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

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	7½	2771
5.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2716	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	7½	2774
6.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2729	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	0	0	1	1	½	½	6½	2716
7.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2746	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	6½	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	5½	2661
12.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2672	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	1	*	½	0	5½	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
No	Ti	Name	Playoff 15 min + 5 sec				5/4 min Blitz		Score
9	GM	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	b	½	w	½	w	0	1
10	GM	Nyback Tomi	w	½	b	½	b	1	2
Round 2 11.45am
No	Ti	Name	Playoff 15 min + 5 sec				5/4 min Blitz		Score
2	GM	Volkov Sergey	w	½	b	1			1½
	GM	Nyback Tomi	b	½	w	0			½

3	GM	Tregubov Pavel V	b	½	w	½	b	0	1
8	GM	Baklan Vladimir	w	½	b	½	w	1	2

4	GM	Movsesian Sergei	w	1	b	1			2
7	GM	Grachev Boris	b	0	w	0			0

5	GM	L'Ami Erwin	b	0	w	½			½
6	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	w	1	b	½			1½
Round 3 14.30pm
	GM	Volkov Sergey	b	½	w	1			1½
	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	w	½	b	0			½

	GM	Baklan Vladimir	w	0	b	½			½
	GM	Movsesian Sergei	b	1	w	½			1½
Round 4 16.40pm
No	Ti	Name	Playoff 15 min + 5 sec				5/4 min Blitz		Score
	GM	Volkov Sergey	w	0	b	0			0
	GM	Movsessian Sergei	b	1	w	1			2
Tie-break for World Championship qualification 14.30pm
No	Ti	Name	Playoff 15 min + 5 sec				5/4 min Blitz		Score
13	GM	Pavasovic Dusko	b	1	w	½			1½
34	GM	Gurevich Mikhail	w	0	b	½			½

14	GM	Efimenko Zahar	w	0	b	1	b	1	2
33	GM	Markowski Tomasz	b	1	w	0	w	0	1

15	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	b	0	w	1	b	½	2
32	GM	Vajda Levente	w	1	b	0	w	½	1

16	GM	Khalifman Alexander	w	½	b	½	b	½	2
31	GM	Roiz Michael	b	½	w	½	w	½	1

17	GM	Najer Evgeniy	b	1	w	1			2
30	GM	Hracek Zbynek	w	0	b	0			0

18	GM	Mamedov Rauf	w	½	b	½	w	0	1
29	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	b	½	w	½	b	1	2

IX EICC Plovdiv Playoffs w (BUL), 3 v 2008
Women Tie-break match for silver and bronze medal
1st round, start at 11.45
No	Ti	Name	Playoff 15 min + 5 sec				5/4 min Blitz		Score
4	IM	Cmilyte Viktorija	w	1	b	½			1½
7	IM	Dembo Yelena	b	0	w	½			½

5	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	b	0	w	1	w	1	2
6	IM	Skripchenko Almira	w	1	b	0	b	0	1
2nd round, start at 14.30
No	Ti	Name	Playoff 15 min + 5 sec				5/4 min Blitz		Score
2	IM	Ushenina Anna	w	1	b	½			1½
	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	b	0	w	½			½

3	WGM	Zhukova Natalia	b	1	w	0	w	0	1
	IM	Cmylite Viktorija	w	0	b	1	b	1	2
3rd round, start at 16.40
No	Ti	Name	Playoff 15 min + 5 sec				5/4 min Blitz		Score
	IM	Ushenina Anna	b	0	w	1		0	1
	IM	Cmylite Viktorija	w	1	b	0		1	2
Women Tie-break matches for qualification start at 14.30
No	Ti	Name	Playoff 15 min + 5 sec				5/4 min Blitz		Score
13	IM	Danielian Elina	w	1	b	½			1½
16	IM	Socko Monika	b	0	w	½			½

14	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	w	½	b	½	b	1	2
15	WGM	Demina Julia	b	½	w	½	w	0	1

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.

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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	7½	2817
2.	Stellwagen, Daniël	g	NED	2621	½	*	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	6½	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	4½	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	2½	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	7½	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	5½	2541
4.	Gelashvili, Tamaz	g	GEO	2622	0	½	.	*	½	½	.	½	1	1	1	½	5½	2553
5.	Zubarev, Alexander1	g	UKR	2510	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	.	.	½	0	1	4½	2500
6.	Simonian, Hrair	m	ARM	2443	.	.	1	½	½	*	0	½	0	½	1	½	4½	2487
7.	Chibukhchian, Artur	m	ARM	2428	0	0	0	.	½	1	*	1	1	½	½	.	4½	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	3½	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	*	2½	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:
1	Burmakin Vladimir	GM	2615	RUS	8	63½	58	53,25	2700
2	Avrukh Boris	GM	2632	ISR	8	63½	57½	52,50	2677
3	Iturrizaga Eduardo	GM	2534	VEN	8	58½	53½	49,50	2616
4	Haslinger Stewart G	GM	2500	ENG	8	56	51½	47,50	2584
5	Kovalyov Anton	IM	2525	ARG	7½	59	54	46,50	2584
6	Granda Zuniga Julio E	GM	2609	PER	7½	59	53½	46,00	2587
7	Mikhalevski Victor	GM	2597	ISR	7½	57	51½	46,25	2535
8	Leon Hoyos Manuel	IM	2490	MEX	7½	56	51½	43,00	2543
9	Chatalbashev Boris	GM	2605	BUL	7	65½	59½	48,00	2601
10	Levin Felix	GM	2546	GER	7	61	56½	43,25	2574
11	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	GM	2516	ESP	7	61	55½	44,00	2540
12	Matamoros Franco Carlos S.	GM	2515	ECU	7	61	55	45,25	2538
13	Cossin Sebastien	IM	2451	FRA	7	60½	55	41,50	2463
14	Abergel Thal	IM	2520	FRA	7	60	54½	43,25	2525
15	Maze Sebastien	GM	2565	FRA	7	60	54½	42,75	2540
16	Suba Mihai	GM	2487	ROU	7	58½	53½	43,00	2474
17	Rotstein Arkadij	GM	2528	GER	7	58½	53	41,50	2483
18	Paunovic Dragan	GM	2532	SRB	7	57½	52	41,75	2486
19	Movsziszian Karen	GM	2536	ARM	7	57	52	41,50	2482
20	Libiszewski Fabien	IM	2465	FRA	7	56	50½	38,75	2431
21	Petrov Marijan	IM	2489	BUL	7	55½	51	38,00	2389
22	Wang Puchen	IM	2397	NZL	7	55	51	37,50	2414
23	Cori T Deysi	WFM	2208	PER	7	53½	50½	35,00	2345
24	Karlsson Lars	GM	2475	SWE	7	52½	48	38,75	2387
25	Giaccio Alfredo	IM	2464	ARG	7	51½	47	34,50	2286
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:
Nr	Pno	Title	Name	Elo	Pts	T/B	T/B2	T/B3	RC	TPR	W-WE
1	3	GM	Kiriakov, Petr	2545	7	48	36.50	52	2403	2623	0.85
2	1	GM	Shomoev, Anton	2562	7	48	35.50	52.5	2420	2640	0.84
3	2	IM	Smikovski, Ivan	2555	7	44	32.50	48.5	2312	2532	-0.15
4	13	IM	Loskutov, Oleg	2431	6.5		36.50	55.5	2430	2596	2.03
5	5	IM	Yudin, Sergei	2519	6.5		35.00	53	2388	2554	0.47
6	6	IM	Zablotsky, Sergei	2515	6.5		36.50	53	2393	2559	0.6
7	7	GM	Iskusnyh, Sergei	2478	6.5		37.50	53	2430	2596	1.46
8	21	FM	Kolesnikov, Evgeny	2370	6.5		35.00	51	2423	2589	2.66
9	23	FM	Pushkarev, Dmitry	2363	6.5		30.50	45.5	2319	2485	1.49
10	26	FM	Badmatsyrenov, Oleg	2343	6		28.00	50	2298	2423	0.95
11	20	FM	Shkurikhin, Ilia	2371	6		30.00	47.5	2325	2450	1.01
12	16	FM	Dashibalov, Erdem	2408	6		30.50	45.5	2314	2439	0.39
13	25	FM	Klimov, Anton	2351	6		32.00	45.5	2363	2458	1.14
14	11	FM	Bocharov, Ivan	2435	6		30.00	45	2304	2429	-0.06
15	17	IM	Pokazanjev, Nikolai	2405	6		30.50	44	2338	2463	0.71
16	8	GM	Nevostrujev, Vladimir	2469	5.5		33.50	50.5	2387	2467	0.05
17	4	GM	Belozerov, Andrei	2538	5.5		33.00	50	2385	2465	-0.75
18	10	FM	Voinov, Alexandr	2436	5.5		30.00	48.5	2314	2394	-0.47
19	12	IM	Vekshenkov, Nikolai	2432	5.5		32.00	48	2344	2424	-0.04
20	14	IM	Petrukhin, Denis	2420	5.5		31.00	48	2351	2431	0.2
21	53		Dzhumagaliev, Yan	2232	5.5		27.00	48	2362	2442	2.47
22	9		Obolenskikh, Dmitry	2455	5.5		30.00	47	2335	2415	-0.4
23	27	FM	Lavrov, Maxim	2338	5.5		28.50	46	2326	2406	0.87
24	30		Simonov, Stanislav	2317	5.5		31.50	45.5	2330	2410	1.22
25	31	FM	Tuzhik, Artem	2313	5.5		26.50	44.5	2284	2364	0.65
26	19	FM	Nigametzianov, Mikhail	2373	5.5		28.00	44	2268	2348	-0.25
27	46		Barlakov, Arsalan	2263	5.5		29.00	44	2317	2360	1.17
28	22		Kljucharev, Sergey	2367	5.5		27.50	43.5	2287	2367	0.03
29	58		Buldaev, Nikolay	2206	5.5		24.50	42.5	2297	2377	2.07
30	28	FM	Popov, Roman	2338	5.5		27.00	42	2248	2328	-0.05
31	32		Gankin, Stanislav	2308	5.5		25.50	39.5	2181	2261	-0.49
32	73		Tilicheev, Viacheslav	2137	5.5		21.00	39.5	2291	2291	1.41
33	67		Susliakov, Dmitriy	2166	5.5		24.00	37	2311	2311	1.34
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.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	Rp	rtg+/-
1	Bodiroga Predrag	IM	SRB	2405	6,5	37,5	2545	18,9
2	Drazic Sinisa	GM	SRB	2497	6,0	38,0	2510	1,3
3	Loncar Robert	IM	CRO	2441	6,0	37,5	2492	7,1
4	Doric Darko	IM	CRO	2448	6,0	36,0	2514	8,6
5	Martinovic Sasa	FM	CRO	2403	6,0	32,5	2433	5,4
6	Fercec Nenad	GM	CRO	2492	5,5	37,5	2446	-3,9
7	Rukavina Josip	IM	CRO	2398	5,5	37,0	2375	0,4
8	Crepan Marjan	FM	SLO	2349	5,5	36,0	2429	14,1
9	Lovric Branko	FM	CRO	2350	5,5	35,5	2429	14,1
10	Mestrovic Zvonimir	IM	SLO	2328	5,5	34,5	2394	9,3
11	Jovanic Ognjen	GM	CRO	2504	5,0	40,0	2411	-10,1
12	Zufic Miroslav	IM	CRO	2432	5,0	36,5	2408	-2,4
13	Prlac Vedran		CRO	2100	4,5	35,0	2264	21,0
14	Kukina Mario		CRO	1969	4,5	33,0	2241	30,6
15	Mihalj Miroslav M	FM	SRB	2346	4,5	32,5	2172	-19,8
16	Savic Miroslav	FM	CRO	2314	4,5	32,0	2216	-15,0
17	Ljubicic Filip	IM	CRO	2471	4,5	30,0	2172	-26,7
18	Vukovic Ivo	FM	CRO	2243	4,5	29,5	2288	4,5
19	Gradiser Dragoljub		CRO	0	4,5	25,5	2046
20	Franciskovic Vinko		CRO	2099	4,5	24,5	2016	-6,9
21	Nikolov Sasho	IM	BUL	2407	4,0	34,5	2266	-15,1
22	Levar Nenad	FM	CRO	2183	4,0	29,5	2117	-7,7
23	Tomljanovic Goran		CRO	2121	4,0	27,5	1680	-16,6
24	Baljak Jadranko		CRO	0	4,0	24,5	1963
25	Pasalic Enio		CRO	2073	3,5	29,0	2048	-4,8
26	Prpic Ivan		CRO	0	3,5	29,0	2059
27	Masinovic Husein		BIH	0	1,5	26,5	1533
28	Prpic Milan		CRO	0	1,5	25,5	1582
29	Vukelic Miljenko		CRO	0	1,0	22,0	1526

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
Pl	SBr.	Name	Ti	Rtg	FED	Pts	BK.
1	1	Georgiev Kiril	GM	2662	BUL	7½	37½
2	2	Miladinovic Igor	GM	2604	SRB	7	36
3	16	Nestorovic Nikola		2421	SRB	6	39½
4	6	Romanishin Oleg M	GM	2528	UKR	6	38
5	42	Brajovic Radovan	FM	2243	MNE	6	34
6	9	Abramovic Bosko	GM	2499	SRB	6	33
7	4	Drasko Milan	GM	2540	MNE	5½	35½
8	5	Blagojevic Dragisa	GM	2532	MNE	5½	35
9	3	Stojanovic Mihajlo	GM	2555	SRB	5½	34
10	7	Rusev Krasimir	IM	2521	BUL	5½	32½
11	13	Jakovljevic Vlado	IM	2453	BIH	5½	32
12	22	Certic Branimir	IM	2377	SRB	5	37
13	18	Miron Lucian-Costin	FM	2408	ROU	5	35
14	28	Nikac Predrag		2355	MNE	5	34½
15	11	Rajkovic Dusan	GM	2494	SRB	5	33
16	14	Solomunovic Igor	FM	2442	GER	5	30½
17	20	Todorovic Goran N	IM	2396	SRB	5	28½
18	8	Milanovic Danilo	IM	2510	SRB	4½	37½
19	27	Krivokapic Marko		2362	MNE	4½	36
20	26	Pancevski Filip		2366	MKD	4½	33½
21	24	Marinkovic Slavisa	IM	2373	SRB	4½	33
22	36	Katanic-Vujic Petar	FM	2320	SRB	4½	32
23	30	Panic Nenad		2348	SRB	4½	30
24	12	Arsovic Zoran	IM	2467	SRB	4½	29½
25	10	Stojanovic Dalibor	IM	2496	BIH	4½	27
26	15	Jacimovic Dragoljub	GM	2426	MKD	4	34
27	34	Milanovic Slavisa		2329	MNE	4	32½
28	29	Sekulic Dusan	FM	2351	SRB	4	29½
29	38	Vujic Mihailo	FM	2310	SRB	4	29
30	33	Dabetic Radojica	FM	2333	MNE	4	29
31	21	Lekic Dusan	IM	2386	MNE	4	28
32	44	Vojinovic Jovana	WIM	2207	MNE	4	28
33	17	Mehmeti Dritan	IM	2419	ALB	4	27½
34	23	Dragojlovic Andjelko	IM	2377	SRB	3½	30
35	39	Krstic Petar		2302	SRB	3½	29
36	43	Mijovic Stefan		2238	MNE	3½	28½
37	32	Jovanovic Zoran Z	FM	2343	SRB	3	28½
38	37	Rama Lorenc	FM	2316	ALB	3	28½
39	41	Damjanovic Dragan	FM	2301	SRB	3	24
40	19	Kalezic Blazo	IM	2405	MNE	2½	32
41	40	Stanojevic Branko	IM	2301	SRB	2½	27½
42	31	Boshku Harallamb	FM	2345	ALB	2½	25½
43	25	Kontic Djordjije	IM	2367	MNE	2½	24½
44	35	Vulevic Vjekoslav	FM	2324	SUI	½	32½

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.	SNr	Name		Elo	FED	Pkte	BH
1	1	Ovsejevitsch Sergei	GM	2581	UKR	7	50
	5	Farago Ivan	GM	2470	HUN	7	50
3	2	Shengelia Davit	GM	2549	GEO	7	49½
4	7	Neubauer Martin	IM	2446	AUT	6½	49½
5	4	Van Der Weide Karel	GM	2482	NED	6½	49
	8	Ardeleanu Alin	IM	2415	ROU	6½	49
7	11	Dittmar Peter	FM	2338	GER	6½	48
8	6	Belezky Alexander Dr	IM	2454	UKR	6½	47
9	10	Mantovani Renzo	IM	2354	ITA	6½	44
10	24	Johnsen Gunnar		2186	NOR	6½	42½
11	20	Schiendorfer Emanuel		2208	SUI	6½	41½
12	45	Gaehwiler Gabriel		2044	SUI	6	43
13	42	Maurer Fritz		2050	SUI	6	41½
14	9	Bronznik Valerij	IM	2373	UKR	6	41
15	17	Zeltwanger Andree		2242	GER	5½	46½
16	3	Siebrecht Sebastian	IM	2490	GER	5½	45½
17	16	Keller Manfred	CM	2244	GER	5½	45½
18	14	Habibi Ali	IM	2264	GER	5½	45½
19	15	Grabher Heinz	FM	2258	AUT	5½	44½
20	19	Prakken Gerrit	FM	2218	NED	5½	43½
21	25	Kozlov Alexander		2167	GER	5½	43½
22	13	Peredy Ferenc	IM	2268	HUN	5½	42½
23	31	Donovan Linton		2123	BEL	5½	42½
24	22	Bhend Edwin	IM	2202	SUI	5½	39
25	26	Frick Renato		2153	LIE	5½	36½
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
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	ELO	Pts
1	Maiorov, Nikita	GM	BLR	2524	6.5
2	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	GM	UKR	2538	6.5
3	Meijers, Viesturs	GM	LAT	2507	6
4	Dobrev, Nanko	IM	BUL	2402	5.5
5	Lazic, Miroljub	GM	SRB	2539	5.5
6	Kasparov, Sergey	GM	BLR	2481	5.5
7	Salvador, Roland	IM	PHI	2450	5.5
8	Brancaleoni, Maurizio	FM	ITA	2207	5
9	Gladyszev, Oleg	IM	RUS	2497	5
10	Van Hoolandt, Patrick	FM	MNC	2183	5
11	Naumkin, Igor	GM	RUS	2494	4.5
12	Mrdja, Milan	IM	CRO	2360	4.5
13	Kasparova, Tatiana	WIM	BLR	2147	4.5
14	Kragelj, Igor	FM	SLO	2207	4.5
15	Andonov, Bogomil	IM	BUL	2334	4.5
16	Stromboli, Carlo	-M	ITA	2266	4.5
17	Bentivegna, Francesco	FM	ITA	2361	4
18	Damia, Angelo	-M	ITA	2301	4
19	Stromboli, Ettore	-M	ITA	2328	4
20	Abatino, Maurizio	FM	ITA	2168	3.5
21	Codenotti, Marco	CM	ITA	2063	3.5
22	Cordì, Domenico	CM	ITA	2047	3
23	Blasco, Domenico	-M	ITA	2025	3
24	Scerbo, Antonio (*)	-M	ITA	2092	0

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	7½	2540
3.	Martinovic, Slobodan	g	SRB	2449	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	6½	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	5½	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	4½	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	4½	2627
2.	Mongontuul, Bathuyag	wg	MGL	2402	1	*	1	.	.	.	.	0	.	½	.	1	.	3½	2561
3.	Morozov, Grigoriy	f	RUS	2357	.	0	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	1	.	1	3½	2573
4.	Okara, Andrey	f	RUS	2407	.	.	.	*	0	.	½	.	1	.	1	.	1	3½	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	.	2½	2423
8.	Gavrilov, Alexei1	m	RUS	2456	0	1	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	0	.	.	1	2½	2383
9.	Bagirov, Rufat	g	AZE	2488	½	.	.	0	1	0	½	.	*	.	.	½	.	2½	2356
10.	Chernobay, Artem		RUS	2416	0	½	0	.	.	½	.	1	.	*	.	½	.	2½	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	6½	2623
2.	Sveshnikov, Evgeny	g	LAT	2506	½	*	1	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	5½	2529
3.	Khusnutdinov, Rustam	m	KAZ	2452	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	5½	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	4½	2455
7.	Khruschiov, Alexey	g	MDA	2504	0	½	0	0	½	1	*	½	1	1	4½	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	2½	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	7½	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	6½	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	5½	2418
9.	Faizulaev, Akmal		UZB	2267	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	*	1	½	1	4½	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
Rank	PNo	Name	Score	Title	Buchholz	PS	SB
1	11	SCARELLA, Enrique Alejandr	4,5	IM	16,5	14,5	14,5
2	12	PERELMAN, Hernan	4,5		16	14	14
3	13	IERMITO, Sebastian	4,5	FM	15,5	13,5	13,5
4	1	ZARNICKI, Pablo	4	GM	18	12,5	13,75
5	14	QUIROGA, Facundo	4	IM	17	13	12,5
6	22	PEREZ PIETRONAVE, Carlos	4		16	12	11,5
7	6	LIASCOVICH, Lucas	4	IM	15,5	13,5	11,25
8	10	PERDOMO, Carlos Andres	4	IM	15,5	13	11,75
9	18	CALDERON FERNANDEZ, Gervas	4		15,5	12,5	11,75
10	4	MAHIA, Gustavo	4	FM	15,5	12	11,25
11	2	MARECO, Sandro	4	IM	15,5	12	11,5
12	7	BARRIONUEVO, Pablo	4	FM	15	12,5	11,75
13	15	BLIT, Jacques	4		15	12,5	11,25
14	5	ALONSO, Salvador	4	IM	14,5	12	11,25
15	9	AGUILAR, Juan	3,5	FM	16,5	12,5	10
16	8	TRISTAN, Leonardo	3,5		16	12,5	10
17	17	PEREZ PONSA, Federico	3,5	FM	16	11,5	8.5
18	21	SPATA, German	3,5		15	11,5	9.5
19	3	QUINTEROS, Miguel A.	3,5	GM	15	11,5	8.5
20	37	PLAZAOLA, Maria De Los Ang	3,5	WFM	14,5	10,5	8.75
21	20	MALBRAN, Guillermo	3,5	IM	13,5	11,5	9.0
22	25	CATELLI, Hernan	3,5		12,5	10	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 ave				1700 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
Rank	SNo.	Name		Rtg	FED	Pts	Res.	Fide	BH.	SB.
1	5	Miljkovic Miroslav D	IM	2418	SRB	6½	2	33½	46½	33.25
2	2	Ermenkov Evgenij	GM	2463	PLE	6½	1½	35½	50½	35
3	8	Zakarian David		2330	ARM	6½	1½	34½	52	30.75
4	16	Pavlidis Antonios		2218	GRE	6½	1	32	45½	31.5
5	3	Georgiev Krum	GM	2452	BUL	6	0	31½	47½	30.25
6	1	Grivas Efstratios	GM	2498	GRE	6	0	31	46	30.25
7	4	Shavtvaladze Nikoloz	IM	2437	GEO	6	0	31	48	30.5
8	6	Sandalakis Angelos		2346	GRE	5½	0	33½	49½	27
9	11	Breahna Radu	FM	2310	ROU	5½	0	27	41½	21.75
10	13	Nikolaou Georgios		2271	GRE	5	0	25½	42	20.75
11	18	Ilic Slobodan S		2182	SRB	5	0	25	39½	21
12	28	Malikentzos Sotirios		2043	GRE	5	0	22½	40½	22
13	10	Poley Vladimir	IM	2316	BLR	5	0	22	37½	18.75
14	22	Ketzetzis Georgios		2068	GRE	5	0	21	37½	17.25
15	12	Gergacz Attila	FM	2287	HUN	4½	0	27½	47	21.25
16	7	Bayram Yakup	FM	2337	TUR	4½	0	26	41½	19
17	9	Vragoteris Antonios	FM	2317	GRE	4½	0	26	47	16
18	15	Ataman Alper Efe	FM	2231	TUR	4½	0	23½	38½	17.75
19	21	Hristodoulou Panagiotis		2092	GRE	4½	0	22½	42	19
20	24	Kirgeridis Panagiotis		2060	GRE	4½	0	18½	35	16.25
21	36	Gymnopoulos Konst.		1880	GRE	4½	0	16½	34	11

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	7½	2568
2.	Burg, Twan	f	NED	2342	+17	=9	=15	+19	=1	=3	+16	+5	=4	6½	2443
3.	Van Oosterom, Chiel	m	NED	2399	+25	+19	=1	+15	-5	=2	=13	+7	+16	6½	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	5½	2360
6.	Bitalzadeh, Ali	f	NED	2323	+8	=11	-13	=10	+23	-16	+20	+12	=1	5½	2255
7.	De Groote, Ewoud		NED	2256	+18	-1	=10	+22	+20	=5	=9	-3	+13	5½	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	4½	2241
14.	Op den Kelder, Joram		NED	2245	-22	+23	-21	+8	=11	+18	-4	+19	-5	4½	2121
15.	Kuipers, Stefan	f	NED	2319	+23	+24	=2	-3	=4	-12	-10	=17	+25	4½	2204
16.	Van Opheusden, Bas		NED	2169	-1	-18	+28	+24	+21	+6	-2	=10	-3	4½	2187
17.	Goudriaan, Etienne		NED	2117	-2	=26	-12	-20	+28	+23	=18	=15	+22	4½	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	3½	2058
23.	Nabuurs, Mart		NED	2093	-15	-14	+27	+25	-6	-17	+21	=22	-11	3½	2061
24.	Haast, Mark		NED	2125	+28	-15	-18	-16	+26	-20	=27	=25	=19	3½	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	2½	1939
27.	Nicolai,Amir		NED	----	-11	-10	-23	+28	-22	=25	=24	=26	-20	2½	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
Pl	Nom	Elo		Fede	Pts	Bu.	Me.	Perf.
1	DONCEA Vladimir	2441		ROM	5,5	25	17	2593
2	COLIN Vincent	2408	m	FRA	5	25	17	2492
3	BOURGET Luc	1905		FRA	4,5	24	15,5	2180
4	PRIMEL Dominique	1989		FRA	4,5	23	15,5	2147
5	PIANKOV Evgenij	2341	m	UKR	4,5	23	15	2324
6	SERAFIMOV Tervel	2355		BUL	4,5	21	14	2293
7	PREVEL Jean	1973		FRA	4,5	21	14	2098
8	HADET Emmanuel	2010		FRA	4,5	20,5	13,5	2124
9	SERRALTA Michel	2141		FRA	4,5	18,5	13	2082
10	SERAFIMOV Dimitar	2190		BUL	4	24	16	2185
11	DANIEL Jean-Claude	1853		FRA	4	22	15	2112
12	VION Jean-Francois	2105		FRA	4	21	13,5	2018
13	CHION Alexandre	1952		FRA	4	21	13,5	1896
14	RABOUAN Jean-Francois	1953		FRA	4	19,5	12,5	1930
15	PAILHE Lionel	2012		FRA	4	19	12	1992
16	LEVY Claude	1741		FRA	4	18,5	13,5	2003
17	MAHE Romain	2024		FRA	4	18,5	12	1902
18	SALVAING Jean-Louis	2073		FRA	4	18	12	1946
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

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

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

Aerosvit Tournament

European U18 Team championships

13th Pannonia Cup

VI Gyorgy Marx Memorial

2nd Queenstown Chess Classic 2009

Mitropa Cup

8th Znojmo Open

19th Czech Open

8th Savaria Summer

French League Top 16

8th PAL/CSS Freestyle Tournament

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup

Voronezh Chess Festival

Arctic Chess Challenge

6th Solingen Chess Weeks

Ikaros Chess Festival

Cez Chess Trophy.

Leko - Carlsen Match

European Union Championships, Liverpool 2008

8th Brno Chess Festival

VII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2008

Brussels International Chess Festival

III President's Cup Baku

Magistral Ciudad de León

Dvoretsky-Jussupow Chess School in Paris

World Championship Match Anand vs Kramnik in Bonn

FIDE Grand Prix Events

British Chess Championships 2008

Canadian Open

2nd Thun Open

Cidade de Ferrol International

X Sants Open

Yerevan Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2008

The 8th European Senior Championship

Paleochora International Open 2008

The Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival 2008

XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra

Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2008

Alushta Diary 2008

M-Tel Masters

IX European Individual Chess Championship 2008

Pula Open 2008

echiquier-nicois Website

Hungarian Chess Tournaments April - June 2008

Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match

Mindsports

Etienne Bacrot's Website

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones