THE WEEK IN CHESS 701 14th April 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Russian Team Championships
3) II Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival
4) Dutch Championships
5) French League Top 16
6) 10th Dubai Open
7) Gausdal Chess Classic
8) Serbian Women's Championships
9) V Magistral da Hebraica
10) Frank K Berry US Championship Qualifier
11) First Saturday April
12) K41 Scandinavian Open
13) 6th V.Nabokov Memorial
14) 8th PAL/CSS Freestyle Tournament
15) Semi-Finals of the 82nd Argentine Championships
16) Icelandic Rapid Championships
17) Kasparov exhibitions in Hluboka
18) Thierry Foissez 1958 - 2008
19) April FIDE Rating List
20) XIV Dos Hermanas Tournament
21) Jacob Aagaard at the London Chess Centre 15th April 2008
22) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Russian Team Championships 180 games
II Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival 61 games
Dutch Championships 55 games
French League Top 16 256 games
10th Dubai Open 211 games
Gausdal Chess Classic 35 games
Serbian Women's Championships 18 games
V Magistral da Hebraica 30 games
Frank K Berry US Championship Qualifier 257 games
First Saturday April 53 games
K41 Scandinavian Open 77 games
6th V.Nabokov Memorial 66 games
Kasparov exhibitions in Hluboka 5 games
1304 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Jeroen Noomen, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Bent Kølvig, Emmanuel.Variniac, Mikhail Golubev, Øyvind Pedersen, Miklos Orso, Snorri G. Bergsson, Viktor Novotný, Bela Lengyel, Leontxo García, Robert Fontaine, Jonathan Berry and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another good week of chess. The Russian Team Championship was won by the strong team of Ural, Ekaterinburg but the whole event was full of good players and interesting games. Michael Adams won the tournament in Merida, Spain with a 5.5/7 score, Jan Smeets won the Dutch Championship after a win in a tense final round game against the leader Daniel Stellwagen. More strong players appeared at the French Team Championships and finally Wesley So won the Dubai Open on tie-break. All good stuff.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Russian Team Championships

The Russian Team Championship took place in Dagomys, Sochi 1st-14th April 2008. A very strong field competed. The winners with a round to spare were Ural - Ekaterinburg the only team with an average rating above 2700 (Radjabov, Shirov, Kamsky, Grischuk, Malakhov, Akopian, Dreev and Motylev). There are games from the Higher League and the Women's League but they aren't in good shape. My thanks to Jonathan Berry for the final crosstable.

Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/. Additional coverage: http://www.chessdom.com/

TCh-RUS Dagomys (RUS), 2-13 iv 2008
Final Round 11 Standings
# Team url ec1 tps fiG spa sha 64 shm tom plt sUr ec2 M G
1 Ural - Ekaterinburg X 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 17 39½
2 Economist 1 - Saratov 0 X 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 15 37
3 TPS - Saransk 1 1 X 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 14 37
4 FINEK Gasprom 1 2 1 X 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 14 35½
5 Spasio - Moscow 0 0 0 1 X 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 12 34½
6 Shatar - Buryatia 1 0 0 2 1 X 1 2 2 2 0 1 12 34
7 64 - Moscow 2 2 1 0 0 1 X 1 0 1 1 2 11 32
8 ShCM - Moscow 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 0 2 2 2 10 33½
9 Tomsk 400 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 0 2 2 10 31
10 Polit - Nizhni Tagil 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 X 0 2 9 31
11 South Ural - Chelya. 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 X 0 5 27½
12 Economist 2 - Saratov 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 3 23½

TCh-RUS Dagomys (RUS), 2-13 iv 2008
Team Compositions
1 «ShSM» Moscow
B Elo Players
1 2664 Onischuk, Alexander
2 2630 Asrian, Karen
3 2594 Popov, Ivan
4 2573 Grigoriants, Sergey
5 2617 Potkin, Vladimir
6 2624 Krasenkow, Michal
7 2569 Savchenko, Boris
8 2564 Novikov, Stanislav
2604,38
2 «TPS-Saransk»
B Elo Players
1 2740 Ivanchuk, Vassily
2 2649 Sakaev, Konstantin
3 2684 Volokitin, Andrei
4 2630 Sutovsky, Emil
5 2627 Kobalia, Mikhail
6 2633 Volkov, Sergey
7 2627 Najer, Evgeniy
8 2525 Popov, Valerij
2639,38
3 «FINEK» St.Peterburg
B Elo Players
1 2746 Svidler, Peter
2 2674 Zvjaginsev, Vadim
3 2695 Movsesian, Sergei
4 2672 Navara, David
5 2617 Vitiugov, Nikita
6 2583 Turov, Maxim
7 2583 Yemelin, Vasily
8 2535 Makarov, Marat
2638,13
4 «Spasio» Moscow
B Elo Players
1 2719 Ponomariov, Ruslan
2 2609 Khenkin, Igor
3 2752 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
4 2684 Inarkiev, Ernesto
5 2657 Tkachiev, Vladislav
6 2582 Aleksandrov, Aleksej
7 2584 Khismatullin, Denis
8 2522 Kosyrev, Vladimir
2638,63
5 Economist-SGSEU-2 Saratov
B Elo Players
1 2580 Andreikin, Dmitry
2 2551 Evdokimov, Alexander A.
3 2552 Iljushin, Alexei
4 2552 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny
5 2544 Kornev, Alexei
6 2566 Dyachkov, Sergej
7 2513 Kovchan, Alexander
8 2434 Lushenkov, Mikhail
2536,5
6 Tomsk-400
B Elo Players
1 2774 Morozevich, Alexander
2 2732 Karjakin, Sergey
3 2711 Jakovenko, Dmitry
4 2676 Van Wely, Loek
5 2664 Timofeev, Artyom
6 2499 Kharlov, Andrei
7 2521 Belozerov, Andrei
2645,75
7 Polytechnik Nizhny Tagil
B Elo Players
1 2660 Efimenko, Zahar
2 2650 Areshchenko, Alexander
3 2610 Grachev, Boris
4 2595 Lysyj, Igor
5 2569 Bocharov, Dmitry
6 2574 Maletin, Pavel
7 2579 Kokarev, Dmitry
8 2556 Ovetchkin, Roman
2599,13
8 Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov
B Elo Players
1 2711 Alekseev, Evgeny
2 2646 Tomashevsky, Evgeny
3 2692 Eljanov, Pavel
4 2703 Ni, Hua
5 2659 Roiz, Michael
6 2650 Moiseenko, Alexander
7 2606 Galkin, Alexander
8 2554 Khairullin, Ildar
2653,5
9 Ural Ekaterinburg
B Elo Players
1 2751 Radjabov, Teimour
2 2755 Shirov, Alexei
3 2732 Kamsky, Gata
4 2711 Grischuk, Alexander
5 2689 Malakhov, Vladimir
6 2700 Akopian, Vladimir
7 2633 Dreev, Alexey
8 2644 Motylev, Alexander
2702,25
10 Shatar Buryatia
B Elo Players
1 2679 Gashimov, Vugar
2 2708 Bu, Xiangzhi
3 2620 Miton, Kamil
4 2629 Tregubov, Pavel V.
5 2559 Shomoev, Anton
6 2632 Avrukh, Boris
7 2649 Amonatov, Farrukh
8 2621 Lastin, Alexander
2637,13
11 Southern Ural Chelyabinsk
B Elo Players
1 2655 Karpov, Anatoly
2 2638 Riazantsev, Alexander
3 2598 Korchnoi, Viktor
4 2593 Kurnosov, Igor
5 2506 Sveshnikov,
6 2547 Romanov, Evgeny
7 2499 Ponkratov, Pavel
8 2421 Matsenko, Sergei
2557,13
12 «64» Moscow
B Elo Players
1 2723 Gelfand, Boris
2 2695 Rublevsky, Sergei
3 2634 Nepomniachtchi, Ian
4 2679 Harikrishna, P.
5 2684 Wang, Hao
6 2677 Bareev, Evgeny
7 2628 Khalifman, Alexander
8 2626 Rodshtein, Maxim
2668,25

3) II Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival

The II Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival took place in Merida, Spain 4th-13th April 2008. The main event was a category XV all-play-all won by Michael Adams with 5.5/7. There was also an IM event alongside won by Antonio Frois and then a final two day open won by Fabiabo Caruana for which sadly there don't appear to be any games.

Official web page http://ruylopez.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/

II Ruy Lopez Masters Merida (ESP), 5-11 iv 2008 cat. XV (2616)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Adams, Michael g ENG 2726 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2826
2. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2640 ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 5 2767
3. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2676 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2706
4. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2612 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 4½ 2715
5. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2598 0 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 2½ 2513
6. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2588 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 2 2458
7. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2527 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 2 2467
8. Perez Candelario, Manuel m ESP 2537 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 2 2465

Round 4 (April 8, 2008)
Adams, Michael - Zhang Pengxiang ½-½ 19 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sargissian, Gabriel - Perez Candelario, Manuel ½-½ 34 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Koneru, Humpy - Hou Yifan ½-½ 47 E06 Catalan
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 50 D11 Slav Defence
Round 5 (April 9, 2008)
Zhang Pengxiang - Koneru, Humpy ½-½ 17 C50 Giuoco Piano
Caruana, Fabiano - Sargissian, Gabriel 0-1 53 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Hou Yifan - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1-0 16 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Perez Candelario, Manuel - Adams, Michael 0-1 38 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical
Round 6 (April 10, 2008)
Adams, Michael - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 31 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Koneru, Humpy - Perez Candelario, Manuel 1-0 31 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Granda Zuniga, Julio E - Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ 47 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Hou Yifan - Zhang Pengxiang 0-1 56 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Round 7 (April 11, 2008)
Zhang Pengxiang - Granda Zuniga, Julio E 1-0 27 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Sargissian, Gabriel - Adams, Michael ½-½ 18 E17 Queens Indian
Caruana, Fabiano - Koneru, Humpy 0-1 40 C42 Petroff's Defence
Perez Candelario, Manuel - Hou Yifan 1-0 39 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
II Ruy Lopez IM Merida (ESP), 5-11 iv 2008 cat. V (2356)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Frois, Antonio m POR 2370 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 4761
2. Dolezal, Cristian m ARG 2436 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 4668
3. Rocha, Sergio m POR 2412 ½ ½ * 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 5½ 4671
4. Vitor, Antonio f POR 2368 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 5 4638
5. Strikovic, Aleksa g SRB 2530 0 1 1 ½ * 0 1 ½ 0 1 5 4620
6. Cabezas Ayala, Ivan f ESP 2321 ½ 0 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 1 5 4644
7. Carrasco Martinez, Juan M m ESP 2417 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 1 1 4½ 4590
8. Guerra Tulcan, Lenin ECU 22374 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 3 2248
9. Garcia Romero, Benjamin Abel ESP 2250 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 * 0 2½ 4443
10. Figuero Toro, Julian ESP 2253 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 * 2½ 4442
II Ruy Lopez Open Merida (ESP), 12-13 iv 2008
Rank   Nombre RLoc Pts BH. Fide BH.
1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2430 7½ 50½ 40 39½
2 GM Adams Michael 0 7 50½ 36½ 40
3 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2625 7 49½ 35½ 38½
4 IM Khamrakulov Dzhurabek 0 7 45½ 34 35½
5 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2549 6½ 53½ 35 42
6 WGM Hou Yifan 0 6½ 53 37 41½
7 GM Campora Daniel H 2536 6½ 48½ 32½ 38
8 GM Koneru Humpy 0 6½ 48 32 36½
9 GM Guliyev Namig 0 6 55½ 37½ 43
10 IM Perez Candelario Manuel 2518 6 52 33 39½
11 GM Zhang Pengxiang 0 6 50½ 34 39½
12 GM Strikovic Aleksa 2537 6 50 33½ 39
13 IM Rocha Sergio 0 6 49 30½ 38½
14 IM Frois Antonio 2351 6 48½ 33 39½
15 IM Dolezal Cristian 0 6 48 31 38
16   Guerra Tulcan Lenin 2288 6 47½ 29 38
17   Guerrero Arroyo Pedro 2112 6 41½ 29 34
18   Ferreira Victor Manuel 0 6 40 27 31½
19 FM Cori Jorge 0 5½ 52 32 41
20 FM Vitor Antonio 2352 5½ 47 30 36½
21 GM Komljenovic Davorin 2453 5½ 46½ 30½ 36½
81 players

4) Dutch Championships

The Dutch Championship took place takes place 2nd - 13th April 2008 in a television studio (Studio 2) in Hilversum Media Park. First prize was EUR 10.000. Jan Smeets took the title with a final round win against Daniel Stellwagen. Peng Zhaoqin dominated the women's event and won with 8/9.

http://www.schaakbond.nl/nk2008/ and photos and reports at: http://www.chessvista.com/

ch-NED Hilversum NED (NED), 2-13 iv 2008 cat. XII (2536)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Smeets, Jan g NED 2578 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7½ 2665
2. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2526 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 2639
3. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2621 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 7 2630
4. Ernst, Sipke g NED 2559 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6½ 2599
5. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2600 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 6½ 2595
6. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2558 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 6 2570
7. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2634 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 6 2563
8. Visser, Yge g NED 2477 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 5½ 2541
9. De Jong, Jan-Willem m NED 2474 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4 2440
10. Janssen, Ruud m NED 2504 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 4 2437
11. Brandenburg, Daan m NED 2435 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3½ 2412
12. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2471 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 2½ 2331

Round 7 (April 9, 2008)
Smeets, Jan - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 41 A31 English Symmetrical
Reinderman, Dimitri - Tiviakov, Sergei ½-½ 14 B01 Centre Counter
Nijboer, Friso - De Jong, Jan-Willem 1-0 40 C82 Ruy Lopez Open Italian Variation
Visser, Yge - Stellwagen, Daniël 0-1 35 B24 Sicilian Closed
Janssen, Ruud - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 35 A30 English Symmetrical
Brandenburg, Daan - Ernst, Sipke ½-½ 24 C45 Scotch Game
Round 8 (April 10, 2008)
Stellwagen, Daniël - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 22 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Ernst, Sipke - Smeets, Jan ½-½ 22 D11 Slav Defence
Tiviakov, Sergei - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 41 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Visser, Yge - Brandenburg, Daan 1-0 58 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
De Jong, Jan-Willem - Janssen, Ruud ½-½ 14 D35 QGD Exchange
Bosboom, Manuel - Reinderman, Dimitri 0-1 41 A81 Dutch Leningrad
Round 9 (April 11, 2008)
Smeets, Jan - Visser, Yge ½-½ 99 C12 French MacCutcheon
Reinderman, Dimitri - Ernst, Sipke ½-½ 24 A20 English Opening
L'Ami, Erwin - De Jong, Jan-Willem 1-0 66 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Nijboer, Friso - Bosboom, Manuel ½-½ 55 C41 Philidor's Defence
Janssen, Ruud - Tiviakov, Sergei 0-1 24 D05 Colle System
Brandenburg, Daan - Stellwagen, Daniël ½-½ 68 C07 French Tarrasch
Round 10 (April 12, 2008)
Stellwagen, Daniël - De Jong, Jan-Willem 1-0 39 C58 Two Knights Defence
Ernst, Sipke - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 40 A25 English Sicilian Attack
Tiviakov, Sergei - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 43 B10 Caro Kann
Visser, Yge - Reinderman, Dimitri ½-½ 26 B24 Sicilian Closed
Brandenburg, Daan - Smeets, Jan ½-½ 41 C45 Scotch Game
Bosboom, Manuel - Janssen, Ruud 0-1 71 C54 Giuoco Piano
Round 11 (April 13, 2008)
Smeets, Jan - Stellwagen, Daniël 1-0 45 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen
Reinderman, Dimitri - Brandenburg, Daan 1-0 38 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
L'Ami, Erwin - Bosboom, Manuel 0-1 37 E94 King's Indian Classical
Nijboer, Friso - Visser, Yge 1-0 66 C18 French Winawer
De Jong, Jan-Willem - Tiviakov, Sergei 1-0 61 E38 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Janssen, Ruud - Ernst, Sipke 1-0 50 A17 English Opening

ch-NED w Hilversum NED (NED), 2-13 iv 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2465 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 8 2523
2. Schuurman, Petra f NED 2295 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6½ 2357
3. Lanchava, Tea m NED 2365 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 5½ 2264
4. Bensdorp, Marlies wm NED 2268 0 1 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5 2237
5. Haast, Anne NED 2020 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 0 ½ 1 4½ 2222
6. Van Nies, Pauline NED 2184 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 1 1 ½ 4½ 2204
7. Muhren, Bianca wg NED 2297 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 4 2148
8. Middelveld, Martine NED 2040 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 * 1 ½ 3½ 2140
9. Munnik, Talitha NED 2002 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 2 2004
10. Bensdorp, Laura wf NED 2085 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1½ 1942

5) French League Top 16

The final three rounds of the French League Top 16 Group Stage took place 10th-13th April 2008. There will be the final pool stages (Haute and Basse) 29th May - 1st June 2008.

