The Week in Chess 688

THE WEEK IN CHESS 688 14th January 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Corus Wijk aan Zee	63 games
Maalot-Tarshiha	40 games
68th Armenian Championship	41 games
ASEAN Masters Tarakan City	90 games
Villa Martelli Verano	45 games
Homenaje a los Hermanos Ingolotti	30 games
XXXIII Ciudad de Sevilla	173 games
4NCL	96 games
Belarus Championship	28 games
6th Parsvnath International Open	70 games
ZNG111 Open	42 games
5th Elizaveta Bykova Memorial	45 games
Australian Championships 2007-8	209 games
971 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Igor Glek, Malcolm Armstrong, Peter Doggers, Sinisa Joksic, Michiel Abeln, Kristianus Liem, Mladen Zelic, Ian Rogers, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Frederic Friedel, Frits Agterdenbos, Zenón Franco Ocampos, Eldar Mukhametov, Yochanan Afek and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee got off to a fascinating start. Two of the younger players Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian lead and World Champion Viswanathan lies joint last on 1/3. Carlsen in particular has looked pretty sharp at the start with wins against Mamedyarov and Eljanov. I'm certainly looking forward to being there for the start of round 5. There is daily coverage on the TWIC front page.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Corus Wijk aan Zee

The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 takes place 11th-27th January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee. The tournament venue is the De Moriaan Community Centre.

Dates Rd1-4 12th-15th, Rd5-8 17th-20th, Rd9-10 22nd-23rd, Rd11-13 25th-27th Jan 2008.

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

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 A-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 1 (January 12, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	62	D71	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Radjabov, Teimour	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	85	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Adams, Michael	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	21	C42	Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	25	D11	Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	24	E15	Queens Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	40	B50	Sicilian Defence
Eljanov, Pavel	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	27	E15	Queens Indian
Round 2 (January 13, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Eljanov, Pavel	1-0	54	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Lékó, Peter	- Adams, Michael	½-½	98	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Van Wely, Loek	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	37	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	79	E97	King's Indian Classical
Gelfand, Boris	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	30	D15	Slav Defence
Topalov, Veselin	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	36	A65	Benoni
Anand, Viswanathan	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	36	C76	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Round 3 (January 14, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	28	E15	Queens Indian
Radjabov, Teimour	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	85	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Adams, Michael	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	38	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Polgar, Judit	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	45	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	22	A20	English Opening
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	23	C43	Petroff's Defence
Eljanov, Pavel	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	17	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XX (2742)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	2½	2999
2.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	2½	3029
3.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	.	.	*	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2	2884
4.	Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2753	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	1½	2719
5.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2726	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	1½	2741
6.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	.	.	½	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2747
7.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	.	.	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1½	2725
8.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2707	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	.	1½	2737
9.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	½	.	.	.	1½	2741
10.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	.	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	1	2613
11.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	*	.	.	.	1	2607
12.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	1	2652
13.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2692	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	1	2636
14.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	*	1	2604

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 B-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 1 (January 12, 2008)
Smeets, Jan	- Koneru, Humpy	1-0	54	C45	Scotch Game
Stellwagen, Daniël	- Krasenkow, Michal	1-0	43	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Harikrishna, P	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	51	C02	French Advance
Movsesian, Sergei	- Sargissian, Gabriel	½-½	51	C54	Giuoco Piano
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	37	C43	Petroff's Defence
Hou Yifan	- Bacrot, Etienne	0-1	76	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Spoelman, Wouter	- Cheparinov, Ivan	0-1	40	B62	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 2 (January 13, 2008)
Bacrot, Etienne	- Stellwagen, Daniël	½-½	26	B85	Sicilian Scheveningen
Harikrishna, P	- Hou Yifan	1-0	55	C00	French Defence
Short, Nigel D	- L'Ami, Erwin	1-0	38	C51	Evans Gambit
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Movsesian, Sergei	½-½	20	D11	Slav Defence
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	54	D11	Slav Defence
Krasenkow, Michal	- Spoelman, Wouter	1-0	25	E14	Queens Indian
Koneru, Humpy	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	34	A84	Dutch
Round 3 (January 14, 2008)
Smeets, Jan	- Cheparinov, Ivan	1-0	76	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Stellwagen, Daniël	- Harikrishna, P	½-½	50	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Movsesian, Sergei	- Krasenkow, Michal	1-0	41	C54	Giuoco Piano
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Sargissian, Gabriel	1-0	51	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
L'Ami, Erwin	- Koneru, Humpy	1-0	42	D38	QGD Ragozin
Hou Yifan	- Short, Nigel D	1-0	23	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Spoelman, Wouter	- Bacrot, Etienne	0-1	30	B06	Modern Defence

Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XV (2618)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2573	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	1	.	2½	2940
2.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2700	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	2½	2798
3.	Stellwagen, Daniël	g	NED	2625	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	2	2791
4.	Harikrishna, P	g	IND	2664	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	2	2724
5.	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2677	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	½	.	1	.	.	2	2800
6.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2600	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	.	½	.	2	2748
7.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2645	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	1	.	.	0	.	.	.	1½	2590
8.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2581	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2619
9.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2713	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2558
10.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2676	½	.	.	.	½	0	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	2491
11.	Hou Yifan	wg	CHN	2527	.	0	.	0	.	.	1	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	2544
12.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2636	.	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	1	2450
13.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2612	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	2311
14.	Spoelman, Wouter	m	NED	2424	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	0	.	*	0

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 C-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 1 (January 12, 2008)
Li Shilong	- Krush, Irina	1-0	42	E97	King's Indian Classical
Van der Werf, Mark	- Grivas, Efstratios	1-0	50	E90	King's Indian Classical
Negi, Parimarjan	- Carlsson, Pontus	0-1	36	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Nijboer, Friso	- Braun, Arik	0-1	39	C18	French Winawer
Peng Zhaoqin	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	65	D23	QGA
Ushenina, Anna	- Van der Wiel, John	0-1	38	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Ruijgrok, Dennis	- Reinderman, Dimitri	0-1	43	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 2 (January 13, 2008)
Braun, Arik	- Negi, Parimarjan	1-0	31	A34	English Symmetrical
Caruana, Fabiano	- Van der Werf, Mark	1-0	27	C90	Ruy Lopez
Carlsson, Pontus	- Peng Zhaoqin	½-½	11	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Li Shilong	- Ushenina, Anna	1-0	62	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Van der Wiel, John	- Nijboer, Friso	1-0	39	C91	Ruy Lopez
Grivas, Efstratios	- Ruijgrok, Dennis	1-0	35	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Krush, Irina	- Reinderman, Dimitri	½-½	41	E73	King's Indian Averbakh
Round 3 (January 14, 2008)
Reinderman, Dimitri	- Grivas, Efstratios	½-½	51	A42	Modern Defence
Van der Werf, Mark	- Carlsson, Pontus	½-½	36	A30	English Symmetrical
Negi, Parimarjan	- Van der Wiel, John	1-0	29	C16	French Winawer
Nijboer, Friso	- Li Shilong	1-0	48	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Peng Zhaoqin	- Braun, Arik	0-1	36	A57	Volga Gambit
Ushenina, Anna	- Krush, Irina	½-½	40	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Ruijgrok, Dennis	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	50	B40	Sicilian Classical

Corus C Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. X (2494)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Braun, Arik	m	GER	2536	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	1	.	.	3
2.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2598	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	3
3.	Carlsson, Pontus	g	SWE	2501	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	½	.	.	2	2583
4.	Li Shilong	g	CHN	2502	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	0	1	.	1	.	2	2636
5.	Van der Wiel, John	g	NED	2490	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	0	1	.	.	1	.	2	2654
6.	Reinderman, Dimitri	g	NED	2533	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	½	.	.	1	2	2562
7.	Van der Werf, Mark	m	NED	2389	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2536
8.	Grivas, Efstratios	g	GRE	2509	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2417
9.	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2526	0	.	0	.	1	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	2384
10.	Nijboer, Friso	g	NED	2578	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	2384
11.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2473	.	.	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	2381
12.	Peng Zhaoqin	g	NED	2461	0	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	2272
13.	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2484	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	2215
14.	Ruijgrok, Dennis		NED	2329	.	0	.	.	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 Honorary Group 18th-27th January 2008
	Name	NAT	Rating
GM	Viktor Kortchnoi	SUI	2605
GM	Jan Timman	NED	2561
GM	Ljubomir Ljubojevic	SRB	2543
GM	Lajos Portisch	HUN	2530
Average rating: 2560 Category: 13

3) Maalot-Tarshiha

There is an international tournament in Maalot-Tarshiha, Israel 7th-15th January 2008.

Official site: http://www.chess.org.il/sitefiles/1/30/3667.asp

It Maalot-Tarshiha (ISR), 7-15 i 2008 cat. XV (2620)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	2627	*	0	½	1	1	.	1	½	1	1	6	2814
2.	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2616	1	*	½	1	0	½	.	½	1	1	5½	2762
3.	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2659	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	.	½	1	4½	2655
4.	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2628	0	0	½	*	.	½	½	1	1	1	4½	2664
5.	Gyimesi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2605	0	1	½	.	*	½	½	½	½	½	4	2621
6.	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2602	.	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	4	2621
7.	Rodshtein, Maxim	m	ISR	2614	0	.	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	4	2621
8.	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2643	½	½	.	0	½	1	½	*	½	0	3½	2569
9.	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2617	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	.	2	2431
10.	Kogan, Artur	g	ISR	2591	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	.	*	2	2431

4) 68th Armenian Championship

The 68th Armenian Championship takes place 7th-21st January 2008 in Yerevan. Tigran L Petrosian leads on 5/6. Asrian - Minasian,Ara was postponed until the rest day. The women's championship has also got under way. I'm hopeful I've identified the players correctly but there isn't a definitive list on the website.

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

68th ch-ARM Yerevan (ARM), 8-21 i 2008 cat. XII (2531)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Petrosian, Tigran L	g	ARM	2606	*	.	1	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	1	1	1	5	2804
2.	Minasian, Artashes	g	ARM	2578	.	*	.	½	1	.	½	.	½	.	.	.	1	3½	2712
3.	Anastasian, Ashot	g	ARM	2562	0	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	1	½	3½	2672
4.	Lputian, Smbat G	g	ARM	2616	½	½	.	*	.	½	½	1	½	.	.	.	.	3½	2585
5.	Kotanjian, Tigran	g	ARM	2545	.	0	.	.	*	1	1	1	0	.	.	.	.	3	2585
6.	Minasian, Ara	g	ARM	2466	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	.	½	1	.	1	3	2618
7.	Andriasian, Zaven	g	ARM	2532	.	½	.	½	0	.	*	.	½	½	.	.	1	3	2570
8.	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	f	ARM	2369	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	*	.	1	½	1	½	3	2528
9.	Asrian, Karen	g	ARM	2621	.	½	.	½	1	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	2½	2662
10.	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	2556	½	.	0	.	.	½	½	0	.	*	.	½	.	2	2370
11.	Yegiazarian, Arsen	g	ARM	2512	0	.	0	.	.	0	.	½	.	.	*	½	.	1	2248
12.	Babujian, Levon	m	ARM	2439	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	0	.	½	½	*	.	1	2281
13.	Nalbandian, Tigran	g	ARM	2505	0	0	½	.	.	0	0	½	.	.	.	.	*	1	2245

62nd ch-ARM w Yerevan (ARM), 13-21 i 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Aghabekian, Liana		ARM	2191	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1
2.	Aginian, Nelly	wg	ARM	2308	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
3.	Andriasian, Siranush	wm	ARM	2228	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
4.	Gasparian, Narine	wm	ARM	2172	.	.	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	.	1
5.	Martirosyan, Lia		ARM	2111	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	½	2152
6.	Movsisian, Naira	wg	ARM	2152	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	2111
7.	Galojan, Lilit	wm	ARM	2307	.	.	.	0	.	.	*	.	.	.	0
8.	Gasparian, Mariana		ARM	2070	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
9.	Karapetyan, Lusine		ARM	1957	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
10.	Kharatyan, Anahit		ARM	2115	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

5) ASEAN Masters Tarakan City

The 1st Leg ASEAN Chess Circuit Closed Tournaments takes place in Tarakan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia 8th-19th January 2008. The event is organised by the Indonesian Chess Federation (Percasi) together with ASEAN Chess Confederation (http://www.aseanchess.com/). There are GMA, GMB and WIM groups. News: Kristianus Liem.

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

ASEAN Masters Circuit GMA Tarakan (INA), 8-19 i 2008 cat. VIII (2450)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Zhang Zhong	g	SIN	2617	*	1	.	½	.	.	½	1	1	.	.	.	4	2695
2.	So, Wesley	m	PHI	2526	0	*	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	½	½	.	3	2574
3.	Situru, Nathanael	m	INA	2375	.	.	*	.	½	0	.	1	½	.	.	1	3	2467
4.	Tirto	m	INA	2413	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	½	½	1	3	2576
5.	Mas, Hafizulhelmi	m	MAS	2382	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	1	½	3	2469
6.	Nouri, Hamed		PHI	2404	.	0	1	.	½	*	.	0	1	.	.	.	2½	2411
7.	Megaranto, Susanto	g	INA	2563	½	0	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	2½	2498
8.	Purnama, Tirta Chandra		INA	2383	0	.	0	.	½	1	.	*	.	.	1	.	2½	2437
9.	Ginting, Nasib	m	INA	2393	0	.	½	.	.	0	.	.	*	1	1	.	2½	2464
10.	Torre, Eugenio	g	PHI	2519	.	½	.	½	.	.	½	.	0	*	.	1	2½	2462
11.	Kosasih, Cecep	f	INA	2408	.	½	.	½	0	.	.	0	0	.	*	.	1	2179
12.	Nadera, Barlo A	m	PHI	2417	.	.	0	0	½	.	0	.	.	0	.	*	0½	2084

ASEAN Masters Circuit GMB Tarakan (INA), 8-19 i 2008 cat. VI (2400)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Paragua, Mark	g	PHI	2521	*	1	.	.	1	1	.	½	.	.	1	.	4½	2748
2.	Gonzales, Jayson	m	PHI	2455	0	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	1	.	3½	2533
3.	Nolte, Rolando		PHI	2412	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	½	1	3½	2520
4.	Sitanggang, Salor	m	INA	2410	.	.	.	*	0	½	1	½	.	.	.	1	3	2475
5.	Nadanian, Ashot	m	ARM	2436	0	.	.	1	*	.	.	.	0	1	.	1	3	2471
6.	Mahmud, Syarif	f	INA	2344	0	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	1	½	1	.	3	2455
7.	Barus, Cerdas	g	INA	2479	.	.	½	0	.	.	*	1	½	.	.	½	2½	2397
8.	Barbosa, Oliver PHI		PHI	2410	½	.	.	½	.	.	0	*	½	.	.	1	2½	2433
9.	Ardiansyah, Haji	g	INA	2409	.	0	.	.	1	0	½	½	*	.	.	.	2	2352
10.	Prayitno, Sugeng		INA	2312	.	0	0	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	1	.	1½	2233
11.	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	wm	INA	2266	0	0	½	.	.	0	.	.	.	0	*	.	0½	2042
12.	Mok Tze-Meng	f	MAS	2346	.	.	0	0	0	.	½	0	.	.	.	*	0½	2063

ASEAN Masters Circuit WIM Tarakan (INA), 8-19 i 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Irwanto, Sadikin	m	INA	2456	*	.	.	1	.	1	.	.	1	1	1	.	5
2.	Handoko, Edhi	g	INA	2437	.	*	0	.	1	.	1	1	.	1	.	.	4	2247
3.	Bernales, Christy Lamiel		PHI	1933	.	1	*	.	.	0	.	1	.	½	1	.	3½	2216
4.	Chua Xing-Jian, Graham	f	SIN	2075	0	.	.	*	.	1	½	.	1	.	.	1	3½	2282
5.	Lindiawati, Evi		INA	2114	.	0	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	1	1	.	3	2142
6.	Mendoza, Beverly	wm	PHI	2099	0	.	1	0	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	2½	2115
7.	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	wf	VIE	2062	.	0	.	½	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	1	2½	2119
8.	Handayani, Tri		INA	2036	.	0	0	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	1	.	2	1967
9.	Tay Li-Jin Jeslin		SIN	2050	0	.	.	0	½	.	½	.	*	.	.	1	2	2069
10.	Verdiana, Norasa		INA	1890	0	0	½	.	0	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	1	1955
11.	Chan Wei-Yi, Victoria	wf	SIN	1876	0	.	0	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	*	1	1	1867
12.	Dewi,Aa Citra		INA	----	.	.	.	0	.	0	0	.	0	.	0	*	0

6) Villa Martelli Verano

There was an ITT in Villa Martelli Verano, Argentina 5th-12th January 2008. Andres Rodriguez Vila was the clear winner with 7/9.

I have to confess I don't know what the Verano part of the name means, a town in a region possibly, the events are usually designated as being just Villa Martelli.

Official site: http://ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/magistrales/2008/verano2008/verano08.htm

ITT Villa Martelli Verano (ARG), 5-12 i 2008 cat. IV (2339)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2541	*	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2536
2.	Obregon, Andres Carlos		ARG	2355	0	*	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	2461
3.	Fusco, Leonardo	f	ARG	2341	½	1	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2418
4.	De Dovitiis, Alejo	m	ARG	2326	1	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	5½	2419
5.	Fernandez, Daniel	m	USA	2437	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	0	0	1	4	2284
6.	Iermito, Sebastian	f	ARG	2334	0	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	0	3½	2259
7.	Moskow, Eric		USA	2254	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	0	½	½	3½	2267
8.	Della Morte, Pablo	f	ARG	2288	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	*	½	½	3½	2264
9.	Mayorga, Nicolas		ARG	2274	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	*	1	3½	2265
10.	Granara Barreto, Sebastian A	f	URU	2235	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	*	3	2225

7) Homenaje a los Hermanos Ingolotti

The "Homenaje a los Hermanos Ingolotti" was a Cat V tournament played in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay 4th-9th January 2008. The event was in recognition of the important role the 3 brothers Ingolotti (Julio, Ivan and Paco), took in the process of Institutionalization of the Paraguayan Chess Federation. Ing Julio Ingoloti was on the ticket of Bessel Kok in Turin. News: Zenón Franco Ocampos.

Details

Homenaje a los Hermanos Ingolotti Ciudad del Este (PAR) 4-9 i 2008 cat. V (2373)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	m	ARG	2429	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	7	2510
2.	Soppe, Guillermo	m	ARG	2426	½	½	*	*	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	6	2433
3.	Cubas, Jose Fernando	m	PAR	2451	½	½	1	½	*	*	½	½	½	½	0	½	5	2356
4.	Patriarca, Luis	f	PAR	2314	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	4½	2348
5.	Valiente, Cristobal	m	PAR	2273	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	4	2320
6.	Larrea, Manuel	f	URU	2342	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	*	*	3½	2268

8) XXXIII Ciudad de Sevilla

The XXXIII Abierto Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla" took place 5th-12th January 2008. Karen Movsziszian took clear first on 7.5/9.

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

XXXIII Abierto Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla" 5-12 i 2008 Final Round 9 Standings
Rank	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	BH.	Fide
1	MOVSZISZIAN Karen	GM	ARM	2527	7½	44	40½
2	KHAMRAKULOV Ibragim S	GM	ESP	2589	7	47½	38
3	SPRAGGETT Kevin	GM	CAN	2588	7	45½	36½
4	MIRZOEV Azer	GM	AZE	2518	7	45½	36½
5	LOPEZ MARTINEZ Josep Manuel	GM	ESP	2550	7	44½	39
6	EPISHIN Vladimir	GM	RUS	2577	7	44½	37
7	PAUNOVIC Dragan	GM	SRB	2522	7	44	38
8	KORNEEV Oleg	GM	RUS	2645	7	42½	35
9	IVANOV Jordan	IM	BUL	2371	7	37½	32½
10	VEHI BACH Victor M	IM	ESP	2373	6½	46	36
11	AROSHIDZE Levan	GM	GEO	2535	6½	44½	36
12	BURMAKIN Vladimir	GM	RUS	2611	6½	44	35½
13	MATAMOROS FRANCO Carlos S	GM	ECU	2529	6½	42½	36
14	POGORELOV Ruslan	GM	UKR	2396	6½	41½	33½
15	FERNANDEZ ROMERO Ernesto	IM	ESP	2462	6½	41	35
16	BARRIA Daniel IM		ESP	2427	6½	41	34
17	ZHAO Zong-Yuan	IM	AUS	2487	6½	40½	35½
18	GARCIA LUQUE Agustin	IM	ESP	2387	6½	38	32½
19	LARINO NIETO David	IM	ESP	2439	6½	35	30½
20	TERAN ALVAREZ Ismael	IM	ESP	2404	6	44	34½
21	CAMPORA Daniel H	GM	ARG	2535	6	43	34½
22	KARIM Ismael		ESP	2347	6	43	33
23	BELEZKY Alexander	IM	UKR	2449	6	42½	34½
24	RIZOUK Aimen	GM	ALG	2498	6	42	34
25	ROEDER Mathias	IM	GER	2461	6	41½	33½
26	ESCOBAR FORERO Alder	IM	COL	2461	6	41½	33
27	LANZANI Mario	IM	ITA	2349	6	41	32½
28	NARCISO DUBLAN Marc	GM	ESP	2513	6	40	33
29	ROBLES GARCIA Claudia	WFM	ESP	2203	6	40	32½
30	KONONENKO Tatiana	IM	UKR	2378	6	40	32
31	RAZMYSLOV Alexander	FM	UKR	2392	6	39	31
32	DURAO Joaquim	IM	POR	2152	6	38½	29½
33	CARRETERO ORTIZ Francisco		ESP	2233	6	38	31
34	SERRA OLIVES Tomas	FM	ESP	2134	6	38	29
35	VAN HOOLANDT Patrick	FM	MNC	2216	6	37½	32
36	COIMBRA Margarida	WFM	POR	2124	6	37½	28½
37	JIMENEZ GONZALEZ Manuel Jose		ESP	2005	6	35	27
38	BERBATOV Kiprian	FM	BUL	2195	6	34½	28
39	KOMLJENOVIC Davorin	GM	CRO	2482	5½	42	33
40	CHASOVNIKOVA Eugenia	WIM	RUS	2184	5½	40½	32
232 players

9) 4NCL

The 3rd weekend of the 4NCL took place 12th-13th January 2008. Next rounds 1st-2nd April 2008. My thanks to Malcolm Armstrong for the games.

Note that I have just noticed I got the dates for the first two rounds of the 4NCL wrong in the games section at that time. They took place 15th-16th September 2007 not in November as stated.

4NCL 2007-8 Wokefield Park (ENG) 23 x 2007 i-5 v 2008 Round 5-6 Results
Round 5 12th January 2008
		HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2268	3½-4½	RICHMOND	2270
1	w	Greet, Andrew N	2444	0 - 1	Gormally, Daniel W	2495
2	b	Gordon, Stephen J	2501	½ - ½	Bates, Richard A	2375
3	w	Broomfield, Matthew	2349	½ - ½	Wall, Gavin	2305
4	b	Briscoe, Christopher	2268	0 - 1	Bisby, Daniel L	2278
5	w	Therrien, Alex	2240	½ - ½	Osborne, Marcus E	2278
6	b	McFarland, Robert S	2229	1 - 0	Nixon, Thomas C M	2202
7	w	Lindner, Daniel	2237	1 - 0	Meyer, Gordon	2154
8	b	Klein, Cornelia (def) (F)	1879	0 - 1	Chevannes, Sabrina (F)	2074
		SLOUGH SHARKS 1	2184	2½-5½	WOOD GREEN	2276
1	w	Rudolf, Anna (F)	2242	0 - 1	Turner, Matthew J	2484
2	b	Roberson, Peter T	2220	0 - 1	Martin, Andrew D	2425
3	w	Williams, Samuel G	2257	0 - 1	Sowray, Peter J	2346
4	b	Muter, Donny	2232	½ - ½	Pein, Malcolm	2395
5	w	Cox, Tristan	2151	½ - ½	Tiller, Bjorn	2389
6	b	Kawuma, Stephen	2166	0 - 1	Littlewood, Paul E	2358
7	w	Armstrong, Malcolm	2109	½ - ½	Hegarty, Sarah (F)	1967
8	b	de Coverly, Roger	2092	1 - 0	Cumming, Rhys	1845
		BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2357	5 - 3	NORTH WEST EAGLES 1	2237
1	w	Ferguson, Mark	2412	0 - 1	Hennigan, Michael T	2378
2	b	Knott, Simon	2374	0 - 1	Morrison, Graham	2319
3	w	Collins, Sam	2394	1 - 0	Coates, Kenneth G	2242
4	b	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2406	1 - 0	Hague, Ben	2266
5	w	Collinson, Adam	2385	1 - 0	Lyell, Mark	2221
6	b	Cox, John J	2375	1 - 0	Redmond, John	2210
7	w	Devereaux, Maxim	2348	1 - 0	Hulmes, David I	2220
8	b	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2159	0 - 1	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)	2036
		THE ADS	2368	2½-5½	GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2487
1	w	Speelman, Jonathan S	2491	1 - 0	Hebden, Mark L	2530
2	b	Davies, Nigel R	2480	0 - 1	Pert, Nicholas	2528
3	w	Cernousek, Lukas	2422	½ - ½	Conquest, Stuart C	2539
4	b	Mestel, A Jonathan	2470	0 - 1	Howell, David W L	2528
5	w	Jirka, Jiri	2391	1 - 0	Cherniaev, Alexander	2491
6	b	Richardson, John R	2310	0 - 1	Plaskett, James	2490
7	w	Snape, Ian	2213	0 - 1	Shaw, John K	2458
8	b	Bellin, Jana (F)	2170	0 - 1	Lalic, Susan (F)	2334
		BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2244	1 - 7	GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2417
1	w	Berry, Neil	2319	0 - 1	King, Daniel J	2510
2	b	Lewis, Andrew P	2292	0 - 1	Flear, Glenn C	2493
3	w	Twyble, Michael S	2267	0 - 1	Cornette, Matthieu	2491
4	b	Taylor, Martin R	2334	½ - ½	Buckley, Graeme	2392
5	w	Bigg, Andrew J	2231	½ - ½	Tissir, Mohamed	2444
6	b	Taylor, Peter	2246	0 - 1	Muir, Andrew J	2358
7	w	Kilpatrick, Callum	2209	0 - 1	Povah, Nigel E	2334
8	b	Bhatia, Kanwal K (F)	2054	0 - 1	Sandu, Mihaela (F)	2313
		BETSSON.COM	2347	4 - 4	CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2202
1	w	Hunt, Adam C	2466	½ - ½	Mah, Karl C C	2406
2	b	Ledger, Andrew J	2424	½ - ½	Dearing, Eddie	2381
3	w	Hunt, Harriet (F)	2457	0 - 1	Moskovic, David M	2273
4	b	Ansell, Simon	2402	1 - 0	Eckersley-Waites, Adam	2199
5	w	Webb, Laurence E	2304	0 - 1	Churm, Rohan M	2189
6	b	Duncan, Christopher R	2293	½ - ½	Garner, David	2180
7	w	Ledger, David J	2277	½ - ½	Pickard, Charles	2203
8	b	Ledger, Stephen C	2149	1 - 0	Owens, Megan (F)	1781
Round 6 13th January 2008
		GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2480	7½-½	SLOUGH SHARKS 1	2183
1	w	Conquest, Stuart C	2539	½ - ½	Rudolf, Anna (F)	2242
2	b	Pert, Nicholas	2528	1 - 0	Williams, Samuel G	2257
3	w	King, Daniel J	2510	1 - 0	Muter, Donny	2232
4	b	Flear, Glenn C	2493	1 - 0	Roberson, Peter T	2220
5	w	Cornette, Matthieu	2491	1 - 0	Kawuma, Stephen	2166
6	b	Plaskett, James	2490	1 - 0	Cox, Tristan	2151
7	w	Shaw, John K	2458	1 - 0	Pafura, Godfrey	2104
8	b	Lalic, Susan (F)	2334	1 - 0	de Coverly, Roger	2092
		NORTH WEST EAGLES 1	2247	2 - 6	BETSSON.COM	2386
1	w	Hennigan, Michael T	2378	½ - ½	Hunt, Adam C	2466
2	b	Morrison, Graham	2319	½ - ½	Ansell, Simon	2402
3	w	Carleton, John J	2304	½ - ½	Hunt, Harriet (F)	2457
4	b	Kennaugh, Charles W	2290	0 - 1	Ledger, Andrew J	2424
5	w	Tebb, David J	2209	0 - 1	Pert, Richard G	2461
6	b	Lyell, Mark	2221	0 - 1	Ledger, David J	2277
7	w	Hulmes, David I	2220	½ - ½	Webb, Laurence E	2304
8	b	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)	2036	0 - 1	Duncan, Christopher R	2293
		GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2424	4 - 4	HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2286
1	w	Hebden, Mark L	2530	1 - 0	Greet, Andrew N	2444
2	b	Howell, David W L	2528	0 - 1	Gordon, Stephen J	2501
3	w	Cherniaev, Alexander	2491	1 - 0	Broomfield, Matthew	2349
4	b	Buckley, Graeme	2392	0 - 1	Therrien, Alex	2240
5	w	Tissir, Mohamed	2444	½ - ½	Britton, Richard L	2253
6	b	Muir, Andrew J	2358	½ - ½	Briscoe, Christopher	2268
7	w	Povah, Nigel E	2334	½ - ½	Lindner, Daniel	2237
8	b	Sandu, Mihaela (F)	2313	1 - 0	Parmar, Amisha (def) (F)	1995
		WOOD GREEN	2270	4 - 4	BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2244
1	w	Turner, Matthew J	2484	½ - ½	Berry, Neil	2319
2	b	Martin, Andrew D	2425	½ - ½	Taylor, Martin R	2334
3	w	Sowray, Peter J	2346	1 - 0	Twyble, Michael S	2267
4	b	Tiller, Bjorn	2389	½ - ½	Lewis, Andrew P	2292
5	w	Pein, Malcolm	2395	1 - 0	Kilpatrick, Callum	2209
6	b	Law, Andrew P	2308	½ - ½	Taylor, Peter	2246
7	w	Hegarty, Sarah (F)	1967	0 - 1	Bigg, Andrew J	2231
8	b	Cumming, Rhys	1845	0 - 1	Bhatia, Kanwal K (F)	2054
		CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2202	1 - 7	BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2375
1	w	Mah, Karl C C	2406	½ - ½	Parker, Jonathan	2535
2	b	Dearing, Eddie	2381	½ - ½	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2406
3	w	Moskovic, David M	2273	0 - 1	Collins, Sam	2394
4	b	Garner, David	2180	0 - 1	Cox, John J	2375
5	w	Pickard, Charles	2203	0 - 1	Devereaux, Maxim	2348
6	b	Eckersley-Waites, Adam	2199	0 - 1	Knott, Simon	2374
7	w	Churm, Rohan M	2189	0 - 1	Ferguson, Mark	2412
8	b	Owens, Megan (F)	1781	0 - 1	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2159
		RICHMOND	2270	3 - 5	THE ADS	2368
1	w	Gormally, Daniel W	2495	½ - ½	Cernousek, Lukas	2422
2	b	Bates, Richard A	2375	½ - ½	Davies, Nigel R	2480
3	w	Wall, Gavin	2305	½ - ½	Speelman, Jonathan S	2491
4	b	Bisby, Daniel L	2278	0 - 1	Mestel, A Jonathan	2470
5	w	Osborne, Marcus E	2278	0 - 1	Jirka, Jiri	2391
6	b	Nixon, Thomas C M	2202	0 - 1	Richardson, John R	2310
7	w	Meyer, Gordon	2154	½ - ½	Snape, Ian	2213
8	b	Chevannes, Sabrina (F)	2074	1 - 0	Bellin, Jana (F)	2170

