THE WEEK IN CHESS 704 5th May 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) FIDE Grand Prix in Baku
3) European Individual Championships
4) 16th Sigeman & Co
5) Gyumri International
6) Metz Open
7) XXI Benidorm Open
8) Siberian Championship
9) Senj Open
10) Sozina Open
11) 26th Liechtenstein International Open
12) XIV Leonardo di Bona Magistrale
13) Mediana, Nis tournament
14) Victory Day Tournament Moscow
15) Chelyabinsk Spring Cup
16) Uzbek Championship
17) Cuban Championship 2008
18) Capablanca Memorial
19) Registro do Aberto do Brasil
20) Campeonato de España de Selecciones Autonómicas
21) First Saturday May
22) Copa Ciudad De Berazategui
23) 6th Annual Red River Shootout
24) 4NCL
25) Halkidiki Chess Festival
26) Dutch Junior Championships
27) Gausdal GMB
28) 3rd Angers Open
29) La Vega
30) 18th Massachusetts Game/60 Championship
31) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
FIDE Grand Prix in Baku 42 games
European Individual Championships 1008 games
16th Sigeman & Co 10 games
Gyumri International 54 games
Metz Open 208 games
XXI Benidorm Open 63 games
Siberian Championship 428 games
Senj Open 126 games
Sozina Open 190 games
26th Liechtenstein International Open 156 games
XIV Leonardo di Bona Magistrale 108 games
Mediana, Nis tournament 66 games
Victory Day Tournament Moscow 36 games
Chelyabinsk Spring Cup 45 games
Uzbek Championship 66 games
Cuban Championship 2008 99 games
First Saturday May 10 games
6th Annual Red River Shootout 18 games
4NCL 96 games
Halkidiki Chess Festival 64 games
Dutch Junior Championships 125 games
Gausdal GMB 20 games
3rd Angers Open 124 games
3162 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Louis Caruana, Mathias Morin, Piet Boonen, Eirik T. Gullaksen, Malcolm Armstrong, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Thomas Henrich, Miklos Orso, Pierre Becker, Frank Berry, Dave Clayton, George Mirijanian, Zsolt Korpics and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another very busy week with fabulous chess. There was a bit of a surprise in the first Grand Prix event in Baku with Vugar Gashimov and Wang Yue sharing first place along with the less surprising Magnus Carlsen. I've really enjoyed the first event and hopefully the rest will be equally exciting. Sergei Tiviakov won the European Individual Championship which was as usual a huge event. This week sees the start of the MTel Masters. So plenty to keep us entertained.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) FIDE Grand Prix in Baku

The 1st FIDE Grand Prix took place in Baku, Azerbaijan 20th April - 6th May 2008. Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue and Magnus Carlsen shared first place on 8/11.

The second in the series will take place July 30th - August 15th 2008 in Sochi, Russia

Official site: http://baku2008.fide.com/ and the site for the Grand Prix series as a whole http://grandprix.fide.com/ Also Daily live coverage with GM comments in Russian at http://www.chesspro.ru

FIDE GP Baku (AZE), 21 iv-5 v 2008 cat. XIX (2717)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2679 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8 2807
2. Wang Yue g CHN 2689 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 2806
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 2800
4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 0 2771
5. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2716 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 2774
6. Adams, Michael g ENG 2729 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 2716
7. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 2715
8. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2751 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 6 2685
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2726 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2687
10. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2687
11. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2696 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 1 2661
12. Navara, David g CZE 2672 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 2663
13. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2705 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 5 2631
14. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2684 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 * 5 2632
Round 8 (April 29, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 28 C55 Two Knights Defence
Wang Yue - Adams, Michael ½-½ 33 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Carlsen, Magnus - Cheparinov, Ivan ½-½ 51 A29 English Four Knights
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 66 E15 Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 37 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Kamsky, Gata - Bacrot, Etienne ½-½ 54 D15 Slav Defence
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Navara, David 1-0 43 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 9 (April 30, 2008)
Grischuk, Alexander - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 46 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Adams, Michael - Svidler, Peter 1-0 39 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Radjabov, Teimour - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 44 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Karjakin, Sergey - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 55 B77 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Cheparinov, Ivan - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½ 30 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Navara, David - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 41 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Bacrot, Etienne - Wang Yue ½-½ 72 C43 Petroff's Defence
Round 10 (May 2, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 56 B53 Sicilian Hungarian
Carlsen, Magnus - Navara, David ½-½ 45 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ 42 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Svidler, Peter - Bacrot, Etienne ½-½ 53 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Radjabov, Teimour - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 43 B10 Caro Kann
Kamsky, Gata - Wang Yue ½-½ 44 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Adams, Michael ½-½ 64 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 11 (May 3, 2008)
Wang Yue - Svidler, Peter 1-0 48 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Grischuk, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 39 D17 Slav Defence
Adams, Michael - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 44 C10 French Rubinstein
Karjakin, Sergey - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 41 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Cheparinov, Ivan - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 32 E15 Queens Indian
Navara, David - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½ 58 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Bacrot, Etienne - Inarkiev, Ernesto 0-1 23 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Round 12 (May 4, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 33 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Carlsen, Magnus - Adams, Michael 1-0 56 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 73 D15 Slav Defence
Radjabov, Teimour - Navara, David 0-1 47 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Kamsky, Gata - Svidler, Peter 0-1 40 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Cheparinov, Ivan - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 92 E20 Nimzo Indian
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Wang Yue ½-½ 57 D15 Slav Defence
Round 13 (May 5, 2008)
Wang Yue - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 47 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Grischuk, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 32 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Adams, Michael - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½ 42 C42 Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 44 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Karjakin, Sergey - Kamsky, Gata ½-½ 44 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Navara, David - Cheparinov, Ivan 1-0 33 D12 Slav Defence
Bacrot, Etienne - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 62 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3

3) European Individual Championships

The IX European Individual Chess Championship took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 20th April - 4th May 2008. Sergei Tiviakov took the men's title with 8.5/11 half a point clear of the field, Sergei Movsessian took the silver after beating Sergey Volkov in the playoffs. Kateryna Lahno won the women's event also with 8.5/11 half a point clear. Viktorija Cmylite beat Anna Ushenina in the playoffs to take the silver.

