Challenge with Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Kjetil Lie played in a Super rapid tournament with similar format to the Mainz Classic, January 2nd-5th 2009. Peter Svidler defeated Magnus Carlsen in the final when he won with black in the second game. Hikaru Nakamura beat Lie to take 3rd place.
The rapid contest is part of a chess festival with a big and varied program, held on occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Gjovik chess club. The festival starts on December 29th, and the main tournament is a 9 round GM-Swiss open to players with a rating abov 2100. Reigning European champion Sergei Tiviakov (NL) 2686 is the highest rated player of the preliminary list of participants. There is also a parallell group open for all players rated below 2100.
Official site: http://www.gjovikfestival.sjakkweb.no
Aker Chess Club Rapid Final Gjovik (NOR), 5 i 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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Round 1 (January 5, 2009) | |||||||||||||||||
Svidler, Peter | - | Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2 | 20 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |||||||||||
Round 2 (January 5, 2009) | |||||||||||||||||
Carlsen, Magnus | - | Svidler, Peter | 0-1 | 52 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack |
Aker Chess Club Rapid Final Gjovik (NOR), 5 i 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | Total | Perf | ||||||||||
Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2723 | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 2969 | ||||||||||
Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2776 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 2530 |
Aker Chess Club Rapid Bronze Gjovik (NOR), 5 i 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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Round 1 (January 5, 2009) | |||||||||||||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - | Lie, Kjetil A | 1-0 | 36 | A45 | Trompowsky | |||||||||||
Round 2 (January 5, 2009) | |||||||||||||||||
Lie, Kjetil A | - | Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2 | 35 | B00 | Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence |
Aker Chess Club Rapid Bronze Gjovik (NOR), 5 i 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
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Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | Total | Perf | ||||||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2699 | 1 | ½ | 1½ | 2732 | ||||||||||
Lie, Kjetil A | g | NOR | 2539 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 2506 |
Aker CC Rapid Gjovik (NOR), 2-4 i 2009 | cat. XVIII (2684) | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2776 | * | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2778 | |
2. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2699 | 1 | ½ | * | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2804 | |
3. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2723 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | * | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2796 | |
4. | Lie, Kjetil A | g | NOR | 2539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | 0 |
Round 1 (January 2, 2009) | ||||||
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Carlsen, Magnus | - Lie, Kjetil A | 1-0 | 48 | B38 | Sicilian Maroczy Bind | |
Svidler, Peter | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 45 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
Round 2 (January 2, 2009) | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Lie, Kjetil A | 1-0 | 34 | A36 | English Botvinnik | |
Svidler, Peter | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 29 | A30 | English Symmetrical | |
Round 3 (January 3, 2009) | ||||||
Carlsen, Magnus | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 45 | E92 | King's Indian Classical | |
Lie, Kjetil A | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 | 37 | A00 | Irregular Openings | |
Round 4 (January 3, 2009) | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 34 | D15 | Slav Defence | |
Lie, Kjetil A | - Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | 28 | A11 | Reti Opening | |
Round 5 (January 4, 2009) | ||||||
Carlsen, Magnus | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 | 35 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
Lie, Kjetil A | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 35 | B00 | Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence | |
Round 6 (January 4, 2009) | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 12 | D14 | Slav Exchange | |
Svidler, Peter | - Lie, Kjetil A | 1-0 | 58 | B37 | Sicilian Maroczy Bind |
Aker CC Blitz Gjovik (NOR), 4 i 2009 | cat. XX (2733) | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2776 | * | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
2. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2723 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2737 | |||||
3. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2699 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
Round 1 (January 4, 2009) | ||||||
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Svidler, Peter | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 39 | B92 | Sicilian | |
Round 2 (January 4, 2009) | ||||||
Carlsen, Magnus | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 | 42 | C76 | Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz | |
Round 3 (January 4, 2009) | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | 53 | D15 | Slav Defence |
The Hastings Chess Congress took place 28th December 2008 - 5th January 2009.
The Hastings Masters saw Igor Kurnosov finish on 7.5/9 half a point clear of multiple defending champion Valeriy Neverov who Kurnosov held with black in the final round and Emanuel Berg. Mark Hebden and Simon Williams were a further half point back. My thanks to Dave Clayton and Steve Giddins for their help.
Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
Hastings Masters 2008-9 (ENG), 28 xii 2008 - 5 i 2009
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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1 | GM | Kurnosov, Igor | 2606 | RUS | 7.5 | 2761 | 2488 | 7.5 | 1.69 |
2 | GM | Berg, Emanuel | 2623 | SWE | 7 | 2678 | 2458 | 7 | 0.64 |
3 | GM | Neverov, Valeriy | 2571 | UKR | 7 | 2687 | 2467 | 7 | 1.32 |
4 | GM | Howell, David W L | 2593 | ENG | 6.5 | 2573 | 2407 | 6.5 | -0.07 |
5 | GM | Conquest, Stuart C | 2526 | ENG | 6.5 | 2625 | 2459 | 6.5 | 1.21 |
6 | GM | Hebden, Mark L | 2515 | ENG | 6.5 | 2500 | 2334 | 6.5 | 0.04 |
7 | GM | Williams, Simon K | 2494 | ENG | 6.5 | 2521 | 2355 | 6.5 | 0.46 |
8 | GM | Jones, Gawain C B | 2548 | ENG | 6 | 2580 | 2455 | 6 | 0.41 |
9 | GM | Pavlovic, Milos | 2524 | SCG | 6 | 2477 | 2352 | 6 | -0.46 |
10 | GM | Haslinger, Stewart G | 2506 | ENG | 6 | 2415 | 2274 | 5.5 | -0.77 |
11 | IM | Houska, Jovanka | 2399 | ENG | 6 | 2447 | 2322 | 6 | 0.63 |
12 | IM | Bates, Richard A | 2387 | ENG | 6 | 2460 | 2335 | 6 | 0.92 |
13 | IM | Bergez, Luc | 2356 | FRA | 6 | 2432 | 2307 | 6 | 0.96 |
14 | Green, Andrew D | 2102 | SCO | 6 | 2390 | 2265 | 6 | 3.36 | |
15 | IM | Gordon, Stephen J | 2521 | ENG | 5.5 | 2454 | 2374 | 5.5 | -0.6 |
16 | GM | Gormally, Daniel W | 2514 | ENG | 5.5 | 2315 | 2235 | 5.5 | -1.93 |
17 | GM | Summerscale, Aaron P | 2467 | ENG | 5.5 | 2348 | 2253 | 5 | -1.11 |
18 | IM | Bernal Moro, Luis Javier | 2451 | ESP | 5.5 | 2404 | 2324 | 5.5 | -0.47 |
19 | IM | Greet, Andrew N | 2440 | ENG | 5.5 | 2323 | 2243 | 5.5 | -1.17 |
20 | GM | Cherniaev, Alexander | 2438 | RUS | 5.5 | 2329 | 2249 | 5.5 | -1.12 |
21 | IM | Hunt, Adam C | 2431 | ENG | 5.5 | 2395 | 2315 | 5.5 | -0.32 |
22 | IM | Ansell, Simon T | 2410 | ENG | 5.5 | 2410 | 2330 | 5.5 | 0.12 |
23 | IM | Knott, Simon J B | 2348 | ENG | 5.5 | 2368 | 2288 | 5.5 | 0.35 |
24 | IM | Capo Vidal, Uriel | 2339 | MEX | 5.5 | 2317 | 2237 | 5.5 | -0.21 |
25 | IM | Leroy, Didier | 2286 | FRA | 5.5 | 2458 | 2378 | 5.5 | 2.02 |
26 | FM | Kjartansson, Gudmundur | 2284 | ISL | 5.5 | 2369 | 2289 | 5.5 | 1.03 |
27 | FM | White, Michael J R | 2242 | ENG | 5.5 | 2296 | 2216 | 5.5 | 0.67 |
28 | Roelvaag, Mikael | 2199 | NOR | 5.5 | 2301 | 2221 | 5.5 | 1.22 | |
29 | Sugden, John N | 2173 | ENG | 5.5 | 2421 | 2341 | 5.5 | 2.84 | |
30 | IM | Hendriks, Willy | 2447 | NED | 5 | 2368 | 2325 | 5 | -0.8 |
31 | IM | Rendle, Thomas E | 2385 | ENG | 5 | 2346 | 2303 | 5 | -0.4 |
32 | FM | Rudd, Jack | 2344 | ENG | 5 | 2427 | 2384 | 5 | 1.02 |
33 | FM | Eames, Robert S | 2329 | ENG | 5 | 2260 | 2217 | 5 | -0.77 |
34 | IM | Marusenko, Petr | 2320 | UKR | 5 | 2282 | 2239 | 5 | -0.48 |
35 | FM | Grover, Sahaj | 2314 | IND | 5 | 2239 | 2196 | 5 | -0.91 |
36 | FM | Mohammed Abdul, Malek | 2264 | BAN | 5 | 2188 | 2145 | 4.5 | -0.77 |
37 | Anderton, Matthew N | 2232 | ENG | 5 | 2229 | 2186 | 5 | -0.03 | |
38 | Kwiatkowski, Feliks J | 2219 | ENG | 5 | 2255 | 2212 | 5 | 0.39 | |
39 | Anderson, John | 2213 | ENG | 5 | 2418 | 2375 | 5 | 2.35 | |
40 | Chkhaidze, Nikoloz | 2203 | GEO | 5 | 2302 | 2259 | 5 | 1.15 | |
41 | Dickson, George | 2135 | ENG | 5 | 2173 | 2130 | 5 | 0.46 | |
42 | Griffiths, Ryan Rhys | 2107 | IRL | 5 | 2265 | 2222 | 5 | 1.87 | |
43 | WIM | Flear, Christine | 2092 | FRA | 5 | 2269 | 2269 | 4 | 1.82 |
44 | WFM | Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 2005 | LTU | 5 | 2230 | 2187 | 5 | 2.63 |
45 | IM | Prosviriakov, Vladimir | 2327 | USA | 4.5 | 2199 | 2199 | 4.5 | -1.5 |
104 players |
The 51st Reggio Emilia Tournament took place 27th December 2008 - 4th January 2009. Top seed Ni Hua won the tournament comfortably with 7.5/9 a point and a half clear of last year's winner Zoltan Almasi.
Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/
51st It Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii-4 i 2008 | cat. XIV (2576) | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
1. | Ni Hua | g | CHN | 2710 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2834 | ||||
2. | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2663 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2691 | ||||
3. | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2613 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2614 | ||||
4. | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2634 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2612 | ||||
5. | Marin, Mihail | g | ROU | 2556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2621 | ||||
6. | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2670 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2565 | ||||
7. | Leon Hoyos, Manuel | g | MEX | 2535 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 2580 | ||||
8. | Ronchetti, Niccolo | m | ITA | 2414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 3 | 2469 | ||||
9. | Shytaj, Luca | m | ITA | 2472 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2½ | 2421 | ||||
10. | Cebalo, Miso | g | CRO | 2493 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 2 | 2365 |
Round 1 (December 27, 2008) | ||||||
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Almasi, Zoltan | - Landa, Konstantin | 1-0 | 41 | C43 | Petroff's Defence | |
Marin, Mihail | - Shytaj, Luca | 1-0 | 43 | A25 | English Sicilian Attack | |
Dreev, Alexey | - Leon Hoyos, Manuel | 1-0 | 50 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence | |
Ronchetti, Niccolo | - Gustafsson, Jan | 0-1 | 81 | C45 | Scotch Game | |
Cebalo, Miso | - Ni Hua | 0-1 | 45 | D17 | Slav Defence | |
Round 2 (December 28, 2008) | ||||||
Ni Hua | - Ronchetti, Niccolo | 1-0 | 45 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Almasi, Zoltan | - Marin, Mihail | 1-0 | 43 | B07 | Pirc Defence | |
Landa, Konstantin | - Leon Hoyos, Manuel | 0-1 | 46 | B47 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
Gustafsson, Jan | - Dreev, Alexey | ½-½ | 17 | D13 | Slav Exchange | |
Shytaj, Luca | - Cebalo, Miso | ½-½ | 30 | B36 | Sicilian Maroczy Bind | |
Round 3 (December 29, 2008) | ||||||
Marin, Mihail | - Landa, Konstantin | 0-1 | 30 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
Dreev, Alexey | - Ni Hua | ½-½ | 15 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
Leon Hoyos, Manuel | - Gustafsson, Jan | ½-½ | 36 | C51 | Evans Gambit | |
Ronchetti, Niccolo | - Shytaj, Luca | ½-½ | 18 | B29 | Sicilian Defence | |
Cebalo, Miso | - Almasi, Zoltan | 0-1 | 42 | A45 | Trompowsky | |
Round 4 (December 30, 2008) | ||||||
Ni Hua | - Leon Hoyos, Manuel | 1-0 | 45 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | |
Almasi, Zoltan | - Ronchetti, Niccolo | 1-0 | 26 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Landa, Konstantin | - Gustafsson, Jan | ½-½ | 16 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
Marin, Mihail | - Cebalo, Miso | 1-0 | 78 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
Shytaj, Luca | - Dreev, Alexey | ½-½ | 28 | B56 | Sicilian Defence | |
Round 5 (December 31, 2008) | ||||||
Gustafsson, Jan | - Ni Hua | ½-½ | 19 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
Dreev, Alexey | - Almasi, Zoltan | 1-0 | 96 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |
Leon Hoyos, Manuel | - Shytaj, Luca | 1-0 | 41 | B52 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Ronchetti, Niccolo | - Marin, Mihail | ½-½ | 26 | B09 | Pirc Defence | |
Cebalo, Miso | - Landa, Konstantin | ½-½ | 53 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 | |
Round 6 (January 1, 2009) | ||||||
Almasi, Zoltan | - Leon Hoyos, Manuel | ½-½ | 45 | B36 | Sicilian Maroczy Bind | |
Landa, Konstantin | - Ni Hua | ½-½ | 22 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
Marin, Mihail | - Dreev, Alexey | 1-0 | 62 | A11 | Reti Opening | |
Shytaj, Luca | - Gustafsson, Jan | ½-½ | 48 | C22 | Centre Gambit | |
Cebalo, Miso | - Ronchetti, Niccolo | 0-1 | 31 | D27 | QGA | |
Round 7 (January 2, 2009) | ||||||
Ni Hua | - Shytaj, Luca | 1-0 | 33 | B29 | Sicilian Defence | |
Gustafsson, Jan | - Almasi, Zoltan | ½-½ | 22 | A17 | English Opening | |
Dreev, Alexey | - Cebalo, Miso | ½-½ | 48 | A65 | Benoni | |
Leon Hoyos, Manuel | - Marin, Mihail | ½-½ | 75 | E91 | King's Indian Classical | |
Ronchetti, Niccolo | - Landa, Konstantin | 0-1 | 59 | B13 | Caro Kann Exchange | |
Round 8 (January 3, 2009) | ||||||
Almasi, Zoltan | - Ni Hua | 0-1 | 41 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov | |
Landa, Konstantin | - Shytaj, Luca | ½-½ | 84 | A37 | English Symmetrical | |
Marin, Mihail | - Gustafsson, Jan | 1-0 | 40 | A07 | Barcza System | |
Ronchetti, Niccolo | - Dreev, Alexey | ½-½ | 24 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Cebalo, Miso | - Leon Hoyos, Manuel | ½-½ | 42 | E25 | Nimzo Indian Saemisch | |
Round 9 (January 4, 2009) | ||||||
Ni Hua | - Marin, Mihail | 1-0 | 42 | C80 | Ruy Lopez Open | |
Gustafsson, Jan | - Cebalo, Miso | 1-0 | 46 | E11 | Bogo Indian Defence | |
Dreev, Alexey | - Landa, Konstantin | 0-1 | 61 | E35 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |
Leon Hoyos, Manuel | - Ronchetti, Niccolo | ½-½ | 46 | A35 | English Symmetrical | |
Shytaj, Luca | - Almasi, Zoltan | 0-1 | 24 | C34 | Kings Knight Gambit |
51st It B Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii-4 i 2008 | cat. V (2351) | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
1. | Thorfinnsson, Bjorn | f | ISL | 2399 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 2512 | ||||
2. | Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor | m | ISL | 2430 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2508 | ||||
3. | Galyas, Miklos | m | HUN | 2454 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2464 | ||||
4. | Kovacevic, Blazimir | m | CRO | 2472 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2380 | ||||
5. | Pomaro, Alberto | ITA | 2254 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2405 | |||||
6. | Rombaldoni, Axel | f | ITA | 2334 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2396 | ||||
7. | Cocchi, Andrea | f | ITA | 2305 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2356 | ||||
8. | Corvi, Marco | f | ITA | 2343 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2227 | ||||
9. | Lucaroni, Massimiliano | f | ITA | 2320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 2 | 2134 | ||||
10. | Barillaro, Luca | ITA | 2202 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1½ | 2094 |
Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there.
Veselin Topalov topped the 2009 FIDE rating list for the 2nd time in a row increasing his rating to 2796. He actually has more rating points to come as the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing missed the FIDE Deadline. Although it doesn't matter so much for the ranking at the very top it is, in my view, still time to change the regulations to have leading events rated almost right up until the release date. World Champion Viswanathan Anand also increased his rating in beating Vladimir Kramnik to retain his title. Vassily Ivanchuk holds on to his 3rd place in the world in spite of having a slightly rocky end to the year after some tremendous chess the rest of the time. Magnus Carlsen missed out on the top spot last time but is back down to 4th as his form has been patchy in this quarter. Alexander Morozevich drops to 5th from 2nd place dropping a lot of points this time. The top 5 has become the top 2, in the last rating list there was only 5 points between the top 5 but this has now become 25 points. Teimour Radjabov and Dmitry Jakovenko gained points and both moved above Vladimir Kramnik who lost points against Anand and in the Olympiad. Peter Leko holds on to 9th and Sergei Movsesian is the only new entry in the top 10 edging out Levon Aronian who drops from 7th to 11th. The rating required to be tied for the 100th player moves up from 2633 to 2634.