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

TCh-FRA Top 16 Noyon and Marsailles (FRA), 10-13 iv 2008
Rounds 4-7
Round 4 Group A Venue Montpellier
Clichy 6 - 1 Marseille Duchamps
g NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter 2684 1-0 m ABERGEL Thal 2520
g NAIDITSCH Arkadij 2623 1/2 g KRITZ Leonid 2609
g FRESSINET Laurent 2656 1-0 g KOSTEN Anthony C. 2496
g APICELLA Manuel 2532 0-1 m BOUDRE Jean-Pierre 2327
g TREGUBOV Pavel V. 2629 1-0 POISSON Olivier 2149
g PELLETIER Yannick 2607 1-0 FERNANDEZ Laura 2025
m EDOUARD Romain 2509 1-F
m SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2443 1-F
Montpellier 3 - 2 Antibes
g PRIE Eric 2520 1/2 g DAMLJANOVIC Branko 2595
g BAUER Christian 2618 0-1 g NAKAMURA Hikaru 2686
g HAMDOUCHI Hichem 2576 1-0 g MIRALLES Gilles 2490
m LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2465 1/2 g TIMMAN Jan H 2565
g MAZE Sebastien 2565 1-0 g SANTO-ROMAN Marc 2395
g FLEAR Glenn C 2508 1/2 BIJAOUI Manuel 2388
g CONQUEST Stuart C 2530 0-1 ACHER Mathieu 2381
gf MILLIET Sophie 2354 1-0 COCHET Caroline 2075
Vandoeuvre 3 - 2 Marseille Echecs
g KASIMDZHANOV Rustam 2681 1/2 g BACROT Etienne 2705
g GLEK Igor 2545 1-0 g DELCHEV Aleksander 2639
g LANDA Konstantin 2633 1-0 g BARTEL Mateusz 2588
m BRUNNER Nicolas 2404 0-1 m MARZOLO Cyril 2476
m PHILIPPE Christophe 2407 1-0 g JEDYNAK Radoslaw 2515
f PACI Cedric 2303 1/2 m GOZZOLI Yannick 2509
f NEZAR Mustapha 2397 1/2 GOLDSZTEJN Gildas 2355
ff STEIL-ANTONI Fiona 2125 0-1 DELORME Laurie 2140
Bois Colombes 1 - 4 Mulhouse
m LANDENBERGUE Claude 2440 0-1 g GEORGIEV Kiril 2665
g KOZAKOV Mikhail 2449 1/2 g WOJTASZEK Radoslaw 2625
m SHOKER Samy 2377 0-1 g GEORGIEV Vladimir 2572
m CHOMET Pascal 2333 1/2 g SOKOLOV Andrei 2596
f VUILLEUMIER Alexandre 2277 1-0 g BRICARD Emmanuel 2484
PIETRASANTA Jeremy 2280 0-1 m RIFF Jean-Noel 2487
METZGER Clement 2165 0-1 m WIRIG Anthony 2477
AFLALO Sophie 1959 1/2 mf MULLER Anne 2165
Round 5 Group A
Marseille Echecs 1 - 3 Clichy
g BACROT Etienne 2705 1/2 g NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter 2684
g DELCHEV Aleksander 2639 1/2 g TREGUBOV Pavel V. 2629
g BARTEL Mateusz 2588 1/2 g PELLETIER Yannick 2607
m MARZOLO Cyril 2476 0-1 g FRESSINET Laurent 2656
g JEDYNAK Radoslaw 2515 1-0 g APICELLA Manuel 2532
m GOZZOLI Yannick 2509 0-1 g NAIDITSCH Arkadij 2623
GOLDSZTEJN Gildas 2355 1/2 m EDOUARD Romain 2509
DELORME Laurie 2140 0-1 m SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2443
Mulhouse 0 - 2 Montpellier
g SOKOLOV Andrei 2596 1/2 g PRIE Eric 2520
g WOJTASZEK Radoslaw 2625 1/2 g BAUER Christian 2618
g GEORGIEV Kiril 2665 1/2 g HAMDOUCHI Hichem 2576
g GEORGIEV Vladimir 2572 1/2 m LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2465
m WIRIG Anthony 2477 1/2 g MAZE Sebastien 2565
m RIFF Jean-Noel 2487 0-1 g FLEAR Glenn C 2508
g BRICARD Emmanuel 2484 1/2 g CONQUEST Stuart C 2530
mf MULLER Anne 2165 0-1 gf MILLIET Sophie 2354
Antibes 3 - 2 Bois Colombes
g DAMLJANOVIC Branko 2595 0-1 g KOZAKOV Mikhail 2449
g NAKAMURA Hikaru 2686 1-0 m SHOKER Samy 2377
g MIRALLES Gilles 2490 1/2 m LANDENBERGUE Claude 2440
g TIMMAN Jan H 2565 1/2 f VUILLEUMIER Alexandre 2277
g SANTO-ROMAN Marc 2395 1-0 f LE ROY Brice 2301
BIJAOUI Manuel 2388 1/2 PIETRASANTA Jeremy 2280
ACHER Mathieu 2381 1-0 METZGER Clement 2165
COCHET Caroline 2075 0-1 AFLALO Sophie 1959
Marseille Duchamps 0 - 4 Vandoeuvre
m ABERGEL Thal 2520 1/2 g KASIMDZHANOV Rustam 2681
g KRITZ Leonid 2609 1/2 g GLEK Igor 2545
g KOSTEN Anthony C. 2496 1/2 g LANDA Konstantin 2633
m BOUDRE Jean-Pierre 2327 0-1 f NEZAR Mustapha 2397
POISSON Olivier 2149 0-1 m PHILIPPE Christophe 2407
FERNANDEZ Laura 2025 1/2 f PACI Cedric 2303
FRIBURGER Thibault 1831 A-1 m BRUNNER Nicolas 2404
MOHAMAD JAMIL 1833 A-1 ff STEIL-ANTONI Fiona 2125
Round 6 Group A
Clichy 4 - 0 Mulhouse
g PELLETIER Yannick 2607 1/2 g GEORGIEV Kiril 2665
g FRESSINET Laurent 2656 1/2 g GEORGIEV Vladimir 2572
g NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter 2684 1/2 g SOKOLOV Andrei 2596
g NAIDITSCH Arkadij 2623 1/2 g WOJTASZEK Radoslaw 2625
g TREGUBOV Pavel V. 2629 1-0 m WIRIG Anthony 2477
m EDOUARD Romain 2509 1-0 g BRICARD Emmanuel 2484
g APICELLA Manuel 2532 1-0 m RIFF Jean-Noel 2487
m SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2443 1-0 mf MULLER Anne 2165
Montpellier 2 - 3 Marseille Echecs
g PRIE Eric 2520 0-1 g DELCHEV Aleksander 2639
g BAUER Christian 2618 0-1 g BACROT Etienne 2705
g HAMDOUCHI Hichem 2576 1/2 g BARTEL Mateusz 2588
g MAZE Sebastien 2565 1-0 m GOZZOLI Yannick 2509
m LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2465 0-1 g JEDYNAK Radoslaw 2515
g FLEAR Glenn C 2508 1/2 m MARZOLO Cyril 2476
g CONQUEST Stuart C 2530 1-0 GOLDSZTEJN Gildas 2355
gf MILLIET Sophie 2354 1/2 DELORME Laurie 2140
Vandoeuvre 3 - 2 Antibes
g KASIMDZHANOV Rustam 2681 1/2 g NAKAMURA Hikaru 2686
g GLEK Igor 2545 0-1 g TIMMAN Jan H 2565
g LANDA Konstantin 2633 1-0 g DAMLJANOVIC Branko 2595
m PHILIPPE Christophe 2407 1-0 g SANTO-ROMAN Marc 2395
m BRUNNER Nicolas 2404 1-0 BIJAOUI Manuel 2388
f NEZAR Mustapha 2397 1/2 g MIRALLES Gilles 2490
f PACI Cedric 2303 0-1 ACHER Mathieu 2381
ff STEIL-ANTONI Fiona 2125 1/2 COCHET Caroline 2075
Bois Colombes 6 - 0 Marseille Duchamps
g KOZAKOV Mikhail 2449 1/2 m ABERGEL Thal 2520
m LANDENBERGUE Claude 2440 1/2 g KOSTEN Anthony C. 2496
m SHOKER Samy 2377 1 - A g KRITZ Leonid 2609
f VUILLEUMIER Alexandre 2277 1-0 m BOUDRE Jean-Pierre 2327
m CHOMET Pascal 2333 1-0 OVSIENKO Valentin 2137
PIETRASANTA Jeremy 2280 1-0 POISSON Olivier 2149
mf GUICHARD Pauline 2274 1-0 FERNANDEZ Laura 2025
f LE ROY Brice 2301 1-0 BISMUTH Sarah 1769
Group A Round 7
Antibes 0 - 3 Clichy
g NAKAMURA Hikaru 2686 1/2 g NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter 2684
g TIMMAN Jan H 2565 1/2 g FRESSINET Laurent 2656
g DAMLJANOVIC Branko 2595 1/2 g PELLETIER Yannick 2607
g MIRALLES Gilles 2490 0-1 g NAIDITSCH Arkadij 2623
ACHER Mathieu 2381 0-1 g TREGUBOV Pavel V. 2629
g SANTO-ROMAN Marc 2395 1/2 g APICELLA Manuel 2532
BIJAOUI Manuel 2388 1/2 m EDOUARD Romain 2509
COCHET Caroline 2075 0-1 m SKRIPCHENKO Almira 2443
Marseille Duchamps 0 - 5 Montpellier
g KRITZ Leonid 2609 1/2 g HAMDOUCHI Hichem 2576
g KOSTEN Anthony C. 2496 1/2 g MAZE Sebastien 2565
m BOUDRE Jean-Pierre 2327 1/2 g PRIE Eric 2520
POISSON Olivier 2149 0-1 g BAUER Christian 2618
OVSIENKO Valentin 2137 0-1 m LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2465
FERNANDEZ Laura 2025 0-1 g FLEAR Glenn C 2508
FRIBURGER Quentin 1791 A-1 g CONQUEST Stuart C 2530
BISMUTH Sarah 1769 A-1 gf MILLIET Sophie 2354
Mulhouse 2 - 1 Vandoeuvre
g GEORGIEV Kiril 2665 1/2 g KASIMDZHANOV Rustam 2681
g GEORGIEV Vladimir 2572 1/2 g GLEK Igor 2545
g SOKOLOV Andrei 2596 1/2 g LANDA Konstantin 2633
g WOJTASZEK Radoslaw 2625 1/2 m BRUNNER Nicolas 2404
m WIRIG Anthony 2477 1/2 f NEZAR Mustapha 2397
g BRICARD Emmanuel 2484 0-1 m PHILIPPE Christophe 2407
m RIFF Jean-Noel 2487 1-0 f PACI Cedric 2303
mf MULLER Anne 2165 1-0 KLIPPER Rebecca 2061
Marseille Echecs 5 - 0 Bois Colombes
g BACROT Etienne 2705 1-0 g KOZAKOV Mikhail 2449
g DELCHEV Aleksander 2639 1-0 m LANDENBERGUE Claude 2440
g BARTEL Mateusz 2588 1-0 m CHOMET Pascal 2333
g JEDYNAK Radoslaw 2515 1-0 f LE ROY Brice 2301
m MARZOLO Cyril 2476 1/2 PIETRASANTA Jeremy 2280
m GOZZOLI Yannick 2509 1/2 f VUILLEUMIER Alexandre 2277
m AMIGUES Emmanuel 2357 1-0 m SHOKER Samy 2377
DELORME Laurie 2140 1/2 mf GUICHARD Pauline 2274
Round 4 Group B Noyon
Cannes 3 - 0 Strasbourg
g SASIKIRAN Krishnan 2679 1/2 g DOETTLING Fabian 2544
g KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2617 1/2 g ROZENTALIS Eduardas 2582
g PALAC Mladen 2559 1/2 g VAISSER Anatoly 2539
g FONTAINE Robert 2563 1/2 g KALLAI Gabor 2468
g NATAF Igor-Alexandre 2543 1-0 m ROOS Daniel 2408
m CORNETTE Matthieu 2496 1/2 m ROOS Louis 2357
m GUIDARELLI Laurent 2429 1-0 m ROOS Jean-Luc 2326
gf LECONTE Maria 2336 1-0 GRAS Delphine 2011
Metz 4 - 2 Noyon
g SVETUSHKIN Dmitry 2568 1-0 g ROWSON Jonathan 2582
g MAMEDOV Nidjat 2577 1/2 g MAGEM BADALS Jordi 2470
g POSTNY Evgeny 2649 1-0 g MARCELIN Cyril 2510
m KOCH Jean-Rene 2453 0-1 g GOFSHTEIN Leonid 2512
f NEIMAN Emmanuel 2362 1/2 f HOUSIEAUX David 2381
f PUCHER Olivier 2334 1-0 m NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2414
PUCHER Sebastien 2221 0-1 m AGUETTAZ Maxime 2422
LECLAIR Marie 1974 1-0 ASSAD Karine 2042
Bischwiller 0 - 6 Gonfreville
g BUHMANN Rainer 2569 0-1 g BOLOGAN Viktor 2665
g SCHLOSSER Philipp 2562 0-1 g GUREVICH Mikhail 2611
m NETZER Jean 2390 1/2 g RAUSIS Igor 2511
f HEINZ Timothee 2304 0-1 g DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2556
m MENSCH Etienne 2324 0-1 m VALLIN Guillaume 2409
f STROHHAEKER Raoul 2393 0-1 m COLLAS Didier 2446
gf LALLEMAND Roza 2259 1/2 m ELIET Nicolas 2451
DIDIER Quentin 2057 0-1 m COLLAS Silvia 2395
Hyères 1 - 6 Evry
m NINOV Nikolai 2509 1/2 g VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2632
g SULAVA Nenad 2479 0-1 g JUSSUPOW Artur 2572
g DRASKO Milan 2536 0-1 g CHUCHELOV Vladimir 2553
VINCENT Stephane 2235 0-1 g FELLER Sebastien 2540
COMTE Frederic 2190 0-1 g HAUCHARD Arnaud 2490
GARRO Pierre 2173 0-1 g CHABANON Jean-Luc 2454
LANGEVIN Philippe 2147 1-0 m BERGEZ Luc 2367
MARTINOVIC Gordana 1603 0-1 mf ROUMEGOUS Marina 2217
Round 5 Group B
Gonfreville 1 - 4 Cannes
g BOLOGAN Viktor 2665 1/2 g SASIKIRAN Krishnan 2679
g DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2556 1-0 g FONTAINE Robert 2563
g GUREVICH Mikhail 2611 1/2 g PALAC Mladen 2559
m COLLAS Didier 2446 0-1 g KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2617
g RAUSIS Igor 2511 0-1 g NATAF Igor-Alexandre 2543
m COLLAS Silvia 2395 0-1 gf LECONTE Maria 2336
m PAYEN Arnaud 2372 0-1 m GOVCIYAN Pavel 2400
m VALLIN Guillaume 2409 1/2 m GUIDARELLI Laurent 2429
Evry 2 - 2 Metz
g VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2632 1/2 g POSTNY Evgeny 2649
g JUSSUPOW Artur 2572 1/2 g MAMEDOV Nidjat 2577
g FELLER Sebastien 2540 0-1 g SVETUSHKIN Dmitry 2568
g CHUCHELOV Vladimir 2553 1-0 m KOCH Jean-Rene 2453
g RELANGE Eloi 2479 1/2 f NEIMAN Emmanuel 2362
g CHABANON Jean-Luc 2454 1-0 f PUCHER Olivier 2334
g HAUCHARD Arnaud 2490 1/2 PUCHER Sebastien 2221
mf ROUMEGOUS Marina 2217 0-1 LECLAIR Marie 1974
Noyon 4 - 1 Hyères
g MARCELIN Cyril 2510 1/2 m NINOV Nikolai 2509
g GOFSHTEIN Leonid 2512 1/2 g SULAVA Nenad 2479
g ROWSON Jonathan 2582 1/2 g DRASKO Milan 2536
g MAGEM BADALS Jordi 2470 1-0 VINCENT Stephane 2235
m AGUETTAZ Maxime 2422 1-0 COMTE Frederic 2190
f CLERY Nicolas 2379 1-0 GARRO Pierre 2173
f HOUSIEAUX David 2381 0-1 LANGEVIN Philippe 2147
ASSAD Karine 2042 1-0 MARTINOVIC Gordana 1603
Strasbourg 2 - 2 Bischwiller
g VAISSER Anatoly 2539 1/2 g BUHMANN Rainer 2569
g DOETTLING Fabian 2544 1/2 g SCHLOSSER Philipp 2562
g ROZENTALIS Eduardas 2582 1-0 m NETZER Jean 2390
g KALLAI Gabor 2468 0-1 m MENSCH Etienne 2324
m ROOS Daniel 2408 1/2 f HEINZ Timothee 2304
m ROOS Louis 2357 1-0 f STROHHAEKER Raoul 2393
m ROOS Jean-Luc 2326 1/2 f SAATDJIAN Thomas 2311
GRAS Delphine 2011 0-1 gf LALLEMAND Roza 2259
Round 6 Group B
Cannes 2 - 0 Evry
g SASIKIRAN Krishnan 2679 1/2 g JUSSUPOW Artur 2572
g FONTAINE Robert 2563 1/2 g VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2632
g NATAF Igor-Alexandre 2543 1/2 g CHABANON Jean-Luc 2454
g KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2617 1/2 g FELLER Sebastien 2540
g PALAC Mladen 2559 1-0 g RELANGE Eloi 2479
m GOVCIYAN Pavel 2400 1/2 g CHUCHELOV Vladimir 2553
m CORNETTE Matthieu 2496 1/2 g HAUCHARD Arnaud 2490
gf LECONTE Maria 2336 1-0 mf ROUMEGOUS Marina 2217
Metz 2 - 4 Gonfreville
g SVETUSHKIN Dmitry 2568 1-0 g GUREVICH Mikhail 2611
g POSTNY Evgeny 2649 0-1 g BOLOGAN Viktor 2665
g MAMEDOV Nidjat 2577 1/2 g DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2556
m KOCH Jean-Rene 2453 1/2 m ELIET Nicolas 2451
f NEIMAN Emmanuel 2362 1-0 g RAUSIS Igor 2511
f PUCHER Olivier 2334 0-1 m VALLIN Guillaume 2409
PUCHER Sebastien 2221 0-1 m PAYEN Arnaud 2372
LECLAIR Marie 1974 0-1 m COLLAS Silvia 2395
Bischwiller 1 - 5 Noyon
g BUHMANN Rainer 2569 0-1 g ROWSON Jonathan 2582
g SCHLOSSER Philipp 2562 1/2 g MAGEM BADALS Jordi 2470
m NETZER Jean 2390 0-1 g GOFSHTEIN Leonid 2512
f HEINZ Timothee 2304 0-1 g MARCELIN Cyril 2510
m MENSCH Etienne 2324 1/2 f HOUSIEAUX David 2381
f STROHHAEKER Raoul 2393 0-1 f CLERY Nicolas 2379
f SAATDJIAN Thomas 2311 0-1 m NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2414
gf LALLEMAND Roza 2259 1-0 ASSAD Karine 2042
Hyères 1 - 3 Strasbourg
m NINOV Nikolai 2509 1/2 g VAISSER Anatoly 2539
g SULAVA Nenad 2479 1/2 g DOETTLING Fabian 2544
g DRASKO Milan 2536 1/2 g ROZENTALIS Eduardas 2582
COMTE Frederic 2190 0-1 g KALLAI Gabor 2468
VINCENT Stephane 2235 1-0 m ROOS Daniel 2408
GARRO Pierre 2173 0-1 m ROOS Louis 2357
LANGEVIN Philippe 2147 0-1 f REINHART Emmanuel 2298
GIUA Stephanie 1994 1/2 GRAS Delphine 2011
Round 7 Group B
Noyon 1 - 5 Cannes
g MARCELIN Cyril 2510 0-1 g SASIKIRAN Krishnan 2679
g GOFSHTEIN Leonid 2512 0-1 g KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2617
f HOUSIEAUX David 2381 1-0 g NATAF Igor-Alexandre 2543
f CLERY Nicolas 2379 0-1 g FONTAINE Robert 2563
m NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2414 1/2 g PALAC Mladen 2559
f HOMMELES Theo 2393 0-1 m GUIDARELLI Laurent 2429
m AGUETTAZ Maxime 2422 1/2 m CORNETTE Matthieu 2496
ASSAD Karine 2042 0-1 gf LECONTE Maria 2336
Strasbourg 2 - 0 Metz
g VAISSER Anatoly 2539 1/2 g SVETUSHKIN Dmitry 2568
g DOETTLING Fabian 2544 1/2 g POSTNY Evgeny 2649
g ROZENTALIS Eduardas 2582 1/2 g MAMEDOV Nidjat 2577
g KALLAI Gabor 2468 1/2 m KOCH Jean-Rene 2453
m ROOS Daniel 2408 1-0 f NEIMAN Emmanuel 2362
m ROOS Jean-Luc 2326 1/2 f PUCHER Olivier 2334
f REINHART Emmanuel 2298 1/2 PUCHER Sebastien 2221
GRAS Delphine 2011 1-0 LECLAIR Marie 1974
Evry 4 - 0 Bischwiller
g VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 2632 1-0 g BUHMANN Rainer 2569
g FELLER Sebastien 2540 1/2 g SCHLOSSER Philipp 2562
g JUSSUPOW Artur 2572 1-0 f HEINZ Timothee 2304
g CHUCHELOV Vladimir 2553 1-0 m MENSCH Etienne 2324
g HAUCHARD Arnaud 2490 1/2 m NETZER Jean 2390
g RELANGE Eloi 2479 1/2 f STROHHAEKER Raoul 2393
g CHABANON Jean-Luc 2454 1-0 f SAATDJIAN Thomas 2311
mf ROUMEGOUS Marina 2217 1/2 gf LALLEMAND Roza 2259
Gonfreville 3 - 0 Hyères
g GUREVICH Mikhail 2611 1/2 m NINOV Nikolai 2509
g BOLOGAN Viktor 2665 1/2 g SULAVA Nenad 2479
g RAUSIS Igor 2511 1/2 g DRASKO Milan 2536
g DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2556 1-0 GARRO Pierre 2173
m COLLAS Didier 2446 1/2 COMTE Frederic 2190
m ELIET Nicolas 2451 1/2 VINCENT Stephane 2235
m PAYEN Arnaud 2372 1-0 LANGEVIN Philippe 2147
m COLLAS Silvia 2395 1-0 GIUA Stephanie 1994
TCh-FRA Top 16 Noyon and Marsailles (FRA), 10-13 iv 2008
Standings
Group A
PlEquipe Pts j. d. p. c.
1Clichy21725283
2Montpellier177102212
3Mulhouse17741612
4Vandoeuvre15721715
5Marseille Echecs15751813
6Antibes117-41317
7Bois Colombes97-141226
8Marseille Duchamps77-28432
Group B
Pl.Equipe Pts j. d. p. c.
1Cannes21722275
2Evry17712208
3Gonfreville16781810
4Metz14721715
5Noyon147-21517
6Strasbourg137-11213
7Bischwiller107-17926
8Hyères77-24428

6) 10th Dubai Open

The Dubai Open took place 5th-14th April 2008 at the Dubai Chess Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Wesley So took first place on tie-break from Merab Gagunashvili, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and Li Chao B after all finished with 7/9. There are currently no complete games from round 8 available.

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

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB3 
1 GM So Wesley PHI 2540 7,0 20234 39,5
2 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2553 7,0 20085 39,0
3 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2604 7,0 19789 35,0
4 GM Li Chao B CHN 2581 7,0 19605 37,0
5 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2521 6,5 20400 36,0
6 GM Drozdovskij Yuri UKR 2581 6,5 20135 36,0
7 IM Laxman R R IND 2488 6,5 19794 33,0
8 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2568 6,5 19658 34,0
9 GM Arutinian David GEO 2593 6,5 19546 34,5
10 GM Ibrahimov Rasul AZE 2535 6,5 19533 33,0
11 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2625 6,5 19527 31,0
12 GM Guliev Sarhan AZE 2487 6,5 18570 31,0
13 FM Salem A R Saleh UAE 2429 6,0 19985 36,0
14 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2603 6,0 19690 32,0
15 GM Kotanjian Tigran ARM 2570 6,0 19663 32,5
16 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2578 6,0 19634 33,0
17 GM Ibrayev Nurlan KAZ 2507 6,0 19370 32,5
18 IM Sachdev Tania IND 2423 6,0 19184 29,5
19 FM Wu Xibin CHN 2351 6,0 19137 27,0
20 Zhou Weiqi CHN 2560 6,0 19088 32,5
21 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2446 6,0 18905 29,5
22 GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2514 6,0 18872 30,0
23 IM Guliev Logman AZE 2434 6,0 18559 29,5
24 GM Kotsur Pavel KAZ 2568 5,5 19920 33,5
25 GM Gelashvili Tamaz GEO 2622 5,5 19831 32,5
26 IM Frhat Ali EGY 2392 5,5 19669 30,5
27 GM Ramesh R B IND 2472 5,5 19625 29,5
28 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2524 5,5 19410 30,0
29 IM Ismagambetov Anuar KAZ 2492 5,5 19317 30,5
30 IM Tissir Mohamed MAR 2440 5,5 19257 29,5
31 FM Soozankar A M IRI 2221 5,5 19111 26,0
32 Noroozi Omid IRI 2274 5,5 18938 26,0
33 IM Durarbeyli Vasif AZE 2384 5,5 18811 28,0
34 Shiven Khosla IND 2086 5,5 18802 24,5
35 IM El Taher Fouad EGY 2486 5,5 18578 28,5
36 Wang Li CHN 2406 5,5 18392 27,0
37 IM Nedochetov Mikhail RUS 2355 5,5 18237 25,0
38 Praveen Kumar C IND 2287 5,5 18122 24,5
39 FM Somoff Abdo LIB 2278 5,5 16181 26,5
40 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2556 5,0 19386 30,5
132 players

7) Gausdal Chess Classic

The Gausdal Chess Classic takes place 8th-16th April 2008.

Official site: http://www.bergensjakk.no/gausdal/classics2008/index.htm

Gausdal Classics GMA Gausdal (NOR), 8-16 iv 2008 cat. XI (2517)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2596 * ½ . . ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 5½ 2722
2. Gopal, G.N g IND 2562 ½ * 1 . ½ ½ ½ . ½ 1 4½ 2610
3. Lie, Kjetil A g NOR 2558 . 0 * 1 ½ ½ . 1 1 ½ 4½ 2595
4. Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2585 . . 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 4½ 2593
5. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2599 ½ ½ ½ 0 * . 1 ½ . 1 4 2562
6. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2611 0 ½ ½ 1 . * ½ . ½ 1 4 2549
7. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2578 ½ ½ . ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 . 3 2495
8. Krush, Irina m USA 2479 0 . 0 0 ½ . 1 * ½ ½ 2½ 2402
9. Hole, Oystein m NOR 2387 0 ½ 0 0 . ½ 0 ½ * . 1½ 2337
10. Moskow, Eric USA 2229 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 . ½ . * 1 2261

8) Serbian Women's Championships

The Women's Serbian Championships took place in Kac 28th March - 9th April 2008. Andjelija Stojanovic won the event with 8.5/11.

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 * ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 2426
2. Benderac, Ana wg SRB 2324 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8 2388
3. Manakova, Maria wg SRB 2331 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2388
4. Maksimovic, Suzana wg SRB 2264 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 2352
5. Chelushkina, Irina wg SRB 2357 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 2246
6. Petrovic, Marija wm SRB 2168 1 0 ½ ½ 0 * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 2228
7. Rakic, Marija SRB 2218 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2223
8. Mladenovic, Jelena wf SRB 2114 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2168
9. Djukic, Sandra SRB 2204 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 3½ 2091
10. Eric, Jovana wf SRB 2104 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 3½ 2100
11. Jovanovic, Violeta SRB 2175 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 3½ 2094
12. Urosevic, Marija wf SRB 2108 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 2 1971

9) V Magistral da Hebraica

The V Magistral da Hebraica takes place in Sao Paulo 6th-14th April 2008.

Official site: http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/

V Magistral da Hebraica Sao Paulo BRA (BRA), 6-14 iv 2008 cat. IX (2468)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2604 * ½ ½ . ½ . 1 ½ 1 . 4 2598
2. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag m BRA 2466 ½ * . 0 . 1 . 1 ½ 1 4 2564
3. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2594 ½ . * ½ ½ . ½ . 1 1 4 2571
4. Coelho, Luis Henrique m BRA 2392 . 1 ½ * . ½ ½ ½ 0 . 3 2461
5. Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2575 ½ . ½ . * ½ . ½ ½ ½ 3 2473
6. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2500 . 0 . ½ ½ * 1 0 . 1 3 2436
7. Diamant, Andre m BRA 2407 0 . ½ ½ . 0 * . 1 1 3 2465
8. Stamenkovic, Dragan m SRB 2440 ½ 0 . ½ ½ 1 . * . 0 2½ 2422
9. Perdomo, Leandro m ARG 2361 0 ½ 0 1 ½ . 0 . * . 2 2381
10. Rodi, Luis Ernesto f ARG 2340 . 0 0 . ½ 0 0 1 . * 1½ 2304

10) Frank K Berry US Championship Qualifier

Seven GMs led the very strong field of 104 players (included 60+ USCF masters) through seven rounds of intense competition for seven qualification slots in the upcoming Frank K. Berry U.S. Championship. Winning qualifier spots were GM Jesse Kraai, GM Alex Yermolinsky, GM John Fedorowicz, and IM Dean Ippolito (all with 5½/7, tying with GM Julio Becerra for first), plus IM David Pruess, 17-year-old FM Daniel Ludwig, and surprising 16-year-old National Master Sam Shankland (5/7). The latter three beat out "local" favorites IM Michael Brooks (MO), IM Joe Bradford (TX), and FM Todd Andrews (TN) who also scored 5/7 but lost out on tiebreak points. WFM Iryna Zenyuk of NYC won the spot in the FKB U.S. Women’s Championship.

It was also confirmed at this tournament that five other players would be seeded into the U.S. Championship based on rating: GM Julio Becerra, GM Alexander Ivanov, GM Eugene Perelshteyn, GM Sergey Kudrin, and IM Ben Finegold. All five of them played in this Qualifier Open because at the time of the entry deadline they were unsure whether they would be seeded automatically.

The FKB USA Championship Qualifier Open was one of strongest open tournaments ever held in the Southwest and was enthusiastically approved by the players. Many masters remarked that they appreciated the opportunity this kind of event offered them for both great competition and the realistic chance to win a spot in the upcoming prestigious championship scheduled for this May 13 - 23 in Tulsa. Most players enjoyed the G-90 + 30 sec increment time control. Of course most players were from the USA but other players had FIDE federations of UKR, LTU, MGL and CAN.

Young phenoms FM Ray Robson (2433) and FM Daniel Naroditsky (2242) had solid performances but finished just out of the top tier with 4½/7. Robson was stopped by veteran fide master John Bick of Louisiana in round 5, and Naroditsky could "only" get draws against IM Brooks and IM Blas Lugo in the final two rounds.

Larry Cohen of Chicago won the U-2200 prize and Jaime Fernandez of Wichita won the U-2000 prize. Assistant Organizer was Tom Braunlich and Assistant Arbiters were Steve Wharry and IO Jon Haskel. My thanks to IA/IO Frank Berry for this report.

Website: http://okchess.org/

Games now available.

FKB USA Championship Qualifier Open 28-30 iii 2008
Final Round 7 Standings
Pts Name Title Fed Elo Score
1-5 Jesse Kraai g USA 2509 5.5 from 7
1-5 Julio Becerra g USA 2575 5.5
1-5 Alex Yermolinsky g USA 2418 5.5
1-5 Dean Ippolito m USA 2425 5.5
1-5 John Fedorowicz g USA 2459 5.5
6-14 Alex Ivanov g USA 2560 5.0
6-14 Sergey Kudrin g USA 2549 5.0
6-14 Daniel Ludwig USA 2353 5.0
6-14 Gene Perelshteyn g USA 2552 5.0
6-14 Sam Shankland USA 2296 5.0
6-14 David Pruess m USA 2425 5.0
6-14 Joe Bradford m USA 2412 5.0
6-14 Mike Brooks m USA 2470 5.0
6-14 Todd Andrews f USA 2311 5.0
104 players

11) First Saturday April

The First Saturday tournaments takes place 5th-17th April 2008

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

FSGM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 iv 2008 cat. VIII (2438)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2458 * ½ ½ 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 5 2684
2. Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy f VIE 2482 ½ * ½ . . . 1 ½ . 1 1 4½ 2605
3. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2500 ½ ½ * . ½ ½ ½ . . 1 1 4½ 2540
4. Bui Vinh m VIE 2448 0 . . * ½ 1 1 . ½ . 1 4 2575
5. Horvath, Peter1 g HUN 2469 . . ½ ½ * ½ . 1 ½ ½ . 3½ 2485
6. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2548 . . ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 . . 3 2448
7. Brunello, Sabino m ITA 2475 . 0 ½ 0 . 1 * 0 1 ½ . 3 2386
8. Duong The Anh f VIE 2403 0 ½ . . 0 0 1 * ½ . 1 3 2405
9. Langrock, Hannes f GER 2395 . . . ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * . 1 2½ 2393
10. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2279 0 0 0 . ½ . ½ . . * ½ 1½ 2264
11. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2358 0 0 0 0 . . . 0 0 ½ * ½ 2001

FSIM April Budapest HUN (HUN), 5-17 iv 2008 cat. I (2271)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Natsidis, Christoph GER 2280 * . . . . ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 4 2408
2. Szabo, Bence HUN 2216 . * . ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . 1 4 2323
3. Werner, Dimo m GER 2300 . . * ½ . 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2326
4. Lorand, Norbert HUN 2233 . ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 . . . 3½ 2316
5. Darazs, Zoltan HUN 2246 . ½ . ½ * 1 0 1 . . ½ 3½ 2318
6. Simonyi, Zoltan f SRB 2250 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * . 0 . 1 . 3½ 2258
7. Balazs, Gabor2 HUN 2278 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 . * . ½ 0 . 3 2215
8. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2267 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 . * . . . 2½ 2197
9. Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2316 0 ½ ½ . . . ½ . * ½ ½ 2½ 2220
10. Van der Nat, Nicholas f RSA 2265 0 . 0 . . 0 1 . ½ * 1 2½ 2234
11. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2325 ½ 0 ½ . ½ . . . ½ 0 * 2 2145

12) K41 Scandinavian Open

The K41 Scandinavian Open took place 29th March - 6th April 2008. There was a four way tie between Lars Schandorff, Nikolaj Mikkelsen, Henrik Danielsen and Stellan Brynell all finished on 7.5/11. There were two IM-norms one to Vytautas Vaznonis and a final one to Nikolaj Mikkelsen (20), who also earned a brilliancy prize for his 1st round victory over Henrik Danielsen. My thanks to Bent Kolvig.

Official site: http://www.k41.dk

K41 Scandinavian Open Valby DEN (DEN), 29 iii-6 iv 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1. Schandorff, Lars g DEN 2526 +5 +8 =2 +9 =3 =4 +6 =7 =11 =10 =12 7½ 2541
2. Mikkelsen, Nikolaj f DEN 2390 +3 +9 =1 +7 -4 =5 +8 =11 +12 -6 +13 7½ 2540
3. Danielsen, Henrik g ISL 2506 -2 +11 +12 +6 =1 +9 =5 =4 -7 +14 +10 7½ 2521
4. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2463 -8 =5 +10 =12 +2 =1 +14 =3 +13 =7 +9 7½ 2517
5. Vaznonis, Vytautas f LTU 2399 -1 =4 =13 +11 +7 =2 =3 =9 =10 +12 +14 7 2491
6. Semcesen, Daniel f SWE 2349 =12 +13 =7 -3 -9 +14 -1 =10 +8 +2 +11 6½ 2445
7. Lund, Esben m DEN 2403 =14 +10 =6 -2 -5 +12 +13 =1 +3 =4 -8 6 2416
8. Thorfinnsson, Bjorn f ISL 2364 +4 -1 -9 +13 =12 =10 -2 =14 -6 +11 +7 5½ 2375
9. Smith, Axel SWE 2458 +11 -2 +8 -1 +6 -3 -10 =5 +14 +13 -4 5½ 2375
10. H(/o)i, Carsten g DEN 2404 =13 -7 -4 =14 =11 =8 +9 =6 =5 =1 -3 4½ 2316
11. Bejtovic, Jasmin f BIH 2353 -9 -3 +14 -5 =10 +13 +12 =2 =1 -8 -6 4½ 2315
12. Thorfinnsson, Bragi m ISL 2406 =6 +14 -3 =4 =8 -7 -11 +13 -2 -5 =1 4 2273
13. Pedersen, Daniel Vesterbaek f DEN 2258 =10 -6 =5 -8 +14 -11 -7 -12 -4 -9 -2 2 2111
14. Thorgeirsson, Sverrir ISL 2120 =7 -12 -11 =10 -13 -6 -4 =8 -9 -3 -5 1½ 2087

13) 6th V.Nabokov Memorial

The 6th V.Nabokov Memorial took place 4th-13th April 2008. Ilya Nyzhnyk won the event with 8.5/11.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t151.html

6th V.Nabokov Mem Kyiv UKR (UKR), 4-13 iv 2008 cat. VII (2408)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Nyzhnyk, Illya f UKR 2397 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8½ 2619
2. Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2543 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8 2570
3. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2521 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 7 2499
4. Golichenko, Ilija f UKR 2353 0 0 1 * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 6½ 2477
5. Pavlov, Sergey2 UKR 2418 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2471
6. Soltanici, Ruslan m MDA 2395 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6½ 2473
7. Baryshpolets, Andrey f UKR 2409 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 1 6 2443
8. Kochetkov, German m BLR 2386 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 5 2373
9. Shishkin, Vadim UKR g UKR 2510 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 5 2362
10. Bargan, Sergei MDA 2404 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 3½ 2275
11. Moliboga, V RUS 2271 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * ½ 2½ 2209
12. Matorin, Evgeny m RUS 2286 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 2035

14) 8th PAL/CSS Freestyle Tournament

8th PAL/CSS Freestyle Tournament with $16,000 prize fund 24.03.2008 - A "Freestyle tournament" is one in which computer assistance - or help in any conceivable form - during the game is allowed and encouraged. The Eighth PAL/CSS Freestyle tournament will take place on the Playchess server on two weekends, April 11th-13th which has been just completed and April 25th-27th. The main sponsor, the PAL Group in Abu Dhabi (UAE), has provided a $16,000 dollar prize fund. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4528

Details of the preliminaries at: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4528, http://www.computerschach.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=643&Itemid=1 and the Final standings of the preliminary: http://80.237.188.74/rooms/freestyle_B.htm

15) Semi-Finals of the 82nd Argentine Championships

The Semi-Finals of the 82nd Argentine Championships take place in 11th-18th April 2008.

Official site: Full details

16) Icelandic Rapid Championships

The Icelandic Rapid Championships took place 18th-20th October 2007. Bragi and Björn Þorfinnsson met in the final in March which was on TV in Iceland. Boris Spassky was present. You can see it streamed below with some exciting blitz action, I don't yet have the games but Bjorn won judging for the coverage.

TV Program streamed: http://dagskra.ruv.is/streaming/sjonvarpid/?file=4408567

17) Kasparov exhibitions in Hluboka

As reported last week Kasparov played a chess exhibition in Hluboka, Czech Republic on 30th March 2008. He played a single game against Martin Vaculík which was recorded and then a simul against 26 opponents, all of which he won.

Five more games from the simul are now available my thanks to Viktor Novotny. http://www.chess.cz/

18) Thierry Foissez 1958 - 2008

Thierry Foissez webmaster of http://www.echiquier-nicois.org/ which was his beloved chess club has sadly died at the early age of 50. This belated news only reached me this week but he died last month of a heart attack. There is a fund to help his family linked from the above site. He was a good friend to TWIC and his passing fills me with great sadness.

19) April FIDE Rating List

Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there. Incidently there has been a full makeover of the FIDE site in conjunciton with Global Chess and hosted by the Turkish Chess Federation.

Viswanathan Anand heads the April FIDE list alone with a rating of 2803 15 points clear of Vladimir Kramnik. Alexander Morozevich has moved into 3rd position after his win in the Russian Championships. Veselin Topalov lies in 4th place after losing 13 rating points. In 5th place is Magnus Carlsen who gains 32 points has arrived in the top 10 for the first and more than likely a very long stay. Levon Aronian is just a couple of points behind him up from 10th to 6th in the world. With Teimour Radjabov at 8 and Sergey Karjakin at 14 I think we're pretty much seeing the face of chess for the next few years. The highest new entry to the rating list is the winner of the Aeroflot Open is Ian Nepomniachtchi who although he is obviously behind contemporaries Carlsen and Karjakin I think has some chance to make it very high too.

April 2008 FIDE Rating List. Top 100
NoJa08NameTiNATYroBju06oc06ja07ap07ju07oc07ja08ap08Gms
 12 Anand, Viswanathan g IND19692779277927792786279228012799 2803 27
 21 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS19752743275027662772276927852799 2788 13
 34 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS19772731274727412762275827552765 2774 11
 43 Topalov, Veselin g BUL19752813281327832772276927692780 2767 27
 513 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR19902673269826902693271027142733 2765 27
 610 Aronian, Levon g ARM19822761274127442759275027412739 2763 27
 76 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE19852722272827542757275727522760 2752 13
 812 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE19872728272927292747274627422735 2751 27
 95 Svidler, Peter g RUS19762742275027282736273527322763 2746 11
 108 Leko, Peter g HUN19792738274127492738275127552753 2741 27
 119 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR19692734274127502729276227872751 2740 35
 127 Shirov, Alexei g ESP19722716272027152699273527392755 2740 14
 1314 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR19902679267226782686267826942732 2732 0
 1416 Adams, Michael g ENG19712732273527352734272427292726 2729 13
 1515 Kamsky, Gata g USA19742697270527052705271827142726 2726 0
 1611 Gelfand, Boris g ISR19682729273327332733273327362737 2723 13
 1718 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR19832721270327232717270627052719 2719 0
 1821 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS19832709271027172717272627152711 2716 11
 1917 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS19832667267126912708273527102720 2711 11
 2020 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS19852644263926612679268927162711 2711 0
 2122 Polgar, Judit g HUN19762710271027272727270727082707 2709 13
 2228 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN19852664267126442656268526922691 2708 16
 2324 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA19832707270527052709269526952700 2705 13
 2437 Ni, Hua g CHN19832607262126322654268126412680 2703 28
 2542 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK19782637263726372642266726702677 2695 29
 2629 Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB19832658265526772678268026832691 2695 15
 2719 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL19862632263226402646265726702713 2695 13
 2826 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS19742667268826772680267926762695 2695 0
 2932 Sokolov, Ivan g NED19682652267026522655266626732686 2690 1
 3030 Milov, Vadim g SUI19722620265726652676267526762690 2690 0
 3125 Wang, Yue g CHN19872626264426442656269627032698 2689 33
 3231 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS19802691268226632679267626902689 2689 5
 3327 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR19832651265826752686270126912692 2687 13
 3446 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA19872632264026512658264726482670 2686 17
 3548 Wang, Hao g CHN19892610262226192638262426432665 2684 25
 3636 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS19852625262826692669266326742681 2684 20
 3745 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR19862662264526452654268126782674 2684 16
 3844 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP19822674267426792676266626602675 2684 7
 3933 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU19762693269026892693268326682684 2684 0
 4034 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB19792672267226822677268326902681 2681 0
 4153 Harikrishna, P. g IND19862682267426732650266426682664 2679 30
 4249 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE19862644264326582644265526632665 2679 18
 4339 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND19812681267527002690267626612677 2679 5
 4441 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS19662683268326432643265326532677 2677 0
 4535 Van Wely, Loek g NED19722675267626832674267926792681 2676 15
 4650 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH19602626262626262631264626572665 2674 17
 4747 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN19762672266426692675268226912667 2674 9
 4840 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS19762675267426582659265826742677 2674 9
 4923 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM19712713271327002698270827132700 2673 17
 5038 Navara, David g CZE19852719272527192720265626562680 2672 9
 5161 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR19812592259926012603261826452652 2671 24
 5273 Motylev, Alexander g RUS19792662266226472642264826452644 2666 18
 5354 Bologan, Viktor g MDA19712645265926582636265026572663 2665 19
 5455 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL19652685268026612660266326492662 2665 10
 5551 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS19852657266226632658265026372664 2664 29
 5652 Onischuk, Alexander g USA19752668266826632663265026742664 2664 0
 5782 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR19852632261226162620262426242638 2660 19
 5872 Short, Nigel D g ENG19652676267726912691268326492645 2660 13
 5956 Roiz, Michael g ISR19832611261126052605263026442659 2659 9
 6074 Jobava, Baadur g GEO19832651265026502658264426442643 2658 25
 6168 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS19872594259526242641265426462646 2658 11
 6291 Dreev, Alexey g RUS19692666265526582633260626072633 2657 20
 6358 Lautier, Joel g FRA19732675266726562661265426572657 2657 0
 6457 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA19732645264526492652265526612657 2657 0
 6559 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA19812626262826462644264626542656 2656 0
 6660 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS19512668266826682668266826702655 2655 0
 6770 Korneev, Oleg g RUS19692638265726062565256525872645 2651 44
 6877 Predojevic, Borki g BIH19872568259025872609262826452641 2651 27
 6975 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR19802649263226272630264126462643 2650 27
 7071 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR19862641264026442647264526382645 2650 19
 7199 Postny, Evgeny g ISR19812591260926162622259825992627 2649 16
 7267 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS19742642264126412633263426342646 2649 11
 7362 Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB19772598257926022614259526072649 2649 0
 7465 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR19782621262226182618264826392647 2647 0
 7569 Afromeev, Vladimir f RUS19542620263526282628264226462646 2646 0
 7688 Socko, Bartosz g POL19782621263026292641266026462635 2644 26
 7743 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM19832667266726582651266726732676 2643 20
 7866 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR19782616262626322646267126512647 2642 18
 7981 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO19532625263926392648265326462638 2641 26
 80100 Fridman, Daniel g GER19762569260426262635262826212627 2640 10
 8179 Zhang, Pengxiang g CHN19802622263626432657264926442640 2640 0
 8293 Delchev, Aleksander g BUL19712637262825982600259126132630 2639 9
 8397 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS19852622263226292621261526232628 2638 18
 8489 Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO19792561258325832609262426312635 2635 0
 8563 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED19732668268026672663264826432649 2634 26
 86-- Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS19902525254525872602261326112600 2634 22
 87--  Shabalov, Alexander g USA19672604257526022606263726262622 2633 22
 8878 Landa, Konstantin g RUS19722584257025962608266926782641 2633 19
 89-- Volkov, Sergey g RUS19742628262826362640265926482623 2633 18
 9096 Avrukh, Boris g ISR19782641264426442644264526412628 2632 9
 9185 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA19902577257525732593259526342637 2632 9
 92-- Asrian, Karen g ARM19802635263426342635260826232621 2630 29
 9376 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR19772607260726292637265626552642 2630 16
 94-- Smirin, Ilia g ISR19682659265926542650264926392616 2630 14
 95-- Solak, Dragan g SRB19802564256725642575256625682626 2630 9
 9698 Seirawan, Yasser g USA19602638263826382642263426342628 2630 1
 9787 Tregubov, Pavel V. g RUS19712594259626132615259926092636 2629 16
 98--  Nielsen, Peter Heine gDEN 19732646264026402651264926382626 2629 5
 99--  Sadvakasov, Darmen gKAZ 19792619261325962615261826352619 2629 3
 10083 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS19662622262226192624263226432638 2628 9
 101--  Istratescu, Andrei g ROU19752612261626192625262926312617 2628 7
Dropping out of the top 100 in April 2008
NoJa08NameTiNATYroBju06oc06ja07ap07ju07oc07ja08ap08Gms
--64Amonatov, Farrukh  gTJK 19782542256725592574259826372649??????
--80Naiditsch, Arkadij  gGER 19852665267626632654264426392638262318
--84Izoria, Zviad  gGEO 19842660265726442641264526432637262511
--86Krasenkow, Michal  gPOL 19632635264726512661266026682636262415
--90Najer, Evgeniy  gRUS 19772677264826052624262326352634262718
--92Mikhalevski, Victor gISR19722571258025902590259825842632259720
--94Pantsulaia, Levan gGEO1986258425962612261626112617262926199
--95Kotronias, Vasilios gGRE19642611258725722570261226142628261132
--101Vladimirov, Evgeny  gKAZ 19572616261626162627262726272627262311

20) XIV Dos Hermanas Tournament

The XIV Dos Hermanas tournament takes place 18th-20th April 2008. The knockout features four players Veselin Topalov, Alexei Shirov, Judit Polgar and Paco Vallejo. There will be four game rapid matches of 20 minutes + 10 seconds a move. If tie blitz games of 5 minutes + 3 seconds a move followed by a final sudden death game if required.

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

21) Jacob Aagaard at the London Chess Centre 15th April 2008

The London Chess Centre are pleased to announce that GM Jacob Aagaard, the 2007 British Chess Champion and acclaimed author will be signing copies of his latest book, The Attacking Manual 1. This is a fantasic opportunity for you to meet one of the foremost writers of his generation in what should be a lively and entertaining evening. His previous works include the award-winning Excelling at Chess series, Practical Chess Defence, Experts Vs the Sicilian and five DVDs in the Fritz Media series.

Timetable of Events (to be held at Chess & Bridge, 369 Euston Road, London, NW1 3AR)

Tuesday 15th April 2008

4pm - 5.45pm - Book signing and photo opportunities. FREE ENTRY

6.15pm - 7.30pm - Lecture based on Jacob’s best-ever game of chess. (REQUIRES TICKET!)

7.30pm - 8pm (approx) - Your chance to quiz the champion on all things chess. (REQUIRES TICKET!)

Tickets for this event cost £5 - however Jacob’s books will be on sale at a £5 discount on the night, effectively making the lecture free to all those who buy a copy of one of his books.

Full details and tickets

22) Forthcoming Events and Links

4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup

The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup takes place in Odessa 30th May - 2nd June 2008. Anatoly Karpov, Ruslan Ponomariov and Boris Gelfand compete and there will be 8 players.

Official site: www.worldcup.pivdenny.com

Arctic Chess Challenge

The Arctic Chess Challenge 2008 takes place August 2nd - 10th in Tromsø, Norway. Contact address: simsim64@gmail.com

Details: http://www.arcticchess.org

Last year's event had 99 participants and was won by Alexander Moiseenko ahead of Kjetil Lie, Vugar Gashimov and Magnus Carlsen.

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

6th Solingen Chess Weeks

The 6th Solingen Chess Weeks will be held at Solingen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) between May, 9th and May, 17th 2008.

The main events of the chess festival are the two opens between June, 9th and 12th, both 7 rounds swiss, 2h/40+30 min/all.

The A-open is an Elo tournament open for all players; the top prizes are 800/500/300 euros. IM and GM are free of entry fee.

The B-open is for players rated below 1900 DWZ (national rating) only; the top prizes are 250/200/150 euros.

Additionaly there will be a blitz tournament on May, 16th (15 rounds swiss, 5 min/game) and a rapid tournament on May, 17th(9 rounds swiss, 20 min/game).

Further information: Andreas Peschel: +49 (0)175 591.24.07; anrope@hotmail.com and on the tournaments website: http://www.schachwochen.de/  

Ikaros Chess Festival

The main event of the Ikaros Chess Festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place from 12th-20th July 2008. It is a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3000 Euros in total (1st prize 800 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans). Special conditions for GMs/IMs and WGMs/WIMs are provided. The URL of Ikaros Chess Festival is: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros . Our e-mail is: ikaros@chess.gr while to contact us on the phone one can try: +30 6932 478386 or +30 210 5010871 (Mr. Savas Kyriakou). For general information about the island of Ikaria one can also check at: http://www.island-ikaria.com

16th Sigeman & Co

The 16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place 22nd - 30th April 2008 in Malmo,Sweden. Play starts at 14:00 CET except for the final round (12:00 CET).

Official site: http://www.sigeman-chess.com

16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament Malmo SWE (WLS), 22-30 iv 2008
GM Vassilios Kotronias GRE 2628
GM Daniel Stellwagen NED 2626
GM Lars Bo Hansen DEN 2576
GM Jan Timman NED 2561
GM Kjetil Lie NOR 2556
GM Evgeny Agrest SWE 2535
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 2535
GM Lajos Portisch HUN 2530
GM Ralf Akesson SWE 2470

Axel Smith SWE 2458

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            

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/

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

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)

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

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

2. 3rd-15th of May First Saturday Budapest, org. NL,

3. 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

4. 7th-19th of June First Saturday, Budapest, org: NL.,

5. 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

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.

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