Games in PGN and Women's Games in PGN

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


IX EICC Plovdiv Playoffs (BUL), 3 v 2008
Tie-break for Medals
Round 1 9.30am
NoTi NamePlayoff
15 min + 5 sec
5/4 min
Blitz
Score
9GM Kryvoruchko Yuriyb½w½w01
10GM Nyback Tomiw½b½b12
Round 2 11.45am
NoTi NamePlayoff
15 min + 5 sec
5/4 min
Blitz
Score
2GM Volkov Sergeyw ½b 1
GM Nyback Tomib ½w 0½ 
3GM Tregubov Pavel Vb ½w½ b1
8GM Baklan Vladimirw½ b ½w2
4GM Movsesian Sergeiwb2
7GM Grachev Borisbw 00
5GM L'Ami Erwinb 0w ½½
6GM Vachier-Lagrave Maximew 1b ½ 1½
Round 3 14.30pm
GM Volkov Sergeyb½ w 1
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maximew½ b 0 ½
GM Baklan Vladimirwb ½½
GM Movsesian Sergeib 1w½ 
Round 4 16.40pm
NoTi NamePlayoff
15 min + 5 sec
5/4 min
Blitz
Score
GM Volkov Sergeyw 0b 00
GM Movsessian Sergeibw 1 2
Tie-break for World Championship qualification 14.30pm
NoTi NamePlayoff
15 min + 5 sec
5/4 min
Blitz
Score
13GM Pavasovic Duskob 1w ½
34GM Gurevich Mikhailw 0b ½½
14GM Efimenko Zaharwb 1b 12
33GM Markowski Tomaszb 1ww 0 1
15GM Papaioannou Ioannisb 0wb ½2
32GM Vajda Leventewbw ½ 1
16GM Khalifman Alexanderw ½b ½b ½2
31GM Roiz Michaelb ½w ½w½ 1
17GM Najer Evgeniyb 1w 12
30GM Hracek Zbynekw0b 00
18GM Mamedov Raufw ½b ½w 01
29GM Andreikin Dmitryb ½w ½b 12
IX EICC Plovdiv Playoffs w (BUL), 3 v 2008
Women Tie-break match for silver and bronze medal
1st round, start at 11.45
NoTi NamePlayoff
15 min + 5 sec
5/4 min
Blitz
Score
4IM Cmilyte Viktorijaw 1b½ 
7IM Dembo Yelenabw½ ½
5IM Mkrtchian Lilitb 0w 1w 12
6IM Skripchenko Almirawb 0b 01
2nd round, start at 14.30
NoTi NamePlayoff
15 min + 5 sec
5/4 min
Blitz
Score
2IM Ushenina Annaw 1b½ 
IM Mkrtchian Lilitb 0w ½ ½
3WGM Zhukova Nataliabw 0w 01
IM Cmylite Viktorijaw 0b 1b 12
3rd round, start at 16.40
NoTi NamePlayoff
15 min + 5 sec
5/4 min
Blitz
Score
IM Ushenina Annab 0w 1 01
IM Cmylite Viktorijaw 1b 02
Women Tie-break matches for qualification start at 14.30
NoTi NamePlayoff
15 min + 5 sec
5/4 min
Blitz
Score
13IM Danielian Elinaw 1b½ 
16IM Socko Monikabw ½½
14IM Lomineishvili Maiaw ½b ½b 12
15WGM Demina Juliab ½w ½w 01
IX EICC Plovdiv (BUL), 21 iv-2 v 2008
Rank Ti Name IRtg FED Pts BH. BH. vict Fide Rtg+/-
1 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2634 NED 8.5 58.5 71.5 6 51.5 22.2
2 GM Volkov Sergey 2633 RUS 8.0 64.0 78.0 5 51.0 17.2
3 GM Tregubov Pavel V 2629 RUS 8.0 63.5 77.0 5 52.5 19.9
4 GM Movsesian Sergei 2695 SVK 8.0 59.5 72.5 5 54.5 10.7
5 GM L'Ami Erwin 2600 NED 8.0 59.5 72.5 5 48.0 16.7
6 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2632 FRA 8.0 58.0 71.0 6 48.5 16.6
7 GM Grachev Boris 2610 RUS 8.0 58.0 70.5 5 48.5 17.4
8 GM Baklan Vladimir 2647 UKR 8.0 57.0 69.5 5 47.0 12.8
9 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2612 UKR 8.0 56.5 70.0 6 48.5 16.6
10 GM Nyback Tomi 2587 FIN 8.0 56.0 68.5 6 46.0 25.3
11 GM Sutovsky Emil 2630 ISR 7.5 64.5 78.0 5 55.0 16.1
12 GM Laznicka Viktor 2578 CZE 7.5 63.5 75.5 4 49.0 19.8
13 GM Pavasovic Dusko 2595 SLO 7.5 62.0 75.0 5 47.0 20.9
14 GM Efimenko Zahar 2660 UKR 7.5 61.5 75.0 5 48.0 8.9
15 GM Papaioannou Ioannis 2566 GRE 7.5 61.0 73.0 4 47.5 25.4
16 GM Khalifman Alexander 2628 RUS 7.5 60.0 74.0 4 48.0 10.6
17 GM Najer Evgeniy 2627 RUS 7.5 59.5 72.0 5 47.0 10.7
18 GM Mamedov Rauf 2617 AZE 7.5 58.0 71.0 6 49.5 13.8
19 GM Akopian Vladimir 2673 ARM 7.5 56.5 70.0 4 46.0 5.3
20 GM Areshchenko Alexander 2650 UKR 7.5 56.0 69.0 5 45.5 8.7
21 GM Fressinet Laurent 2656 FRA 7.5 56.0 69.0 5 44.5 7.1
22 GM Smirin Ilia 2630 ISR 7.5 56.0 68.5 6 45.0 9.4
23 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2558 ROU 7.5 56.0 67.5 6 45.5 19.4
24 GM Bologan Viktor 2665 MDA 7.5 55.5 69.0 6 44.0 6.0
25 GM Khismatullin Denis 2584 RUS 7.5 55.0 67.0 6 44.0 14.3
26 GM Galkin Alexander 2606 RUS 7.5 55.0 67.0 6 43.0 5.5
27 GM Gustafsson Jan 2603 GER 7.5 54.5 66.5 5 45.5 12.4
28 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2643 ARM 7.5 53.5 65.5 5 43.5 7.7
29 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2580 RUS 7.5 53.5 65.0 5 45.5 13.8
30 GM Hracek Zbynek 2613 CZE 7.5 52.5 65.0 5 46.0 11.6
31 GM Roiz Michael 2659 ISR 7.5 52.5 65.0 4 43.0 5.2
32 GM Vajda Levente 2582 ROU 7.5 52.5 64.0 6 42.5 8.3
33 GM Markowski Tomasz 2598 POL 7.5 52.0 63.5 6 44.0 9.8
34 GM Gurevich Mikhail 2611 TUR 7.5 51.5 63.5 5 43.5 6.7
35 GM Khairullin Ildar 2554 RUS 7.0 61.5 75.0 4 43.5 20.6
36 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2626 ISR 7.0 59.0 72.5 4 44.0 4.6
37 GM Istratescu Andrei 2628 ROU 7.0 59.0 72.0 3 43.5 3.4
38 GM Socko Bartosz 2644 POL 7.0 58.0 71.0 3 42.5 1.4
39 GM Popov Valerij 2525 RUS 7.0 58.0 70.0 4 42.0 15.4
40 GM Motylev Alexander 2666 RUS 7.0 57.5 71.0 4 47.5 3.2
41 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2629 DEN 7.0 57.0 70.0 4 45.5 4.7
42 FM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel 2449 ARM 7.0 56.0 67.0 5 37.0 30.7
43 GM Golod Vitali 2606 ISR 7.0 55.5 67.0 3 42.0 2.5
44 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2617 RUS 7.0 55.0 68.0 4 43.0 2.3
45 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2568 BLR 7.0 55.0 66.5 4 40.0 15.3
46 GM Aveskulov Valeriy 2535 UKR 7.0 55.0 65.0 4 40.5 20.0
47 GM Kempinski Robert 2595 POL 7.0 54.5 67.0 3 44.0 9.5
48 GM Guseinov Gadir 2625 AZE 7.0 53.0 65.5 4 44.0 4.3
49 GM Potkin Vladimir 2617 RUS 7.0 53.0 65.0 3 39.5 -2.2
50 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2649 SRB 7.0 52.5 63.5 4 41.5 0.3
51 IM Magalashvili Davit 2462 GEO 7.0 50.0 60.5 5 35.0 19.5
52 GM Kurnosov Igor 2593 RUS 6.5 60.0 72.5 4 46.0 6.1
53 GM Spasov Vasil 2579 BUL 6.5 60.0 72.0 3 43.0 4.9
54 GM Berg Emanuel 2601 SWE 6.5 59.5 71.0 4 46.5 4.0
55 GM Romanov Evgeny 2547 RUS 6.5 59.0 70.0 5 41.0 11.9
56 IM Jojua Davit 2463 GEO 6.5 58.5 71.0 4 40.0 26.9
57 GM Timofeev Artyom 2664 RUS 6.5 57.5 71.0 4 44.0 -6.3
58 GM Erdos Viktor 2576 HUN 6.5 57.5 69.5 3 43.0 8.6
59 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2684 ESP 6.5 57.5 69.0 3 43.0 -5.7
60 IM Swiercz Dariusz 2413 POL 6.5 57.0 69.5 4 41.0 35.7
61 IM Vokarev Sergey 2502 RUS 6.5 57.0 69.5 2 39.0 25.5
62 GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2599 POL 6.5 57.0 69.0 4 45.5 6.8
63 GM Nikolic Predrag 2674 BIH 6.5 56.5 69.5 5 38.0 -11.7
64 IM Papadopoulos Ioannis K 2471 GRE 6.5 56.5 68.5 4 39.0 25.2
65 GM Damljanovic Branko 2595 SRB 6.5 56.0 69.0 5 43.0 1.5
66 GM Sokolov Andrei 2596 FRA 6.5 56.0 67.5 4 43.0 -0.1
67 GM Asrian Karen 2630 ARM 6.5 55.0 67.5 2 40.5 -3.3
68 GM Kozul Zdenko 2583 CRO 6.5 54.5 67.5 5 40.0 1.2
69 GM Perunovic Milos 2579 SRB 6.5 54.5 67.0 3 42.0 6.4
70 GM Predojevic Borki 2651 BIH 6.5 54.5 66.5 4 37.5 -8.2
71 IM Sebag Marie 2521 FRA 6.5 54.5 64.0 6 40.0 9.9
72 GM Caruana Fabiano 2620 ITA 6.5 54.0 66.5 4 46.0 0.9
73 GM Belov Vladimir 2571 RUS 6.5 54.0 64.5 5 39.5 7.8
74 GM Fridman Daniel 2640 GER 6.5 53.5 66.0 4 40.5 -4.9
75 GM Kritz Leonid 2609 GER 6.5 53.5 65.5 4 39.5 -4.2
76 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2635 GEO 6.5 53.0 65.5 4 41.5 -2.5
77 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2509 ESP 6.5 53.0 65.0 4 38.5 18.0
78 GM Mamedov Nidjat 2577 AZE 6.5 52.5 62.5 5 42.0 -0.2
79 GM Baramidze David 2583 GER 6.5 52.0 64.0 4 42.0 0.2
80 GM Solak Dragan 2630 SRB 6.5 52.0 64.0 2 39.0 -3.9
81 GM Bindrich Falko 2513 GER 6.5 52.0 63.5 4 37.5 12.9
82 IM Lintchevski Daniil 2450 RUS 6.5 52.0 63.0 4 36.0 24.1
83 GM Buhmann Rainer 2569 GER 6.5 51.5 63.0 6 38.0 1.4
84 GM Markos Jan 2565 SVK 6.5 51.5 62.0 4 39.5 11.9
85 GM Zelcic Robert 2591 CRO 6.5 51.0 62.5 6 40.5 -7.1
86 GM Janev Evgeni 2472 BUL 6.5 51.0 62.5 4 34.5 22.0
87 IM Chirila Ioan Cristian 2422 ROU 6.5 50.0 60.0 6 35.5 23.2
88 GM Lysyj Igor 2595 RUS 6.5 49.5 60.0 4 38.0 -10.1
89 GM Iordachescu Viorel 2584 MDA 6.5 48.5 59.0 4 36.0 -8.6
90 GM Mista Aleksander 2537 POL 6.5 48.0 58.5 5 36.0 1.9
91 GM Radulski Julian 2514 BUL 6.5 47.5 58.0 5 34.0 5.9
92 GM Atalik Suat 2592 TUR 6.5 47.5 58.0 4 35.0 -8.6
93 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2573 RUS 6.0 61.5 75.5 4 44.0 5.5
94 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2617 GEO 6.0 61.5 74.5 5 48.5 3.1
95 GM Kotanjian Tigran 2570 ARM 6.0 59.5 71.5 3 39.5 -4.4
96 GM Iotov Valentin 2531 BUL 6.0 59.5 71.0 5 45.0 9.2
97 GM Stevic Hrvoje 2571 CRO 6.0 59.0 71.0 4 42.5 3.0
98 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2579 RUS 6.0 58.0 69.5 5 43.0 0.1
99 GM Balogh Csaba 2559 HUN 6.0 57.5 69.5 2 40.5 9.5
100 GM Nedev Trajko 2518 MKD 6.0 57.5 67.0 3 39.5 6.2
101 GM Popov Ivan 2594 RUS 6.0 57.0 69.5 4 42.5 -4.7
102 GM Miladinovic Igor 2579 SRB 6.0 57.0 69.0 4 40.5 -4.0
103 GM Dizdar Goran 2548 CRO 6.0 57.0 68.0 3 40.0 9.4
104 IM Sanikidze Tornike 2458 GEO 6.0 57.0 68.0 3 39.0 21.3
105 GM Bocharov Dmitry 2569 RUS 6.0 56.5 69.0 4 41.0 6.2
106 GM Nevednichy Vladislav 2558 ROU 6.0 56.5 68.5 4 40.0 8.5
107 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2616 SRB 6.0 55.5 68.0 3 44.5 -6.3
108 GM Fedorov Alexei 2603 BLR 6.0 55.5 68.0 2 41.0 -4.4
109 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2638 RUS 6.0 54.5 67.0 2 39.5 -10.5
110 GM Volokitin Andrei 2684 UKR 6.0 54.5 66.0 4 38.5 -15.3
111 GM Sulskis Sarunas 2555 LTU 6.0 54.5 66.0 3 37.0 0.9
112 GM Lenic Luka 2584 SLO 6.0 54.0 66.0 4 38.5 -3.0
113 GM Steingrimsson Hedinn 2551 ISL 6.0 54.0 66.0 4 36.5 -0.5
114 GM Jones Gawain 2522 ENG 6.0 54.0 66.0 2 37.5 8.3
115 GM Parligras Mircea 2561 ROU 6.0 54.0 65.5 3 39.0 9.3
116 GM Zhigalko Andrey 2545 BLR 6.0 53.5 65.0 3 37.5 6.3
117 GM Iljin Artem 2556 RUS 6.0 53.5 65.0 3 36.5 4.9
118 GM Kharitonov Alexandr 2526 RUS 6.0 53.5 64.0 3 38.5 7.6
119 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2658 RUS 6.0 53.5 64.0 2 35.0 -18.5
120 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2650 UKR 6.0 53.0 65.0 3 37.0 -13.4
121 GM Ovetchkin Roman 2556 RUS 6.0 52.5 64.5 4 36.0 -0.7
122 GM Shomoev Anton 2559 RUS 6.0 52.0 64.5 3 36.5 0.5
123 GM Jovanovic Zoran 2546 CRO 6.0 52.0 61.5 3 37.0 3.3
124 GM Anastasian Ashot 2560 ARM 6.0 51.5 63.5 5 36.5 4.3
125 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2582 BLR 6.0 51.5 63.5 4 39.0 -10.1
126 GM Marin Mihail 2556 ROU 6.0 51.5 63.5 4 35.5 -3.0
127 GM Petrosian Tigran 2615 ARM 6.0 51.5 63.5 3 39.5 -8.5
128 Macak Stefan 2342 SVK 6.0 51.5 63.0 3 33.0 36.2
129 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2625 POL 6.0 51.5 63.0 2 37.0 -11.8
130 IM Bosiocic Marin 2503 CRO 6.0 51.5 62.0 4 37.0 14.7
131 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2634 RUS 6.0 51.0 63.0 3 35.5 -13.2
132 GM Kulaots Kaido 2530 EST 6.0 51.0 62.5 4 35.0 -8.5
133 GM Sakaev Konstantin 2649 RUS 6.0 51.0 62.0 3 36.0 -15.4
134 GM Djukic Nikola 2543 MNE 6.0 50.5 62.5 4 34.5 -6.8
135 GM Fedorchuk Sergey 2671 UKR 6.0 50.0 62.5 4 35.5 -19.2
136 GM Dziuba Marcin 2577 POL 6.0 50.0 62.0 5 39.5 -6.7
137 GM Huzman Alexander 2602 ISR 6.0 50.0 61.0 2 35.5 -12.2
138 IM Llaneza Vega Marcos 2425 ESP 6.0 49.5 62.0 4 37.0 22.7
139 GM Delchev Aleksander 2639 BUL 6.0 49.5 61.5 3 35.0 -15.5
140 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2627 RUS 6.0 49.5 59.5 3 35.5 -13.5
141 GM Stefansson Hannes 2583 ISL 6.0 49.0 60.0 4 33.5 -13.5
142 GM Minasian Artashes 2574 ARM 6.0 48.5 60.0 4 33.5 -8.6
143 GM Meier Georg 2560 GER 6.0 48.5 59.0 3 35.5 -6.9
144 GM Naumann Alexander 2523 GER 6.0 47.0 56.5 3 35.0 -7.9
145 GM Drasko Milan 2536 MNE 6.0 46.0 57.0 4 33.5 -6.4
146 GM Sanduleac Vasile 2461 MDA 6.0 46.0 56.5 4 31.5 6.3
147 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2575 ESP 6.0 45.5 56.0 5 36.0 -13.5
148 GM Georgiev Vladimir 2572 MKD 6.0 45.5 56.0 3 32.5 -18.2
149 GM Safarli Eltaj 2524 AZE 6.0 44.5 54.0 3 34.0 -5.0
150 GM Werle Jan 2581 NED 5.5 60.5 73.0 4 43.5 0.7
151 GM Halkias Stelios 2584 GRE 5.5 57.0 69.0 2 40.0 -1.3
152 GM Vuckovic Bojan 2556 SRB 5.5 57.0 68.0 3 37.5 0.9
153 GM Nijboer Friso 2558 NED 5.5 56.5 69.5 3 36.0 -1.2
154 IM Sebenik Matej 2502 SLO 5.5 56.5 67.5 4 35.5 1.6
155 GM Almasi Zoltan 2674 HUN 5.5 55.5 67.5 4 39.0 -18.8
156 GM Azarov Sergei 2584 BLR 5.5 55.5 67.0 2 40.0 1.2
157 GM Brkic Ante 2521 CRO 5.5 54.5 63.0 2 37.5 6.3
158 IM Szabo Gergely 2516 ROU 5.5 54.0 66.0 4 38.5 2.9
159 IM Saric Ivan 2500 CRO 5.5 54.0 65.5 4 37.0 13.3
160 GM Shanava Konstantine 2518 GEO 5.5 54.0 64.5 4 38.0 2.7
161 IM Bojkov Dejan 2492 BUL 5.5 53.5 64.5 3 33.0 12.9
162 IM Braun Arik 2529 GER 5.5 53.5 64.0 4 37.5 1.6
163 GM Maletin Pavel 2574 RUS 5.5 53.0 65.0 5 37.5 -15.1
164 GM Savchenko Boris 2569 RUS 5.5 53.0 64.5 4 35.5 -12.0
165 GM Stanojoski Zvonko 2506 MKD 5.5 53.0 64.5 4 32.5 8.4
166 GM Jianu Vlad-Cristian 2531 ROU 5.5 53.0 63.5 2 36.0 -3.8
167 GM Beliavsky Alexander 2641 SLO 5.5 52.5 65.0 3 37.5 -17.1
168 GM Berescu Alin 2481 ROU 5.5 52.5 64.0 2 35.5 17.8
169 Pileckis Emilis 2403 LTU 5.5 52.5 64.0 2 31.5 22.6
170 GM Wells Peter 2521 ENG 5.5 52.5 63.5 3 37.0 0.0
171 GM Jenni Florian 2550 SUI 5.5 51.5 64.5 3 35.5 -9.8
172 GM Stocek Jiri 2584 CZE 5.5 51.5 64.0 3 37.5 -11.7
173 IM Nikolov Momchil 2488 BUL 5.5 51.5 62.0 2 32.0 10.9
174 GM Bartel Mateusz 2588 POL 5.5 51.0 62.5 4 35.0 -14.5
175 GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios 2524 GRE 5.5 51.0 62.0 4 36.5 -4.7
176 GM Miton Kamil 2620 POL 5.5 50.5 62.5 2 34.0 -19.0
177 Nestorovic Nikola 2381 SRB 5.5 50.0 60.5 4 31.0 18.8
178 Beinoras Mindaugas 2339 LTU 5.5 50.0 60.5 3 33.5 34.1
179 GM Kosic Dragan 2500 MNE 5.5 49.5 61.5 2 30.5 2.1
180 GM Czebe Attila 2513 HUN 5.5 49.5 61.0 4 31.5 1.4
181 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 2580 GRE 5.5 49.0 59.5 3 34.5 -18.2
182 IM Skoberne Jure 2492 SLO 5.5 48.5 60.5 5 31.0 2.1
183 IM Mateuta Gabriel 2504 ROU 5.5 48.5 60.0 2 31.0 4.5
184 IM Margvelashvili Giorgi 2455 GEO 5.5 48.5 59.0 3 31.5 6.9
185 GM Blagojevic Dragisa 2532 MNE 5.5 48.0 59.0 2 34.0 -11.1
186 GM Carlsson Pontus 2513 SWE 5.5 47.5 59.5 3 30.0 -0.3
187 IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica 2515 ROU 5.5 46.5 57.5 3 32.5 -5.7
188 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2603 UKR 5.5 46.5 56.0 3 32.0 -20.7
189 GM Svetushkin Dmitry 2568 MDA 5.5 45.5 57.0 4 31.0 -17.2
190 IM Loeffler Stefan 2409 GER 5.5 45.5 55.5 5 27.0 3.0
191 IM Rusev Krasimir 2516 BUL 5.5 44.5 56.5 3 31.0 -6.4
192 IM Szabo Krisztian 2507 HUN 5.5 44.5 56.0 3 28.0 -10.0
193 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2601 POL 5.5 44.5 54.5 5 28.0 -27.1
194 FM Koepke Christian 2296 GER 5.5 44.0 53.5 4 27.0 27.9
195 IM Hoffmann Michael 2471 GER 5.5 43.5 55.0 3 28.0 -13.2
196 GM Tukhaev Adam 2512 UKR 5.5 43.5 54.5 3 27.5 -11.6
197 GM Heberla Bartlomiej 2509 POL 5.5 43.5 54.0 3 30.0 -6.6
198 IM Bratanov Zsivko 2440 BUL 5.5 43.0 54.0 4 28.0 -4.2
199 Galopoulos Nikolaos 2243 GRE 5.5 38.0 47.5 5 21.5 22.1
200 GM Markus Robert 2557 SRB 5.0 54.5 65.5 3 36.0 -5.7
201 GM Pelletier Yannick 2607 SUI 5.0 52.0 63.5 1 34.0 -23.9
202 IM Schroll Gerhard 2410 AUT 5.0 51.5 62.0 3 30.5 12.8
203 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2642 UKR 5.0 50.5 61.5 2 32.0 -26.2
204 IM Grigorov Grigor 2456 BUL 5.0 49.5 61.0 3 29.5 -8.6
205 Filip Lucian 2459 ROU 5.0 49.0 60.0 2 30.0 -1.8
206 GM Tratar Marko 2477 SLO 5.0 48.5 61.0 2 30.0 -2.4
207 IM Kaplan Sasha 2428 ISR 5.0 48.5 60.0 3 28.0 2.8
208 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2491 GEO 5.0 48.0 58.5 4 30.5 -0.4
209 IM Vasilev Milen 2469 BUL 5.0 48.0 58.5 3 32.0 -0.6
210 FM Van Beek Alexander 2343 NED 5.0 47.5 57.5 4 28.0 15.9
211 FM Beckhuis Gernod 2350 GER 5.0 47.5 57.5 4 27.0 6.0
212 FM Berbatov Kiprian 2220 BUL 5.0 47.0 58.5 5 28.0 28.1
213 IM Berczes David 2453 HUN 5.0 47.0 58.5 4 29.0 -9.5
214 GM Butnorius Algimantas 2442 LTU 5.0 47.0 58.5 2 29.0 0.5
215 IM Perunovic Miodrag 2420 SRB 5.0 47.0 57.0 3 25.5 -1.0
216 IM Damaso Rui 2449 POR 5.0 46.5 57.0 2 27.5 -8.5
217 IM Vavrak Peter 2466 SVK 5.0 46.0 57.5 4 29.5 -6.9
218 IM Baumegger Siegfried 2440 AUT 5.0 46.0 57.5 3 28.5 -4.6
219 IM Collas Didier 2446 FRA 5.0 45.5 56.0 2 28.5 -1.2
220 GM Jankovic Alojzije 2528 CRO 5.0 45.5 55.5 5 31.0 -21.8
221 FM Reutsky Sergei 2302 RUS 5.0 45.5 55.0 2 26.0 20.6
222 GM Banikas Hristos 2600 GRE 5.0 45.0 56.0 1 30.0 -28.5
223 IM Zherebukh Yaroslav 2445 UKR 5.0 45.0 55.5 4 29.0 -5.1
224 FM Filev Georgi 2392 BUL 5.0 45.0 55.5 4 27.5 0.1
225 IM Papin Vasily 2483 RUS 5.0 43.5 54.0 4 26.5 -12.9
226 GM Novikov Stanislav 2564 RUS 5.0 43.0 54.0 4 28.5 -28.1
227 IM Morchiashvili Bachana 2421 GEO 5.0 43.0 52.5 4 27.0 1.2
228 IM Jakovljevic Vlado 2463 BIH 5.0 42.0 52.5 4 25.5 -12.2
229 GM Saric Ante 2505 CRO 5.0 41.0 50.0 2 26.5 -13.0
230 GM Cao Sang 2535 HUN 5.0 40.0 50.0 2 27.0 -28.3
231 Vlashki Nino 2206 BUL 5.0 39.0 47.0 4 21.0 19.1
232 IM Luch Michal 2383 POL 4.5 55.0 67.0 3 33.5 7.9
233 FM Bykhovsky Anatoly 2394 ISR 4.5 52.5 61.5 4 30.0 3.8
234 IM Smirnov Artem 2438 RUS 4.5 52.0 63.0 4 29.5 0.0
235 IM Vehi Bach Victor M 2381 ESP 4.5 50.5 61.0 2 28.5 10.1
236 IM Dimitrov Pavel 2414 BUL 4.5 50.5 60.0 3 28.0 1.0
237 Mladenov Plamen 2371 BUL 4.5 50.0 60.5 3 28.5 9.4
238 IM Kapnisis Spyridon 2412 GRE 4.5 50.0 59.5 2 31.5 2.2
239 FM Georgescu Tiberiu 2384 ROU 4.5 49.5 60.0 4 27.5 2.4
240 IM Sarakauskas Gediminas 2449 LTU 4.5 48.0 57.5 4 29.5 -9.3
241 IM Marholev Dimitar 2400 BUL 4.5 47.5 57.0 3 27.0 -6.4
242 IM Khmelniker Ilya 2459 ISR 4.5 47.5 57.0 2 27.5 -11.1
243 IM Popovic Milos 2387 SRB 4.5 47.5 57.0 2 26.0 3.6
244 IM Atakisi Umut 2365 TUR 4.5 47.5 57.0 1 27.0 7.6
245 GM Efimov Igor 2469 MNC 4.5 46.5 57.0 4 29.0 -13.7
246 FM Milchev Nikolay 2415 BUL 4.5 46.0 57.5 3 25.0 -9.3
247 FM Balogh Imre 2415 HUN 4.5 46.0 56.0 3 24.5 -5.0
248 FM Logothetis Sotirios 2291 GRE 4.5 45.5 56.0 1 27.0 18.7
249 GM Bogdanovski Vlatko 2391 MKD 4.5 45.5 53.0 3 27.0 -3.2
250 IM Kozhuharov Spas 2433 BUL 4.5 45.0 56.0 2 26.0 -7.9
251 FM Lilov Valeri 2385 BUL 4.5 44.5 54.0 3 23.0 -13.5
252 IM Ris Robert 2395 NED 4.5 44.5 53.5 2 24.5 -6.1
253 Lomsadze Davit 2394 GEO 4.5 44.5 52.5 4 24.5 -6.1
254 IM Stamenkov Vanco 2350 MKD 4.5 44.0 54.0 3 22.5 -12.0
255 IM Colovic Aleksandar 2493 MKD 4.5 43.0 55.0 2 27.5 -19.1
256 Todorovic Jovan 2406 SRB 4.5 42.5 53.0 1 24.5 -13.7
257 Monev Alexander 2038 BUL 4.5 42.5 52.5 3 25.5 66.6
258 IM Rasmussen Karsten 2486 DEN 4.5 42.0 53.0 3 24.0 -23.5
259 IM Moor Roger 2378 SUI 4.5 41.5 51.0 4 22.5 -15.2
260 Yordanov Nikolay 2296 BUL 4.5 41.5 50.5 4 24.0 4.9
261 GM Tahirov Farhad 2533 AZE 4.5 41.5 50.5 3 25.5 -37.1
262 Goumas Georgios 2234 GRE 4.5 41.0 50.0 3 22.0 13.2
263 FM Kotrotsos Vasilios 2323 GRE 4.5 41.0 50.0 2 23.0 -2.0
264 IM Vegh Endre 2278 HUN 4.5 41.0 50.0 2 22.0 7.4
265 IM Grunberg Mihai-Lucian 2422 ROU 4.5 40.5 50.5 4 24.0 -18.3
266 IM Bakalarz Mietek 2361 LUX 4.5 40.0 50.5 3 21.5 -8.2
267 Milovic Jovan 2280 MNE 4.5 39.5 47.5 3 22.5 -4.1
268 IM Pedersen Nicolai Vesterbaek 2425 DEN 4.0 53.0 64.0 3 29.0 5.6
269 FM Pankov German 2349 RUS 4.0 51.5 64.0 2 31.0 10.3
270 GM Petkov Vladimir 2415 BUL 4.0 48.5 60.0 4 26.0 -7.5
271 FM Kukov Velislav 2365 BUL 4.0 48.0 59.5 0 25.0 4.1
272 IM Lubczynski Rafal 2418 POL 4.0 48.0 58.5 2 26.5 -9.3
273 IM Dimitrov Radoslav 2409 BUL 4.0 47.0 57.0 2 25.0 -9.5
274 Kourousis Epaminondas 2191 GRE 4.0 46.5 58.0 2 25.5 29.1
275 IM Chudinovskikh Alexander M 2392 RUS 4.0 46.5 57.0 2 25.0 -8.6
276 Chigladze Iveri 2384 GEO 4.0 45.5 55.0 2 25.0 -12.6
277 Sidorenko Ilya 2334 ISR 4.0 45.0 54.5 3 22.5 -0.6
278 FM Mihok Oliver 2352 HUN 4.0 45.0 54.0 2 23.0 -4.2
279 Orlov Oleg 2285 RUS 4.0 44.5 55.5 1 24.0 9.1
280 Georgiadis Ioannis 2394 GRE 4.0 44.5 54.0 3 24.5 -16.4
281 FM Rombaldoni Axel 2398 ITA 4.0 44.5 54.0 3 22.0 -22.6
282 IM Willemze Thomas 2399 NED 4.0 43.0 52.0 3 22.0 -19.9
283 FM Nikolaidis Konstantinos 2299 GRE 4.0 43.0 51.5 3 20.5 -4.4
284 IM Pesotsky Vitaly 2370 UKR 4.0 41.0 47.5 3 24.0 -13.6
285 FM Ramesa Davor 2321 CRO 4.0 40.0 49.0 4 20.0 -11.3
286 FM Badev Kiril 2311 BUL 4.0 40.0 49.0 3 19.0 -12.7
287 Bonev Todor 2284 BUL 4.0 39.0 46.0 3 22.5 -11.3
288 Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei 2423 ROU 4.0 38.5 48.5 3 22.5 -22.9
289 FM Arnaudov Petar G 2369 BUL 4.0 38.0 48.5 3 18.0 -24.6
290 Sigalas Frangiskos 2250 GRE 4.0 36.5 46.0 1 17.0 -16.3
291 Stavrianakis Ioannis 2121 GRE 4.0 36.5 44.5 3 17.5 15.2
292 Arnaudov Petar D 2162 BUL 4.0 36.0 43.0 4 17.0 9.0
293 FM Mudelsee Manfred 2284 GER 3.5 49.5 61.5 3 25.5 7.6
294 FM Dinev Dejan 2298 MKD 3.5 43.0 52.0 2 20.5 -6.7
295 Hagesaether Arne 2174 NOR 3.5 41.5 50.5 3 21.0 0.6
296 Vedder Henk 2370 NED 3.5 41.0 49.5 3 20.5 -20.1
297 Pavlidis Anastasios 2280 GRE 3.5 41.0 49.5 2 19.5 -8.7
298 Kounalakis Evryklis 2099 GRE 3.5 39.5 48.5 2 20.0 24.7
299 Kakkanas Evangelos 2058 GRE 3.5 36.5 44.5 2 13.5 -11.2
300 Kokolias Konstantinos 2211 GRE 3.5 35.5 44.5 3 16.5 -10.7
301 Kostopoulos Evangelos 2152 GRE 3.5 35.0 44.0 2 14.5 -7.9
302 Klokas Konstantinos 2160 GRE 3.5 35.0 42.5 2 15.5 -1.4
303 Nitelea Barbu Alexandru 2090 ROU 3.5 33.5 41.5 3 15.0 -7.6
304 Rigopoulos-Tsigkos Alexandros 1980 GRE 3.5 33.5 41.0 2 11.5 6.3
305 GM Georgiev Kiril 2665 BUL 3.0 51.0 62.0 2 25.5 -19.6
306 IM Kostic Nebojsa 2334 SRB 3.0 43.0 52.0 2 21.0 -21.6
307 Stanoev Atanas 2193 BUL 3.0 42.5 52.0 1 19.5 5.1
308 Elkin Leonid 2213 BLR 3.0 38.0 45.0 2 17.0 -11.3
309 IM Medancic Rikard 2247 CRO 3.0 37.0 46.0 2 14.5 -19.3
310 Dorfanis Ilarion 2207 GRE 3.0 37.0 45.0 2 14.0 -30.0
311 Bozinovic Boban 2150 SRB 3.0 35.5 42.0 2 14.5 -10.9
312 Tzouganakis Panteleimon 1900 GRE 3.0 34.0 41.0 2 14.0 34.0
313 Gengler Pierre 2200 LUX 3.0 31.0 39.0 2 15.5 -31.1
314 Ivanov Stojan 2129 BUL 3.0 30.5 37.5 1 10.5 -32.5
315 Muratet Casadevall Albert 2174 ESP 2.5 47.5 57.5 0 21.0 23.7
316 Haroutjunian Dmitri 2293 ARM 2.5 43.5 52.5 1 18.5 -4.3
317 Ljangov Petar 2192 BUL 2.5 36.5 44.5 1 15.0 -27.1
318 Fragakis Efstratios 2133 GRE 2.5 30.5 37.0 2 11.0 -29.7
319 FM Hadzimanolis Antonios 2293 GRE 2.0 47.0 56.0 1 14.0 -1.5
