THE WEEK IN CHESS 717 4th August 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Mihajlo Savic, Thomas Henrich, Haroon Or Rashid, Alin Campeanu, Miklos Orso, Bela Lengyel, Aard Daanen, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Emmanuel Variniac, Luis Scalise, Bartlomiej Macieja, Olivier Breisacher, Hugh Brodie, Jonathan Berry, Tarjei J. Svensen, Anna Burtasova, Dave Clayton and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another monster week of chess, in fact I didn't even have time to cover all the events I know of. If you think I've missed anything please let me know again. Its hard even to do justice to the elite events. The 2nd FIDE Grand Prix event is taking place in Sochi with Radjabov and Cheparinov having the early lead with 3/4. World Champion Viswanathan Anand was dominant in Mainz thumping Magnus Carlsen 3-1 in the final. Carlsen arrived from Biel where he didn't win as expected, instead Evgeny Alekseev came up on the rails to catch Leinier Dominguez Perez and then beat him in a playoff. Then there is the avalanche of summer opens, national championships (did I mention the British?). Oh yes and the Gyorgy Marx Memorial won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and the North Urals Cup won by Antoaneta Stefanova and very well presented and publicised and the organisers claim the strongest ever women's event. I could go on but I'm tired!

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Event Sochi

The 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament takes place in Sochi 31st July - 14th August 2008. (these are the dates of the first and last rounds, rest days 5th and 10th August).

Official site: http://sochi2008.fide.com/. The official videos will be compiled by http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and on the spot reports from http://www.chessvibes.com/

2nd FIDE GP Sochi (RUS), 31 vii-14 viii 2008														cat. XIX (2708)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2744	*	1	.	½	0	.	½	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	3	2753
2.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2687	0	*	.	½	1	½	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	2800
3.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2728	.	.	*	½	½	.	½	.	.	½	.	.	1	.	3	2761
4.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2717	½	½	½	*	.	½	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2716
5.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2738	1	0	½	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2720
6.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2720	.	½	.	½	½	*	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2714
7.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2709	½	.	½	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	2½	2708
8.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2723	.	0	.	.	½	½	.	*	.	.	1	½	.	.	2½	2732
9.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2704	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	½	½	.	2½	2689
10.	Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	g	QAT	2556	0	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	1	2½	2720
11.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2781	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	½	*	1	½	½	2½	2677
12.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2737	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	0	*	½	1	2½	2716
13.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2727	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	½	*	½	2	2647
14.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2646	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	0	½	0	½	*	1½	2553

Round 1 (July 31, 2008)
Radjabov, Teimour	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	1-0	48	A07	Barcza System
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	45	C42	Petroff's Defence
Grischuk, Alexander	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	41	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Svidler, Peter	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	35	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Gelfand, Boris	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	42	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Wang Yue	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	32	D11	Slav Defence
Navara, David	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	39	E15	Queens Indian
Round 2 (August 1, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	39	C43	Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter	- Cheparinov, Ivan	0-1	39	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	57	E97	King's Indian Classical
Kamsky, Gata	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	47	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	34	C19	French Winawer
Aronian, Levon	- Navara, David	1-0	46	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Karjakin, Sergey	- Wang Yue	½-½	41	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 3 (August 2, 2008)
Radjabov, Teimour	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	24	C42	Petroff's Defence
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Kamsky, Gata	1-0	41	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Grischuk, Alexander	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	87	E06	Catalan
Gelfand, Boris	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	53	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Wang Yue	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	½-½	43	D11	Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	44	D11	Slav Defence
Navara, David	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	44	A29	English Four Knights
Round 4 (August 3, 2008)
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	41	C42	Petroff's Defence
Gashimov, Vugar	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	23	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Svidler, Peter	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	41	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Wang Yue	½-½	74	D17	Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	37	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	- Navara, David	1-0	48	B40	Sicilian Classical
Karjakin, Sergey	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	25	C42	Petroff's Defence
Round 5 (August 4, 2008)
Radjabov, Teimour	- Cheparinov, Ivan	1-0	38	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Grischuk, Alexander	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	24	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Gelfand, Boris	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	37	A13	Reti Opening
Wang Yue	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	42	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	½-½	31	B19	Caro Kann
Aronian, Levon	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	34	A17	English Opening
Navara, David	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	29	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence

3) Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz took place 28th July - 3rd August 2008. The 13th GRENKELEASING Rapid World Championship takes place 1st-3rd August 2008. The time rate will be 20min + 5 seconds a move and 5min + 5 seconds a move if playoffs are required (play starts at 17:30pm each day). There is a double round robin amongst the players Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Morozevich, Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar.

Anand beat Carlsen in the final 3-1 with a game to spare after winning the first two games of the four game final. Alexander Morozevich won the final game of his match against Judit Polgar to take 3rd.

The 15th Ordix Open took place 2nd-3rd August and the time rate is also 20min + 5 seconds a move and was won by rising star Ian Nepomniachtchi on tie-break from Pavel Eljanov

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

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh Final Mainz (GER),3 viii 2008
Gm1	Anand, V	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	50	B77	Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
Gm2	Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, V	0-1	50	E06	Catalan closed, 5.Nf3
Gm3	Anand, V	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	56	B52	Sicilian Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7
Gm4	Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, V	½-½	11	E06	Catalan closed, 5.Nf3

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh Final Mainz (GER),3 viii 2008
				1	2	3	4
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2798	1	1	½	½	3	2968
Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2775	0	0	½	½	1	2605

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh 3rd-4th Mainz (GER),3 viii 2008
Gm1	Morozevich, A	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	49	A70	Benoni Classical with e4 and Nf3
Gm2	Polgar, Judit	- Morozevich, A	½-½	146	C92	Ruy Lopez Flohr-Zaitsev system
Gm3	Morozevich, A	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	67	A70	Benoni Classical with e4 and Nf3
Gm4	Polgar, Judit	- Morozevich, A	1-0	71	C92	Ruy Lopez Flohr-Zaitsev system

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh 3rd-4th Mainz (GER),3 viii 2008
				1	2	3	4
Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2788	½	½	½	1	2½	2806
Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2711	½	½	½	0	1½	2701

13th GrenkeLeasing Rapid WCh Mainz (GER), 1-2 viii 2008									cat. XXI (2768)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2798	*	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	4	2883
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2775	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	3½	2822
3.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2788	0	0	½	½	*	*	1	1	3	2761
4.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2711	½	½	0	½	0	0	*	*	1½	2594

Round 1 (August 1, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	31	B77	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Polgar, Judit	- Morozevich, Alexander	0-1	71	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 2 (August 1, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	61	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Carlsen, Magnus	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	48	B45	Sicilian Classical
Round 3 (August 1, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	48	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Polgar, Judit	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	44	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Round 4 (August 2, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	33	E15	Queens Indian
Morozevich, Alexander	- Polgar, Judit	1-0	29	E17	Queens Indian
Round 5 (August 2, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	32	E17	Queens Indian
Polgar, Judit	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	33	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 6 (August 2, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	47	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Carlsen, Magnus	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	33	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit

15th Ordix Open Mainz (GER), 2-3 viii 2008 Final Round 11 Standings
Pl	Player	Ti	NAT	TWZ	Punkte	PktSum	MiBuch
1	Nepomniachtchi,Ian	GM	RUS	2602	9,5	62,5	69,5
2	Eljanov,Pavel	GM	UKR	2716	9,5	60,0	71,0
3	Almasi,Zoltan	GM	HUN	2675	9,0	58,5	69,0
4	Najer,Evgeniy	GM	RUS	2680	9,0	58,0	71,0
5	Lahno,Kateryna	WGM	UKR	2515	9,0	57,0	70,0
6	Nakamura,Hikaru	GM	USA	2697	9,0	56,5	67,5
7	Motylev,Alexander	GM	RUS	2675	9,0	56,5	66,5
8	Naiditsch,Arkadij	GM		2669	9,0	55,5	68,0
9	Ivanisevic,Ivan	GM	SRB	2664	9,0	54,0	66,5
10	Kazhgaleyev,Murtas	GM	KAZ	2641	9,0	54,0	63,5
11	Fressinet,Laurent	GM	FRA	2673	9,0	54,0	63,5
12	Kasimdzhanov,Rustam	GM	UZB	2679	8,5	56,5	70,5
13	Vaganjan,Rafael Agred	GM	ARM	2610	8,5	56,0	69,5
14	Bareev,Evgeny	GM	RUS	2659	8,5	55,5	65,5
15	Potkin,Vladimir	GM	RUS	2636	8,5	54,5	66,0
16	Schneider,Ilja			2468	8,5	54,5	61,5
17	Mchedlishvili,Mikhail	GM	GEO	2604	8,5	54,0	66,0
18	Tregubov,Pavel	GM	RUS	2668	8,5	53,0	64,0
19	Bhat,Vinay S.	IM	USA	2483	8,5	53,0	62,0
20	Bischoff,Klaus	GM		2545	8,5	52,5	64,0
21	Appel,Ralf	IM		2543	8,5	52,5	62,5
22	Barle,Janez	IM	SLO	2414	8,5	50,0	57,5
23	Siebrecht,Sebastian	IM		2453	8,5	49,5	61,5
24	Seel,Christian	IM		2494	8,5	48,5	59,0
25	Buhmann,Rainer	GM		2561	8,0	54,5	67,0
26	Jaracz,Pawel	GM	POL	2501	8,0	54,0	69,0
27	Arutinian,David	GM	GEO	2586	8,0	54,0	66,0
28	Movsesian,Sergei	GM	SVK	2723	8,0	53,5	69,0
29	Polzin,Rainer	GM		2520	8,0	53,0	65,5
30	Berelovich,Aleksandar	GM	UKR	2557	8,0	53,0	63,0
31	Morawietz,Dieter			2449	8,0	52,0	67,0
32	Hracek,Zbynek	GM	CZE	2630	8,0	51,5	64,5
33	De Jong,Jan Willem	IM	NED	2479	8,0	51,0	62,0
34	Meier,Georg	GM		2556	8,0	50,5	59,0
35	Csiszar,Csaba	IM	HUN	2436	8,0	50,0	62,5
36	Gheng,Josef	FM		2315	8,0	48,0	59,5
37	Zhukova,Natalia	WGM	UKR	2489	8,0	47,5	60,0
38	Bruehl,Andreas	FM		2378	8,0	47,5	56,5
39	Gohil,Harry	FM		2344	8,0	46,0	59,5
40	Voropaev,Gleb	FM		2290	8,0	46,0	57,0
41	Donchenko,Anatoly	IM		2399	8,0	45,0	56,0
42	Handke,Florian	GM		2498	8,0	44,0	54,0
43	Kosteniuk,Alexandra	GM	RUS	2510	7,5	55,5	71,0
44	Horvath,Adam	GM	HUN	2513	7,5	55,0	70,5
45	Markowski,Tomasz	GM	POL	2606	7,5	54,5	70,5
46	Ruck,Robert	GM	HUN	2574	7,5	54,0	66,5
47	Andersson,Ulf	GM	SWE	2562	7,5	52,0	64,0
48	Shanava,Konstantine	GM	GEO	2522	7,5	52,0	63,5
49	Glek,Igor	GM		2512	7,5	52,0	63,5
50	Cmilyte,Viktorija	WGM	LTU	2536	7,5	51,0	64,5
693 players

4) Biel Tournament

The 41st Biel International Chess Festival took place 19th July - 1st August 2008. Leinier Dominguez Perez and Evgeny Alekseev finished on 6.5/9 half a point clear of the pre-tournament favourite Magnus Carlsen. Alekseev won the title after a playoff 2.5-1.5 by winning game four and thus avoided taking the match into a sudden death (Armageddon) 5m-4m playoff.

