THE WEEK IN CHESS 714 14th July 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Poikovsky
3) Lake Sevan
4) Swedish Championship
5) Norwegian Championship
6) Barbera del Valles Open
7) Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Dortmund Open and IM events
8) 115th Scottish Chess Championships
9) Nezhmetdinov Memorial
10) White Nights Open
11) First Saturday July
12) Irish Championship
13) Bray Rapidplay
14) Greek Team Cup and Team Championships
15) XII Izmailov Memorial
16) Villa Martelli
17) IV Alajuela International
18) Kings Gambit Lipetsk
19) Porto Carras, Greece
20) Ikaros Chess Festival
21) 5th GM Mulhouse
22) Serbian Team Cup
23) Balaton Chessfestival
24) Alushta Summer
25) Ivanovic - Djukic Match
26) Jean-Claude Loubatiere Festival
27) Montenegrian Championship
28) Chelyabinsk Oblast Superfinal
29) Conegliano Open
30) Teplice Open
31) Danang IM-Tournament
32) Villa de Benasque
33) International Championship of Paris
34) Merlo Tournament
35) Paraguayan Championship
36) XVII Burgas Open
37) X Torredembarra Open
38) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Poikovsky30 games
Lake Sevan20 games
Swedish Championship35 games
Norwegian Championship54 games
Barbera del Valles Open165 games
Dortmund Open 467 games
Dortmund IM45 games
115th Scottish Chess Championships247 games
Nezhmetdinov Memorial506 games
White Nights Open643 games
First Saturday July97 games
Irish Championship138 games
Greek Team Cup36 games
Greek Team Championships378 games
XII Izmailov Memorial455 games
Villa Martelli14 games
IV Alajuela International30 games
Kings Gambit Lipetsk39 games
Porto Carras, Greece24 games
Ikaros Chess Festival24 games
5th GM Mulhouse45 games
Serbian Team Cup250 games
Balaton Chessfestival60 games
Alushta Summer42 games
Ivanovic - Djukic Match6 games
Montenegrian Championship36 games
Chelyabinsk Oblast Superfinal41 games
Conegliano Open571 games
Teplice Open45 games
Danang IM-Tournament45 games
International Championship of Paris15 games
Merlo Tournament12 games
4570 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Tarjei J. Svensen, Petr Pisk, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Dinu-Ioan Nicula, Bela Lengyel, Efstratios Grivas, Dave Clayton, Thomas Henrich, Yuri Zimmerman, Martin Snehota, Aram Hajian, Rodolfo Arias, Cory Chandler, Praful Zaveri and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Karpov Memorial in Poikovsky, Russia is the main event of the week. Things are very tight at the top with Sergei Rublevsky, Dmitry Jakovenko and Elo favourite Alexei Shirov share first place on 4/6 with three rounds to go. The end of the event almost coincides with the start of the Biel Chess Festival where the GM event starts on the 20th with Magnus Carlsen heading the field. He is strong favourite given his recent form and it could be the start of his final push to be world number one. I'm pretty sure the organisers are very happy to have him!

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Poikovsky

The Poikovsky tournament takes place 8th-17th July 2008. Participants: Alexei Shirov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Sergey Rublevsky, Wang Hao, Ernesto Inarkiev, Andrei Volokitin, Vugar Gashimov, Victor Bologan, Alexander Onischuk and Emil Sutovsky.

Official site: http://russiachess.org/

9th Karpov Poikovsky (RUS), 8-17 vii 2008 cat. XVIII (2691)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2699 * ½ . 1 1 ½ ½ . . ½ 4 2813
2. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2709 ½ * ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 . . 4 2819
3. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 . ½ * . ½ ½ ½ . 1 1 4 2805
4. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2717 0 ½ . * . ½ . 1 1 ½ 3½ 2736
5. Wang Hao g CHN 2691 0 . ½ . * 1 . ½ ½ 1 3½ 2742
6. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2654 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ . . . 2½ 2650
7. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2686 ½ 0 ½ . . ½ * ½ ½ . 2½ 2633
8. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2672 . 0 . 0 ½ . ½ * ½ 1 2½ 2634
9. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670 . . 0 0 ½ . ½ ½ * ½ 2 2572
10. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2675 ½ . 0 ½ 0 . . 0 ½ * 1½ 2505

Round 1 (July 8, 2008)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Gashimov, Vugar 1-0 60 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 42 A61 Benoni
Wang Hao - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 43 A65 Benoni
Sutovsky, Emil - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 42 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Bologan, Viktor - Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ 26 D36 QGD Exchange
Round 2 (July 9, 2008)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Sutovsky, Emil ½-½ 17 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Shirov, Alexei - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 18 E05 Catalan
Gashimov, Vugar - Inarkiev, Ernesto ½-½ 28 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Volokitin, Andrei - Bologan, Viktor ½-½ 75 E99 King's Indian Classical
Onischuk, Alexander - Wang Hao ½-½ 39 D15 Slav Defence
Round 3 (July 10, 2008)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Rublevsky, Sergei ½-½ 67 B85 Sicilian Scheveningen
Wang Hao - Volokitin, Andrei ½-½ 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Sutovsky, Emil - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½ 20 C43 Petroff's Defence
Bologan, Viktor - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 69 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ 58 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 4 (July 11, 2008)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Bologan, Viktor ½-½ 39 C48 Four Knights Rubinstein
Shirov, Alexei - Wang Hao ½-½ 36 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gashimov, Vugar - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 61 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Sutovsky, Emil - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 38 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Volokitin, Andrei - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 47 D17 Slav Defence
Round 5 (July 12, 2008)
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½ 31 A30 English Symmetrical
Wang Hao - Rublevsky, Sergei 0-1 34 D27 QGA
Bologan, Viktor - Sutovsky, Emil ½-½ 23 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Onischuk, Alexander - Volokitin, Andrei ½-½ 38 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Shirov, Alexei 0-1 34 D12 Slav Defence
Round 6 (July 14, 2008)
Rublevsky, Sergei - Inarkiev, Ernesto ½-½ 35 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Bologan, Viktor 1-0 34 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Shirov, Alexei - Onischuk, Alexander 1-0 55 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Gashimov, Vugar - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 25 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Sutovsky, Emil - Wang Hao 0-1 40 C12 French MacCutcheon

3) Lake Sevan

The "Lake Sevan 2008" International tournament takes place 10th-20th July, 2008, in Martuni, Armenia.

Official site: http://www.sevan.chessacademy.am/

Lake Sevan Martuni (ARM), 11-19 vii 2008 cat. XIII (2553)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Melkumyan, Hrant m ARM 2507 * . . . . ½ ½ 1 1 . 3 2737
2. Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2564 . * ½ . . . ½ 1 . 1 3 2751
3. Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2583 . ½ * . ½ ½ . . . 1 2½ 2647
4. Grigoryan, Avetik m ARM 2537 . . . * . 1 ½ . 0 1 2½ 2640
5. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2604 . . ½ . * 0 . . 1 1 2½ 2652
6. Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel f ARM 2480 ½ . ½ 0 1 * . . . . 2 2557
7. Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2533 ½ ½ . ½ . . * ½ . . 2 2541
8. Meier, Georg g GER 2556 0 0 . . . . ½ * 1 . 1½ 2465
9. Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2607 0 . . 1 0 . . 0 * . 1 2358
10. Amin, Bassem g EGY 2561 . 0 0 0 0 . . . . * 0

Round 1 (July 11, 2008)
Melkumyan, Hrant - Meier, Georg 1-0 40 E04 Catalan
Zhigalko, Sergei - Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel ½-½ 96 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Grigoryan, Avetik - Andriasian, Zaven ½-½ 24 D11 Slav Defence
Zhou Jianchao - Pantsulaia, Levan 1-0 33 A65 Benoni
Amin, Bassem - Pashikian, Arman 0-1 30 B50 Sicilian Defence
Round 2 (July 12, 2008)
Pashikian, Arman - Meier, Georg 1-0 30 E04 Catalan
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel - Zhou Jianchao 1-0 36 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Andriasian, Zaven - Melkumyan, Hrant ½-½ 20 C55 Two Knights Defence
Pantsulaia, Levan - Grigoryan, Avetik 1-0 34 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Amin, Bassem - Zhigalko, Sergei 0-1 72 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 3 (July 13, 2008)
Melkumyan, Hrant - Pantsulaia, Levan 1-0 49 A43 Old Benoni
Zhigalko, Sergei - Pashikian, Arman ½-½ 39 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Grigoryan, Avetik - Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel 1-0 37 D11 Slav Defence
Zhou Jianchao - Amin, Bassem 1-0 52 A58 Volga Gambit
Meier, Georg - Andriasian, Zaven ½-½ 51 A49 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 4 (July 14, 2008)
Pashikian, Arman - Andriasian, Zaven ½-½ 43 D15 Slav Defence
Zhigalko, Sergei - Zhou Jianchao ½-½ 59 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel - Melkumyan, Hrant ½-½ 51 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Pantsulaia, Levan - Meier, Georg 0-1 24 A13 Reti Opening
Amin, Bassem - Grigoryan, Avetik 0-1 27 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo

4) Swedish Championship

The Swedish Championship took place in Vaxjo 28th June - 13th July 2008. Tiger Hillarp Persson took the title on tie-break from Emanuel Berg after both finished on 10/13.

Official site: http://www.schacksm2008.se/
ch-SWE Vaxjo (SWE), 28 vi-11 vii 2008 cat. IX (2463)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2491 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10.0 2672
2. Berg, Emanuel g SWE 2601 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 10.0 2663
3. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2567 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9.5 2630
4. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2532 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 7.5 2514
5. Carlsson, Pontus g SWE 2514 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7.0 2488
6. Akesson, Ralf g SWE 2466 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 6.5 2462
7. Grandelius, Nils f SWE 2388 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6.0 2439
8. Karlsson, Lars g SWE 2475 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 6.0 2433
9. Smith, Axel SWE 2428 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5.5 2408
10. Nithander, Victor f SWE 2319 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.5 2417
11. Tikkanen, Hans m SWE 2437 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 1 5.5 2408
12. Brynell, Stellan g SWE 2461 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 5.0 2376
13. Lindberg, Bengt m SWE 2442 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 1 4.5 2354
14. Hedman, Erik f SWE 2363 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 2.5 2219

5) Norwegian Championship

The Norwegian Championship took place 5th-13th July 2008. Jon Ludvig Hammer and Frode Elsness both finished on 6.5/9 and will play off for the title.

Official site: http://nm2008.sjakkweb.no/

ch-NOR Elite Tonsberg (NOR), 5-13 vii 2008
1 Hammer, Jon Ludvig m NOR 2457 6,5 37,5 41,5 44,0 29,00 2539 ( +9)
2 Elsness, Frode m NOR 2429 6,5 35,0 38,5 40,5 29,00 2516 (+29)
3 Ostenstad, Berge g NOR 2483 6,0 38,5 42,5 46,5 29,25 2520 (+14)
4 Lie, Espen m NOR 2440 5,5 39,0 43,0 46,5 26,75 2446 ( +4)
5 Hole, Oystein m NOR 2387 5,5 36,5 40,5 44,5 25,75 2489 (+27)
6 Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal f NOR 2382 5,5 36,0 40,0 43,5 26,00 2466 (+15)
7 Urkedal, Frode NOR 2254 4,5 36,0 38,5 40,5 16,75 2354 (+36)
8 Fyllingen, Roy Harald m NOR 2403 4,5 33,5 37,0 39,5 17,25 2294 (-29)
9 Skrondal, Inge Sandstad NOR 2189 4,5 32,5 35,0 37,0 15,25 2282 (+40)
10 Stokke, Kjetil f NOR 2375 4,5 31,0 33,5 35,5 17,00 2337 (+19)
11 Tjomsland, Stig NOR 2279 4,5 27,5 30,0 32,0 13,75 2292 ( -5)
12 Lie, Kjetil A g NOR 2558 4,0 39,0 43,5 46,5 19,75 2384 (-30)
13 Kovachev, Daniel Jakobsen NOR 2189 4,0 36,5 40,5 44,0 16,75 2330 (+23)
14 Ekeberg, Carl Fredrik f NOR 2349 4,0 36,5 39,5 41,5 15,75 2273 (-19)
15 Moen, Andreas NOR 2295 3,5 33,5 36,0 38,0 12,00 2242 ( -8)
16 Thomassen, Joachim f NOR 2350 3,0 29,5 32,0 34,0 11,50 2162 (-50)
17 Breivik, Lars NOR 2265 2,5 32,5 35,5 37,5 8,50 2135 (-25)
18 Lovik, Lasse Ostebo NOR 2116 2,0 32,0 35,0 37,5 7,00 2069 (-64)

6) Barbera del Valles Open

XXXI Open Internacional de Barbera del Valles 2008 took place 4th-12th July 2008. Lazaro Bruzon Batista won on tie-break from Fidel Corrales Jimenez after both finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr12362.aspx?lan=1

XXXI Open Barbera del Valles (ESP), 4-12 vii 2008
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgIPts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1Bruzon Batista LazaroGMCUB25927,550,542,038,5
2Corrales Jimenez FidelIMCUB25047,547,039,538,5
3Gonzalez Vidal YuriIMCUB24646,552,544,538,0
4Barsov AlexeiGMUZB24816,547,038,532,5
5Pap MisaIMSRB24956,052,543,532,5
6Asis Gargatagli HipolitIMESP23966,048,039,531,0
7Czakon JakubIMPOL25106,047,539,030,5
8Fluvia Poyatos JordiIMESP25006,044,537,030,0
9Rojas LuisIMCHI24066,042,535,028,5
10Tsatsalashvili KetiWFMGEO22716,040,034,527,0
11Narciso Dublan MarcGMESP25255,553,544,531,5
12Ipatov AlexanderUKR24335,550,041,531,0
13Cuartas Jaime AlexanderIMCOL24955,544,036,529,0
14Canal Oliveras JoanESP22415,542,034,525,0
15Matnadze AnaIMGEO24115,050,545,533,0
16Perez Mitjans OrelvisFMCUB05,050,041,031,5
17Alonso Moyano JonathanIMESP23725,044,537,523,5
18Mihailovs JurijsLAT23885,042,537,027,0
19Capellades Subirana MarcESP22655,041,035,023,5
20Vilela De Acuna Jose LuisIMCUB23475,041,034,025,0
21Guramishvili SopikoWIMGEO23025,040,035,025,5
22Ravot SylvainFRA22365,039,533,523,0
23Perpinya Rofes Lluis MariaFMESP23855,039,032,026,5
24Obon Temprano SergiESP22115,037,532,522,0
25Debray TristanFRA21454,544,036,524,0
26Douriet AlexisCUB04,543,035,523,0
27Ryan JosephFMIRL23314,542,536,024,0
28Lasinskas PovilasFMLTU22694,539,534,022,5
29Leks HannaWFMPOL21984,537,533,019,0
30Pellus Ruiz JosepESP22194,533,028,520,0
55 players

7) Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Dortmund Open and IM events

The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in Dortmund 28th June - 6th July 2008. 8 player all-play-all. Peter Leko took clear first place. Elo-Favourite Vladimir Kramnik finished in 7th place losing in the final round to Vassily Ivanchuk.

The Sparkassen Open A tournament was won by Mikhail Zaitsev ahead of Andrey Orlov, Karl-Heinz Podzielny and Laurence E Webb on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. Thomas Trella won the IM tournament.

Official site: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de and http://www.chess-meeting.de/

Dortmund Open A (GER), 30 vi-6 vii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings
PlPlayerTiLandEloPunkteBuchhBuSumm
1Zaitsev,MikhailIMRUS2465749.5351
2Orlov,AndreyIMRUS2469748366
3Podzielny,Karl-HeIMGER2357746351
3Webb,Laurence ENG2309746351
5Hausrath,DanielIMGER24466.546.5349
6Savchenko,VyachesIMUKR23546.546326.5
7Holmsgaard,Henrik DEN23246.540320
8Voicu,CarmenWGMROU22006.538.5297.5
9Coenen,Michael GER2205647.5340.5
10Izrajlev,Alexande RUS2274645348.5
11Petrosyan,SurenIMARM2392644.5333
12Savchenko,Aleksij GER2166644349.5
13Racherbäumer,Marc GER2253643.5344.5
14Heck,NorbertFMGER2245638.5318
15Mazarov,Jürgen GER2138638336
16Lang,Daniel GER2009636330
17Schlierkamp,Ferdi GER21025.547333
18Kartsev,Alexandr GER19415.544.5327
19Aulich,Marcell GER20475.544333.5
20Kotainy,Jens GER21215.543340
21Overbeck,Thorsten GER21695.542.5313.5
22Langers,Alexander GER21865.542.5312.5
23Rehberg,Raphael GER21415.542321
24Kunz,Konstantin GER21195.541.5325
25Mühlenhaus,SvenFMGER21705.540.5330.5
26Fox,Daniel GER20955.539.5336
27Porth,Hartmut GER21305.538.5310
28Markgraf,Jonas GER20035.538.5305
29Smolka,Alexander GER20735.537301.5
97 players
Helmut Kohl IM Dortmund (GER), 28 vi-6 vii 2008 cat. V (2374)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Trella, Thomas f GER 2300 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2507
2. Fiebig, Thomas GER 2400 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2451
3. Van der Weide, Karel g NED 2482 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2442
4. Klyuner, Vyacheslav UKR 2411 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2370
5. Litwak, Aleksej f GER 2292 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2383
6. Gutman, Lev g GER 2484 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 4½ 2362
7. Heinzel, Olaf m GER 2388 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 1 4 2329
8. Eismont, Oleg m RUS 2362 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 3½ 2295
9. Tereick, Benjamin f GER 2379 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 3½ 2293
10. Zelbel, Patrick GER 2246 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3½ 2308

8) 115th Scottish Chess Championships

The 115th Scottish Chess Championships International Open (including Scottish Championships) took place 5th-13th July 2008. There was some foreign participation and Jan Markos and Tautvydas Vedrickas finished on 7.5/9. The top Scottish player was Alan Tate on 6.5/9 and he took the title. No official final table is available.

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

Live games: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/scottish/2008/

9) Nezhmetdinov Memorial

The Nezhmetdinov Memorial took place in Kazan 1st-9th June 2008. Dmitry Bocharov won the event with 6/9, games now available.

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

Nezhmetdinov Memorial Kazan (RUS), 1-9 vi 2008.
Leading Final Round 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

10) White Nights Open

The White Nights Open took place in St. Petersburg, 21st-29th June 2008. Valerij Popov took clear first with 8/9.

Official site: http://chigorin.ru/2008/WN/ and official results at: http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=14259

White Nights Open St Petersburg (RUS), 21-29 vi 2008
1 Popov, Valerij g RUS 2525 8.0 54.0 47.00 42.0 2675 +1.16
2 Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2512 7.0 56.0 42.00 39.5 2557 +0.43
3 Sivokho, Sergey m RUS 2467 7.0 54.5 40.25 37.0 2518 +0.52
4 Urjubdshzirov, Erdni RUS 2243 7.0 46.5 34.50 34.5 2457 +2.41
5 Orlov, Oleg RUS 2285 7.0 45.0 33.25 35.5 2439 +1.69
6 Orlov, Vassily m RUS 2465 6.5 54.0 36.75 35.0 2408 -0.52
7 Solovjov, Sergey I m RUS 2440 6.5 53.0 37.50 35.0 2400 -0.34
8 Karasev, Vladimir I m RUS 2416 6.5 52.5 36.25 34.0 2396 -0.16
9 Vunder, Andrey RUS 2241 6.5 50.0 35.50 34.0 2389 +1.73
10 Serov, Maksim RUS 2295 6.5 49.0 33.00 34.5 2362 +0.74
11 Alekseenko, Kirill f RUS 2061 6.5 48.0 32.50 32.5 2405 +3.58
12 Nikitinyh, Boris RUS 2167 6.5 46.5 31.50 33.0 2384 +2.63
13 Golovankov, Vladimir RUS 2282 6.5 45.5 31.50 30.5 2276 -0.07
14 Pankov, German f RUS 2349 6.0 51.0 30.25 35.0 2343 -0.12
15 Khuseinkhodzhaev, Muhammad TJK 2407 6.0 50.5 31.00 34.5 2357 -0.57
16 Kurilov, Viktor RUS 2312 6.0 50.0 32.25 33.0 2321 +0.06
17 Chehlov, Aleksander f LAT 2232 6.0 49.0 29.75 32.5 2349 +1.24
18 Biriukov, Oleg V m RUS 2391 6.0 48.0 29.25 32.0 2300 -1.02
19 Khakimov, Timur m RUS 2346 6.0 48.0 28.50 32.0 2294 -0.57
20 Yaksin, Oleg RUS 2273 6.0 47.5 27.50 31.0 2312 +0.42
21 Donskov, Anatoly RUS 2066 6.0 46.0 29.75 30.0 2299 +2.18
22 Eidelson, Rakhil wg BLR 2163 6.0 46.0 25.75 29.0 2193 +0.28
23 Barhudarian, Rafael f RUS 2293 6.0 43.5 30.25 28.0 2319 +0.24
24 Solovjova, Valentina wm RUS 2275 6.0 37.0 23.75 23.0 2190 -0.60
25 Abramov, Valentin f RUS 2321 5.5 52.5 31.00 34.0 2325 +0.10
26 Kovar, Vojtech CZE 2238 5.5 50.5 30.00 32.0 2292 +0.64
27 Ivkina, Olga wm RUS 2278 5.5 48.5 25.50 32.5 2242 -0.44
28 Melnikov, Dmitry f RUS 2284 5.5 46.5 25.75 32.0 2252 -0.35
29 Korchagina, Viktoria wf RUS 2147 5.5 46.5 25.00 30.0 2284 +1.72
30 Lushnikov, Andrey RUS 2272 5.5 45.0 25.25 29.0 2222 -0.62
31 Fedoseev, Sergey f RUS 2175 5.5 44.5 23.25 27.5 2183 +0.10
32 Popov,Denis RUS ---- 5.5 44.0 26.25 26.5 2223 +1.00
33 Androsov, Sergey RUS 2097 5.5 44.0 22.75 26.0 2124 +0.24
34 Timofeev, Andrei RUS 2248 5.5 43.5 24.25 28.5 2205 -0.53
35 Dodonov, Vladimir RUS 1959 5.5 43.0 22.50 24.0 2147 +1.44
36 Chernov, Yurij RUS 2153 5.5 42.5 22.75 25.0 2162 +0.04
37 Maevsky, Nikolay RUS 2143 5.5 42.5 22.50 27.0 2186 +0.55
38 Bazeev, German RUS 2134 5.5 42.5 22.25 28.5 2235 +1.02
39 Markevich, Ilya RUS 2080 5.5 41.5 22.00 25.0 2106 +0.24
40 Senkevich, Konstantin RUS 2136 5.5 41.0 23.25 27.0 2095 -0.44
41 Kaganov, Dmitry RUS 2106 5.5 37.5 20.00 25.0 2145 +0.36
146 players

11) First Saturday July

The First Saturday GM, IM and FM tournaments for July take place in Budapest, 5th-17th 2008. Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu

FSGM July Budapest (HUN), 5-17 vii 2008 cat. VIII (2442)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Berczes, David m HUN 2458 * . . . . ½ . . . 1 . . . . 1½ 2625
2. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2519 . * . . ½ . . 1 . . . . . . 1½ 2643
3. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2557 . . * ½ . . . . . . . . 1 . 1½ 2654
4. Nguyen Huynh Hui f VIE 2477 . . ½ * . . . . . . . 1 . . 1½ 2676
5. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2429 . ½ . . * . ½ . . . . . . . 1 2514
6. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2479 ½ . . . . * ½ . . . . . . . 1 2483
7. Prohaszka, Peter2 m HUN 2509 . . . . ½ ½ * . . . . . . . 1 2454
8. Boros, Denes m HUN 2472 . 0 . . . . . * . . 1 . . . 1 2423
9. Kislik, Erik Andrew USA 2302 . . . . . . . . * . ½ ½ . . 1 2368
10. Mas, Hafizulhelmi m MAS 2386 0 . . . . . . . . * . . . 1 1 2437
11. Kjartansson, Gudmundur f ISL 2328 . . . . . . . 0 ½ . * . . . ½ 2194
12. Toth, Ervin f HUN 2409 . . . 0 . . . . ½ . . * . . ½ 2196
13. Duong The Anh f VIE 2445 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * ½ ½ 2294
14. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2417 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . ½ * ½ 2222

FSIM July Budapest (HUN), 5-17 vii 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Husari, Satea m SYR 2362 * . ½ ½ ½ ½ . . . 1 1 1 1 . 6 2397
2. Magyar, Otto f HUN 2293 . * ½ . 0 . . ½ . ½ 1 1 1 1 5½ 2345
3. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2271 ½ ½ * ½ . 1 1 ½ ½ . . . ½ . 5 2367
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2286 ½ . ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ . . . 1 . 5 2362
5. Rapport, Richard HUN 2275 ½ 1 . 0 * ½ ½ . ½ . 1 . . 1 5 2381
6. Van den Heever, Donovan RSA 2225 ½ . 0 ½ ½ * . ½ 1 1 . . 1 . 5 2338
7. Szalanczy, Emil m HUN 2388 . . 0 ½ ½ . * . . 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2297
8. Vegh, Endre m HUN 2298 . ½ ½ ½ . ½ . * ½ . ½ 1 . ½ 4½ 2297
9. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2317 . . ½ ½ ½ 0 . ½ * ½ . . 1 . 3½ 2213
10. Petursson, Gudni ISL 2135 0 ½ . . . 0 0 . ½ * ½ ½ . 1 3 2191
11. Solomons, Deon RSA 2216 0 0 . . 0 . 0 ½ . ½ * 1 . 1 3 2185
12. Adams, Nick A USA 2222 0 0 . . . . ½ 0 . ½ 0 * . ½ 1½ 2041
13. Qu Yanqiao CHN 2007 0 0 ½ 0 . 0 ½ . 0 . . . * ½ 1½ 2042
14. Toth, Lili wm HUN 2208 . 0 . . 0 . 0 ½ . 0 0 ½ ½ * 1½ 1978

12) Irish Championship

The Irish Championship took place in Dublin 5th-13th July 2008. Alexander Baburin and Alon Greenfeld finished on 8/9. A number of foreign players competed who weren't elegible for the title and Baburin secured the title with a round to go.

Reports: http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=188

Irish Championship Dublin (IRL), 5-13 vii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:
1Baburin, Alexander g IRL 2526 8.0 2699
2Greenfeld, Alon g ISR 2545 8.0 2693
3Hebden, Mark L g ENG 2520 6.5 2471
4Jessel, Stephen f IRL 2294 6.0 2316
5Daly, Colm f IRL 2311 5.5 2391
6Butnorius, Algimantas g LTU 2442 5.5 2439
7Short, Philip M f IRL 2300 5.5 2342
8Fox, Anthony IRL 2068 5.0 2198
9Griffiths, Ryan Rhys IRL 2069 5.0 2159
10Duffy,Seamus IRL ---- 5.0 2208
11Quinn, Ciaran IRL 2156 5.0 2061
12Orr, Mark J L m IRL 2258 5.0 2205
13Conquest, Stuart C g ENG 2536 4.5 2245
14Redmond, John P IRL 2188 4.5 2222
15O'Connell, Gerard IRL 2122 4.5 2075
16Fitzsimons, David IRL 2133 4.5 2135
17Weeks, Manuel f AUS 2174 4.5 2209
18Healy, John IRL 1864 4.5 2079
19Loughran, John IRL 1805 4.5 2136
20Carosso, Andrea ITA 2046 4.5 2035
21Lyons, Brendan IRL 2088 4.0 2021
22Daly,Justin IRL ---- 4.0 2057
23Benson, Oisin P IRL 1852 4.0 1992
24Keogh, Eamon IRL 2092 3.5 1965
25Doyle, Hugh IRL ---- 3.5 1990
26McCarthy, Tim IRL 2020 3.5 1987
27Porter, Liam IRL ---- 3.5 1984
28Short, Stephen IRL 2033 3.0 1832
29Boyle, Bernard IRL 1945 3.0 1909
30Cafolla, Peter IRL 2055 2.5 1643
31Ui Laighleis, Gearoidin IRL 1985 2.0 1673
32Jeffares, Simon IRL 2111 1.5 1933

13) Bray Rapidplay

The Bray Rapidplay took place on June 15th 2008. Alexander Baburin took first from Petr Velicka on tie-break after both finished on 5.5/6. No games available.

Details: http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=189

Bray Rapidplay (IRL), 15 vii 2008
Final Round 6 Standings:
1-2 GM Baburin, Alexander 2534 5.5 24.0 17.0
GM Velicka, Petr 2496 5.5 22.5 15.0
3-6 IM Heidenfeld, Mark 2388 5 25.0 17.5
Lanca, Ivan 2102 5 24.0 16.0
Mkrtchyan, Semyon 1836 5 21.5 15.5
Fitzsimons, David 2118 5 21.5 14.0
7-9 FM Daly, Colm 2277 4.5 25.0 16.5
Morris, Stephen B. 2111 4.5 21.5 14.0
Osborne, Sam C. 2068 4.5 19.0 12.0
10-24 Lagutin, Nelman 1870 4 25.0 16.5
O' Connell, Gerard 2105 4 22.5 15.0
Fox, Anthony 2054 4 22.5 15.0
Mc Govern, Mark E. 1995 4 21.5 14.5
King, Melvyn 1495 4 21.0 15.0
Mc Cabe, Darren 1890 4 21.0 14.0
Mc Phillips, Karl 2269 4 20.5 13.0
Reynolds, Pat 1929 4 19.5 13.0
Berney, Mark 1696 4 19.5 12.5
Madynski, Pawel 2157 4 19.0 13.0
Dennehy, Tony 1886 4 19.0 11.5
O' Rourke, Ray 1920 4 18.5 11.0
Beckett, Brian 1884 4 17.5 11.5
Murray, David B. 1956 4 17.0 12.0
Creighton, Terry 1561 4 16.5 11.0
78 players

14) Greek Team Cup and Team Championships

On 3rd and 4th July the Final-4 of the Greek Team’s Cup 2008 took place in Kallithea - Khalkidiki. The Greek Cup is being held with a knock-out system on four (1st and 3rd boards White for the Home players) boards (90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of game + 30’’ for every move – for each player). On the first day (3rd of July) in the first semifinal ‘E.S.Thessalonikis’ easily outplayed the weak ‘S.O. Ikarias’ team but the real battle was seen in the second semifinal between ‘A.O. Kydon Chanion’ and ‘A.E.K.’. The first match was drawn 2:2 so a play-off (15 minutes for each player – opposite colours) was followed but still there was no decision (2:2). ‘A.O. Kydon Chanion’ qualified in the second play-off by beating ‘A.E.K.’ with the heavy 3½:½. The next day (4th of July) ‘A.E.K.’ won the battle for the 3rd place against ‘S.O. Ikarias’ with a perfect score (4:0). In the final there was no winner as also this match ended on a 2:2 tie. So, the ‘usual’ play-off was needed. After a tense fight and three play-offs (!), the team of ‘E.S. Thessalonikis’ emerged as the winner of the Greek Team’s Cup 2008. News: Efstratios Grivas.

The Greek Team Championships followed this event 6th-10th July 2008. SO Kavlas won the event.

More details: http://www.ChessFed.gr.

15) XII Izmailov Memorial

The XII Izmailov Memorial took place in Tomsk 25th June - 3rd July 2008. Artyom Timofeev took first place on tie-break from Oleg Loskutov, Denis Khismatullin and Dmitry Kokarov after all finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://www.tomsk-chess.ru

XII Izmailov Mem Tomsk (RUS), 25 vi-3 vii 2008
Score WP SB PS rat. TPR W-We
1Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2664 7.0 54.0 41.00 37.5 2664 2694 +0.25
2Loskutov, Oleg m RUS 2434 7.0 52.0 39.00 37.0 2434 2674 +2.77
3Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2584 7.0 50.0 38.25 35.0 2584 2660 +0.79
4Kokarev, Dmitry g RUS 2579 7.0 48.0 37.00 34.0 2579 2611 +0.34
5Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2569 6.5 57.0 40.00 39.0 2569 2645 +0.92
6Yudin, Sergei m RUS 2531 6.5 54.0 37.25 36.5 2531 2599 +0.83
7Zhumabayev, Rinat m KAZ 2442 6.5 49.5 32.75 34.5 2442 2597 +1.82
8Nechepurenko, Roman V f RUS 2485 6.5 48.5 33.50 32.0 2485 2514 +0.38
9Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2568 6.5 46.5 31.75 33.5 2568 2560 -0.07
10Zablotsky, Sergei m RUS 2508 6.0 53.0 32.75 36.5 2508 2597 +1.05
11Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2649 6.0 52.5 33.50 33.5 2625 2583 -0.48
12Temirbayev, Serik g KAZ 2485 6.0 50.0 30.50 32.0 2485 2528 +0.51
13Slizhevsky, Alexander m RUS 2442 6.0 49.5 30.25 32.5 2442 2523 +0.96
14Nevostrujev, Vladimir g RUS 2466 6.0 48.5 29.75 33.0 2466 2501 +0.42
15Voinov, Alexandr f RUS 2439 6.0 47.0 28.00 30.5 2439 2508 +0.78
16Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2511 6.0 46.0 29.25 30.0 2511 2470 -0.44
17Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2467 6.0 46.0 28.50 33.0 2467 2482 +0.15
18Bryzgalin, Kirill g RUS 2529 6.0 45.5 29.00 29.5 2529 2441 -0.93
19Smikovski, Ivan m RUS 2555 6.0 45.0 29.00 30.0 2555 2467 -0.93
20Gutov, Andrey g RUS 2483 6.0 43.5 27.25 29.5 2483 2434 -0.57
21Klimov, Anton f RUS 2394 6.0 42.0 24.75 29.0 2394 2457 +0.69
106 players

16) Villa Martelli

There are tournaments in Villa Martelli 8th July - 19th August 2008. A number of events are taking place.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/

1st ITT 54th Aniv Martelli Villa Martelli (ARG), 8-16 vii 2008 cat. III (2309)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2531 * 1 . ½ ½ 1 1 . 0 1 . 1 6 2502
2. Iermito, Sebastian f ARG 2385 0 * 1 ½ . ½ 1 1 . . 1 1 6 2485
3. Goldwaser, Christian ARG 2374 . 0 * 1 ½ 1 . 1 ½ 1 1 . 6 2493
4. Filgueira, Hernan f ARG 2330 ½ ½ 0 * ½ . 1 . . ½ 1 1 5 2397
5. Pacheco, Marco f PER 2405 ½ . ½ ½ * ½ . ½ ½ ½ 1 . 4½ 2357
6. Barrionuevo, Pablo f ARG 2363 0 ½ 0 . ½ * 0 . 1 1 . 1 4 2335
7. Guerrero, Alvaro URU 2154 0 0 . 0 . 1 * ½ 1 ½ . 1 4 2337
8. Nina, Miguel Angel f PER 2252 . 0 0 . ½ . ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 4 2279
9. Paglilla, Carlos m ARG 2343 1 . ½ . ½ 0 0 0 * . ½ ½ 3 2214
10. Malbran, Guillermo m ARG 2241 0 . 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ . * ½ . 2½ 2170
11. Delai, Paula Fernanda wf BRA 2081 . 0 0 0 0 . . 0 ½ ½ * 1 2 2129
12. Aguilar, Andres ARG 2252 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 ½ ½ . 0 * 1 1982

17) IV Alajuela International

The IV Alajuela International Chess Tournament (Costa Rica) took place 8th-13th July 2008. Rodolfo Arias reports that 17 year old Peruvian talent Emilio Cordova, (considered to be Julio Granda´s succesor) scored 8 wins (including a last round brilliant defensive game against g.m. Victor Mikhalevski) and one loss, to Nº 1 seeded, european champion Sergei Tiviakov of Holland.

It was certainly the strongest ever chess competition held in Central America, hosting 7 gm´s, 10 im´s and 3 wim´s. The time rate was 90 minutes plus 30 seconds from move one.

Local star Alejandro Ramirez had a poor showing, ending in 17th position, but Mauricio Arias and Sebastian Ruiz, two local young heroes, ended very well. The tournament was attended by more than 230 players, and followed by crowds. It was played in a well roofed basketball court, frequently under heavy tropical rain.

Games from the first three rounds only currently available.

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

IV Alajuela International (CRC), 8-13 vii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank SNo. Nombre Elo FED Pts Prog BUC BUC vict
1 6 IM Cordova Emilio 2519 PER 8 40 52 42½ 8
2 1 GM Tiviakov Sergei 2645 NED 7½ 39½ 58½ 46 6
3 9 GM Sagalchik Gennadij 2424 USA 7½ 37½ 52 40 7
4 7 IM Perez Luis Manuel 2495 CUB 7 39 54½ 43 5
5 8 GM Vera Reynaldo 2493 CUB 7 38 57 45½ 5
6 3 GM Mitkov Nikola 2556 MKD 7 37½ 55½ 43½ 6
7 12 IM Leyva Hector 2380 ESA 7 37 53½ 41 7
8 16 IM Arias Mauricio 2310 CRC 7 37 49½ 41 6
9 14 FM Arias Lemmys A 2342 ESA 7 36 47 37½ 5
10 22 Ruiz Sebastian 2195 CRC 7 35 50 39 7
11 2 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2592 ISR 6½ 39 58 45½ 5
12 4 GM Georgiev Vladimir 2531 MKD 6½ 37 57 45½ 5
13 13 IM Alonso Garcia Rene 2368 CUB 6½ 35 50½ 39½ 6
14 26 Alfaro Rojas Alfonso 2181 CRC 6½ 31½ 51 39½ 5
15 20 Almeida Criollo Jefferson 2226 ECU 6½ 31½ 46 34½ 6
16 15 IM Murillo Alexis 2319 CRC 6½ 31½ 44 34 6
17 5 GM Ramirez Alejandro 2531 CRC 6 36½ 55½ 43½ 5
18 10 IM Valdes Leonardo 2408 CRC 6 34½ 52½ 40 5
19 11 IM Fernandez Daniel 2401 USA 6 33½ 51 39½ 5
20 33 Castillo Rommel 2144 NCA 6 33 51 39½ 6
106 players

18) Kings Gambit Lipetsk

There are two "King's Gambit" tournament 11 player all-play-alls in Lipetsk, Russia, July 8th-19th 2008. Festival director: Yuri Zimmerman.

Official site: http://www.obninskchess.ru/alltur/alltur08/lip08/

Kings Gambit A Lipetsk (RUS), 9-19 vii 2008 cat. IX (2459)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Vysochin, Spartak g UKR 2514 * . 1 . . 1 . ½ 1 . . 3½ 2743
2. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2447 . * . . 1 . . . . 1 1 3
3. Grekh, Andrey f UKR 2362 0 . * ½ . . 1 . . 1 . 2½ 2625
4. Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2582 . . ½ * ½ . . . ½ . 1 2½ 2493
5. Khruschiov, Alexey g MDA 2496 . 0 . ½ * . 1 . . ½ . 2 2513
6. Slugin, Sergey f RUS 2425 0 . . . . * . ½ 1 . . 1½ 2452
7. Sjugirov, Sanan m RUS 2545 . . 0 . 0 . * 1 ½ . . 1½ 2338
8. Danin, Alexandre m RUS 2469 ½ . . . . ½ 0 * . . . 1 2369
9. Romanko, Marina wg RUS 2374 0 . . ½ . 0 ½ . * . . 1 2323
10. Papin, Vasily m RUS 2479 . 0 0 . ½ . . . . * ½ 1 2223
11. Ajrapetian, Gevorg RUS 2361 . 0 . 0 . . . . . ½ * ½ 2229

Kings Gambit B Lipetsk (RUS), 9-19 vii 2008 cat. II (2288)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Bazarov, Konstantin RUS 2234 * . . . . . ½ ½ . 1 1 3 2485
2. Khalukov, Yury f RUS 2309 . * 1 ½ . . . . 1 . . 2½ 2548
3. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2238 . 0 * . 1 . . . ½ 1 . 2½ 2352
4. Airapetian, Gor f RUS 2351 . ½ . * 0 . . . . 1 1 2½ 2359
5. Morev, Ivan RUS 2219 . . 0 1 * . . . 1 . . 2 2400
6. Kovalenko, Igor m UKR 2415 . . . . . * ½ . . ½ 1 2 2402
7. Korneevets, Alexander m BLR 2302 ½ . . . . ½ * ½ . . . 1½ 2329
8. Pesotsky, Vitaly m UKR 2338 ½ . . . . . ½ * . . ½ 1½ 2267
9. Venevtsev, Andrey RUS 2237 . 0 ½ . 0 . . . * . . ½ 1982
10. Nikitin, Yuri2 f RUS 2264 0 . 0 0 . ½ . . . * . ½ 1987
11. Barbashin, Igor RUS 2265 0 . . 0 . 0 . ½ . . * ½ 2012

19) 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

Summer Cup Porto Carras (GRE), 12-19 vii 2008
Name Title IRtg FED Pts
1. Zubarev Alexander GM 2517 UKR 3
Kanakaris Georgios 2284 GRE 3
Nikolaidis Konstantinos FM 2279 GRE 3
Pavlidis Anastasios 2270 GRE 3
Mihailidis Anastacios 2265 GRE 3
Valden Petros 2193 GRE 3
7. Ris Robert IM 2415 NED 2½
Robertsen Thomas 2259 NOR 2½
Pountzas Hrisanthos FM 2202 GRE 2½
Walseth Tron 1988 NOR 2½
Demuth Markus 2252 AUT 2½
81 players

20) Ikaros Chess Festival

The main event of the Ikaros Chess Festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place 12th-20th July 2008 in Aghios Kirykos on Ikaria Island. 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3000 Euros in total (1st prize 800 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans).

Official site: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros .

Aegean Open Aghios Kirykos (GRE), 12-20 vii 2008
Top 10 entries
1 GMPostny Evgeny ISR 2661
2 GMBanikas Hristos GRE 2572
3 GMMarkus Robert SRB 2572
4 GMShneider Aleksandr UKR 2537
5 IMNikolov Momchil BUL 2500
6 IMHenrichs Thomas GER 2491
7 IMSiebrecht Sebastian GER 2453
8 IMLubczynski Rafal POL 2414
9 IMLekic Dusan MNE 2377
10 WGMZakurdjaeva Irina RUS 2308
149 players

21) 5th GM Mulhouse

The 5th GM tournament took place in Mulhouse 25th June - 1st July 2008. Jean-Noel Riff took first place on tie-break from Matthieu Cornette and Valentin Iotov all of whom scored 6/9.

Official site: http://www.philidor-mulhouse.net/

5th GM Mulhouse (FRA), 25 vi-1 vii 2008 cat. X (2482)
Pl Name TiPays Elo 12345678910Pts NV SB Perf
1RIFF Jean-Noel mFRA 2487*½ ½ 1½ ½ ½ 1½ 16324,75 +15,25
2CORNETTE Matthieu mFRA 2496½ *½ 1½ ½ ½ 1½ 16324,75 +13,98
3IOTOV Valentin gBUL 2531½ ½ *½ ½ 11½ ½ 16324,25 +9,06
4CHATALBASHEV Boris gBUL 260500½ *1½ 1½ 115,5 320,75 -9,07
5KURMANN Oliver mSUI 2385½ ½ ½ 0*0½ 1115319,5 +19,32
6GOZZOLI Yannick mFRA 2509½ ½ 0½ 1*½ ½ ½ 04119,25 -7,79
7WIRIG Anthony mFRA 2477½ ½ 00½ ½ *½ ½ 14115,5 -3,35
8LAZIC Miroljub gSRB 253900½ ½ 0½ ½ *1½ 3,5 114-17,06
9FARGERE Francois fFRA 2367½ ½ ½ 00½ ½ 0*13,5 014,5 -0,23
10BOGNER Sebastian mGER 24230000010½ 0*1,5 15,75 -12,87

22) Serbian Team Cup

The Serbian Team Cup took place in Zlatibor 16th-22nd June 2008. SK Spartak took clear first place.

http://www.serbiachess.net/2008/51majfest08/51majfest08.html

Serbian Team Cup (SRB), 16-22 vi 2008
Pl Team PM Pts + = -
1 SK SPARTAK 12 19 5 2 0
2 NSK DDOR NOVI SAD 11 20 5 1 1
3 VSK SVETI NIKOLAJ 11 19 5 1 1
4 VALJEVSKI SAH KLUB 2005 9 17½ 4 1 2
5 SK BEOGRAD BEOPUBLIKUM 9 17 4 1 2
SK NIS 9 17 4 1 2
7 SK SLOGA AMIGA 8 14 3 2 2
8 SK POLITIKA 7 15 3 1 3
9 SK PLANUM TURS 7 13½ 3 1 3
10 SK TREPCA 7 12½ 3 1 3
SK CAST I SLAVA 7 12½ 3 1 3
12 SK DELFIN 7 11 3 1 3
13 SK LASTA 6 14 3 0 4
SK BEOGRADSKI VODOVOD 6 14 2 2 3
15 SK POZEGA 6 11½ 2 2 3
16 SK PASK PETROHEMIJA 6 11 2 2 3
SK BRANICEVO VGSK 6 11 2 2 3
18 SK IEG 4 8½ 2 0 5
19 SK PTT BEOGRAD 2 8 1 0 6

23) Balaton Chessfestival

The Balaton Chessfestival took place in Balatonlelle 14th-22nd June 2008. Zoltan Varga, Lajos Seres and Gyula Sax all finished on 5.5/10 in the main GM group.

Official site: http://www.lellechess.tar.hu/

XXVI Balatoni Sakkfesztival GM Balatonlelle (HUN), 14-22 vi 2008 cat. IX (2464)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Varga, Zoltan g HUN 2496 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2493
2. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2449 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2502
3. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2502 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2491
4. Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2442 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 0 1 ½ 1 5 2467
5. Sammalvuo, Tapani m FIN 2458 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * * 0 1 4½ 2428
6. Lauber, Arnd m GER 2434 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 * * 4 2397

XXVI Balatoni Sakkfesztival IM Balatonlelle (HUN), 14-22 vi 2008 cat. III (2322)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Szabo, Zsolt Jozsef m HUN 2445 * * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 2446
2. Grover, Sahaj f IND 2300 1 0 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 6 2398
3. Petran, Pal m HUN 2347 ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 5½ 2353
4. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2279 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2366
5. Mitscherling, Andreas f GER 2281 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 3 2181
6. Hess, Christian f GER 2281 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * * 3 2181

24) Alushta Summer

The Alushta "Summer-3" Tournament took place 3rd-12th June 2008. Essam El Gindy won the event with 9/12.

Official site: http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=14876

Alushta Summer-3 Alushta (UKR), 3-10 vi 2008 cat. VII (2401)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. El Gindy, Essam m EGY 2507 * * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2576
2. Rausis, Igor g CZE 2512 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8 2507
3. Shvyrjov, Igor g EST 2432 0 1 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2424
4. Shtyrenkov, Veniamen g RUS 2348 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 6 2409
5. Truskavetsky, Alexandr m UKR 2394 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2373
6. Chos, Alexey m UKR 2406 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * * 1 0 4 2275
7. Matsegora, Taras UKR 2207 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 * * 3 2240

25) Ivanovic - Djukic Match

Nikola Djukic defeated Bozidar Ivanovic 4.5-1.5 in a match in Podgorica, Crna Gora (Montenegro) 27th June - 3rd July 2008.

Official site: http://www.cgsah.org/

Djukic, Nikola - Ivanovic, Bozidar 1-0 39 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanovic, Bozidar - Djukic, Nikola ½-½ 21 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Djukic, Nikola - Ivanovic, Bozidar 1-0 60 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanovic, Bozidar - Djukic, Nikola 0-1 43 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Djukic, Nikola - Ivanovic, Bozidar ½-½ 12 A07 Barcza System
Ivanovic, Bozidar - Djukic, Nikola ½-½ 13 B47 Sicilian Paulsen
Match Podgorica (MNE), 27 vi-19 vii 2008
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Djukic, Nikola g MNE 2543 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 4½ 2637
Ivanovic, Bozidar g MNE 2444 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1½ 2350

26) Jean-Claude Loubatiere Festival

XV Festival International Jean-Claude Loubatiere took place in Montpellier 5th-13th July 2008. Francois Fargere won on tie-break from Hichem Hamdouchi after both finished on 7/9. No games available.

http://www.montpellier-echecs.com/

XV Festival International Jean-Claude Loubatiere Montpellier (FRA), 5-13 vii 2008
Pl Nom Elo Pts Tr. Perf Bu.
1FARGERE Francois f 2390744½ 261253½
2HAMDOUCHI Hichem g 2598744258653½
3KOSTEN Anthony C. g 25076½ 44251454
4DELORME Axel f 23776½ 43½ 252053
5GIFFARD Nicolas m 23796½ 42½ 248251
6PRIE Eric g 25266½ 41243050½
7LIBISZEWSKI Fabien m 24756½ 40½ 245050
8ROY CHOWDHURY Saptarshi m 24116½ 40244549
9WEILL Roland f 22136½ 38224245½
10JEAN Olivier 21686½ 37232345
11FLEAR Glenn C g 2493643½ 247254
12PETROSSIAN Armen f 2424643238053
13FOISOR Cristina Adela m 2344641244550½
14FOMICHENKO Svetlana gf 2269640½ 233250
15FOMICHENKO Eduard m 2492640238849½
16DUSSOL Pierre f 2247636½ 223545½
17SANDU Mihaela mf 2288636227444½
148 players

27) Montenegrian Championship

The Montenegrian Championship takes place in Cetinje, 7th-18th July 2008.

Official site: http://www.cgsah.org/

60th ch-MNE Cetinje MNE (MNE), 7-18 vii 2008 cat. VII (2409)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Kontic, Djordjije m MNE 2339 * ½ ½ . 1 . . ½ . ½ 1 . 4 2500
2. Nikac, Predrag MNE 2357 ½ * . ½ . ½ . . ½ 1 . 1 4 2547
3. Kalezic, Blazo m MNE 2429 ½ . * ½ . . ½ . . ½ 1 1 4 2527
4. Drasko, Milan g MNE 2508 . ½ ½ * ½ ½ . ½ 1 . . . 3½ 2471
5. Djukic, Nikola g MNE 2545 0 . . ½ * . . . 1 1 0 1 3½ 2446
6. Pajkovic, Vladimir f MNE 2432 . ½ . ½ . * ½ ½ ½ . . ½ 3 2421
7. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2516 . . ½ . . ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 . 3 2369
8. Mijovic, Stefan MNE 2289 ½ . . ½ . ½ 1 * 0 . . 0 2½ 2385
9. Ivanovic, Bozidar g MNE 2436 . ½ . 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * . . . 2½ 2384
10. Nikcevic, Nebojsa g MNE 2401 ½ 0 ½ . 0 . ½ . . * 1 . 2½ 2346
11. Batricevic, Sasa MNE 2232 0 . 0 . 1 . 0 . . 0 * 1 2 2316
12. Krivokapic, Marko MNE 2421 . 0 0 . 0 ½ . 1 . . 0 * 1½ 2187

28) Chelyabinsk Oblast Superfinal

The Superfinal of the Chelyabinsk Oblast takes place in Satka (250 Years of Satka) 6th-18th July 2008.

Official site: http://250.satkachess.ru/

Superfinal Chelyabinsk Oblast Satka RUS (RUS), 6-18 vii 2008 cat. XI (2519)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
1. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2617 * ½ . . . 1 ½ 1 . ½ . 1 ½ 5 2673
2. Looshnikov, Nikolai RUS 2462 ½ * 1 ½ . ½ . . 0 1 . ½ . 4 2567
3. Sveshnikov, Evgeny g LAT 2510 . 0 * . ½ . ½ 0 . . 1 1 1 4 2565
4. Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2507 . ½ . * ½ . ½ 1 . . ½ . ½ 3½ 2577
5. Ponkratov, Pavel m RUS 2530 . . ½ ½ * . 1 ½ . . ½ . ½ 3½ 2581
6. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2553 0 ½ . . . * . . . ½ . 1 1 3 2605
7. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2566 ½ . ½ ½ 0 . * . 1 . ½ . . 3 2523
8. Matsenko, Sergei m RUS 2440 0 . 1 0 ½ . . * 1 ½ . . . 3 2519
9. Timoscenko, Gennadij g SVK 2467 . 1 . . . . 0 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 3 2459
10. Yatsenko, Alexey f RUS 2483 ½ 0 . . . ½ . ½ 1 * . 0 . 2½ 2447
11. Sherbakov, Ruslan g RUS 2509 . . 0 ½ ½ . ½ . ½ . * . ½ 2½ 2475
12. Meister, Jakob m GER 2487 0 ½ 0 . . 0 . . ½ 1 . * . 2 2390
13. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2617 ½ . 0 ½ ½ 0 . . 0 . ½ . * 2 2369

29) Conegliano Open

The Conegliano Open took place 31st May - 2nd June 2008. Leonid Kritz took first place on tie-break from Vladimir Epishin and Ognjen Jovanic all of whom finished on 5/6.

Official site: http://www.scacchiconegliano.it

Conegliano Open (ITA), 31 v - 2 vi 2008
Score WP SB PS TPR W-We
1 Kritz, Leonid g GER 2609 5.0 25.5 20.75 19.5 2704 +0.68
2 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2566 5.0 23.0 18.25 19.5 2708 +1.08
3 Jovanic, Ognjen g CRO 2504 5.0 21.5 16.50 17.0 2609 +0.83
4 Fedorchuk, Sergey A g UKR 2671 4.5 24.0 17.00 16.5 2662 +0.02
5 Kovalyov, Anton m ARG 2525 4.5 23.0 15.75 17.5 2641 +1.02
6 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2609 4.5 22.5 15.75 16.0 2616 +0.19
7 Naumkin, Igor g RUS 2494 4.5 22.0 15.75 17.0 2568 +0.67
8 Dgebuadze, Alexandre g BEL 2528 4.5 21.0 14.75 17.0 2562 +0.32
9 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2578 4.5 20.0 14.25 14.5 2497 -0.46
10 Luch, Michal m POL 2383 4.5 20.0 15.00 15.5 2548 +1.35
11 Inkiov, Ventzislav g BUL 2446 4.0 22.5 12.50 15.0 2418 -0.07
12 Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2351 4.0 21.5 12.00 14.0 2394 +0.30
13 Rombaldoni, Axel f ITA 2398 4.0 21.0 11.00 17.0 2492 +0.90
14 Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2572 4.0 18.5 10.50 15.0 2442 -0.83
15 De Nardi, Riccardo ITA 1931 4.0 15.0 9.25 11.0 2290 +2.71
16 Mateo, Ramon g DOM 2505 3.5 21.5 11.25 14.0 2363 -0.91
17 Genocchio, Daniele f ITA 2416 3.5 21.5 10.75 15.0 2396 +0.02
18 Cherin, Diego f ITA 2267 3.5 21.5 10.25 12.5 2349 +0.66
19 Scalcione, Michelangelo f ITA 2455 3.5 21.0 10.75 15.5 2408 -0.22
20 Corvi, Marco f ITA 2347 3.5 21.0 10.25 13.5 2305 -0.19
21 Piscopo, Pierluigi m ITA 2379 3.5 20.5 10.00 13.0 2337 -0.17
22 Dvirnyy, Daniyyl f ITA 2321 3.5 19.5 10.50 13.5 2322 +0.15
23 Genna, Jose Miguel ITA 2216 3.5 19.5 10.25 12.5 2298 +0.67
24 De Val, Daniele ITA 2209 3.5 19.5 8.25 12.5 2310 +0.79
25 Gorshkova, Irina wf BEL 2158 3.5 18.5 8.25 10.0 2226 +0.52
26 Xia, Jie ITA 2175 3.5 17.0 7.75 12.5 2202 +0.34
27 Van Hoolandt, Patrick f MNC 2183 3.5 15.0 6.25 12.0 2143 -0.16
28 Mileto, Gabriele ITA 2165 3.0 21.0 8.75 10.5 2248 +0.59

30) Teplice Open

The Teplice Open took place 14th-22nd June 2008. Tomas Likavsky won the event with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.openteplice.cz/

Open Teplice (CZE), 14-22 vi 2008
Rk.NameFEDRtgIPts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1Likavsky TomasGMSVK25047,042,052,52337
2Plischki SebastianIMGER23786,542,553,52282
3Manik MikulasGMSVK24396,540,551,52313
4Horak JiriCZE22056,539,049,52215
5Jirka JiriIMCZE24006,537,548,02183
6Trapl JindrichIMCZE23376,041,052,52249
7Krejci jun. JanFMCZE23546,038,549,02282
8Lechtynsky JiriGMCZE24206,038,549,02250
9Luch MichalIMPOL23836,038,549,02194
10Jurcik MartinFMSVK23216,038,549,02185
11Spirin OlegIMRUS24306,038,549,02155
12Dolezal jun. RadoslavIMCZE24206,038,047,52230
13Ivanov Mikhail MGMRUS24926,037,547,52208
14Langrock HannesFMGER23956,036,047,02182
15Hadraba VladimirCZE22116,035,545,52134
16Danes JaroslavCZE22026,034,545,02134
17Korschner MiroslavCZE20846,034,542,52036
18Kantorik MarianIMSVK23595,537,548,02125
19Loktiev IvanIMRUS23275,537,046,52144
20Kozak MilosFMCZE21975,536,546,52136
21Straka Jozef JrSVK20785,536,046,02121
22Klement LukasCZE20225,535,544,02078
23Novosadova KristynaCZE20345,535,043,52084
24Pertlova SonaWFMCZE21595,533,543,52036
25Ksieski ZbigniewIMPOL24065,532,041,52045
26Bartos JanFMCZE21925,531,040,02042
27Bilek BernardCZE18575,529,036,01981
28Vagner TomasCZE22375,039,049,52192
29Krejci sen. JanCZE20965,037,548,02174
30Cedikova KaterinaWIMCZE21715,037,046,02048
86 players

31) Danang IM-Tournament

There was an IM-Tournament in in Danang, Vietnam 11th-17th June 2008. Dao Thien Hai won with 6.5/9.

Official site http://www.vietnamchess.com/ and crosstable at http://chess-results.com/Tnr13837.aspx?tnr=13837&art=4&lan=1&m=-1

IM Danang (VIE), 11-17 vi 2008 cat. VII (2403)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2502 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2557
2. Nava, Roderick f PHI 2345 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2533
3. Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2369 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2531
4. Nguyen Thien Viet VIE 2321 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 5 2454
5. Elorta, David PHI 2409 ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2444
6. Hoang Canh Huan f VIE 2337 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2452
7. Zaw Win Lay g MYA 2574 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2383
8. Wynn Zaw Htun m MYA 2542 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 3½ 2307
9. Nguyen Hoang Nam VIE 2294 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 2 2194
10. Bao Quang f VIE 2332 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1½ 2137

32) Villa de Benasque

The XXVIII Open Internacional "Villa de Benasque" took place 3rd-12th July 2008. Kevin Spraggett, Elzibar Ulbilava, Julio E Granda Zuniga, Branko Damljanovic and Alisa Strikovic were tied on 7.5/9. The website below may cause harm to your computer according to google, I did access the site using internet explorer and nothing seemed to happen but there are no games in PGN or final results currently available. Hopefully someone will send the final results and games.

Official site: http://www.turismobenasque.com/spain/ajedrez/open.html

33) International Championship of Paris

The International Championship of Paris took place 28th June - 6th July 2008. Maxime Vachier Lagrave took first place on tie-break from Alberto David after both scored 7/9. Games from the final round now available.

Official site: http://www.idf-echecs.com

ChInt Open Paris (FRA), 28 vi-6 vii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl Name Ti Elo NATPts Tr. Perf.
1Vachier-Lagrave Maxime g 2632FRA 7412726
2David Alberto g 2562LUX 740,5 2715
3Malakhatko Vadim g 2621BEL 6,5 412604
4Quezada Perez Yuniesky g 2567CUB 6,5 402621
5Lalic Bogdan g 2514CRO 6,5 332530
6Roser Kevin f 2409FRA 639,5 2608
7Fedorchuk Sergey A. g 2671UKR 6372594
8Romanov Evgeny g 2547RUS 6362520
9Moradiabadi Elshan g 2499IRI 5,5 402494
10Almeida Quintana Omar g 2527CUB 5,5 382454
11Salaun Yann m 2319FRA 5,5 35,5 2479
12Pham Minh Hoang m 2479VIE 5,5 352446
13Payen Arnaud m 2372FRA 5,5 34,5 2472
14Maisuradze Nino mf 2267GEO 5,5 312426
15Shirazi Kamran m 2448FRA 540,5 2462
16Rozentalis Eduardas g 2582LTU 5372476
17Bernard Christophe m 2361FRA 5362449
18Mayaud Raphael 2201FRA 5332333
19Guliyev Namig g 2542AZE 529,5 2345
20Carlhammar Magnus 2324SWE 4,5 402421
21Kosteniuk Alexandra g 2523RUS 4,5 402415
22Romieux Sebastien 2240FRA 4,5 382450
23Shchekachev Andrei g 2520FRA 4,5 37,5 2355
24Jablonski Noham 2260FRA 4,5 362424
25Spielmann Alain f 2308FRA 4,5 352399
26Grover Sahaj f 2300IND 4,5 342415
27Onkoud Abdelaziz m 2396MAR 4,5 342371
28Guilleux Fabien 2391FRA 436,5 2325
29Pile Richard f 2318FRA 434,5 2292
30Roos Louis m 2357FRA 432,5 2314
52 players

34) Merlo Tournament

The Italian Society of Merlo Chessclub takes place 13th June - 23rd July 2008 in Buenos Aires.

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

4th IRT Soc. Italiana Merlo (ARG), 13 vi-23 vii 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Lalanne, Pablo ARG 2193 * 1 0 ½ 1 . 1 . 1 1 5½ 2330
2. Menon, Daniel ARG 2174 0 * 1 . 1 . 0 ? 1 1 4 2229
3. Sapienza, Julian ARG 2169 1 0 * ½ 0 1 . . ½ 1 4 2151
4. Medina, Sergio ARG 2099 ½ . ½ * . 0 1 1 ½ ½ 4 2142
5. De Picciotto, Marcelo ARG 2035 0 0 1 . * ½ ½ 1 . 1 4 2161
6. Pagano, Marcelo ARG 2056 . . 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 3½ 2075
7. Tomeo, Ivan ARG 2076 0 1 . 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ . 3 2034
8. Lugo, Sergio ARG 1997 . ? . 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 2½ 2012
9. Koch, Juan ARG 2039 0 0 ½ ½ . ½ ½ ½ * . 2½ 2007
10. Herrera, Pablo ARG 2114 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 . ½ . * 1 1794

35) Paraguayan Championship

The Paraguayan Championship takes place in Asuncion 31st May - 26th July 2008. Luis Patriarca leads with 5/6. Games from the most recent rounds on the 11th-12th July unavailable (although its not at all easy to find information so I may have missed it).

Official site: http://www.winner.com.py/feparaj/

ch-PAR Asuncion (PAR), 31 v-26 vi 2008
1. Patriarca, Luis f PAR 2333 5.019.5 14.00
2. Peralta, Eduardo f PAR 2245 4.523.0 15.50
3. Hernandez, Angel C f PAR 2210 4.520.0 14.50
4. Ferreira, Oscar f PAR 2290 4.021.0 14.50
5. Butti, Enrique PAR 2093 4.021.0 13.50
6. Jodorcovsky, Paulo PAR 2207 3.522.0 14.50
7. Del Puerto, Rodrigo PAR 1995 3.521.0 14.00
8. Almiron, Antonio PAR 2115 3.519.5 13.00
9. Kropff, Ricardo f PAR 2282 3.519.0 12.50
10. Piris Tillner, Eduardo PAR 1909 3.019.0 12.00
11. Forte, Fernando PAR 1966 3.017.5 12.50
12. Sartori, Spartaco ITA 2182 3.016.5 10.00
13. Recalde, Augusto PAR 2005 3.016.0 10.50
14. Galeano, Mario PAR 2026 2.518.5 12.00
15. Barrientos, Edgar PAR 2080 2.516.5 12.00
16. Perez Ferloni, Jose W PAR 1996 2.516.5 11.50
17. Recalde, Ariel PAR 2010 2.015.5 11.00
18. Gutierrez,Santiago PAR ---- 2.014.0 10.00
19. Gamarra, Ramon PAR 2035 2.014.0 10.00
20. Zarza, Ronald PAR 2075 2.0 4.5 1.50
21. Lipiniks, Leonardo PAR 2012 1.015.0 9.50
22. Ibanez, Juan PAR 1999 1.0 7.5 3.00
23. Britez, G Jorge A PAR 1904 0.510.0 7.00

36) XVII Burgas Open

The XVII Burgas Open took place 3rd-11th July 2008. Isam Ortiz Suarez took clear first on 7½/9. No games currently available.

Official site: http://www.fegaxa.org/circuitogalego/ourense_burgas_2008/burgas_2008.php

XVII Aberto Internacional Cidade das Burgas (ESP), 3-11 vii 2008
Final Round 9 Standings
RankSNo. NomeEloFEDClubPtsBUCBUC
115IMOrtiz Suarez Isam2392CUB7½4852½
24GMRivas Pastor Manuel2508ESPAnd75156
314GMPetkov Vladimir2423BUL74953½
45IMRusev Krasimir2508BUL748½52½
56GMKrivoshey Sergei2504UKR6½5054½
63GMManolache Marius2521ROU6½48½53½
77IMStarostits Ilmars2497LAT6½4751
810FMGuerra Mendez Jose Angel2456CUB6½45½50
921FMArnaudov G. Petar2311BUL6½45½49½
1029Fernandez Borrego Pablo2229ESPGal6½42½45
119Filip Lucian2461ROU6½4043
121GMPaunovic Dragan2539SRBGal648½53
1319FMCabezas Ayala Ivan2336ESPExt647½51½
1417IMGarcia Castro Pablo2390ESPGal647½51½
1513GMSpassov Liuben2428BUL646½50½
162IMPerez Candelario Manuel2537ESPExt646½50½
1723FMVallejo Diaz Javier2296ESPMad64549
188FMAlmagro Llamas Pablo2492ESPMad644½48½
1924Baltar Iglesias David2281ESPGal64448
2018FMMilchev Nikolay2356BUL642½46½
2135Garcia-Ortega Mendez Jose M.2196ESPExt64144
2264Millan Soto Miguel1926ESPGal64042½
2359Gutierrez Bustillo Diego1947ESPEus637½40
2411GMDimitrov Vladimir2450BULCan5½4953
2537Pazos Porta Antonio2189ESPGal5½4345½
2636Eyo Castro-Rial Alberto2192ESPGal5½4246
2730Lopez Rodriguez Walter2227ESPGal5½4245½
2834Stanoev Atanas2198BUL5½41½45
2927Fernandez De Pablo Miguel A.2232ESPCtl5½4145
3020IMRivera Kuzawka Daniel2322URUGal5½4144
126 players

37) X Torredembarra Open

The X Open Internacional d'Escacs de Torredembarra took place 5th-13th July 2008. No final round results or any PGN is available.

Official site: http://escacstorre.litegrup.com/open.php

X Open Internacional d'Escacs de Torredembarra (ESP), 5-13 vii 2008
Leading Round 8 of 9 Standings
RankName RtgFEDPtsBH.BH.
1Radulski, JulianGM2516BUL6½4044½
2Munoz Pantoja, MiguelIM2499PER6½4043½
3Djuric, StefanGM2462SRB6½39½43
4Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge AIM2421COL6½3841
5Petrov, MarijanIM2490BUL638½42½
6Cruz, CristhianFM2508PER638½42
7Ivanov, JordanIM2421BUL637½41½
8Moreno Carretero, Carles 2087ESP633½37½
9Chueca Forcen, Alberto 2254ESP5½37½40½
10Cruz, FilemonFM2416PER5½36½39
11Berbatov, KiprianFM2250BUL5½34½38
12Lacasta Palacios, Joaquim 2114ESP5½3335
13Fernandez Vicente, Carmelo 2139ESP5½31½33
14Pogorelov, RuslanGM2459UKR53740½
15Khaidorov, Viacheslav 2188ESP53639½
16Tscharotschkin, Michael 2236GER53639
17Burgos Figueroa, Carlos EIM2272ESA53537
18Fernandez Fuentes, Fco Javier 2129ESP53336½
19Gonzalez Freixas, Alberto 2132ESP53336½
20Rafols Albet, Josep 2135ESP532½36
21Ordobas Martinez, Vicens 2105ESP53133½
22Fernandez Muixi, Francesc 2107ESP53033
23Rodriguez Becerro, Miquel 2076ESP52932
24Reig Pinol, Armand 2081ESP52930½
94 players

38) 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)
NameNATEloWRnk
Magnus CarlsenNOR2765Nr. 5
Evgeny AlekseevRUS2711Nr. 20
Etienne BacrotFRA2705Nr. 23
Leinier DominguezCUB2695Nr 26
Alexander OnischukUSA2664Nr. 56
Yannick PelletierSUI2607

SPICE Cup

The SPICE Cup takes place September 19th-28th 2008 at the Texas Tech Student Union Building. Eugene Perelshteyn is the defending champion.

Official website: http://www.SPICE.ttu.edu

SPICE Cup (RUS), 19-28 ix 2008. Category 15 (2605)
NameNATUSCFFIDE
Alexander OnischukUSA27342670
Harikrishna PentalaIND27242668
Leonid KritzGER26672610
Varuzhan AkobianUSA26602610
Gregory KaidanovUSA26642605
Julio Becerra RiveroUSA26402598
Victor MikhalevskiISR26792592
Kamil MitonPOL27032580
Hannes StefanssonISL25972566
Eugene PerelshteynUSA26192555

1st Brunei Chess Blitz

The 1st Brunei Chess Blitz takes place on ICC on 15th July 2008.

Official site: http://www.zon365.com/

Commonwealth Chess Championship

The Commonwealth Chess Championship takes place 28th September - 6th October 2008 in Nagpur, India. Good conditions for GM/WGMs. Contact: Praful Zaveri (prafulzaveri@hotmail.com) for further information.

Further details: http://www.indianchessfed.org/tournamentreports08/ccwealth-at-Nagpur.asp

19th Czech Open

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

The main Open A starts on Friday 18th July 2008.

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

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

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

Mlada Boleslav Open

The Mlada Boleslav Open (Czech Republic) takes place 27th July - 3rd August 2008.

Official site: http//caissa.klain.cz

Romgaz Open

The 2nd edition of the "Open Romgaz" takes place 11th-19th September 2008 at the Polytechnical Institute of Bucharest, with a prize fund of 20000 Euro (a record for Romania !). Organizers: Romgaz & ACS "Elisabeta Polihroniade". Free accomodation for GM. The tournament will be preceded by "Open Romgaz Junior", 5th-11th September 2008 at the same venue, with a prize fund of 3000 Euro.

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

Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2009

The organizers of the 71st Corus Chess Tournament have invited the young Dutch Grandmasters Daniel Stellwagen (1987) and reigning Dutch Champion Jan Smeets (1985) for the Grandmaster group A in 2009. For both players it means a debut on the highest level. Together with Loek van Wely, they will represent the Netherlands in the traditional chess festival, that will be held from Friday January 16th to Sunday 1st of February 2009.

Besides the participation of the above mentioned three Dutch players, the following World Class players have confirmed their participation: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Gata Kamsky (United States) and Teymour Radjabov (Azerbaijan). Carlsen, Ivanchuk and Morozevich will be in the Top-6 of the new World Ranking list, that will be published on July 1st 2008.

The young Ukrainian Grandmaster Sergei Karjakin, as well as the winner of last year’s Grandmaster group B, Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia), have also confirmed their participation. The complete field with 14 participants will be presented in October 2008, as well as the names of the participants in the Grandmaster groups B and C.

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

Torino, Italy

The Torino tournament in (Italy) takes place 30th November 2008 - 8th December 2008. 9 Round swiss top group (B Group 7 rounds). Contact for entries and info tornei@scacchisticatorinese.it

Official site: http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it

Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial in Moscow should take place in August; Magnus Carlsen will take part only in the blitz competition (August 29th-30th, according to http://Magnuschess.com).

Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz takes place 28th July - 3rd August 2008. In the main event the players are Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Morozevich, Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar. The event will be a combine rapid and chess960 chess.

Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm8.php

ICC held an online chess960 event which was won by Hikaru Nakamura and he has free entry into the FiNet and Ordix opens, hotel room and breakfast at the Hilton Mainz Hotel along with Dmitry Andreikin who he beat 4-2 in the final.

Details of the ICC event: http://www.chessclub.com/activities/chess960_2008/

Grand Slam in Bilbao

The Chess Grand Slam Final takes place in Bilbao 1st-13th September 2008. There are 6 players. The first three are the winners of Corus 2008, Morelia - Linares 2008, and Mtel Masters 2008 - GM Levon Aronian, GM Viswanathan Anand, and GM Vassily Ivanchuk. Invitations have been sent also to the second place players - GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Veselin Topalov. The sixth player will be known after the next meeting of the board of the Chess Grand Slam. This news

Source: http://grandslam.chessdom.com/chess-grand-slam-bilbao

3rd Edmonton International

The 3rd Edmonton International takes place July 31st-August 4th, 2008 and is the main event of the 3rd Edmonton chess festival which will also include many events for all levels of players.

It is a masters only Swiss with GM/IM norm opportunities. The top participants so far are: GMs Alexander Moiseenko (2632, Ukraine), Surya She Ganguly (2631, India), Alexander Shabalov (2611, USA), Mark Bluvshtein (2548, Canada), GM elect Josh Friedel (2524, USA), GM Jesse Kraai (2513, USA) and more strong players. Besides the main event, sectional tournaments and other chess related events will be happening at the same time as part of the Edmonton Chess Festival. 

Official site: http://www.ecf2008.com

Ideal Max Euwe

The Ideal Max Euwe International Tournament takes place 22nd-31st August 2008. The 10 player round robin, time control 2 hours/40 moves + 1 hour/20 moves + 30 minutes KO (+ 30 seconds/move) features 3 players from BRAZIL + 7 players from another countries Cat. VII, VIII or IX. at the Clube de Xadrez Sao Paulo

Details: http://www.cxsp.com.br/

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. Contact e-mail: office@englishchess.org.uk.

Leading entries for the British championship so far include: Nicholas Pert, Gawain Jones, Mark Hebden, Bogdan Lalic, Glenn Flear, Daniel Gormally, Stewart Haslinger, Keith Arkell, Simon Williams, Nigel Davies, Richard Pert, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Andrew Ledger, Graeme Buckley and Jovanka Houska.

Further details http://www.englishchessorg.uk/

Official site: http://www.britishchess08.com

Staunton Memorial

The Staunton Memorial takes place Simpsons in the Strand August 7th-18th 2008 (one rest day August 13th).

Players: Ivan Sokolov, Jan Timman, Jan Smeets , Jan Werle, Erwin L'Ami ,Loek Van Wely, Jonathan Speelman, Peter Wells, Michael Adams, Bob Wade, Alex Cherniaev and Nigel Short.

Details: http://www.bcf.org.uk/national/2008/staunton-mem_apr08.htm

Hastings Chess Congress

The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2008 - 5th January 2009. Contact: Con Power at: conpowr@ol.com

Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk

European Club Cup

The European Club Cup 2008 (24th European Club Cup for Men, 13th European Club Cup for Women) takes place in Kallithea, Greece 16th-24th October 2008.

Official site: http://ecc2008.chessdom.com/

Arad Open (Romania)

The Arad International Chess Open (Romania) takes place 25th-31st July 2008 9 rounds swiss open, prize fund 3600 euro, 1st prize - 1000 euro Contact: Alin Campeanu sahclubvados@yahoo.com. Arad City is in the western Romania - 270 km from Budapest, 510 km from Vienna, 530 km from Bucharest

More details http://www.vados.ro/next_turneu_en.php

Amizade International

The Amizade International at the Clube de Xadrez Sso Paulo takes place 23rd-31st August

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

European Senior Championship

The European Senior Championship takes place 9th-17th August 2008 in the Parkhotel Sunstar in Davos, Switzerland (the is also a normal open alongside 10th-16th August 2008). Contact e-mail beochess@bluewin.ch

Details: http://www.beochess.ch

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

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

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/

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

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 July - 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/

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.

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            

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.

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

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

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

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