320 Aristotelous Vassilis 1954 CYP 2.0 34.5 43.0 0 9.5 -25.3
321 Petrusic Toni 1956 CRO 2.0 31.5 41.0 1 9.5 -9.2
322 Ivanov Ljubomir 2019 BUL 1.5 33.5 41.5 0 11.0 -30.7
323 Kanakaris Georgios 2300 GRE 1.0 46.5 56.5 1 9.0 -10.5
324 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2508 RUS 0.0 49.5 61.0 0 0.0 0.0
325 FM Nechepurenko Roman V 2485 RUS 0.0 49.5 60.5 0 0.0 0.0
FM Leniart Arkadiusz 2324 POL 0.0 49.5 60.5 0 0.0 0.0
FM Peterson Eric 2266 SVK 0.0 49.5 60.5 0 0.0 0.0
Tassopoulos Marios 2247 GRE 0.0 49.5 60.5 0 0.0 0.0
FM Valenti Giuseppe 2200 ITA 0.0 49.5 60.5 0 0.0 0.0
Rizos Georgios 2162 GRE 0.0 49.5 60.5 0 0.0 0.0
331 GM Krivoshey Sergei 2488 UKR 0.0 49.5 60.0 0 0.0 0.0
FM Agaragimov Djakhangir 2343 AZE 0.0 49.5 60.0 0 0.0 0.0
FM Sorm Daniel 2320 CZE 0.0 49.5 60.0 0 0.0 0.0
Ajvazi Ramadan 2225 EUR 0.0 49.5 60.0 0 0.0 0.0
335 GM Vovk Yuri 2549 UKR 0.0 49.5 59.5 0 0.0 0.0
336 GM Yemelin Vasily 2583 RUS 0.0 49.5 59.0 0 0.0 0.0
337 GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2535 AZE 0.0 49.5 58.0 0 0.0 0.0
IX EICC w Plovdiv (BUL), 21 iv-2 v 2008
Rank Ti Name IRtg FED Pts BH. BH. vict Fide Rtg+/-
1 GM Lahno Kateryna 2479 UKR 8.5 62.0 75.0 6 53.0 19.0
2 IM Ushenina Anna 2474 UKR 8.0 65.0 79.0 5 52.0 15.5
3 WGM Zhukova Natalia 2450 UKR 8.0 63.5 76.5 5 51.0 19.2
4 IM Cmilyte Viktorija 2466 LTU 8.0 62.0 75.5 6 51.5 14.8
5 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2413 ARM 8.0 59.5 74.0 6 48.0 21.1
6 IM Skripchenko Almira 2443 FRA 8.0 58.0 71.0 5 48.0 15.7
7 IM Dembo Yelena 2429 GRE 8.0 57.0 68.5 6 46.5 13.1
8 GM Cramling Pia 2539 SWE 7.5 61.0 74.5 5 50.0 -0.7
9 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2470 RUS 7.5 60.0 73.5 5 47.0 9.5
10 IM Muzychuk Anna 2486 SLO 7.5 59.0 72.0 4 49.5 6.6
11 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2538 BUL 7.5 58.5 72.5 6 47.5 -0.7
12 IM Dzagnidze Nana 2443 GEO 7.5 58.5 72.5 5 47.5 10.1
13 IM Danielian Elina 2479 ARM 7.5 57.0 69.5 6 46.5 6.8
14 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2400 GEO 7.5 57.0 68.5 5 43.5 13.9
15 WGM Demina Julia 2337 RUS 7.5 56.5 69.0 6 40.5 24.3
16 IM Socko Monika 2505 POL 7.5 53.5 66.0 5 42.5 -5.4
17 IM Houska Jovanka 2390 ENG 7.0 63.0 76.0 5 46.5 15.5
18 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2449 GER 7.0 57.5 69.5 4 44.5 3.4
19 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2477 HUN 7.0 57.0 70.0 4 41.5 -4.2
20 IM Repkova Eva 2381 SVK 7.0 56.0 68.5 5 42.0 6.2
21 IM Rajlich Iweta 2411 POL 7.0 56.0 67.0 4 42.0 1.8
22 WGM Zimina Olga 2363 ITA 7.0 55.5 68.0 5 41.5 14.5
23 WGM Romanko Marina 2325 RUS 7.0 55.0 66.0 5 41.5 22.5
24 IM Atalik Ekaterina 2409 TUR 7.0 53.5 66.0 4 42.0 3.2
25 IM Turova Irina 2380 RUS 7.0 53.0 65.5 4 41.5 3.7
26 IM Khukhashvili Sopiko 2371 GEO 7.0 51.5 63.0 4 43.0 5.2
27 WIM Molchanova Tatjana 2359 RUS 7.0 50.0 61.5 3 39.0 4.2
28 WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2374 ROU 7.0 50.0 60.0 5 35.5 -1.4
29 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 RUS 6.5 61.5 75.0 5 49.5 4.9
30 WGM Melia Salome 2413 GEO 6.5 59.0 71.5 4 44.5 1.7
31 IM Moser Eva 2395 AUT 6.5 57.0 70.0 5 43.0 3.1
32 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2466 GEO 6.5 57.0 69.0 4 42.5 -8.2
33 GM Peng Zhaoqin 2455 NED 6.5 56.5 68.5 5 42.0 -6.4
34 IM Matveeva Svetlana 2420 RUS 6.5 55.5 68.5 3 42.5 -2.2
35 WGM Muzychuk Mariya 2387 UKR 6.5 55.5 67.0 4 42.5 2.4
36 IM Vasilevich Tatjana 2360 UKR 6.5 54.5 63.0 4 43.0 9.0
37 IM Tairova Elena 2412 RUS 6.5 52.5 64.5 5 40.0 -5.5
38 IM Bojkovic Natasa 2434 SRB 6.5 51.5 62.5 6 38.0 -10.9
39 IM Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino 2388 GER 6.5 51.5 62.5 4 36.5 -8.1
40 WGM Kadimova Ilaha 2308 AZE 6.5 51.0 61.0 4 39.5 13.8
41 WIM Nikoladze Sopio 2249 GEO 6.5 48.0 58.5 6 34.5 14.3
42 WGM Sharevich Anna 2311 BLR 6.5 47.5 57.5 4 36.5 3.3
43 WIM Nemcova Katerina 2344 CZE 6.0 61.0 73.5 4 43.0 16.8
44 WGM Stepovaia Tatiana 2378 RUS 6.0 60.0 72.5 5 43.5 2.7
45 WGM Voiska Margarita 2339 BUL 6.0 58.5 70.5 4 41.0 5.9
46 IM Peptan Corina-Isabela 2415 ROU 6.0 57.5 70.5 4 43.0 -3.5
47 WGM Golubenko Valentina 2253 CRO 6.0 56.5 68.5 5 38.0 23.4
48 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2397 POL 6.0 56.0 68.0 4 42.0 -2.2
49 FM Schuurman Petra 2295 NED 6.0 56.0 64.0 3 36.5 7.2
50 WGM Milliet Sophie 2354 FRA 6.0 55.5 68.0 3 38.5 -1.9
51 IM Sedina Elena 2356 ITA 6.0 55.0 67.5 3 36.0 -1.3
52 WGM Kochetkova Julia 2316 RUS 6.0 55.0 66.5 5 36.5 4.0
53 WGM Zakurdjaeva Irina 2296 RUS 6.0 54.5 66.0 4 37.0 11.7
54 WIM Tsiganova Monika 2198 EST 6.0 54.5 62.5 5 34.5 26.4
55 IM Gvetadze Sopio 2350 GEO 6.0 54.0 66.5 4 41.5 5.8
56 WGM Benderac Ana 2334 SRB 6.0 53.5 65.5 4 38.5 3.0
57 IM Ciuksyte Dagne 2380 ENG 6.0 53.0 64.5 3 39.0 -6.5
58 WIM Schneider Veronika 2261 HUN 6.0 52.5 62.5 3 33.0 17.5
59 WFM Raeva Elitsa 2258 BUL 6.0 52.0 63.0 5 32.5 14.6
60 WIM Worek Joanna 2244 POL 6.0 52.0 62.5 5 33.0 19.1
61 WGM Kovanova Baira 2372 RUS 6.0 51.0 62.5 3 39.0 -11.1
62 WGM Aginian Nelly 2295 ARM 6.0 51.0 60.5 4 35.0 5.4
63 WIM Galojan Lilit 2324 ARM 6.0 50.0 61.0 4 36.0 -8.5
64 WGM Rogule Laura 2255 LAT 6.0 50.0 60.5 5 35.0 8.9
65 WGM Velcheva Maria 2262 BUL 6.0 50.0 60.5 5 33.0 9.6
66 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2322 AZE 6.0 49.0 59.5 4 38.0 -2.3
67 IM Jackova Jana 2345 CZE 6.0 48.5 59.5 4 35.5 -9.7
68 WFM Bulmaga Irina 2106 MDA 6.0 48.5 58.0 4 34.0 57.4
69 WIM Andriasian Siranush 2278 ARM 6.0 48.0 59.0 4 31.0 3.4
70 WIM Rudolf Anna 2302 HUN 6.0 47.0 58.5 5 34.5 -1.4
71 IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2364 ROU 6.0 46.5 57.0 3 33.5 -13.1
72 WIM Bensdorp Marlies 2268 NED 6.0 46.0 55.5 4 33.0 5.5
73 WIM Batsiashvili Nino 2304 GEO 5.5 58.5 69.5 5 42.0 15.6
74 WIM Tarasova Viktoriya 2276 RUS 5.5 55.0 67.5 2 35.5 8.7
75 IM Vajda Szidonia 2413 HUN 5.5 52.0 64.5 3 38.5 -12.7
76 WIM Vojinovic Jovana 2217 MNE 5.5 51.5 63.0 5 35.5 29.2
77 IM Dworakowska Joanna 2335 POL 5.5 51.5 62.5 3 34.5 -11.1
78 WFM Butuc Maria 2137 RUS 5.5 51.5 62.5 2 35.0 42.8
79 IM Vasilevich Irina 2395 RUS 5.5 51.0 61.0 3 36.0 -18.5
80 WGM Voicu Carmen 2290 ROU 5.5 50.0 61.5 5 33.5 -5.9
81 WGM Djingarova Emilia 2301 BUL 5.5 49.5 61.0 3 36.5 -8.9
82 WGM Mamedjarova Turkan 2271 AZE 5.5 49.5 61.0 2 33.0 12.4
83 WGM Gara Anita 2331 HUN 5.5 49.0 60.5 4 35.0 -11.8
84 WGM Shaidullina Sandugach 2298 RUS 5.5 47.5 56.5 4 33.5 -16.4
85 WIM Ionica Iulia-Ionela 2278 ROU 5.5 47.0 57.0 3 32.5 9.2
86 IM Collas Silvia 2395 FRA 5.5 47.0 57.0 2 33.0 -21.3
87 WIM Majdan Joanna 2338 POL 5.5 46.5 57.0 4 34.0 -11.6
88 WFM Akatova Ekaterina 2320 RUS 5.5 46.5 56.5 4 32.5 -20.9
89 WGM Makropoulou Marina 2254 GRE 5.5 46.5 55.5 4 29.5 -9.6
90 WIM Sandu Mihaela 2325 ROU 5.5 46.0 57.0 4 32.5 -10.1
91 WFM Ohme Melanie 2248 GER 5.5 45.0 53.5 5 29.5 -5.0
92 Pavlidou Ekaterini 1978 GRE 5.5 44.5 54.5 4 26.5 75.8
93 WGM Maksimovic Suzana 2264 SRB 5.5 40.5 50.0 5 27.5 -10.8
94 WGM Srebrnic Ana 2283 SLO 5.5 40.0 51.0 3 29.0 -12.5
95 IM Petrenko Svetlana 2314 MDA 5.5 37.5 47.5 4 27.5 -24.3
96 Kazimova Narmin 2071 AZE 5.0 57.0 69.0 4 37.0 57.0
97 WIM Komiagina Maria 2285 RUS 5.0 55.0 66.5 2 32.0 -1.4
98 Isgandarova Khayala 2193 AZE 5.0 53.0 65.0 3 35.0 23.5
99 IM Ovod Evgenija 2437 RUS 5.0 52.5 64.5 3 35.0 -26.2
100 WIM Franciskovic Borka 2240 CRO 5.0 52.5 64.5 2 30.5 6.1
101 WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2205 TUR 5.0 52.0 62.5 3 29.0 14.6
102 WGM Juergens Vera 2302 GER 5.0 51.5 61.0 4 35.5 -8.6
103 WFM Danelia Mariam 2129 GEO 5.0 49.5 60.5 2 30.5 32.1
104 WIM Paulet Iozefina 2308 ROU 5.0 48.5 60.0 4 32.5 -17.2
105 WGM Calzetta Monica 2264 ESP 5.0 48.5 60.0 3 27.5 -15.4
106 WIM Fakhiridou Ekaterini 2292 GRE 5.0 48.0 59.5 3 28.0 -17.6
107 WFM Nikolova Adriana 2219 BUL 5.0 47.5 57.0 4 28.5 13.1
108 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca 2375 ROU 5.0 47.0 57.0 3 31.0 -28.3
109 WIM Jelica Mara 2206 CRO 5.0 45.5 55.5 4 26.0 -1.4
110 WFM Ozturk Kubra 2169 TUR 5.0 45.5 55.5 3 26.0 19.1
111 WGM Levushkina Elena 2291 GER 5.0 45.0 57.5 4 28.5 -13.0
112 WIM Umudova Nargiz 2222 AZE 5.0 44.5 54.5 4 27.0 0.8
113 WGM Stojanovic Andjelija 2346 SRB 5.0 43.5 55.5 2 30.0 -24.6
114 Ikonomopoulou Maria 2050 GRE 5.0 43.0 52.0 5 20.0 29.3
115 WIM Marin Irina Luiza 2182 ROU 5.0 42.0 51.0 4 22.0 -3.0
116 IM Klinova Masha 2318 ISR 5.0 42.0 51.0 3 27.5 -32.3
117 WFM Paikidze Nazi 2347 GEO 5.0 33.5 40.5 4 20.5 -40.5
118 WIM Papadopoulou Vera 2199 GRE 4.5 51.0 62.0 2 29.5 10.8
119 WIM Makka Ioulia 2204 GRE 4.5 48.5 57.5 3 26.0 -6.6
120 WIM Gavasheli Ana 2191 GEO 4.5 48.0 59.5 1 27.5 6.0
121 WFM Videnova Iva 2178 BUL 4.5 47.5 57.5 4 25.0 7.8
122 Skinke Katrina 2204 LAT 4.5 46.5 57.0 3 24.0 -6.3
123 WFM Mammadova Gulnar 2188 AZE 4.5 46.5 56.5 4 22.5 -12.3
124 WIM Seps Monika 2237 SUI 4.5 46.5 55.0 4 26.5 -16.0
125 WFM Ni Viktorija 2120 LAT 4.5 46.0 57.0 4 26.5 20.0
126 Minina Veronika 2148 RUS 4.5 46.0 57.0 2 29.0 18.8
127 WFM Bensdorp Laura 2085 NED 4.5 45.5 55.0 4 24.5 29.4
128 WGM Kursova Maria 2322 RUS 4.5 44.5 56.0 3 28.0 -33.1
129 Stefanova Milena 2029 BUL 4.5 40.0 49.0 4 21.5 23.1
130 WIM Cherednichenko Svetlana 2270 UKR 4.5 39.5 47.0 3 24.0 -36.4
131 WFM Bogumil Tatiana 2194 RUS 4.0 51.0 62.0 2 28.5 -2.2
132 Efroimski Marsel 2081 ISR 4.0 48.0 58.5 2 24.0 8.0
133 WIM Popova Natalija 2239 BLR 4.0 45.5 56.0 3 26.5 -21.6
134 WIM Sarakauskiene Zivile 2198 LTU 4.0 45.5 54.5 3 23.0 -14.4
135 Hairapetian Anna 2115 ARM 4.0 45.0 54.5 3 25.5 10.2
136 WGM Lematschko Tatjana 2189 SUI 4.0 44.5 54.0 2 23.0 -16.6
137 Vladimirova Maria 1976 BUL 4.0 43.0 53.0 2 23.0 26.2
138 WFM Zhorzholiani Meri 2133 GEO 4.0 42.0 50.0 3 21.5 -17.3
139 Grapsa Georgia 2098 GRE 4.0 42.0 49.5 0 21.0 7.3
140 Nikolaidou Eleni 1817 GRE 4.0 41.5 49.5 2 17.5 37.3
141 WIM Ivkina Olga 2278 RUS 4.0 40.0 49.5 3 20.5 -43.8
142 WIM Gromova Iulia 2232 RUS 4.0 35.5 44.5 2 19.5 -46.0
143 WFM Cherednichenko Elena 2155 UKR 3.5 49.0 60.0 1 28.5 5.0
144 Bednikova Stefi 2086 BUL 3.5 49.0 59.5 1 26.5 14.0
145 WIM Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda 2242 ROU 3.5 45.0 56.0 1 22.0 -36.1
146 WFM De Rosa Maria 2094 ITA 3.5 40.5 49.5 2 17.5 -12.8
147 WIM Stiri Alexandra 2193 GRE 3.5 39.5 49.0 1 16.5 -42.8
148 Galunova Tsveta 1816 BUL 3.5 39.5 46.5 2 17.5 45.2
149 WFM Mijovic Aleksandra 2222 MNE 3.5 39.0 46.5 1 19.5 -40.2
150 WFM Khropova Larisa 2069 RUS 3.5 39.0 45.5 2 14.5 -37.9
151 Foisor Mihaela-Veronica 2088 ROU 3.5 38.5 45.0 2 18.0 -17.6
152 WFM Bakalarz Grazyna 2006 LUX 3.5 37.5 46.0 1 16.0 -13.0
153 WFM Bayrak Asli 2031 TUR 3.0 43.5 50.5 2 16.0 -22.9
154 WFM Coimbra Margarida 2120 POR 3.0 40.5 48.5 0 15.5 -29.5
155 Boyarchenko Marie 1877 LUX 2.5 41.5 48.0 1 17.0 -11.1
156 Tsarouha Marianthi 1747 GRE 1.5 43.5 52.0 0 12.0 -11.7
157 Mihajlova Diana 1623 ENG 1.0 38.0 46.5 0 11.0 -21.8
158 WFM Gunina Valentina 2285 RUS 0.0 49.5 62.5 0 0.0 0.0
159 IM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2452 SCO 0.0 49.5 60.0 0 0.0 0.0

4) 16th Sigeman & Co

The 16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place 22nd - 30th April 2008 in Malmo,Sweden. Tiger Hillarp Persson took clear first place with 7.5/9 a point clear of Daniel Stellwagen.

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

XVI Sigeman & Co Malmo (SWE), 22-30 iv 2008 cat. XII (2539)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2491 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 2817
2. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2621 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 2696
3. Hansen, Lars Bo g DEN 2563 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 2661
4. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2466 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 5 2590
5. Timman, Jan H g NED 2565 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 5 2579
6. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2567 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 2536
7. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2611 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 3 2406
8. Lie, Kjetil A g NOR 2558 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 3 2412
9. Smith, Axel SWE 2428 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 2385
10. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2523 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2 2321

Round 8 (April 29, 2008)
Hillarp Persson, Tiger - Portisch, Lajos 1-0 27 E54 Nimzo Indian
Hansen, Lars Bo - Smith, Axel ½-½ 106 D15 Slav Defence
Akesson, Ralf - Agrest, Evgenij ½-½ 37 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Timman, Jan H - Kotronias, Vasilios 1-0 46 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Lie, Kjetil A - Stellwagen, Daniël 0-1 43 E81 King's Indian Saemisch
Round 9 (April 30, 2008)
Stellwagen, Daniël - Hillarp Persson, Tiger ½-½ 31 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Agrest, Evgenij - Lie, Kjetil A ½-½ 103 B37 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Kotronias, Vasilios - Hansen, Lars Bo ½-½ 14 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Smith, Axel - Akesson, Ralf 0-1 39 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Portisch, Lajos - Timman, Jan H 0-1 25 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4

5) Gyumri International

The Gyumri International takes place in Armenia 25th April - 6th May 2008.

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

It Gyumri ARM (ARM), 25 iv-6 v 2008 cat. X (2487)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2537 * ½ ½ 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 ½ 2767
2. Bagaturov, Giorgi g GEO 2473 ½ * ½ ½ 0 . 1 1 ½ . 1 1 6 2623
3. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2536 ½ ½ * . ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ . 1 2541
4. Gelashvili, Tamaz g GEO 2622 0 ½ . * ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 1 ½ 2553
5. Zubarev, Alexander1 g UKR 2510 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ . . ½ 0 1 2500
6. Simonian, Hrair m ARM 2443 . . 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 2487
7. Chibukhchian, Artur m ARM 2428 0 0 0 . ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ ½ . 2477
8. Babujian, Levon m ARM 2413 . 0 ½ ½ . ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 4 2444
9. Hayrapetian, Arman m ARM 2414 0 ½ 0 0 . 1 0 1 * 1 . 0 2407
10. Kalashian, David ARM 2439 0 . ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ . 3 2368
11. Melkumyan, Hrant m ARM 2534 0 0 . 0 1 0 ½ 0 . ½ * 1 3 2359
12. Gabrielian, Artur m RUS 2494 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ . 0 1 . 0 * 2332

6) Metz Open

The Metz International Open took place 19th-27th April 2008. Andrei Shchekachev took clear first with 7/9. Games now available. My thanks to Marc Vandervorst (main arbiter), Christophe Holler, Marco Bormann and Pierre Becker for their work on the games file.

Official site

Metz Open (FRA), 19-27 iv 2008
Pl Nom Ti Fede Elo Pts Tr. Perf. Bu.
1 SHCHEKACHEV Andrei g FRA 2520 7 41,5 2612 50
2 SAVCHENKO Stanislav g UKR 2560 6,5 44,5 2614 53,5
3 SPRAGGETT Kevin g CAN 2591 6,5 43,5 2617 53
4 EPISHIN Vladimir g RUS 2566 6,5 43,5 2605 53
5 FELLER Sebastien g FRA 2540 6,5 43 2575 52
6 MARZOLO Cyril m FRA 2476 6,5 41,5 2526 51
7 WIRIG Anthony m FRA 2477 6,5 41 2564 50
8 LALIC Bogdan g CRO 2514 6,5 41 2517 49,5
9 SULAVA Nenad g CRO 2479 6,5 40,5 2532 49,5
10 DJURIC Stefan g SRB 2460 6,5 39 2464 47,5
11 EINGORN Vereslav S g UKR 2557 6 42,5 2542 50,5
12 LANGROCK Hannes f GER 2395 6 41,5 2413 49,5
13 SPIRIN Oleg m RUS 2430 6 41 2468 49
14 KARPATCHEV Aleksandr g RUS 2462 6 39,5 2401 47,5
15 ARUN PRASAD S. m IND 2465 6 39 2423 47,5
16 HAUB Thorsten Michael m GER 2467 6 39 2402 48
17 BAUER Christian g FRA 2618 6 35,5 2494 44
18 BRUNED Yvain f ESP 2360 5,5 44 2481 50,5
19 PLACHETKA Jan g SVK 2386 5,5 42,5 2427 50,5
20 SHIRAZI Kamran m FRA 2448 5,5 40,5 2390 48,5
21 SUMETS Andrey g UKR 2532 5,5 40 2474 49,5
22 LAURENT Bruno m BEL 2346 5,5 40 2378 46,5
23 MUREY Jacob g ISR 2415 5,5 40 2369 48
24 SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi m IND 2441 5,5 39 2350 46,5
25 MARZOLF Bruno   FRA 2214 5,5 37 2242 44
26 BRUNED Boris   ESP 2227 5,5 34 2207 40,5
89 players

7) XXI Benidorm Open

The XXI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm 2008 Benidorm took place 25nd April - 4th May 2008. Vladimir Burkmakin edged out Boris Avrukh, Eduardo Iturrizaga and Stewart Haslinger on tie-break after all finished on 8/10.

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

XXI Open Benidorm (ESP), 25 iv-3 v 2008
Final Round 10 Standings:
1Burmakin VladimirGM2615RUS863½5853,252700
2Avrukh BorisGM2632ISR863½57½52,502677
3Iturrizaga EduardoGM2534VEN858½53½49,502616
4Haslinger Stewart GGM2500ENG85651½47,502584
5Kovalyov AntonIM2525ARG595446,502584
6Granda Zuniga Julio EGM2609PER5953½46,002587
7Mikhalevski VictorGM2597ISR5751½46,252535
8Leon Hoyos ManuelIM2490MEX5651½43,002543
9Chatalbashev BorisGM2605BUL765½59½48,002601
10Levin FelixGM2546GER76156½43,252574
11Arizmendi Martinez Julen LuisGM2516ESP76155½44,002540
12Matamoros Franco Carlos S.GM2515ECU7615545,252538
13Cossin SebastienIM2451FRA760½5541,502463
14Abergel ThalIM2520FRA76054½43,252525
15Maze SebastienGM2565FRA76054½42,752540
16Suba MihaiGM2487ROU758½53½43,002474
17Rotstein ArkadijGM2528GER758½5341,502483
18Paunovic DraganGM2532SRB757½5241,752486
19Movsziszian KarenGM2536ARM7575241,502482
20Libiszewski FabienIM2465FRA75650½38,752431
21Petrov MarijanIM2489BUL755½5138,002389
22Wang PuchenIM2397NZL7555137,502414
23Cori T DeysiWFM2208PER753½50½35,002345
24Karlsson LarsGM2475SWE752½4838,752387
25Giaccio AlfredoIM2464ARG751½4734,502286
204 players

8) Siberian Championship

The Siberian Championship (ch SFO) took place in Novokuznetzk, 13th-21st March 2008. Petr Kiriakov won the event on tie-break from Anton Shomaev and Ivan Smikovski after all finished on 7/9.

Coverage at http://www.admnkz.ru/chess

ch-Siberia Novokuznetsk (RUS), 13-21 iii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:
NrPnoTitleNameEloPtsT/BT/B2T/B3RCTPRW-WE
13GMKiriakov, Petr254574836.5052240326230.85
21GMShomoev, Anton256274835.5052.5242026400.84
32IMSmikovski, Ivan255574432.5048.523122532-0.15
413IMLoskutov, Oleg24316.536.5055.5243025962.03
55IMYudin, Sergei25196.535.0053238825540.47
66IMZablotsky, Sergei25156.536.5053239325590.6
77GMIskusnyh, Sergei24786.537.5053243025961.46
821FMKolesnikov, Evgeny23706.535.0051242325892.66
923FMPushkarev, Dmitry23636.530.5045.5231924851.49
1026FMBadmatsyrenov, Oleg2343628.0050229824230.95
1120FMShkurikhin, Ilia2371630.0047.5232524501.01
1216FMDashibalov, Erdem2408630.5045.5231424390.39
1325FMKlimov, Anton2351632.0045.5236324581.14
1411FMBocharov, Ivan2435630.004523042429-0.06
1517IMPokazanjev, Nikolai2405630.5044233824630.71
168GMNevostrujev, Vladimir24695.533.5050.5238724670.05
174GMBelozerov, Andrei25385.533.005023852465-0.75
1810FMVoinov, Alexandr24365.530.0048.523142394-0.47
1912IMVekshenkov, Nikolai24325.532.004823442424-0.04
2014IMPetrukhin, Denis24205.531.0048235124310.2
2153Dzhumagaliev, Yan22325.527.0048236224422.47
229Obolenskikh, Dmitry24555.530.004723352415-0.4
2327FMLavrov, Maxim23385.528.5046232624060.87
2430Simonov, Stanislav23175.531.5045.5233024101.22
2531FMTuzhik, Artem23135.526.5044.5228423640.65
2619FMNigametzianov, Mikhail23735.528.004422682348-0.25
2746Barlakov, Arsalan22635.529.0044231723601.17
2822Kljucharev, Sergey23675.527.5043.5228723670.03
2958Buldaev, Nikolay22065.524.5042.5229723772.07
3028FMPopov, Roman23385.527.004222482328-0.05
3132Gankin, Stanislav23085.525.5039.521812261-0.49
3273Tilicheev, Viacheslav21375.521.0039.5229122911.41
3367Susliakov, Dmitriy21665.524.0037231123111.34
97 players

9) Senj Open

The Senj Open (CRO) took place 16th-22nd April 2008. Predrag Bodiroga won the event with 6.5/9.

http://chess-results.com/?tnr=12514&lan=1

Open Senj (CRO), 16-23 iv 2008
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgIPts. TB1Rprtg+/-
1Bodiroga Predrag IMSRB24056,5 37,5254518,9
2Drazic Sinisa GMSRB24976,0 38,025101,3
3Loncar Robert IMCRO24416,0 37,524927,1
4Doric Darko IMCRO24486,0 36,025148,6
5Martinovic Sasa FMCRO24036,0 32,524335,4
6Fercec Nenad GMCRO24925,5 37,52446-3,9
7Rukavina Josip IMCRO23985,5 37,023750,4
8Crepan Marjan FMSLO23495,5 36,0242914,1
9Lovric Branko FMCRO23505,5 35,5242914,1
10Mestrovic Zvonimir IMSLO23285,5 34,523949,3
11Jovanic Ognjen GMCRO25045,0 40,02411-10,1
12Zufic Miroslav IMCRO24325,0 36,52408-2,4
13Prlac Vedran CRO21004,5 35,0226421,0
14Kukina Mario CRO19694,5 33,0224130,6
15Mihalj Miroslav M FMSRB23464,5 32,52172-19,8
16Savic Miroslav FMCRO23144,5 32,02216-15,0
17Ljubicic Filip IMCRO24714,5 30,02172-26,7
18Vukovic Ivo FMCRO22434,5 29,522884,5
19Gradiser Dragoljub CRO04,5 25,52046
20Franciskovic Vinko CRO20994,5 24,52016-6,9
21Nikolov Sasho IMBUL24074,0 34,52266-15,1
22Levar Nenad FMCRO21834,0 29,52117-7,7
23Tomljanovic Goran CRO21214,0 27,51680-16,6
24Baljak Jadranko CRO04,0 24,51963
25Pasalic Enio CRO20733,5 29,02048-4,8
26Prpic Ivan CRO03,5 29,02059
27Masinovic Husein BIH01,5 26,51533
28Prpic Milan CRO01,5 25,51582
29Vukelic Miljenko CRO01,0 22,01526

10) Sozina Open

The Sozina Open took place in Bar (Crna Gora) 29th March - 5th April 2008, Kiril Georgiev took clear first. 7th-10th April saw Borki Predojevic beat Nikola Ðukic 2.5-1.5 in a match but I couldn't extract the games in PGN from the site below.

Coverage at http://www.sozina.org

Sozina Open Bar (MNE), 29 iii-5 iv 2008
PlSBr.NameTiRtgFEDPtsBK.
11Georgiev KirilGM2662BUL37½
22Miladinovic IgorGM2604SRB736
316Nestorovic Nikola 2421SRB639½
46Romanishin Oleg MGM2528UKR638
542Brajovic RadovanFM2243MNE634
69Abramovic BoskoGM2499SRB633
74Drasko MilanGM2540MNE35½
85Blagojevic DragisaGM2532MNE35
93Stojanovic MihajloGM2555SRB34
107Rusev KrasimirIM2521BUL32½
1113Jakovljevic VladoIM2453BIH32
1222Certic BranimirIM2377SRB537
1318Miron Lucian-CostinFM2408ROU535
1428Nikac Predrag 2355MNE534½
1511Rajkovic DusanGM2494SRB533
1614Solomunovic IgorFM2442GER530½
1720Todorovic Goran NIM2396SRB528½
188Milanovic DaniloIM2510SRB37½
1927Krivokapic Marko 2362MNE36
2026Pancevski Filip 2366MKD33½
2124Marinkovic SlavisaIM2373SRB33
2236Katanic-Vujic PetarFM2320SRB32
2330Panic Nenad 2348SRB30
2412Arsovic ZoranIM2467SRB29½
2510Stojanovic DaliborIM2496BIH27
2615Jacimovic DragoljubGM2426MKD434
2734Milanovic Slavisa 2329MNE432½
2829Sekulic DusanFM2351SRB429½
2938Vujic MihailoFM2310SRB429
3033Dabetic RadojicaFM2333MNE429
3121Lekic DusanIM2386MNE428
3244Vojinovic JovanaWIM2207MNE428
3317Mehmeti DritanIM2419ALB427½
3423Dragojlovic AndjelkoIM2377SRB30
3539Krstic Petar 2302SRB29
3643Mijovic Stefan 2238MNE28½
3732Jovanovic Zoran ZFM2343SRB328½
3837Rama LorencFM2316ALB328½
3941Damjanovic DraganFM2301SRB324
4019Kalezic BlazoIM2405MNE32
4140Stanojevic BrankoIM2301SRB27½
4231Boshku HarallambFM2345ALB25½
4325Kontic DjordjijeIM2367MNE24½
4435Vulevic VjekoslavFM2324SUI½32½

11) 26th Liechtenstein International Open

The 26th Liechtenstein International Open took place in Triesen 25th April - 3rd May 2008. Sergei Ovsejevitsch took first place on tie-break from Ivan Farago and Davit Shengelia after all finished on 7/9. Games from Round 9 not yet available.

Coverage at http://www.schach.li/

26th Liechtenstein International Open Triesen (LIE), 25 iv-3 v 2008
Rg.SNrName EloFEDPkteBH
11Ovsejevitsch SergeiGM2581UKR750
 5Farago IvanGM2470HUN750
32Shengelia DavitGM2549GEO749½
47Neubauer MartinIM2446AUT49½
54Van Der Weide KarelGM2482NED49
 8Ardeleanu AlinIM2415ROU49
711Dittmar PeterFM2338GER48
86Belezky Alexander DrIM2454UKR47
910Mantovani RenzoIM2354ITA44
1024Johnsen Gunnar 2186NOR42½
1120Schiendorfer Emanuel 2208SUI41½
1245Gaehwiler Gabriel 2044SUI643
1342Maurer Fritz 2050SUI641½
149Bronznik ValerijIM2373UKR641
1517Zeltwanger Andree 2242GER46½
163Siebrecht SebastianIM2490GER45½
1716Keller ManfredCM2244GER45½
1814Habibi AliIM2264GER45½
1915Grabher HeinzFM2258AUT44½
2019Prakken GerritFM2218NED43½
2125Kozlov Alexander 2167GER43½
2213Peredy FerencIM2268HUN42½
2331Donovan Linton 2123BEL42½
2422Bhend EdwinIM2202SUI39
2526Frick Renato 2153LIE36½
96 players

12) XIV Leonardo di Bona Magistrale

The 14th fesival Leonardo di Bona took place in Cutro, Italy, 23rd April - 1 May 2008. Nikita Maiorov edged out Yuri Solodovnichenko on tie-break after both finished with 6.5/9.

Coverage at http://www.altirchess.com/cutro2008/

XIV Leonardo di Bona Magistrale Cutro (ITA), 23 iv-1 v 2008
PlNameTiNATELOPts
1Maiorov, NikitaGMBLR25246.5
2Solodovnichenko, YuriGMUKR25386.5
3Meijers, ViestursGMLAT25076
4Dobrev, NankoIMBUL24025.5
5Lazic, MiroljubGMSRB25395.5
6Kasparov, SergeyGMBLR24815.5
7Salvador, RolandIMPHI24505.5
8Brancaleoni, MaurizioFMITA22075
9Gladyszev, OlegIMRUS24975
10Van Hoolandt, PatrickFM MNC 21835
11Naumkin, IgorGMRUS24944.5
12Mrdja, MilanIMCRO23604.5
13Kasparova, TatianaWIMBLR21474.5
14Kragelj, IgorFM SLO 22074.5
15Andonov, BogomilIMBUL23344.5
16Stromboli, Carlo-M ITA 22664.5
17Bentivegna, FrancescoFMITA23614
18Damia, Angelo-M ITA 23014
19Stromboli, Ettore-MITA23284
20Abatino, MaurizioFMITA21683.5
21Codenotti, MarcoCMITA20633.5
22Cordì, DomenicoCMITA20473
23Blasco, Domenico-MITA20253
24Scerbo, Antonio (*)-MITA20920

13) Mediana, Nis tournament

The Mediana 2008 tournament took place in Nis, Serbia, 13th-19th April 2008. Predrag Trajkovic won with 8/11.

