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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 There is no reason that this event should not have been included except outdated FIDE rules and deadlines. It makes the list out of date before its even released which just doesn't seem right to me.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 |
Invitation Match Groningen (NED), 26-29 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
1 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2604 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2½ | 2677 | |
2 | Werle, Jan | g | NED | 2582 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1½ | 2517 |
Groningen Chess Festival Open A (NED), 21-30 xii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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Rank | Name | Ti | Fed. | Rating | Score | BH | SB | TPR |
1 | Gagunashvili, Merab | GM | GEO | 2576 | 7 | 50.5 | 39 | 2673 |
2 | Swinkels, Robin | IM | NED | 2451 | 7 | 49 | 36.5 | 2685 |
3 | Rotstein, Arkadij | GM | GER | 2496 | 7 | 49 | 36.25 | 2662 |
4 | Giri, Anish | FM | RUS | 2466 | 6.5 | 50.5 | 34.25 | 2595 |
5 | Ernst, Sipke | GM | NED | 2576 | 6.5 | 46 | 31.75 | 2579 |
6 | Van Den Doel, Erik | GM | NED | 2570 | 6 | 54 | 35 | 2575 |
7 | Sundararajan, Kidambi | IM | IND | 2501 | 6 | 48 | 28 | 2508 |
8 | Bojkov, Dejan | GM | BUL | 2472 | 6 | 47.5 | 30.25 | 2530 |
9 | Hoffmann, Michael | IM | GER | 2469 | 6 | 45.5 | 28.25 | 2531 |
10 | Spoelman, Wouter | IM | NED | 2459 | 6 | 45 | 27.75 | 2530 |
11 | Bitalzadeh, Ali | IM | NED | 2370 | 6 | 40.5 | 25.5 | 2459 |
12 | Brandenburg, Daan | IM | NED | 2436 | 6 | 38 | 25.25 | 2432 |
13 | Reinderman, Dimitri | GM | NED | 2543 | 5.5 | 52 | 30 | 2519 |
14 | Van Der Wiel, John | GM | NED | 2501 | 5.5 | 48 | 27 | 2506 |
15 | Levin, Felix | GM | GER | 2536 | 5.5 | 47 | 26.5 | 2473 |
16 | Danielian, Elina | IM | ARM | 2513 | 5.5 | 45 | 25.5 | 2409 |
17 | Rohit, Gogineni | IM | IND | 2457 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 24.75 | 2447 |
18 | Van Oosterom, Chiel | IM | NED | 2428 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 21.5 | 2396 |
19 | Nijboer, Friso | GM | NED | 2540 | 5 | 49.5 | 24.25 | 2453 |
20 | Afek, Yochanan | IM | ISR | 2319 | 5 | 47 | 24 | 2391 |
21 | Venkatesh, M.R. | IM | IND | 2468 | 5 | 44 | 22.75 | 2377 |
22 | Simutowe, Amon | IM | ZAM | 2463 | 5 | 43.5 | 23.5 | 2334 |
23 | Bok, Benjamin | NED | 2265 | 5 | 42 | 20.5 | 2392 | |
24 | Hopman, Pieter | NED | 2319 | 5 | 41.5 | 20.5 | 2324 | |
25 | Khantuev, Alexander | FM | RUS | 2349 | 5 | 41 | 17.75 | 2297 |
26 | Burg, Twan | FM | NED | 2382 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 2362 |
27 | Bensdorp, Marlies | WIM | NED | 2303 | 5 | 38.5 | 18.25 | 2341 |
28 | Saravanan, V. | IM | IND | 2417 | 4.5 | 44.5 | 19.5 | 2375 |
29 | De Jong, Migchiel | FM | NED | 2349 | 4.5 | 43 | 20.25 | 2314 |
30 | Tan, Matthew | FM | NED | 2321 | 4.5 | 41 | 18.75 | 2222 |
31 | Admiraal, Miguoel | NED | 1953 | 4.5 | 40 | 18.25 | 2264 | |
32 | Starostits, Ilmars | IM | LAT | 2480 | 4.5 | 40 | 17.5 | 2261 |
33 | Kuling, Lody | NED | 2195 | 4.5 | 39 | 16.25 | 2284 | |
34 | Pijpers, Arthur | NED | 2150 | 4.5 | 38.5 | 16.25 | 2306 | |
35 | Van Kooten, Luuk | FM | NED | 2263 | 4.5 | 38 | 17.75 | 2257 |
36 | Clemens, Adrian | FM | NED | 2261 | 4.5 | 38 | 16 | 2290 |
37 | Otte, Marijn | NED | 2351 | 4.5 | 36.5 | 18 | 2233 | |
38 | Kuipers, Stefan | FM | NED | 2292 | 4.5 | 36 | 15 | 2236 |
39 | Van Assendelft, Floris | NED | 2253 | 4 | 47 | 19.5 | 2349 | |
68 players |
The 46th Indian National A Championship for men took place in Mangalore 17th-30th December 2008. Surya Shekhar Ganguly took clear first with 8/12.
The 35th Indian National A Championship for women took place in New Delhi 18th-28th December 2008. Kruttika Nadig won the women's title.
I've taken the standings from the games. The moves from the round 1 women's games are missing.
Various websites cover the event: http://www.karnatakachess.com/ - http://www.indianchessfed.org/ with results of the men's (but not as far as I can see women's): http://chess-results.com/tnr18097.aspx and games at: http://monroi.com/
46th ch-IND National A Mangalore (IND), 17-30 xii 2008 | cat. IX (2466) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
1. | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2603 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2579 | |||||
2. | Akshayraj, Kore | m | IND | 2400 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2566 | |||||
3. | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2597 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2550 | |||||
4. | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J | g | IND | 2464 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7 | 2523 | |||||
5. | Rathnakaran, K | m | IND | 2458 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6½ | 2496 | |||||
6. | Neelotpal, Das | g | IND | 2477 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 2494 | |||||
7. | Sriram, Jha | m | IND | 2457 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 2496 | |||||
8. | Satyapragyan, Swayangsu | m | IND | 2417 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2470 | |||||
9. | Thipsay, Praveen M | g | IND | 2444 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5 | 2411 | |||||
10. | Konguvel, Ponnuswamy | m | IND | 2463 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 2379 | |||||
11. | Shyam, Sundar M | m | IND | 2402 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2384 | |||||
12. | Thejkumar, M. S | IND | 2441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 4½ | 2381 | ||||||
13. | Adhiban, B | m | IND | 2439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 4 | 2343 |
35th ch-IND w National A New Delhi IND (IND), 18-28 xii 2008 | cat. II (2284) | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
1. | Nadig, Kruttika | wm | IND | 2387 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 2449 |
2. | Sachdev, Tania | m | IND | 2425 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7 | 2372 |
3. | Mohota, Nisha | wg | IND | 2311 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 6 | 2317 |
4. | Karavade, Eesha | wg | IND | 2386 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 6 | 2310 |
5. | Swathi, Ghate | wg | IND | 2320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6 | 2316 |
6. | Gomes, Mary Ann | wg | IND | 2298 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5½ | 2282 |
7. | Soumya, Swaminathan | wm | IND | 2326 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2243 |
8. | Bhakti, Kulkarni | wf | IND | 2163 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2258 |
9. | Amrutha, Mokal | IND | 2163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2258 | |
10. | Pon, N Krithika | wf | IND | 2191 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2227 |
11. | Padmini, Rout | wm | IND | 2235 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 4 | 2186 |
12. | Kiran, Manisha Mohanty | wm | IND | 2198 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 4 | 2189 |
The Asian Chess Club Championship League took place in Alain, UAE 25th-31st December 2008 and the home team took the title.
Official site: http://asia-chess.com/main/index.php
1st Asian Clubs Al Ain (UAE), 25-31 xii 2008 | ||||||||||||
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Rk. | SNo | Team | NAT | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
1 | 1 | Al Ain Chess Club A | UAE | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 168,5 | 59,0 | ||
2 | 3 | Qi Yuan Club | CHN | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 137,5 | 54,0 | ||
3 | 2 | Fajr Shams Chess Club | IRI | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 139,5 | 53,0 | ||
4 | 4 | Tagaytay Chess Club | PHI | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 139,0 | 58,0 | ||
5 | 6 | Vietnam Victory Club | VIE | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 122,5 | 56,0 | ||
6 | 11 | Mon-Cad | MGL | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 108,0 | 50,0 | ||
7 | 13 | Galkynysh | TKM | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 101,5 | 45,0 | ||
8 | 9 | Al Ain Chess Club B | UAE | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 97,0 | 48,0 | ||
9 | 8 | Club Intchess | SIN | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 95,0 | 53,0 | ||
10 | 7 | Club India | IND | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 127,0 | 55,0 | ||
11 | 5 | Chirchik Chess | UZB | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 102,5 | 60,0 | ||
12 | 16 | Al Muhafaza | SYR | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 70,5 | 44,0 | ||
13 | 19 | Al Shuolaa | YEM | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 61,5 | 44,0 | ||
14 | 10 | Rah Ahan | IRI | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 87,0 | 52,0 | ||
15 | 18 | Peshmerga | IRQ | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 69,5 | 49,0 | ||
16 | 20 | Lahore Chess Club | PAK | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 60,0 | 40,0 | ||
17 | 17 | Sport Electricity Club | IRQ | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 75,5 | 46,0 | ||
18 | 14 | Yemen Chess Club | YEM | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 57,0 | 46,0 | ||
19 | 27 | Brunei Chess Center | BRU | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 55,5 | 37,0 | ||
20 | 24 | Tanmiyah Sports Club | LIB | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 54,0 | 40,0 | ||
21 | 21 | Sri Lanka Chess Club | SRI | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 43,5 | 37,0 | ||
22 | 23 | Nables | PLE | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 35,5 | 37,0 | ||
23 | 12 | Sharjah Chess Club | UAE | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 69,0 | 44,0 | ||
24 | 22 | Bahrain Union Club | BRN | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 44,5 | 40,0 | ||
25 | 15 | Tajikistan Chess Club | TJK | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 37,0 | 41,0 | ||
26 | 28 | Afghanistan Chess Club | AFG | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 36,5 | 34,0 | ||
27 | 26 | Elite Chess Club | NEP | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 39,5 | 37,0 | ||
28 | 25 | Ilsan Chess Club | KOR | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 36,0 | 31,0 | ||
29 | 29 | Al Shulah Club | SYR | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 34,5 | 34,0 | ||
30 | 30 | Jerusalem Chess Club | PLE | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 25,0 | 31,0 |
The city of Leon held it's World Chess Open 26th-28th December 2008. Evgeny Bareev took first place from Artur Jussupov, Alexei Shirov, Daniel Fridman, Sergey Fedorchuk, Renier Vazquez Iharza, Orelvis Perez Mitjans and Dragan Paunovic after all scored 7.5/9. 50 games now available.
Official site: http://www.openmundialdeleon.com
Leon World Chess Open (ESP), 26-28 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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1 | Bareev, Evgeny | 2647 | RUS | 7.5 | 52 | 56 | |||||
2 | Jussupow, Artur | 2570 | GER | 7.5 | 49.5 | 53.5 | |||||
3 | Shirov, Alexei | 2726 | ESP | 7.5 | 49.5 | 53 | |||||
4 | Fridman, Daniel | 2630 | GER | 7.5 | 48 | 53 | |||||
5 | Fedorchuk, Sergey | 2604 | UKR | 7.5 | 48 | 53 | |||||
6 | Vazquez Igarza, Renier | 2546 | � | 7.5 | 47 | 51 | |||||
7 | Perez Mitjans, Orelvis | 2446 | CUB | 7.5 | 45 | 49 | |||||
8 | Paunovic, Dragan | 2532 | SRB | 7.5 | 41.5 | 45 | |||||
9 | Granda� Zu�iga, Julio | 2628 | PER | 7 | 51.5 | 56.5 | |||||
10 | Beliavsky, Aleksander | 2619 | SLO | 7 | 49.5 | 53.5 | |||||
11 | Timman, Jan | 2580 | NED | 7 | 49 | 53.5 | |||||
12 | Ljubojevic, Ljubomir | 2553 | SRB | 7 | 49 | 53.5 | |||||
13 | Suba, Mihail | 2531 | ROM | 7 | 48.5 | 52.5 | |||||
14 | Peralta, Fernando | 2557 | ARG | 7 | 47.5 | 50.5 | |||||
15 | Lopez Martinez, Jose Manuel | 2548 | CAT | 7 | 45.5 | 50 | |||||
16 | Guliyev, Namig | 2521 | AZE | 7 | 45 | 48.5 | |||||
17 | Perez Candelario, Manuel | 2520 | EXT | 7 | 41.5 | 45.5 | |||||
18 | Milov, Vadim | 2681 | SUI | 6.5 | 54.5 | 59.5 | |||||
19 | Malakhatko, Vadim | 2633 | UKR | 6.5 | 53 | 56 | |||||
20 | Rivas Pastor, Manuel | 2514 | � | 6.5 | 50.5 | 54.5 | |||||
21 | Agrest, Eugeny | 2574 | SWE | 6.5 | 50.5 | 54 | |||||
22 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2678 | GER | 6.5 | 48.5 | 53 | |||||
23 | Andersson, Ulf | 2562 | SWE | 6.5 | 46.5 | 51 | |||||
24 | Oms Pallise, Josep | 2522 | CAT | 6.5 | 45 | 49 | |||||
25 | Del Rio De Angelis, Gabriel | 2531 | AND | 6.5 | 45 | 48.5 | |||||
26 | Escobar� Forero, Alder | 2482 | COL | 6.5 | 44 | 48.5 | |||||
27 | San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 2564 | CAN | 6.5 | 44 | 47.5 | |||||
28 | Shchekachev, Andrei | 2514 | FRA | 6.5 | 44 | 47.5 | |||||
29 | Portisch, Lajos | 2513 | HUN | 6.5 | 44 | 46.5 | |||||
30 | Panelo Munoz, Marcelo | 2427 | ARG | 6.5 | 43 | 47 | |||||
31 | Arruebarrena Rodriguez, Rafael Erne | 2274 | AST | 6.5 | 41.5 | 45 | |||||
341 players |
The XXXVIII Rilton Cup took place in Stockholm 27th December 2008 - 5th January 2009. Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Sebastian Bognar finished on 7/9. There should be some more round 9 games later.