4NCL 2007-8 Wokefield Park (ENG) 23 x 2007 i-5 v 2008 Round 6 Standings
Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	5	1	0	11
BARBICAN 4NCL 1	5	1	0	11
BETSSON.COM	5	1	0	11
GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	5	0	1	10
THE ADS	3	0	3	6
WOOD GREEN	2	2	2	6
BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2	1	3	5
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	1	2	3	4
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	1	2	3	4
RICHMOND	1	1	4	3
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1	0	1	5	1
SLOUGH SHARKS 1	0	0	6	0

10) Belarus Championship

The Championships of Belarus takes place 10th-22nd January 2008.

Official site: http://www.chess.by

ch-BLR Minsk (BLR), 10-22 i 2008 cat. IX (2473)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2558	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	½	.	1	3½	2805
2.	Teterev, Vitaly	g	BLR	2507	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	1	.	1	3	2669
3.	Stupak, Kirill	m	BLR	2412	.	.	*	½	½	.	½	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	2½	2551
4.	Azarov, Sergei	g	BLR	2594	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	1	½	½	.	.	.	2½	2484
5.	Podolchenko, Evgeniy		BLR	2467	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	.	2½	2524
6.	Fedorov, Alexei	g	BLR	2607	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	2½	2518
7.	Tihonov, Jurij	g	BLR	2497	.	½	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	2	2488
8.	Zhigalko, Andrey	g	BLR	2556	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	2	2476
9.	Mihajlovskij, Sergei		BLR	2466	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	.	1	2	2489
10.	Borsuk, Yuriy		BLR	2268	.	.	0	½	½	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1½	2433
11.	Lomako, Pavel		BLR	2413	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	0	.	*	.	.	½	1½	2415
12.	Romanenko, Vladimir		BLR	2460	½	0	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	1	2332
13.	Lutsko, Igor	g	BLR	2429	.	.	.	.	0	.	½	0	.	.	.	½	*	.	1	2302
14.	Smirnov, Valerij	m	BLR	2394	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	½	.	.	*	0½	2164

11) 6th Parsvnath International Open

The 6th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament takes place in New Delhi 12th-20th January 2008.

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

6th Parsvnath Open New Delhi (IND), 13-20 i 2008 Top 20 entries
SNo.		Name	IRtg	FED	Fide-No.
1	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2589	IRI	12500739
2	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2579	IND	5002150
3	GM	Kurnosov Igor	2577	RUS	4142527
4	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2550	IND	5002265
5	GM	Ubilava Elizbar	2544	ESP	13600052
6	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri	2541	UKR	14104369
7	GM	Dzhumaev Marat	2527	UZB	14200236
8	GM	Iuldachev Saidali	2526	UZB	14200104
9	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2525	VIE	12400025
10	IM	Hossain Enamul	2522	BAN	10200649
11	GM	Mahjoob Morteza	2504	IRI	12500798
12	IM	Gupta Abhijeet	2495	IND	5010608
13	GM	Safin Shukhrat	2493	UZB	14200147
14	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2492	BAN	10200037
15	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	2478	IND	5018137
16	GM	Ramesh R B	2473	IND	5002109
17	GM	Thipsay Praveen M	2473	IND	5000033
18	GM	Batyrov Sapar	2471	TKM	14000237
19	IM	Sriram Jha	2457	IND	5001668
20	IM	Venkatesh M R	2444	IND	5005779
391 players

12) ZNG111 Open

The 11th ZNG111 Open took place in Rijeka, Croatia 9th-13th January 2008. The 7 round swiss was won by Miroslav Savic with 6/7.

Official site: http://www.zng111.org/zng111-11.htm

11th ZNG111 Open Rijeka (CRO), 9-13 i 2008 Final Round 7 Standings:
Rank	SNo.	Name		IRtg	FED	Pts	BH.	Rp
1	5	Savic Miroslav		2287	CRO	6	26	2503
2	2	Doric Nenad	IM	2336	CRO	5½	23	2438
3	3	Mufic Goran	IM	2294	CRO	5½	22	2380
4	10	Orenda Omar		2120	CRO	5½	19	2273
5	1	Loncar Robert	IM	2450	CRO	5	22½	2265
6	4	Paljusaj Edmond		2287	CRO	5	20½	2221
7	7	Jezidzic Gordan		2224	CRO	5	20½	2173
8	9	Juranic Bruno		2162	CRO	5	18½	2094
9	6	Muslija Idris		2225	CRO	4½	21½	2109
10	14	Nastic Milorad		2026	CRO	4½	19½	1906
11	27	Gradiser Dragoljub		0	CRO	4½	18	2041
12	12	Franciskovic Vinko		2093	CRO	4	22	1643
13	8	Levar Nenad	FM	2181	CRO	4	19½	2102
14	28	Milkovic Marino		0	CRO	4	19	1974
15	38	Lakic Gojko		0	CRO	4	18½	1960
16	24	Pejic Igor		0	CRO	4	17½	1798
17	37	Hamzic Abid		0	CRO	4	17	1935
18	15	Matetic Milovan		1975	CRO	4	17
19	40	Samardzic Ivan		0	CRO	4	15½	1824
44 players

13) 5th Elizaveta Bykova Memorial

The 5th Elizaveta Bykova Memorial took place in Vladimir RUS 14th-23rd December 2007. The cat. III (2316) event saw Nataloia Zdebskaja and Lilit Mkrtchian finish on 6.5/9. There was an open event alongside.

Elizaveta Bykova was a former Women's World Champion. In 1952 Bykova won the women's candidates tournament the following year she defeated a fellow Soviet, Ludmilla Rudenko, to become women’s world champion. In 1956 Bykova lost the championship to Soviet Olga Rubtsova, but she regained the title in 1958. Bykova retained her championship until 1962, when Soviet Nona Gaprindashvili defeated her.

Further details: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4375

5th Elizaveta Bykova Mem Vladimir (RUS), 14-23 xii 2007 cat. III (2316)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Zdebskaja, Natalia	wg	UKR	2303	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6½	2483
2.	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2402	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2472
3.	Vasilevich, Irina	m	RUS	2383	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6	2433
4.	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2346	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	1	5½	2392
5.	Andriasian, Siranush	wm	ARM	2234	½	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	½	½	4½	2324
6.	Sudakova, Irina	wg	RUS	2326	½	½	0	1	1	*	0	½	0	½	4	2271
7.	Burtasova, Anna	wm	RUS	2328	0	0	½	½	0	1	*	½	½	0	3	2189
8.	Karlovich, Anastazia	wg	UKR	2244	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	3	2198
9.	Sharevich, Anna	wg	BLR	2289	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	½	3	2193
10.	Meshcheriakova, Evgenia	wg	RUS	2302	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	*	3	2192

5th Elizaveta Bykova Mem Open Vladimir RUS Final Round 9 Standings
No.	Sd.	Player	Ti.	Rtng	pts
1	1	Charochkina, Daria	WGM	2403	8½
2	10	Iljushina, Olga	WIM	2221	7½
3	6	Borisova, Elizaveta		2267	7
4	2	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	WFM	2331	6½
5	3	Romanko, Marina	WGM	2313	6½
6	5	Petrenko,Svetlana	IM	2272	6½
7	7	Bezgodova, Svetlana		2238	6½
8	4	Shaidullina, Sandugach	WGM	2296	6½
9	9	Ambartsumova, Karina	WFM	2228	6
10	22	Kindinova, Ekaterina		2061	6
11	11	Savina, Anastasia		2202	6
12	8	Lupik, Marina		2237	6

14) Australian Championships 2007-8

The 2007-8 Australian Championships took place 2nd-11th January 2008 in Parramatta RSL Chess Club. Dejan Antic won the tournament with 8.5/11 half a point clear of Stephen Solomon who took the Australian title for the first time after 14 tries since 1981 as the leading Australian finisher. He was level with Herman Van Riemsdijk.

Official site: http://www.parramattachess.org/auschamps2008/results.html

ch-AUS 2007-8 Parramatta RSL Chess Club 2-11 ii 2008 Final Round 11 Standings
1	Antic, Dejan	g	SRB	2480	8.5
2	Solomon, Stephen J	m	AUS	2468	8
3	Van Riemsdijk, Herman C	m	BRA	2391	8
4	Xie, George Wendi	m	AUS	2413	7.5
5	Ly, Moulthun		AUS	2319	7
6	Illingworth, Max		AUS	2152	7
7	Goldenberg, Igor	f	AUS	2395	6.5
8	Klein, Felix		GER	2205	6.5
9	Sales, Jesse Noel	f	PHI	2299	6.5
10	Rej, Tomek		AUS	2283	6.5
11	Johansen, Darryl K	g	AUS	2475	6
12	Boyd, Tristan		AUS	2270	6
13	Chow, Sam		AUS	2240	6
14	Hamilton, Douglas G	f	AUS	2229	6
15	Oliver, Gareth		AUS	2164	6
16	Ikeda, Junta		AUS	2201	6
17	Lane, Gary W	m	AUS	2412	5.5
18	Lazarus, Ben		AUS	2143	5.5
19	Yu, Ronald		AUS	2192	5.5
20	Bjelobrk, Igor	f	AUS	2381	5.5
21	Hacche, David		AUS	2182	5.5
22	Bird, Andrew		AUS	2148	5.5
23	Canfell, Gregory	f	AUS	2315	5
24	Booth, Stewart		AUS	2142	5
25	Morris, Michael		AUS	1985	5
26	Atzmon-Simon, Barak		ISR	2142	5
27	Suttor, Vincent		AUS	2139	5
28	Pecori, Ascaro		AUS	2129	4.5
29	Hu, Jason		AUS	2120	4.5
30	Charles, Gareth		AUS	2180	4.5
31	Morris, James		AUS	2096	4.5
32	Malik, Hani		AUS	2009	4.5
33	Broekhuyse, Paul		AUS	2130	4
34	Pyke, Malcolm		AUS	2191	4
35	Stojic, Dusan		AUS	2155	4
36	Wei, Michael		AUS	2139	3.5
37	Capilitan, Romeo		AUS	2134	2.5
38	Yadao, Israel		PHI	2266	2.5

15) ZMD Schachfestival Dresden

The ZMD Schachfestival took place in Dresden 12th-13th January 2008. Robert Kempinski won with 9/9. No games available.

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

ZMD Schachfestival Dresden 12-13 i 2008 Final Round 9 Standings
Pl	Player	Ti	TWZ	NAT	Pts	Buch	SoBerg
1	Kempinski,Robert	GM	2590	POL	9	53	39.75
2	Kritz,Leonid	GM	2592	GER	8	55	42.25
3	Graf,Alexander	GM	2586	GER	7.5	51	43
4	Barsov,Alexei	GM	2521	UZB	7.5	49.5	40.75
5	Miezis,Normunds	GM	2553	LAT	7.5	49	43.25
6	Jaracz,Pawel	GM	2527	POL	7.5	48	37.75
7	Rausis,Igors	GM	2520	CZE	7	49.5	39.75
8	Bischoff,Klaus	GM	2537	GER	7	49	40.25
9	Thiede,Lars	IM	2468	GER	7	49	38.5
10	Bindrich,Falko	GM	2497	GER	7	44.5	33.25
11	Jussupow,Artur	GM	2585	GER	7	43.5	35.5
12	Markowski,Tomasz	GM	2585	POL	6.5	51.5	39
13	Glek,Igor	GM	2546		6.5	48.5	38.25
14	Vogt,Lothar	GM	2466	GER	6.5	48	36.25
15	Pähtz,Elisabeth	IM	2420	GER	6.5	47	34.25
16	Zumsande,Martin	IM	2411	GER	6.5	44	29.75
17	Pähtz,Thomas	GM	2444	GER	6.5	42.5	31.5
18	Zozulia,Anna	IM	2344	BEL	6.5	42	31
160 players

16) 10th Hotel Hilton Basle

The 10th Hilton International Chess event in Basle took place 1st-2th January 2008 as “Memorial Werner Hafner”. 77 players played rapid (30 minutes), 9 rounds, Swiss-system. Ilmars Starostits won half point in front of group of 6 players in exciting finish. GMs didn't’t play well and Andrei Sokolov was only who took money prize (the last one). Surprise was 5th place German junior Andreas Heimann (15). Special prizes: Lady’s WGM Sedina, WGM Safranska, Andrea Huber (GER); seniors: IM Kelecevic, Lurje (GER), IM Desancic (SUI); juniors: Heimann, Lehmann, Saering (GER); School boys: Rozic (SLO), Boernsen (GER); Basle player: IM Filipovic; many rating prizes. Next 11th Hilton International Chess Tournament will be from January 1-4, 2009. News Sinisa Joksic. No games available.

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

10th Hotel Hilton Basle 1-2 i 2008 Final Round 9 Standings
Pl	Player	Titel	TWZ	NAT	Punkte	Buchh	BuSumm
1.	Starostits,Ilmars	IM	2500	LAT	7.0	46.0	357.0
2.	Rusev,Krasimir	IM	2521	BUL	6.5	47.5	362.5
3.	Maier,Christian	IM	2356	GER	6.5	45.5	347.5
4.	Nikolov,Momchil	IM	2500	BUL	6.5	45.0	353.5
5.	Heimann,Andreas		2403	GER	6.5	44.5	336.5
6.	Filipovic,Branko	IM	2450	CRO	6.5	43.5	348.5
7.	Krivonosov,Oleg	IM	2418	LAT	6.5	42.5	353.5
8.	Sokolov,Andrei	GM	2615	FRA	6.0	49.0	358.0
9.	Stojanovic,Mihajl	GM	2556	SRB	6.0	48.5	342.0
10.	Kozhuharov,Spas	IM	2456	BUL	6.0	46.5	358.5
11.	Glek,Igor V.	GM	2546	GER	6.0	46.0	359.5
12.	Vulevic,Vjekoslav	FM	2324	SUI	6.0	46.0	350.5
13.	Lazarev,Vladimir	GM	2488	FRA	6.0	45.5	353.0
14.	Benkovic,Petar	IM	2448	SRB	6.0	42.0	341.0
15.	Kelecevic,Nedeljk	IM	2384	BIH	6.0	41.5	343.5
16.	Ekstroem,Roland	IM	2468	SUI	6.0	41.0	346.5
17.	Jaeggi,Dorian		2233	SUI	5.5	45.5	347.5
18.	Sedina,Yelena	IM	2386	ITA	5.5	45.0	340.0
19.	Lehmann,Andreas		2280	SUI	5.5	44.0	333.0
20.	Riff,Jean-Noel	IM	2474	FRA	5.5	43.5	342.0
21.	Safranska,Anda	WGM	2299	LAT	5.5	42.5	318.5
22.	Xheladini,Fikri		2082	FRA	5.5	41.0	326.0
23.	Xheladini,Mahmut	FM	2280	GER	5.5	39.5	330.5
24.	Yordanov,Nikolay		2254	BUL	5.5	39.0	323.5
25.	Haasler,Andreas		2189	GER	5.5	37.0	322.5
26.	Melkumjanz,Nikola	FM	2288	GER	5.5	37.0	312.0
84 players

17) 12th Bad Zwesten Open

The 12th Bad Zwesten Open 2008 took place 2nd-8th January 2008. Eduard Porper took clear first with 7.5/9. No games available.

Official site: http://www.schachturniere-nordhessen.de/html/a_open.html

12th Bad Zwesten Open 2-8 i 2008. Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Player	Ti	TWZ	NAT	Pts	PktSum	Buchh
1.	Porper,Eduard	IM	2467	ISR	7.5	41.5	49.0
2.	Gutman,Lev	GM	2470	GER	7.0	35.0	50.0
3.	Tereick,Benjamin	FM	2372	GER	6.5	34.5	49.5
4.	Donchenko,Anatoly	IM	2361	GER	6.5	34.0	52.5
5.	Bischoff,Klaus	GM	2537	GER	6.5	33.0	52.0
6.	Mainka,Romuald	GM	2499	GER	6.0	35.5	51.0
7.	Kummerow,Heiko	FM	2353	GER	6.0	32.0	44.5
8.	Thinius,Marco	IM	2335	GER	6.0	31.5	48.5
9.	Skembris,Spyridon	GM	2469	GRE	6.0	30.0	45.0
10.	Sondermann,Johannes		2171	GER	6.0	29.0	43.5
11.	Sergin,Mark		2160	GER	6.0	27.5	43.5
12.	Gutowski,Andre		2086	GER	6.0	26.0	39.5
13.	Sorm,Daniel	FM	2330	CR	5.5	30.0	45.5
14.	Geske,Julian		2181	GER	5.5	29.5	46.5
15.	Wasiluk,Kevin M		2123	USA	5.5	29.0	47.5
16.	Schnitzer,Peter		2165	GER	5.5	26.0	40.5
17.	Schebler,Gerhard	GM	2455	GER	5.5	26.0	34.5
59 players

18) M-Tel Masters

M-Tel Masters takes place 7th-18th May 2008 in the Central Military Club in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The event is a 10 round double round robin with a 5 hour time control. In case of a draw at the top there will be a tie break for determining the winner. Like in the previous three editions of M-Tel Masters the rule for the draws introduced in Sofia will be valid. According to it the players do not have the right to agree a draw. This can be decided only by the chef arbiter of the tournament.

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

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

19) ACP News

The new Board of ACP (Association of Chess Professionals), which started to work on 1.01.2008, has appointed: President - Vadim Morokhovsky (Ukraine, Chairman of "Pivdenny Bank", President of Odessa regional chess federation, Vice-president of Ukrainian chess federation, the organizer of ACP World Rapid Cup 2007 & 2008) Board Director - Pavel Tregubov (Russia, Grandmaster, former ACP President in 2006/07) General Secretary - Igor Glek (Germany, Grandmaster, WLCT President) Treasurer - Yannick Pelletier (Switzerland, Grandmaster, ACP-Tour Director). Other ACP Board members who were elected during the last ACP General Assambly for next 4 years are Elmira Mirzoeva (Russia, Grandmaster, TV/Radio obserever), Sergey Movsesian (Slovakia, Grandmaster), Alex Shabalov (USA, Grandmaster), Emil Sutovsky (Israel, Grandmaster), Yuri Yakovich (Russia, Grandmaster).

More information on ACP web-site: http://www.chess-players.org.

20) Forthcoming Events and Links

Croatian Chess Championship

The Croatian chess championship takes place in Split, 16th-29th January 2008. 13 participants, round robin. - 11 grandmasters - including European U18 champion Ivan Saric - Ex European champion (2006) Zdenko Kozul and 3 ex-World junior champins (Kurajica, Cvitan, Stevic)

Official site: http://www.a1split.hr/prvenstvo/prvenstvo.html

Prague Open 2008

The Prague Open takes place 11th-18th January 2008.

Official site: http://czechtour.net/prague-open/

Prague Open takes place 11-18 i 2008. Top 10 Participants
1	Meijers Viesturs	GM	LAT	2507
2	Sveshnikov Evgeny	GM	LAT	2506
3	Ivanov Mikhail M	GM	RUS	2483
4	Sengupta Deep	IM	IND	2476
5	Vavrak Peter	IM	SVK	2472
6	Vokac Marek	GM	CZE	2435
7	Meduna Eduard	GM	CZE	2431
8	Dolezal Radoslav	IM	CZE	2423
9	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IM	IND	2418
10	Kulicov Oleg	IM	RUS	2405
127 players

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

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

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

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

Austrian Bundesliga

The second round of games from the Austrian Bundesliga took place in Jenbach 10th-13th January 2008.

Official site: http://www.chess.at/

Moscow Open 2008

The 4th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2008 takes place 2nd-10th February 2008. Venue - the Russian State Social University. Minimal gartanted prize fund of full festival is RUR 5 000 000 (nearly EUR 150 000 or USD 200 000, two times more than in 2007!) There are Open “A” (for all, 1st prize RUR 500 000 - also possible to play 6- or 7 days like last two years), Open “B” (<2300, 1st RUR 150 000), Women Open (new! 1st prize RUR 150 000), open tournaments for school chidrens (qualify for World School Ch). Conditions for GMs 2600+ and best rated women GMs will be given probably, for GMs 2550+ it’s still unclear. More details in the middle of September. Some days later (13-22.2) “Aeroflot Open 2008” will start. As preparation to the World Mind Games in China – 2008 there are probably "Moscow Open Mind Games 2008" - Chess 960, Bridge, Go, Shogi, Damen tournaments etc. Some days later (13-22.2) “Aeroflot Open 2008” will start.

Contact: wlct06@gmail.com

Further details: http://moscowchessopen.ru/eng/index.shtml

IX European Individual Chess Championship 2008

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

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

Pula Open 2008

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

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

Évadnyitó Open

The Traditional Season's Opening (Évadnyitó) Open chess tournament in Budapest takes place 11th-19th January 2008.

Further details: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

echiquier-nicois Website

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

http://www.echiquier-nicois.org

Hungarian Chess Tournaments January - June 2008

1. 11th-19th of January 2008 Open in Budapest, Season opening, org: IA FAZEKAS, György, e-mail: srcolonel@freemail.hu http://www.chess.hu/download/hirek/mssz_evadnyito_nk_nyilt_20070827_141136.doc More info: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

2. 19th-28th of January 2008 KECSKEMET, IM 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.

3. 2nd-14th of February 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/

4. 16th-25th of February - IM tmt Kecskemet, org. Erdelyi

5. 1st-14th of March - First Saturday Budapest, org: Nagy L.

6. 21st-29th of March - Budapest Spring Festival 9 rounds Swiss Open, org.: Nagy Laszlo

7. 5th-18th of April First Saturday Budapest, org.NL,

8. 19th-28th of April, KECSKEMET, CAISSA IM tmt, org. Erdelyi

9. 3rd-15th of May First Saturday Budapest, org. NL,

11. 22nd-30th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, 1st prize 500,000 Ft (brutto 2 thousand EURO), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, e-mail: mssz@zalaszam.hu Mobile: 36-20-9777003

12. 7th-19th of June First Saturday, Budapest, org: NL.,

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

Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match

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

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

Morelia Linares 2008

The field has been announced for the Morelia - Linares tournament, with only Alexei Shirov not playing at Wijk aan Zee the event is a category stronger than that event but with far fewer players and also missing Vladimir Kramnik who will probably be world number 2 when the event takes place. As usual the first half is in Morelia, Mexico and the second half in Linares, Spain.

Official site:http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/

Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 15-23 ii + 28 ii - 7 iii 2008
Name	Year of birth	Rating	W rnk
GM Viswanathan Anand	1969	2801	1
GM Vassily Ivanchuk	1969	2787	2
GM Veselin Topalov	1975	2769	4
GM Peter Leko	1979	2755	5
GM Teymour Radjabov	1987	2742	8
GM Levon Aronian	1982	2741	9
GM Alexei Shirov	1972	2739	10
GM Magnus Carlsen	1990	2714	17
Category: 21

Mindsports

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

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

Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2008

The 6th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival will be held from 22nd-31st January 2008 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar's best hotels. In previous years players of the quality of Alexei Shirov, Michael Adams and Nigel Short have played in the Masters section. Usually the Masters field includes at least 30 grandmasters. In 2008 the first prize in the Masters has gone up to £12,000 and the tournament is so strong at the top that it even offers a £2,000 prize for the best score by a player rated under 2600 (we think that might be unique worldwide) as well as the same amount for other rating categories down to sub-2200. There is also big money to be won in the Under 2250 (£1,500 first prize) and Under 1850 (£1,000 first prize) events. Even the relatively light-hearted evening events (which cost nothing to enter) have a combined prize fund of £1,200.

Full details and entry form: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/

6th Gibraltar Gibtelecom Chess Festival 22-31 i 2008
Grischuk	Alexander	RUS	GM	2715
Wang	Yue	CHN	GM	2703
Bu	Xiang	CHN	GM	2692
Bologan	Viktor	MDA	GM	2657
Georgiev	Kiril	BUL	GM	2649
Nakamura	Hikaru	USA	GM	2648
Beliavsky	Alexander	SLO	GM	2646
Socko	Bartosz	POL	GM	2646
Pengxiang	Zhang	CHN	GM	2644
Hao	Wang	CHN	GM	2643
Ni	Hua	CHN	GM	2641
Areshchenko	Alexander	UKR	GM	2638
Efimenko	Zahar	UKR	GM	2624
Fridman	Daniel	GER	GM	2621
Pelletier	Yannick	SUI	GM	2609
Petrosian	Tigran	ARM	GM	2604
Mikhalevski	Victor	ISR	GM	2598
Malakhatko	Vadim	BEL	GM	2596
Berg	Emanuel	SWE	GM	2593
Sandipan	Chanda	IND	GM	2593
Agdestein	Simen	SWE	GM	2589
Akobian	Varuzhan	USA	GM	2585
Ganguly	SS	IND	GM	2585
Modiahki	Mohamed	QAT	GM	2572
Jones	Gawain	ENG	GM	2567
Persson	Tiger	SWE	GM	2567
Felgaer	Ruben	ARG	GM	2539
Chen	Zhu	QAT	GM	2531
Cramling	Pia	SWE	GM	2531
Zhao	Xue	CHN	IMe	2530
Sulskis	Sarunas	LTU	GM	2527
Gopal	GN	IND	GMe	2520
Cabrera	Alexis	COL	GM	2499
Speelman	Jon	ENG	GM	2492
Dronavalli	Harika	IND	IM	2480
Socko	Monika	POL	IM	2473
Mohamed	Al Sayed	QTR	IM	2469
Muzychuk	Anna	SLO	WGM	2469
Cmylite	Victoria	LTU	IM	2464
Stefanova	Antoaneta	BUL	GM	2463
Zatonskih	Anna	USA	IM	2458
Paehtz	Elisabeth	GER	IM	2452
Zhukova	Natalia	UKR	WGM	2452
Shen	Ying	CHN	WGM	2450
Greet	Andrew	ENG	IM	2441
Bellon	Juan	ESP	GM	2434
Dzagnidze	Nana	GEO	IM	2416
Van Haastert	Edwin	NED	IM	2414
Butnorius	Algimentas	LTU	GM	2413
Sachdev	Tania	IND	WGM	2413
Houska	Jovanka	ENG	IM	2404
Hammer	Jon Ludvig	NOR	FM	2402
Bellin	Robert	ENG	IM	2400
Nisha	Mohota	IND	WGM	2398
Rendle	Thomas	ENG	IM	2397
Foisor	Ovidiu	ROU	IM	2397
Milliet	Sophie	FRA	IM	2395
Foisor	Cristina	ROU	IM	2388

Dutch Team Championship

The Dutch Team Championships take place 15th September 2007 - 17th May 2008.

Links: Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/ - Meesterklasse Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/

Bundesliga

The German Bundesliga for 2007-8 takes place 19th October 2007 - 20th April 2008. The first games were on Friday 19th October as part of the special round 7 - fixtures from this round are played before various weekend programs. Most of Rounds 3 and 4 took place 24th-25th November 2007 but the fixtures at Baden Baden take place on 15th-16th December. Rounds 5 and 6 took place 8th-9th December 2007 but there was also an extensive round 7 program on the Friday. The next games take place 8th-10th February 2008.

Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ further coverage: http://www.schach.com and also at the national Federation site at: http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/index.php and statistics also at: http://www.godesbergersk.de/bundesliga-statistik/. Games from Baden Baden at: http://www.rochade.de/live.htm

Stockholm Ladies Open

The Stockholm Ladies Open tournament takes place 20th-25th March 2008. The prize money is over 100 000 Skr

The Invitation are in english, Dutch and Russian http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/

25th Bled Chess Festival

The 25th Chess Festival BLED takes place 23rd February - 2nd March 2008 (the main event finishes 1st March which allows participation in other events around that time).

Details: http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/2008/

13th Euro Chessweek in Leutersdorf

The 13th Euro Chessweek in Leutersdorf (Germany) takes place 3rd-7th February 2008.

http://www.scoberland.de/

XXI Benidorm Open

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

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

Icelandic Rapid Championships

The Icelandic Rapid Championships took place 18th-20th October 2007. Bragi and Björn Þorfinnsson will meet in the final in December which be on TV in Iceland.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5661&Itemid=387

Games Festival Halkidiki 2008

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

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

Halkidiki Chess Festival 2008

The Halkidiki Chess Festival takes place in Kallithea, 28th April - 5 May 2008.

The Organizing Committee of the Halkdiki Chess Festival 2008. Tel/fax: +30 2310 865778 - e-mail: teotsorb@otenet.gr V.Olgas 285, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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

Etienne Bacrot's Website

Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ giving news about himself, some comments on recent events including the World Championships in Mexico City etc. Worth check out.

32nd Kings Head Rapidplay

The 32nd Kings Head Rapidplay takes place Saturday 5 April 2008 start time 11:00, details below: 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £700

The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2 5HS

Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1849 colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com

Further details; http://www.khcc.org.uk

10th European Senior Team-Championship

10th European Senior Team-Championship take place 11th-19th February 2008 in RAMADA-Hotel in Dresden.

Further info contact: ZMD Schachfestival Dresden e.V., Oskar-Mai-Straße 6, D-01159 Dresden, Fon +49 (0)351 416 16 29, Fax: +49 (0)351 416 16 39 Dr. Gerhard Schmidt, Hepkestraße 131, D-01277 Dresden, Fon +49 (0)351 251 34 20, E-Mail: gerhard.schmidt@schachfestival.de

Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site

Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site allows predictions for current chess tournaments. http://e4e6.com/toto

Sydney International Open 2008

The 2008 Sydney International Open takes place at Parramatta Town Hall 25th-29th March 2008. Free accommodation and modest conditions are offered to GMs. All enquiries to the Tournament Organiser, FM Brian Jones, at info@chessaustralia.com.au

Details: http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones

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

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