Results and games at: http://www.perpetualcheck.com

Mediana Nis SRB (SRB), 13-19 iv 2008 cat. VII (2415)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Trajkovic, Predrag m SRB 2458 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 2586
2. Bogosavljevic, Boban f SRB 2492 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 2540
3. Martinovic, Slobodan g SRB 2449 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 2476
4. Genov, Petar g BUL 2474 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 6 2445
5. Miljkovic, Miroslav D m SRB 2418 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6 2450
6. Jovic, Stanoje f SRB 2283 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 6 2462
7. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROU 2422 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 2414
8. Kostic, Vladimir G g SRB 2415 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 2378
9. Badev, Kiril f BUL 2311 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 2359
10. Milchev, Nikolay f BUL 2415 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 4 2312
11. Marholev, Dimitar m BUL 2400 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 4 2314
12. Solomunovic, Igor f GER 2442 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 3 2237

14) Victory Day Tournament Moscow

The "Victory Day" Tournament takes place at the Russian State Social University (RGSU) in Moscow. 24th April - 6th May 2008.

Official site: http://plotnikov.org/grossrgsu2008/main/index.php

Victory Day A Moscow RUS (RUS), 24 iv-6 v 2008 cat. VII (2419)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
1. Krylov, Mikhail RUS m RUS 2409 * 0 . . . . . 1 ½ 1 1 . 1 2627
2. Mongontuul, Bathuyag wg MGL 2402 1 * 1 . . . . 0 . ½ . 1 . 2561
3. Morozov, Grigoriy f RUS 2357 . 0 * . . . . ½ . 1 1 . 1 2573
4. Okara, Andrey f RUS 2407 . . . * 0 . ½ . 1 . 1 . 1 2583
5. Paveliev, Alexey m RUS 2392 . . . 1 * ½ ½ . 0 . 1 . . 3 2523
6. Reshetnikov, Alexey f RUS 2402 . . . . ½ * ½ . 1 ½ 0 . ½ 3 2431
7. Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2444 . . . ½ ½ ½ * . ½ . . ½ . 2423
8. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2456 0 1 ½ . . . . * . 0 . . 1 2383
9. Bagirov, Rufat g AZE 2488 ½ . . 0 1 0 ½ . * . . ½ . 2356
10. Chernobay, Artem RUS 2416 0 ½ 0 . . ½ . 1 . * . ½ . 2351
11. Khruschiov, Alexey g MDA 2514 0 . 0 0 0 1 . . . . * 1 . 2 2273
12. Konovalov, Nikolay m RUS 2426 . 0 . . . . ½ . ½ ½ 0 * ½ 2 2307
13. Manakova, Maria wg SRB 2332 0 . 0 0 . ½ . 0 . . . ½ * 1 2136

15) Chelyabinsk Spring Cup

The Spring Cup took place in Chelyabinsk (RUS) 6th-13th March 2008. Alexey Yatsenko won with 6.5/9.

Coverage at http://www.surchess.ru/Vkubok2008.htm

Spring Cup Cheliabinsk RUS (RUS), 6-15 iii 2008 cat. IX (2456)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Yatsenko, Alexey f RUS 2442 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 2623
2. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2506 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 2529
3. Khusnutdinov, Rustam m KAZ 2452 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2535
4. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2549 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2488
5. Matsenko, Sergei m RUS 2418 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2502
6. Looshnikov, Nikolai RUS 2454 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 2455
7. Khruschiov, Alexey g MDA 2504 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 1 2450
8. Ismagambetov, Anuar m KAZ 2477 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 0 4 2410
9. Krassilnikov, Evgeni RUS 2399 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 2295
10. Fazulyanov, Sergey f RUS 2354 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * 2 2246

16) Uzbek Championship

The Uzbek Championship took place in Tashkent (UZB), 24th April - 4th May 2008. Dzhurabek Khamrakulov won with 7.5/11.

http://www.uzchess.uz/

ch-UZB Tashkent UZB (UZB), 24 iv-4 v 2008 cat. VII (2409)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek m UZB 2548 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 2529
2. Barsov, Alexei g UZB 2480 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7 2504
3. Safin, Shukhrat g UZB 2481 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 2504
4. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2557 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 2497
5. Egin, Vladimir m UZB 2444 1 0 ½ 1 * 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 2471
6. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2501 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 6 2437
7. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2479 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 6 2439
8. Kasyan, Aleksandr f UZB 2314 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 1 2418
9. Faizulaev, Akmal UZB 2267 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 2357
10. Kvon, Andrey UZB 2426 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 4 2305
11. Gubaydulin, T UZB 2213 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 3 2252
12. Niyazmetov, R UZB 2202 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2 2166

17) Cuban Championship 2008

Games from the preliminary Swiss part of the Cuban Championship (8th-16th January 2008) have become available at the Capablanca website below. However there was a knockout afterwards to decide the champion. Yuniesky Quezada Perez eventually won through and beat Lelys Martínez in the final. Games from this section are not available at the moment. A short account of this final section is available at: this Cuban news site.

Official site: http://www.inder.cu/capablanca/

18) Capablanca Memorial

The 43rd Torneo Capablanca In Memoriam takes place in La Habana (Cuba) 8th- 17th May 2008, category 15 average 2602. Alongside is a 10 round open.

43rd Capablanca Memorial (CUB), 8-17 v 2008
Players:
1. Dominguez Perez, Lenier      CUB 2695 g
2. Tiviakov, Sergei             NED 2634 g
3. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw          POL 2625 g
4. Amonotov, Faruk              TJK 2625 g
5. Khenkin, Igor                GER 2609 g
6. Bruzon Batista, Lazaro       CUB 2608 g
7. Hernandez Carmenates, Holden CUB 2568 g
8. Quezada Perez, Yuniesky      CUB 2567 g
9. Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus    CUB 2559 g
10. Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter  CUB 2534 g

The Guillermo Garcia Memorial takes place in Santa Clara  (Cuba) 19th-27th May, 2008.

The Torneo Moncada takes place in Santiago de Cuba 29th May - 6th June 2008 is a Swiss Open - 9 rounds 

Official site: http://www.inder.cu/capablanca/

19) Registro do Aberto do Brasil

The VII Aberto de xadrez de Registro takes place 30th April - 4th May 2008.Gilberto Milos won the game on tie-break from four others after they finished on 7.5/9. I couldn't find any games.

Official site: http://www.clubedexadrez.com.br/

VII Aberto de xadrez de Registro (CUB), 30 iv - 4 v 2008
Players:
1 Gilberto Milos 2594 7.5 55.5 43.5 40.0
2 Rafael Leitao 2604 7.5 55.5 43.0 39.0
3 Alexandr H.T.S. Fier 2527 7.5 54.5 43.0 40.5
4 Andres Rodriguez 2533 7.5 54.0 43.0 41.5
5 Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian 2466 7.5 50.0 39.5 37.0
6 Leandro Perdomo 2361 7 53.0 41.5 36.5
7 Rodrigo Disconzi da Silva 2373 7 52.5 40.5 36.5
8 Antonio Carlos Bambino Filho 2012 7 51.0 40.0 33.0
9 Ernani Choma 2270 7 50.5 39.0 34.5
10 Andre Diamant 2407 7 50.0 39.0 33.0
11 Carolina Lujan 2365 7 48.0 37.5 34.0
12 Diego Rafael Di Berardino 2431 6.5 58.0 45.5 38.5
13 Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk 2396 6.5 54.5 42.5 36.0
14 Jefferson dos Santos Oliveira 2276 6.5 53.5 42.0 35.5
15 Frederico Matsuura 2283 6.5 53.0 42.5 36.5
16 Everaldo Matsuura 2500 6.5 52.0 40.0 35.5
17 Edgar Rodrigues 2157 6.5 50.5 39.0 33.5
18 Luismar Jorge Brito 2351 6.5 50.0 40.0 35.0
19 Alvaro Z. Aranha 2301 6.5 50.0 38.5 33.0
20 Vinicius Tine Martins 2277 6.5 49.5 38.5 35.5
21 Acyr Rogerio Calcado 2258 6.5 48.5 38.0 32.5
22 Carlos Alberto Sega 2235 6.5 48.0 38.0 34.0
23 Leandro Jukemura 2089 6.5 46.5 36.5 33.5
24 Leandro F. Campelo 2248 6.5 44.5 34.5 31.0
25 Wagner Peixoto Guimarães 2278 6.5 42.5 33.0 30.5
280 players

20) Campeonato de España de Selecciones Autonómicas

The III Campeonato de España de Selecciones Autonómicas took place 30th April - 3rd May 2008. Selección Catalana won the team event. Hopefully a consolodated games selection will appear.

Results http://chess-results.com/tnr12826.aspx?tnr=12826&art=16&lan=2&m=-1

Coverage: http://www.ajedrezmelilla.com/noticias/08/ce/nacional.htm

http://www.feda.org/

21) First Saturday May

The First Saturday tournaments takes place 3rd-15th May 2008.

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

FSGM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 v 2008 cat. VIII (2429)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. (oA)kesson, Ralf g SWE 2466 * . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2548 . * . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
3. Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy f VIE 2482 . . * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1
4. Solomon, Kenny m RSA 2317 . . . * . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
5. Bui Vinh m VIE 2448 . . . . * ½ . . . . . . . . ½ 2403
6. Duong The Anh f VIE 2403 . . . . ½ * . . . . . . . . ½ 2448
7. Hendriks, Willy m NED 2411 . . . . . . * . . ? . . . . 0
8. Pesotsky, Vitaly m UKR 2371 . . . . . . . * ? . . . . . 0
9. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2496 . . . . . . . ? * . . . . . 0
10. Prohaszka, Peter2 m HUN 2506 . . . . . . ? . . * . . . . 0
11. Boros, Denes m HUN 2457 0 . . . . . . . . . * . . . 0
12. Sjugirov, Sanan m RUS 2492 . . . 0 . . . . . . . * . . 0
13. Taylor, Timothy m USA 2326 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0
14. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2279 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . * 0

FSIM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-15 v 2008 cat. I (2254)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Gao Rui CHN 2139 * . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1
2. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2240 . * . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
3. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2358 . . * ½ . . . . . . . . . . ½ 2267
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2267 . . ½ * . . . . . . . . . . ½ 2358
5. Pasalic, Harun BIH 2215 . . . . * . . ½ . . . . . . ½ 2164
6. Sankalp, Modwal IND 2138 . . . . . * ½ . . . . . . . ½ 2300
7. Werner, Dimo m GER 2300 . . . . . ½ * . . . . . . . ½ 2138
8. Zalkind, Konstantin f ISR 2164 . . . . ½ . . * . . . . . . ½ 2215
9. Horvath, Andras f HUN 2272 . . . . . . . . * ? . . . . 0
10. Petran, Pal m HUN 2347 . . . . . . . . ? * . . . . 0
11. Sondermann, Johannes GER 2279 . . . . . . . . . . * ? . . 0
12. Zimmerman, Yuri m RUS 2332 . . . . . . . . . . ? * . . 0
13. Liu Qingnan CHN 2344 0 . . . . . . . . . . . * . 0
14. Tate, Alan SCO 2167 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . * 0

22) Copa Ciudad De Berazategui

The 3rd Cup Berazategui takes place 1st-6th May 2008. This is a 7 round swiss.

Details: http://201.216.215.170/torneos/BERAZATEGUI_2008/index_berazategui.htm

3rd Cup Berazategui
(ARG), 1-6 v 2008
Round 5 (of 7) Standings
RankPNoNameScoreTitleBuchholzPSSB
111SCARELLA, Enrique Alejandr4,5IM16,514,514,5
212PERELMAN, Hernan4,5 161414
313IERMITO, Sebastian4,5FM15,513,513,5
41ZARNICKI, Pablo4GM1812,513,75
514QUIROGA, Facundo4IM171312,5
622PEREZ PIETRONAVE, Carlos4 161211,5
76LIASCOVICH, Lucas4IM15,513,511,25
810PERDOMO, Carlos Andres4IM15,51311,75
918CALDERON FERNANDEZ, Gervas4 15,512,511,75
104MAHIA, Gustavo4FM15,51211,25
112MARECO, Sandro4IM15,51211,5
127BARRIONUEVO, Pablo4FM1512,511,75
1315BLIT, Jacques4 1512,511,25
145ALONSO, Salvador4IM14,51211,25
159AGUILAR, Juan3,5FM16,512,510
168TRISTAN, Leonardo3,5 1612,510
1717PEREZ PONSA, Federico3,5FM1611,5 8.5
1821SPATA, German3,5 1511,5 9.5
193QUINTEROS, Miguel A.3,5GM1511,5 8.5
2037PLAZAOLA, Maria De Los Ang3,5WFM14,510,5 8.75
2120MALBRAN, Guillermo3,5IM13,511,5 9.0
2225CATELLI, Hernan3,5 12,510 7.25
101 players

23) 6th Annual Red River Shootout

The 6th Annual Red River Shootout (Oklahoma - Texas 2008 Team Chess Match) took place in the Treasure Valley Casino (exit #55, I-35) - Davis, OK 27th April 2008. Time control: g/90. Conceptionalist: Jim Hollingsworth, Ft Worth -- Event # 2008 04 27 2651. Team Captains: Tom Crane, Texas and Frank Berry, Oklahoma. Final Score: Oklahoma wins 14.5 - 3.5. Seven of Oklahoma’s match team were FIDE rated while none of the Texas players were. Two of Oklahoma’s team held official FIDE player’s titles. This is the 6th year in a row this match has been held and only the 2nd victory for the Oklahomans. News Frank Berry.

6th Annual Red River Shootout
(USA) 27 iv 2008
OKLAHOMA FIDE From Uscf Score Uscf TEXAS
1 FM Movsisyan 2265 Norman 2269 1.5 -.5 2211 Jim Rohrbaugh
2 Sergey Galant 2235 OKC 2167 2 - 0 1971 Ben Wheeler
3 Tom Baunlich 2169 Tulsa 2128 2 - 0 1819 A Gonzalez
4 Taras Odushkin OKC 1993 1 - 1 1727 Carmen Chairez
5 Tom Nichols Pauls Valley 1939 2 - 0 1720 Glenn Baumann
6 Dennis Glascock 1932 Stillwater 1919 1 - 1 1584 Paul Huspeni
7 Mike Crockett 2032 Tulsa 1915 2 - 0 1496 Tom Crane
8 Carl Latino 2039 Stillwater 1883 1 - 1 1475 Ron Burklow
9 WCM Judit Simo 2022 Stillwater 1825 2 - 0 1196 David Wroe
2000 ave1700 ave

24) 4NCL

The final three rounds of the 4NCL took place 3rd-5th 2008. My thanks to Malcolm Armstrong for the games from round 9 and 10. Full results, standings and the final round games will follow next week.

Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/

25) Halkidiki Chess Festival

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. The main open event was won by Miroslav Miljkovic on tie-break from Evgenij Ermenkov, David Zakarian and Antonios Pavlidis. Games from the final round 9 not yet available.

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

Halkidiki Chess Festival
(GRE), 29 iv-5 v 2008
RankSNo.Name RtgFEDPtsRes.FideBH.SB.
15Miljkovic Miroslav DIM2418SRB233½46½33.25
22Ermenkov EvgenijGM2463PLE35½50½35
38Zakarian David 2330ARM34½5230.75
416Pavlidis Antonios 2218GRE13245½31.5
53Georgiev KrumGM2452BUL6031½47½30.25
61Grivas EfstratiosGM2498GRE60314630.25
74Shavtvaladze NikolozIM2437GEO60314830.5
86Sandalakis Angelos 2346GRE033½49½27
911Breahna RaduFM2310ROU02741½21.75
1013Nikolaou Georgios 2271GRE5025½4220.75
1118Ilic Slobodan S 2182SRB502539½21
1228Malikentzos Sotirios 2043GRE5022½40½22
1310Poley VladimirIM2316BLR502237½18.75
1422Ketzetzis Georgios 2068GRE502137½17.25
1512Gergacz AttilaFM2287HUN027½4721.25
167Bayram YakupFM2337TUR02641½19
179Vragoteris AntoniosFM2317GRE0264716
1815Ataman Alper EfeFM2231TUR023½38½17.75
1921Hristodoulou Panagiotis 2092GRE022½4219
2024Kirgeridis Panagiotis 2060GRE018½3516.25
2136Gymnopoulos Konst. 1880GRE016½3411

26) Dutch Junior Championships

The Junior Championships of the Netherlands took place April 25th - May 4th 2008 in the city of Venlo, situated in the province of Limburg, in the southeast of the Netherlands. These championships were held in the age-groups U21, U17 and U15. Per age-group there was a general group and a group for girls.

In some groups playoffs were necessary to determine 5th place, which is the final place that gives players the right to play in the corresponding European championships. News: Piet Boonen.

Details: http://www.lisb.nl/nkjeugd

I've given the games from the boys U21 championships, everything is available at the above website.

ch-NED U21 Venlo NED (NED), 25 iv-3 v 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Pruijssers, Roeland m NED 2413 +16 +7 =3 +4 =2 +13 +5 +9 =6 2568
2. Burg, Twan f NED 2342 +17 =9 =15 +19 =1 =3 +16 +5 =4 2443
3. Van Oosterom, Chiel m NED 2399 +25 +19 =1 +15 -5 =2 =13 +7 +16 2455
4. Otte, Marijn NED 2249 +10 +22 +5 -1 =15 -9 +14 +13 =2 6 2383
5. Swinkels, Robin m NED 2448 +12 +13 -4 +11 +3 =7 -1 -2 +14 2360
6. Bitalzadeh, Ali f NED 2323 +8 =11 -13 =10 +23 -16 +20 +12 =1 2255
7. De Groote, Ewoud NED 2256 +18 -1 =10 +22 +20 =5 =9 -3 +13 2268
8. Ten Hagen, Yorick NED 2124 -6 +28 -19 -14 +25 +21 +22 +11 . 5 2223
9. Laarhoven, Thijs NED 2194 +26 =2 =11 +21 -13 +4 =7 -1 =10 5 2256
10. Kuling, Lody NED 2192 -4 +27 =7 =6 =18 =22 +15 =16 =9 5 2188
11. Kleijn, Christov NED 2198 +27 =6 =9 -5 =14 +19 =12 -8 +23 5 2238
12. Ter Schegget, Bram NED 2143 -5 -21 +17 +26 =19 +15 =11 -6 +18 5 2208
13. Miedema, Roi f NED 2281 +21 -5 +6 +18 +9 -1 =3 -4 -7 2241
14. Op den Kelder, Joram NED 2245 -22 +23 -21 +8 =11 +18 -4 +19 -5 2121
15. Kuipers, Stefan f NED 2319 +23 +24 =2 -3 =4 -12 -10 =17 +25 2204
16. Van Opheusden, Bas NED 2169 -1 -18 +28 +24 +21 +6 -2 =10 -3 2187
17. Goudriaan, Etienne NED 2117 -2 =26 -12 -20 +28 +23 =18 =15 +22 2073
18. Slagter, Ruben NED 1905 -7 +16 +24 -13 =10 -14 =17 +20 -12 4 2123
19. Ootes, Lars NED 2193 +20 -3 +8 -2 =12 -11 +26 -14 =24 4 2128
20. Kampman, Tijmen NED 1967 -19 =25 =22 +17 -7 +24 -6 -18 +27 4 2068
21. Hortensius, Nick NED 1990 -13 +12 +14 -9 -16 -8 -23 +28 +26 4 2095
22. Ten Vergert, Paul NED 1896 +14 -4 =20 -7 +27 =10 -8 =23 -17 2058
23. Nabuurs, Mart NED 2093 -15 -14 +27 +25 -6 -17 +21 =22 -11 2061
24. Haast, Mark NED 2125 +28 -15 -18 -16 +26 -20 =27 =25 =19 2001
25. Van Nies, Pauline NED 2184 -3 =20 =26 -23 -8 =27 +28 =24 -15 3 1989
26. Schwartz,Marc NED ---- -9 =17 =25 -12 -24 +28 -19 =27 -21 1939
27. Nicolai,Amir NED ---- -11 -10 -23 +28 -22 =25 =24 =26 -20 1906
28. De Bock,Rien NED ---- -24 -8 -16 -27 -17 -26 -25 -21 + 1

27) Gausdal GMB

The remaining games from the Gausdal GMB tournament are now available, my thanks to Eirik T. Gullaksen.

28) 3rd Angers Open

The 3rd Angers Open FRA took place 25th-28th April 2008. Vladimir Doncea won with 5.5/6.

Official site: http://echiquierangevin.p8.siteinternet.com/

3rd Angers Open (FRA), 25-27 iv 2008
PlNomElo FedePtsBu.Me.Perf.
1DONCEA Vladimir2441 ROM5,525172593
2COLIN Vincent2408mFRA525172492
3BOURGET Luc1905 FRA4,52415,52180
4PRIMEL Dominique1989 FRA4,52315,52147
5PIANKOV Evgenij2341mUKR4,523152324
6SERAFIMOV Tervel2355 BUL4,521142293
7PREVEL Jean1973 FRA4,521142098
8HADET Emmanuel2010 FRA4,520,513,52124
9SERRALTA Michel2141 FRA4,518,5132082
10SERAFIMOV Dimitar2190 BUL424162185
11DANIEL Jean-Claude1853 FRA422152112
12VION Jean-Francois2105 FRA42113,52018
13CHION Alexandre1952 FRA42113,51896
14RABOUAN Jean-Francois1953 FRA419,512,51930
15PAILHE Lionel2012 FRA419121992
16LEVY Claude1741 FRA418,513,52003
17MAHE Romain2024 FRA418,5121902
18SALVAING Jean-Louis2073 FRA418121946
75 players

29) La Vega

The La Vega tournament took place in the Dominican Republican 29th April - 4th May, 2008. However currently the website: http://www.ajedrezdominicano.com/index.php isn't working so I don't know how the event finished.

30) 18th Massachusetts Game/60 Championship

George Mirijanian reports: The 18th Massachusetts Game/60 Championship took place April 27th 2008 at the Kennedy Senior Center in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Mass., and national master Denys Shmelov of Pepperell, Mass., tied for first place with scores of 3.5-0.5. Sharing the runner-up position with 2.5-1.5 tallies were IM David Vigorito of Lowell, Mass., U.S. Chess Federation-rated expert Gregory Kaden of Wellesley, Mass., and Class A contestant Stuart Finney, 13, of Barrington, Rhode Island. The Massachusetts Chess Association-sponsored tournament drew 72 players in four sections and was directed by USCF senior TD Ken Ballou of Framingham, Mass. He was assisted by fellow senior TD Robert Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire, Steven Frymer of Lexington, Mass., and Nicholas Sterling of Needham, Mass. Complete crosstables are available at: http://masschess.org

31) Forthcoming Events and Links

Aerosvit Tournament

The Aerosvit-2008 tournament takes place in Foros, Crimea 7th-20th June 2008.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm

Aerosvit - Foros (UKR), 7-20 vi 2008
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2740
5 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732
6 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2711
7 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711
8 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2687
9 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2684
10 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2684
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2676
12 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2664

European U18 Team championships

The European U18 Team championships take place 13th-22nd June 2008 in Szeged, Hungary. Szeged is a major town on the South of Hungary on the river Tisza.

Invitation, registration form, bank account number, list of entries and other important information can be found at: http://www.chess.hu/u18etc

13th Pannonia Cup

The 13th Pannonia Cup takes place in Balatonalmádi (Hungary) 30th July - 3rd August 2008 International Open for FIDE ratings (without age limit)

Contact details: Fáncsy Imre: 8222. Balatonalmádi, Gábor Áron u. 15.; HUNGARY E-mail: almadikupa@freemail.hu

Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu

VI Gyorgy Marx Memorial

The VI.Gyorgy Marx Memorial takes place in Paks, Hungary 24th July - 4th August, 2008.

Players: Acs Peter, Aleksander Beliavsky, Berkes Ferenc, Gabriel Sargissian, Daniel Stellwagen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave average:2617 cat XV.

Alongside is the XII.Paks Open 30th Julybv- 3rd August, 2008, 7 rounds, rapid, blitz and children tournaments Apply and information:Vidéki Sándor videkis2001@yahoo.com

Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy

2nd Queenstown Chess Classic 2009

Queenstown Chess Classic takes place in Queenstown, South Island of New Zealand 15th-24th January 2009.

This will be the second such event, the first was held in Jan 2006.

The Tournament promoter is GM Murray Chandler. Over $50,000 (NZ) is being offered in prizes with additional prizes in the Rapid and Blitz events being held on January 25th-26th 2009.

Full details: http://www.queenstownchess.com

Mitropa Cup

The 2008 Mitropa Cup takes place May 24th - June 4th 2008 on the island of Sardinia in the city of Olbia at the Archaeological Museum. It will be a 9 round competition amongst teams from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland in two separate sections, the men's section and the women's section. Each team will be comprised of four men plus one reserve (for the men´s section), two women plus one reserve (for the women´s section), and one team captain. Officials from both the Italian Chess Federation (FSI) and the European Chess Union (ECU) will be present. Live coverage of the games commencing on Sunday May 25th at 15:00 (GMT + 02:00).

Official web site: http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/

8th Znojmo Open

The 8th Znojmo Open takes place 8th-11th May 2008. (7 rounds, rating for FIDE, players irrespective of ELO, prize fund 10 000 CZK) 10th-11th May 2008. The Znojmo Queen - Open Women’s Czech Championship in Active Chess

Contacts: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic, tel./fax + 420 - 466 535 200, mobile phone +420 – 608 203 007 e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz,

Further information: http://www.czechtour.net/znojmo-open/

19th Czech Open

The 19th Czech Open takes place 10th-27th July 2008 (Pardubice, CEZ Arena and Ideon)

THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL CHESS AND GAMES FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD (5908 starts of players from 50 countries in CZECH OPEN 2007!). Open grand master tournament (ELO FIDE >= 2200), Open European Amateurs Championships ( 1800,  2000,  2200), hundreds of other tournaments in chess and also in other games

Contacts: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic, tel./fax +420 - 466 535 200, mobile phone + 420 - 608 203 007, e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz,

Further information: http://www.czechopen.net

8th Savaria Summer

The 8th Savaria Summer International Chess Tournament takes place 14th-22nd August 2008, Szombathely, Hungary

Details: http://sakk.savaria.hu/main.php?Lang=EN

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

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

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

The schedule for Chess Classic Mainz 2008 is now available. The event takes place 27th July - 3rd August 2008 in Mainz/Germany. Anand , Morozevich, Carlsen and Polgar play.

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

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

Voronezh Chess Festival

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

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

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.

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

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            

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.

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

IX European Individual Chess Championship 2008

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.

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