Official site: http://www.rilton.se/
38th Rilton Cup 2008-9 Stockholm (SWE), 26-29 xii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: | |||||||||||
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Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||||||
1 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2599 | 7,0 | 37,0 | |||||
2 | IM | Bogner Sebastian | GER | 2448 | 7,0 | 32,5 | |||||
3 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2622 | 6,5 | 35,0 | |||||
4 | GM | Berczes David | HUN | 2514 | 6,5 | 34,0 | |||||
5 | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS | 2545 | 6,5 | 32,5 | |||||
6 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2550 | 6,5 | 31,0 | |||||
7 | GM | Ivanov Sergej | RUS | 2547 | 6,0 | 36,0 | |||||
8 | GM | Hillarp-Persson Tiger | SWE | 2543 | 6,0 | 33,5 | |||||
9 | IM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2464 | 6,0 | 33,0 | |||||
10 | GM | Brynell Stellan | SWE | 2447 | 6,0 | 28,0 | |||||
11 | Blomqvist Erik | SWE | 2418 | 6,0 | 27,0 | ||||||
12 | FM | Nithander Victor | SWE | 2365 | 5,5 | 30,5 | |||||
13 | IM | Willemze Thomas | NED | 2419 | 5,5 | 29,5 | |||||
14 | GM | Ulibin Mikhail | RUS | 2521 | 5,5 | 29,0 | |||||
15 | FM | Rauan Sagit | SWE | 2314 | 5,5 | 29,0 | |||||
16 | IM | Lindberg Bengt | SWE | 2406 | 5,5 | 27,5 | |||||
17 | FM | Hedman Erik | SWE | 2353 | 5,5 | 25,5 | |||||
18 | IM | Engqvist Thomas | SWE | 2363 | 5,5 | 25,5 | |||||
19 | GM | �kesson Ralf | SWE | 2483 | 5,0 | 29,5 | |||||
20 | IM | Huschenbeth Niclas | GER | 2417 | 5,0 | 29,0 | |||||
21 | FM | Hirneise Tobias | GER | 2440 | 5,0 | 28,0 | |||||
22 | IM | Tikkanen Hans | SWE | 2415 | 5,0 | 27,5 | |||||
23 | GM | Bellon Juan | ESP | 2440 | 5,0 | 27,5 | |||||
24 | IM | Berczes Csaba | HUN | 2399 | 5,0 | 27,0 | |||||
25 | IM | Gagarin Vasilij | RUS | 2390 | 5,0 | 26,5 | |||||
26 | GM | Klovans Janis | LAT | 2411 | 5,0 | 25,5 | |||||
27 | IM | Kolbus Dietmar | GER | 2414 | 5,0 | 25,0 | |||||
28 | WIM | Boric Elena | BIH | 2292 | 5,0 | 24,0 | |||||
29 | Hammar Ulf | SWE | 2197 | 5,0 | 21,5 | ||||||
30 | Forsberg Viktor | SWE | 2210 | 5,0 | 21,5 | ||||||
31 | �ngskog Kent | SWE | 2243 | 5,0 | 21,0 | ||||||
32 | IM | Furhoff Johan | SWE | 2405 | 4,5 | 29,0 | |||||
72 players |
The 18th North American Open took place 26th-29th December 2008. Giorgi Kacheishvili took clear first place with 6/7.
Official site: http://chesstournamentservices.com/cca/category/north-american-open/
18th North American (USA), 26-29 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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# | Name | Ti | Rat | After | Tot | ||||||
1 | Giorgi Kacheishvili | GM | 2657 | 2703 | 6 | ||||||
2 | Zviad Izoria | GM | 2659 | 2687 | 5½ | ||||||
3 | Melikset Khachiyan | GM | 2586 | 2608 | 5½ | ||||||
4 | Alexander Shabalov | GM | 2623 | 2636 | 5½ | ||||||
5 | Julio J Becerra | GM | 2657 | 2643 | 5½ | ||||||
6 | Jaan Ehlvest | GM | 2646 | 2647 | 5½ | ||||||
7 | Yury Shulman | GM | 2677 | 2676 | 5 | ||||||
8 | Samuel Shankland | IM | 2425 | 2449 | 5 | ||||||
9 | Eric Hansen | FM | 2345 | 2382 | 5 | ||||||
10 | Enrico Sevillano | IM | 2565 | 2568 | 5 | ||||||
11 | Luis Belliard | 2207 | 2250 | 5 | |||||||
12 | Slavko Cicak | GM | 2664 | 2647 | 4½ | ||||||
13 | Michael Lee | 2326 | 2375 | 4½ | |||||||
14 | Andranik Matikozyan | IM | 2482 | 2487 | 4½ | ||||||
15 | John D Bryant | 2407 | 2423 | 4½ | |||||||
16 | Dashze Sharavdorj | GM | 2466 | 2468 | 4½ | ||||||
17 | Rogelio Antonio Jr | GM | 2589 | 2576 | 4½ | ||||||
18 | Mark Ginsburg | 2410 | 2414 | 4½ | |||||||
19 | Robert L Hess | IM | 2544 | 2521 | 4½ | ||||||
20 | Matt J Parry | 2303 | 2314 | 4½ | |||||||
21 | Vadim Kudryavtsev | 2185 | 2232 | 4½ | |||||||
22 | Gregg H Small | 2287 | 2305 | 4½ | |||||||
23 | David Pruess | IM | 2457 | 2433 | 4½ | ||||||
24 | Steven C Zierk | 2258 | 2294 | 4 | |||||||
89 players |
The 5th IRT Merlo takes place 19th December 2008 - 7th January 2009.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezplus.com.ar/index.php
5th IRT Merlo (ARG), 19 xii 2008 - 7 i 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
1. | Barrionuevo, Pablo | f | ARG | 2341 | * | 1 | 1 | . | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2366 |
2. | Sapienza, Julian | ARG | 2169 | 0 | * | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2438 | |
3. | Tomeo, Nicolas | ARG | 2043 | 0 | . | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2329 | |
4. | Koch, Juan | ARG | 2037 | . | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2158 | |
5. | De Picciotto, Marcelo | ARG | 2070 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | . | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2148 | |
6. | Pagano, Marcelo | ARG | 2049 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2148 | |
7. | Preuss, Maximiliano | ARG | 2114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | . | 1 | 3 | 2036 | |
8. | Menon, Daniel | ARG | 2186 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | . | 2½ | 2019 | |
9. | Godoy, Carlos ARG | ARG | 2199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | . | 0 | * | 1 | 2½ | 1982 | |
10. | Tomeo, Ivan | ARG | 2095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | * | 0 |
The 17th Donau Open took place 26th - 31st Decemberr 2008. Jozsef Horvath won the event with 6/7. My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer.
Official site: http://www.aschach.at/schach/
17th Donau Open Aschach (AUT), 26-31 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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Rg. | SNr | Tit | Name | Elo | Nat | Verein | Pkte | RF | Rp | ||
1 | 2 | GM | Horvath Jozsef | 2542 | HUN | SC Die Klagenfurter | 6 | 25,0 | 2678 | ||
2 | 4 | IM | Neuman Petr | 2455 | CZE | 5½ | 24,0 | 2556 | |||
3 | 1 | GM | Shengelia Davit | 2547 | GEO | Styria Graz | 5½ | 23,0 | 2544 | ||
4 | 8 | IM | Mazi Leon | 2374 | SLO | SV Asvoe Raika St.Veit | 5½ | 19,5 | 2347 | ||
5 | 20 | MK | Wiesinger Robert | 2237 | AUT | Union Hartkirchen | 5 | 22,0 | 2486 | ||
6 | 10 | IM | Jurek Josef | 2354 | CZE | 5 | 22,0 | 2364 | |||
7 | 6 | IM | Neubauer Martin Mag. | 2422 | AUT | SV Asvoe Raika St.Veit | 5 | 21,5 | 2439 | ||
8 | 3 | GM | Hertneck Gerald | 2519 | GER | 5 | 21,5 | 2429 | |||
9 | 21 | WIM | Borosova Zuzana | 2234 | SVK | 5 | 20,5 | 2381 | |||
10 | 9 | IM | Knoll Hermann | 2371 | AUT | Union Ansfelden | 5 | 20,0 | 2366 | ||
11 | 11 | FM | Hebesberger Thomas DI.Dr | 2354 | AUT | SV Asvoe Raika St.Veit | 4½ | 20,5 | 2346 | ||
12 | 41 | FM | Holzmann Herbert | 2120 | AUT | SV Steyregg | 4½ | 20,0 | 2272 | ||
13 | 14 | MK | Testor Sebastian | 2271 | AUT | Spg. Sauwald | 4½ | 19,0 | 2288 | ||
14 | 27 | Sadilek Peter | 2183 | AUT | Raffeisen Waehring | 4½ | 18,5 | 2345 | |||
15 | 13 | FM | Schnider Gert | 2304 | AUT | Frauental | 4½ | 18,5 | 2290 | ||
16 | 7 | IM | Sakelsek Tadej | 2403 | SLO | ESV Austria Graz | 4½ | 18,5 | 2275 | ||
17 | 28 | Punzenberger Franz | 2182 | AUT | TSV St. Georgen/Gusen | 4½ | 18,0 | 2322 | |||
18 | 35 | Schreiner Peter | 2143 | AUT | Frauental | 4½ | 18,0 | 2310 | |||
19 | 30 | MK | Obermayr Hermann | 2176 | AUT | SV Grieskirchen | 4½ | 16,5 | 2231 | ||
20 | 25 | Juhasz Kristof | 2214 | HUN | 4½ | 16,0 | 2162 | ||||
21 | 37 | Wagner Stefan | 2133 | AUT | Sgm. Litschau-Eisgarn | 4½ | 16,0 | 2112 | |||
22 | 18 | Poetz Florian | 2255 | AUT | Fuerstenfeld | 4 | 20,0 | 2279 | |||
23 | 5 | IM | Eisenbeiser Amadeus | 2424 | GER | SC BG Buchen | 4 | 19,5 | 2284 | ||
24 | 32 | Lang Christian | 2149 | AUT | Askoe Muehltal | 4 | 19,0 | 2310 | |||
25 | 29 | Binder Michael | 2181 | AUT | SK Kirchdorf/Krems | 4 | 16,5 | 2285 | |||
26 | 23 | Konrad Edmund | 2226 | AUT | Union Hartkirchen | 4 | 16,5 | 2196 | |||
83 players |
The X Memorial "Mirko Srajber" took place 17th-25th December 2008. Marius Manolache, Milos Roganovic and Robert Markos finished on 6.5/9. My thanks to Istvan Brindza for the games.
Coverage: http://chess-results.com/tnr18237.aspx. Games were broadcast at: http://chess-press.com/open/index.html and the official site was: http://www.spartakchess.com/site/index.php
10th Mirko Srajber Mem Subotica (SRB), 17-25 xii 2008 | cat. X (2488) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1. | Manolache, Marius | g | ROU | 2494 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2653 | |||||
2. | Roganovic, Milos | f | SRB | 2458 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2657 | |||||
3. | Markus, Robert | g | SRB | 2616 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2639 | |||||
4. | Sedlak, Nikola | g | SRB | 2553 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2437 | |||||
5. | Chirila, Ioan Cristian | m | ROU | 2462 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2448 | |||||
6. | Pap, Misa | m | SRB | 2493 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4 | 2444 | |||||
7. | Pap, Gyula | m | HUN | 2467 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2447 | |||||
8. | Bogosavljevic, Boban | g | SRB | 2541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 3½ | 2402 | |||||
9. | Skoberne, Jure | m | SLO | 2501 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | 3 | 2361 | |||||
10. | Nadj Hedjesi, Balind | SRB | 2296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 3 | 2384 |
The III Open Internacional d'Escacs Illes Medes took place 28th December 2008 - 4th January 2009. Konstantin Maskak and Marc Narciso Dublan finished on 7/9. I'll wait and see if the games section gets a little better on the official site: http://www.openillesmedes.com at the moment they have a random set of rounds available.
Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr18305.aspx
III Open Internacional d'Escacs (ESP), 28-31 xii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings: | |||||||||||
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Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |||||
1 | Maslak Konstantin | GM | RUS | 2544 | 7 | 41.5 | 51 | ||||
2 | Narciso Dublan Marc | GM | ESP | 2511 | 7 | 39.5 | 48.5 | ||||
3 | Genov Petar | GM | BUL | 2473 | 6 | 39.5 | 48.5 | ||||
4 | Ivanov Alexey | IM | RUS | 2431 | 6 | 39 | 48 | ||||
5 | Alonso Rosell Alvar | FM | ESP | 2416 | 6 | 38.5 | 45 | ||||
6 | Moskalenko Viktor | GM | UKR | 2568 | 6 | 38 | 46v | ||||
7 | Cuartas Medin Jaime Alexander | IM | COL | 2489 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 50.5 | ||||
8 | Chatalbashev Boris | GM | BUL | 2579 | 5.5 | 41 | 49.5 | ||||
9 | Fluvia Poyatos Joan | IM | ESP | 2467 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 50 | ||||
10 | Vitoux Colomban | FM | FRA | 2449 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 46.5 | ||||
11 | Djuric Stefan | GM | SRB | 2463 | 5.5 | 39 | 47.5 | ||||
12 | Valle Luis E | CUB | 2180 | 5.5 | 37 | 43 | |||||
13 | Schut Lisa | NED | 2153 | 5.5 | 36 | 42 | |||||
14 | Fluvia Poyatos Jordi | IM | ESP | 2455 | 5.5 | 35 | 42.5 | ||||
15 | Vehi Bach Victor Manuel | IM | ESP | 2395 | 5 | 39 | 47 | ||||
16 | Hartikainen Markku | FM | FIN | 2294 | 5 | 37.5 | 45 | ||||
17 | Lillo Castay Victor | ESP | 2177 | 5 | 37.5 | 44.5 | |||||
18 | Sepman Yulius | RUS | 2297 | 5 | 37.5 | 43.5 | |||||
19 | Vernay Clovis | IM | FRA | 2341 | 5 | 37 | 45 | ||||
20 | Nikolaev Nikita | IM | RUS | 2441 | 5 | 35.5 | 43.5 | ||||
48 players |
George Mirijanian reports: The Herb Healy Open House Tournament took place on New Year's Day at the Boylston Chess Club in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. Mass. state champion Denys Shmelov, 22, of Pepperell, Mass. scored a perfect 4-0 to win first place. National master Christopher Williams, 19, of Brighton, Mass., captured second place with a 3.5-0.5 tally. Tied for 3rd-8th place with 3-1 results were senior master Marc Esserman, 25, of Cambridge, Mass.; IM David Vigorito, 38, of Somerville; national master Carey Theil, 30, of Arlington, Mass.; U.S. Chess Federation-rated experts Andrew Tichenor, 26, of Brookline, Mass. and Patrick Sciacca, 45, of New Hampshire; and Class A contestant Terrence Fricker of Massachusetts. The USCF-rated tournament drew 36 players and was directed by Bernardo Iglesias of Stoughton, Mass. An additional 16 players participated in an unrated section, jointly won by FMs William Kelleher, 59, of Watertown, Mass., and Paul MacIntyre, 46, of Malden, Mass. with scores of 3.5-0.5.
The IX El Sauzal International Rapid Open took place 1st-2nd November 2008. The winner was Sergei Tiviakov who scored 8.5/9. My thanks to Agustin Manrique for a big selection of the games.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezelsauzal.com/
The Christmas Master Open Zurich took place 26th-30th December 2008. Imre Hera edged out a big group of players on tie-break all of whom finished on 5.5/7.
Official site: http://www.kradolfer-informatik.ch/schach/wop/resultate2008.html
Christmas Master Open Zurich (SUI), 26-30 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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Rang | Teilnehmer | Titel | TWZ | Land | Punkte | Buchh | BuSumm | ||||
1 | Hera Imre | GM | 2530 | HUN | 5.5 | 33.5 | 196 | ||||
2 | Georgiev Vladimir | GM | 2517 | MKD | 5.5 | 32 | 196 | ||||
3 | Bindrich Falko | GM | 2517 | GER | 5.5 | 31.5 | 201 | ||||
4 | Prohaszka Peter | IM | 2502 | HUN | 5.5 | 30 | 199 | ||||
5 | Czebe Attila | GM | 2468 | HUN | 5.5 | 29 | 196 | ||||
6 | Baramidze David | GM | 2557 | GER | 5.5 | 29 | 184 | ||||
7 | Pelletier Yannick | GM | 2557 | SUI | 5.5 | 28.5 | 202.5 | ||||
8 | Heimann Andreas | 2428 | GER | 5 | 31.5 | 192.5 | |||||
9 | Rusev Krasimir | GM | 2541 | BUL | 5 | 31 | 192 | ||||
10 | Gasthofer Viktor | IM | 2335 | GER | 5 | 30 | 184.5 | ||||
11 | Stojanovic Mihajlo | GM | 2573 | SRB | 5 | 28.5 | 195.5 | ||||
12 | Klauser Markus | IM | 2382 | SUI | 5 | 27 | 179.5 | ||||
13 | Dimitrov Atanas | 2329 | GRE | 5 | 25.5 | 189.5 | |||||
14 | Moor Olivier | IM | 2365 | SUI | 5 | 24.5 | 178 | ||||
15 | Moor Roger | IM | 2357 | SUI | 4.5 | 27.5 | 183 | ||||
16 | G�hwiler Gabriel | 2246 | SUI | 4.5 | 27 | 186.5 | |||||
17 | Friedrich Norbert | FM | 2347 | SUI | 4.5 | 27 | 184.5 | ||||
18 | Eschbach Dennis | 2416 | GER | 4.5 | 27 | 184 | |||||
19 | Hobuss Udo | 2405 | GER | 4.5 | 25.5 | 182.5 | |||||
20 | Wyss Jonas | 2243 | SUI | 4.5 | 25 | 185 | |||||
21 | Bigg Andrew | 2266 | ENG | 4.5 | 25 | 184 | |||||
22 | Nuri Kambez | 2179 | SUI | 4.5 | 25 | 179 | |||||
23 | Wegerer Fred | FM | 2227 | AUT | 4.5 | 24.5 | 176 | ||||
24 | Kelecevic Nedeljko | IM | 2366 | BIH | 4.5 | 24.5 | 170 | ||||
25 | Haas Carmi | 2218 | SUI | 4.5 | 24.5 | 166 | |||||
26 | Jenni Florian | GM | 2543 | SUI | 4 | 30.5 | 190.5 | ||||
27 | Gasthofer Alexander | IM | 2452 | GER | 4 | 28.5 | 180 | ||||
28 | Rosenthal Jonathan | 2301 | SUI | 4 | 28 | 188.5 | |||||
92 players |
The 5th Vandoeuvre Open took place 26th-30th December 2008. Christian Bauer and Dmitry Svetushkin finished on 7.5/9. Games now available my thanks to Christophe Philippe.
Official site: http://www.vandoeuvre-echecs.com/
5th Open Vandoeuvre les Nancy (FRA). 26-30 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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Pl | Nom | Fede | Elo | Pts | Tr. | Bu. | Perf. | ||||
1 | BAUER Christian | g | FRA | 2592 | 7.5 | 44 | 55 | 2662 | |||
2 | SVETUSHKIN Dmitry | g | MDA | 2588 | 7.5 | 44 | 53.5 | 2652 | |||
3 | HAUB Thorsten Michael | m | GER | 2454 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 53 | 2454 | |||
4 | GOZZOLI Yannick | m | FRA | 2503 | 6.5 | 43 | 53 | 2498 | |||
5 | ABERGEL Thal | g | FRA | 2509 | 6.5 | 42 | 51 | 2438 | |||
6 | VELICKA Petr | g | CZE | 2464 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 51.5 | 2465 | |||
7 | RIFF Jean-Noel | m | FRA | 2512 | 6.5 | 40 | 49.5 | 2425 | |||
8 | MARZOLO Cyril | m | FRA | 2484 | 6 | 42.5 | 52.5 | 2386 | |||
9 | BROCHET Philippe | m | FRA | 2377 | 6 | 42.5 | 51.5 | 2382 | |||
10 | BRETHES Francois | FRA | 2148 | 6 | 42.5 | 51 | 2385 | ||||
11 | GENZLING Alain | f | FRA | 2335 | 6 | 41.5 | 50.5 | 2318 | |||
12 | TADDEI Benoit | f | FRA | 2312 | 6 | 41 | 49.5 | 2357 | |||
13 | BRUNNER Nicolas | m | FRA | 2415 | 6 | 40 | 50 | 2339 | |||
14 | GOLDSZTEJN Gildas | m | FRA | 2415 | 6 | 39 | 49 | 2293 | |||
15 | KANTORIK Marian | m | SVK | 2288 | 6 | 39 | 48 | 2203 | |||
16 | GROETZ Harald | m | AUT | 2376 | 6 | 37 | 46 | 2180 | |||
17 | IGLESIAS Joachim | FRA | 2178 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 51.5 | 2335 | ||||
18 | SPIELMANN Alain | f | FRA | 2328 | 5.5 | 42 | 51 | 2266 | |||
19 | JEITZ Christian | LUX | 2251 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 50.5 | 2215 | ||||
20 | MARIE Loic | FRA | 1903 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 46.5 | 2166 | ||||
21 | AMIGUES Emmanuel | m | FRA | 2355 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 50 | 2286 | |||
22 | CONGIU Mathilde | mf | FRA | 2230 | 5.5 | 40 | 48 | 2148 | |||
23 | LE BAIL Clara | FRA | 2044 | 5.5 | 39 | 45 | 2141 | ||||
24 | GUICHARD Pauline | mf | FRA | 2277 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 45.5 | 2195 | |||
25 | LINSTER Philippe | LUX | 2196 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 45.5 | 2111 | ||||
92 players |
The XX Abierto Internacional de Roquetas de Mar takes place 2nd-6th January 2009. Marcelo Panelo leads with 5.5/6 with three rounds to go.
Coverage: http://www.aulajedrez.com/directo/2009/roquetas/, http://festivaldeajedrez.blogspot.com/ and results: http://chess-results.com/tnr18254.aspx
The 23rd International Chess Tournament "Pula Open 2009" takes place 27th June - 4th July 2009 in Pula, Croatia. Official site: http://www.skpula.hr and contact e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr.
The mega Aeroflot Open takes place in Moscow 16th February (the day of arrival) to 27th February 2009 (the day of departure). There are five tournaments the main ones being: A1 higher than 2549 70000 Euros, A2 higher than 2399, but lower than 2550 36000 Euros, B higher than 2199, but lower than 2400 19500 Euros and C lower than 2200 and unrated 12000 Euros. Time control: Tournament A 1 and A 2: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, finally 15 minutes for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per move in the last period. Tournament B and C: 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1.
Blitz Tournament 26 Feb. 2009 a double nine-round Swiss Blitz Tournament will be held in the same venue. It is a Qualification Tournament for the World Blitz Championship 2009 (Final). The final tournament will take place in Moscow from 15 to 17 Nov.2009.
Information e-mail: aeroflotchess@gmail.com tel/fax: +7 (495) 691-8578 tel.: +7 (495) 690-6084
Details at the official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
1) Bosnjaci open, 3-9 jan.2009 , 9 rounds , fide tempo , 80 km from N.Sad, more on http://www.drazic.co.rs
2) Open turnir , 10-11 jan. 2009 , Srpska Nova g. u N. Sadu , 5 kola , rejtinguje se !!, fide tempo http://www.drazic.co.rs
3) IM , berger, 10-18.jan.2009. , 10 rounds, fide tempo, Novi SAd, for elo and norms fide, http://www.drazic.co.rs
4) Open turnir , 16-18 jan.2009, Novi Sad "Zima u Novom Sadu", 5 kola , rejtinguje se !!, fide tempo http://www.drazic.co.rs
5) cuger turnir , Olimpik, 12. jan.2009, Novi Sad, start 20 h , http://www.drazic.co.rs
6) program of chess edukation, every day from 12-15 jan. 2009 chess lessons with varius GM and Im (available in 3 languages),,,, some of teachers GM Kosanovic G. , GM SEdlak Nikola, GM Kovacevic A , GM DRazic Sinisa etc...
7) Open t. , "Dunav-Drava -Sava" , Banja Junakovic(87km from N.Sad), 9 rounds, fide tempo, possible norms fide and elo, date - 21-25.01.2009., special package , only 130 eur, 4 days full board with available swiming pool, and include also entry fee !! more http://www.drazic.co.rs Special discount for people who take part in more than one events.
The 8th International Chess Festival PRAGUE OPEN 2009, takes place 9th-16th January 2009 in the capital of the Czech Republic, has been prolonged without extra fee for the late entering till 4.1. 2009. On the date 18.12. 2008. 89 players were registered to the main FIDE open with the possibility to fulfil IM norm (out of which 5 GM, 1 WGM and 15 IM) and 53 players were registered to the side FIDE open. More detailed information should be found on http://www.czechtour.net/prague-open/.
8th International Chess Festival MARIENBAD OPEN 2009 will be held 17.-25.1. 2009 in Marienbad (the second biggest spa town in the Czech Republic). Within the frame of the festival there will be 1 closed GM tournament, 2 closed IM tournaments, FIDE open, active chess and blitz tournament. Regulatios should be found on http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/).
Current list of applications for both events is available on http://www.czechtour.net/news/.
The 19th International Rapid Chess Tournament of Paul Keres Memorial, takes place in 9th-11th January 2009.
Website: http://www.maleliit.ee/tabelid/2009/keres/. There's a pdf file with regulations on this link http://www.maleliit.ee/download/2009/kereseng.pdf
Luis Scalise's chess pages have moved to: http://scalise.fortunecity.com/
The 71st Corus Chess tournament takes place Friday, January 16th to Sunday, February 1st, 2009 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. Alexander Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov are the favourites for the event in the absence of world champion Viswanathan Anand, challenger Vladimir Kramnik and World Number one Veselin Topalov. This shake up of the field with these three regular missing has really freshened things up and should make for exciting chess, in the usual way they do things they'll probably be all back next year.
Five players will make their debut in the A-group: the young Dutch grandmasters Jan Smeets and Daniel Stellwagen, the sensational Wang Yue from China, who climbed up to the 11th place on the latest world ranking list, the winner of Grandmastergroup B in 2008, Sergei Movsesian, and Leinier Dominguez from Cuba (ranked 21st on the FIDE October rating list).
Grandmastergroup B is stronger than ever, with an average rating of 2631. Remarkable names in this group include former World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) former world championship challenger Nigel Short and former World Championship Candidate Henrique Mecking (Brazil).
In Grandmastergroup C former top player Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine) is one of the 14 participants. Romanishin won the recently held Cultural Village Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Young GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela) qualified early November by winning the ICC Online Qualifier, while Manuel Bosboom (The Netherlands) and Frank Holzke (Germany) gained their places in the C-group by winning the two highest amateur events (nine-rounds-all-play-all) in January 2008. Besides, two more names are remarkable: the two Junior World Champions Abhijeet Gupta (boys under 20) and Dronavalli Harika (girls under 20) will participate. Harika and Gupta both represent India.
As from January 2009, the rate of play in Grandmaster groups A, B and C will change. The rate of play will be: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, followed by 15 minutes with 30 seconds per move increment to finish the game.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/
71st Corus Wijk aan Zee A-Group (NED), 16 i - 1 ii 2009 | ||||||||||
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No. | Name | Country | WRank | Rating | Born | |||||
1 | Alexander Morozevich | RUS | 2 | 2787 | 1977 | |||||
2 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 3 | 2786 | 1969 | |||||
3 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 4 | 2786 | 1990 | |||||
4 | Levon Aronian | ARM | 7 | 2757 | 1982 | |||||
5 | Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 8 | 2751 | 1987 | |||||
6 | Wang Yue | CHN | 11 | 2736 | 1987 | |||||
7 | Michael Adams | ENG | 12 | 2734 | 1971 | |||||
8 | Sergei Movsesian | SLW | 13 | 2732 | 1978 | |||||
9 | Sergei Karjakin | UKR | 15 | 2730 | 1990 | |||||
10 | Gata Kamsky | USA | 16 | 2729 | 1974 | |||||
11 | Leinier Dominguez | CUB | 21 | 2719 | 1983 | |||||
12 | Loek van Wely | NED | 2618 | 1972 | ||||||
13 | Daniel Stellwagen | NED | 2605 | 1987 | ||||||
14 | Jan Smeets | NED | 2604 | 1985 |
71st Corus Wijk aan Zee B-Group
(NED), 16 i - 1 ii 2009 Average rating: 2631 Category: 16 | ||||||||||
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No. | Ti | Name | Country | Rating | Born | |||||
1 | GM | Krishnan Sasikiran | IND | 2694 | 1981 | |||||
2 | GM | Zahar Efimenko | UKR | 2680 | 1985 | |||||
3 | GM | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | UZB | 2672 | 1979 | |||||
4 | GM | Alexander Motylev | RUS | 2672 | 1979 | |||||
5 | GM | Francisco Vallejo Pons | ESP | 2664 | 1982 | |||||
6 | GM | Andrei Volokitin | UKR | 2659 | 1986 | |||||
7 | GM | Nigel Short | ENG | 2642 | 1965 | |||||
8 | GM | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2640 | 1992 | |||||
9 | GM | David Navara | CZE | 2633 | 1985 | |||||
10 | GM | Erwin L'Ami | NED | 2610 | 1985 | |||||
11 | GM | Jan Werle | NED | 2582 | 1984 | |||||
12 | WGM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2578 | 1994 | |||||
13 | GM | Henrique Mecking | BRA | 2567 | 1952 | |||||
14 | GM | Dimitri Reinderman | NED | 2543 | 1972 |
71st Corus Wijk aan Zee C-Group
(NED), 16 i - 1 ii 2009 Average rating: 2512 Category: 11 | ||||||||||
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No. | Ti | Name | Country | Rating | Born | |||||
1 | GM | Wesley So | PHI | 2610 | 1993 | |||||
2 | GM | David Howell | ENG | 2593 | 1990 | |||||
3 | GM | Abhijeet Gupta | IND | 2580 | 1989 | |||||
4 | GM | Tiger Hillarp Persson | SWE | 2543 | 1970 | |||||
5 | GM | Friso Nijboer | NED | 2540 | 1965 | |||||
6 | GM | Eduardo Iturrizaga | VEN | 2538 | 1989 | |||||
7 | IM | Manuel Leon Hoyos | MEX | 2535 | 1989 | |||||
8 | GM | Oleg Romanishin | UKR | 2532 | 1952 | |||||
9 | GM | Frank Holzke | GER | 2524 | 1971 | |||||
10 | FM | Anish Giri | RUS | 2466 | 1994 | |||||
11 | WGM | Dronavalli Harika | IND | 2462 | 1991 | |||||
12 | IM | Roeland Pruijssers | NED | 2458 | 1989 | |||||
13 | IM | Manuel Bosboom | NED | 2416 | 1963 | |||||
14 | FM | Ali Bitalzadeh | NED | 2370 | 1989 |
The 7th International Chess Festival takes place in Nancy (France) 16th-22nd February 2009. It will be a category 13 with average elo over 2550 (with january-elo). With the indian number 3 Pentala Harikrishna, the french number 5 Christian Bauer, the young hope of Germany Georg Meier, and the numbers 2 and 3 under-20 in France : Edouard and Feller (born in 1990 and 1991)...
Players: GM Harikrishna, P 2659 India GM Tregubov, Pavel 2646 Russia GM Krasenkow, Michal 2624 Poland GM Bauer, Christian 2592 France GM Meier, Georg 2558 Germany IM Edouard, Romain 2531 France GM Feller, Sebastien 2526 France IM Gozzoli, Yannick 2503 France IM Brunner, Nicolas 2415 France IM Nezar, Mustapha 2399 France
The all Festival includes 14 closed tournaments (10 players each) for all levels of players. Web (in french and english) : http://echecs54.free.fr/
The 11th Hotel Hilton Basle chess meeting The Swiss Chess Tour 2009 traditional start in the Hilton Basle from January 1-4. Three tournaments, main tournament will be 1st Memorial Ivan Nemet. GM Ivan Nemet pass away December 16, 2007. Prizes: 1.500/1.200/800/600/500/400/2x300/2x250 CHF. Special prizes, 200 CHF for best Lady, junior (89-92) and schoolboy (1993). Enter fee 140 CHF; FM and juniors 70 CHF; GM & IM free. At the door 20 CHF. The other tournaments Amateur Open and Senior Open. Amateur Open (under 2000 rating) Prizes: 700/500/400/3x300/4x200 CHF. Enter fee: 120 CHF (junior 60). Senior Open 5 rounds: Prizes: 500/400/300/2x200 CHF. Enter fee: 100 CHF. Application at the door for all groups 20 CHF. Time-control for all tournaments 7 rounds, 2 hours for 40 moves + 30 minutes each. Closing dinner 70 CHF.
Open desk for registration at January 1st at 12; Round 1 start at 5 p.m. in all groups.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+9654-650, fax +41+62+9654-651 E-mail event@beochess.ch Further information: http://www.beochess.ch
The 2nd edition of the Grand Slam Masters Final will be played in Bilbao, September 2-15th 2009. The winners of Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments will qualify directly for the Masters Final in Bilbao, where the first edition (played at a central square, inside a glass cube) was a very big success last September.
More details on the 2009 tournament (number of players, system of play, etc) will be announced at the end of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The Grand Slam is in negotiations to include one more high level tournament in the 2009 circuit.
Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA)
Dresden, 23 November 2008
The 7th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival takes place from Tuesday 27 January to Thursday 5 February 2009 at the Caleta Hotel. Details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2009/index.html
The Austrian team championship started in St Veit 7th-9th November 2008, the 11 round competition has further rounds 22nd-25th January and 19th-22nd March 2009. Players in the first three rounds included: Sergei Movsesian, Hikaru Nakamura, Emil Sutovsky, Jan Gustafsson and Alexander Beliavsky.
Official site: http://www.chess.at/ and results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr12353.aspx?art=2&lan=1&m=-1
Dr Robert Howard is making a study of rated chess players.
The full article: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/results
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
The III Open Internacional ITT Jose Marca Memorial takes place in 10th-18th Lima January 2009. Grandmasters Sergey Tiviakov, Julio Granda, Bartolomiej Macieja and Emilo Cordova compete.
Official site: http://www.peruchess.org
The 4NCL takes place 4th October 2008 - 4th May 2009. Rounds 3-4 took place 6th-7th December 2008 in the Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island. Next round 17th-18th January 2009.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
Rounds 1 and 2: 4th/5th October 2008 De Vere Venues, Sunningdale Divisions 1-2
Rounds 3-4: 6th/7th December 2008 Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island Divisions 1-3
Rounds 5-6: 17th/18th January 2009 De Vere Venues, Sunningdale Divisions 1-2
Rounds 7-8: 21st/22nd March 2009 Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island Divisions 1-3
Rounds 9-11: 2nd-4th May 2009 De Vere Venues, Staverton Park Divisions 1-2
The Schachbundesliga season 2008/09 runs 3rd-5th October and runs until March 2009. 16 Teams compete with team rosters of 16-18 players but only eight play each weekend. There will be live coverage of all the games.
Dates: 4th-5th October 2008 25th-26th October 2008 29th-30th November 2008 12th-14th December 2008 (Here the official seventh round will be played. Although some will be played at other times) 31st January 2008 - 1st February 2009. 28th February - 1st March 2009. 28th-29th March 2009.
Official site of the Schachbundesliga (http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx) Further information (in German) and the entrance site for the live coverage: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx
The University of Texas at Dallas (USA) has offered scholarships to the winners of the U-16 European Youth Chess Championships since 2007. The agreement with the European Chess Union has been extended for another three years. The total value of the scholarships during this five-year period will be approximately 1 million USD, said James A. Stallings, Director of the UTD chess program.
Interview on the ECU website: http://www.europechess.org/home518.aspx?art=ft
The 27th International Chess Festival of Elba Island "Luigi Amalfi", takes place at the Hotel Lacona 10th-17th May 2009.
Details: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/en/cmsx.asp?IDPg=23
The 25th Bermuda Open takes place 30th January - 1st February 2008 at the luxurious Fairmont Southampton Resort on the South Shore with private tennis courts, golf course, beach, walking trails,� ferry into Hamilton for duty-free shopping 5 round Swiss. Register & pay on site.� For info contact Nigel Freeman at cadilly@northrock.bm or Carol Jarecki at carolj10280@yahoo.com �
Icelandic Team Champ 1st div first half took place 3rd-5th October 2008. The 2nd set of games are March 21st-22nd March 2009 if I understand the website correctly. A small number of games are available.
Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5982&Itemid=499# and results: http://chess-results.com/tnr16443.aspx?tnr=16443&art=16&lan=2&flag=30&m=-1
The 2009 Doeberl Cup is in Canberra 9th-13th April 2009. See http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/
The 2009 Sydney International Open takes place 15th-19th April 2009. See http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?site=open
Free entry to GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs.
Free accommodation for selected GMs and WGMs.
For further information, please contact Brian Jones info@chessaustralia.com.au
Czech Chess Christmas 2008 Litomysl (CZE) 26.12.2008-2.1.2009
10th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 64.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK = 750 EUR), 10 financial prizes redeemable by drawings, special conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year�s Eve programme.
Contact: Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc, mobile: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2008/
14-year-old Wesley So and 56-year-old Eugene Torre play a 12 game match starting February 10, 2009 at the Sulo Hotel in Quezon City. Two games each will be played in Quezon City, Davao and Iloilo, and if the match remains undecided, the protagonists will return to Quezon City and finish the match. A knockout game will be played if the duel ends up 6-6. The winner will take home P600,000 while the loser will earn P400,000.Another P100,000 goes to the winner of each provincial leg while the loser will get P50,000.
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
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
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 has a blog with free chess lessons on it.
Website: http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/
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
Surname | First Name | NAT | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Ck | 08 | Criteria | WRk |
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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, Elista, Russia (Doha, Qatar withdrew)
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 | ||
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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) |
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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 |
Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ with his analysis and news. Very worth while, especially when he's playing.
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