THE WEEK IN CHESS 709 9th June 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Frits Agterdenbos, Guenter Rier, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Elie Houlichian, Jesus Ernesto Aneiros Sosa, Luis Santos, Wojciech Bartelski, Pierre Perruchoud, Enrique Rodriguez Abreu, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Alberts Cimins, Robert Howard and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another good week of chess events has been overshadowed by the sudden death of Karen Asrian today. Asrian was only 28 years old and his death is a total shock to the chess community. My condolences to his friends and family it is terribly sad news.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 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), 8-19 vi 2008													cat. XIX (2712)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2740	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	2
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2765	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2936
3.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	1	.	.	.	1½	2890
4.	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2684	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	1½	2867
5.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2746	.	½	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2726
6.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2687	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	2711
7.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2740	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	1	.	.	.	.	1	2738
8.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2711	.	.	½	.	.	.	0	*	.	.	.	.	½	2543
9.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2684	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2515
10.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2677	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	2520
11.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2711	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	½	2509
12.	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2664	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	2504

Round 1 (June 8, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	46	E97	King's Indian Classical
Eljanov, Pavel	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	40	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	46	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Volokitin, Andrei	½-½	39	C42	Petroff's Defence
Van Wely, Loek	- Shirov, Alexei	0-1	41	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Onischuk, Alexander	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	31	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Round 2 (June 9, 2008)
Shirov, Alexei	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	46	E15	Queens Indian
Karjakin, Sergey	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	1-0	40	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Volokitin, Andrei	- Onischuk, Alexander	1-0	31	E06	Catalan
Svidler, Peter	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	22	E15	Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	53	E04	Catalan
Van Wely, Loek	- Eljanov, Pavel	½-½	22	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin

3) Yerevan Chess Giants

The Yerevan Chess Giants takes place June 8th-15th 2008.

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

Giants Rapid Yerevan (ARM), 9-15 vi 2008														cat. XIX (2719)
					1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8
1.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2741	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1	.	.	1½	2901
2.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2774	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	1½	2916
3.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2729	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2643
4.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2763	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	1	2673
5.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2643	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2729
6.	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2673	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	1	2763
7.	Bu Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2708	½	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	½	2548
8.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2723	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	½	2581

Round 1 (June 9, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	51	C42	Petroff's Defence
Aronian, Levon	- Akopian, Vladimir	½-½	10	D14	Slav Exchange
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Adams, Michael	½-½	9	E19	Queens Indian
Bu Xiangzhi	- Leko, Peter	½-½	23	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 2 (June 9, 2008)
Leko, Peter	- Bu Xiangzhi	1-0	33	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Adams, Michael	- Sargissian, Gabriel	½-½	10	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Akopian, Vladimir	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	10	D14	Slav Exchange
Gelfand, Boris	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	47	B41	Sicilian Paulsen

4) Karen Asrian 1980-2008

There is shocking news that Karen Asrian has died at the age of 28. According to A1+ News Agency he died of a possible heart attack. Apparently feeling ill, Asrian pulled his car into a court yard in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, early Monday and lost consciousness. An ambulance crew pronounced him dead at the scene.

He was the Armenian number 4 player and world number 92 and was their champion 3 times and also won Gold Medals at the 2006 Olympiad held in Turin.

Karen Asrian 24th April 1980 - 9th June 2008.

5) King's Tournament Bazna

The King's Tournament took place in Bazna, Romania 24th May - 4th June 2008. Nigel Short won the event with 7/10 with Lajos Portisch with his best result in years and Ulf Andersson taking second a point and a half behind.

Official site: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/

King's Tournament Bazna (ROM), 24 v-3 vi 2008												cat. XIII (2573)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2660	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	7	2713
2.	Portisch, Lajos	g	HUN	2523	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2613
3.	Andersson, Ulf	g	SWE	2537	0	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2612
4.	Suba, Mihai	g	ROU	2487	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	5	2581
5.	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2641	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	5	2566
6.	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	2628	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	5	2567
7.	Mecking, Henrique	g	BRA	2565	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	0	½	1	1	5	2573
8.	Murariu, Andrei	g	ROU	2483	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	1	5	2581
9.	Sokolov, Andrei1	g	FRA	2596	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	4	2498
10.	Vaganian, Rafael A	g	ARM	2617	0	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	*	0	4	2496
11.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2565	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	1	*	4	2501

Round 11 (June 3, 2008)
Portisch, Lajos	- Sokolov, Andrei1	½-½	15	E15	Queens Indian
Andersson, Ulf	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	42	A04	Dutch System
Mecking, Henrique	- Suba, Mihai	½-½	71	A70	Benoni
Vaganian, Rafael A	- Khalifman, Alexander	½-½	15	D59	Queens Gambit Tartakover
Timman, Jan H	- Murariu, Andrei	0-1	49	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo

6) Capablanca Memorial

The 43rd Torneo Capablanca In Memoriam took place in La Habana (Cuba) 8th - 17th May 2008, category 15 average 2602. Top seed Lenier Dominguez Perez took clear first with 6/9. Games from both the main event and the open now available. My thanks to Enrique Rodríguez Abreu for the games.

Open Results: http://ratings.fide.com/treport.phtml?event16=13947

43rd Capablanca Memorial Havana (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	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	6	2719
2.	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	2649	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	5½	2680
3.	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2609	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	5½	2684
4.	Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	g	CUB	2568	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	0	1	5	2652
5.	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2635	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2601
6.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2625	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2602
7.	Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus	g	CUB	2559	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	4	2567
8.	Quezada Perez, Yuniesky	g	CUB	2567	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	3½	2529
9.	Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter	g	CUB	2534	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	*	½	3½	2532
10.	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2608	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	3	2479

43rd Capablanca Memorial Open Havana (CUB), 8-17 v 2008
1	Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis	m	CUB	2420	7.5	2395	21.7
2	Abreu Delgado, Aryam	m	CUB	2483	7.5	2437	18.9
3	Cordova, Emilio	m	PER	2518	7.0	2379	1.8
4	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	CUB	2530	7.0	2399	2.9
5	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo	g	CUB	2497	6.5	2380	-0.7
6	Almeida Quintana, Omar	g	CUB	2527	6.5	2419	0.4
7	Escobar Forero, Alder	m	COL	2454	6.5	2387	5.8
8	Matsuura, Everaldo	m	BRA	2500	6.5	2394	0.8
9	Pozo Vera, Sandro	f	CUB	2451	6.5	2401	8.1
10	Gomez Garrido, Camilo	f	CUB	2408	6.5	2448	20.7
11	Gongora Reyes, Maikel	m	CUB	2422	6.5	2416	14.2
12	Alvarez Marquez, Johann	m	VEN	2413	6.0	2419	11.1
13	Guerra Mendez, Jose Angel	f	CUB	2447	6.0	2406	4.5
14	Hansen, Sune Berg	g	DEN	2549	6.0	2371	-12.6
15	Hernandez Onna, Roman	g	CUB	2349	6.0	2465	25.5
16	Stamenkovic, Dragan	m	SRB	2440	6.0	2398	4.3
17	Pecorelli Garcia, Humberto	m	CUB	2384	6.0	2459	20.3
18	Perez Garcia, Rodney	m	CUB	2432	6.0	2395	5.1
19	Borges Mateos, Juan	g	CUB	2474	6.0	2332	-8.6
20	Aguero, Luis Lazaro	f	CUB	2344	6.0	2432	33
21	Alonso Moyano, Jonathan	m	ESP	2385	6.0	2413	14.8
22	Comez Ledo, Roberto	f	CUB	2404	5.5	2317	-6.3
23	Delgado, Hector	f	CUB	2394	5.5	2366	3.15
24	Borges Feria, Yasel	f	CUB	2406	5.5	2323	-6.1
25	Blanco, Humberto	f	CUB	2422	5.5	2320	-7.6
26	Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernando	m	MEX	2369	5.5	2361	4.1
27	Otero, Diasmany	m	CUB	2442	5.5	2350	-7.6
28	De la Paz Perdomo, Frank	g	CUB	2483	5.5	2354	-12.2
29	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	g	VEN	2534	5.5	2348	-18.8
30	Prasca Sosa, Rafael	m	VEN	2392	5.5	2425	10.4
31	Uribe, Mauricio	f	COL	2406	5.5	2424	7.6
32	Martinez, Lelys	f	CUB	2499	5.5	2344	-15.3
33	Bacallao, Yusnel	f	CUB	2441	5.5	2341	-8.4
34	Barrientos, Sergio	m	COL	2405	5.5	2337	-3.3
35	Glud, Jakob Vang	m	DEN	2456	5.5	2339	-10.6
36	Kiss, Pal	m	HUN	2370	5.0	2411	5.6
80 players

7) XVI Barlinek Chess Festival

The XVI International Chess Festival Emanuel Lasker Memorial took place in Barlinek (Poland), 30th May - 8th June 2008. Henrik Danielsen won the event with 6.5/9 half a point clear of the field.

Official site: http://www.barlinek.caissa.com.pl/

XVI Lasker Mem Open A Barlinek (POL), 31 v-7 vi 2008
Pl	Name	Se	Ti	Fed.	elo	Pkt.	MBch.	Bch.	L.Z.	Prog.
1	Danielsen, Henrik	2	GM	ISL	2510	6.5	35.5	45.5	4	35.5
2	Aliavdin, Nikolai	8	IM	BLR	2384	6	38	46.5	3	32.5
3	Cyborowski, Lukasz	1	GM	POL	2541	6	36	46.5	3	29
4	Urban, Klaudiusz	4	IM	POL	2465	5.5	36	43	2	31
5	Czerwonski, Aleksander	7	IM	POL	2407	5.5	35.5	46	2	28
6	Koziak, Vitali	3	IM	UKR	2484	5.5	33.5	43	4	26.5
7	Klim, Kamil	16	I++	POL	2179	5.5	30.5	38.5	5	21.5
8	Rooze, Jan	10	FM	BEL	2316	5	37	47.5	3	30
9	Voloshin, Leonid	6	GM	CZE	2434	5	37	47	2	26.5
10	Bronowicki, Mateusz	11	FM	POL	2307	5	36.5	43.5	3	26
11	Siwiec, Arkadiusz	19	I	POL	2067	4.5	30	37.5	3	23
12	Wisniowska, Klaudia	20	I++	POL	1897	4.5	28	34	3	19
13	Mazurkiewicz, Michal	12	k	POL	2239	4.5	27	34	2	18
14	Radovanovic, Jovica	9	FM	SRB	2349	4	34.5	45	2	23.5
15	Kowalczyk, Pawel	17	I++	POL	2075	4	34	44	2	22.5
16	Jagodzinski, Piotr	14	I+	POL	2216	4	29	35	2	18.5
17	Bebel, Arkadiusz	15	I++	POL	2192	4	29	35	2	17
18	Dragun, Kamil	13	I+	POL	2229	3.5	27	33	2	16.5
19	Hantak, Adam	18		GER	2072	2	30	36.5	1	9
20	Chochoy, Patrick	21		FRA	1764	1	29.5	37	0	9
21	Zezulkin, Jurij	5	GM	BLR	2443	0.5	0	9	0	4.5

8) Uruguayan Championships

The Uruguayan Championship took place 30th May - 8th June 2008. Bernardo Roselli Mailhe won the event with 8/11.

Official site: http://fuajedrez.com/uru2008/

ch-URU Montevideo (URU), 30 v-8 vi 2008
Rank	Name	Ti	NAT	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	BH	SB	TPR	W-We
1	Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo	IM	URU	2420	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	8	58	38	2346	-0.74
2	Lopez Falcon, Jorge	NM	URU	2158	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	7	59	34	2291	1.78
3	Larrea, Manuel	FM	URU	2342	0	1	1	1	1	1	½	½	0	½	½	7	59	34.25	2272	-0.81
4	Rodriguez, Santiago	NM	URU	2204	1	½	1	0	0	1	1	½	1	½	½	7	59	35.25	2286	1.13
5	Carvalho, Guillermo		URU	2229	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	7	59	36.75	2321	1.25
6	Izquierdo, Daniel	FM	URU	2302	0	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	½	½	6.5	59.5	32.5	2314	0.23
7	Guerrero, Alvaro	NM	URU	2216	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	1	1	½	1	5.5	60.5	25.75	2213	-0.05
8	Durante, Aurelio		URU	2122	1	½	0	0	½	1	0	0	1	1	0	5	61	25.5	2150	0.29
9	Gonzalez, Nahuel		URU	2120	½	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	4	62	20	2073	-0.7
10	Coppola, Claudio		URU	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	1	3.5	62.5	16.75	2080	2080
11	Donatti, Alvaro		URU	2209	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	0	3	63	14.25	2020	-2.44
12	Arcos Facio, Mateo		URU	2021	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	63.5	12	2034	0.06

ch-URU w Montevideo (URU), 30 v-8 vi 2008
Rank	Name	Fed.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Score	BH	SB	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	Colombo, Camila	URU	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	6	22	18.5	1962	2626	0.84
2	Silva, Natalla	URU	1	1	0	½	1	1	0	4.5	23.5	12.75	2054	1652	-1
3	Larrea, Daniela	URU	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	4	24	12.5	0	1790	1790
4	De Leon, Patricia	URU	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	3.5	24.5	10	1728	1815	0.16
5	Domenech, Micaela	URU	½	½	0	0	1	0	1	3	25	9.25	0	1790	1790
6	Donatti, Sofia	URU	0	0	½	½	0	1	1	3	25	10.75	0	1915	1915
7	De Leon, Daiana	URU	0	0	1	1	0	0	½	2.5	25.5	6.25	0	1642	1642
8	Lima Gainzarain, Gabriela	URU	1	0	0	0	0	½	0	1.5	26.5	5	0	1180	1180

9) 7th Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 7th Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place in the Hotel "Zenit" in Neum, 4th-12th June 2008. Alexander Morozevich pitched up for a couple of games on his way to play in Armenia.

Official site: http://www.bihchess.com/premijer_liga_08/index.htm

10) National Open Las Vegas

The National Open took place in Las Vegas USA 5th-8th June 2008. 6 players finished on 5/6 no news on any tie-breaks.

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

National Open Las Vegas (USA), 6-8 vi 2008
No.	Ttl	Name	NAT	Rate	Pts
1	GM	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2782	5.0
2	GM	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2706	5.0
3	GM	Petrosian, Tigran L	ARM	2666	5.0
4	GM	Kolev, Atanas	BGR	2620	5.0
5	IM	Finegold, Ben	USA	2594	5.0
6	IM	Friedel, Josh	USA	2504	5.0
7	GM	Erenburg, Sergey	ISR	2613	4.5
8	GM	Khachiyan, Melikset	USA	2566	4.5
9	IM	Robson, Ray	USA	2433	4.5
10	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2747	4.0
11	GM	Gurevich, Dmitry	USA	2594	4.0
12	GM	Paragua, Mark C	PHI	2588	4.0
13	GM	Yermolinsky, Alex	USA	2584	4.0
14	IM	Altounian, Levon	USA	2531	4.0
15	IM	Bradford, Joseph	USA	2477	4.0
16	IM	Pruess, David	USA	2471	4.0
17	GM	Laylo, Darwin	PHI	2452	4.0
18	IM	Vucic, Mladen	USA	2415	4.0
19	FM	Rensch, Daniel	USA	2373	4.0
20	FM	Adamson, Robby	USA	2368	4.0
21	IM	Tate, Emory A	USA	2367	4.0
22		Schuyler, James	USA	2357	4.0
23	FM	Yanayt, Eugene	USA	2280	4.0
24	GM	Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	2666	3.5
100 players

11) Hungarian League

The Hungarian Team Championships took place 14th October - 18th May 2008.

Official site: http://www.chess.hu/hu/bajnoksagok.php

TCh-HUN 2007-8 Budapest (HUN), 14 x 2007 - 18 v 2008
Pl	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Z. Csuti-Hydrocomp	#	7	8	5.5	7.5	8.5	8	8	9.5	10.5	9	9.5	91
2	Aquaprofit NTSK.	5	#	5	7.5	10.5	10	7	7.5	8	11.5	9	9.5	90.5
3	ASE Paks	4	7	#	7.5	5.5	7.5	9	6.5	6.5	7.5	7	5.5	73.5
4	Haladás VSE.	6.5	4.5	4.5	#	6.5	6.5	6	5	5.5	8	5	8	66
5	Kazincbarcikai VSC.	4.5	1.5	6.5	5.5	#	6	6	7.5	5	6.5	6	7.5	62.5
6	MTK	3.5	2	4.5	5.5	6	#	6.5	6.5	7	7.5	6.5	6.5	62
7	Makói SVSE.	4	5	3	6	6	5.5	#	6	7	5.5	5.5	8	61.5
8	Statisztika-MLTC.	4	4.5	5.5	7	4.5	5.5	6	#	5	6	6.5	6	60.5
9	Decs 1990	2.5	4	5.5	6.5	7	5	5	7	#	5	5.5	6.5	59.5
10	BEAC I.	1.5	0.5	4.5	4	5.5	4.5	6.5	6	7	#	8.5	9.5	58
11	Honvéd Auróra	3	3	5	7	6	5.5	6.5	5.5	6.5	3.5	#	5.5	57
12	Vasas SC.	2.5	2.5	6.5	4	4.5	5.5	4	6	5.5	2.5	6.5	#	50

12) 2nd Colonia de Sant Jordi Masters

The 2nd Colonia de Sant Jordi Masters took place 29th-30th May 2008. Dimitri Tyomkin won the event with 5/6.

Official site: http://www.chessmallorca.com/ and a photo report at: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=6057

II Masters Sant Jordi ESP (ESP), 29-30 v 2008									cat. VIII (2447)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Tyomkin, Dimitri	g	CAN	2503	*	*	1	½	½	1	1	1	5	2701
2.	Castellanos, Renier	m	CHI	2471	0	½	*	*	1	0	1	1	3½	2496
3.	Movsziszian, Karen	g	ARM	2536	½	0	0	1	*	*	1	½	3	2417
4.	Massanet Massanet, Sebastian		ESP	2278	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	*	½	2102

13) Kazan Open

The Kazan Open takes place 1st-9th June 2008. Dmitry Bocharov leads on 6/7. No games available.

http://tatchess.ucoz.ru/news/2008-05-31-8

Kazan Open (RUS), 1-9 vi 2008. Leading Round 7 (of 9 Standings)
1.	Bocharov, Dmitry	2569	6.0	32.0	27.25	25.5	2766	+1.38
2.	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	2583	5.5	32.0	23.50	24.5	2694	+0.96
	Rychagov, Andrey	2565	5.5	28.0	22.25	20.5	2594	+0.31
	Akhmadeev, Vadim	2397	5.5	27.5	19.25	20.5	2607	+1.87
5.	Fedorov, Alexei	2603	5.0	30.0	20.75	21.5	2586	-0.03
	Azarov, Sergei	2585	5.0	32.5	22.50	22.5	2622	+0.45
	Kokarev, Dmitry	2579	5.0	30.0	20.50	23.0	2616	+0.44
	Iljin, Artem	2556	5.0	31.5	21.75	22.0	2527	-0.14
	Shaposhnikov, Evgeny	2553	5.0	31.0	21.00	22.5	2644	+0.75
	Askarov, Marat	2522	5.0	30.5	20.25	21.5	2569	+0.52
	Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav	2511	5.0	29.5	20.00	21.0	2553	+0.47
	Kharlov, Andrei	2499	5.0	29.0	20.00	20.5	2515	+0.27
	Ponkratov, Pavel	2499	5.0	30.5	20.00	21.5	2548	+0.61
	Zabotin, Alexander	2496	5.0	30.0	19.50	21.0	2510	+0.29
	Yandemirov, Valeri	2463	5.0	27.0	18.25	19.5	2454	+0.09
	Looshnikov, Nikolai	2462	5.0	29.5	20.00	20.5	2510	+1.50
	Gubajdullin, Alexei	2456	5.0	26.5	18.00	19.0	2415	-0.19
	Kuporosov, Viktor	2448	5.0	28.5	19.50	20.5	2486	+0.53
114 players

14) First Saturday June

The First Saturday GM closed tournament take place in Budapest 7th-19th June 2008.

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

15) 11th Voesendorf Open

11th Voesendorf Open took place 22nd-25th May 2008. Voesendorf is a village in the south of Vienna (AUT).

The A Tournament was won by FM Helmut Kummer with 4,5/5. Favourite GM Davit Shengelia took only 5th place.

The chessfestival with 160 participants in 4 tournaments (A + B + C + Rapid) was overshadowed by the tragical death of Franz Josef Koellner (56) who suffered a heart attack in his car after a successful tournament start with 2/2. News: Guenter Rier.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr12812.aspx?lan=0

11th Voesendorf Open (AUT), 22-25 v 2008
Rg.		Name	FED	Elo	Pkt.	Wtg1	Wtg2	Wtg3
1	FM	Kummer Helmut	AUT	2375	4,5	15,5	9,0	14,25
2		Scharrer Patrick	AUT	2175	4,0	17,0	11,0	12,50
3		Hirsch Adolf Jun.	AUT	1930	4,0	16,0	9,5	12,00
4		Neff Gregor Ing.	AUT	2137	4,0	14,0	8,0	10,00
5	GM	Shengelia Davit	GEO	2557	4,0	13,5	7,5	9,50
6		Praxmarer Christian	AUT	1943	3,5	14,0	7,5	8,00
7		Schweitzer Werner	AUT	2080	3,5	11,5	7,5	8,25
8	FM	Behling Robert	GER	2249	3,5	11,0	7,0	7,00
9		Wagner Stefan	AUT	2127	3,0	14,5	9,0	7,50
10		Straschewski Joerg Dr.	GER	2110	3,0	13,0	8,0	6,00
11		Lechner Daniel	AUT	1578	3,0	12,5	7,5	5,00
12		Zaynard Andreas	AUT	2004	3,0	12,5	7,5	4,50
13	MK	Sucher Johannes Mag.	AUT	2144	3,0	12,5	6,5	6,00
14		Meisinger Thomas	AUT	2030	2,5	16,0	10,5	6,50
15		Fichtinger Leopold	AUT	1990	2,5	15,0	8,5	7,25
16		Matt Stefan	AUT	1992	2,5	14,0	8,5	4,75
17		Zojer Stefan	AUT	2012	2,5	13,0	7,5	5,50
18		Somasundram Jayakumar Ing.	AUT	1909	2,5	12,5	7,5	5,00
19		Suttner Claus	AUT	2095	2,5	12,0	6,5	4,75
20		Wagner Dirk	GER	1625	2,5	9,5	5,0	4,25
21		Pavlov Egor	UZB	2017	2,0	13,5	8,5	3,00
22		Amberger Dieter Ing.	AUT	2053	2,0	12,5	7,0	3,00
23		Kretschmer Leo	AUT	1966	2,0	12,0	8,0	3,75
24		Hoffmann Gerald	AUT	2049	2,0	12,0	7,0	4,25
25		Ayatollahi Ehsan	IRI	1885	2,0	11,5	8,0	3,00
26		Schenk Thomas	AUT	1820	2,0	11,5	7,0	3,00
27		Hrdina Karl Dr.	AUT	1960	2,0	10,0	5,5	1,50
28		Ruisz Johannes	AUT	1944	2,0	9,5	6,0	1,50
29		Boelzlbauer Wolfgang	AUT	1914	1,5	11,5	7,0	4,25
30		Kretschy Erich	AUT	1984	1,5	11,0	6,0	2,25
31		Schreiber Ewald	AUT	1861	1,0	10,0	6,0	2,50
32		Kottisch Gustav	AUT	2003	1,0	9,0	5,5	2,50
33		Fichtinger Christian Mag.	AUT	1846	0,5	9,5	5,5	0,75
34		Frey Armin	AUT	1999	0,0	12,0	6,0	0,00

16) Russian Women's Championship Higher League

The Russian Women's Championship Higher League takes place in Chelyabinsk 4th-12th June 2008.

Official site: http://www.surchess.ru/58women/58HL.htm

58th ch-RUS w HL Chelyabinsk (RUS), 4-12 vi 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2285	+19	=6	+11	+9	+8	=3	.	.	.	5	2650
2.	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wf	RUS	2347	+32	+21	=9	=3	+22	+8	.	.	.	5	2553
3.	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2418	=24	+33	+4	=2	+6	=1	.	.	.	4½	2507
4.	Romanko, Marina	wg	RUS	2325	+34	+11	-3	+10	=5	+9	.	.	.	4½	2542
5.	Stepovaia, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2378	=33	+29	+13	=8	=4	=7	.	.	.	4	2398
6.	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2366	+28	=1	=22	+20	-3	+18	.	.	.	4	2428
7.	Vasilevich, Irina	m	RUS	2395	-23	=27	+33	+26	+24	=5	.	.	.	4	2413
8.	Akatova, Ekaterina	wm	RUS	2320	+25	+10	+14	=5	-1	-2	.	.	.	3½	2368
9.	Charochkina, Daria	wm	RUS	2361	+31	+26	=2	-1	+14	-4	.	.	.	3½	2358
10.	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2420	+18	-8	+23	-4	+21	=12	.	.	.	3½	2355
11.	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2421	+20	-4	-1	=23	+30	+16	.	.	.	3½	2378
12.	Shumiakina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2360	-26	=31	=28	+32	+17	=10	.	.	.	3½	2333
13.	Pavlova, Alina	wf	RUS	2153	=17	+30	-5	-21	+23	+24	.	.	.	3½	2366
14.	Grabuzova, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2379	+27	+23	-8	=22	-9	+21	.	.	.	3½	2336
15.	Molchanova, Tatjana	wm	RUS	2359	-21	-32	+34	=19	+27	+22	.	.	.	3½	2280
16.	Girya, Olga	wf	RUS	2361	=22	=17	=21	=18	+20	-11	.	.	.	3	2302
17.	Nebolsina, Vera	wg	RUS	2345	=13	=16	-26	+31	-12	+28	.	.	.	3	2268
18.	Tomilova, Elena	wf	RUS	2303	-10	=25	+29	=16	+26	-6	.	.	.	3	2267
19.	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2380	-1	=28	=31	=15	=29	+26	.	.	.	3	2259
20.	Kochetkova, Julia	wg	RUS	2316	-11	+34	+32	-6	-16	+31	.	.	.	3	2275
21.	Shlakich, Anna		RUS	2196	+15	-2	=16	+13	-10	-14	.	.	.	2½	2279
22.	Gromova, Iulia	wm	RUS	2232	=16	+24	=6	=14	-2	-15	.	.	.	2½	2294
23.	Ubiennykh, Ekaterina	wm	RUS	2289	+7	-14	-10	=11	-13	+29	.	.	.	2½	2267
24.	Shaidullina, Sandugach	wg	RUS	2298	=3	-22	+27	+30	-7	-13	.	.	.	2½	2247
25.	Sokolova, Vera	wf	RUS	2057	-8	=18	-30	-27	+34	+33	.	.	.	2½	2212
26.	Chasovnikova, Eugenia	wm	RUS	2222	+12	-9	+17	-7	-18	-19	.	.	.	2	2232
27.	Semenova, Irina	wg	RUS	2277	-14	=7	-24	+25	-15	=30	.	.	.	2	2181
28.	Ivakhinova, Inna	wm	RUS	2265	-6	=19	=12	-29	+32	-17	.	.	.	2	2172
29.	Suslova, Alena	wf	RUS	2177	=30	-5	-18	+28	=19	-23	.	.	.	2	2202
30.	Malgina-Sterliagova, Tatiana	wf	RUS	2352	=29	-13	+25	-24	-11	=27	.	.	.	2	2105
31.	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2249	-9	=12	=19	-17	+33	-20	.	.	.	2	2213
32.	Schepetkova, Margarita		RUS	2158	-2	+15	-20	-12	-28	+34	.	.	.	2	2165
33.	Fatalibekova, Elena	wg	RUS	2268	=5	-3	-7	=34	-31	-25	.	.	.	1	1992
34.	Botalova, Yulia	wf	RUS	2098	-4	-20	-15	=33	-25	-32	.	.	.	½	1846

17) French League

The final pool stages (Haute and Basse) of the French League took place 29th May - 1st June 2008 in Evry. Clichy took the title by a point from Cannes.

In the games section Fontaine-Philippe and Meier-Palac are identical so one of them has to be wrong. Games from the final round now available.

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

French Team Championship Final Standings (FRA), 29 v - 1 vi 2008
1	Clichy	32	11	40	45	5
2	Cannes	31	11	31	40	9
3	Montpellier	26	11	13	34	21
4	Evry Grand Roque	26	11	16	31	15
5	Gonfreville l'Orcher	25	11	6	29	23
6	Vandoeuvre	21	11	-3	24	27
7	Mulhouse Philidor	21	11	-16	17	33
8	Metz Fischer	20	11	-6	26	32
9	Marseille Echecs	26	11	13	30	17
10	Noyon	22	11	2	26	24
11	Strasbourg	22	11	4	24	20
12	Antibes	20	11	5	28	23
13	Bois-Colombes	19	11	-9	25	34
14	Bischwiller	17	11	-17	18	35
15	Hyères	13	11	-35	10	45
16	Marseille Duchamps	7	11	-48	4	52

18) Mitropa Cup

The 2008 Mitropa Cup took place May 24th - June 4th 2008. Croatia won the men's event and host Italy the women's. Fabiano Caruana scored 7.5/9 as the Italian men's top board.

Official web site: http://www.federscacchi.it/mitropa_cup_2008.php also check out http://www.olimpbase.org/ which covers all sorts of international team events.

Mitropa Cup m Olbia (ITA), 25 v-3 vi 2008
Pl	NAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Team pt.	Ind. pt.
1	France	#	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	6	17	8°
2	Italy	2	#	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	8	18	6°
3	Slovenia	2	1	#	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	10	20	4°
4	Switzerland	0	1	0	#	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	15	10°
5	Czech Republic	1	0	1	0	#	1	2	2	2	2	11	20	3°
6	Croatia	0	2	2	2	1	#	2	2	1	2	14	21	1°
7	Germany	2	2	1	1	0	0	#	2	2	0	10	17	5°
8	Austria	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	#	2	0	8	15	7°
9	Slovakia	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	#	0	6	15	9°
10	Hungary	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	#	12	20	2°

Mitropa Cup w Olbia (ITA), 25 v-3 vi 2008
Pl	NAT	1	2	3	4	5	6	-	1	2	3	4	5	6	Team pt.	Ind. pt.
1	Germany	#	2	2	2	1	2	-	#	2	1	2	0	0	14	13	2°
2	Austria	0	#	0	1	1	1	-	0	#	2	1	0	0	6	8	5°
3	Switzerland	0	2	#	0	0	0	-	1	0	#	0	0	1	4	4	6°
4	Slovakia	0	1	2	#	0	0	-	0	1	2	#	1	2	9	10	4°
5	Italy	1	1	2	2	#	1	-	2	2	2	1	#	2	16	14	1°
6	Hungary	0	1	2	2	1	#	-	2	2	0	0	1	#	11	9	3°

19) Illescas - Deep Junior Rapid Match

There was a 2 game match between Miguel Illescas Cordoba and Deep Junior at the CosmoCaixa in Barcelona on 5th June 2008. Illescas was be aided by the single processor version of Junior 9. Both games were drawn.

Gm1 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - DEEP JUNIOR 11 1/2 33 D07 Tchigorin Defence
Gm2 DEEP JUNIOR 11 - Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1/2 45 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin

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

20) Lebanese Championship

The Lebanese Championship takes place 4th-14th June 2008.

21) 35th Indian National Women's B Championship

The 35th Indian National Women's B Chess Championship takes place June 6th-14th 2008 in Caliicut India.

Live coverage: http://www.monroi.com/

22) Utrecht Open

The Utrecht Open took place 6th-8th June 2008. Friso Nijboer won the event with 5.5/6. No games available.

Report: ChessVista - Official site: http://www.paulkeres.nl/oku2008/

Utrecht Open (NED), 6-8 vi 2008
Pl	Name	Ti	Score	WP	SB	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	Nijboer, Friso	GM	5.5	23	20.75	2544	2770	1.29
2	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	GM	5	23	19	2528	2552	0.3
3	Ootes, Lars		5	23	18.5	2297	2484	1.33
4	Kritz, Leonid	GM	4.5	26.5	19	2591	2569	-0.03
5	Pruijssers, Roeland	IM	4.5	23.5	15.75	2406	2469	0.64
6	Kuipers, Stefan	FM	4.5	22.5	15.25	2292	2352	0.42
7	Epishin, Vladimir	GM	4	22.5	13	2566	2408	-0.92
8	Bitalzadeh, Ali	FM	4	22	13	2276	2407	1.05
9	Ootes, Lennart		4	21.5	11.5	2105	2307	1.54
10	Haast, Mark		4	20.5	11.5	2188	2316	0.9
11	Rietveld, Renze		4	20	12.25	2203	2334	0.91
12	Smits, Mark		4	20	12	2321	2265	-0.29
13	De Groote, Ewoud		4	19.5	12.25	2238	2214	-0.11
14	Floor, Dirk		4	19	12.5	2145	2200	0.44
15	Otte, Marijn		4	19	10.5	2264	2309	0.32
16	IM Swinkels, Robin		4	17.5	10	2425	2273	-0.73
17	Oosterom, Erik		4	16	10.5	2135	2179	0.4
18	Van Eijk, Sander		3.5	23	11.25	2262	2273	0.15
19	Haast, Anne		3.5	22	12	2069	2304	1.44
20	Beijerinck, Nick*		3.5	20	10.25	2023	2141	0.6
21	Van de Fliert, Willem		3.5	20	9.5	2186	2258	0.48
22	Bodicker, Rob		3.5	19	10.75	2009	2290	1.79
23	Lenhardt, Manfred		3.5	19	10	2156	2099	-0.29
24	Vermeulen, Wesley		3.5	19	8.75	2101	2137	0.34
25	Vogel, Jaap	FM	3.5	18.5	9.5	2241	2107	-0.8
26	Brussen, Mark		3.5	18.5	9.25	1972	2110	0.89
27	Groffen, Hans		3.5	18.5	8.75	2230	2187	-0.31
28	Sanijs, Frans		3.5	18.5	8.5	2001	2201	1.55
29	Buyten, Arno		3.5	18	7.25	2043	2090	0.34
30	Timman, Ton	FM	3.5	17.5	9.25	2177	2131	-0.26
31	Borst, Filip*		3.5	17.5	9.25	1878	2130	1.31
32	Prins, Jan		3.5	15.5	7.25	2072	2009	-0.43
77 players

23) Chess Study

Do you have an FIDE rating?

Dr. Robert Howard of the University of New South Wales in Australia is carrying out a study of chess skill in internationally rated players. The study looks at effects of amount of practice, coaching and age of starting chess on chess skill and at chess players' views about chess skill. The study involves a short online survey. The survey is for anyone who has, or who ever has had, an FIDE rating.

The survey takes only about 5-10 minutes to complete. All responses are completely confidential. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Russian, and German.

To take part, you must know your exact FIDE ID number, which will be something like "14200887". ID numbers are posted on the FIDE website at http://www.fide.com

A summary and analysis of the study findings will be posted here when it is complete and will be emailed to any participant who requests it.

If you would like to participate, please go to this website: http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/

For any queries, please contact Dr Robert Howard, University of New South Wales, on rwh@unsw.edu.au

24) Voronezh Chess Festival

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

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

25) Forthcoming Events and Links

41st Biel International Chess Festival

The 41st Biel International Chess Festival takes place 19th July - 1st August 2008.

Details of all events including the open and other tournaments: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

GM Biel (SUI), 19 vii - 1 viii 2008. cat. XIII (2691)
Name	NAT	Elo	WRnk
Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2765	Nr. 5
Evgeny Alekseev	RUS	2711	Nr. 20
Etienne Bacrot	FRA	2705	Nr. 23
Leinier Dominguez	CUB	2695	Nr 26
Alexander Onischuk	USA	2664	Nr. 56
Yannick Pelletier	SUI	2607

Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Dortmund

The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting takes place in Dortmund 28th June - 6th July 2008. 8 player all-play-all.

Details of all events including the open and other tournaments: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de

Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Dortmund (GER), 28 vii - 6 viii 2008.
Name	NAT	Elo	WRnk
Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2788	Nr. 2
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2752	Nr. 7
Leko, Peter	HUN	2741	Nr. 10
Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2740	Nr 11
Van Wely, Loek	NED	2676	Nr 45
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2634	Nr 86
Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	2623
Gustafsson, Jan	GER	2603

Latvian Chess Tour - Riga Open

The VIII World chess championship Mikhail Tal Cup (Riga OPEN 2008) takes place 19th-24th August 2008.

Contact details: Riga Chess Federation, Braslas street 7, Riga, LV-1035. Ph.(+371) 28804664 Alberts Cimins or +371 25939234 Vadims Daskevics Fax +371 67718960, e-mail: acimins@yahoo.com or vadik.dashkevich@gmail.com

Details of this and other events on the Latvian Chess Tour: http://www.chess.lv/lv/vesture/

17th Martigny Open

The 17th Martigny Open takes placed 1st-4th August 2008 in the à l'Hôtel du Parc. 7 round swiss - 36 moves /1h30 + 30 minutes ko. 1st Prize: 1500 francs, 5650 francs total prize fund.

Details: http://www.uve-wsb.ch/openmartigny

19th Panamerican Youth Chess Festival

The 19th Panamerican Youth Chess Festival takes place in Argentina 29th June - 6th July, 2008.

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

Lipetsk

"There will be an international chess festival called "King's Gambit" in Lipetsk, Russia, between July 8 (arrival day) and July 19, 2008. The festival consists of two round-robin tournaments (one with GM norm and one with IM norm) and an open for FIDE rating. Opening ceremony: 2.30 p.m. on July 9, 1st round at 3 p.m. Festival director: Zimmerman, Yuri . Tel.: +7-4742-720064, or +7-919-255-9764. E-mail: zimmerman@lipetsk.ru."

Marshall Chess Club International

The Marshall Chess Club New York International takes place 21th-25th June 2008. 9 round swiss.

Details: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/

Olomouc Chess Summer

The 11th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2008 takes place 30th July - 7th August 2008. Closed GM and IM tournaments, FIDE open, seniors tournament, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/regulations/

5th Highlands Open

The 5th International Chess Festival Highlands Open 2008, takes place in the town of Zdar nad Sazavou 20th-28th September 2008.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/regulations/

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.

Advanced booking for the World Chess Championship 2008 between Viswanathan Anand (India) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) has started. The tickets are available at the price of 35 Euro per day. The following benefits are included: - entrance to the playing hall - entrance to the commentary room with analysis by prominent grandmasters. The tickets are available at all ticket agencies in Germany. You can also buy tickets for the match in advance via BONNTICKET: http://www.bonnticket.de tickets@bonnticket.de. Tel. +49-(0)-180/5001812. Tickets for a possible tiebreak on November 02, 2008, will be available after the 12th game. Exclusive VIP tickets are also available. Details at the website below along with features on the leadup to the championships.

Website: http://www.uep-worldchess.com/

Porto Carras, Greece

3rd International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2008", takes place in Porto Carras, Greece 12th-19th July 2008

Further details: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2008

Panevezys Open

The 21st International Panevezys Open 2008 takes place in Panevezys, Lithuania 12th-18th August 2008. Two Open A and Open B and two closed norm tournaments second woman WGM and GM takes place in chess Festival program this year.

More details: http://www.chesslyga.lt/panevezys2008

For information e-mail: chessfanas@gmail.com

Open "Mediterranean 2017" Rijeka

The Open "Mediterranean 2017" Rijeka (CRO) takes place 29th November - 6th December 2008.

Details: http://www.mediteran2013.com/en/default.asp

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

Hungarian Chess Tournaments May - December 2008

1. 16th-21th of May 2008 KECSKEMET, IM Berger tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South-East from Budapest.

2. 7th-19th of June FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 9…13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1/

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

4.13th-21st of June, Balatonlelle Open, GM-IM round robin, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

5.21st-30th of June IM tmt Kecskemet, org: Mr. Erdelyi

6.5th-17th of July, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday Budapest, org: Nagy Laszlo

7.19th-28th of July IM Kecskemet, org Erdelyi,

8.23rd-27th of July, 32nd AGRIA chess festival, Open 9 rounds Swiss, EGER, 100 km North East from Budapest, org: rauch@freemail.hu www.eurochess.hu

9.2nd-14th of August GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy Laszlo

10.16th-25th of August, IM tmt, Kecskemet, org: Erdelyi

11.6th-18th of September GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy Laszlo,

12.20th -29th September IM tmt Kecskemet, org Erdelyi

13.4th-16th of October, GM-IM-FM tmt, First Saturday Budapest, org.Nagy L.

14.18th-27th of October IM tmt Kecskemet, org Erdelyi.

15.1st-13th of November GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L.

16.14th-22nd of November Tenkes Kupa Open, Harkany, 300 km South-West from Budapst, 9 round Swiss, org: Ambrus Lajos, mobile: 36-30-851-4224 e-mail: info@baranyasakk.hu www.baranyasakk.hu

17.6th-18th of December GM-IM-FM tmt, First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L.

18.27th of Dec 5th of January IM-FM tmt Kesckemet, org: Erdelyi.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 29 Grandmasters have entered including Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Alexander Beliavsky, 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.

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/

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

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

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 709 9th June 2008 by Mark Crowther

Sponsored by the London Chess Centre

41st Biel International Chess Festival

Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Dortmund

Latvian Chess Tour - Riga Open

17th Martigny Open

19th Panamerican Youth Chess Festival

Lipetsk

Marshall Chess Club International

Olomouc Chess Summer

5th Highlands Open

World Championship Match Anand vs Kramnik in Bonn

Porto Carras, Greece

Panevezys Open

Open "Mediterranean 2017" Rijeka

Baltic Sea Cup 2008

Hungarian Chess Tournaments May - December 2008

Blackstone Chess Festival

I Masters of Olalachess Academy Training Camp

European U18 Team championships

13th Pannonia Cup

VI Gyorgy Marx Memorial

2nd Queenstown Chess Classic 2009

GM Boris Alterman's Chess Lessons

19th Czech Open

8th Savaria Summer

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

Arctic Chess Challenge

Ikaros Chess Festival

European Union Championships, Liverpool 2008

8th Brno Chess Festival

VII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2008

Dvoretsky-Jussupow Chess School in Paris

FIDE Grand Prix Events

British Chess Championships 2008

Canadian Open

Cidade de Ferrol International

X Sants Open

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

Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match

Mindsports

Etienne Bacrot's Website

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones