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

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	6½	2813
2.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	6½	2818
3.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	0	0	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	6½	2816
4.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	6½	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	4½	2687
11.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	*	1	4½	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	6½	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	5½	2748
7.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	5½	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	4½	2686
10.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	0	½	1	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	4½	2686
11.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	0	*	1	4½	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	5½	2695
2	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2638	½	0	*	*	1	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	5½	2682
3	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2684	½	½	0	1	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	5½	2673
4	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2667	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	1	5½	2676
5	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2675	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	*	*	0	½	4½	2603
6	Mikhalevski, Victor	g	ISR	2632	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	*	3½	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	8½	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	7½	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	6½	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	5½	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	3½	2366
14.	Velickovic, Sasa	m	SRB	2401	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	2½	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	.	.	.	1½	2459
3.	Manakova, Maria	wg	SRB	2331	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2379
4.	Petrovic, Marija	wm	SRB	2168	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1½	2410
5.	Chelushkina, Irina	wg	SRB	2357	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	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	6½	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	3½	2277
5.	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	wg	ESP	2349	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	*	½	1	3½	2267
6.	Perez Felipe, Marcos Adrian		ESP	2223	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	0	*	*	2½	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	7½	2478
2.	Matnadze, Ana	m	GEO	2385	½	*	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	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	4½	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	2½	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	7½	8½	6	7½	7	10
2.	Schrijvers Rotterdam	12	47½	4	x	5	7	6	5½	7½	5	7½	.
3.	Hotels.nl	12	45	.	5	x	4½	5½	6	5	7	5½	6½
4.	HMC Calder	10	42½	3	3	5½	x	4½	5½	.	6½	7	7½
5.	ESGOO	9	40	2½	4	4½	5½	x	.	5½	5½	5	7½
6.	Homburg Apeldoorn	6	39½	1½	4½	4	4½	.	x	6	4½	7½	7
7.	LSG 1	6	39	4	2½	5	.	4½	4	x	5	6½	7½
8.	Utrecht	6	37	2½	5	3	3½	4½	5½	5	x	.	8
9.	HWP Sas van Gent	3	31	3	2½	4½	3	5	2½	3½	.	x	7
10.	LSG 2	0	19	0	.	3½	2½	2½	3	2½	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	6½	2474
3.	Amanov, Mesgen	m	TKM	2403	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	5½	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	5½	2410
3.	Laketic, Gojko	m	SRB	2443	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2407
4.	Rombaldoni, Axel	f	ITA	2394	0	0	½	*	1	0	1	1	1	1	5½	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	4½	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	3½	2248
9.	Vancini, Edoardo	f	ITA	2277	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	*	½	3½	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	7½	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	6½	2136
4.	Tajik, Sareh		IRI	1992	½	1	0	*	0	1	1	0	½	½	1	5½	2081
5.	Salman, Mahini Mona	wf	IRI	2085	0	0	0	1	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	5½	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	4½	2003
8.	Hemmatizadeh, N		IRI	1915	0	0	1	1	0	0	½	*	1	0	1	4½	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	6½	2493
2	1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2677	IND	6½	2457
3	5	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2593	IND	6½	2450
4	3	GM	Koneru Humpy	2612	IND	6½	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	5½	2485
10	14	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2492	BAN	5½	2454
11	36	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2394	IND	5½	2441
12	19	GM	Bakre Tejas	2459	IND	5½	2432
13	15	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2491	IND	5½	2417
14	27		Nolte Rolando	2412	PHI	5½	2416
15	31	IM	Saptarshi Roy	2404	IND	5½	2408
16	18	GM	Ramesh R B	2473	IND	5½	2405
17	6	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2589	IRI	5½	2388
18	11	GM	Abdulla Al-Rakib	2506	BAN	5½	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	4½	2471
34	40		Thejkumar M S	2382	IND	4½	2426
35	30	IM	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	2406	IND	4½	2416
36	42	IM	Saravanan V	2379	IND	4½	2404
37	16	GM	Neelotpal Das	2486	IND	4½	2356
38	63		Shashikant Kutwal	2316	IND	4½	2351
39	82	FM	Grover Sahaj	2242	IND	4½	2341
40	23	IM	Laxman R R	2440	IND	4½	2338
41	41	IM	Frhat Ali	2379	EGY	4½	2316
42	89	WIM	Nadig Kruttika	2208	IND	4½	2314
43	51	IM	Babu N Sudhakar	2333	IND	4½	2303
44	37	IM	Kobese Watu	2389	RSA	4½	2300
45	39	IM	Garma Chito	2383	PHI	4½	2270
46	54		Udeshi Aditya	2331	IND	4½	2239
47	53	IM	Solomon Kenny	2332	RSA	4½	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	3½	2398
69	66		Phadke Sohan	2307	IND	3½	2391
70	79		Chatterjee K K	2251	IND	3½	2349
71	100		Satyajit Kundu	2117	IND	3½	2336
72	108		Prince Bajaj	1986	IND	3½	2322
73	45	IM	Suvrajit Saha	2363	IND	3½	2318
74	48		Palit Somak	2340	IND	3½	2308
75	85		Swayams Mishra	2214	IND	3½	2283
76	74		Mohammad Javed	2273	BAN	3½	2270
77	83		Imocha Laishram	2240	IND	3½	2255
78	61	FM	Hasan Mehdi	2320	BAN	3½	2223
79	52	FM	Minhazuddin Ahmed	2333	BAN	3½	2221
80	80		Madjidov Jasur	2249	UZB	3½	2209
81	71	FM	Singh Rishpal S	2282	IND	3½	2206
82	94		Shailendra K Bajpai	2158	IND	3½	2199
83	65		Thakur Akash	2312	IND	3½	2196
84	57	FM	Rahman Md Taibur	2325	BAN	3½	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	2½	2316
99	113		Karma Pandya	1856	IND	2½	2226
100	96		Ghosh Ananda K	2153	IND	2½	2220
101	109		Vaibhav Suri	1962	IND	2½	2207
102	102		Abhratanu Dutta	2081	IND	2½	2189
103	104		Anuprita Patil	2062	IND	2½	2134
104	92		Janardhan Shrestha	2180	NEP	2½	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	1½	2204
111	95		Amrutha Mokal	2157	IND	1½	2133
112	114		Kavan Shah	1806	IND	1½	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	7½	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	6½	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	4½	2411
10.	Chirila, Ioan Cristian	f	ROU	2400	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	4½	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	6½
7	Perelshteyn, Eugene	g	USA	2551	6½
8	Bonin, Jay R	m	USA	2351	6½
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	5½
19	Martinez, Marcel	f	USA	2418	5½
20	Adamson, Robby	f	USA	2335	5½
21	Nagendra, Rentala		IND	2318	5½
22	Molner, Mackenzie		USA	2333	5½
23	Harper, Warren		USA	2195	5½
24	Ardaman, Miles	f	USA	2314	5½
25	Parry, Matt J		USA	2269	5½
26	Liu, Elliot	f	USA	2253	5½
27	Acor, Corey B		USA	2246	5½
28	Williams, Christopher USA		USA	2201	5½
29	Onyekwere, Chikwere		NGR	2241	5½
30	Hungaski, Robert Andrew	m	USA	2404	5½
31	Hilton, Jonathan L		USA	----	5½
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	5½	21½	24	21.25	5
2	14	FM	Mihajlovic Miodrag	2220	SRB	5½	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	4½	22	25	17.5	4
7	29	FM	Paulic Branko	2120	SRB	4½	21½	24½	17.75	3
8	11	mk	Krgovic Veselin	2234	SRB	4½	20½	23½	17	3
9	45	mk	Penev Ivan	2024	SRB	4½	20	21½	15.25	3
10	4	FM	Martic Ivan	2324	SRB	4½	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	4½	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	3½	2475
5.	Plaskett, H James	g	ENG	2490	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	3½	2481
6.	McDonald, Neil	g	ENG	2386	0	0	0	1	1	*	½	1	3½	2496
7.	Emms, John M	g	ENG	2502	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	2½	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	3½	2367
5.	Rodi, Luis Ernesto	f	ARG	2366	½	½	.	0	*	½	.	1	1	.	3½	2399
6.	Perdomo, Carlos Andres	m	COL	2351	.	.	0	.	½	*	1	½	½	1	3½	2358
7.	Andrade, Roberto Luiz Costa	f	BRA	2285	.	.	0	½	.	0	*	½	1	½	2½	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	1½	2105
10.	Walsh, Hector		ARG	2135	.	0	.	0	.	0	½	0	1	*	1½	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	6½	2444
4.	Campero, Ronald		BOL	2262	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	6½	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	3½	2232
8.	Lopez, Mario Iver	f	BOL	2279	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	3½	2228
9.	Ferrufino, Boris		BOL	2199	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	1	3½	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	*	2½	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	9½	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	8½	2530
4.	Nikolov, Momchil	m	BUL	2500	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	8½	2532
5.	Radulski, Julian	g	BUL	2511	½	½	1	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	7½	2478
6.	Janev, Evgeni	g	BUL	2485	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	0	½	0	1	1	1	7½	2480
7.	Petkov, Vladimir	g	BUL	2434	½	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	7½	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	5½	2376
10.	Kozhuharov, Spas	m	BUL	2456	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	5½	2368
11.	Lilov, Valeri		BUL	2323	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	1	½	*	0	1	½	5½	2389
12.	Mladenov, Plamen		BUL	2288	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	1	*	½	½	4½	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