FIDE Rating List January 2009 Top 100 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Rk | oc08 | Name | Title | NAT | YroB | ap07 | ju07 | oc07 | ja08 | ap08 | ju08 | oc08 | ja09 | Games | |||||
1 | 1 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 1975 | 2772 | 2769 | 2769 | 2780 | 2767 | 2777 | 2791 | 2796 | 8 | |||||
2 | 5 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 1969 | 2786 | 2792 | 2801 | 2799 | 2803 | 2798 | 2783 | 2791 | 11 | |||||
3 | 3 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 1969 | 2729 | 2762 | 2787 | 2751 | 2740 | 2781 | 2786 | 2779 | 19 | |||||
4 | 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 1990 | 2693 | 2710 | 2714 | 2733 | 2765 | 2775 | 2786 | 2776 | 17 | |||||
5 | 2 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 1977 | 2762 | 2758 | 2755 | 2765 | 2774 | 2788 | 2787 | 2771 | 20 | |||||
6 | 8 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 1987 | 2747 | 2746 | 2742 | 2735 | 2751 | 2744 | 2751 | 2761 | 27 | |||||
7 | 10 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 1983 | 2708 | 2735 | 2710 | 2720 | 2711 | 2709 | 2737 | 2760 | 40 | |||||
8 | 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 1975 | 2772 | 2769 | 2785 | 2799 | 2788 | 2788 | 2772 | 2759 | 20 | |||||
9 | 9 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 1979 | 2738 | 2751 | 2755 | 2753 | 2741 | 2741 | 2747 | 2751 | 23 | |||||
10 | 13 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 1978 | 2642 | 2667 | 2670 | 2677 | 2695 | 2723 | 2732 | 2751 | 16 | |||||
11 | 7 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 1982 | 2759 | 2750 | 2741 | 2739 | 2763 | 2737 | 2757 | 2750 | 16 | |||||
12 | 18 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 1972 | 2699 | 2735 | 2739 | 2755 | 2740 | 2741 | 2726 | 2745 | 19 | |||||
13 | 11 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 1987 | 2656 | 2696 | 2703 | 2698 | 2689 | 2704 | 2736 | 2739 | 28 | |||||
14 | 23 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 1983 | 2717 | 2726 | 2715 | 2711 | 2716 | 2728 | 2719 | 2733 | 28 | |||||
15 | 20 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 1968 | 2733 | 2733 | 2736 | 2737 | 2723 | 2720 | 2719 | 2733 | 17 | |||||
16 | 22 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 1983 | 2717 | 2706 | 2705 | 2719 | 2719 | 2718 | 2719 | 2726 | 9 | |||||
17 | 16 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 1974 | 2705 | 2718 | 2714 | 2726 | 2726 | 2723 | 2729 | 2725 | 16 | |||||
18 | 14 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 1985 | 2757 | 2757 | 2752 | 2760 | 2752 | 2742 | 2731 | 2724 | 29 | |||||
19 | 31 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 1986 | 2644 | 2655 | 2663 | 2665 | 2679 | 2717 | 2703 | 2723 | 28 | |||||
20 | 17 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 1976 | 2736 | 2735 | 2732 | 2763 | 2746 | 2738 | 2727 | 2723 | 27 | |||||
21 | 29 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 1983 | 2709 | 2695 | 2695 | 2700 | 2705 | 2691 | 2705 | 2722 | 40 | |||||
22 | 25 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 1985 | 2679 | 2689 | 2716 | 2711 | 2711 | 2708 | 2715 | 2718 | 33 | |||||
23 | 21 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 1983 | 2678 | 2680 | 2683 | 2691 | 2695 | 2708 | 2719 | 2717 | 10 | |||||
24 | 12 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 1971 | 2734 | 2724 | 2729 | 2726 | 2729 | 2735 | 2734 | 2712 | 29 | |||||
25 | 35 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 1981 | 2690 | 2676 | 2661 | 2677 | 2679 | 2684 | 2694 | 2711 | 24 | |||||
26 | 28 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 1983 | 2654 | 2681 | 2641 | 2680 | 2703 | 2705 | 2710 | 2709 | 15 | |||||
27 | 15 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 1990 | 2686 | 2678 | 2694 | 2732 | 2732 | 2727 | 2730 | 2706 | 17 | |||||
28 | 55 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 1982 | 2676 | 2666 | 2660 | 2675 | 2684 | 2650 | 2664 | 2702 | 34 | |||||
29 | 26 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 1985 | 2656 | 2685 | 2692 | 2691 | 2708 | 2710 | 2714 | 2702 | 9 | |||||
30 | 32 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 1974 | 2680 | 2679 | 2676 | 2695 | 2695 | 2699 | 2702 | 2702 | 0 | |||||
31 | 42 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 1971 | 2698 | 2708 | 2713 | 2700 | 2673 | 2673 | 2679 | 2700 | 33 | |||||
32 | 30 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 1987 | 2658 | 2647 | 2648 | 2670 | 2686 | 2697 | 2704 | 2699 | 19 | |||||
33 | 24 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 1990 | 2593 | 2595 | 2634 | 2637 | 2632 | 2681 | 2716 | 2696 | 28 | |||||
34 | 19 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 1983 | 2686 | 2701 | 2691 | 2692 | 2687 | 2716 | 2720 | 2693 | 29 | |||||
35 | 44 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 1985 | 2654 | 2644 | 2639 | 2638 | 2623 | 2665 | 2678 | 2693 | 17 | |||||
36 | 27 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 1976 | 2727 | 2707 | 2708 | 2707 | 2709 | 2711 | 2711 | 2693 | 8 | |||||
37 | 47 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 1980 | 2679 | 2676 | 2690 | 2689 | 2689 | 2689 | 2675 | 2692 | 18 | |||||
38 | 34 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 1989 | 2638 | 2624 | 2643 | 2665 | 2684 | 2691 | 2696 | 2691 | 7 | |||||
39 | 52 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 1969 | 2633 | 2606 | 2607 | 2633 | 2657 | 2657 | 2670 | 2688 | 24 | |||||
40 | 41 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 1985 | 2620 | 2624 | 2624 | 2638 | 2660 | 2670 | 2680 | 2688 | 15 | |||||
41 | 89 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 1987 | 2592 | 2608 | 2594 | 2609 | 2617 | 2616 | 2638 | 2687 | 28 | |||||
42 | 50 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 1979 | 2677 | 2683 | 2690 | 2681 | 2681 | 2679 | 2672 | 2687 | 22 | |||||
43 | 39 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 1971 | 2636 | 2650 | 2657 | 2663 | 2665 | 2686 | 2682 | 2687 | 15 | |||||
44 | 36 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 1973 | 2663 | 2648 | 2643 | 2649 | 2634 | 2645 | 2686 | 2684 | 10 | |||||
45 | 59 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 1976 | 2675 | 2682 | 2691 | 2667 | 2674 | 2668 | 2663 | 2680 | 27 | |||||
46 | 33 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 1986 | 2646 | 2657 | 2670 | 2713 | 2695 | 2687 | 2696 | 2679 | 31 | |||||
47 | 84 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 1983 | 2651 | 2667 | 2673 | 2676 | 2643 | 2660 | 2642 | 2678 | 20 | |||||
48 | 43 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 1980 | 2630 | 2641 | 2646 | 2643 | 2650 | 2632 | 2678 | 2676 | 9 | |||||
49 | 49 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 1979 | 2642 | 2648 | 2645 | 2644 | 2666 | 2674 | 2672 | 2676 | 6 | |||||
50 | 37 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 1976 | 2693 | 2683 | 2668 | 2684 | 2684 | 2692 | 2684 | 2675 | 25 | |||||
51 | 62 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 1986 | 2650 | 2664 | 2668 | 2664 | 2679 | 2668 | 2659 | 2673 | 26 | |||||
52 | 57 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 1986 | 2647 | 2645 | 2638 | 2645 | 2650 | 2664 | 2664 | 2673 | 5 | |||||
53 | 51 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 1985 | 2658 | 2650 | 2637 | 2664 | 2664 | 2650 | 2670 | 2671 | 26 | |||||
54 | 61 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 1986 | 2654 | 2681 | 2678 | 2674 | 2684 | 2672 | 2659 | 2671 | 21 | |||||
55 | 56 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 1983 | 2658 | 2644 | 2644 | 2643 | 2658 | 2665 | 2664 | 2669 | 24 | |||||
56 | 38 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 1977 | 2624 | 2623 | 2635 | 2634 | 2627 | 2670 | 2682 | 2669 | 18 | |||||
57 | 40 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 1972 | 2676 | 2675 | 2676 | 2690 | 2690 | 2705 | 2681 | 2669 | 10 | |||||
58 | -- | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 1978 | 2646 | 2671 | 2651 | 2647 | 2642 | 2593 | 2632 | 2667 | 23 | |||||
59 | 46 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 1981 | 2644 | 2646 | 2654 | 2656 | 2656 | 2673 | 2676 | 2666 | 8 | |||||
60 | 79 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 1987 | 2641 | 2654 | 2646 | 2646 | 2658 | 2646 | 2646 | 2664 | 19 | |||||
61 | 85 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 1965 | 2691 | 2683 | 2649 | 2645 | 2660 | 2655 | 2642 | 2663 | 31 | |||||
62 | 70 | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 1986 | 2586 | 2612 | 2614 | 2617 | 2625 | 2643 | 2650 | 2661 | 17 | |||||
63 | 60 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 1973 | 2651 | 2649 | 2638 | 2626 | 2629 | 2652 | 2662 | 2660 | 10 | |||||
64 | 68 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 1977 | 2637 | 2656 | 2655 | 2642 | 2630 | 2654 | 2651 | 2660 | 7 | |||||
65 | 82 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 1975 | 2663 | 2650 | 2674 | 2664 | 2664 | 2670 | 2644 | 2659 | 25 | |||||
66 | 71 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 1968 | 2655 | 2666 | 2673 | 2686 | 2690 | 2658 | 2650 | 2657 | 17 | |||||
67 | 58 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 1973 | 2652 | 2655 | 2661 | 2657 | 2657 | 2664 | 2664 | 2657 | 8 | |||||
68 | 53 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 1985 | 2669 | 2663 | 2674 | 2681 | 2684 | 2675 | 2669 | 2656 | 30 | |||||
69 | 73 | Zhang, Zhong | g | SIN | 1978 | 2621 | 2634 | 2634 | 2617 | 2613 | 2632 | 2649 | 2656 | 9 | |||||
70 | 66 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 1986 | 2578 | 2601 | 2602 | 2601 | 2610 | 2640 | 2653 | 2655 | 14 | |||||
71 | 74 | Savchenko, Boris | g | RUS | 1986 | 2583 | 2577 | 2583 | 2589 | 2569 | 2578 | 2648 | 2654 | 19 | |||||
72 | 48 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 1981 | 2622 | 2598 | 2599 | 2627 | 2649 | 2661 | 2674 | 2652 | 28 | |||||
73 | 80 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 1985 | 2600 | 2597 | 2606 | 2618 | 2618 | 2645 | 2645 | 2651 | 9 | |||||
74 | -- | Predojevic, Borki | g | BIH | 1987 | 2609 | 2628 | 2645 | 2641 | 2651 | 2634 | 2615 | 2650 | 36 | |||||
75 | -- | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 1976 | 2635 | 2628 | 2621 | 2627 | 2640 | 2637 | 2630 | 2650 | 30 | |||||
76 | -- | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 1989 | 2530 | 2586 | 2615 | 2614 | 2626 | 2605 | 2609 | 2650 | 25 | |||||
77 | -- | Bocharov, Dmitry | g | RUS | 1982 | 2614 | 2605 | 2603 | 2600 | 2569 | 2582 | 2597 | 2647 | 36 | |||||
78 | 93 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 1978 | 2574 | 2598 | 2637 | 2649 | ???? | 2650 | 2634 | 2647 | 26 | |||||
79 | 45 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 1983 | 2605 | 2630 | 2644 | 2659 | 2659 | 2680 | 2677 | 2647 | 24 | |||||
80 | 72 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 1968 | 2650 | 2649 | 2639 | 2616 | 2630 | 2637 | 2649 | 2647 | 14 | |||||
81 | -- | Delchev, Aleksander | g | BUL | 1971 | 2600 | 2591 | 2613 | 2630 | 2639 | 2618 | 2632 | 2647 | 9 | |||||
82 | 77 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 1971 | 2615 | 2599 | 2609 | 2636 | 2629 | 2658 | 2646 | 2647 | 9 | |||||
83 | -- | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 1953 | 2648 | 2653 | 2646 | 2638 | 2641 | 2606 | 2619 | 2646 | 35 | |||||
84 | 87 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 1992 | 2513 | 2549 | 2594 | 2598 | 2620 | 2630 | 2640 | 2646 | 22 | |||||
85 | 64 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 1978 | 2644 | 2645 | 2641 | 2628 | 2632 | 2656 | 2657 | 2645 | 23 | |||||
86 | 76 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 1966 | 2643 | 2653 | 2653 | 2677 | 2677 | 2655 | 2647 | 2645 | 4 | |||||
87 | 95 | Nyback, Tomi | g | FIN | 1985 | 2585 | 2567 | 2565 | 2579 | 2587 | 2639 | 2634 | 2644 | 15 | |||||
88 | 75 | Khenkin, Igor | g | GER | 1968 | 2629 | 2602 | 2600 | 2602 | 2609 | 2655 | 2647 | 2644 | 10 | |||||
89 | 69 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 1951 | 2668 | 2668 | 2670 | 2655 | 2655 | 2651 | 2651 | 2644 | 8 | |||||
90 | 91 | Zhang, Pengxiang | g | CHN | 1980 | 2657 | 2649 | 2644 | 2640 | 2640 | 2643 | 2636 | 2644 | 7 | |||||
91 | 67 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 1976 | 2590 | 2583 | 2597 | 2604 | 2622 | 2639 | 2651 | 2643 | 13 | |||||
92 | 90 | Graf, Alexander | g | GER | 1962 | 2620 | 2595 | 2576 | 2586 | 2611 | 2621 | 2636 | 2643 | 9 | |||||
93 | -- | Shulman, Yuri | g | USA | 1975 | 2600 | 2610 | 2616 | 2614 | 2606 | 2623 | 2616 | 2639 | 20 | |||||
94 | -- | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 1988 | 2584 | 2591 | 2582 | 2583 | 2617 | 2627 | 2631 | 2638 | 16 | |||||
95 | 99 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 1985 | 2720 | 2656 | 2656 | 2680 | 2672 | 2646 | 2633 | 2638 | 10 | |||||
96 | -- | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 1973 | 2609 | 2605 | 2614 | 2618 | 2583 | 2574 | 2617 | 2636 | 29 | |||||
97 | 78 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 1976 | 2659 | 2658 | 2674 | 2677 | 2674 | 2663 | 2646 | 2636 | 11 | |||||
98 | 92 | Vescovi, Giovanni | g | BRA | 1978 | 2609 | 2609 | 2617 | 2617 | 2617 | 2631 | 2635 | 2635 | 0 | |||||
99 | 81 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 1965 | 2660 | 2663 | 2649 | 2662 | 2665 | 2671 | 2645 | 2634 | 28 | |||||
100 | 65 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 1985 | 2621 | 2615 | 2623 | 2628 | 2638 | 2617 | 2656 | 2634 | 19 | |||||
101 | 96 | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 1979 | 2588 | 2606 | 2606 | 2607 | 2603 | 2620 | 2634 | 2634 | 8 | |||||
102 | -- | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 1978 | 2639 | 2634 | 2631 | 2623 | 2627 | 2618 | 2630 | 2634 | 7 | |||||
Dropping Out of the list in January 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
-- | 54 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 1960 | 2631 | 2646 | 2657 | 2665 | 2674 | 2669 | 2669 | 2623 | 21 | |||||
-- | 63 | Ivanisevic, Ivan | g | SRB | 1977 | 2614 | 2595 | 2607 | 2649 | 2649 | 2664 | 2658 | 2628 | 34 | |||||
-- | 83 | Sadvakasov, Darmen | g | KAZ | 1979 | 2615 | 2618 | 2635 | 2619 | 2629 | 2632 | 2643 | 2616 | 12 | |||||
-- | 86 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 1974 | 2633 | 2634 | 2634 | 2646 | 2649 | 2634 | 2640 | 2619 | 28 | |||||
-- | 88 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | g | KAZ | 1973 | 2603 | 2599 | 2588 | 2594 | 2617 | 2641 | 2640 | 2630 | 26 | |||||
-- | 94 | Gurevich, Mikhail | g | TUR | 1959 | 2639 | 2633 | 2627 | 2607 | 2611 | 2631 | 2634 | 2624 | 8 | |||||
-- | 97 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 1960 | 2642 | 2634 | 2634 | 2628 | 2630 | 2634 | 2634 | 2634 | 0 | |||||
-- | 98 | Malakhatko, Vadim | g | BEL | 1977 | 2598 | 2596 | 2596 | 2600 | 2621 | 2612 | 2633 | 2610 | 18 | |||||
-- | 100 | Istratescu, Andrei | g | ROU | 1975 | 2625 | 2629 | 2631 | 2617 | 2628 | 2636 | 2633 | 2624 | 15 |
The annual Groningen Chess Festival took place December 21st-30th 2008. in the renowned Harmoniegebouw and the event is closely related to the 1946 Staunton tournament won by Botwinnik. Merab Gagunashvili, Robin Swinkels and Arkadij Rotstein finished on 7/9.
The 45th edition of the Groningen Chess Festival will also feature a match between two young Dutch grandmasters. Groningen based law student Jan Werle, who became EC champion in October, and this year's Dutch champion Jan Smeets. Both players were members of the Dutch team that competed at the Chess Olympiad in Dresden. Jan Smeets won the final game to take the match.
Official site: http://www.schaakstadgroningen.nl/index.php/festival-2008
Werle, Jan | - Smeets, Jan | ½-½ | 41 | D12 | Slav Defence |
Smeets, Jan | - Werle, Jan | ½-½ | 125 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin |
Werle, Jan | - Smeets, Jan | ½-½ | 16 | D43 | Anti-Meran Gambit |
Smeets, Jan | - Werle, Jan | 1-0 | 72 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin |