THE WEEK IN CHESS 705 12th May 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Holger Lieske, Chris Bird, Jan Mazuch, Miklos Orso, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Mikhail Golubev, Gerard Demuydt, Jordan Jordanov, Efstratios Grivas, Robert Fontaine, Per Rasmussen, Malcolm Armstrong and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Vassily Ivanchuk is giving a real exhibition at the MTel Masters in Sofia. The mercurial Ukrainian player has started with a perfect 5/5 in the first half of the event and with more whites than blacks in the second half a plus score might reasonably be expected in that half too. Last year he was in Cuba playing and winning the Capablanca Memorial, this event is also on but coverage is sadly restricted to results at the moment.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) MTel 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 the event of a tie for first a tie break will be employed. As in the previous three editions of the M-Tel Masters the Sofia rules concerning draws will apply. Players cannot offer draws and a game can only be declared drawn by the Chief Arbiter.

Official site: http://www.mtelmasters.com
Other coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com - http://www.chessclub.com/ with on the spot videos and photo reports - http://en.chessfish.com/ and http://www.chessdom.com

4th M-Tel Masters Sofia (BUL), 8-18 v 2008										cat. XX (2738)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2740	*	*	1	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	4
2.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2767	0	.	*	*	½	.	1	.	1	.	.	.	2½	2832
3.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2751	0	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	1½	2657
4.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2763	.	.	0	.	½	.	*	*	½	.	½	.	1½	2643
5.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2696	0	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	*	1	.	1½	2657
6.	Bu Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2708	0	.	.	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	*	*	1	2544

Round 1 (May 8, 2008)
Radjabov, Teimour	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	48	E15	Queens Indian
Aronian, Levon	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	60	E00	Catalan
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Bu Xiangzhi	1-0	55	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 2 (May 9, 2008)
Topalov, Veselin	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	43	C11	French Defence
Aronian, Levon	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	46	D11	Slav Defence
Bu Xiangzhi	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	45	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 3 (May 10, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Bu Xiangzhi	1-0	32	A11	Reti Opening
Radjabov, Teimour	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	56	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	38	C11	French Defence
Round 4 (May 11, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Cheparinov, Ivan	1-0	40	E99	King's Indian Classical
Radjabov, Teimour	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	26	A17	English Opening
Bu Xiangzhi	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	36	D11	Slav Defence

3) Capablanca Memorial

The 43rd Torneo Capablanca In Memoriam takes place in La Habana (Cuba) 8th - 17th May 2008, category 15 average 2602. Coverage has thus far only been in the Cuban newspapers. Below are the first three rounds of results. Games not yet available.

43rd Capablanca Memorial Havana CUB (CUB), 8-17 v 2008												cat. XV (2605)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Dominguez Perez, Lenier	g	CUB	2695	*	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	1	.	2	2761
2.	Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter	g	CUB	2534	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	1	½	.	2	2709
3.	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2609	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	1	2	2706
4.	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2608	.	.	½	*	½	½	.	.	.	.	1½	2631
5.	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	2649	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	1½	2623
6.	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2635	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	½	.	1½	2642
7.	Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus	g	CUB	2559	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	1½	2556
8.	Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	g	CUB	2568	.	0	½	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	1	2442
9.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2625	0	½	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	1	2496
10.	Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	g	CUB	2567	.	.	0	.	½	.	½	.	.	*	1	2480

Round 1 (May 8, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	1-0
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	- Tiviakov, Sergei	½-½
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus	- Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter	½-½
Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	- Khenkin, Igor	½-½
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	- Amonatov, Farrukh	½-½
Round 2 (May 9, 2008)
Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½
Khenkin, Igor	- Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	1-0
Amonatov, Farrukh	- Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	½-½
Tiviakov, Sergei	- Dominguez Perez, Lenier	½-½
Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus	- Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	½-½
Round 3 (May 10, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier	- Amonatov, Farrukh	½-½
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	- Khenkin, Igor	½-½
Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	- Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter	0-1
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Tiviakov, Sergei	½-½
Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	- Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus	½-½

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/

4) Kaupthing Open

The Kaupthing Open takes place 10th-17th May 2008 in the the Woiwer Sports Center, Differdange, Luxembourg. Players include: Bartosz Socko, Andrei Istratescu and Christian Bauer.

Official site: http://www.lecavalier.lu/Kaupthing-Open-2008.htm

Kaupthing Open Differdange (LUX), 10-17 v 2008
Pl	Player	Ti	TWZ	NAT	Pts	PktSu	Buchh
1	Drozdovskij,Yuri	GM	2581	UKR	3.5	9	9.5
2	Edouard,Romain	IM	2509	FRA	3.5	9	9
3	Stefansson,Hannes	GM	2583	ISL	3.5	8.5	10
4	Danielsen,Henrik	GM	2510	ISL	3.5	8.5	9.5
5	Istratescu,Andrei	GM	2628	ROU	3.5	8.5	9
5	Gupta,Abhijeet	IM	2521	IND	3.5	8.5	9
7	Feller,Sebastien	GM	2540	FRA	3.5	8.5	8
8	Dzagnidze,Nana	IM	2443	GEO	3	9	9.5
9	Velicka,Petr	GM	2496	CZE	3	8.5	11
10	Kritz,Leonid	GM	2609	GER	3	8.5	9
10	Negi,Parimarjan	GM	2514	IND	3	8.5	9
12	Zdebskaja,Natalia	WGM	2368	UKR	3	7.5	10
13	Gharamian,Tigran	IM	2554	FRA	3	7.5	8.5
14	Risch,Michel		2017	LUX	3	7	9.5
15	Schlosser,Philipp	GM	2563	GER	3	7	9
16	Thorhallsson,Thro	GM	2437	ISL	3	7	7
16	Nebolsina,Vera	WGM	2345	RUS	3	7	7
18	Johannesson,Ingva	FM	2344	ISL	3	7	6
19	Siebrecht,Sebasti	IM	2493	GER	2.5	8	11
20	Socko,Monika	IM	2505	POL	2.5	8	10.5
21	Kristjansson,Stef	IM	2485	ISL	2.5	8	10
22	Frolyanov,Dmitry	GM	2553	RUS	2.5	7.5	10
23	Papadopoulos,Ioan	IM	2471	GRE	2.5	7.5	9.5
24	Degtiarev,Evgeny	FM	2350	GER	2.5	7.5	9
25	Gunnarsson,Jon Vi	IM	2431	ISL	2.5	6.5	9.5
25	Tania,Sachdev	IM	2423	IND	2.5	6.5	9.5
25	Faibisovich,Vadim	IM	2421	RUS	2.5	6.5	9.5
28	Thorfinnsson,Bjor	FM	2417	ISL	2.5	6.5	8
29	Berend,Fred	IM	2350	LUX	2.5	6.5	7.5
30	Ajrapetjan,Yuriy	GM	2504	UKR	2.5	6.5	7.5
31	Marzolo,Cyril	IM	2476	FRA	2.5	6.5	7
32	Delorme,Axel	FM	2377	FRA	2.5	6	7.5
33	Bauer,Christian	GM	2619	FRA	2.5	5	8
34	Raykhman,Alexande		2242	GER	2.5	5	7.5
85 players

5) Gyumri International

The Gyumri International took place in Armenia 25th April - 6th May 2008. Arman Pashikian won the event with 9/11. Games from the final two rounds not yet available.

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	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	9	2744
2.	Bagaturov, Giorgi	g	GEO	2473	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	7	2590
3.	Gelashvili, Tamaz	g	GEO	2622	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	7	2576
4.	Vorobiov, Evgeny E	g	RUS	2536	½	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2547
5.	Zubarev, Alexander1	g	UKR	2510	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	6½	2549
6.	Chibukhchian, Artur	m	ARM	2428	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2492
7.	Simonian, Hrair	m	ARM	2443	0	½	½	1	½	0	*	½	1	½	0	½	5	2454
8.	Babujian, Levon	m	ARM	2413	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	0	1	4½	2428
9.	Melkumyan, Hrant	m	ARM	2534	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	4½	2417
10.	Kalashian, David		ARM	2439	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	4	2389
11.	Hayrapetian, Arman	m	ARM	2414	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	*	0	3½	2360
12.	Gabrielian, Artur	m	RUS	2494	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	*	3	2311

6) Predojevic - Dukic Match

Borki Predojevic beat Nikola Ðukic 2.5-1.5 in a match following the Sozina Open in Bar (Crna Gora) 7th-10th April 2008.

Coverage at http://www.sozina.org

7) Victory Day Tournament Moscow

The "Victory Day" Tournament took place at the Russian State Social University (RGSU) in Moscow. 24th April - 6th May 2008. Mikhail Krylov won the event with 10/12.

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	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.0	2692
2.	Mongontuul, Bathuyag	wg	MGL	2402	1	*	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	7.5	2515
3.	Bagirov, Rufat	g	AZE	2488	½	1	*	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	7.0	2470
4.	Okara, Andrey	f	RUS	2407	½	½	1	*	1	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	1	6.5	2448
5.	Khruschiov, Alexey	g	MDA	2514	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	1	½	1	0	0	1	6.5	2439
6.	Chernobay, Artem		RUS	2416	0	½	1	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	6.5	2448
7.	Gavrilov, Alexei1	m	RUS	2456	0	1	0	1	0	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	6.0	2415
8.	Reshetnikov, Alexey	f	RUS	2402	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	5.5	2391
9.	Komliakov, Viktor	g	MDA	2444	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	5.5	2387
10.	Konovalov, Nikolay	m	RUS	2426	0	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	5.5	2389
11.	Paveliev, Alexey	m	RUS	2392	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	5.0	2364
12.	Morozov, Grigoriy	f	RUS	2357	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	½	0	0	0	*	1	4.0	2299
13.	Manakova, Maria	wg	SRB	2332	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	2.5	2196

8) II Magistral Colonia

The II Magistral Colonia took place in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay 4th-9th May 2008. Guillermo Soppe won with 6.5/9.

http://www.escaque.blogspot.com/

II Magistral de Colonia Colonia del Sacramento URU (URU), 4-9 v 2008												cat. III (2317)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Soppe, Guillermo	m	ARG	2417	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2471
2.	Bertona, Fernando		ARG	2425	½	*	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	5½	2384
3.	Valiente, Cristobal	m	PAR	2267	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	2365
4.	Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	m	URU	2420	½	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	½	1	5	2348
5.	Riverol, Jose		URU	2275	0	1	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	5	2364
6.	Menna Barreto, Luiz Ney	f	BRA	2314	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	4½	2317
7.	Rodriguez, Santiago		URU	2204	0	0	½	1	1	½	*	0	0	1	4	2286
8.	Larrea, Manuel	f	URU	2342	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	*	½	1	4	2271
9.	Oddone, Cristhian		URU	2235	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	*	0	3½	2246
10.	Ippoliti, Horacio		ARG	2270	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	*	2	2102

9) 6th Solingen Chess Weeks

The 6th Solingen Chess Weeks takes place in Solingen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 9th-17th May 2008.

Official site: http://www.schachwochen.de/

Solinger Schachwochen A (GER), 9-12 v 2008 Round 6 of 7 Standings
Pl	Player	Ti	TWZ	NAT	Pts	Buchh	BuSumm
1	Saulin, Dmitrij	IM	2404	RUS	5	23.5	127.5
2	Souleidis, Georgi	IM	2412	GRE	5	22.5	128.5
3	Mladenov, Svetlin		2328	BUL	4.5	22.5	124.5
4	Mainka, Romuald	GM	2480	GER	4.5	22.5	121.5
5	Wegerle, Jörg	FM	2415	GER	4.5	22	123
6	Rotstein, Jefim	FM	2390	GER	4.5	22	121
7	Krieg, Nikolaj		2299	GER	4	23.5	121
8	Klundt, Klaus	IM	2378	GER	4	22	120.5
9	Rudolph, Anna	WIM	2286	GER	4	21.5	116.5
10	Wigger, Jochen		2287	GER	4	21.5	114.5
11	Rezasade, Amir		2268	GER	4	21	118
12	Schumacher, Gottf		2132	GER	4	20	114
13	Livner, Anders	FM	2306	SWE	4	18	115
14	Werthebach, Felix		2148	GER	3.5	21.5	116.5
15	Krug, Kevin		2183	GER	3.5	21	119.5
16	Volkov, Mykyta		2084	GER	3.5	19.5	114
17	Balduan, Markus	FM	2324	GER	3.5	19	116.5
18	Skutta, Dr. Bernd		2077	GER	3.5	18.5	107
19	Eulering, Georg		2049		3.5	16.5	103
20	van Ackeren, Fran		2075	GER	3.5	16	104.5
21	Nowik, Volker		2196	GER	3.5	15.5	106.5
52 players

10) 2nd Thun Open

The 2nd "Rathaus Open takes place in Thun, Switzerland, May 9th-12th 2008. Mihajl Stojanovic and Richard Gerber lead on 5/6 going into the final round although both have the black pieces in round 7.

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

11) Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft

The Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2008 took place in Ditzingen, South-Germany 1st-4th May 2008, Andrey Sumets took first place on tie-break from Thomas Luther after both scored 6/7.

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

Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft A Ditzingen (GER), 1-4 v 2008
Pl	Player	Ti	NAT	TWZ	Pts	Buchh
1	Sumets,Andrey	GM	UKR	2532	6	30
2	Luther,Thomas	GM	GER	2539	6	29.5
3	Rau,Hannes	IM	GER	2424	5.5	31
4	Schebler,Gerhard	GM	GER	2442	5.5	30.5
5	Lammers,Markus		GER	2371	5.5	26.5
6	Tuncer,Ufuk	FM	TUR	2306	5.5	23
7	Gutman,Lev	GM	GER	2484	5	30
8	Eisenbeiser,Amadeus	FM	GER	2422	5	28
9	Reinhart,Emmanuel	FM	FRA	2298	5	27.5
10	Hirneise,Tobias	FM	GER	2382	5	26.5
11	Schlötzer,Waldemar		GER	2268	5	26.5
12	Jussupow,Ekaterina		GER	2046	5	26.5
13	Ringoir,Tanguy		BEL	2252	5	26
14	Reefschläger,Helmut,Dr.	IM	GER	2295	5	24
15	Strunski,Andreas		GER	2271	5	21
16	Kunz,Konstantin		GER	2198	4.5	28.5
17	Kabisch,Thilo		GER	2284	4.5	26.5
18	Barthel,Ansgar		GER	2258	4.5	25.5
19	Dudek,Richard		GER	2256	4.5	25
20	Zhou,Syang		GER	2027	4.5	25
21	Krockenberger,Martin	FM	GER	2220	4.5	24.5
22	Schulte,Torsten		GER	2185	4.5	24.5
23	Meyner,Hannes		GER	2146	4.5	24
24	Häcker,Alexander		GER	2234	4.5	24
25	Kaplunov,Vadym		GER	1967	4.5	23.5
26	Schuh,Karsten		GER	2244	4.5	22.5
27	Fiderer,Lukas		GER	2065	4.5	22
28	Hottes,Dieter		GER	2208	4.5	20.5
115 players

12) 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. 12 games from rounds 2-6 now available.

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/

13) 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.	Sjugirov, Sanan	m	RUS	2492	*	1	½	1	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	1	1	.	5	2560
2.	Duong The Anh	f	VIE	2403	0	*	½	1	.	.	½	.	.	½	1	.	1	.	4½	2530
3.	Prohaszka, Peter2	m	HUN	2506	½	½	*	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	1	1	.	4½	2492
4.	Boros, Denes	m	HUN	2457	0	0	1	*	.	.	1	.	0	1	1	.	.	.	4	2484
5.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2496	.	.	.	.	*	½	1	.	½	½	0	.	½	1	4	2462
6.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2548	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	0	½	½	.	1	½	1	4	2459
7.	Solomon, Kenny	m	RSA	2317	1	½	½	0	0	.	*	1	.	.	.	½	.	.	3½	2445
8.	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	f	VIE	2482	½	.	.	.	.	1	0	*	½	½	0	.	.	1	3½	2429
9.	Akesson, Ralf	g	SWE	2466	.	.	.	1	½	½	.	½	*	.	.	0	0	1	3½	2422
10.	Bui Vinh	m	VIE	2448	.	½	.	0	½	½	.	½	.	*	.	½	.	1	3½	2427
11.	Hendriks, Willy	m	NED	2411	.	0	0	0	1	.	.	1	.	.	*	½	.	1	3½	2421
12.	Wittmann, Walter	m	AUT	2279	0	.	0	.	.	0	½	.	1	½	½	*	.	.	2½	2353
13.	Pesotsky, Vitaly	m	UKR	2371	0	0	0	.	½	½	.	.	1	.	.	.	*	0	2	2304
14.	Taylor, Timothy	m	USA	2326	.	.	.	.	0	0	.	0	0	0	0	.	1	*	1	2151

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	.	.	½	1	1	.	1	.	1	.	.	5½	2644
2.	Petr('a)n, P('a)l	m	HUN	2347	.	*	1	½	½	.	.	1	½	.	1	.	1	.	5½	2501
3.	Liu Qingnan		CHN	2344	0	0	*	.	.	1	1	.	.	1	1	.	.	1	5	2411
4.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2267	.	½	.	*	.	½	½	.	½	.	1	.	1	½	4½	2387
5.	Werner, Dimo	m	GER	2300	.	½	.	.	*	½	½	.	½	½	1	.	.	1	4½	2382
6.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2358	½	.	0	½	½	*	.	½	.	1	.	1	.	.	4	2273
7.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2240	0	.	0	½	½	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	1	.	3½	2217
8.	Pasalic, Harun		BIH	2215	0	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	1	½	.	½	1	.	3½	2235
9.	Zimmerman, Yuri	m	RUS	2332	.	½	.	½	½	.	.	0	*	.	½	.	½	.	2½	2204
10.	Sankalp, Modwal		IND	2138	0	.	0	.	½	0	½	½	.	*	.	½	.	.	2	2093
11.	Horvath, Andras	f	HUN	2272	.	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	1	½	.	2	2116
12.	Zalkind, Konstantin	f	ISR	2164	0	.	.	.	.	0	0	½	.	½	0	*	.	1	2	2076
13.	Tate, Alan		SCO	2167	.	0	.	0	.	.	0	0	½	.	½	.	*	½	1½	2048
14.	Sondermann, Johannes		GER	2279	.	.	0	½	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	½	*	1	2008

14) Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial

The Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial took place in Split, Croatia 28th April - 6th May 2008. Sinisa Drazic took clear first place with 6.5/9. Games from the first two rounds are not available.

http://www.a1split.hr/index.html

Father Ivan Cvitanovic Mem Split CRO (CRO), 28 iv-6 v 2008												cat. VIII (2434)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Drazic, Sinisa	g	SRB	2497	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½	2592
2.	Doric, Darko	m	CRO	2448	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2557
3.	Polak, Tomas	g	CZE	2553	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2545
4.	Martinovic, Sasa	f	CRO	2403	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	5	2480
5.	Sax, Gyula	g	HUN	2502	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	0	1	5	2469
6.	Bilobrk, Franjo	m	CRO	2370	0	½	½	½	0	*	0	1	1	½	4	2397
7.	Fodor, Tamas jr	f	HUN	2432	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	4	2390
8.	Ljubicic, Filip	m	CRO	2471	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	0	3½	2349
9.	Plenkovic, Zdenko	f	CRO	2370	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	*	1	2½	2274
10.	Zelic, Mladen	f	CRO	2290	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	*	2½	2283

15) Copa Ciudad De Berazategui

The 3rd Cup Berazategui took place 1st-6th May 2008. Alejandro Enrique Scarella won on tie-break from Sebastian Iermito after both scored 6/7.

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

3rd Cup Berazategui (ARG), 1-6 v 2008 Final Round 7 Standings
Pl	PNo	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	Buchholz	PS	SB
1	11	Scarella, Enrique Alejandro	m	ARG	2349	6	31,5	26	26,25
2	13	Iermito, Sebastian	f	ARG	2339	6	31	24,5	25,75
3	1	Zarnicki, Pablo	g	ARG	2515	5,5	33	22,5	24,75
4	17	Perez Ponsa, Federico	f	ARG	2281	5,5	32,5	21,5	22,25
5	12	Perelman, Hernan		ARG	2343	5,5	32	24	23,25
6	6	Liascovich, Lucas	m	ARG	2419	5,5	31,5	24	23,25
7	7	Barrionuevo, Pablo	f	ARG	2401	5,5	31,5	22,5	23,5
8	20	Malbran, Guillermo	m	ARG	2240	5,5	27	21,5	20,75
9	10	Perdomo, Carlos Andres	m	COL	2353	5	34,5	22,5	24
10	4	Mahia, Gustavo	f	ARG	2432	5	34	22	22,5
11	15	Blit, Jacques		ARG	2317	5	29,5	21,5	19,5
12	19	Meza, Hugo		ARG	2257	5	29,5	20	19,75
13	16	Contin, Daniel	m	ITA	2303	5	29	19	16,75
14	25	Catelli, Hernan		ARG	2183	5	27	19,5	16,75
15	30	Dimuro, Matias		ARG	2143	5	25	18	16
16	33	Alcobedo, Damian		ARG	2116	5	25	18	16
17	26	Restuccia, Francisco		ARG	2160	5	24,5	18	16
18	14	Quiroga, Facundo	m	ARG	2331	4,5	33	22	19,25
19	8	Tristan, Leonardo		ARG	2373	4,5	31	20,5	17,5
20	9	Aguilar, Juan	f	PER	2357	4,5	30,5	20,5	17,25
21	18	Calderon Fernandez, Gervasio		ARG	2281	4,5	30	21,5	17,75
22	5	Alonso, Salvador	m	ARG	2420	4,5	30	21	18,25
23	2	Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2470	4,5	29	21	17,25
24	21	Spata, German		ARG	2240	4,5	29	20,5	16,5
25	3	Quinteros, Miguel A	g	ARG	2433	4,5	29	19,5	16
26	37	Plazaola, Maria de los Angeles	wf	ARG	2075	4,5	28,5	18,5	16,25
27	42	Lovece, Ruth	wf	ARG	1996	4,5	26,5	16,5	13,25
28	41	Balzano, Ivan		ARG	2034	4,5	23,5	17	11,5
101 players

16) 4NCL

The final weekend of the 4NCL took place 3rd-5th May 2008 in Sunningdale. Guildford A&DC 1 edged out their second team to take the title. My thanks to Malcolm Armstrong for the games from round 9 and 10. Full results, standings and the final round games are now available.

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

4NCL 2007-8 Sunningdale (ENG), Round 9-11 3-5 v 2008
RD 9		HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2242	1-7	THE ADS	2345
1	w	Greet, Andrew N	2445	½ - ½	Speelman, Jonathan S	2524
2	b	Therrien, Alex	2246	0 - 1	Davies, Nigel R	2477
3	w	Lindner, Daniel	2245	0 - 1	Jirka, Jiri	2400
4	b	Briscoe, Christopher	2259	0 - 1	Cernousek, Lukas	2435
5	w	McFarland, Robert S	2230	0 - 1	Richardson, John R	2305
6	b	Tavoularis, Nicholas	2184	0 - 1	Snape, Ian	2212
7	w	Andersson, Christin (F) *	2173	0 - 1	Anderton, David	2239
8	b	Jiretorn, Eva (F) *	2155	½ - ½	Bellin, Jana (F)	2170
RD 9		SLOUGH SHARKS 1	2235	3-5	RICHMOND	2278
1	w	Rendle, Thomas E	2366	½ - ½	Gormally, Daniel W	2508
2	b	Jessel, Stephen	2300	½ - ½	Bates, Richard A	2382
3	w	Williams, Samuel G (def)	2249	0 - 1	Hinks-Edwards, Thomas	2375
4	b	Muter, Donny	2211	½ - ½	Wall, Gavin	2308
5	w	Marlow, Michael	2253	0 - 1	Bisby, Daniel L	2279
6	b	Roberson, Peter T (def)	2214	0 - 1	Osborne, Marcus E	2270
7	w	Van Weersel, Arlette (F)	2203	1 - 0	Mitchem, Nicholas D (reserve)	2023
8	b	de Coverly, Roger	2081	½ - ½	Chevannes, Sabrina (F)	2075
RD 9		BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2355	4½-3½	WOOD GREEN	2344
1	w	Collinson, Adam	2384	½ - ½	Turner, Matthew J	2486
2	b	Ferguson, Mark	2406	0 - 1	Baburin, Alexander	2542
3	w	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2410	½ - ½	Martin, Andrew D	2426
4	b	Knott, Simon	2356	½ - ½	Sowray, Peter J	2335
5	w	Collins, Sam	2421	1 - 0	Smith, Brian (reserve) *	1905
6	b	Cox, John J	2380	½ - ½	McDonald, Neil	2386
7	w	Rogers, Jonathan W	2337	1 - 0	Pokorna, Regina (F)	2352
8	b	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2148	½ - ½	Tan, Desmond	2316
RD 9		BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2270	½-7½	GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2508
1	w	Devereaux, Maxim	2412	½ - ½	Rowson, Jonathan	2582
2	b	Twyble, Michael S	2271	0 - 1	Conquest, Stuart C	2530
3	w	Berry, Neil	2316	0 - 1	Hebden, Mark L	2518
4	b	Pritchett, Craig W	2315	0 - 1	Pert, Nicholas	2545
5	w	Lewis, Andrew P	2282	0 - 1	Howell, David W L	2533
6	b	Taylor, Peter	2237	0 - 1	Prie, Eric	2520
7	w	Dorrington, Christopher	2262	0 - 1	Kosten, Anthony C	2496
8	b	Bhatia, Kanwal K (F)	2064	0 - 1	Lalic, Susan (F)	2341
RD 9		BETSSON.COM	2355	2½-5½	GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2438
1	w	Hunt, Adam C	2453	½ - ½	King, Daniel J	2518
2	b	Hunt, Harriet (F)	2454	1 - 0	Gallagher, Joseph G	2480
3	w	Pert, Richard G	2466	½ - ½	Cherniaev, Alexander	2449
4	b	Ledger, Andrew J	2421	½ - ½	Flear, Glenn C	2508
5	w	Webb, Laurence E	2309	0 - 1	Shaw, John K	2467
6	b	Eames, Robert G	2315	0 - 1	Tissir, Mohamed	2444
7	w	Ledger, David J	2273	0 - 1	Buckley, Graeme	2390
8	b	Ledger, Stephen C	2148	0 - 1	Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea (F) *	2247
RD 9		CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2190	3-5	NORTH WEST EAGLES 1	2206
1	w	Dearing, Eddie	2383	1 - 0	Morrison, Graham	2332
2	b	Moskovic, David M	2282	1 - 0	Hague, Ben	2259
3	w	Eckersley-Waites, Adam	2197	½ - ½	Lyell, Mark	2237
4	b	Churm, Rohan M	2196	1 - 0	Coates, Kenneth G	2234
5	w	Conlon, Joe	2194	1 - 0	Redmond, John	2205
6	b	Pickard, Charles	2185	½ - ½	Hulmes, David I	2203
7	w	Cooley, Oliver	2117	1 - 0	Bowmer, Kevin *	2120
8	b	Broomfield, Lucy (F)	1967	0 - 1	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)	2058
RD 10		GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2508	6½-1½	BETSSON.COM	2375
1	w	Rowson, Jonathan	2582	1 - 0	Hunt, Adam C	2453
2	b	Conquest, Stuart C	2530	1 - 0	Hunt, Harriet (F)	2454
3	w	Hebden, Mark L	2518	1 - 0	Ledger, Andrew J	2421
4	b	Prie, Eric	2520	½ - ½	Pert, Richard G	2466
5	w	Howell, David W L	2533	1 - 0	Webb, Laurence E	2309
6	b	Pert, Nicholas	2545	½ - ½	Ortmann, David *	2307
7	w	Kosten, Anthony C	2496	1 - 0	Ledger, David J	2273
8	b	Lalic, Susan (F)	2341	½ - ½	Eames, Robert G	2315
RD 10		NORTH WEST EAGLES 1	2224	4-4	SLOUGH SHARKS 1	2273
1	w	Morrison, Graham	2332	½ - ½	Jones, Gawain C B	2522
2	b	Hague, Ben	2259	½ - ½	Rendle, Thomas E	2366
3	w	Lyell, Mark	2237	0 - 1	Jessel, Stephen	2300
4	b	Coates, Kenneth G	2234	1 - 0	Muter, Donny	2211
5	w	Redmond, John	2205	½ - ½	Williams, Samuel G	2249
6	b	Hulmes, David I	2203	1 - 0	Marlow, Michael	2253
7	w	Chin, Francis	2265	½ - ½	Van Weersel, Arlette (F)	2203
8	b	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)	2058	0 - 1	de Coverly, Roger	2081
RD 10		GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2438	3-5	THE ADS	2345
1	w	King, Daniel J	2518	½ - ½	Speelman, Jonathan S	2524
2	b	Flear, Glenn C	2508	1 - 0	Cernousek, Lukas	2435
3	w	Cherniaev, Alexander	2449	½ - ½	Davies, Nigel R	2477
4	b	Gallagher, Joseph G	2480	1 - 0	Jirka, Jiri	2400
5	w	Shaw, John K	2467	1 - 0	Richardson, John R	2305
6	b	Tissir, Mohamed	2444	1 - 0	Snape, Ian	2212
7	w	Buckley, Graeme	2390	½ - ½	Anderton, David	2239
8	b	Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea (F) *	2247	½ - ½	Bellin, Jana (F)	2170
RD 10		WOOD GREEN	2391	3½-4½	HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2242
1	w	Turner, Matthew J	2486	1 - 0	Greet, Andrew N	2445
2	b	Baburin, Alexander	2542	0 - 1	Therrien, Alex	2246
3	w	Martin, Andrew D	2426	½ - ½	Lindner, Daniel	2245
4	b	Sowray, Peter J	2335	0 - 1	Briscoe, Christopher	2259
5	w	McDonald, Neil	2386	1 - 0	McFarland, Robert S	2230
6	b	Tan, Desmond	2316	0 - 1	Tavoularis, Nicholas	2184
7	w	Pokorna, Regina (F)	2352	1 - 0	Andersson, Christin (F) *	2173
8	b	Lee, Graham D	2282	0 - 1	Jiretorn, Eva (F) *	2155
RD 10		BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2253	3½-4½	CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2190
1	w	Pritchett, Craig W	2315	½ - ½	Dearing, Eddie	2383
2	b	Rogers, Jonathan W	2337	½ - ½	Moskovic, David M	2282
3	w	Lewis, Andrew P	2282	1 - 0	Eckersley-Waites, Adam	2197
4	b	Berry, Neil	2316	½ - ½	Churm, Rohan M	2196
5	w	Twyble, Michael S	2271	0 - 1	Conlon, Joe	2194
6	b	Taylor, Peter	2237	0 - 1	Pickard, Charles	2185
7	w	Coleman, David	2203	0 - 1	Cooley, Oliver	2117
8	b	Bhatia, Kanwal K (F)	2064	1 - 0	Broomfield, Lucy (F)	1967
RD 10		RICHMOND	2289	3-5	BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2365
1	w	Gormally, Daniel W	2508	½ - ½	Devereaux, Maxim	2412
2	b	Bates, Richard A	2382	1 - 0	Cox, John J	2380
3	w	Hinks-Edwards, Thomas	2375	1 - 0	Collins, Sam	2421
4	b	Wall, Gavin	2308	½ - ½	Ferguson, Mark	2406
5	w	Osborne, Marcus E	2270	0 - 1	Knott, Simon	2356
6	b	Franklin, Michael J	2242	0 - 1	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2410
7	w	Meyer, Gordon	2153	0 - 1	Collinson, Adam	2384
8	b	Chevannes, Sabrina (def) (F)	2075	0 - 1	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2148
RD 11		HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	2251	1-7	GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	2493
1	w	Greet, Andrew N	2445	½ - ½	Rowson, Jonathan	2582
2	b	Lindner, Daniel	2245	0 - 1	Conquest, Stuart C	2530
3	w	Therrien, Alex	2246	0 - 1	Flear, Glenn C	2508
4	b	Britton, Richard L	2257	0 - 1	Prie, Eric	2520
5	w	Briscoe, Christopher	2259	0 - 1	Gallagher, Joseph G	2480
6	b	McFarland, Robert S	2230	0 - 1	Hebden, Mark L	2518
7	w	Jiretorn, Eva (F) *	2155	½ - ½	Shaw, John K	2467
8	b	Andersson, Christin (F) *	2173	0 - 1	Lalic, Susan (F)	2341
RD 11		BARBICAN 4NCL 1	2383	2½-5½	GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	2453
1	w	Parker, Jonathan	2533	1 - 0	Howell, David W L	2533
2	b	Devereaux, Maxim	2412	0 - 1	Pert, Nicholas	2545
3	w	Ferguson, Mark	2406	0 - 1	King, Daniel J	2518
4	b	Cox, John J	2380	0 - 1	Kosten, Anthony C	2496
5	w	Collins, Sam	2421	0 - 1	Cherniaev, Alexander	2449
6	b	D'Costa, Lorin A R	2410	½ - ½	Tissir, Mohamed	2444
7	w	Knott, Simon	2356	1 - 0	Buckley, Graeme	2390
8	b	Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)	2148	0 - 1	Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea (F) *	2247
RD 11		NORTH WEST EAGLES 1	2230	2½-5½	BARBICAN 4NCL 2	2269
1	w	Morrison, Graham	2332	½ - ½	Twyble, Michael S	2271
2	b	Carleton, John J	2313	0 - 1	Berry, Neil	2316
3	w	Hague, Ben	2259	1 - 0	Lewis, Andrew P	2282
4	b	Lyell, Mark	2237	0 - 1	Rogers, Jonathan W	2337
5	w	Coates, Kenneth G	2234	1 - 0	Pritchett, Craig W	2315
6	b	Redmond, John	2205	0 - 1	Taylor, Peter	2237
7	w	Hulmes, David I	2203	0 - 1	Coleman, David	2203
8	b	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)	2058	0 - 1	Regan, Natasha (F)	2192
RD 11		THE ADS	2345	3½-4½	WOOD GREEN	2389
1	w	Speelman, Jonathan S	2524	½ - ½	Baburin, Alexander	2542
2	b	Davies, Nigel R	2477	½ - ½	Martin, Andrew D	2426
3	w	Cernousek, Lukas	2435	0 - 1	Turner, Matthew J	2486
4	b	Jirka, Jiri	2400	½ - ½	Sowray, Peter J	2335
5	w	Richardson, John R	2305	½ - ½	McDonald, Neil	2386
6	b	Snape, Ian	2212	½ - ½	Pokorna, Regina (F)	2352
7	w	Anderton, David	2239	½ - ½	Law, Andrew P	2303
8	b	Bellin, Jana (F)	2170	½ - ½	Lee, Graham D	2282
RD 11		BETSSON.COM	2339	4½-3½	RICHMOND	2289
1	w	Hunt, Adam C	2453	½ - ½	Gormally, Daniel W	2508
2	b	Hunt, Harriet (F)	2454	½ - ½	Bates, Richard A	2382
3	w	Ledger, Andrew J	2421	1 - 0	Hinks-Edwards, Thomas	2375
4	b	Ortmann, David *	2307	½ - ½	Wall, Gavin	2308
5	w	Eames, Robert G	2315	1 - 0	Osborne, Marcus E	2270
6	b	Ledger, David J	2273	1 - 0	Franklin, Michael J	2242
7	w	Ledger, Stephen C	2148	0 - 1	Meyer, Gordon	2153
8	b	default		0 - 1	Chevannes, Sabrina (F)	2075
RD 11		CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	2190	3-5	SLOUGH SHARKS 1	2247
1	w	Dearing, Eddie	2383	0 - 1	Jones, Gawain C B	2522
2	b	Moskovic, David M	2282	½ - ½	Jessel, Stephen	2300
3	w	Eckersley-Waites, Adam	2197	½ - ½	Rendle, Thomas E	2366
4	b	Churm, Rohan M	2196	½ - ½	Linford, Charles (reserve)	2129
5	w	Conlon, Joe	2194	½ - ½	Williams, Samuel G	2249
6	b	Pickard, Charles	2185	½ - ½	Ruston, Mark R	2128
7	w	Cooley, Oliver	2117	½ - ½	Van Weersel, Arlette (F)	2203
8	b	Broomfield, Lucy (F)	1967	0 - 1	de Coverly, Roger	2081

4NCL 2007-8 Sunningdale Final Standings (ENG), Round 9-11 3-5 v 2008
Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
GUILDFORD-A&DC 1	10	1	0	21
GUILDFORD-A&DC 2	10	0	1	20
BARBICAN 4NCL 1	8	1	2	17
BETSSON.COM	7	1	3	15
THE ADS	6	0	5	12
HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1	3	3	5	9
WOOD GREEN	3	2	6	8
RICHMOND	3	2	6	8
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1	3	2	6	8
BARBICAN 4NCL 2	3	1	7	7
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1	0	3	8	3
SLOUGH SHARKS 1	1	2	8	1 *

17) 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 now 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

18) 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. A small number of corrections to the games file are now available.

Games in PGN and Women's Games in PGN

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

19) 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 now 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

20) 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

21) 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.

Official site: http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/regulations.htm

22) 8th Znojmo Open

The 8th Znojmo Open took place 8th-11th May 2008. Tadeas Klecker took first place.

Official site: http://www.czechtour.net/znojmo-open/

23) X Salou Open

The X Salou International Open takes place 8th-16th May 2008. Karen Movsziszian leads on 4/4. There is live coverage but no games in PGN so far.

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

24) Forthcoming Events and Links

4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup

The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup takes place in Odessa 30th May - 2nd June 2008. Participants: Boris Gelfand (2723, ISR) Ruslan Ponomariov (2719, UKR) Anatoly Karpov (2655, RUS) Pavel Tregubov (2629, RUS) Viktor Korchnoi (2598, SUI) Yuri Drozdovskij (2581, UKR) Valery Beim (2523, AUT) Mikhail Golubev (2474, UKR)

Official site: http://www.worldcup.pivdenny.com

Moscow Chess Championship

The Final tournament of the Moscow Chess Championship starts 12th May 2008.

6 grandmasters and 2 international masters will play by the round robin system. Live games are available.

Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/

Baltic Sea Cup 2008

The Baltic Sea Cup 2008 (Bornholm Summer Chess) takes place in Denmark 29th July - 6th August 2008. 10 round swiss. Top players already signed up include: GM Michael Roiz 2659, GM Sergei Tiviakov 2635, GM Igor Khenkin 2609, itali Golod 2606, GM Yuriy Kuzubov and GM Zoltan Gyimesi 2600.

Details: http://www.balticseacup.dk

Blackstone Chess Festival

Blackstone Chess Festival incorporating the New England Masters - 11th-17th August 2008.

The New England Masters will take place at the Blackstone Chess Academy, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA, from August 11-15, 2008. The event will be a 9 round Swiss with GM/IM norm opportunities and a prize fund of $3,300. The Masters is open to a maximum of 50 players rated FIDE 2100 or higher. Please visit http://www.NewEnglandMasters.com for more info.

The Masters event will be followed by the Blackstone Open on August 16-17, 2008, at the same location. This event will be a 4 round Swiss, split into two sections, an Open (minimum rating USCF 1600) and an Under 1900 Section. The total prize fund is $4,000. Please visit http://www.blackstonechess.com/event88g.htm for more info.

82nd Argentine Championship

The 82nd Argentine Championship takes place in Mendoza 19th-31st May 2008.

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/

I Masters of Olalachess Academy Training Camp

The I Masters of Olalachess Academy Training Camp takes place in Salou, Spain 1st-7th September 2008.

Details: http://www.masters.olalachess.com

Festival Santista de Xadrez

The Festival Santista de Xadrez sees 2 GM Norm Tournaments takes place in Santos, Brazil 17th-25th May 2008.

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

King's Tournament Bazna

The King's Tournament takes place in Bazna, Romania 23rd May - 4th June 2008.

No official site announced yet. Details http://www.ligadexadrez.com.br/conteudo/ver.asp?id=19&conteudoId=356

King's Tournament, Bazna (ROM), 23 v - 4 vi 2008
Andersson, Ulf	SWE	GM	2537
Beliavsky, Alexander G	SLO	GM	2641
Chiburdanidze, Maia	GEO	GM	2489
Khalifman, Alexander	RUS	GM	2628
Mecking, Henrique	BRA	GM	2565
Murariu, Andrei	ROM	GM	2483
Portisch, Lajos	HUN	GM	2523
Ribli, Zoltan	HUN	GM	2581
Sokolov, Andrei	FRA	GM	2596
Suba, Mihai	ROM	GM	2487
Short, Nigel	ENG	GM	2660
Vaganian, Rafael A	ARM	GM	2617

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://www.federscacchi.it/mitropa_cup_2008.php

GM Boris Alterman's Chess Lessons

GM Boris Alterman has a blog with free chess lessons on it.

Website: http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/

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

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.

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

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/

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

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

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

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 705 12th May 2008 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup

Moscow Chess Championship

Baltic Sea Cup 2008

Blackstone Chess Festival

82nd Argentine Championship

I Masters of Olalachess Academy Training Camp

Festival Santista de Xadrez

King's Tournament Bazna

Aerosvit Tournament

European U18 Team championships

13th Pannonia Cup

VI Gyorgy Marx Memorial

2nd Queenstown Chess Classic 2009

Mitropa Cup

GM Boris Alterman's Chess Lessons

19th Czech Open

8th Savaria Summer

French League Top 16

8th PAL/CSS Freestyle Tournament

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

Voronezh Chess Festival

Arctic Chess Challenge

Ikaros Chess Festival

Leko - Carlsen Match

European Union Championships, Liverpool 2008

8th Brno Chess Festival

VII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2008

Brussels International Chess Festival

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

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

Alushta Diary 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