THE WEEK IN CHESS 699 31st March 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament
3) Heviz GM
4) Serbian Championships
5) Serbian Women's Championships
6) 67th Georgian Championships Men
7) French League Top 16
8) V Los Llanos de Aridane International
9) Dutch Team Championship
10) 12th Neckar Opens
11) 9th North American Invitational
12) Bologne Easter tournament
13) Iranian Championships
14) 3rd Kolkata Open
15) Victor Ciocaltea Memorial
16) 19th Pobeskydi Chess Festival
17) 35th La Roda Open
18) Stockholm Ladies Open
19) Foxwood Open
20) 24th Budapest Spring Festival
21) Belgrade Spring Open
22) 2nd Georgy Agzamov Memorial
23) Aguascalientes Mexico
24) Doeberl Cup Premier
25) Jack Spiegel Memorial
26) Sydney International Open
27) 20th Lenk International Chess Festival
28) Cinco Soles Pinamar
29) Magistral Mario Dario Lopez
30) Welsh Championships
31) IX Internet Chess Tournament Ciudad de Dos Hermanas
32) Bulgarian Championships
33) Bulgarian Events
34) Forthcoming Events and Links


Games Section
Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament36 games
Heviz GM57 games
Serbian Championships28 games
Serbian Women's Championships12 games
67th Georgian Championships Men11 games
French League Top 16192 games
V Los Llanos de Aridane International75 games
Dutch Team Championship50 games
12th Neckar Opens112 games
9th North American Invitational45 games
Bologne Easter tournament45 games
Iranian Championships147 games
3rd Kolkata Open140 games
Victor Ciocaltea Memorial6 games
35th La Roda Open16 games
Stockholm Ladies Open135 games
Foxwood Open43 games
24th Budapest Spring Festival226 games
2nd Georgy Agzamov Memorial107 games
Aguascalientes Mexico134 games
Doeberl Cup Premier97 games
Jack Spiegel Memorial28 games
Sydney International Open55 games
Cinco Soles Pinamar30 games
Magistral Mario Dario Lopez55 games
Welsh Championships95 games
1977 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Manuel Weeks, Michael Rahal, Ian Rogers, Laszlo Nagy, Dragan Babic, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Carsten Hensel, John D. Thornton, Michael Atkins, Páli Gábor, Mitko Iliev, Frits Agterdenbos, Bela Lengyel and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Levon Aronian took first place in the Amber tournament over all and the rapid section and also shared first in the blindfold section. The Heviz tournament was won by Csaba Balogh. Also there was the start of the French Team Championships and the near finish of the Dutch Team Championships.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament

The 17th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament took 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 took part and the total prize-fund was 216,000 Euro. Levon Aronian having already secured victory with a round to go in the combined and rapid sections also shared first in the blindfold section along with Kramnik, Morozevich and Topalov.

Official site: http://www.amberchess2008.com

Amber Blindfold Results

Amber Blindfold Nice (FRA), 15-27 iii 2008 cat. XXI (2752)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2813
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2818
3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2765 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 2816
4. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 2814
5. Leko, Peter g HUN 2753 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 2788
6. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2784
7. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 6 2790
8. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2718
9. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2681 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 5 2722
10. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 2687
11. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 2686
12. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2737 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 3 2578

Round 9 (March 25, 2008)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 44 E17 Queens Indian
Morozevich, Alexander - Aronian, Levon 0-1 49 A07 Barcza System
Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 35 E01 Catalan
Leko, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 49 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 16 B06 Modern Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Van Wely, Loek 0-1 73 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 10 (March 26, 2008)
Aronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 23 E06 Catalan
Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter ½-½ 54 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Karjakin, Sergey - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 70 C11 French Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 46 E15 Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 35 B07 Pirc Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 31 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Round 11 (March 27, 2008)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 52 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Morozevich, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 83 C45 Scotch Game
Topalov, Veselin - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 53 D12 Slav Defence
Leko, Peter - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 28 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Anand, Viswanathan - Van Wely, Loek ½-½ 20 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 37 D47 Queens Gambit Meran

Amber Rapid Results

Amber Rapid Nice (FRA), 15-27 iii 2008 cat. XXI (2752)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 2928
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 2817
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2737 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 6 2789
4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2753 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 2788
5. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 6 2790
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 2748
7. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 2749
8. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 5 2712
9. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 2686
10. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2765 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 2686
11. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 2689
12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2681 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 4 2656

Round 9 (March 25, 2008)
Aronian, Levon - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 59 D11 Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 33 A29 English Four Knights
Gelfand, Boris - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 47 E17 Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 66 C42 Petroff's Defence
Karjakin, Sergey - Leko, Peter ½-½ 75 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Van Wely, Loek - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 59 A52 Budapest Defence Main Line
Round 10 (March 26, 2008)
Leko, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 46 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Kramnik, Vladimir - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 27 E15 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 37 D11 Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 29 D11 Slav Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 34 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto
Morozevich, Alexander - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 65 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 11 (March 27, 2008)
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter ½-½ 26 E06 Catalan
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 29 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Gelfand, Boris - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 41 A04 Dutch System
Carlsen, Magnus - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 56 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Karjakin, Sergey - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 24 D17 Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 20 E15 Queens Indian

Amber Combined Results

Amber Combined Nice FRA (FRA), 15-27 iii 2008 cat. XXI (2752)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 14.5 2870
2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 12.0 2784
3. Leko, Peter g HUN 2753 ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 12.0 2788
4. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 12.0 2785
5. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 12.0 2790
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ * * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 11.0 2752
7. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * * 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 11.0 2748
8. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2765 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 * * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 11.0 2751
9. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9.5 2704
10. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2737 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * * 0 1 0 ½ 9.0 2688
11. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * * 0 ½ 9.0 2686
12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2681 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ * * 9.0 2693

3) Heviz GM

The Palace Hotel International Chess Tournament took place in Heviz (Hungary) 18th-28th March 2008. Csaba Balogh took first place on tie-break after four players finished on 5.5/10.

Official site: http://www.palace-heviz.hu

Final Round 10: Four players tied at first place Almasi Z. - Balogh Cs. Catalan Opening When White regained the sacrificed c4-pawn black found just enough counter-play in the centre to hold on. Draw agreed in 23 moves. Naiditsch - Mikhalevski    Ruy Lopez  Open White had well-placed knights in the centre and created a strong outpost on d6. Black could also build a base on d3 for his knight. During a heavy battle Black rejected a three-fold repetition but overestimated his chances. 1-0 in 47 moves. Nisipeanu  - Vallejo Pons   Sicilian, Kalashnikov Defence Black's surprising choice of opening seemed to work well and the position was about equal after trading the Queens. Later Black let his opponent make an unpleasant pin oh the h-file but White missed the right moment to take advantage of it. Draw agreed in 26 moves. Final notes: The youngest GM, former youth European Champion Csaba Balogh of Hungary won the tournament with his solid style of play. His rating was the lowest having only 2575. Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany came second due to the Berger-Sonneborn tie-break. He got a bit tired during the second half. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania recovered well after losing in Round 1. Zoltan Almasi HUN played well in all but one game. Francisco Vallejo Pons represented a colourful, romantic style but with less success this time while Viktor Mikhalevski of Israel was far short of his best. The fighting spirit and the average of number of moves was at an all the time high.

Round 9: Another triple tie Balogh Cs. - Naiditsch Ruy Lopez Karpov’s favourite line of the Ruy Lopez with 12.d5 arose. Black advanced at both flanks with his pawns to compensate White’s central dominance. Then Black decided to give away his king bishop for a central pawn but it proved to be wrong. 1-0 in 37 moves. Mikhalevski - Nisipeanu   Catalan Opening Black accepted the c4-pawn but it was not at all a present. White broke through in the centre with d5 early and created a weakness on e6. Black seemed to be in big trouble but survived by creating complications. Draw agreed in 29 moves. Vallejo Pons - Almasi Z.  English Opening Black developed both his bishops on the long diagonals. Before White could set up his attack against the king black bombed the centre by b5 in time. Pressure on the backward c4-pawn was enough to hold on. Draw agreed in 35 moves.

Round 8: Triple tie at first place Naiditsch - Vallejo Pons       Ruy-Lopez Vallejo Pons played in his usual romantic style and soon sacrificed a pawn for active play. It resulted his first well-deserved victory in 27 moves. Nisipeanu - Almasi Z.      Queen’s Indian Both players seemed to be familiar with the fashionable line with 4... Ba6. Black achieved a Q-side majority but White could weaken the King-position. However it was Black who started attacking against the king finding a target on f2 due to opposite coloured bishops. Defending it repetition of moves could not be avoided. Draw in 29 moves. Mikhalevski - Balogh Cs.  Slav-defence Black cleverly converted the opening into an equal line of Queen’s Gambit accepted. Draw agreed in 21 moves.

Round 7: Naiditsch takes the lead back Almasi - Naiditsch     Sicilian, Najdorf-defence Play was on the Queen-side up until the endgame. Despite opposite coloured bishops the position gradually sharpened. White used his king too to stop the opponent’s king side majority of pawns. Finally it got into trouble in the middle. 0-1 in 48 moves. Vallejo Pons - Mikhalevski    Queen’s-pawn Opening The calm opening was followed by unexpected moves from both players. White took too much of a risk and found himself in an endgame with two pawns down. Vallejo Pons put up an admirable fighting spirit that yielded a draw in 141 moves. Balogh Cs. -  Nisipeanu Caro- Cann  defence They started sharply but it soon went into an endgame. The doubled-pawns of Black were compensated by the active role of his rooks. Draw agreed in 44 moves.

Reports: Miklos Orso.

Palace Hotel GM Heviz (HUN), 18-28 iii 2008 cat. XVI (2645)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2575 * * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2695
2 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2638 ½ 0 * * 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 2682
3 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2684 ½ ½ 0 1 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 2673
4 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2667 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 1 2676
5 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2675 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 0 ½ 2603
6 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2632 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * * 2537

Round 7 (March 25, 2008)
Almasi, Zoltan - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 49 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Balogh, Csaba - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ 44 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Mikhalevski, Victor ½-½ 141 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 8 (March 26, 2008)
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0-1 27 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Almasi, Zoltan ½-½ 29 E15 Queens Indian
Mikhalevski, Victor - Balogh, Csaba ½-½ 21 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Round 9 (March 27, 2008)
Balogh, Csaba - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 37 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Vallejo Pons, Francisco - Almasi, Zoltan ½-½ 35 A30 English Symmetrical
Mikhalevski, Victor - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ 29 E04 Catalan
Round 10 (March 28, 2008)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco ½-½ 26 B32 Sicilian Labourdonnais
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Mikhalevski, Victor 1-0 47 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Almasi, Zoltan - Balogh, Csaba ½-½ 23 E20 Nimzo Indian

Palace Hotel Master Heviz (HUN), 18-28 iii 2008
Rank Ti Name Score Fed. BH SB Rating TPR W-We PS
1 IM Kernazhitsky, Leonid 7 UKR 48.5 36.75 2338 2434 1.16 39
2 Takacs, Balazs 7 HUN 47.5 35.25 2269 2462 2.25 34
3 IM Sanchez Guirado, Francisco 6.5 ESP 46.5 30.5 2414 2407 0.07 33.5
4 IM Vassallo, Mauricio 6.5 ESP 45.5 29.5 2383 2382 0.19 31.5
5 Haszon, David 5.5 HUN 35.5 23.75 2022 2151 1.35 20
6 IM Horvath, Imre 5 HUN 46 19 2310 2225 -0.77 29.5
7 IM Pirisi, Gabor 5 HUN 43 18 2242 2164 -0.73 24.5
8 FM Csala, Imre 4.5 HUN 45.5 19.25 2254 2159 -0.95 27
9 Valenta, Vit 4.5 CZE 44.5 15.25 2202 2184 -0.13 27.5
10 Juhasz-Nagy Sandor 4.5 HUN 41.5 16.75 1938 2064 1.3 20.5
11 Dlauchy, Peter 4 HUN 38 12.5 1995 2027 0.27 19
12 Pallagi, Janos 3.5 HUN 43.5 16 2093 2127 0.37 22
13 Lazar, Andras 3.5 HUN 36 9 2111 1927 -2.12 14.5
14 Bezsenyi, Ferenc 3 HUN 36 7.75 1949 1862 -1.05 18
15 Horvath, Lajos 3 HUN 33 12 1982 1858 -1.53 15
16 Haszon, Abel 3 HUN 32 7 1805 1863 0.43 10
17 Haszon, Kamilla Sara 2.5 HUN 35 8 1719 1805 0.67 15
18 Haszon, Attila 2.5 HUN 31.5 5.25 1787 1714 -0.78 4.5
19 IM Dobos, Jozsef 0 HUN 40.5 20.25 2303 0 0 0

4) Serbian Championships

The Serbian Championships took place in Mataruska 15th-28th March 2008. Ivan Ivanisevic won the event with 9/13.

Official site: http://www.serbiachess.net/

ch-SRB Mataruska Banja (SRB), 15-28 iii 2008 cat. XII (2536)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2649 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 9 2668
2. Vuckovic, Bojan g SRB 2556 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 2644
3. Bogosavljevic, Boban f SRB 2492 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 2626
4. Pikula, Dejan g SRB 2524 1 ½ 0 * 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8 2624
5. Perunovic, Milos g SRB 2570 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 2590
6. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g SRB 2575 ½ ½ 0 1 1 * 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 7 2562
7. Miladinovic, Igor g SRB 2604 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 7 2560
8. Pavlovic, Milos M m SRB 2457 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 2571
9. Markus, Robert g SRB 2575 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 2533
10. Damljanovic, Branko g SRB 2582 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ 0 1 6 2503
11. Sedlak, Nikola g SRB 2568 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 2477
12. Drazic, Sinisa g SRB 2489 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 5 2453
13. Leskur, Dejan SRB 2468 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * 0 2366
14. Velickovic, Sasa m SRB 2401 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2295

5) Serbian Women's Championships

The Women's Serbian Championships takes place in Kac 15th-28th March 2008.

Official site: http://www.serbiachess.net/

ch-SRB w Kac (SRB), 29 iii-9 iv 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Stojanovic, Andjelija wg SRB 2310 * . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . 2
2. Benderac, Ana wg SRB 2324 . * . . ½ . . . 1 . . . 2459
3. Manakova, Maria wg SRB 2331 . . * ½ . . . . . 1 . . 2379
4. Petrovic, Marija wm SRB 2168 . . ½ * . . . 1 . . . . 2410
5. Chelushkina, Irina wg SRB 2357 . ½ . . * . . . . . . 1 2464
6. Mladenovic, Jelena wf SRB 2114 . . . . . * . ½ ½ . . . 1 2139
7. Maksimovic, Suzana wg SRB 2264 0 . . . . . * . . . . 1 1 2264
8. Eric, Jovana wf SRB 2104 . . . 0 . ½ . * . . . . ½ 1948
9. Jovanovic, Violeta SRB 2175 . 0 . . . ½ . . * . . . ½ 2026
10. Djukic, Sandra SRB 2204 . . 0 . . . . . . * ½ . ½ 2029
11. Urosevic, Miroljub SRB 2114 0 . . . . . . . . ½ * . ½ 2064
12. Rakic, Marija SRB 2218 . . . . 0 . 0 . . . . * 0

6) 67th Georgian Championships Men

The Georgian Men's Championships took place 15th March - 1st April 2008. The event was a knockout with rapid playoffs of 25-25 mins. +10 sec. a move. Levan Pantsulaia won the event by beating Giorgi Margvelashvili (who achieved a GM norm). Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Konstantine Shanava are tied 2-2 for the 3rd 4th place playoff and will finish their match tomorrow. Games input by Marika Japaridze. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili.

67th ch-GEO KO Tbilisi (GEO), 15 iii - 1 iv 2008
Round 4, 25.03-27.03.2008
# NAME Rat Tit 90 min 25 min 5 min Total
12 Margvelashvili, Giorgi 2455 m 1 ½ 1.5
1 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 2635 g 0 ½ 0.5
# NAME Rat Tit 90 min 25 min 5 min Total
2 Pantsulaia, Levan 2629 g 1 1 2
6 Shanava, Konstantine 2521 g 0 1 0
Round 5, For the I-II places. 28.03-01.04.2008
# NAME Rat Tit 90 min 25 min 5 min Total
12 Margvelashvili, Giorgi 2455 m ½00* ** ** * 0.5
2 Pantsulaia, Levan 2629 g ½11* ** ** * 2.5
Round 5, For the III-IV places. 28.03-01.04.2008
# NAME Rat Tit 90 min 25 min 5 min Total
6 Shanava, Konstantine 2521 g 0½½1 ** ** * 2.0
1 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 2635 g 1½½o ** ** * 2.0

7) French League Top 16

The first three rounds of the French League Top 16 took place 22nd-24th March 2008. All the games apart from Nijboer-Chomet from the first three rounds seem to be available. The final three rounds of the group stage take place 10th-13th April 2008.

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

French League Top 16 Rounds 1-3 (FRA), 22-24 iii 2008
Group A Round 1 22nd March 2008
Venue Clichy
Vandoeuvre 4 - 3 Bois Colombes
g MOVSESIAN Sergei 2677 1-0 m LANDENBERGUE Claude 2451
g MEIER Georg 2570 1-0 g KOZAKOV Mikhail 2445
g NIJBOER Friso 2578 1-0 m CHOMET Pascal 2333
m BRUNNER Nicolas 2428 1/2 m SHOKER Samy 2381
m PHILIPPE Christophe 2378 0-1 f VUILLEUMIER Alexandre 2285
f NEZAR Mustapha 2404 1-0 mf GUICHARD Pauline 2274
f PACI Cedric 2301 0-1 PIETRASANTA Jeremy 2268
ff CONGIU Mathilde 2195 0-1 f LE ROY Brice 2301
Montpellier 1 - 5 Clichy
g STELLWAGEN Daniel 2625 0-1 g JAKOVENKO Dmitry 2720
g PRIE Eric 2532 0-1 g ELJANOV Pavel 2692
g MAZE Sebastien 2573 1/2 g PELLETIER Yannick 2600
g BAUER Christian 2614 0-1 g FRESSINET Laurent 2656
g FLEAR Glenn C 2493 0-1 g TREGUBOV Pavel V. 2636
g HAMDOUCHI Hichem 2576 1/2 g APICELLA Manuel 2544
m LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2468 1-0 m EDOUARD Romain 2507
gf MILLIET Sophie 2376 0-1 m SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2443
Venue Marseille
Marseille Duchamps 2 - 4 Mulhouse
g GYIMESI Zoltan 2605 1/2 g GASHIMOV Vugar 2665
g BAKLAN Vladimir 2647 1/2 g DREEV Alexey 2633
g KEMPINSKI Robert 2590 1-0 g SOKOLOV Andrei 2594
g KOSTEN Anthony C. 2511 0-1 g GEORGIEV Kiril 2662
m ABERGEL Thal 2517 1-0 g BRICARD Emmanuel 2490
m BOUDRE Jean-Pierre 2333 0-1 m WIRIG Anthony 2479
MILANDRE Olivier 2069 0-1 m RIFF Jean-Noel 2474
FERNANDEZ Laura 2025 0-1 mf MULLER Anne 2136
Antibes 1 - 3 Marseille Echecs
g NAKAMURA Hikaru 2670 1/2 g BACROT Etienne 2700
g KHENKIN Igor 2602 1-0 g DELCHEV Aleksander 2630
g TIMMAN Jan H 2561 1/2 g MITON Kamil 2609
g MIRALLES Gilles 2490 0-1 m GOZZOLI Yannick 2510
BIJAOUI Manuel 2365 1/2 g JEDYNAK Radoslaw 2525
g SANTO-ROMAN Marc 2395 1/2 m MARZOLO Cyril 2474
ACHER Mathieu 2381 0-1 GOLDSZTEJN Gildas 2380
COCHET Caroline 2066 0-1 DELORME Laurie 2072
Group A Round 2 23rd March 2008
Venue Clichy
Bois Colombes 0 - 5 Clichy
m SHOKER Samy 2381 1/2 g ELJANOV Pavel 2692
g KOZAKOV Mikhail 2445 1/2 g JAKOVENKO Dmitry 2720
m LANDENBERGUE Claude 2451 0-1 g FRESSINET Laurent 2656
f VUILLEUMIER Alexandre 2285 0-1 g TREGUBOV Pavel V. 2636
m CHOMET Pascal 2333 1/2 m EDOUARD Romain 2507
f LE ROY Brice 2301 0-1 g PELLETIER Yannick 2600
mf GUICHARD Pauline 2274 0-1 g APICELLA Manuel 2544
PIETRASANTA Jeremy 2268 0-1 m SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2443
Vandoeuvre 2 - 4 Montpellier
g MOVSESIAN Sergei 2677 1/2 g PRIE Eric 2532
g MEIER Georg 2570 1-0 g BAUER Christian 2614
g NIJBOER Friso 2578 1/2 g STELLWAGEN Daniel 2625
f NEZAR Mustapha 2404 0-1 g HAMDOUCHI Hichem 2576
m BRUNNER Nicolas 2428 0-1 g MAZE Sebastien 2573
f PACI Cedric 2301 0-1 m LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2468
m PHILIPPE Christophe 2378 1-0 g FLEAR Glenn C 2493
ff CONGIU Mathilde 2195 0-1 gf MILLIET Sophie 2376
Venue Marseille
Mulhouse 3 - 1 Marseille Echecs
g GASHIMOV Vugar 2665 1-0 g MITON Kamil 2609
g SOKOLOV Andrei 2594 1/2 g BACROT Etienne 2700
g DREEV Alexey 2633 1/2 g DELCHEV Aleksander 2630
g GEORGIEV Kiril 2662 1-0 g JEDYNAK Radoslaw 2525
m WIRIG Anthony 2479 1/2 m MARZOLO Cyril 2474
m RIFF Jean-Noel 2474 1/2 m GOZZOLI Yannick 2510
g BRICARD Emmanuel 2490 1-0 m AMIGUES Emmanuel 2378
mf MULLER Anne 2136 0-1 DELORME Laurie 2072
Marseille Duchamps 0 - 4 Antibes
g BAKLAN Vladimir 2647 1/2 g NAKAMURA Hikaru 2670
g GYIMESI Zoltan 2605 1/2 g KHENKIN Igor 2602
g KEMPINSKI Robert 2590 1/2 g TIMMAN Jan H 2561
m ABERGEL Thal 2517 0-1 g MIRALLES Gilles 2490
g KOSTEN Anthony C. 2511 1/2 BIJAOUI Manuel 2365
m BOUDRE Jean-Pierre 2333 0-1 g SANTO-ROMAN Marc 2395
FERNANDEZ Laura 2025 0-1 ACHER Mathieu 2381
MILANDRE Olivier 2069 F - 1 COCHET Caroline 2066
Group A Round 3 24th March 2008
Venue Clichy
Montpellier 5 - 0 Bois Colombes
g PRIE Eric 2532 1-0 m SHOKER Samy 2381
g STELLWAGEN Daniel 2625 1-0 g KOZAKOV Mikhail 2445
g BAUER Christian 2614 1/2 m LANDENBERGUE Claude 2451
g MAZE Sebastien 2573 1-0 f VUILLEUMIER Alexandre 2285
g HAMDOUCHI Hichem 2576 1-0 m CHOMET Pascal 2333
g FLEAR Glenn C 2493 1/2 PIETRASANTA Jeremy 2268
gf MILLIET Sophie 2376 1/2 f LE ROY Brice 2301
m LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2468 1-0 mf GUICHARD Pauline 2274
Clichy 2 - 0 Vandoeuvre
g JAKOVENKO Dmitry 2720 1/2 g MOVSESIAN Sergei 2677
g FRESSINET Laurent 2656 1/2 g MEIER Georg 2570
g ELJANOV Pavel 2692 1-0 g NIJBOER Friso 2578
g TREGUBOV Pavel V. 2636 1/2 m BRUNNER Nicolas 2428
g PELLETIER Yannick 2600 1-0 f PACI Cedric 2301
g APICELLA Manuel 2544 1/2 f NEZAR Mustapha 2404
m EDOUARD Romain 2507 1/2 m PHILIPPE Christophe 2378
m SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2443 1/2 ff CONGIU Mathilde 2195
Venue Marseille
Antibes 1 - 3 Mulhouse
g NAKAMURA Hikaru 2670 1-0 g SOKOLOV Andrei 2594
g TIMMAN Jan H 2561 0-1 g GASHIMOV Vugar 2665
g KHENKIN Igor 2602 1/2 g GEORGIEV Kiril 2662
g MIRALLES Gilles 2490 0-1 g DREEV Alexey 2633
ACHER Mathieu 2381 1/2 m WIRIG Anthony 2479
g SANTO-ROMAN Marc 2395 1/2 g BRICARD Emmanuel 2490
BIJAOUI Manuel 2365 1/2 m RIFF Jean-Noel 2474
COCHET Caroline 2066 0-1 mf MULLER Anne 2136
Marseille Echecs 3 - 1 Marseille Duchamps
g BACROT Etienne 2700 1/2 g BAKLAN Vladimir 2647
g DELCHEV Aleksander 2630 1/2 m ABERGEL Thal 2517
g MITON Kamil 2609 1/2 g KEMPINSKI Robert 2590
m GOZZOLI Yannick 2510 0-1 g GYIMESI Zoltan 2605
m MARZOLO Cyril 2474 1-0 g KOSTEN Anthony C. 2511
g JEDYNAK Radoslaw 2525 1/2 m BOUDRE Jean-Pierre 2333
GOLDSZTEJN Gildas 2380 1-0 MILANDRE Olivier 2069
DELORME Laurie 2072 1-0 FERNANDEZ Laura 2025
Group B Round 1 22nd March 2008
Venue Cannes
Bischwiller 2 - 4 Metz
g ASRIAN Karen 2621 1-0 g RIAZANTSEV Alexander 2628
g SCHLOSSER Philipp 2564 0-1 g POSTNY Evgeny 2627
g BUHMANN Rainer 2570 1/2 g SVETUSHKIN Dmitry 2565
f HEINZ Timothee 2310 0-1 m KOCH Jean-Rene 2453
m WAGNER Claude 2358 0-1 f NEIMAN Emmanuel 2371
m NETZER Jean 2387 0-1 f PUCHER Olivier 2329
m MENSCH Etienne 2337 1/2 f TADDEI Benoit 2265
gf LALLEMAND Roza 2246 1-0 LECLAIR Marie 1974
Cannes 5 - 1 Hyères
g TKACHIEV Vladislav 2657 1-0 g DRASKO Milan 2540
g KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2594 1-0 g SULAVA Nenad 2494
g PALAC Mladen 2575 1/2 m NINOV Nikolai 2501
g NATAF Igor-Alexandre 2552 0-1 VINCENT Stephane 2235
g FONTAINE Robert 2572 1 - A LANGEVIN Philippe 2156
g GODENA Michele 2559 1 - A GARRO Pierre 2178
gf LECONTE Maria 2345 1 - A COMTE Frederic 2190
WOLFANGEL Cyril 2040 1/2 MARTINOVIC Gordana 1600
Venue Gonfreville
Gonfreville 0 - 0 Noyon
g BOLOGAN Viktor 2663 1/2 g MARCELIN Cyril 2510
g RAUSIS Igors 2520 1/2 f HOMMELES Theo 2390
g DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2535 1/2 f HOUSIEAUX David 2353
m PAYEN Arnaud 2403 1/2 m NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2411
m ELIET Nicolas 2453 1/2 m AGUETTAZ Maxime 2422
m VALLIN Guillaume 2409 1/2 f CLERY Nicolas 2390
m COLLAS Didier 2441 1/2 VAN HEIRZEELE Daniel 2244
m COLLAS Silvia 2405 1/2 ASSAD Karine 2042
Strasbourg 1 - 2 Evry
g ROZENTALIS Eduardas 2567 0-1 g VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2637
g DOETTLING Fabian 2544 1/2 g FELLER Sebastien 2522
g VAISSER Anatoly 2539 1/2 g HAUCHARD Arnaud 2476
g KALLAI Gabor 2470 1/2 g CHUCHELOV Vladimir 2551
m ROOS Daniel 2408 1/2 g RELANGE Eloi 2479
m ROOS Jean-Luc 2330 1/2 g CHABANON Jean-Luc 2454
m ROOS Louis 2366 1-0 m BERGEZ Luc 2370
GRAS Delphine 2011 0-1 mf ROUMEGOUS Marina 2217
Group B Round 2 23rd March 2008
Venue Cannes
Metz 4 - 0 Hyères
g SVETUSHKIN Dmitry 2565 1-0 m NINOV Nikolai 2501
g POSTNY Evgeny 2627 1/2 g SULAVA Nenad 2494
g RIAZANTSEV Alexander 2628 1/2 g DRASKO Milan 2540
m KOCH Jean-Rene 2453 1/2 VINCENT Stephane 2235
f NEIMAN Emmanuel 2371 1/2 COMTE Frederic 2190
f TADDEI Benoit 2265 1-0 GARRO Pierre 2178
f PUCHER Olivier 2329 1-0 LANGEVIN Philippe 2156
LECLAIR Marie 1974 1-0 MARTINOVIC Gordana 1600
Bischwiller 1 - 5 Cannes
g BUHMANN Rainer 2570 1/2 g TKACHIEV Vladislav 2657
g ASRIAN Karen 2621 0-1 g KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2594
g SCHLOSSER Philipp 2564 1-0 g NATAF Igor-Alexandre 2552
m NETZER Jean 2387 0-1 g FONTAINE Robert 2572
m MENSCH Etienne 2337 0-1 g PALAC Mladen 2575
f HEINZ Timothee 2310 0-1 g GODENA Michele 2559
m WAGNER Claude 2358 0-1 m CORNETTE Matthieu 2491
gf LALLEMAND Roza 2246 1/2 gf LECONTE Maria 2345
Venue Gonfreville
Noyon 0 - 4 Evry
m AGUETTAZ Maxime 2422 0-1 g VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2637
m NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2411 1/2 g CHUCHELOV Vladimir 2551
g MARCELIN Cyril 2510 1/2 g FELLER Sebastien 2522
f CLERY Nicolas 2390 0-1 g HAUCHARD Arnaud 2476
f HOUSIEAUX David 2353 0-1 g CHABANON Jean-Luc 2454
f HOMMELES Theo 2390 1/2 g RELANGE Eloi 2479
VAN HEIRZEELE Daniel 2244 1/2 m BERGEZ Luc 2370
ASSAD Karine 2042 0-1 mf ROUMEGOUS Marina 2217
Gonfreville 2 - 2 Strasbourg
g BOLOGAN Viktor 2663 1/2 g DOETTLING Fabian 2544
g DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2535 1/2 g ROZENTALIS Eduardas 2567
g RAUSIS Igors 2520 1/2 g VAISSER Anatoly 2539
m ELIET Nicolas 2453 0-1 g KALLAI Gabor 2470
m PAYEN Arnaud 2403 0-1 m ROOS Daniel 2408
m COLLAS Didier 2441 1/2 m ROOS Jean-Luc 2330
m VALLIN Guillaume 2409 1-0 f REINHART Emmanuel 2285
m COLLAS Silvia 2405 1-0 GRAS Delphine 2011
Group B Round 3 24th March 2008
Venue Cannes
Cannes 3 - 1 Metz
g TKACHIEV Vladislav 2657 1-0 g RIAZANTSEV Alexander 2628
g KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2594 1/2 g POSTNY Evgeny 2627
g GODENA Michele 2559 0-1 g SVETUSHKIN Dmitry 2565
g PALAC Mladen 2575 1/2 m KOCH Jean-Rene 2453
g NATAF Igor-Alexandre 2552 1/2 f NEIMAN Emmanuel 2371
g FONTAINE Robert 2572 1/2 f TADDEI Benoit 2265
m CORNETTE Matthieu 2491 1-0 PUCHER Sebastien 2241
gf LECONTE Maria 2345 1-0 LECLAIR Marie 1974
Hyères 0 - 3 Bischwiller
g DRASKO Milan 2540 1/2 g BUHMANN Rainer 2570
g SULAVA Nenad 2494 1/2 g ASRIAN Karen 2621
m NINOV Nikolai 2501 1/2 g SCHLOSSER Philipp 2564
VINCENT Stephane 2235 0-1 m NETZER Jean 2387
COMTE Frederic 2190 0-1 m MENSCH Etienne 2337
GARRO Pierre 2178 1/2 m WAGNER Claude 2358
LANGEVIN Philippe 2156 1/2 f HEINZ Timothee 2310
MARTINOVIC Gordana 1600 0-1 gf LALLEMAND Roza 2246
Venue Gonfreville
Strasbourg 2 - 3 Noyon
g VAISSER Anatoly 2539 1/2 g MAGEM BADALS Jordi 2470
g ROZENTALIS Eduardas 2567 1-0 m ADLA Diego 2480
g DOETTLING Fabian 2544 1-0 g MARCELIN Cyril 2510
g KALLAI Gabor 2470 0-1 m NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2411
m ROOS Daniel 2408 0-1 f HOUSIEAUX David 2353
m ROOS Louis 2366 1/2 f CLERY Nicolas 2390
f REINHART Emmanuel 2285 1/2 m AGUETTAZ Maxime 2422
GRAS Delphine 2011 0-1 ASSAD Karine 2042
Evry 2 - 2 Gonfreville
g VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2637 1/2 g BOLOGAN Viktor 2663
g FELLER Sebastien 2522 1/2 g DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2535
g HAUCHARD Arnaud 2476 1/2 g RAUSIS Igors 2520
g CHABANON Jean-Luc 2454 1/2 m PAYEN Arnaud 2403
g CHUCHELOV Vladimir 2551 1-0 m COLLAS Didier 2441
g RELANGE Eloi 2479 1-0 m ELIET Nicolas 2453
m BERGEZ Luc 2370 0-1 m VALLIN Guillaume 2409
mf ROUMEGOUS Marina 2217 0-1 m COLLAS Silvia 2405

French League Top 16 Tables (FRA), 22-24 iii 2008
French League Top 16 Group A
Round 3 Standings
Pl. Team Pts j. d. p. c.
1 Clichy 9 3 11 12 1
2 Mulhouse 9 3 6 10 4
3 Montpellier 7 3 3 10 7
4 Marseille Echecs 7 3 2 7 5
5 Antibes 5 3 0 6 6
6 Vandoeuvre 5 3 -3 6 9
7 Marseille Duchamps 3 3 -8 3 11
8 Bois Colombes 3 3 -11 3 14
French League Top 16 Group B
Pl. Team Pts j. d. p. c.
1 Cannes 9 3 10 13 3
2 Evry 8 3 5 8 3
3 Metz 7 3 4 9 5
4 Gonfreville 6 3 0 4 4
5 Noyon 6 3 -3 3 6
6 Bischwiller 5 3 -3 6 9
7 Strasbourg 4 3 -2 5 7
8 Hyères 3 3 -11 1 12

8) V Los Llanos de Aridane International

The V Los Llanos de Aridane International took place 15th-21st March 2008. Ahmed Adly of Egypt won the Category V main event with 8/10. Dzhurabek Khamrakulov won the under-20 event.

Official site: http://ftajedrez.com/

V Int Los Llanos de Aridane (ESP), 15-21 iii 2008 cat. V (2373)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2551 * * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2577
2. Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo g CUB 2495 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 2458
3. Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge f ESP 2320 1 0 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 2455
4. Guramishvili, Sopiko wm GEO 2300 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 0 1 2277
5. Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina wg ESP 2349 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ 1 2267
6. Perez Felipe, Marcos Adrian ESP 2223 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 * * 2210

V U20 Int Los Llanos de Aridane (ESP), 15-21 iii 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek m UZB 2497 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 2478
2. Matnadze, Ana m GEO 2385 ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 2383
3. Fernandez Romero, Ernesto m ESP 2462 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 6 2334
4. Tsatsalashvili, Keti wf GEO 2214 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2279
5. Garcia-Ortega Mendez, Jose M ESP 2176 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 2241
6. De Nacimiento Montano, Angel ESP 2106 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 4 2205
7. Herrera Reyes, Jose Antonio ESP 2030 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 4 2214
8. Hernandez Leon, Alberto ESP 2200 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * 1 1 4 2195
9. Vega Gutierrez, Belinda wf ESP 2136 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 0 2079
10. Danelia, Mariam wf GEO 2139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1894

9) Dutch Team Championship

The Dutch Team Championships take place 15th September 2007 - 17th May 2008. Round 8 was on 29th March 2008 and it settled all the major issues with a round to go. HSG won the title, HWP and LSG 2 were both relegated. Report Chess Vista

Links: Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/- Meesterklasse Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/ and also photo coverage at: http://www.chessvista.com/

Dutch Team Championship 2007-8 (NED), 15 ix 2007 - 17 v 2008
No. Team Mp Bp 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. HSG 16 59½ x 6 . 7 6 7 10
2. Schrijvers Rotterdam 12 47½ 4 x 5 7 6 5 .
3. Hotels.nl 12 45 . 5 x 6 5 7
4. HMC Calder 10 42½ 3 3 x . 7
5. ESGOO 9 40 4 x . 5
6. Homburg Apeldoorn 6 39½ 4 . x 6 7
7. LSG 1 6 39 4 5 . 4 x 5
8. Utrecht 6 37 5 3 5 x . 8
9. HWP Sas van Gent 3 31 3 3 5 . x 7
10. LSG 2 0 19 0 . 3 2 3 x

Dutch Team Championship 2007-8 (NED), 15 ix 2007 - 17 v 2008
Ronde 8 - 29th March 2008
HWP Sas van Gent - Schrijvers Rotterdam 2½ - 7½
Utrecht - ESGOO 4½ - 5½
Homburg Apeldoorn - HSG 1½ - 8½
Hotels.nl - LSG 1 5 - 5
HMC Calder - LSG 2 7½ - 2½

10) 12th Neckar Open

The 12th Neckar Open took place in Deizisau, 20th-24th March 2008. Falko Bindrich took clear first with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.neckar-open.de

12th Neckar Open A Deizisau (GER), 20-24 iii 2008
PL Name Ti TWZ NAT Pts Buchh SoBerg
1 Bindrich,Falko GM 2497 GER 7.5 51.5 41.75
2 Fedorchuk,Sergey GM 2652 UKR 7 55.5 41.5
3 Erdos,Viktor GM 2575 HUN 7 54.5 41
3 Peralta,Fernando GM 2551 ARG 7 54.5 41
5 Leon Hoyos,Manuel IM 2495 MEX 7 54 40.25
6 Graf,Alexander GM 2586 GER 7 53 39
7 Lauber,Arnd IM 2417 GER 7 52 39.25
8 Dgebuadze,Alexand GM 2512 BEL 7 52 39
9 Bogner,Sebastian IM 2401 GER 7 51 38.25
10 Chatalbashev,Bori GM 2585 BUL 7 50.5 37.75
11 Krämer,Martin IM 2436 GER 7 48.5 37.25
12 Beinoras,Mindauga 2280 LTU 6.5 51.5 34.75
13 Lanka,Zigurds GM 2475 LAT 6.5 51 36.5
14 Farago,Ivan GM 2475 HUN 6.5 51 35.75
15 Schneider,Ilja 2436 GER 6.5 49.5 34.75
16 Korneev,Oleg GM 2645 RUS 6.5 49.5 34
16 Naumann,Alexander GM 2541 GER 6.5 49.5 34
18 Heimann,Andreas 2403 GER 6.5 49.5 34
19 Chernov,Vadim IM 2505 ROU 6.5 48 33.5
20 Fedorovsky,Michae 2397 UKR 6.5 48 32.25
21 Pruijssers,Roelan IM 2420 NED 6.5 46 31
22 Brandenburg,Daan IM 2475 NED 6.5 45 30.75
23 Jaracz,Pawel GM 2527 POL 6.5 45 30.25
24 Zeller,Frank IM 2437 GER 6.5 44 31.25
25 Kuipers,Stefan 2302 NED 6 51.5 32
26 van Oosterom,Chie IM 2408 NED 6 51 30.75
27 Schmittdiel,Eckha GM 2417 GER 6 50.5 32.25
28 Strohhäker,Raoul FM 2393 GER 6 50.5 30.75
29 Hirneise,Tobias 2324 GER 6 50 30.75
30 Vocaturo,Daniele IM 2415 ITA 6 49.5 29.5
31 Djuric,Stefan GM 2448 SRB 6 48.5 32.25
32 Karner,Christoph FM 2356 AUT 6 48.5 29.5
33 Meinhardt,Maximil FM 2379 GER 6 48.5 29.25
34 Huschenbeth,Nicla 2437 GER 6 48 29.5
35 Skytte,Rasmus IM 2412 DEN 6 47.5 30
36 Roobol,Martin FM 2288 NED 6 47.5 29.5
37 Gonzalez Garcia,J GM 2549 MEX 6 47.5 28
38 Manakov,Ilya 2334 RUS 6 47 28.25
39 Becking,Stephan FM 2387 GER 6 46.5 30
40 Thinius,Marco IM 2335 GER 6 46.5 26
41 Kleijn,Christov 2236 NED 6 46 29.25
42 Vatter,Hans-Joach FM 2323 GER 6 46 29.25
43 Frübing,Stefan FM 2313 GER 6 45 26.75
44 Van Ketel,Raoul FM 2339 NED 6 43.5 28.75
45 Welling,Gerard IM 2371 NED 6 43.5 28.75
46 Gasthofer,Alexand IM 2466 GER 6 43.5 28.5
47 Strunski,Andreas 2245 GER 6 43.5 26.5
48 Jorczik,Julian FM 2286 GER 6 43 27
49 Köpke,Christian FM 2296 GER 6 43 26.25
50 Genutis,Mindaugas FM 2319 LTU 6 42.5 27
51 Rau,Hannes IM 2428 GER 6 42 25.5
52 Semcesen,Daniel FM 2349 SWE 6 41 28
53 Mader,Manuela WFM 2158 GER 6 41 25.75
54 Langrock,Hannes FM 2395 GER 6 39 26.25
55 Aschenbrenner,Rob FM 2304 AUT 6 38.5 26
56 Op Den Kelder,Jor 2239 NED 6 37 24.5
56 Schleich,Markus 2213 GER 6 37 24.5
58 Lahaye,Rick 2377 NED 5.5 52 29
59 Jugelt,Tobias 2393 GER 5.5 50.5 27.75
60 Grimberg,Boris 2261 GER 5.5 49.5 26.5
307 players

11) 9th North American Invitational

The 9th North American Invitational took place in Chicago 22nd-28th March 2008. FM Mehmed Pasalic won the event with 7/9 and scored an IM norm. 2nd placed Marc Arnold was half a point behind and also made a norm.

Official site: http://www.nachess.org/fide/

9th North American Inv Chicago (USA), 22-28 iii 2008 cat. III (2306)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Pasalic, Mehmed f GER 2395 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 2515
2. Arnold, Marc T USA 2276 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 2474
3. Amanov, Mesgen m TKM 2403 ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 2374
4. Coleman, Teddy f USA 2244 ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2355
5. Panjwani, Raja f CAN 2298 ½ 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 5 2349
6. Tsyganov, Igor M f USA 2260 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 2267
7. Young, Angelo m PHI 2360 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 4 2256
8. Arjun, Vishnuvardhan m IND 2392 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 3 2170
9. Shankar, Gauri IND 2219 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 3 2190
10. Chow, Albert f USA 2208 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 2 2096

12) Bologne Easter tournament

There is an Easter international tournament took place in Bologna 20th-24th March 2008. FM Niccolo Ronchetti took clear first place. Games now available.

Official site: http://www.accademiascacchistica.it/tornei/elo/www200308/playercard.html


1st Int di Pasqua Bologna (ITA), 20-24 iii 2008 cat. IV (2339)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Ronchetti, Niccolo f ITA 2431 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 2453
2. Berzinsh, Roland m LAT 2417 ½ * ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 2410
3. Laketic, Gojko m SRB 2443 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 2407
4. Rombaldoni, Axel f ITA 2394 0 0 ½ * 1 0 1 1 1 1 2412
5. Martinez, Rolly m PHI 2447 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 5 2370
6. Tomba, Ivan ITA 2301 0 1 ½ 1 0 * 0 0 1 1 2343
7. Barillaro, Luca ITA 2180 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 * 1 0 ½ 4 2313
8. Scalcione, Michelangelo f ITA 2431 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ 2248
9. Vancini, Edoardo f ITA 2277 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 * ½ 2265
10. Gilevich, Artem UKR 2069 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2 2149

13) Iranian Championships

The Iranian Championships took place 18th-27th February 2008. Atousa Pourkashiyan won the women's event. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami won the men's event easily with 12/13 although he was the only GM (of a total of 5 Iran has) to take part. Defending Champion Shadi Paridar withdrew after only one round and I assume her game was cancelled as this is the normal proceedure.

Full photo and text report at: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4538

18th ch-IRI Tehran (IRI), 16-27 ii 2008 cat. II (2295)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2589 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 2673
2. Sharbaf, Mohsen f IRI 2407 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2461
3. Roghani, Arash f IRI 2362 0 ½ * 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 8.5 2399
4. Ahmadinia, E IRI 2227 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 8.0 2387
5. Moosavian, S.Hamed f IRI 2349 0 1 0 ½ * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8.0 2377
6. Ghorbani, Mohsen m IRI 2347 0 ½ 0 1 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 7.0 2319
7. Momeni, E IRI 2263 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6.0 2268
8. Golizadeh, Asghar IRI 2296 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2265
9. Mohammadi, H.R f IRI 2308 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5 2236
10. Vaghar, Mohsen IRI 2237 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 5.0 2212
11. Sadeh, Shahin IRI 2200 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 * 0 1 0 4.5 2192
12. Doostkam, P IRI 2241 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ 4.5 2188
13. Dalir, Faradj IRI 2200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 1 4.0 2161
14. Salehian, Sina IRI 2101 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 2.5 2058

ch-IRI w Tehran (IRI), 16-27 ii 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2282 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 2209
2. Hejazipour, Mitra IRI 2114 ½ * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2182
3. Ghader Pour, Shayesteh wm IRI 2185 0 1 * 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 2136
4. Tajik, Sareh IRI 1992 ½ 1 0 * 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 2081
5. Salman, Mahini Mona wf IRI 2085 0 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 2072
6. Hakimifard, Ghazal wf IRI 2066 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 5 2038
7. Bayat, Shohreh wf IRI 2055 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ 2003
8. Hemmatizadeh, N IRI 1915 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ * 1 0 1 2017
9. Alavi, Homa IRI 1632 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 4 2009
10. Navabi, Shirin wf IRI 2120 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 * 1 4 1960
11. Fardi,Matin IRI ---- 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1678

14) 3rd Kolkata Open

The 3rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament takes place 24th March - 2nd April 2008.

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

3rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster 24 iii - 2 iv 2008
Round 8 Standings
Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts RtgØ
1 4 GM Laznicka Viktor 2595 CZE 2493
2 1 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2677 IND 2457
3 5 GM Sandipan Chanda 2593 IND 2450
4 3 GM Koneru Humpy 2612 IND 2433
5 8 GM Adly Ahmed 2551 EGY 6 2440
6 12 GM Dobrov Vladimir 2501 RUS 6 2398
7 13 GM Safin Shukhrat 2493 UZB 6 2372
8 26 IM Arun Prasad S 2423 IND 6 2352
9 9 GM Nguyen Anh Dung 2525 VIE 2485
10 14 GM Rahman Ziaur 2492 BAN 2454
11 36 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy 2394 IND 2441
12 19 GM Bakre Tejas 2459 IND 2432
13 15 GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 IND 2417
14 27 Nolte Rolando 2412 PHI 2416
15 31 IM Saptarshi Roy 2404 IND 2408
16 18 GM Ramesh R B 2473 IND 2405
17 6 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2589 IRI 2388
18 11 GM Abdulla Al-Rakib 2506 BAN 2366
19 28 Barbosa Oliver 2410 PHI 5 2414
20 2 GM Lputian Smbat G 2616 ARM 5 2400
21 32 Das Arghyadip 2404 IND 5 2398
22 7 GM David Alberto 2557 LUX 5 2397
23 21 IM Venkatesh M R 2444 IND 5 2388
24 22 IM Sundararajan Kidambi 2442 IND 5 2385
25 25 GM Murshed Niaz 2428 BAN 5 2366
26 17 IM Ashwin Jayaram 2478 IND 5 2358
27 77 Matta Vinay Kumar 2260 IND 5 2347
28 20 IM Sriram Jha 2457 IND 5 2330
29 47 IM Prakash G B 2341 IND 5 2328
30 10 IM Hossain Enamul 2522 BAN 5 2319
31 46 Murali Krishnan B T 2363 IND 5 2310
32 34 IM Himanshu Sharma 2398 IND 5 2300
33 62 Swapnil S Dhopade 2319 IND 2471
34 40 Thejkumar M S 2382 IND 2426
35 30 IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu 2406 IND 2416
36 42 IM Saravanan V 2379 IND 2404
37 16 GM Neelotpal Das 2486 IND 2356
38 63 Shashikant Kutwal 2316 IND 2351
39 82 FM Grover Sahaj 2242 IND 2341
40 23 IM Laxman R R 2440 IND 2338
41 41 IM Frhat Ali 2379 EGY 2316
42 89 WIM Nadig Kruttika 2208 IND 2314
43 51 IM Babu N Sudhakar 2333 IND 2303
44 37 IM Kobese Watu 2389 RSA 2300
45 39 IM Garma Chito 2383 PHI 2270
46 54 Udeshi Aditya 2331 IND 2239
47 53 IM Solomon Kenny 2332 RSA 2231
48 72 Debashis Das 2279 IND 4 2392
49 88 WIM Padmini Rout 2210 IND 4 2357
50 67 Shyam Nikil P 2301 IND 4 2354
51 84 Nimmy A G 2222 IND 4 2354
52 33 IM Akshayraj Kore 2399 IND 4 2347
53 38 IM Kamble Vikramaditya 2387 IND 4 2341
54 68 FM Ramakrishna J 2296 IND 4 2327
55 24 IM Rathnakaran K 2437 IND 4 2316
56 69 Prasenjit Datta 2296 IND 4 2312
57 78 WIM Gomes Mary Ann 2255 IND 4 2297
58 60 IM Shetty Rahul 2320 IND 4 2283
59 56 IM Singh D P 2326 IND 4 2272
60 70 Singh Gurpreet Pal 2292 IND 4 2268
61 43 FM Ahmed Sk Nasir 2379 BAN 4 2268
62 44 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2371 IND 4 2256
63 59 Tiwari Arjun 2322 IND 4 2251
64 87 FM Narayanan Srinath 2210 IND 4 2247
65 35 IM Lodhi Mahmood 2397 PAK 4 2234
66 49 Abhishek Das 2337 IND 4 2224
67 64 Arun Karthik R 2313 IND 4 2203
68 91 Bitan Banerjee 2181 IND 2398
69 66 Phadke Sohan 2307 IND 2391
70 79 Chatterjee K K 2251 IND 2349
71 100 Satyajit Kundu 2117 IND 2336
72 108 Prince Bajaj 1986 IND 2322
73 45 IM Suvrajit Saha 2363 IND 2318
74 48 Palit Somak 2340 IND 2308
75 85 Swayams Mishra 2214 IND 2283
76 74 Mohammad Javed 2273 BAN 2270
77 83 Imocha Laishram 2240 IND 2255
78 61 FM Hasan Mehdi 2320 BAN 2223
79 52 FM Minhazuddin Ahmed 2333 BAN 2221
80 80 Madjidov Jasur 2249 UZB 2209
81 71 FM Singh Rishpal S 2282 IND 2206
82 94 Shailendra K Bajpai 2158 IND 2199
83 65 Thakur Akash 2312 IND 2196
84 57 FM Rahman Md Taibur 2325 BAN 2180
85 98 Ankit R Rajpara 2122 IND 3 2362
86 73 IM Balasubramaniun Ramnathan 2274 IND 3 2333
87 105 Das Sayantan 2024 IND 3 2287
88 29 WGM Mohota Nisha 2409 IND 3 2258
89 76 Sagar Shah 2263 IND 3 2254
90 99 Abhishek Kelkar 2117 IND 3 2229
91 90 Mehta Praful 2191 IND 3 2228
92 81 Joshi G B 2246 IND 3 2222
93 86 Mohammad Ali 2211 BAN 3 2199
94 50 IM Shankar Roy 2335 IND 3 2196
95 93 Negi V S 2165 IND 3 2175
96 75 WIM Kiran Manisha Mohanty 2270 IND 3 2153
97 55 FM Mohannad Farhan 2329 JOR 3 2140
98 106 Ghosh Diptayan 2016 IND 2316
99 113 Karma Pandya 1856 IND 2226
100 96 Ghosh Ananda K 2153 IND 2220
101 109 Vaibhav Suri 1962 IND 2207
102 102 Abhratanu Dutta 2081 IND 2189
103 104 Anuprita Patil 2062 IND 2134
104 92 Janardhan Shrestha 2180 NEP 2109
105 110 Rishi Thariani 1949 IND 2 2221
106 103 Gagare Shalmali 2068 IND 2 2215
107 112 Shaati Majumder 1896 IND 2 2184
108 101 Prem Krishna Maharjan 2096 NEP 2 2084
109 111 Mohana Sengupta 1896 IND 2 2050
110 107 Roy Pallabi 2009 IND 2204
111 95 Amrutha Mokal 2157 IND 2133
112 114 Kavan Shah 1806 IND 2084
113 97 FM Sai Krishna G V 2124 IND 1 2051
114 58 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar 2323 IND 0 2419

15) Victor Ciocaltea Memorial

Victor Ciocaltea Memorial took place in Bucharest 14th-27th March 2008. Vadim Shishkin took first place with 7.5/11 after a final round win against Misa Pap.

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

Victor Ciocaltea mem Bucharest (ROM), 14-25 iii 2008 cat. IX (2475)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Shishkin, Vadim UKR g UKR 2493 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 2606
2. Lupulescu, Constantin g ROU 2553 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 2570
3. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2528 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 2535
4. Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula m ROU 2509 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6 2508
5. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2442 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 6 2514
6. Jianu, Vlad-Cristian g ROU 2530 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2506
7. Sanduleac, Vasile g MDA 2452 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 5 2441
8. Murariu, Andrei g ROU 2483 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 5 2438
9. Pap, Misa m SRB 2465 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 2411
10. Chirila, Ioan Cristian f ROU 2400 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ 2417
11. Raceanu, Valentin m ROU 2407 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 4 2379
12. Baratosi, Daniel f ROU 2441 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 * 4 2376

16) 19th Pobeskydi Chess Festival

The 19th Pobeskydi Chess Festival took place 20th-24th March 2008 in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. No games available. Leading results below.

Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz or more specifically in English at: http://www.chessfm.cz/English/Pobeskydi_eng/pobeskydi_e.php

19th Pobeskydi Chess Festival Radegast Cup (CZE), 20-24 iii 2008
Rk. Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Brodowski Piotr 2426 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6,0 24,75 0,0 3
2 IM Michenka Jozef 2382 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6,0 23,25 0,0 4
3 IM Klima Lukas 2412 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5,5 23,75 0,0 2
4 Bombek Peter 2209 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5,0 22,50 0,0 2
5 Plat Vojtech 2289 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5,0 21,50 0,0 2
6 FM Rojicek Vojtech 2349 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 5,0 20,00 0,0 3
7 FM Gumula Daniel 2309 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 3,5 14,75 0,0 1
8 FM Ginzburg Mikhail 2262 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 3,5 14,50 0,0 1
9 Straka Josef Jr 2047 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 3,0 11,00 0,0 1
10 IM Sikora-Lerch Jan 2260 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 2,5 12,00 0,0 0

19th Pobeskydi Chess Festival Arcimpex Cup (CZE), 20-24 iii 2008
Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 FM Jurcik Marian 2372 SVK * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6,5 25,50 0,0 4
2 IM Talla Vladimir 2419 CZE ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5,5 25,00 0,0 2
3 Motuz Karol 2299 SVK ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 5,5 22,25 0,0 4
4 IM Vesselovsky Serguei 2391 CZE ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5,5 22,00 0,5 2
IM Berezjuk Sergej 2433 CZE ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5,5 22,00 0,5 2
6 Bazant Petr Jr 2352 CZE 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1 1 5,0 17,00 0,0 4
7 FM Krejci Jan 2359 CZE ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 1 4,0 16,00 0,0 2
8 WFM Leks Hanna 2192 POL 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 3,0 13,25 0,0 1
9 Pagerka Martin 2011 SVK 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 3,0 11,75 0,0 1
10 Hrabusa Matej 2319 SVK 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1,5 5,75 0,0 0

19th Pobeskydi Chess Festival Hamont Cup (CZE), 20-24 iii 2008
Rk. Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Pileckis Emilis 2364 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7,0 28,75 0,0 5
2 Schwarz Dusan 2292 0 * 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6,0 22,50 0,0 6
3 FM Belunek Vladimir 2300 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5,5 23,00 0,0 3
4 Krzyzanowski Marcin 2176 ½ 1 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 5,5 21,25 0,0 4
5 IM Khamitskiy Sergei 2367 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 5,5 18,75 0,0 4
6 FM Wiley Tom E 2332 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 4,5 18,00 0,0 2
7 FM Jasny Stanislav 2329 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4,0 17,25 0,0 1
8 IM Kislov Mikhail 2363 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 3,0 12,50 0,0 0
9 IM Petran Peter 2368 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 2,5 7,25 0,0 1
10 Vlasak Lukas 2095 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1,5 6,25 0,0 0

17) 35th La Roda Open

The 35th International Open of La Roda 2008 took place 19th-23rd March 2008. Fidel Corrales Jimenez took first place on tie-break. Final round games now available.

http://www.cplaroda.com/ajedrez/index2.html

XXXV Open La Roda (ESP), 19-23 iii 2008
Rk. Number Ti FED Elo Pts. T/B
1 Corrales Jimenez Fidel IM CUB 2509 7,5 50,0
2 Cabrera Alexis GM COL 2491 7,5 48,5
3 Movsziszian Karen GM ARM 2527 7,5 47,5
4 Pogorelov Ruslan GM UKR 2396 7,0 49,0
5 Paunovic Dragan GM SRB 2522 7,0 48,0
6 Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel IM CUB 2432 6,5 51,5
7 Mirzoev Azer GM AZE 2518 6,5 49,5
8 Macak Stefan SVK 2361 6,5 49,5
9 Almeida Quintana Omar GM CUB 2500 6,5 49,0
10 Kolev Atanas GM BUL 2572 6,5 48,5
11 Ubilava Elizbar GM ESP 2544 6,5 48,0
12 Suba Mihai GM ROU 2485 6,5 47,5
13 Granda Zuniga Julio E GM PER 2588 6,5 47,5
14 Strikovic Aleksa GM SRB 2543 6,5 47,5
15 Epishin Vladimir GM RUS 2577 6,5 46,0
16 Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos IM ESP 2493 6,5 44,5
17 Vehi Bach Victor M IM ESP 2373 6,5 44,0
18 Kovacevic Slobodan IM SRB 2413 6,5 42,0
19 Marholev Dimitar IM BUL 2401 6,5 41,5
20 Ivanov Jordan IM BUL 2371 6,0 49,0
200 players

18) Stockholm Ladies Open

The Stockholm Ladies Open tournament took place 20th-25th March 2008. The prize money was over 100 000 Skr. Anna Muzychuk took first place on tie-break from Sopiko Khukhashvili and Elina Danielian after all finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.scandinavian-chess.se/

SCT Ladies Open Stockholm (SWE), 20-25 iii 2008
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 Rp
1 IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2460 7,0 49,0 54,0 2574
2 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko GEO 2387 7,0 47,5 51,5 2566
3 IM Danielian Elina ARM 2480 7,0 43,5 48,0 2540
4 IM Hunt Harriet ENG 2457 6,5 49,5 54,0 2513
5 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2422 6,5 48,5 53,0 2491
6 WIM Worek Joanna POL 2244 6,5 46,5 49,0 2371
7 IM Jackova Jana CZE 2375 6,5 45,0 49,5 2482
8 IM Vajda Szidonia HUN 2418 6,5 43,5 47,0 2439
WGM Sudakova Irina RUS 2333 6,5 43,5 47,0 2415
10 WIM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2317 6,5 42,0 46,0 2428
11 WGM Reizniece Dana LAT 2309 6,5 42,0 45,5 2421
12 WGM Benderac Ana SRB 2324 6,5 41,5 45,0 2398
13 IM Lujan Carolina ARG 2365 6,0 45,0 49,0 2402
14 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab AZE 2332 6,0 42,0 46,0 2416
15 IM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2429 6,0 42,0 45,5 2392
16 WGM Shumiakina Tatiana RUS 2352 6,0 41,0 45,0 2370
WIM Nemcova Katerina CZE 2342 6,0 41,0 45,0 2322
18 IM Purtseladze Maka GEO 2267 6,0 41,0 44,5 2396
19 IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2458 6,0 39,0 42,5 2369
20 WGM Melia Salome GEO 2362 5,5 47,0 51,5 2372
21 WIM Daulyte Deimante LTU 2251 5,5 45,5 49,0 2322
22 WFM Limontaite Simona LTU 2152 5,5 45,0 49,5 2410
23 WGM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2357 5,5 44,5 49,0 2376
24 WGM Tkeshelashvili Sopio GEO 2250 5,5 44,5 47,0 2316
25 WIM Gavasheli Ana GEO 2235 5,5 43,0 46,0 2333
26 IM Kostiukova Liubov UKR 2290 5,5 43,0 45,5 2277
27 WGM Tsereteli Tamar GEO 2365 5,5 42,5 46,0 2323
28 WIM Molchanova Tatjana RUS 2365 5,5 41,5 45,5 2312
29 WIM Burtasova Anna RUS 2345 5,5 41,0 45,0 2327
30 WGM Mamedjarova Turkan AZE 2313 5,5 41,0 44,5 2320
WIM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina POL 2293 5,5 41,0 44,5 2289
32 WGM Stepovaia Tatiana RUS 2376 5,5 40,5 44,0 2332
33 WGM Calzetta Monica ESP 2269 5,5 40,0 43,5 2310
34 WGM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2271 5,5 39,5 43,0 2274
35 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L. ECU 2341 5,5 38,5 42,0 2287
36 WIM Berzina Ilze LAT 2281 5,5 38,0 40,5 2315
37 Agrest Inna SWE 2168 5,5 38,0 38,5 2230
38 WIM Umudova Nargiz AZE 2205 5,0 44,0 48,0 2397
39 WGM Shaidullina Sandugach RUS 2306 5,0 42,5 46,0 2356
40 WGM Karlovich Anastazia UKR 2198 5,0 42,0 46,0 2383
41 IM Ciuksyte Dagne ENG 2377 5,0 42,0 45,5 2261
42 IM Socko Monika POL 2479 5,0 40,5 44,5 2318
43 WIM Blazkova Petra CZE 2233 5,0 40,5 44,0 2247
44 WIM Cherenkova Kristina RUS 2256 5,0 39,5 42,0 2234
45 IM Vasilevich Tatjana UKR 2370 5,0 38,5 42,0 2286
46 WGM Krivec Jana SLO 2345 5,0 38,0 41,5 2269
47 WGM Arutyunova Diana UKR 2285 5,0 38,0 40,0 2205
48 WIM Toma Katarzyna POL 2259 5,0 37,0 40,5 2189
49 WGM Sammalvuo Niina FIN 2253 5,0 37,0 38,0 2217
50 WGM Matseyko Katerina UKR 2301 4,5 48,5 51,5 2268
51 WGM Rogule Laura LAT 2241 4,5 43,0 46,5 2202
WFM Pavlovskaia Evgenia SWE 2188 4,5 43,0 46,5 2307
53 WGM Maksimovic Suzana SRB 2264 4,5 43,0 46,0 2268
54 WIM Rudolf Anna HUN 2242 4,5 42,5 45,5 2179
55 WIM Boric Elena BIH 2274 4,5 42,0 44,5 2253
56 WIM Ionica Iulia ROU 2251 4,5 41,5 43,5 2174
57 WIM Gromova Julia RUS 2219 4,5 40,5 43,0 2229
58 WIM Sandu Mihaela ROU 2313 4,5 40,0 44,0 2231
59 WIM Gutierrez Paloma ESP 2146 4,5 39,5 43,5 2222
60 WGM Meshcheriakova Evgenia RUS 2318 4,5 38,5 42,5 2216
61 WIM Vojinovic Jovana MNE 2207 4,5 38,5 42,0 2293
62 WGM Jürgens Vera GER 2310 4,5 38,0 41,5 2163
WIM Sarakauskiene Zivile LTU 2226 4,5 38,0 41,5 2258
64 WIM Tereladze Sopiko GEO 2195 4,5 38,0 41,0 2251
65 WIM Kludacz Magdalena POL 2217 4,5 38,0 40,0 2117
66 WIM Vovk Oksana DEN 2166 4,5 37,5 41,0 2145
67 WIM Kasparova Tatiana BLR 2167 4,5 37,5 40,0 2124
68 WGM Goletiani Rusudan USA 2387 4,5 37,0 41,0 2176
69 WIM Makka Ioulia GRE 2186 4,5 37,0 40,5 2300
70 WGM Golubenko Valentina CRO 2264 4,5 37,0 40,0 2180
71 WIM Datuashvili Nona GEO 2178 4,5 36,5 39,5 2026
72 WIM Rantanen Tanja FIN 2084 4,5 36,5 39,0 2095
73 WGM Grabuzova Tatiana RUS 2392 4,5 35,0 39,0 2197
74 WIM Andersson Christin SWE 2194 4,5 35,0 38,0 2073
75 WIM Fomina Tatyana EST 2254 4,5 35,0 35,5 2149
76 WIM Nikoladze Sopio GEO 2251 4,5 34,0 37,5 2026
77 WFM Miednikova Swietlana RUS 2171 4,0 44,0 48,0 2250
78 WGM Charkhalashvili Inga GEO 2369 4,0 42,0 46,0 2205
79 WIM Khurtsilava Inga GEO 2312 4,0 39,0 42,5 2141
80 WIM Dushenok Anna RUS 2163 4,0 38,0 42,0 2193
81 WIM Kopylov Luba GER 2218 4,0 38,0 40,5 2179
82 WIM Sirotkina Nina RUS 2247 4,0 38,0 40,0 2044
83 WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar GEO 2198 4,0 36,5 40,0 2140
WIM Bashkite Viktoria EST 2174 4,0 36,5 40,0 2114
85 WGM Stjazhkina Olga RUS 2325 4,0 36,5 39,0 2068
86 WGM Sanchez Sarai VEN 2312 4,0 34,0 37,5 2060
87 WIM Krasenkova Ilena RUS 2203 4,0 34,0 36,5 1950
88 WFM Frisk Ellinor SWE 2127 4,0 33,5 36,0 1867
89 Nieto Asencio Mari Carmen ESP 1670 4,0 32,5 35,0 1805
90 WFM Horn Emilia SWE 2057 4,0 32,5 34,5 2042
91 Jiretorn Eva SWE 2122 4,0 32,0 34,5 1983
92 WIM Mendoza Beverly PHI 2099 4,0 31,0 33,0 1935
93 WIM Kulovana Eva CZE 2323 4,0 30,0 33,0 1900
94 WIM Lundina Aelita RUS 2213 3,5 39,5 42,0 2083
95 WIM Maisuradze Nino GEO 2270 3,5 37,5 40,5 2072
96 WIM Vrublevskaya Olga RUS 2137 3,5 36,5 38,5 2030
WIM Zivkovic Vesna SRB 2111 3,5 36,5 38,5 2062
98 WIM Hitzgerova Gabriela CZE 2165 3,5 36,0 37,0 2043
99 Fransson Angelina SWE 1644 3,5 35,0 37,5 1951
100 WFM Norinkeviciute Rasa LTU 2064 3,5 34,5 37,5 1855
101 Thorsteinsdottir Hallgerdur He ISL 1867 3,5 34,0 37,5 2082
102 WFM Narva Regina EST 2037 3,5 34,0 37,0 1933
103 Kristinardottir Elsa Maria ISL 1721 3,5 33,0 35,5 1822
104 WFM Stjazhkina Anna RUS 1878 3,5 33,0 35,0 1886
105 Boyarchenko Marie LUX 1858 3,5 32,5 35,0 1862
106 Johannsdottir Johanna Bjorg ISL 1617 3,5 31,0 31,5 1864
107 Hagberg Marie-Thin SWE 1321 3,5 30,5 33,0 1799
108 Bengtsson Jessica SWE 1700 3,5 29,0 31,0 1804
109 Djuréen Elin SWE 1533 3,5 28,5 30,5 1608
110 Geijer Michaeli Rebecka SWE 1250 3,5 27,5 29,5 1599
111 Miklos Julianna SWE 1596 3,0 32,0 34,0 1818
112 Elfverson Cajsa SWE 1611 3,0 30,5 32,5 1720
113 Finnbogadottir Tinna Kristin ISL 1658 3,0 30,5 31,5 1736
114 Åström Linda SWE 1684 3,0 28,5 30,5 1706
115 Åkerlund Lucia SWE 1050 3,0 22,0 22,5 1550
116 Helgadottir Sigridur Bjorg ISL 1606 2,5 32,5 35,0 1659
117 Lönnemark Annika SWE 1739 2,5 30,5 32,5 1728
118 Coughlan Anne IRL 1196 2,5 29,0 29,5 1549
119 Lehtmets Viktoria EST 1870 2,5 28,5 30,5 1617
120 Rosenblad Louise SWE 1521 2,5 26,5 27,5 1562
121 Lehtmets Lis EST 1800 2,0 30,0 32,5 1519
122 Sahlin Siv SWE 1100 2,0 28,0 28,5 1513
123 Radon Vida SWE 1300 2,0 25,5 26,0 1424
124 Zhong Yang SWE 1155 2,0 21,5 22,0 1498
125 Luks Liselle EST 1500 1,5 22,5 23,0 1106
126 Luks Danielle EST 1500 0,5 25,5 26,5 1038

19) Foxwood Open

The Foxwood Open took place 19th-22nd March 2008.Alexander Shabalov, Yuri Shulman, Julio Becerra Rivero, Alexander Ivanov and Robert Hess finished on 7/9. Shulman defeats Ivanov in an Armageddon blitz playoff for the title and free hotel roon next year. More games than I published last week. My thanks to Michael Atkins.

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

10th Foxwoods Open Ledyard (USA), 19-23 iii 2008
1 Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2622 7
2 Shulman, Yuri g USA 2614 7
3 Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2573 7
4 Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2554 7
5 Hess, Robert L m USA 2445 7
6 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2624
7 Perelshteyn, Eugene g USA 2551
8 Bonin, Jay R m USA 2351
9 Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2489 6
10 Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2487 6
11 Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2496 6
12 Ippolito, Dean m USA 2417 6
13 Paragua, Mark g PHI 2521 6
14 Aleskerov, Faik AZE 2339 6
15 Sarkar, Justin m USA 2412 6
16 Enhbat, Tegshsuren f USA 2365 6
17 Gulamali, Kazim f USA 2353 6
18 Stripunsky, Alexander g USA 2570
19 Martinez, Marcel f USA 2418
20 Adamson, Robby f USA 2335
21 Nagendra, Rentala IND 2318
22 Molner, Mackenzie USA 2333
23 Harper, Warren USA 2195
24 Ardaman, Miles f USA 2314
25 Parry, Matt J USA 2269
26 Liu, Elliot f USA 2253
27 Acor, Corey B USA 2246
28 Williams, Christopher USA USA 2201
29 Onyekwere, Chikwere NGR 2241
30 Hungaski, Robert Andrew m USA 2404
31 Hilton, Jonathan L USA ----
32 Vigorito, David m USA 2406 5
33 Ginsburg, Mark m USA 2365 5
34 Critelli, James M f USA 2346 5
35 Boor, Carl Brandon USA 2300 5
120 players

20) 24th Budapest Spring Festival

24th Budapest Spring Festival took place 21st-29th of March 2008. Miklos Galyas won the event from Hoangh Thanh Trang and Duang The Anh on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. My thanks to Laszlo Nagy, the games were entered by Bela Lengyel.

Coverage: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

24th Budapest Spring Festival (HUN), 21-29 iii 2008
No. PNo. Name rat. Score WP SB PS TPR W-We
1. 2 Galyas, Miklos 2432 7.0 53.0 37.75 36.5 2475 +0.54
1 Hoang Thanh Trang 2475 7.0 51.0 38.00 36.0 2486 +0.19
4 Duong, The Anh 2381 7.0 50.5 38.50 36.0 2481 +1.18
4. 6 Kahn, Evarth Dr. 2326 6.0 51.0 30.75 35.0 2397 +0.92
9 Radnai, Adam 2276 6.0 49.0 31.00 33.0 2337 +0.80
3 Govciyan, Pavel 2394 6.0 49.0 30.75 32.5 2355 -0.31
10 Simonyi, Zoltan 2262 6.0 47.5 29.50 32.0 2313 +0.70
8. 7 Brustkern, Juergen 2311 5.5 47.0 27.50 30.5 2216 -0.96
5 Yrjola, Jouni 2376 5.5 45.0 26.50 30.0 2259 -1.18
16 Van Hoolandt, Patrick 2216 5.5 49.5 32.25 30.0 2361 +1.57
13 Krizsany, Laszlo Sr. 2259 5.5 43.5 26.75 29.0 2189 -0.64
8 Hujbert, Florian 2278 5.5 46.0 27.25 28.5 2206 -0.66
26 Bodrogi, Laszlo 2114 5.5 42.5 22.00 28.5 2202 +1.13
15 Lyell, Mark 2221 5.5 46.0 26.25 27.5 2204 -0.08
25 Csapo, Zoltan 2120 5.5 40.5 24.75 27.0 2142 +0.31
34 Papakonstantinou, Spyridon 2068 5.5 41.5 22.75 26.5 2244 +1.89
22 Bacso, Gabor 2153 5.5 40.0 23.75 26.0 2099 -0.51
29 Winfridsson, Ola 2108 5.5 41.0 20.75 26.0 2136 +0.17
28 Roth, Josef 2113 5.5 38.5 21.50 25.0 2082 -0.21
19 Zentai, Peter 2177 5.5 42.5 24.00 25.0 2132 -0.36
70 players

21) Belgrade Spring Open

The Belgrade Spring Open takes place 25th March - 2nd April 2008 in Belgrade. Games not yet available.

Official site: http://www.beochess.org.yu

Belgrade Spring Festival (UZB), 25 iii - 2 iv 2008
Leading Round 7 Standings:
Pl SBr. Name Rtg FED Pts BK. BK. SB. pobd
1 3 FM Jovanovic Sasa M 2333 SRB 21½ 24 21.25 5
2 14 FM Mihajlovic Miodrag 2220 SRB 19½ 22 19.25 5
3 5 FM Skare Goran 2315 SRB 5 19 22 17.75 4
4 7 mk Jovicic Radosav 2288 SRB 5 19 21 16.5 5
5 15 mk Mrsa Ferdinand 2220 SRB 5 18½ 20 15.75 4
6 18 mk Ravic Nenad 2172 SRB 22 25 17.5 4
7 29 FM Paulic Branko 2120 SRB 21½ 24½ 17.75 3
8 11 mk Krgovic Veselin 2234 SRB 20½ 23½ 17 3
9 45 mk Penev Ivan 2024 SRB 20 21½ 15.25 3
10 4 FM Martic Ivan 2324 SRB 20 21½ 15 4
119 players

22) 2nd Georgy Agzamov Memorial

The 2nd Georgy Agzamov Memorial took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 18th-28th March 2008. Farrukh Amonatov edged out Anton Filippov and Vitaly Tseshkovsky after all three finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.uzchess.uz/

2nd Georgy Agzamov Memorial (UZB), 18-28 iii 2008
Name Pts NAT Elo BH SB TPR W-We BH-HiLo
1 Amonatov, Farrukh 7 TJK 2649 52.5 40.25 2692 0.51 41.5
2 Filippov, Anton 7 UZB 2502 44.5 33.75 2581 1.08 34.5
3 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly 7 RUS 2504 44 33.25 2574 0.91 35
4 Kurnosov, Igor 6.5 RUS 2577 51.5 35 2610 0.52 40.5
5 Iuldachev, Saidali 6.5 UZB 2526 50.5 34.25 2598 0.98 39.5
6 Kim, Alexey 6.5 KOR 2442 47.5 30.75 2505 0.88 36.5
7 Mustafaev, Jamshid 6.5 UZB 2286 44.5 30.25 2606 2.89 35.5
8 Zinchenko, Yaroslav 6 UKR 2516 50.5 31.5 2564 0.67 40
9 Saidov, Beqali 6 UZB 2329 48 30.25 2502 1.79 38
10 Dzhumaev, Marat 6 UZB 2527 46.5 30 2411 -0.95 36.5
11 Egin, Vladimir 6 UZB 2437 45 28.25 2421 -0.04 36.5
12 Kvon, Andrey 6 UZB 2381 44.5 27.75 2508 1.61 36
13 Faizulaev, Akmal 6 UZB 2239 38.5 24.5 2349 1.03 30.5
14 Timoshenko, Georgy 5.5 UKR 2560 53 30.5 2516 -0.36 41
15 Fedorov, Alexei 5.5 BLR 2607 51 29.25 2441 -1.65 39.5
16 Vovk, Yuri 5.5 UKR 2561 50 29.25 2476 -0.85 39
17 Zubarev, Alexander 5.5 UKR 2491 49.5 27.25 2458 -0.15 39
18 Glek, Igor V. 5.5 GER 2546 49 26.75 2379 -1.66 38
19 Kayumov, Sergey 5.5 UZB 2426 45 23.25 2360 -0.55 36
20 Mustafaev, Khurshed 5.5 UZB 2299 43 24.5 2337 0.54 33.5
21 Rakhmatullin, Kamil 5.5 UZB 2320 41.5 23.5 2347 0.39 32.5
22 Galyamov, Vildan 5.5 UZB 2269 38 20.75 2343 0.59 29.5
23 Shaymuratov, Inomjon 5.5 UZB 2188 36 19.75 2341 1.43 27.5
24 Djuraev, Sokhib 5 TJK 2283 46.5 23 2361 0.77 37
25 Nuretdinov, Igor 5 TJK 0 44 21.5 2356 0.5 36
26 Holmirzaev, Bahodir 5 UZB 2199 44 21 2289 0.96 33.5
27 Khamroev, Ravshan 5 UZB 2082 42 21 2339 2.86 32
28 Turaev, Halim 5 UZB 2355 41 22.5 2268 -0.82 32
29 Ohunov, Bobur 5 UZB 2224 38.5 17.5 2118 -0.85 30
30 Sabirova, O. 5 UZB 2256 38.5 18.75 2247 -0.09 29.5
31 Nodirjanova, Nodira 5 UZB 2131 37.5 18.75 2253 1.26 29.5
32 Li, Georgiy 5 UZB 2186 35 16 2085 -1.04 26.5
33 Karimov, Erkin 5 UZB 2006 34.5 15.75 2086 0.55 27
34 Anarkulov A. 5 UZB 2212 31.5 14.5 2011 -1.65 22
35 Gubaydulin, T. 4.5 UZB 2211 47.5 21 2397 1.68 38.5
36 Tologontegin, Semetey 4.5 KGZ 2407 46 20.75 2277 -1.42 35.5
37 Sabirov, Farkhad 4.5 UZB 2362 42.5 18 2259 -1.17 32.5
38 Karimov, Farukh 4.5 UZB 2254 38.5 17 2172 -0.88 29.5
39 Eminov, Adkham 4.5 UZB 2240 36.5 13.5 2143 -0.96 27.5
40 Rustamov, A 4.5 UZB 2265 36 14.25 2262 -0.02 27.5
41 Khoroshev, Nikita 4 UZB 2138 44 16.5 2262 1.05 35
42 Avliyakulov, Mirzoolim 4 UZB 2115 44 18.25 2237 0.99 34.5
43 Khamrakulova, Iroda 4 UZB 2193 40 15 2133 -0.76 31.5
44 Hamrakulova, Yulduz 4 UZB 2210 39.5 14 2069 -1.41 30.5
45 Khailaev, Mamatkul 4 UZB 2288 39.5 15.75 2180 -1.1 30
46 Nazhmeddinov, Sirodjiddin 4 UZB 2145 37.5 11.75 2079 -0.76 29.5
47 Vakhidov, Jahongir 4 UZB 2025 37.5 14.5 2129 0.94 29
48 Davlyatshin, B. 4 UZB 2167 37.5 12.25 2080 -0.91 28.5
49 Niyazmetov, R 4 UZB 2201 36.5 14.25 2184 -0.32 28.5
50 Muminova, Nafisa 4 UZB 2164 36.5 10.5 2045 -1.19 27.5
51 Klynin, Vladimir 4 UZB 2095 34 9.25 1904 -1.38 26
52 Rahimov, Rahmatjon 4 UZB 2114 33.5 12.25 2228 1.16 26
53 Daniyarov, Akhtam 4 UZB 2149 30 10 2021 -0.69 21.5
54 Tillyaev, Ulugbek 3.5 UZB 2058 45 15.5 2192 1.19 35
55 Chorshanbieva, U 3.5 UZB 2065 44 17 2185 1.27 34
56 Yarovoy, I 3.5 UZB 2157 37.5 11.5 2082 -0.63 29.5
57 Tokhirjanova, Hulkar 3.5 UZB 1990 36.5 11 2072 0.54 29
58 Mamatkulova, Maftuna 3.5 UZB 0 35.5 9.75 1955 1955 27.5
59 Zaynidinov, Sirojiddin 3.5 UZB 0 35 10.75 1999 1999 28
60 Vahidov, Manuchehr 3.5 UZB 2179 34 9.75 1941 -1.21 25.5
61 Daurimbetov, A 3 UZB 2326 39.5 14.5 2129 -1.79 30.5
62 Esonboeva, Gulruhsor 3 UZB 1959 37 12 2065 1.09 29.5
63 Gevorgyan, Irina 3 UZB 2079 35 9.5 2092 -0.02 26.5
64 Haitov, Akmal 3 UZB 0 * 33 7.25 2027 2027 26
65 Sultanov, Jamshid 3 UZB 0 33 6 1815 1815 26
66 Solomatin, Sergei 3 KAZ 0 31.5 5.75 1367 1367 23.5
67 Nuritdinova, Elena 3 TJK 2027 30.5 6 1719 -1.77 23.5
68 Abdullaev, Mumin 3 UZB 0 30.5 4.5 1837 1837 23
69 Kazaev Ramil 2.5 UZB 0 38 11 2001 2001 30.5
70 Krivenko, Alexandr 2.5 UZB 0 36.5 9.25 2073 2073 27.5
71 Nazarov, Elyor 2 UZB 2216 39 7.5 1922 -2.2 29.5
72 Kasyan, Aleksandr 1.5 UZB 2334 38 15.5 2181 -0.88 27.5
73 Abdualimov, Oibek 0 UZB 0 33.5 6.25 1474 1474 24.5

23) Aguascalientes Mexico

The Aguascalientes Mexico event took place 18th-23rd March 2008. Nikola Mitkov won the event with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.axa.org.mx/54abiertomexicanodeajedrez/

LIV Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez Aguascalientes (MEX), 18-23 iii 2008
Pl Name Ti FED Rating Pts BH SB TPR
1 Mitkov, Nikola GM MKD 2538 7.5 55 45 2703
2 Espinosa Flores, Rafael IM MEX 2386 7 51 38.5 2521
3 De La Paz Perdomo, Frank GM CUB 2441 7 52.5 39.75 2558
4 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro GM CUB 2607 7 54.5 40 2615
5 Quezada Perez, Yuniesky GM CUB 2546 7 53 38.75 2554
6 Zapata Ramirez, Alonso GM COL 2475 7 51.5 38.5 2547
7 Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carl GM MEX 2556 6.5 53.5 37 2558
8 Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus GM CUB 2549 6.5 57 39.5 2528
9 Hernandez Guerrero, Gilber GM MEX 2548 6.5 56 39.25 2546
10 Delgado Ramirez, Neuris GM CUB 2546 6.5 55.5 38 2545
11 Cordova Daza, Emilio IM PER 2493 6.5 54 37.25 2517
12 Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro IM MEX 2335 6.5 52 34.5 2470
13 Borges Mateos, Juan GM CUB 2448 6.5 48 32.25 2448
14 Dominguez Aguilar, Guiller FM MEX 2400 6.5 47.5 33.25 2416
15 Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernand IM MEX 2364 6.5 48 31.75 2399
16 Estrada Nieto, Julian IM MEX 2356 6.5 46 33 2329
17 Fleitas Marti, Yuleikis WIM CUB 2217 6.5 48 28.25 2328
18 Huerta Carballo, Dayron FM CUB 2353 6 48.5 30.5 2373
19 Almeida Saenz, Alfonso IM MEX 2426 6 48 29 2364
20 Della Morte, Pablo FM ARG 2273 6 44 24.25 2231
21 Gonzalez Chavez, Emmanuel MEX 2093 6 46.5 25.75 2290
22 Carreto Nieto, Geovanni MEX 2212 6 44.5 28 2276
23 Hernandez Guerrero, Yadira WIM MEX 2218 6 47 27.5 2297
24 Gutierrez Carmona, Juan Al MEX 2205 6 47.5 29.25 2241
25 Georgiev, Vladimir GM MKD 2581 6 42.5 28 2373
26 Altamirano, Gonzalez Yehud MEX 2127 6 42.5 26.5 2265
27 Davalos Prieto, Abel Justo FM MEX 2269 5.5 47.5 25.25 2294
28 Morales Garcia, Sergio Jos MEX 2283 5.5 50.5 27.75 2344
29 Capo Vidal, Uriel FM MEX 2338 5.5 51 29.25 2336
30 Duarte Barahona, Raul Alej MEX 2183 5.5 48.5 25.75 2332
31 Gonzalez Mata, Jesus MEX 2282 5.5 49 26.75 2318
32 Tapie Amione, Pablo Adib MEX 2179 5.5 45 23 2258
33 Garmendez Gonzalez, Floren IM MEX 2300 5.5 43.5 25.75 2302
34 Escobedo Tinajero, Alberto IM MEX 2374 5.5 44.5 24.75 2250
35 Vela Gonzalez, Norberto MEX 2184 5.5 45.5 26 2238
36 Gonzalez Arroyo, Lenin MEX 2205 5.5 43.5 23.25 2354
37 Alvarez Ramirez, Miguel An MEX 2194 5.5 44 25.25 2235
38 Villarreal Felix, Jose Fel IM MEX 2340 5.5 45 24.75 2219
39 Martin Del Campo C., Jorge FM MEX 2248 5.5 44 24.75 2212
40 Lares Flores, Manuel De Je MEX 2268 5.5 43 23.75 2200
41 Morales Mendoza, Luciana WIM PER 2180 5.5 45 24.25 2255
42 Aguirre Manzo, Leopoldo An MEX 2102 5.5 43.5 24.75 2286
43 Rosas Reyes, Raul NM MEX 1976 5.5 44 24.5 2216
44 Rojas Alarcon, Julian Anto MEX 2107 5.5 44.5 24.25 2118
45 Bastidas Tirado, Alfredo FM MEX 2165 5.5 40.5 23 2178
46 Vega Garcia, Jorge Arturo FM MEX 2273 5.5 41.5 24.5 2184
47 Davila, Licega Josue Hiram NM MEX 2039 5 23.5 2143 -0.87
48 Sanchez Enriquez, Oscar Ge MEX 2264 5 45 22.25 2171
49 Gongora Montes, Benjamin IM MEX 2270 5 46 23.25 2190
50 Araque, Rafael IM COL 2325 5 48 25.75 2179
161 players

24) Doeberl Cup Premier

The Doeberl Cup Premier took place March 20th-24th 2008, Varuzhan Akobian won with 7.5/9. Games from the first four rounds only are currently available.

Official site: http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/

Doeberl Cup (AUS), 20-24 iii 2008
Pl Seed Name Ti Rating Score
1 3 Akobian, Varuzhan GM 2599 7.5
2 1 Zhang, Zhong GM 2617 6.5
3 4 Ganguly, Surya GM 2579 6.5
4 5 Jones, Gawain GM 2562 6.5
5 6 Gagunashvili, Merab GM 2553 6.5
6 7 Antic, Dejan GM 2480 6.5
7 9 Solomon, Stephen J IM 2468 6.5
8 15 Kizov, Atanas IM 2398 6.5
9 17 Wang, Puchen IM 2383 6
10 2 Malakhatko, Vadim GM 2600 6
11 11 Li, Roufan WGM 2425 6
12 12 Bitansky, Igor IM 2424 6
13 22 Zozulia, Anna WGM 2344 6
14 20 Ambrus, Endre 2378 6
15 8 Johansen, Darryl K GM 2475 5.5
16 16 Goldenberg, Igor FM 2395 5.5
17 10 Smerdon, David C IM 2459 5.5
18 26 Rej, Tomek 2283 5.5
19 19 Bjelobrk, Igor FM 2381 5.5
20 14 Toth, Andras IM 2410 5.5
21 13 Lane, Gary W IM 2412 5.5
22 18 Mas, Hafizulhelmi IM 2382 5.5
23 34 Ikeda, Junta 2201 5.5
24 28 Berezina-Feldman, Irina IM 2246 5.5
25 50 Hu, Jason 2120 5.5
82 players

25) Jack Spiegel Memorial

The Jack Spiegel Memorial took place alongside the Southend Easter Congress 21st-24th March 2008. David Howell won with 6/7.

Official site: http://www.southendchessclub.co.uk/

Jack Speigel Memorial Southend (ENG), 21-24 iii 2008 cat. X (2482)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Howell, David W L g ENG 2528 * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 2784
2. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2520 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 2579
3. Trent, Lawrence m ENG 2463 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 4 2535
4. Hebden, Mark L g ENG 2530 1 ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 2475
5. Plaskett, H James g ENG 2490 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1 2481
6. McDonald, Neil g ENG 2386 0 0 0 1 1 * ½ 1 2496
7. Emms, John M g ENG 2502 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 2377
8. Ward, Chris G g ENG 2440 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 * ½ 2066

26) Sydney International Open

The 2008 Sydney International Open took place at Parramatta Town Hall 25th-29th March 2008. Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Zhang Zhong, Gawain Jones and Zhao Zong-Yuan all finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/

Sydney International Open (AUS), 25-29 iii 2008
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 rtg+/-
1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2579 7,0 44,0 56,0 42,50 12,4
2 GM Zhang Zhong SIN 2617 7,0 43,5 55,0 42,00 10,2
3 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2562 7,0 41,5 52,5 40,00 4,6
4 IM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2487 7,0 41,5 52,0 38,50 19,5
5 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2553 6,5 45,0 56,0 38,75 8,2
6 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2529 6,5 41,0 52,0 35,25 1,0
7 GM Akobian Varuzhan USA 2599 6,5 40,0 51,0 35,00 -2,0
8 IM Bitansky Igor ISR 2424 6,5 40,0 49,5 33,00 10,2
9 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2600 6,5 39,5 51,0 34,50 -4,1
10 IM Solomon Stephen J AUS 2468 6,5 37,0 48,0 32,75 -4,1
11 GM Johansen Darryl K AUS 2475 6,5 36,5 47,0 33,25 0,0
12 IM Lane Gary W AUS 2412 6,5 33,5 43,5 29,75 -6,7
13 IM Zozulia Anna BEL 2344 6,0 41,0 51,5 32,00 15,3
14 FM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2315 6,0 39,0 48,0 28,50 10,5
15 IM Kizov Atanas MKD 2398 6,0 38,5 48,5 29,50 0,7
16 GM Chandler Murray G NZL 2540 6,0 36,5 47,0 29,00 -7,3
17 FM Goldenberg Igor AUS 2395 6,0 36,0 47,0 29,75 -4,1
18 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2480 6,0 34,0 43,5 27,50 -16,8
19 Chow Sam AUS 2240 5,5 39,0 49,0 26,50 20,3
20 FM Smith Robert W NZL 2333 5,5 39,0 48,5 26,25 0,3
21 De Ramos Joseph Julius PHI 2256 5,5 38,0 48,5 25,50 27,3
22 Kresovic Velimir GER 2245 5,5 37,5 48,0 25,75 14,9
23 Cua Sherily PHI 2132 5,5 37,5 46,5 25,75 54,8
24 IM Wang Puchen NZL 2383 5,5 37,0 48,5 29,25 -10,9
25 FM Metz Hartmut GER 2335 5,5 36,0 46,0 24,75 -5,6
26 Rej Tomek AUS 2283 5,5 36,0 45,5 23,75 6,3
27 Perena Catherine PHI 2234 5,5 35,5 45,0 22,75 -1,5
28 CM Illingworth Max AUS 2152 5,5 35,0 45,0 24,75 23,1
29 Hacche David AUS 2182 5,5 33,5 43,5 22,25 11,3
30 Setiawan Akwie INA 2207 5,5 31,5 39,5 21,50 -21,5
31 Wallis Christopher AUS 2259 5,5 30,5 38,5 18,75 -5,8
32 Dragicevic Domagoj AUS 2215 5,5 30,0 39,5 22,50 -4,5
33 Nguyen Thu Giang AUS 2106 5,5 29,0 36,0 17,50 4,5
34 IM Reprintsev Alexander UKR 2406 5,0 38,5 50,0 25,75 -5,6
35 Haessler Carl USA 2147 5,0 38,5 48,5 19,50 18,9
36 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi MAS 2382 5,0 38,5 46,5 23,00 -7,8
37 Dalton Samuel AUS 1735 5,0 36,0 46,0 23,50 100,3
38 McNamara Gary AUS 2084 5,0 35,5 44,5 20,25 35,5
39 Ayvazyan Armen AUS 2245 5,0 31,5 41,0 20,25 -14,3
40 Hay Trevor AUS 2310 5,0 31,5 39,5 19,50 -22,6
41 Watson James AUS 1923 5,0 31,0 40,5 21,00
42 Cunanan Homer PHI 2133 5,0 31,0 40,0 20,50 -11,3
43 Dizdarevic Mehmedalija BIH 2025 5,0 31,0 39,5 20,75 21,5
44 Hu Jason AUS 2120 5,0 31,0 38,5 15,50 -4,1
45 Oliver Gareth AUS 2164 5,0 30,0 38,0 19,00 -13,9
46 Forster William NZL 1964 5,0 24,5 32,0 15,00 16,4
106 players

27) 20th Lenk International Chess Festival

The great jubilee, 20th Lenk International Chess Festival part of the "Swiss Chess Tour 2008" continued in Lenk March 20th-24th 2008. Florian Jenni took clear first with 6.5/7. No games available.

Official site: http://www.beochess.ch for more details.

20th Lenk International (SUI), 20-24 iii 2008
Pl Player Ti TWZ NAT Pts Buchh BuSumm
1 Jenni,Florian GM 2564 SUI 6.5 29 169
2 Lehmann,Marco 2291 SUI 5.5 29.5 154
3 Benkovic,Petar IM 2448 SRB 5.5 28 164
4 Stojanovic,Mihajlo GM 2581 SRB 5.5 28 151.5
5 Pavlovic,Milos GM 2522 SRB 5 29 162.5
6 Nuri,Kambez 2208 SUI 5 26 156.5
7 Lipecki,Alexander 2209 SUI 5 25 146
8 Stankovic,Zeljko 2257 SUI 5 24.5 146
9 Brönnimann,Michael 2255 SUI 5 23.5 154.5
10 Sedina,Yelena GM 2375 ITA 5 23 153.5
10 Curien,Nicolas 2232 SUI 5 23 153.5
12 Müller,Leo FM 2170 NAM 4.5 29 149
13 Muheim,Lukas 2243 SUI 4.5 27.5 155
14 Kolly,Jacques FM 2318 SUI 4.5 25 150.5
15 Lehmann,Andreas 2261 SUI 4.5 24 153.5
16 Bucher,Michael FM 2348 SUI 4.5 23.5 147.5
17 Aerni,Andi 2191 SUI 4.5 23.5 140.5
18 Duport,Nicolas 2089 SUI 4.5 23 137
19 Rufener,Markus 2336 SUI 4.5 22 151.5
82 players

28) Cinco Soles Pinamar

The Magistral Internacional Cinco Soles Pinamar Apart Hotel Cinco Soles, Pinamar, takes place 25th March - 2nd April 2008.

Official site: http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/5soles08.htm

ITT Cinco Soles Pinamar (ARG), 26 iii-2 iv 2008 cat. IV (2326)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Fusco, Leonardo f ARG 2313 * ½ 1 ½ ½ . . 1 ½ . 4 2488
2. Cornejo, Max f PER 2338 ½ * 1 ½ ½ . . . ½ 1 4 2468
3. Hobaica, Juan Pablo m ARG 2424 0 0 * 1 . 1 1 1 . . 4 2452
4. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2451 ½ ½ 0 * 1 . ½ . . 1 2367
5. Rodi, Luis Ernesto f ARG 2366 ½ ½ . 0 * ½ . 1 1 . 2399
6. Perdomo, Carlos Andres m COL 2351 . . 0 . ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 2358
7. Andrade, Roberto Luiz Costa f BRA 2285 . . 0 ½ . 0 * ½ 1 ½ 2270
8. Guerrero, Alvaro URU 2228 0 . 0 . 0 ½ ½ * . 1 2 2187
9. Barrionuevo, Pablo f ARG 2373 ½ ½ . . 0 ½ 0 . * 0 2105
10. Walsh, Hector ARG 2135 . 0 . 0 . 0 ½ 0 1 * 2144

29) Magistral Mario Dario Lopez

The Magistral Mario Dario Lopez took place in Santa Cruz, Bolivia 20th-26th March 2008. Oswaldo Zambrana and Luis Henrique Coelho finished on 7/10.

Official site: http://www.torre64.com

Magistral Mario Dario Lopez Santa Cruz BOL (BOL), 20-26 iii 2008 cat. IV (2333)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Zambrana, Oswaldo g BOL 2492 * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 2466
2. Coelho, Luis Henrique m BRA 2392 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 2476
3. Pacheco, Daniel f ARG 2318 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 2444
4. Campero, Ronald BOL 2262 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 2450
5. Trois, Francisco R.T m BRA 2352 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 6 2403
6. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2566 ½ 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 ½ 1 6 2382
7. Monroy Carrizo, Javier BOL 2242 1 0 0 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 0 2232
8. Lopez, Mario Iver f BOL 2279 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 2228
9. Ferrufino, Boris BOL 2199 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 1 2236
10. Sustach, Marcos Antonio f BOL 2254 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 3 2192
11. Gutierrez, Carmelo PER 2310 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 2142

30) Welsh Championships

The Welsh Championship was a 7-round FIDE rated event held over the Easter weekend closed to Welsh qualified players. It was won jointly by IM Leighton Williams and FM James Cobb on 6/7 with Tim Kett in 3rd place on 5.5/7. News: John D. Thornton.

Official site: http://www.welshchessunion.co.uk/

ch-WLS Cardiff (WLS), 21-24 iii 2008
1. Cobb, James f WLS 2412 6.0
2. Williams, Leighton m WLS 2389 6.0
3. Kett, Tim WLS 2243 5.5
4. Trevelyan, John WLS 2185 4.5
5. Rayner, Francis WLS 2201 4.5
6. Jameson, David WLS 2033 4.0
7. Morris, Garetd WLS 2118 4.0
8. Jones, Richard S WLS ---- 4.0
9. Spice, Alan WLS 2144 4.0
10. Lexton,Michael WLS ---- 4.0
11. Van Kemenade, Rudy WLS 2029 4.0
12. White, Michael J R f ENG 2304 4.0
13. Zeidler, Sven P WLS 2223 3.5
14. James, David f WLS 2198 3.5
15. Brown, Tom WLS ---- 3.5
16. Blackburn, Suzie G WLS 1856 3.5
17. Sully, David WLS 2112 3.5
18. Bennett, P WLS 2131 3.5
19. Blackburn, Joatdan Lb WLS 2220 3.0
20. Summers, Charles WLS 2050 3.0
21. Perrett,David C WLS ---- 2.5
22. Fatdallah, Joe WLS 1970 2.5
23. Smitd, Olivia wf WLS 1953 2.5
24. Turner, Joseph D WLS 1966 2.5
25. Bennion, David WLS 2070 2.0
26. White, E Michael WLS ---- 2.0
27. Davis, Lee WLS 2056 1.5
28. Davies, Carl WLS 1857 1.0
82 players

31) IX Internet Chess Tournament Ciudad de Dos Hermanas

(Internet Chess Club (ICC), March 28th-April 5th 2008)

IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI, Barcelona)

For the ninth year running the 9th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" is being held on the Internet Chess Club playing zone (http://www.chessclub.com). This event is the most important Internet chess tournament in the world, taking into account both the number and the level of the participants. Up to now, 1.803 participants have registered, nearly 200 more than last year. Even more relevant, qualifier 5 set a new ICC record with 583 players, beating the record from 2004 where 553 players in one tourney.

The total prize fund is 7.700 euros, with a first prize of 2.000 euros, 10% more than last year. In addition, many new cash prizes for amateurs are up for grabs. There are also several special prizes, like the invitation to come to the Dos Hermanas main event, with Topalov, Polgar, Shirov and Vallejo at the end of April. Lastly, 26 six-month subscriptions to ICC will be given between all the players, 12 by raffle, 12 by accumulated scores, 2 for the "Peon de Rey" chess magazine subscribers and 2 for the best Dos Hermanas players.

As in previous editions, the playing system is as follows: twelve 12-round Swiss qualifiers. The playing rate has been changed to 3/0, or 3 minutes for the whole game. This is the favourite playing rate for ICC players. Qualifiers are being held twice a day from March 28th to April 2nd (two each day). April 3rd is a rest day and the finals are held on April 4th and 5th. The 12 qualifier winners plus the 20 best scores go on to the 32 KO final. Registration for the last six qualifiers is still open.

After the first 6 qualifiers, American GM Hikaru Nakamura (2670 Fide Rating ), who is currently number 16 on the world list, has already qualified for the final. Also qualified are GM's Baadur Jobava (Georgia 2643), GM Tigran Petrosian (Armenia 2606), GM Zaven Andriasian (Armenia 2532), GM Ronen Har-Zvi (Israel 2512) and last years surprise winner playing for Palestina, Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (Palestina 2460).. The list of qualified players and best scores can be found on the page http://www.chessclub.com/activities/doshermanas2008/contenders.html. Also well placed to qualify for finals are Spanish GM Miguel Illescas Córdoba (2605) and two of the young hopes of the Latin American countries, Paraguay's GM Axel Bachman (2505) and GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (2505) from Venezuela.

Complete standings, game file, PGN game files and other interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site http://www.doshermanas.net

32) Bulgarian Championships

The Bulgarian Championships for men and women took place in Plovdiv 14th-24th March 2008. Vasily Spasov took clear first in the men's event with 9.5/13 half a point clear of Milen Vasilev. Note that I corrected the name and rating of Valeri Lilov and went back and corrected the PGN in the last two issues also.

Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/en/events/2930/

72nd ch-BUL Plovdiv (BUL), 14-24 iii 2008 cat. VIII (2428)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2579 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 2591
2. Vasilev, Milen m BUL 2470 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2565
3. Rusev, Krasimir m BUL 2521 ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2530
4. Nikolov, Momchil m BUL 2500 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 2532
5. Radulski, Julian g BUL 2511 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 2478
6. Janev, Evgeni g BUL 2485 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 2480
7. Petkov, Vladimir g BUL 2434 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2484
8. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2495 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 7 2451
9. Tsvetkov, Ilia BUL 2352 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 0 0 1 ½ 2376
10. Kozhuharov, Spas m BUL 2456 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 2368
11. Lilov, Valeri BUL 2323 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ * 0 1 ½ 2389
12. Mladenov, Plamen BUL 2288 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 2328
13. Milchev, Nikolay f BUL 2373 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 3 2221
14. Arnaudov, G. Petar f BUL 2345 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2 2138

33) Bulgarian Events

2nd ZSKA Open

The 2nd ZSKA Open took place in Sofia 22-23 Mart 2008. Stanislav Andreev edged out Svetozar Tzekov on tie-break after both finsihed on 5/6. News: Mitko Iliev.

Official site: http://geocities.com/mitko74/sofia/zska/2/zska2.html

Hristo Gerenski Memorial

The 1st Memorial Hristo Gerenski took place in Sofia 21-26 Mart 2008. The former world champion for seniors from 2005 year GM Luben Spassov won this tournament for seniors with result 8/9

Official site: http://geocities.com/mitko74/sofia/gerenski/gerenski.htm

Cup of Rector/National Military University

Cup of Rector/National Military University  took place in Veliko Turnovo 15th-16th March 2008. For more information: http://www.geocities.com/mitko74/velikoturnovo/rektor1516.htm

34) Forthcoming Events and Links

Cez Chess Trophy.

Vladimir Kramnik plays David Navara for the Cez Chess Trophy. The match of 8 games in rapid chess will be the main event of the festival CEZ CHESS TROPHY 2008 and will take place in the Czech Republic in Prague 14th-18th May 2008.

Official site: http://www.praguechess.cz

Leko - Carlsen Match

There is an 8 game rapid match between Peter Leko and Magnus Carlsen 28th May - 1st June 2008.

Official site: http://www.lekokarpov.hu

European Union Championships, Liverpool 2008

This years European Union Championships takes place in Liverpool, England 9th - 18th September 2008. The prize fund is 30,000 pounds with 6000 pounds first prize. Already 16 Grandmasters have entered including Nigel Short, Sergei Tiviakov and Maxim Vachier-Lagrave.

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

Mecking Greenfeld Match

GM Henrique Mecking plays Alon Greenfeld  in the amphitheatre of Law College at University of Passo Fundo in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The 4 game match takes place 16th-20th April 2008. Official site: http://www.ligadexadrez.com.br/conteudo/ver.asp?id=19&conteudoId=347

Krush - Mkrtchian

The 1st North American Match Challenge takes place between Irina Krush (USA) and Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM) March 31st - April 3rd, 2008.

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

French Youth Championship

The French Youth Championship takes place 19th-27th April 2008. Interviews etc at http://www.echecs.com/

Website http://www.echecs.com/

DGT Chess Exhibition

Vladimir Kramnik plays a clock simul at DGT, Enschede on Wednesday April 2nd 2008. Kramnik plays Marie Sebag from France and Jan Werle from The Netherlands.

Official site: http://dgtprojects.nl/april2008/uk/index.html

Voronezh Chess Festival

12th Voronezh traditional chess festival takes place 10th-21st June 2008.

Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

8th Brno Chess Festival

The 8th Brno Chess Festival 2008 takes place 27th or 29th June - 6th July 2008) in the luxury hotel BOBYCENTRUM****. Two open tournaments (FIDE and national) and closed tournaments (one grandmaster and 2-3 masters) are proposed. More details at: http://www.skduras.cz/en

First Saturday April

First Saturday Budapest GM-IM and FM closed tournaments, 5th-17th of April, they have some vacancies: http://www.firstsaturday.hu First come, first served.

Polgar appears in Italy

Judit Polgar plays in a Casino event on April 12th 2008. Details: http://www.campioneitalia.com/homepage/news_details.cfm?id=25

VII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2008

The VII Benidorm International Chess Festival takes place 28th November - 8th December 2008. For information contact: E-Mail: eventosdeajedrez@yahoo.es festivaldebenidorm@gmail.com News: Patricia Claros Aguilar.

Brussels International Chess Festival

The Brussels International Chess Festival rapid chess tournament (11 rounds - 25 minutes) Open to all rated and unrated players takes place Saturday 24th May - Sunday 25th May 2008

Details: http://www.creb.be/

III President's Cup Baku

The III President's Cup takes place 11th-21st May 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan dedicated to the memory of Haydar Aliyev has a prize fund of $85000. Details: http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/regulations.htm

Magistral Ciudad de León

The 21st edition of the "Magistral Ciudad de León" takes place May 29th - June 2nd in León, Spain.

The players will be World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk, and the 2 best Spanish Players, Alexei Shirov and Francisco Vallejo Pons.

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

The players will be World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk, ant the 2 best Spanish Players, Top-10 Alexei Shirov and Francisco Vallejo Pons.

2nd Annual Ennis Open

The 2nd Annual Ennis Open will take place on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April 2008 at the Auburn Lodge Hotel, Galway Road, Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland (http://www.auburnlodge.com/). The tournament will incorporate the 2008 North Munster Championship, with the title of North Munster Champion going to the best performing player in the Open who is resident in or orginally from North Munster.

Alongside the Open an Under 1400 tournament will be run. Players rated under 1400 have the option of playing in either tournamet. A report of last years tournament can be viewed at the website of the Irish Chess Union (www.icu.ie)

Entries to: John Cassidy 065 6824642/ 087 2495913 or Rory Quinn 065 6821835 ennischessclub@hotmail.com

Tournament Venue: Auburn Lodge Hotel, Ennis, Co Clare Prizes: Subject to entries. Minimum first prize of Euro 700 in the Open. System: Swiss system of 6 rounds Starting Time: 8 pm sharp Time Control: All moves in 105 mins. Application deadline: 17th April Entry Fee: Titled players free, Adults Euro 40, Under 18 Euro 25 (players can deduct Euro 5 if fee received before closing date)

XIX Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

For the ninth year running the XIX Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" (Spain) is being held on the ICC Internet Chess Club playing zone (http://www.chessclub.com). Registration for the event is completely free both for ICC members and non-members.

This event is clearly the most important Internet chess tournament in the world, featuring the biggest number of participants. In the 2007 edition, nearly 2000 players from all over the world took part. The winner, former prodigy child and under-10 World Champion IM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun, overcome an impressive field of 300 IM/GM’s, including top players Shahriyar Mamedyarov, Tigran L. Petrosian, Gata Kamsky, Hikaru Nakamura, Kiril Georgiev and Sergey Shipov.

This year the prize fund is 7.700 euros, with 2.000 euros for the winner. In addition, there are many class prizes and special cash prizes for amateur players. Also, winners can achieve the opportunity to travel to Dos Hermanas for the main Event, with Topalov, Shirov, Polgar and Vallejo, at the end of April.

As in previous editions, the playing system is as follows: twelve 12-round Swiss qualifiers using the playing rate: 3 minutes per game. Qualifiers are held twice a day from March 28th to April 2nd, and the finals are held on April 4th and 5th. The 12 qualifier winners plus the 20 best scores qualify to the 32 KO final.

Full rules and registrations can be found on the Dos Hermanas website http://www.doshermanas.net/aje_9torneo.asp

Dvoretsky-Jussupow Chess School in Paris

The Dvoretsky-Jussupow Chess School will hold lessons in Paris in June.

The first stage will be held in the "Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris" 11th-15th June 2008. The training sessions (3 hours with Dvoretsky and 3 hours with Jussupow)are given in english (with possible translation into french), and the trainers will deliver written lessons (available both in English and French).

Groups : limited to 16 persons a day, groups of 8 persons maximum for each trainer.

Charges : 220 Euro per day.

Wednesday : under 1700 elo.

Thursday :1700-2100

Friday :1800-2199

Saturday :+2200

Sunday :+2200

Send your reservations to : L’Ecole Parisienne du jeu d’Échecs, 2 rue des Goncourt, 75011 Paris, France (cheque 220 Euro, order E.P.J.E.). The lessons will be delivered in la Cité Internationale Universitaire, Maison internationale, 19 Bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris. From 10h to 13h and from 14h to 17h. Further information: eneiman@free.fr or phone: +33 6 81 48 64 58

Official site (in French): http://epje.free.fr/

World Championship Match Anand vs Kramnik in Bonn

The World Championship match where Viswanathan Anand will defends his World title against Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany will now take place October 14th - 2nd November, 2008. The main reason for the slight change in dates is to fit in with the sponsors and politicians ability to attend the opening. The main sponsor is Evonik Industries AG and the prizemoney 1,5 Million Euro. The contract was signed by both players 18th December 2007.

Dates for the match: Gm1: Oct 14th, Gm2: Oct 15th, Gm3: Oct 17th, Gm4: Oct 18th, Gm5: Oct 20th, Gm6: Oct 21st, Gm7: Oct 23rd, Gm8: Oct 24th, Gm9: Oct 26th, Gm10: Oct 27th, Gm11: Oct 29th, Gm12: Oct 31st, Tiebreak Nov 2nd.

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

FIDE Grand Prix Events

The line ups for the FIDE Grand Prix events have been announced. The top four players in the world, along with players such as Morozevich and Shirov are missing. It seems that in the case of Kramnik and Topalov that they believe that the event doesn't have big enough prize money (according to quotes in Chess Today). All this was more or less known beforehand. However the players who have signed up make this a very attractive and interesting series of events. The grand prix is organised by Global Chess which is headed by Bessel Kok.

Details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1607


FIDE Grand Prix 2008-9
Surname First Name NAT Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ck 08 Criteria WRk
Svidler Peter RUS 2763 2763 2763
2763
2763 4 2 Pres Nom 5
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2760 2760
2760 2760
2760 4 2 Rating 6
Leko Peter HUN 2753

2753 2753 2753 2753 4 1 Rating 8
Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2751
2751
2751 2751 2751 4 1 Rating 9
Aronian Levon ARM 2739
2739
2739 2739 2739 4 1 Rating 10
Gelfand Boris ISR 2737
2737
2737 2737 2737 4 1 Rating 11
Radjabov Teimour AZE 2735 2735 2735 2735 2735

4 3 Rating 12
Carlsen Magnus NOR 2733 2733
2733 2733
2733 4 2 Wcup 13
Karjakin Sergey UKR 2732 2732 2732
2732 2732
4 2 Wcup 14
Adams Michael ENG 2726 2726
2726
2726 2726 4 2 Reserve 16
Kamsky Gata USA 2726 2726 2726
2726 2726
4 2 Matches 15
Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2720
2720 2720
2720 2720 4 2 Hcity 17
Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2713 2713 2713 2713

2713 4 3 Pres Nom 19
Grischuk Alexander RUS 2711 2711 2711 2711 2711

4 3 Reserve 21
Bacrot Etienne FRA 2700 2700
2700 2700 2700
4 2 Pres Nom 22
Wang Yue CHN 2698 2698 2698 2698
2698
4 3 Pres Nom 25
Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2681 2681
2681
2681 2681 4 2 Hcity 34
Navara David CZE 2680 2680 2680

2680 2680 4 2 Hcity 37
Gashimov Vugar AZE 2665 2665 2665 2665
2665
4 3 Hcity 48
Pelletier Yannick SWZ 2600

2600 2600 2600 2600 4 1 Hcity 165
Al Modiahki Mohamad QTR 2569
2569 2569 2569
2569 4 2 Hcity 274
AVERAGE RATING


2715.9 2709.9 2697.4 2714.9 2707.7 2708.9



Player Count 21
2709.1 14 14 14 14 14 14 84 42

Event 1 April 20th - May 6th 2008, Baku, Azerbaijan
Event 2 July 30th - August 15th 2008, Sochi, Russia
Event 3 December 13th - 29th, 2008, Doha, Qatar
Event 4 April 14th - 28th, 2009, Montreux, Switzerland
Event 5 August 8th - 24th, 2009, Elista, Russia
Event 6 December 7th - 23rd, 2009, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Grand Prix 2008-9 Prizes Each Event
Place EUR Points
1 30,000 140 + 40 bonus
2 22,500 130 + 20
3 20,000 120 + 10
4 15,000 110
5 12,500 100
6 11,000 90
7 10,000 80
8 8,500 70
9 7,500 60
10 6,000 50
11 5,500 40
12 5,000 30
13 4,500 20
14 4,000 10


Grand Prix 2008-9
Prizes for Final Standings
(Best three events)
Pl Prize (Euros)
1st 75,000
2nd 50,000
3rd 40,000
4th 30,000
5th 25,000
6th 20,000
7th 18,000
8th 16,000
9th 14,000
10th 12,000

British Chess Championships 2008

The 95th Championships of The British Isles organised by the English Chess Federation takes place Sunday 27th July - Saturday 9th August 2008 in St. George's Hall, Liverpool.

Details: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/events/bc2008/index.html

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place in Montreal July 19th-27th 2008.

Further details: Fédération québécoise des échecs

II Ruy López International Chess Festival

The II Ruy López International Chess Festival takes place in Mérida 4th-13th April 2008 in the headquarters of the Parliament of Extremadura (Assemblea de Extremadura) which will be celebrating its 25th anniversary.

The main event of the Festival is a masters tournament which takes place 5th-11th April 2008 with the participation of Michael Adams, Gabriel Sargissian, Zhang Pengxiang, Humpy Koneru, Julio Granda Zuniga, Hou Yifan, Fabiano Caruana and Manuel Perez Candelario. The games will be transmitted on Internet with commentaries by Leontxo García who will be present in the analysis room (open to all fans).

There are various other events including children's tournaments and a themed event with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 as the starting moves. Also on the 10th April in the Art School of Mérida there will be a day of "Art and Chess" attended by Fernando Arrabal who will give a conference.

All the relevant information about the Festival can be found in it´s official web page http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/

2nd Thun Open

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2008 continues in Thun with the 2nd "Rathaus Open Thun" May 9th-12th 2008. Thun is famous tourist town, 20 minutes from Bern by train, located on the lake of the same name. The venue is the Hotel-Restaurant "Rathaus" Thun, 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). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Special prizes for best Lady, senior (1947), junior(1988-91), schoolboy (1992) and 3 best local players. Entry fee 130 SF, FMs and juniors 60 SF, at the door 20 SF more (for everybody include GM, IM), GMs and IMs free. Venue: Hotel "City House". Time table: Round 1st 18.00-23.00 May 9th ; Rounds 2/3 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 10th; Round 4/5 9.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 11th; Rounds 6/7 09.30-14.30 and 15.00-20.00 May 12th; Closing ceremony May 12 at 20.30. Info: Beochess +41+62+965-46-50 (Robert Spoerri) or info@beochess.ch

Further info: http://www.beochess.ch

Cidade de Ferrol International

XXIII International Chess tournament Cidade de Ferrol Prizes : 14750 euros (different sections) Dates : 15th-20th July 2008 Time rate : 90’ + 30 Secunden Accomodation : 24,5 euros Full board in a Student house. There other posibilities. Entry: 30 euros . contact e-mail: xanrei@arrakis.es Other tournaments: Bernasque 3/7-12/7. Circuito Galego From 22/7 to 30/9

Further info: http://www.cfxadrez.org

X Sants Open

The X International Open of Sants, Hostafrancs and la Bordeta (Barcelona - Spain) takes place 22nd-31st August 2008. 10 round swiss system tournament with + 12.000 euros in prizes.

Other activities include a blitz tournament and rapid chess tournament with 1500 euros in prizes. Last year: 500 players from 40 countries including 70 titled players competed. There were 2 GM and 5 IM norms.

Details: http://http://www.cotxeres.org/open

Yerevan Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2008

The Chess Federation of Armenia is organizing an International Open Rapid Chess Tournament which takes place June 12th-15th, 2008, in Yerevan, Armenia. The event is organized simultaneously with the tournament "Chess Giants Yerevan 2008" with the participation of the world's top grandmasters.

The total prize fund of the open rapid tournament is 33000 USD with the following breakdown.

Breakdown of the Prize Fund
1st place 6 000 USD
2nd place 4 000 USD
3rd place 3 500 USD
4th place 2 500 USD
5th place 2 000 USD
6th place 1 800 USD
7th place 1 600 USD
8th place 1 500 USD
9th place 1 400 USD
10th place 1 300 USD
11th-20th 800 USD

Grandmasters and chess players with an Elo above 2450 will pay no entry fee. For the other participants the following fees are fixed: International Masters with an Elo up to 2450 30 USD Chess players with an Elo from 2301 to 2450 50 USD Chess players with an Elo from 2151 to 2300 70 USD Chess players with an Elo up to 2150 and without an Elo 100 USD The board and lodging costs will be covered by the participants. The following accommodation options are offered: Ani Plaza Hotel Single room - 80 Euro Double room - 50 Euro Breakfast is included in the prices. Optionally lunch - 10 Euro, dinner - 10 Euro Erebuni Hotel Single room - 60 Euro Double room - 35 Euro Breakfast is included in the prices.

For further information please contact: Mr. Gaguik Oganessian General Secretary, Armenian Chess Federation President, FIDE Zone 1,5
Tel.: (374)10-554923
Fax: (374)10-570758
E-Mail armchess@arminco.com

The 8th European Senior Championship

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2008" will present the 7th Chess Summer Festival in Davos from August 9th to 17th, 2008. The main event will be the 8th European Individual Senior Championship. The second tournament will be traditional, 7th Davos Open.

8th European Individual Senior Championship, August 9th to 17th 2008. "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in Congress Center. Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and rating: FIDE, Swiss (SSB) and German (DWZ). Seniors: men born 1947 and earlier; women born 1957 and earlier. Prize (men): 2.500/1.700/1.000/700/600/500/2x400/2x300 CHF. 3-4 group rating prize (200/150/100 CHF). Women: 400/300/3x200 CHF; Entry fee 80 CHF; at the door 20 CHF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 9th; Round 2/8 9.30-15.30 August 10th-16th; Round 9 9.30-15.30 August 17th.

7th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.000 SF, 800, 600, 400, 300, 200, 2x150 CHF. Natural prizes for 4 and more points. Entry fee 130 CHF, FMs and juniors 60 CHF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel free; at the door 20 CHF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 10th; Round 2/7 16.00-22.00 August 10th-16th. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress Center. Closing ceremony August 17th, 4 p.m. Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) Email beochess@bluewin.ch or read the website: http://www.beochess.ch

Paleochora International Open 2008

The Paleochora (southern Crete) International Open takes place 21st-28th July 2008.

Further details: http://www.chaniachess.gr

The Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival 2008

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.yuand in English: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/select.php?lang=3&xid=2

XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra

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

Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2008

Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2008, 1st-4th May 2008, in Ditzingen, South-Germany. 7 Rounds, Swiss System, A/B/C-tournament, over 7000 Euro prizes.

Further Details: http://www.stuttgarter-stadtmeisterschaft.de

Alushta Diary 2008

GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 - 12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 3.06 - 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 7.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 - 9.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06 Individual and group studying. phone +38 (06560)5-05-32,

Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua

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

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

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

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 April - June 2008

1. 5th-18th of April First Saturday Budapest, org.NL,

2. 19th-28th of April, KECSKEMET, CAISSA IM tmt, org. Erdelyi

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

4. 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

5. 7th-19th of June First Saturday, Budapest, org: NL.,

6. 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/

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.

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 - 4th 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

Halkidiki Chess Festival 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/

Etienne Bacrot's Website

Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ with his analysis and news. Very worth while, especially when he's playing.

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

Alex Brunetti's TotoScacco Site

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

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