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My thanks to Miklos Orso, Frits Agterdenbos, John Saunders, Laszlo Nagy, Eirik T. Gullaksen, David Frey, Dusan Rusjan, Otto Gutdeutsch, Jan Mazuch, Anthony Fox and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Opens are on the agenda this week with the Gibraltar Chess Festival just concluding with Hikaru Nakamura beating Bu Xiangzhi in a playoff to take the title after both scored 8/10, on now is the Moscow Open which almost servers as a warm up to the Aeroflot Open that follows it. FIDE have announced events in their Grand Prix but it seems to me there are a number of questions hanging over the series not least who is going to play (as opposed to who is entitled to play) and if these events are going ahead, why are there reserve venues? No doubt all will become clear in due course.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 6th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival took place 22nd-31st January 2008 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar's best hotels. Hikaru Nakamura beat Bu Xiangzhi in a playoff 2-0 to win the event after both players finished on 8/10. Zhao Zong Yuan became Australia's youngest ever GM at the age of 21 with a 6.5/10 finish (actually achieved with 6/9 to achieve his final norm). My thanks to John Saunders for all his help.
Offical site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/ and http://www.monroi.com
Also the winner Hikaru Nakamura has a website: http://www.hikarunakamura.com
Gibraltar's Gibtelecom
Chess Festival 22nd-31st January 2008 Leading Final Round 10 standings: |
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Rank | Name | Ti | Fed. | Rating | Score | BH | SB | TPR |
1 | Bu, Xiangzhi | GM | CHN | 2691 | 8.0 | 67.5 | 53.25 | 2834 |
2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | GM | USA | 2670 | 8.0 | 63.5 | 50.75 | 2747 |
3 | Areshchenko, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2645 | 7.5 | 61.5 | 45.5 | 2663 |
4 | Bologan, Viktor | GM | MDA | 2663 | 7.5 | 62.0 | 43.75 | 2680 |
5 | Efimenko, Zahar | GM | UKR | 2638 | 7.5 | 64.5 | 47.5 | 2687 |
6 | Gopal, G.N. | GM | IND | 2528 | 7.5 | 61.5 | 44.0 | 2703 |
7 | Gurevich, Mikhail | GM | TUR | 2607 | 7.5 | 58.0 | 42.75 | 2635 |
8 | Ni, Hua | GM | CHN | 2680 | 7.5 | 64.0 | 46.25 | 2742 |
9 | Wang, Hao | GM | CHN | 2665 | 7.5 | 60.5 | 43.75 | 2728 |
10 | Akobian, Varuzhan | GM | USA | 2599 | 7.0 | 58.5 | 38.0 | 2605 |
11 | Banikas, Hristos | GM | GRE | 2592 | 7.0 | 64.0 | 43.25 | 2691 |
12 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | GM | SLO | 2638 | 7.0 | 63.0 | 42.5 | 2636 |
13 | Berg, Emanuel | GM | SWE | 2583 | 7.0 | 63.5 | 42.5 | 2668 |
14 | Georgiev, Kiril | GM | BUL | 2662 | 7.0 | 64.5 | 44.0 | 2684 |
15 | Kritz, Leonid | GM | GER | 2592 | 7.0 | 60.5 | 40.25 | 2583 |
16 | Petrosian, Tigran L. | GM | ARM | 2606 | 7.0 | 60.5 | 41.0 | 2615 |
17 | Sandipan, Chanda | GM | IND | 2593 | 7.0 | 58.0 | 38.5 | 2565 |
18 | Szabo, Krisztian | IM | HUN | 2500 | 7.0 | 55.0 | 35.75 | 2505 |
19 | Thomassen, Joachim | FM | NOR | 2308 | 7.0 | 54.5 | 37.25 | 2517 |
20 | Wang, Yue | GM | CHN | 2698 | 7.0 | 60.0 | 41.75 | 2653 |
21 | Al Sayed, Mohamad N. | IM | QAT | 2486 | 6.5 | 52.0 | 32.0 | 2424 |
22 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | IM | GEO | 2457 | 6.5 | 55.5 | 34.5 | 2422 |
23 | Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel | GM | ESP | 2455 | 6.5 | 49.5 | 31.0 | 2344 |
24 | Butnorius, Algimantas | GM | LTU | 2441 | 6.5 | 57.5 | 34.75 | 2455 |
25 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | IM | LTU | 2475 | 6.5 | 58.5 | 34.0 | 2578 |
26 | Devereaux, Maxim L | FM | ENG | 2348 | 6.5 | 55.0 | 33.75 | 2491 |
27 | Harika, Dronavalli | IM | IND | 2455 | 6.5 | 60.0 | 36.0 | 2472 |
28 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | GM | UKR | 2606 | 6.5 | 60.5 | 35.0 | 2545 |
29 | Malakhatko, Vadim | GM | BEL | 2600 | 6.5 | 62.0 | 38.25 | 2593 |
30 | Papadopoulos, Ioannis | IM | GRE | 2444 | 6.5 | 52.5 | 33.25 | 2398 |
31 | Quillan, Gary | ENG | 2362 | 6.5 | 52.5 | 30.75 | 2354 | |
32 | Socko, Bartosz | GM | POL | 2635 | 6.5 | 65.0 | 39.25 | 2620 |
33 | Speelman, Jon S | GM | ENG | 2491 | 6.5 | 67.5 | 42.25 | 2690 |
34 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | GM | BUL | 2464 | 6.5 | 68.0 | 40.25 | 2690 |
35 | Sulskis, Sarunas | GM | LTU | 2553 | 6.5 | 60.0 | 36.5 | 2573 |
36 | Zhao, Zong-Yuan | IM | AUS | 2487 | 6.5 | 66.0 | 42.25 | 2642 |
37 | Al-Modiahki, Mohamad | GM | QAT | 2569 | 6.0 | 63.0 | 36.75 | 2519 |
203 players |
The 4th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2008 takes place 2nd-10th February 2008. At this early stage there are no standings on the official site. Below are the round 3 pairings with scores and the top results from the transmitted games. Only a 15 games per round from the live boards are currently available.
Official site: http://moscowchessopen.ru/eng/index.shtml
4th Open Moscow (RUS),
2-10 ii 2008 Leading Round 3 Pairings: |
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Bd | Ti | Name | Pts | Res. | Pts | Ti | Name |
1 | GM | Novikov Stanislav | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | GM | Timofeev Artyom |
2 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | GM | Tiviakov Sergei |
3 | GM | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | GM | Gasanov Eldar |
4 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | GM | Jobava Baadur |
5 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2 | 1-0 | 2 | IM | Hossain Enamul |
6 | IM | Yudin Sergei | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij |
7 | IM | Geller Jakov | 2 | 0-1 | 2 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander |
8 | GM | Dzhakaev Dzhakay | 2 | 0-1 | 2 | GM | Volkov Sergey |
9 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | IM | Nikolenko Oleg |
10 | GM | Abdulla Al-Rakib | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy |
11 | GM | Sveshnikov Evgeny | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | GM | Smirnov Pavel |
12 | GM | Kazhgaleyev Murtas | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | FM | Gubajdullin Alexei |
13 | FM | Dvalishvili Pavel S | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | GM | Savchenko Boris |
14 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | 2 | 0-1 | 2 | GM | Naumkin Igor |
15 | Ivanov Oleg V | 2 | ½-½ | 2 | GM | Kharitonov Andrei V | |
16 | GM | Kim Alexey | 2 | 2 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | |
17 | IM | Zherebukh Yaroslav | 2 | 2 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | |
18 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2 | 2 | Pustov Pavel | ||
19 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Chernyshov Konstantin | |
20 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Kunin Vitaly | |
21 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Kharitonov Alexandr | |
22 | GM | Bryzgalin Kirill | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | |
23 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Maslak Konstantin | |
24 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Ivanov Victor L | |
25 | GM | Kosyrev Vladimir | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Sutovsky Emil | |
26 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Safin Shukhrat | |
27 | GM | Asrian Karen | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Ponkratov Pavel | |
28 | IM | Melkumyan Hrant | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | |
29 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Gabrielian Artur | |
30 | GM | Krapivin Alexander | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Potkin Vladimir | |
31 | IM | Danin Alexandre | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Fedorov Alexei | |
32 | GM | Korotylev Alexey | 1½ | 1½ | IM | Chadaev Nikolai | |
33 | GM | Kaidanov Gregory S | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Gutov Andrey | |
34 | GM | Bocharov Dmitry | 1½ | 1½ | Mozharov Mikhail | ||
35 | GM | Popov Ivan | 1½ | 1½ | FM | Yatsenko Alexey | |
36 | Looshnikov Nikolai | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Yakovich Yuri | ||
37 | FM | Lavrik Dmitry | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Lysyj Igor | |
38 | GM | Oleksienko Mikhailo | 1½ | 1½ | Tarasov Oleg | ||
39 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 1½ | 1½ | Borisenko Andrei | ||
40 | IM | Appolonov Sergey | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Belov Vladimir | |
41 | FM | Kachko Alexander | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Kurnosov Igor | |
42 | FM | Nyzhnyk Illya | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Korobov Anton | |
43 | GM | Shomoev Anton | 1½ | 1½ | FM | Bukavshin Ivan | |
44 | IM | Kalashnikov Konstantin | 1½ | 1½ | GM | Rychagov Andrey | |
45 | GM | Iljushin Alexei | 1½ | 1½ | Venevtsev Andrey |
The 13th HIT Open took place in Nova Gorica, Slovenia 26th January - 1st February 2008. Borki Predojevic took clear first with 6.5/9. News: Duan Rusjan.
Official site: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0801/hitopen/
13th HIT Open A Nova
Gorica (SLO), 26 i-1 ii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 standings: |
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Pl. | Name | Ti | Fed | ELO | T | MBuch |
1 | Predojevic,Borki | GM | BIH | 2641 | 6.5 | 35.5 |
2 | Lenic,Luka | GM | SLO | 2568 | 6 | 38.0 |
3 | Erdos,Viktor | GM | HUN | 2575 | 5.5 | 37.5 |
4 | Pavasovic,Duko | GM | SLO | 2601 | 5.5 | 36.5 |
5 | Perunovic,Milos | GM | SRB | 2570 | 5.5 | 36.5 |
6 | Gonda,Laszlo | IM | HUN | 2507 | 5.5 | 35.5 |
7 | Milanovic,Danilo | IM | SRB | 2510 | 5.5 | 34.5 |
8 | Saric,Ante | GM | CRO | 2438 | 5.5 | 34.0 |
9 | Marku,Robert | GM | SRB | 2575 | 5.5 | 33.5 |
10 | Sedlak,Nikola | GM | SRB | 2568 | 5.5 | 33.0 |
11 | Cebalo,Miso | GM | CRO | 2547 | 5.5 | 32.5 |
12 | Fercec,Nenad | GM | CRO | 2473 | 5 | 35.0 |
13 | koberne,Jure | IM | SLO | 2484 | 5 | 30.5 |
14 | Krivec,Jana | WGM | SLO | 2345 | 5 | 29.0 |
15 | Hera,Imre Jr. | GM | HUN | 2526 | 4.5 | 35.0 |
16 | ebenik,Matej | IM | SLO | 2479 | 4.5 | 31.5 |
17 | Starostits,Ilmars | IM | LAT | 2500 | 4.5 | 30.5 |
18 | Jovanic,Ognjen | GM | CRO | 2491 | 4 | 34.5 |
19 | Drazic,Sinisa | GM | SRB | 2489 | 4 | 32.5 |
20 | Tonon,Alessandro | ITA | 2198 | 4 | 31.5 | |
21 | Srebrnic,Marko | FM | SLO | 2321 | 4 | 28.5 |
22 | Peredy,Ferenc | IM | HUN | 2261 | 4 | 28.5 |
23 | Brumen,Dinko | IM | CRO | 2400 | 4 | 27.5 |
24 | Bontempi,Piero | FM | ITA | 2375 | 3.5 | 34.0 |
25 | Tomazini,Aljoa | I | SLO | 2151 | 3.5 | 25.5 |
26 | Kokol,Peter | MK | SLO | 2254 | 3.5 | 24.5 |
27 | Krumpacnik,Domen | IM | SLO | 2411 | 3 | 30.5 |
28 | Srebrnic,Ana | WGM | SLO | 2314 | 2.5 | 26.5 |
29 | Srebrnic,Vojko | MK | SLO | 2218 | 2.5 | 24.5 |
30 | Kragelj,Igor | FM | SLO | 2228 | 2 | 25.0 |
The Croatian chess championship took place in Split, 16th-29th January 2008. Hrvoje Stevic won the event with 8/12 a point clear of Robert Zelcic. Elo favourite Zdenko Kozul trailed in 11th with only 5 points.
Official site: http://www.a1split.hr/prvenstvo/prvenstvo.html
ch-CRO Split (CRO), 16-29 i 2008 cat. XII (2538) | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
1. | Stevic, Hrvoje | g | CRO | 2531 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 2663 |
2. | Zelcic, Robert | g | CRO | 2587 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7 | 2591 |
3. | Kurajica, Bojan | g | CRO | 2556 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2565 |
4. | Hulak, Krunoslav | g | CRO | 2552 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 6½ | 2566 |
5. | Jankovic, Alojzije | g | CRO | 2541 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6½ | 2566 |
6. | Jovanovic, Zoran | g | CRO | 2525 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 2568 |
7. | Saric, Ivan | m | CRO | 2482 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6 | 2542 |
8. | Cvitan, Ognjen | g | CRO | 2535 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6 | 2538 |
9. | Palac, Mladen | g | CRO | 2575 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2506 |
10. | Dizdar, Goran | g | CRO | 2564 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2507 |
11. | Kozul, Zdenko | g | CRO | 2600 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2476 |
12. | Rezan, Sasa | m | CRO | 2390 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 4½ | 2463 |
13. | Brkic, Ante | g | CRO | 2558 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 4½ | 2449 |
The FINEC tournament took place in St Petersburg 24th January - 1st February 2008. Stanislav Savchenko and Eduard Gorovykh finished on 6/9 in the top category X event.
Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2008/finec_gma.html - http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2008/finec_gmb.html and http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2008/finec_wgm.html
FINEC GMA St Petersburg (RUS), 24 i-1 ii 2008 cat. X (2479) | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
1. | Savchenko, Stanislav | g | UKR | 2558 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2595 |
2. | Gorovykh, Eduard | m | RUS | 2402 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2612 |
3. | Lintchevski, Daniil | m | RUS | 2440 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2526 |
4. | Sjugirov, Sanan | m | RUS | 2491 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2520 |
5. | Shimanov, Aleksandr | m | RUS | 2441 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2526 |
6. | Mihajlovskij, Sergei | BLR | 2466 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2480 | |
7. | Brodsky, Michail | g | UKR | 2572 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2425 |
8. | Kveinys, Aloyzas | g | LTU | 2521 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2394 |
9. | Matlakov, Maxim | m | RUS | 2441 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 3 | 2358 |
10. | Lanin, Alexsej | m | RUS | 2456 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 3 | 2356 |
FINEC GMB St Petersburg (RUS), 24 i-1 ii 2008 cat. VII (2417) | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
1. | Vysochin, Spartak | g | UKR | 2519 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2531 |
2. | Levin, Evgeny A | m | RUS | 2440 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2539 |
3. | Tihonov, Jurij | g | BLR | 2497 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2533 |
4. | Shishkin, Vadim UKR | g | UKR | 2493 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6 | 2533 |
5. | Klimov, Sergey | m | RUS | 2483 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2490 |
6. | Goganov, Aleksey | RUS | 2358 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4½ | 2423 | |
7. | Ginzburg, Mikhail | f | BLR | 2262 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2309 |
8. | Sudakova, Irina | wg | RUS | 2333 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2301 |
9. | Khakimov, Timur | m | RUS | 2380 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 2½ | 2255 |
10. | Zacurdajev, Mikhail | f | RUS | 2408 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 2½ | 2252 |
FINEC WGM St Petersburg (RUS), 24 i-1 ii 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
1. | Gromova, Iulia | wm | RUS | 2219 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2328 |
2. | Molchanova, Tatjana | wm | RUS | 2365 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2312 |
3. | Petrenko, Svetlana | m | MDA | 2282 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2321 |
4. | Eidelson, Rakhil | wg | BLR | 2184 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2295 |
5. | Doluhanova, Evgeniya | wg | UKR | 2223 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2291 |
6. | Kuzevanova, Evgenia | RUS | 2167 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2254 | |
7. | Solovjova, Valentina | wm | RUS | 2221 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 4 | 2205 |
8. | Matseyko, Katerina | wg | UKR | 2301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2196 |
9. | Kirillova, Varvara | wm | RUS | 2271 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 3½ | 2162 |
10. | Lupik, Marina | RUS | 2222 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 2½ | 2082 |
The Championships of Kyiv, Ukraine took place 19th-31st January 2008. Sergey Pavlov won with 8/11 half a point clear of Viktor Ianov.
Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t144.html
ch-Kyiv Men Kyiv (UKR),
19-31 i 2008 Final Round 11 Standings |
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1 | Pavlov, Sergey | UKR | 2418 | 8.0 | 73.0 | 52.75 | 51.5 | 2471 | +0.65 | |
2 | Ianov, Viktor | m | UKR | 2363 | 7.5 | 72.5 | 44.50 | 43.0 | 2410 | +0.68 |
3 | Shumilov, Illya | UKR | 2208 | 7.5 | 68.5 | 45.00 | 46.5 | 2447 | +3.58 | |
4 | Baryshpolets, Andrey | f | UKR | 2389 | 7.0 | 76.0 | 47.75 | 49.0 | 2388 | -0.01 |
5 | Golubka, Petr | UKR | 2270 | 7.0 | 70.5 | 42.00 | 44.5 | 2398 | +1.73 | |
6 | Popovkin,Petro | UKR | ---- | 7.0 | 70.5 | 41.50 | 42.0 | 2367 | +1.00 | |
7 | Kruglyakov, Pavlo | UKR | 2356 | 7.0 | 70.0 | 41.75 | 45.0 | 2361 | +0.10 | |
8 | Sidorchuk, Dmitry | UKR | 2234 | 7.0 | 69.5 | 40.50 | 43.5 | 2381 | +2.15 | |
9 | Grinev, Valeriy | UKR | 2266 | 7.0 | 65.5 | 38.75 | 39.0 | 2432 | +1.99 | |
10 | Kernazhitsky, Leonid | m | UKR | 2338 | 7.0 | 63.5 | 37.75 | 39.0 | 2359 | +0.30 |
11 | Stratulat, Sergey | UKR | 2252 | 6.5 | 68.5 | 37.75 | 43.0 | 2305 | +0.84 | |
12 | Perun, Sergey | m | UKR | 2352 | 6.5 | 67.5 | 39.00 | 40.5 | 2321 | -0.37 |
13 | Karnaukh, Anatolij | UKR | 2246 | 6.5 | 66.0 | 36.25 | 39.0 | 2346 | +1.56 | |
14 | Vdovichenko, Vladislav | UKR | 2208 | 6.0 | 69.5 | 35.75 | 40.5 | 2326 | +1.73 | |
15 | Burdalev, Kirill | UKR | 2157 | 6.0 | 64.5 | 32.50 | 36.5 | 2340 | +2.62 | |
16 | Panchenko, Alexandar G | m | UKR | 2327 | 6.0 | 63.5 | 33.50 | 37.5 | 2211 | -1.46 |
17 | Chichkin, Vasily | UKR | 2286 | 6.0 | 62.5 | 31.25 | 36.0 | 2209 | -0.95 | |
18 | Vusatiuk, Andrey | UKR | 2305 | 6.0 | 62.0 | 30.25 | 35.0 | 2245 | -0.92 | |
19 | Zakharchenko, Arnold | m | UKR | 2309 | 6.0 | 61.5 | 29.50 | 35.5 | 2291 | -0.20 |
20 | Romanov, Vladimir1 | UKR | 2258 | 6.0 | 55.5 | 24.75 | 33.0 | 2192 | -0.88 | |
21 | Baklanova, Tatiana | wm | UKR | 2257 | 5.5 | 65.0 | 30.75 | 38.5 | 2143 | -1.40 |
22 | Dobrzhanskaya, Irina | UKR | 2087 | 5.5 | 58.5 | 22.50 | 30.5 | 2175 | +1.13 | |
23 | Gerber, Vladimir | UKR | 2130 | 5.0 | 64.0 | 26.75 | 34.0 | 2266 | +1.78 | |
24 | Zsiltzova-Lisenko, Lubov | wm | UKR | 2294 | 5.0 | 59.0 | 21.75 | 34.0 | 2164 | -1.92 |
25 | Chernozem, Sergey | UKR | 2080 | 5.0 | 56.5 | 23.75 | 31.0 | 2192 | +1.45 | |
26 | Tchoubar, Vladimir | m | UKR | 2238 | 5.0 | 56.0 | 18.75 | 25.5 | 2056 | -2.11 |
27 | Bidkova, Viktoria | UKR | 2028 | 5.0 | 54.5 | 19.00 | 28.0 | 2109 | +0.86 | |
28 | Kalinkin, Boris | UKR | 2223 | 5.0 | 53.5 | 22.00 | 28.5 | 2147 | -1.01 | |
29 | Matorin, Evgeny | m | RUS | 2286 | 5.0 | 53.0 | 19.00 | 24.5 | 2080 | -2.77 |
30 | Malienko, Alexander | UKR | 2209 | 5.0 | 52.5 | 19.00 | 28.0 | 2110 | -1.36 | |
31 | Bidkov, Anton | UKR | 2187 | 5.0 | 52.0 | 21.00 | 28.0 | 2144 | -0.53 | |
32 | Goncharov, Oleh | UKR | 2240 | 4.5 | 52.0 | 19.00 | 28.5 | 2121 | -1.61 | |
33 | Anatskiy,Alexey | UKR | ---- | 4.5 | 51.0 | 19.75 | 26.5 | 2124 | 2124 | |
34 | Kovalenko, Vladimir N | UKR | 2185 | 4.5 | 49.0 | 14.75 | 23.5 | 2083 | -1.22 | |
35 | Ianovsky, Alexander | UKR | 2193 | 4.0 | 55.0 | 16.75 | 24.5 | 2161 | -0.44 | |
36 | Ignatenko, Vladimir | UKR | 2143 | 4.0 | 51.0 | 13.75 | 22.5 | 2097 | -0.55 | |
37 | Ovcharov, Taras | UKR | 1880 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 14.75 | 25.0 | 2034 | +1.52 | |
38 | Ivchenko, Anatoly | UKR | 2078 | 4.0 | 48.5 | 13.75 | 24.5 | 2045 | -0.47 | |
39 | Stavroyany, Sergey | UKR | 2217 | 3.5 | 67.0 | 36.50 | 31.5 | 2363 | +1.24 | |
40 | Leshchenko, Vasilij | UKR | 2167 | 3.0 | 48.0 | 9.25 | 12.0 | 1798 | -3.66 | |
41 | Moiseev, Igor | UKR | 2243 | 2.0 | 62.5 | 32.00 | 20.0 | 2216 | -0.01 | |
42 | Kraschenko, Alexandr | UKR | 2052 | 1.5 | 50.5 | 13.75 | 12.5 | 1894 | -0.68 | |
43 | Tytynnik, Artem | UKR | 2341 | 0.0 | 52.0 | 20.25 | 0.0 | 1466 | -1.38 |
The 6th ch-PriFO took place in Kazan 23rd-31st January 2008. Denis Khismatullin won on tie-break. I'm afraid I couldn't establish what this was, it may indeed be the national championships or of the Volga Region.
Official site: http://volgachess.ru
6th ch-PriFO Men Kazan
(RUS), 23-31 i 2008 Final Round 9 Standings |
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1 | Khismatullin, Denis | GM | 2564 | 7.0 | 52.0 | 39.25 | 2647 | +0.92 |
2 | Kokarev, Dmitry | GM | 2574 | 7.0 | 51.5 | 38.5 | 2646 | +0.86 |
3 | Shaposhnikov, Evgeny | GM | 2537 | 7.0 | 51.0 | 39.25 | 2620 | +0.93 |
4 | Kalegin, Evgenij | IM | 2480 | 6.5 | 53.0 | 37.0 | 2579 | +1.25 |
5 | Tunik, Gennady | GM | 2473 | 6.5 | 50.5 | 34.5 | 2534 | +0.76 |
6 | Kuporosov, Viktor | IM | 2439 | 6.5 | 48.0 | 33.5 | 2505 | +0.94 |
7 | Novgorodskij, Vladimir | IM | 2370 | 6.5 | 47.0 | 30.75 | 2474 | +1.36 |
8 | Sharafiev, Azat | 2332 | 6.5 | 44.0 | 29.75 | 2507 | +2.17 | |
9 | Geller, Jakov | IM | 2511 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 30.5 | 2467 | -0.30 |
10 | Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav | GM | 2493 | 6.0 | 55.0 | 34.75 | 2529 | +0.48 |
11 | Varavin, Viktor | GM | 2427 | 6.0 | 48.0 | 29.75 | 2461 | +0.51 |
12 | Ponfilenok, Vladimir | 2427 | 6.0 | 47.5 | 28.75 | 2468 | +0.54 | |
13 | Skomorokhin, Roman | IM | 2378 | 6.0 | 47.0 | 27.75 | 2444 | +0.76 |
14 | Borisenko, Andrei | 2420 | 6.0 | 46.5 | 29.5 | 2462 | +0.48 | |
15 | Terekhin, Anatoly | FM | 2314 | 6.0 | 43.5 | 29.25 | 2432 | +1.46 |
16 | Lushenkov, Mikhail | IM | 2458 | 6.0 | 43.0 | 27.25 | 2415 | -0.46 |
17 | Alavkin, Arseny | IM | 2429 | 6.0 | 43.0 | 28.25 | 2410 | -0.21 |
18 | Kharlov, Andrei | GM | 2538 | 5.5 | 50.5 | 28.75 | 2446 | -0.93 |
19 | Isajevsky, Anton | FM | 2469 | 5.5 | 47.5 | 27.5 | 2362 | -1.14 |
20 | Triapkin, Pavel | 2350 | 5.5 | 47.5 | 25.75 | 2418 | +0.91 | |
21 | Mokshanov, Alexey | 2135 | 5.5 | 47.0 | 27.25 | 2419 | +3.33 | |
22 | Bukavshin, Ivan | FM | 2255 | 5.5 | 46.0 | 26.75 | 2449 | +2.33 |
23 | Sokolov, Sergei | FM | 2356 | 5.5 | 44.5 | 25.25 | 2377 | +0.37 |
24 | Gabdrakhmanov, Rafail | IM | 2413 | 5.5 | 43.0 | 24.5 | 2315 | -1.05 |
25 | Mustakayev, Artur | 2326 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 22.75 | 2290 | -0.37 | |
26 | Iliushkin, Evgen | 2314 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 22.25 | 2378 | +0.73 | |
27 | Kamov, Igor | 2196 | 5.5 | 40.0 | 21.5 | 2363 | +1.96 | |
104 players |
The Noteboom tournament took place in Leiden, Netherlands 1st-3rd February 2008. Predrag Nikolic edged out John Van der Wiel for the cup on Buchholz tie-break after both finished on 5.5/6.
Official site: http://lsg-leiden.nl/noteboom/2008/noteboom2008.html. Frits Agterdenbos photo report: http://www.chessvista.com/ccms.5039.ChessVista.Dani%EBl-Noteboom-Tournament-2008.html
Noteboom Mem A Leiden
(NED), 1-3 ii 2008. Leading Final Round 6 Standings: |
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Pl. | Name | Ti. | NAT | ELO | Sc | # | Bhlz | SB |
1 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2665 | 5.5 | 6 | 25.0 | 22.50 |
2 | Van der Wiel, John | g | NED | 2490 | 5.5 | 6 | 21.0 | 19.00 |
3 | Li Shilong | g | CHN | 2502 | 5.0 | 6 | 25.0 | 19.50 |
4 | Roobol, Martin | f | NED | 2288 | 5.0 | 5 | 23.0 | 18.50 |
5 | Dgebuadze, Alexandre | g | BEL | 2512 | 5.0 | 6 | 23.0 | 18.25 |
6 | Lalic, Bogdan | g | CRO | 2507 | 5.0 | 6 | 21.5 | 17.50 |
7 | Wantola, Ivo | NED | 2229 | 4.5 | 5 | 24.0 | 16.75 | |
8 | Van den Doel, Erik | g | NED | 2593 | 4.5 | 6 | 24.0 | 16.25 |
9 | Nijboer, Friso | g | NED | 2578 | 4.5 | 6 | 22.0 | 15.25 |
10 | Plukkel, Sjoerd | NED | 2196 | 4.5 | 5 | 22.0 | 14.25 | |
11 | Lahaye, Rick | NED | 2377 | 4.5 | 6 | 21.5 | 14.00 | |
12 | Van Ketel, Raoul | f | NED | 2339 | 4.5 | 6 | 20.0 | 14.25 |
13 | Miedema, Roi | f | NED | 2287 | 4.5 | 6 | 19.5 | 12.50 |
14 | Pel, Bonno | f | NED | 2299 | 4.5 | 5 | 19.5 | 12.25 |
15 | Burg, Twan | f | NED | 2262 | 4.0 | 6 | 25.5 | 15.50 |
16 | Kuipers, Stefan | NED | 2302 | 4.0 | 6 | 22.5 | 13.75 | |
17 | Van Dongen, Cor | NED | 2315 | 4.0 | 5 | 22.5 | 13.00 | |
18 | Gorter, Yme | NED | 2084 | 4.0 | 5 | 22.0 | 13.00 | |
19 | Van Kampen, Robin | NED | 2243 | 4.0 | 6 | 22.0 | 12.50 | |
20 | Hagendijk, Klaas | NED | ---- | 4.0 | 5 | 21.5 | 12.75 | |
144 players |
The Belgrade Winter (Zimski) Open took place 22nd-30th January 2008. IM Milos Pavlovic won with 7.5/9 (note there is a different, very active, player who is a GM).
Official site: http://www.beochess.org.yu/2008/zimski_open2008/zimski08.htm
Winter Open Belgrade
(SRB), 22-30 i 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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Pl | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | BK. | BK. | SB. | |
1 | Pavlovic Milos M | IM | SRB | 2457 | 7½ | 48½ | 52 | 39.75 |
2 | Velickovic Sasa | IM | SRB | 2401 | 7 | 49 | 53½ | 38.50 |
3 | Govedarica Radovan | IM | SRB | 2382 | 7 | 48 | 51½ | 39.50 |
4 | Abramovic Bosko | GM | SRB | 2499 | 7 | 48 | 51½ | 36.25 |
5 | Chelushkina Irina | WGM | SRB | 2357 | 7 | 47 | 51 | 36.50 |
6 | Rajkovic Dusan | GM | SRB | 2494 | 7 | 46½ | 51½ | 35.50 |
7 | Nestorovic Dejan | IM | SRB | 2417 | 7 | 46½ | 49 | 37.75 |
8 | Brenjo Slavisa | IM | SRB | 2486 | 6½ | 49½ | 54 | 37.50 |
9 | Ostojic Nikola | IM | SRB | 2423 | 6½ | 46 | 50 | 33.50 |
10 | Benderac Ana | WGM | SRB | 2324 | 6½ | 42 | 46 | 28.25 |
11 | Masic Predrag | IM | SRB | 2369 | 6½ | 41½ | 45½ | 31.75 |
12 | Bojovic Dusan | MK | SRB | 2230 | 6½ | 40 | 41 | 25.00 |
13 | Todorovic Goran M | GM | SRB | 2470 | 6 | 48 | 52½ | 32.25 |
14 | Nestorovic Nikola | MK | SRB | 2421 | 6 | 44½ | 49 | 31.25 |
15 | Markovic Milan D | FM | SRB | 2350 | 6 | 44 | 47½ | 29.00 |
16 | Maric Dragan | FM | SRB | 2300 | 6 | 41½ | 46 | 27.75 |
17 | Jovanovic Zoran Z | FM | SRB | 2343 | 6 | 40½ | 44½ | 25.50 |
18 | Vujacic Borivoje | FM | SRB | 2326 | 6 | 39½ | 43½ | 27.75 |
19 | Scepanovic Rade | MK | SRB | 2284 | 6 | 39½ | 43½ | 25.25 |
20 | Bulatovic Nikola | I | SRB | 2026 | 6 | 38½ | 42 | 26.00 |
21 | Mihajlovic Miodrag | FM | SRB | 2220 | 6 | 37 | 40 | 24.25 |
22 | Bozic Milan | MK | SRB | 2436 | 5½ | 48 | 53 | 30.50 |
23 | Certic Branimir | IM | SRB | 2377 | 5½ | 46 | 50 | 28.50 |
24 | Sarenac Ivan | MK | SRB | 2271 | 5½ | 44½ | 46½ | 22.75 |
25 | Mihic Bojan | MK | SRB | 2404 | 5½ | 44 | 47½ | 28.25 |
26 | Popovic Aleksandar M | MK | SRB | 2251 | 5½ | 43½ | 47½ | 27.00 |
27 | Petrovic Petar | FM | SRB | 2110 | 5½ | 43 | 46½ | 24.25 |
28 | Popovic Nenad | MK | SRB | 2277 | 5½ | 42½ | 45½ | 23.50 |
29 | Andrejic Vladica | MK | SRB | 2269 | 5½ | 42½ | 45 | 24.25 |
30 | Kojovic Dragan | FM | SRB | 2444 | 5½ | 39 | 43 | 23.00 |
31 | Marinkovic Zoran | FM | SRB | 2271 | 5½ | 39 | 42 | 20.75 |
32 | Urosevic Marija | WFM | SRB | 2079 | 5½ | 38½ | 41½ | 20.25 |
33 | Skare Goran | FM | SRB | 2315 | 5½ | 38 | 41½ | 24.00 |
34 | Baralic Nebojsa | MK | SRB | 2253 | 5½ | 38 | 41 | 23.50 |
35 | Damjanovic Lazar | MK | SRB | 2129 | 5½ | 37½ | 40½ | 20.00 |
36 | Jakovljevic Zivota | FM | SRB | 2138 | 5½ | 36½ | 40 | 22.25 |
37 | Carnic Dejan | MK | SRB | 2162 | 5½ | 36½ | 39½ | 21.75 |
132 players |
The Kots Memorial took place in Donetsk 18th-30th January 2008. Timofey Iljin won the event with 9/13.
The event was in memory of Isaac Kots 1933-2001 who had a couple of very respectible mid-table finishes in the Soviet Championships of 1961 and 1962.
Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t143.html
Kots Mem Donetsk (UKR), 18-30 i 2008 cat. I (2253) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
1. | Iljin, Timofey | UKR | 2442 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9 | 2379 | |
2. | Demkovich, Anatoliy | m | UKR | 2381 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 2353 |
3. | Shilin, Denis | m | UKR | 2407 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 2351 |
4. | Polivanov, Anatoliy | m | UKR | 2391 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2329 |
5. | Kutsyj,Alexander | UKR | ---- | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2329 | |
6. | Kuchkin, Maksjm | UKR | 2086 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2295 | |
7. | Prihotko, Alexander | UKR | 2340 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 2246 | |
8. | Kononenko, Dmitry2 | UKR | 2199 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6½ | 2257 | |
9. | Volovikov, Anton | UKR | 2234 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2254 | |
10. | Sysoenko, Aleksey | UKR | 2256 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2195 | |
11. | Solovyev, Artem | UKR | 2059 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2181 | |
12. | Serik, Maxim | UKR | 2282 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2163 | |
13. | Aridov, Vladimir | UKR | 2174 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 4 | 2118 | |
14. | Kamenets, Anatolij | m | UKR | 2293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 3½ | 2075 |
The Marienbad International Chess Festival took place in Marianske Lazne 19th-27th January 2008. Allan Stig Rasmussen won the GMA1 event and Stefan Kristjansson the GMA2 tournament. In addition there were two IM events and an open. All games now available my thanks to Otto Gutdeutsch and Jan Mazuch.
Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/results-and-games/
GMA1 Marianske Lazne (CZE), 19-27 i 2008 cat. VIII (2434) | ||||||||
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | Rp | rtg+/- |
1 | Rasmussen Allan Stig | FM | DEN | 2468 | 8,5 | 42,50 | 2642 | 36,9 |
2 | Sergeev Vladimir | GM | UKR | 2502 | 7,0 | 38,75 | 2530 | 3,9 |
3 | Jansa Vlastimil | GM | CZE | 2486 | 7,0 | 35,75 | 2505 | 2,6 |
4 | Swiercz Dariusz | FM | POL | 2315 | 7,0 | 34,00 | 2547 | 51,2 |
5 | Meduna Eduard | GM | CZE | 2431 | 6,0 | 29,00 | 2470 | 5,6 |
6 | Vavrak Peter | IM | SVK | 2472 | 5,0 | 27,50 | 2362 | -15,3 |
7 | Thorfinnsson Bragi | IM | ISL | 2406 | 5,0 | 25,00 | 2369 | -5,2 |
8 | Brener Ilja | IM | GER | 2394 | 5,0 | 24,25 | 2526 | 21,0 |
9 | Talla Vladimir | IM | CZE | 2419 | 5,0 | 23,00 | 2399 | -2,5 |
10 | Cerveny Petr | CZE | 2403 | 4,0 | 19,25 | 2335 | -14,7 | |
11 | Hermansson Emil | IM | SWE | 2472 | 3,5 | 15,50 | 2297 | -26,4 |
12 | Rajlich Iweta | IM | POL | 2437 | 3,0 | 19,00 | 2258 | -25,6 |
GMA2 Marianske Lazne (CZE), 19-27 i 2008 cat. VIII (2429) | ||||||||
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | Rp | rtg+/- |
1 | Kristjansson Stefan | IM | ISL | 2476 | 7,0 | 32,25 | 2554 | 8,0 |
2 | Meister Yakov | IM | GER | 2491 | 7,0 | 30,50 | 2586 | 12,5 |
3 | Simacek Pavel | IM | CZE | 2463 | 6,5 | 28,25 | 2529 | 8,3 |
4 | Sveshnikov Evgeny | GM | LAT | 2506 | 6,0 | 27,25 | 2443 | -6,9 |
5 | Smith Axel | SWE | 2458 | 5,5 | 24,25 | 2450 | -1,4 | |
6 | Shytaj Luca | IM | ITA | 2471 | 5,0 | 23,75 | 2439 | -4,4 |
7 | Vokac Marek | GM | CZE | 2435 | 5,0 | 22,75 | 2443 | 1,1 |
8 | Hedman Erik | FM | SWE | 2396 | 4,5 | 20,75 | 2410 | 2,8 |
9 | Voloshin Leonid | GM | CZE | 2451 | 4,0 | 17,25 | 2391 | -7,1 |
10 | Krejci Jan | FM | CZE | 2357 | 2,5 | 12,75 | 2281 | -13,4 |
11 | Serafimov Tervel | BUL | 2356 | 2,0 | 7,25 | 2309 | -3,6 | |
12 | Natsidis Christoph | GER | 2284 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 0 | 0,0 |
IMB1 Marianske Lazne (CZE), 19-27 i 2008 cat. III (2324) | ||||||||
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | Rp | rtg+/- |
1 | Vojta Tomas | FM | CZE | 2361 | 7,5 | 38,25 | 2454 | 21,5 |
2 | Sveshnikov Vladimir | FM | LAT | 2392 | 7,5 | 37,75 | 2451 | 14,3 |
3 | Krupa Monika | WIM | POL | 2266 | 7,0 | 36,25 | 2431 | 36,8 |
4 | Kozhuharov Spas | IM | BUL | 2456 | 6,5 | 34,75 | 2377 | -10,3 |
5 | Thorfinnsson Bjorn | FM | ISL | 2364 | 6,0 | 28,50 | 2357 | -1,5 |
6 | Babula Milan | IM | CZE | 2328 | 5,5 | 30,50 | 2324 | -0,6 |
7 | Semcesen Daniel | FM | SWE | 2349 | 5,5 | 26,50 | 2322 | -5,4 |
8 | Lagerman Robert | FM | ISL | 2348 | 5,5 | 25,50 | 2322 | -5,4 |
9 | Plischki Sebastian | IM | GER | 2358 | 5,0 | 23,75 | 2285 | -15,3 |
10 | Bejtovic Jasmin | FM | BIH | 2353 | 5,0 | 23,00 | 2286 | -23,3 |
11 | Butuc Maria | WFM | RUS | 2098 | 3,5 | 16,50 | 2212 | 19,5 |
12 | Vokoun Jan | FM | CZE | 2217 | 1,5 | 9,75 | 2025 | -34,3 |
IMB2 Marianske Lazne (CZE), 19-27 i 2008 cat. III (2308) | ||||||||
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | Rp | rtg+/- |
1 | Arngrimsson Dagur | FM | ISL | 2359 | 8,5 | 41,50 | 2504 | 27,6 |
2 | Biolek Richard | IM | CZE | 2422 | 7,0 | 36,25 | 2399 | -3,2 |
3 | Jedlicka Ales | CZE | 2318 | 6,5 | 33,50 | 2372 | 12,8 | |
4 | Fejzullahu Afrim | FM | SRB | 2323 | 6,5 | 32,00 | 2371 | 11,4 |
5 | Marholev Dimitar | IM | BUL | 2401 | 6,0 | 32,50 | 2335 | -10,0 |
6 | Schneider Veronika | WIM | HUN | 2250 | 6,0 | 30,00 | 2349 | 21,5 |
7 | Paci Cedric | FM | FRA | 2301 | 5,5 | 30,00 | 2308 | 1,6 |
8 | Zemerov Vladimir | IM | RUS | 2341 | 5,0 | 21,75 | 2269 | -10,5 |
9 | Rudolf Anna | WIM | HUN | 2242 | 4,5 | 24,75 | 2249 | 0,9 |
10 | Braun Peter | FM | GER | 2309 | 4,5 | 21,50 | 2243 | -15,3 |
11 | Nilsson Sebastian | SWE | 2201 | 3,5 | 17,25 | 2185 | -4,1 | |
12 | Bartos Jan | FM | CZE | 2227 | 2,5 | 13,00 | 2118 | -20,9 |
Open Marianske Lazne
(CZE), 19-26 i 2008 Final Round 9 Standings |
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | Rp | rtg+/- |
1 | Turner Jan | CZE | 2347 | 7,5 | 52,0 | 2463 | 19,5 | |
2 | Kulicov Oleg | IM | RUS | 2405 | 7,0 | 55,5 | 2414 | 2,6 |
3 | Hansen Torbjorn Ringdal | FM | NOR | 2354 | 7,0 | 51,5 | 2399 | 9,1 |
4 | Bae Torstein | IM | NOR | 2386 | 6,5 | 54,5 | 2387 | 3,8 |
5 | Volodin Viktor | IM | RUS | 2233 | 6,5 | 54,0 | 2343 | 13,7 |
6 | Urkedal Frode | NOR | 2264 | 6,5 | 50,5 | 2318 | 10,9 | |
7 | Kryukova Irina | WGM | RUS | 2249 | 6,5 | 50,0 | 2294 | 9,0 |
8 | Wieczorek Oskar | POL | 2204 | 6,5 | 49,0 | 2260 | 12,0 | |
9 | Kozak Milos | FM | CZE | 2181 | 6,5 | 48,0 | 2269 | 16,0 |
10 | Golcman Evgeny | RUS | 2273 | 6,5 | 47,5 | 2258 | -0,9 | |
11 | Snorek Milan | CZE | 2098 | 6,5 | 47,0 | 2201 | 26,4 | |
12 | Neoral Antonin | CZE | 2142 | 6,5 | 43,0 | 2240 | 30,3 | |
13 | Baum Bernd Dr | FM | GER | 2204 | 6,0 | 49,5 | 2229 | 4,8 |
14 | Antipov Mikhail Al | CM | RUS | 2114 | 6,0 | 49,5 | 2259 | 43,8 |
15 | Osmanovic Faruk | GER | 2138 | 6,0 | 48,0 | 2202 | 5,8 | |
16 | Rzoska Kamil | POL | 2172 | 6,0 | 47,0 | 2137 | -3,5 | |
17 | Ondrejat Miroslav | CZE | 2074 | 6,0 | 46,0 | 2152 | 19,8 | |
18 | Meschke Andreas | GER | 2153 | 6,0 | 46,0 | 2134 | -2,0 | |
19 | Haug Marianne Wold | NOR | 1753 | 6,0 | 45,5 | 2152 | 0,0 | |
20 | De Verdier Michael | SWE | 2147 | 6,0 | 45,5 | 2179 | 12,5 | |
21 | Jiruse Josef | CZE | 2159 | 6,0 | 44,5 | 2139 | -1,5 | |
22 | Hastik Svatopluk | CZE | 2116 | 6,0 | 44,0 | 2167 | 10,4 | |
23 | Musil Vitezslav Ing. | CZE | 2066 | 6,0 | 42,5 | 2066 | 9,8 | |
144 players |
The First Saturday February GM-IM-FM closed tournaments take place in Budapest 2nd-14th February 2008.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
FSGM February Budapest (HUN), 2-14 ii 2008 cat. VIII (2435) | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
1. | Prohaszka, Peter2 | m | HUN | 2495 | * | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | |
2. | Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas | m | CAN | 2442 | . | * | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1½ | 2567 |
3. | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2437 | . | . | * | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
4. | Kristjansson, Stefan | m | ISL | 2476 | . | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2476 |
5. | Kosic, Dragan | g | MNE | 2511 | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2475 |
6. | Ilincic, Zlatko | g | SRB | 2561 | . | . | 0 | . | . | * | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2398 |
7. | Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy | f | VIE | 2398 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2445 |
8. | Bui Vinh | m | VIE | 2482 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2423 |
9. | Farag('o), Ivan | g | HUN | 2475 | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2511 |
10. | Arngrimsson, Dagur | f | ISL | 2359 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | ½ | 2285 |
11. | Leviczki, Tibor | f | HUN | 2396 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | 2185 |
12. | Mihok, Oliver | f | HUN | 2351 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | * | . | 0 | |
13. | Porat, Ido | f | ISR | 2272 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | 0 |
FSIMA February Budapest (HUN), 2-12 ii 2008 cat. II (2278) | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
1. | Duong The Anh | f | VIE | 2381 | * | . | . | . | 1 | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2486 |
2. | Eperjesi, Laszlo | m | HUN | 2285 | . | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2306 |
3. | Gara, Ticia | wg | HUN | 2319 | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | 1 | 2267 |
4. | Werner, Dimo | m | GER | 2293 | . | ½ | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 1 | 2235 |
5. | Lengyel, Bela | m | HUN | 2261 | 0 | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2283 |
6. | Steel, Henry Robert | RSA | 2241 | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | 1 | 2257 | |
7. | Kahn, Evarth | m | HUN | 2326 | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2381 |
8. | Gara, Anita | wg | HUN | 2325 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | . | . | . | ½ | 2241 |
9. | Porat, Maya | ISR | 2190 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | . | * | . | . | ½ | 2241 | |
10. | Schneider, Veronika | wm | HUN | 2250 | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | ½ | 2319 |
11. | Burghardt, Jozsef | HUN | 2185 | . | . | . | ½ | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | ½ | 2084 |
FSIMB February Budapest (HUN), 2-11 ii 2008 cat. I (2266) | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
1. | Adams, Nick A | USA | 2245 | * | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | ||
2. | Galyas, Miklos | m | HUN | 2432 | . | . | * | * | 1 | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | 1½ | 2385 |
3. | Perez Aleman, Pedro Tomas | ESP | 2141 | . | . | 0 | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 2358 | |
4. | Barbalat, Alex | USA | 2243 | 0 | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2145 | |
5. | Farago, Sandor | m | HUN | 2247 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | ½ | . | ½ | 2072 |
6. | Vegh, Endre | m | HUN | 2285 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | 2001 |
Chess Today (http://www.chesstoday.net/) reports that the Cuban Chess Championships were won by Yuniesky Quesada. There were a number of phases with a 22 player open event being won by Frank de la Paz. Then a round robin event followed finally by a four player knockout where FM Lelys Martinez defeated defending champion Lazaro Bruzon and Quesada beat GM Holden Hernandez. Yuniesky Quesada then best Martinez in the final. Last year the games did eventually turn up and I'm hopeful they will this time too.
The Championship of Azerbaijan took place in Baku 19th-28th January 2008. The all-play-all event was won by Rauf Mamedov with 7/9 a point clear of Nidjat Mamedov and Rasul Ibrahimov. I couldn't find a website with the games.
Results on the FIDE site: http://www.fide.com/ratings/view_source.phtml?code=11932
ch-AZE Baku AZE 19-28 i 2008 | |||||
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1 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2583 | 7 |
2 | Mamedov, Nidjat | g | AZE | 2574 | 6 |
Ibrahimov, Rasul | g | AZE | 2527 | 6 | |
4 | Abbasov, Farid | g | AZE | 2519 | 5 |
Babaev, Rashad | g | AZE | 2468 | 5 | |
Gasimov, Ragim | m | AZE | 2394 | 5 | |
7 | Guliyev, Namig | g | AZE | 2570 | 4.5 |
8 | Guliev, Logman | m | AZE | 2438 | 4 |
9 | Durarbeyli, Vasif | m | AZE | 2392 | 2 |
10 | Akhmedov, Fariz | AZE | 2246 | 1 |
The 24th Geneve International Chess Festival took place 19th-27th January 2008. Hichem Hamdouchi took clear first with 7.5/9. No games available.
Official site: http://www.genevachess.ch/2008/Open_International/index.php
24th Geneve International
Chess Festival 19-27 i 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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Pl | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | BH |
1 | Hamdouchi Hichem | GM | MAR | 2575 | 7½ | 50 |
2 | Sokolov Andrei | GM | FRA | 2594 | 7 | 50 |
3 | Cherniaev Alexander | GM | RUS | 2491 | 7 | 47 |
4 | Cornette Matthieu | IM | FRA | 2491 | 6½ | 48½ |
5 | Raetsky Alexander | GM | RUS | 2424 | 6½ | 47 |
6 | Huss Andreas | IM | SUI | 2377 | 6½ | 45½ |
7 | Daverio Edoardo | SUI | 2055 | 6½ | 45½ | |
8 | Peric Slavisa | IM | SRB | 2258 | 6½ | 41½ |
9 | Gerber Richard | IM | SUI | 2374 | 6 | 50 |
10 | Bagri Jaspaul | SUI | 2232 | 6 | 46 | |
11 | Astengo Corrado | ITA | 2130 | 6 | 43½ | |
12 | Jagstaidt Patrick | SUI | 2029 | 6 | 41 | |
13 | Matsuo Tomohiko | JPN | 2216 | 5½ | 47 | |
14 | Liepins Oliver | LAT | 2094 | 5½ | 46½ | |
15 | Ruiz José | SUI | 2063 | 5½ | 45½ | |
16 | Benkovic Petar | IM | SRB | 2448 | 5½ | 45 |
17 | Verheyden Frédéric | SUI | 2074 | 5½ | 45 | |
18 | Valenti Giuseppe | FM | ITA | 2219 | 5½ | 44½ |
19 | Duport Nicolas | SUI | 2058 | 5½ | 44½ | |
20 | Schmid Pablo | SUI | 2072 | 5½ | 43½ | |
21 | Gurtner Daniel | SUI | 2147 | 5½ | 43 | |
22 | De La Rosa Damian | SUI | 2064 | 5½ | 43 | |
23 | Noyer Oliver | SUI | 2093 | 5½ | 42½ | |
24 | Paladini Jean-Michel | SUI | 2110 | 5½ | 41 | |
25 | Diotallevi Maurizio | ITA | 2092 | 5½ | 40½ | |
26 | Mafé-Coll Lorenzo | SUI | 1873 | 5½ | 39½ | |
27 | Rychener Henri | SUI | 2056 | 5½ | 39½ | |
28 | Jodidio Nicholas | FRA | 1988 | 5½ | 39 | |
29 | Bahi Abdelaziz | SUI | 2002 | 5½ | 36½ | |
91 players |
The Raul Humberto Monroy Viscarra Memorial takes place in Santa Cruz 31st January - 4th February 2008. No games available.
Details: http://www.ajedrezbolivia.com/ - http://chess-results.com/tnr10075.aspx?tnr=10075&art=4&lan=1&turdet=YES&datatyp=2&mm=-1&m=-1
Raul Humberto Monroy Viscarra Mem Santa Cruz BOL 31 i - 4 ii 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Pts. | S/B | ||||
1 | Campero Ronald | 2262 | BOL | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 17,50 | ||
2 | Pacheco Daniel | 2318 | Arg | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 12,00 | |||
3 | Zambrana Oswaldo | 2492 | BOL | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 10,50 | |||
4 | Quiñonez Cesar | 2240 | Per | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3,5 | 10,75 | ||
5 | Vera Kelver | 2271 | Per | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3,5 | 8,75 | ||
6 | Condori Edwin | 2200 | Per | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 3,0 | 12,75 | ||
7 | Lopez Mario Iver | 2279 | BOL | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 3,0 | 9,75 | ||
8 | Ferrufino Boris | 2199 | BOL | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 3,0 | 9,25 | ||
9 | Monroy Carrizo Javier | 2242 | BOL | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 3,0 | 7,25 | ||
10 | Andrade Marco | 2196 | BOL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1,0 | 3,00 |
The 13th Euro Chessweek in Leutersdorf (Germany) takes place 3rd-7th February 2008.
Official site: http://www.scoberland.de/
13th Euro Chessweek
Leutersdorf GER 3-7 ii 2008 Top 10 of 38 entries |
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No | Name | Ti | NAT | ELO |
1. | Starostits,Ilmars | IM | LAT | 2500 |
2. | Ivanov,Michail | GM | RUS | 2453 |
3, | Pähtz,Thomas | GM | GER | 2444 |
4. | Gutman,Lev | GM | GER | 2420 |
5. | Ksieski,Zbigniew | IM | POL | 2407 |
6. | Spirin,Oleg | FM | RUS | 2404 |
7. | Bogdanovich,Grigori | IM | RUS | 2356 |
8. | Natsidis,Christoph | GER | 2284 | |
9. | Hoffmann,Hendrik | FM | GER | 2283 |
10. | Mahn,Franko | GER | 2133 |
The Gonzaga Chess Classic took place at Gonzaga College, Ranelagh, Dublin 2nd-4th February 2008. Local pupil Gordon Freeman won with 5/6. No games available.
Official site: http://www.gonzagaclassic.tk/ - Final results at: http://www.icu.ie
Gonzaga Chess Classic
Ranelagh, Dublin 2-4 ii 2008 Final Round 6 Standings |
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No | Name | Loc | Total |
1 | Gordon Freeman | 1999 | 5 |
2 | Semyon Mkrtchyan | 2030 | 4.5 |
3 | David B. Murray | 1989 | 4 |
4 | Rory Delaney | 1752 | 4 |
5 | Tom Fitzpatrick | 1604 | 4 |
6 | Peter Cafolla | 1980 | 3.5 |
7 | Danny Mallaghan | 1858 | 3.5 |
8 | John Crowley | 1646 | 3.5 |
9 | Steven Hanly | 1754 | 3 |
10 | John Healy | 1650 | 3 |
11 | Mark A. Collins | 1715 | 2.5 |
12 | John Loughran | 1655 | 2.5 |
13 | Raino Soikkeli | 1553 | 2.5 |
14 | Peter D. Jackson | 1739 | 2.5 |
15 | Nick Larter | 1786 | 2 |
16 | Oisin P. Benson | 1702 | 2 |
17 | Patrick Launders | 1512 | 1 |
18 | Javier Gomes | 1800 | 0 |
FIDE have announced their Grand Prix Circuit (http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1588). The winner of the Grand Prix will play with the winner of the 2009 World Cup for the right to challenge the World Champion in 2010. Each Tournament will be a 14 player all play all. 14 players have the right to compete in the circuit and they have to play 4 of the 6 events (there will be local players too), these will be allocated to them. Below are the details as announced. It will be interesting to see who signs up for this event, my bet is that a number of the top players won't. This was supposed to be a held on different continents but the majority are being held in Europe. Secondly the presence of reserve cities suggests that some of these venues are not certain. Of course there is a certain chicken and egg situation, getting sponsors for the events without the players having signed up will be hard (they could end up with a distinct 2nd string) and the players won't sign up without venues being in place. Things will no doubt be easier if they do get this first series off the ground. They'll be nice events if they take place, I'm a big fan of all-play-alls but I've become quite cynical about announcements such as these.
FIDE Grand Prix 2008-9 | ||
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Baku | AZE | April 20th - May 6th 2008 |
Krasnoyarsk * | RUS | July 30th - August 15th 2008 |
Doha | QAT | December 13th - 29th, 2008 |
Montreux | SUI | April 14th - 28th, 2009 |
Elista | RUS | August 1st - 17th, 2009 |
Karlovy Vary | CZE | December 7th - 23rd, 2009 |
* or other Russian city. Reserve cities are Istanbul and Teheran. |
Grand Prix 2008-9 Qualified Players | ||||
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No | Name | NAT | YroB | Ja08 |
1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 1975 | 2799 |
2 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 1969 | 2799 |
3 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 1975 | 2780 |
4 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 1977 | 2765 |
5 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz | AZE | 1985 | 2760 |
6 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 1972 | 2755 |
7 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 1979 | 2753 |
8 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 1969 | 2751 |
9 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 1982 | 2739 |
10 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 1968 | 2737 |
11 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 1987 | 2735 |
12 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 1990 | 2733 |
13 | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 1990 | 2732 |
14 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 1974 | 2726 |
Reserves | ||||
1 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 1971 | 2726 |
2 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 1976 | 2763 |
3 | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 1976 | 2707 |
4 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 1983 | 2711 |
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 |
The Aeroflot Open takes place 14th-22nd February 2008. This is usually regarded as the strongest open of the year with $30,000 US first place and $100,000 US total prizes in the top group (and good prizes in the lower groups).
Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
The 24th Cappelle la Grande Open takes place 16th-23rd February 2008.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com/
The Four Nations Chess Challenge between Norway, Sweden, England and Latvia takes place in Oslo - Norway, 15th-17th February 2008.
Official site: http://www.bergensjakk.no/four_nations_2008/ additional coverage: http://previews.chessdom.com/four-nations-chess-challenge
Four Nations Chess Challenge Oslo NOR 15-17 ii 2008 | ||||||
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Norway | (2308) | Sweden | (2393) | |||
1 | GM | Kjetil A. Lie | 2556 | GM | Emanuel Berg | 2593 |
2 | GM | Leif Erlend Johannessen | 2521 | GM | Tiger Hillarp-Persson | 2567 |
3 | GM | Berge Østenstad | 2482 | GM | Evgenij Agrest | 2541 |
4 | GM | Rune Djurhuus | 2452 | GM | Jonny Hector | 2520 |
5 | IM | Espen Lie | 2428 | GM | Pontus Carlsson | 2481 |
Average | 2488 | Average | 2540 | |||
6 | WIM | Sheila B. Sahl | 2227 | GM | Pia Cramling | 2531 |
7 | WIM | Ellen Hagesæther | 2234 | WIM | Svetlana Agrest | 2255 |
8 | WFM | Silje Bjerke | 2162 | WIM | Christin Andersson | 2209 |
9 | Torill Skytte | 1971 | Inna Agrest | 2121 | ||
10 | Yerazik Khachatourian | 2044 | Ellinor Frisk | 2109 | ||
Average | 2128 | Average | 2245 | |||
England | (2316) | Latvia | (2360) | |||
1 | GM | Gawain Jones | 2562 | GM | Normunds Miezis | 2553 |
2 | GM | David Howell | 2528 | GM | Maris Krakops | 2525 |
3 | GM | Peter Wells | 2520 | GM | Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2506 |
4 | IM | Stephen Gordon | 2501 | IM | Arturs Neiksans | 2470 |
5 | GM | Stewart Haslinger | 2495 | Vitalijs Samolins | 2444 | |
Average | 2521 | Average | 2500 | |||
6 | WGM | Harriet Hunt | 2457 | WGM | Dana Reizniece | 2309 |
7 | WFM | Sabrina Chevannes | 2074 | WIM | Ilze Berzina | 2281 |
8 | Kanwal Bhatia | 2054 | WIM | Tatjana Voronova | 2242 | |
9 | Sarah Hegarty | 1974 | WFM | Viktorija Ni | 2132 | |
10 | Amisha Parmar | 1995 | WFM | Renate Praude | 2131 | |
Average | 2111 | Average | 2219 |
The 17th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament takes place March 14th-28th, 2008 at the Hotel Palais de la Mediterranée on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Twelve grandmasters from ten different countries will take part and the total prize-fund is 216,000 Euro.
Amber Rapid and Blindfold 14-28 iii 2008 | ||||||
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No | Name | NAT | YroB | ja08 | Gms | Wrnk |
1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 1975 | 2799 | 9 | 1 |
2 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 1969 | 2799 | 3 | 2 |
3 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 1975 | 2780 | 14 | 3 |
4 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 1977 | 2765 | 12 | 4 |
5 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz | AZE | 1985 | 2760 | 35 | 6 |
6 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 1979 | 2753 | 9 | 8 |
7 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 1969 | 2751 | 30 | 9 |
8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 1982 | 2739 | 16 | 10 |
9 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 1968 | 2737 | 9 | 11 |
10 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 1990 | 2733 | 37 | 13 |
11 | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 1990 | 2732 | 36 | 14 |
12 | Van Wely, Loek | NED | 1972 | 2681 | 16 | 35 |
The Bermuda Open takes place 7th-11th February, 2008. Details can be got from Nick Faulks at armadillo@northrock.bm or Nigel Freeman at cadilly@northrock.bm
The 31st San Sebastian City Open takes place 16th-23rd of March 2008.
Details: http://www.fgajedrez.org/open/open.htm
The Palace Hotel International Chess Tournament Hévíz (Hungary) 18th-28th March 2008. There are GM, IM and Open sections.
Further details: http://www.lellechess.tar.hu/
12th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" will be held 18th-25th. July 2008. in Senta (the Vojvodina /Serbia).
Further details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu and in English: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/select.php?lang=3&xid=2
The XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra takes place 19th-27th July 2008. Contact: open@escacsandorra.com FEVA - Tel/Fax: 00.376.824465
Further details: http://www.escacsandorra.com
The second round of games from the Austrian Bundesliga took place in Jenbach 10th-13th January 2008. The final round of games (rounds 8-11) take place13th-16th Match 2008 in Graz (Novapark).
Official site: http://www.chess.at/
4th Cappelle la Grande International Chess Open will take place 16th-23rd February 2008 at the Palais des Arts et des Loisirs. Every player play the same open, with 600 players. Like every years more of 70 im and more of 90 igm but this year : more of 70 countries ! The entry form, the list of invited players and the list of the registered players are online and it will be published and updated until Thursday 14 February 2008 20 first boards online.
Details : http://www.cappelle-chess.com/
Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2008, 1.5. - 4.5.2008, in Ditzingen, South-Germany. 7 Rounds, Swiss System, A/B/C-tournament, over 7000 prizes.
Further Details: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de
GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 - 12.06, 22.06 27.06, Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 3.06 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 7.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 9.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 27.06 Individual and group studying. phone +38 (06560)5-05-32,
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua
The great jubilee, 20th Lenk International Chess Festival part of the "Swiss Chess Tour 2008" continues in Lenk March 20th-24th 2008. The venue is the Hotel "Kreuz", Grande Open, Swiss system, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). The Main Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 800, 600 and 400 SF. Special prizes: Ladies senior (1947), junior(1988-91), schoolboy (1992) and amateur (under 2000) for all: 200/150/100 CHF. Golden prizes for the players who play more then 10 times: 300/200/150 CHF. Silver prizes for the players who play MORE THEN 5 TIMES 200/150/100 CHF. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more, GMs and IMs free. The teams competition, with 4 members; 3 prizes: 4x100/4x75/4x50 SF; entry fee 10 SF. Venue: Hotel "Kreuz". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 March 20,; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 March 21,; Round 4 13.30-18.30 March 22,; Rounds 5/6 09.30-14.30 and 15.30-20.30 March 23,; Round 7 9.30-14.30 March 24. Closing ceremony March 24 at 16.00. Gala jubilee dinner March 22 from 19-22 at Hotel Kreuz. Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch or site http://www.beochess.ch for more details.
There is a Category XII tournament (average 2528) in Nancy from 18th-24th February 2008.
It Nancy 18-24 ii 2008 | |||
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Landa, Konstantin | g | 2641 | RUS |
Bauer, Christian | g | 2614 | FRA |
Miladinovic, Igor | g | 2604 | SRB |
Guliyev, Namig | g | 2570 | AZE |
Sikula, V | m | 2550 | UKR |
Gozzoli, Yannick | m | 2510 | FRA |
Riff, Jean-Noël | m | 2474 | FRA |
Marzolo, Cyril | m | 2474 | FRA |
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas | m | 2442 | CAN |
Nezar, Mustafa | m | 2404 | FRA |
Category XII (Average 2528) |
Also the 6th international Festival in Nancy will see about 150 players : 15 groups of 10 players each. Also group B for IM-norms, group C for women, group D, E, F ...
Official site: http://echecs54.free.fr/
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 | ||
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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 |
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
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.
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
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
Thierry Foissez's echiquier-nicois website reports on news and events in French daily.
http://www.echiquier-nicois.org
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
A Press release from UEP Promotions announces that Viswanathan Anand will defend his World title against Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany October 11th30th 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/
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 | |||
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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 |
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.
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/
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
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/
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/
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
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 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/
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 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.
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 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 allows predictions for current chess tournaments. http://e4e6.com/toto
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/
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