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

41st Festival GM Biel Playoff (SUI), 31 vii 2008
Gm1	Alekseev, Evgeny	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	37	D27	QGA
Gm2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	65	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Gm3	Alekseev, Evgeny	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	48	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Gm4	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Alekseev, Evgeny	0-1	44	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin

41st Festival GM Biel Playoff (SUI), 31 vii 2008
				1	2	3	4
Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	½	½	½	1	2½	2803
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2708	½	½	½	0	1½	2621

41st Festival GM Biel (SUI), 20-31 vii 2008										cat. XVIII (2687)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2708	*	*	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	1	½	1	6½	2792
2.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	½	0	*	*	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	6½	2792
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2775	½	½	½	0	*	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	6	2741
4.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2691	0	1	0	1	0	½	*	*	½	1	1	½	5½	2722
5.	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2670	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	*	1	½	4	2618
6.	Pelletier, Yannick	g	SUI	2569	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	*	1½	2414

Round 8 (July 29, 2008)
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	0-1	45	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Bacrot, Etienne	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	31	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Pelletier, Yannick	- Onischuk, Alexander	½-½	53	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 9 (July 30, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	52	B35	Sicilian Defence
Onischuk, Alexander	- Alekseev, Evgeny	0-1	52	E15	Queens Indian
Pelletier, Yannick	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	22	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 10 (July 31, 2008)
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Pelletier, Yannick	1-0	43	D81	Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Carlsen, Magnus	- Onischuk, Alexander	½-½	36	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Bacrot, Etienne	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1-0	36	D27	QGA

41st Festival MTO Biel (SUI), 20 vii - 1 viii 2008
1.	Belov,Vladimir	GM	2561	RUS	8.5	71.5	685.0
2.	Maze,Sebastien	GM	2553	FRA	8.0	73.0	687.5
3.	Grachev,Boris	GM	2640	RUS	8.0	72.0	694.0
4.	Avrukh,Boris	GM	2656	ISR	8.0	72.0	675.5
5.	Kritz,Leonid	GM	2610	GER	8.0	70.5	677.5
6.	Ivanisevic,Ivan	GM	2664	SRB	8.0	70.5	675.5
7.	Bauer,Christian	GM	2583	FRA	8.0	70.0	680.0
8.	Bindrich,Falko	GM	2516	GER	8.0	69.0	663.0
9.	Kim,Alexey	GM	2460	KOR	7.5	70.0	651.0
10.	Gleizerov,Evgeny	GM	2549	RUS	7.5	69.5	663.5
11.	Mas Hafizuhelmi A	IM	2386	MAS	7.5	69.0	635.0
12.	Benkovic Petar	IM	2479	SRB	7.5	65.5	652.5
13.	Ulibin,Mikhail	GM	2520	RUS	7.5	65.0	635.5
14.	Jenni,Florian	GM	2544	SUI	7.5	64.5	654.5
15.	Skoberne,Jure	IM	2499	SLO	7.5	61.5	619.0
16.	Smirin,Ilia	GM	2637	ISR	7.0	72.0	677.0
17.	Berczes,David	IM	2458	HUN	7.0	71.5	672.5
18.	Nezad,Husein Aziz	IM	2372	QAT	7.0	70.5	666.0
19.	Al Sayed,Mohamad	IM	2470	QAT	7.0	69.0	644.0
20.	Narayanan,Srinath	FM	2220	IND	7.0	66.0	629.0
21.	Hug,Werner	IM	2437	SUI	7.0	64.0	634.0
22.	Tyukhanov,Alexey		2181	RUS	7.0	63.0	597.5
23.	Kovacevic,Aleksan	GM	2585	SRB	7.0	62.0	625.0
24.	Bok,Benjamin		2212	NED	7.0	61.0	603.0
25.	Mensch,Etienne	IM	2327	FRA	7.0	59.5	624.5
26.	Raetsky,Alexander	GM	2421	RUS	6.5	71.0	653.0
27.	Ramesh,R.B.	GM	2478	IND	6.5	70.5	638.0
28.	Hausrath,Daniel	IM	2491	GER	6.5	70.0	657.5
29.	Cherniaev,Alexand	GM	2431	RUS	6.5	66.5	642.5
30.	Cebalo,Misho	GM	2523	CRO	6.5	66.0	629.5
31.	Onoprienko,Vladim	IM	2309	RUS	6.5	66.0	628.5
32.	Tairova,Elena	IM	2417	RUS	6.5	64.5	633.5
33.	Meier,Volker	FM	2276	GER	6.5	64.0	626.0
34.	Baramidze,David	GM	2593	GER	6.5	63.0	629.0
35.	Klauser,Markus	IM	2394	SUI	6.5	63.0	608.0
36.	Feuerstack,Aljosc		2355	GER	6.5	61.0	601.5
37.	Domont,Alexandre	IM	2326	SUI	6.5	58.5	606.5
38.	Weindl,Alfred	IM	2352	GER	6.5	58.5	599.0
121 players

5) VI Gyorgy Marx Memorial

The VI.Gyorgy Marx Memorial took place in Paks, Hungary 24th July - 4th August, 2008. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the event with 7/10.

Alongside was the XII.Paks Open 30th July - 3rd August, 2008, 7 rounds.

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

VI Gyorgy Marx Mem Paks (HUN), 25 vii-4 viii 2008										cat. XV (2625)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2681	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	7	2763
2.	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2606	½	½	*	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	6	2701
3.	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2645	½	½	0	½	*	*	½	½	½	0	1	1	5	2621
4.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2660	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	*	½	1	½	½	4½	2582
5.	Stellwagen, Daniël	g	NED	2616	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	*	*	1	½	4	2555
6.	Acs, Peter	g	HUN	2544	0	½	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	*	3½	2531

Round 5 (July 29, 2008)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Stellwagen, Daniël	1-0	37	C07	French Tarrasch
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Acs, Peter	0-1	28	D15	Slav Defence
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Berkes, Ferenc	½-½	46	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Round 6 (July 31, 2008)
Berkes, Ferenc	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	41	D96	Gruenfeld Russian
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	40	E15	Queens Indian
Acs, Peter	- Stellwagen, Daniël	½-½	53	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 7 (August 1, 2008)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	28	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Stellwagen, Daniël	- Berkes, Ferenc	1-0	50	B19	Caro Kann
Acs, Peter	- Sargissian, Gabriel	½-½	49	C45	Scotch Game
Round 8 (August 2, 2008)
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Stellwagen, Daniël	1-0	57	D19	Slav Defence
Berkes, Ferenc	- Acs, Peter	1-0	40	D11	Slav Defence
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	48	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Round 9 (August 3, 2008)
Berkes, Ferenc	- Sargissian, Gabriel	½-½	55	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Stellwagen, Daniël	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	48	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Acs, Peter	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	42	C45	Scotch Game
Round 10 (August 4, 2008)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Acs, Peter	½-½	40	C69	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Berkes, Ferenc	½-½	42	D58	Queens Gambit Tartakover
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Stellwagen, Daniël	1-0	62	D10	Slav Defence

6) North Urals Cup

The North Urals Cup took place in Krasnoturinsk (Sverdlovsk region) July 26th - August 3rd 2008. Antoaneta Stefanova took clear first place with 4½/7 half a point clear of Anna Ushenina and Marie Sebag.

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

5th North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk (RUS), 27 vii-3 viii 2008											cat. XI (2522)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2550	*	½	1	½	1	0	½	1	4½	2620
2.	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2476	½	*	½	1	½	0	1	½	4	2578
3.	Sebag, Marie	m	FRA	2530	0	½	*	½	1	1	½	½	4	2571
4.	Xu Yuhua	g	CHN	2483	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	3½	2527
5.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2622	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	3½	2508
6.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2544	1	1	0	0	0	*	½	½	3	2469
7.	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2504	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	3	2474
8.	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2469	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	2½	2427

Round 3 (July 29, 2008)
Ushenina, Anna	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	½-½	14	D15	Slav Defence
Xu Yuhua	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	18	B01	Centre Counter
Koneru, Humpy	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	45	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Pogonina, Natalija	- Sebag, Marie	½-½	117	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 4 (July 31, 2008)
Sebag, Marie	- Ushenina, Anna	½-½	48	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Xu Yuhua	- Koneru, Humpy	½-½	20	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Cramling, Pia	- Pogonina, Natalija	½-½	59	A45	Trompowsky
Muzychuk, Anna	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	½-½	22	C45	Scotch Game
Round 5 (August 1, 2008)
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Sebag, Marie	1-0	50	D12	Slav Defence
Ushenina, Anna	- Cramling, Pia	0-1	36	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Koneru, Humpy	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	30	A87	Dutch Leningrad
Pogonina, Natalija	- Xu Yuhua	½-½	21	C07	French Tarrasch
Round 6 (August 2, 2008)
Xu Yuhua	- Ushenina, Anna	0-1	45	B19	Caro Kann
Koneru, Humpy	- Pogonina, Natalija	1-0	69	A58	Volga Gambit
Cramling, Pia	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	1-0	92	D15	Slav Defence
Muzychuk, Anna	- Sebag, Marie	½-½	37	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (August 3, 2008)
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Xu Yuhua	½-½	10	E06	Catalan
Ushenina, Anna	- Koneru, Humpy	½-½	21	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sebag, Marie	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	61	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Pogonina, Natalija	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	36	B42	Sicilian Paulsen

7) World Juniors

The World Junior Championships takes place 3rd-15th August 2008 (rest day 9th August) in Gaziantep, Turkey.

Official site: http://wjcc2008.tsf.org.tr/

8) Najdorf Memorial

The Najdorf Memorial takes place 2nd-10th August 2008. There is a Category XV tournament and several opens alongside.

Official site: http://www.poloniachess.pl/najdorf2008/index.php?lang=en

Najdorf Memorial A Warsaw POL (POL), 2-10 viii 2008												cat. XV (2608)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2684	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	2½	2834
2.	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2627	½	*	.	1	½	.	.	.	.	.	2	2768
3.	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2624	.	.	*	0	.	.	1	.	1	.	2	2744
4.	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2606	.	0	1	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	1½	2614
5.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2639	.	½	.	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	1½	2606
6.	Berg, Emanuel	g	SWE	2592	.	.	.	½	½	*	½	.	.	.	1½	2628
7.	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	2639	.	.	0	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	1	2484
8.	Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2599	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	1	2468
9.	Kempinski, Robert	g	POL	2613	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	½	1	2448
10.	Olszewski, Michal	m	POL	2458	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	*	1	2507

Round 1 (August 2, 2008)
Sasikiran, Krishnan	- Olszewski, Michal	1-0	92	E44	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Socko, Bartosz	- Macieja, Bartlomiej	1-0	36	E20	Nimzo Indian
Balogh, Csaba	- Kempinski, Robert	1-0	78	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Berg, Emanuel	- Nyback, Tomi	½-½	94	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Krasenkow, Michal	½-½	35	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 2 (August 3, 2008)
Sasikiran, Krishnan	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	1-0	52	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Macieja, Bartlomiej	- Berg, Emanuel	½-½	73	A57	Volga Gambit
Krasenkow, Michal	- Socko, Bartosz	½-½	17	E33	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Nyback, Tomi	- Balogh, Csaba	0-1	38	D12	Slav Defence
Olszewski, Michal	- Kempinski, Robert	½-½	90	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Round 3 (August 4, 2008)
Socko, Bartosz	- Sasikiran, Krishnan	½-½	38	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Balogh, Csaba	- Macieja, Bartlomiej	0-1	38	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Berg, Emanuel	- Krasenkow, Michal	½-½	56	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Olszewski, Michal	½-½	62	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Kempinski, Robert	- Nyback, Tomi	½-½	84	D48	Queens Gambit Meran

9) British Chess Championships

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.

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

95th ch-GBR Liverpool (ENG), 28 vii - 9 viii 2008 Leading Round 7 Standings:
Pos	Player	NAT	ti	Elo	Pts
1	Lalic, Bogdan	CRO	g	2533	5½
2	Conquest, Stuart	ENG	g	2536	5
3	Davies, Nigel R	ENG	g	2478	5
4	Gordon, Stephen	ENG	m	2508	5
5	Gormally, Daniel	ENG	g	2504	5
6	Jones, Gawain C	ENG	g	2549	5
7	Kolbus, Dietmar	GER	m	2393	5
8	Ledger, Andrew	ENG	m	2423	5
9	Williams, Simon K	ENG	g	2496	5
10	Arkell, Keith C	ENG	g	2506	4½
11	Eggleston, David J	ENG	f	2372	4½
12	Flear, Glenn C	ENG	g	2493	4½
13	Greet, Andrew N	ENG	m	2453	4½
14	Hawkins, Jonathan	ENG		2232	4½
15	Hebden, Mark	ENG	g	2520	4½
16	Knott, Simon J B	ENG	m	2365	4½
17	Pert, Richard	ENG	m	2468	4½
18	Rudd, Jack	ENG	f	2345	4½
19	Trent, Lawrence	ENG	m	2470	4½
20	Addison, Bret C	ENG		2244	4
21	Buckley, Graeme	ENG	m	2401	4
22	Haslinger, Stewart G	ENG	g	2511	4
23	Lalic, Susan	ENG	m	2344	4
24	Ledger, Dave	ENG	f	2260	4
25	Pert, Nicholas	ENG	g	2547	4
26	Rendle, Thomas	ENG	m	2363	4
27	Surtees, Mike	ENG		2182	4
28	Tiruchirapalli, Venkatara	IND		2247	4
29	Ynojosa, Felix Jose	ENG		2101	4
30	Zhou, Yang-Fan	ENG		2259	4
68 players

10) 8th United Insurance & United Leasing

8th United Insurance & United Leasing International Masters Chess Tournament is now being held at Dhaka, Bangladesh. 30 players from 4 countries including 1 GM, 4 IM's, 8 FM's and 17 rated players are participating in the event. News: Haroon Or Rashid.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr14839.aspx

8th United Insurance Dhaka (BAN), 30 vii-7 viii 2008 Leading Round 7 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	Himanshu Sharma	IM	IND	2423	5,5	5,5	14188
2	Sharma Dinesh K	IM	IND	2354	5,5	5,5	14076
3	Minhazuddin Ahmed	FM	BAN	2339	5,0	5,0	14163
4	Lodhi Mahmood	IM	PAK	2379	5,0	5,0	13722
5	Rahman Ziaur	GM	BAN	2564	4,5	4,5	13844
6	Bitan Banerjee		IND	2281	4,5	4,5	13826
7	Hasan Mehdi	FM	BAN	2264	4,0	4,0	14079
8	Shrestha Keshav		NEP	2128	4,0	4,0	13867
9	Rahman Md Taibur	FM	BAN	2307	4,0	4,0	13773
10	Uddin Saif		BAN	2173	4,0	4,0	13696
11	Abu Sufian Shakil	FM	BAN	2418	4,0	4,0	13669
12	Ahmed Sk Nasir	FM	BAN	2292	4,0	4,0	13563
13	Hossain Delwar		BAN	2157	4,0	4,0	13513
14	Haque Rezaul	FM	BAN	2179	4,0	4,0	13410
15	Mirza Shahzad	IM	PAK	2282	3,5	3,5	13636
16	Ali Md Imran		BAN	2172	3,5	3,5	13581
17	Chatterjee Debaraj		BAN	2231	3,5	3,5	13513
18	Monir Arman		BAN	2172	3,5	3,5	13414
19	Dutta Joydeep		IND	2253	3,0	3,0	13818
20	Mohammed Abdul Malek	FM	BAN	2289	3,0	3,0	13328
21	Hasan Md Emam		BAN	2161	3,0	3,0	13285
22	Mohammad Ali		BAN	2175	3,0	3,0	13258
23	Hossain Monir		BAN	2193	2,5	2,5	13517
24	Shresta Bilam Lal		NEP	2106	2,5	2,5	13254
25	Abdullah Al-Saif		BAN	1961	2,5	2,5	13192
26	Chowdhury Sohel		BAN	2177	2,0	2,0	13225
27	Anisuzzaman Jewel		BAN	2153	2,0	2,0	11072
28	Mohammad Javed	FM	BAN	2264	2,0	2,0	10823
29	Badri Nepali		NEP	2172	1,5	1,5	13399
30	Ahmed Mahtabuddin		BAN	2184	1,0	1,0	13312

11) First Saturday August

The First Saturday GM, IM and FM tournaments for August take place in Budapest, 2nd-15 th 2008.

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

FSGM August Budapest (HUN), 2-17 viii 2008													cat. VIII (2426)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Genutis, Mindaugas	f	LTU	2317	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	2
2.	Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal	m	NOR	2423	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1½	2624
3.	Fogarasi, Tibor	g	HUN	2429	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2432
4.	Kosic, Dragan	g	MNE	2516	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	2461
5.	Duong The Anh	f	VIE	2445	.	0	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	2378
6.	Hirneise, Tobias	f	GER	2481	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	½	.	1	2405
7.	Lorscheid, Gerhard	f	GER	2348	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2429
8.	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	f	VIE	2477	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2481
9.	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo	g	CUB	2493	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2516
10.	Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge	f	ESP	2423	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	½	2434
11.	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2417	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	2177
12.	Dinger, Florian	f	GER	2333	.	.	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	2270
13.	Eisenbeiser, Amadeus	m	GER	2434	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	½	2177

12) 13th Creon Open

The 13th Creon Open took place 28th July - 3rd August 2008. Ventzislav Inkiov took first place on tie-break from Petar Drenchev and Nguyen Chi-Minh after all finished on 6.5/9. My thanks to Emmanuel Variniac for the news.

Official site: http://creonechecs.free.fr/

13th Creon Open (FRA), 28 vii-3 viii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	NAT	Pts	Tr.	Perf.
1	Inkiov Ventzislav	g	2446	BUL	6,5	35,5	2560
2	Drenchev Petar	m	2450	BUL	6,5	34,5	2563
3	Nguyen Chi-Minh	m	2432	FRA	6,5	32	2461
4	Skatchkov Pavel	g	2491	RUS	6	36	2470
5	Okhotnik Vladimir	m	2468	FRA	6	35,5	2430
6	Ludwig Remi		2175	FRA	6	33	2396
7	Sanduleac Vasile	g	2466	MDA	6	32	2390
8	Bazart David		2232	FRA	6	31,5	2289
9	Gabard Alexandre		2063	FRA	6	27,5	2150
10	Pap Misa	m	2495	SRB	5,5	34,5	2452
11	Ippolito Manuel		2272	FRA	5,5	34	2349
12	Guliev Logman	m	2436	AZE	5,5	32,5	2335
13	Lapeyre Pierre		2088	FRA	5,5	32	2157
14	Demanghon Jonathan		2213	FRA	5,5	31	2264
15	Favarel Camille		2102	FRA	5,5	30,5	2164
16	Laporte Damien		2212	FRA	5,5	30	2215
17	Basso Pierre-Yves		1933	FRA	5,5	30	2100
18	Lejarre Ludovic	f	2409	FRA	5,5	29,5	2264
19	Jaureguiberry Cedric		2169	FRA	5,5	27,5	2100
20	Babaev Rashad	g	2484	AZE	5	33,5	2365
21	Passager Jean-Pierre		2235	FRA	5	33	2201
22	Velten Paul		2112	FRA	5	32,5	2164
23	Mondon Fabrice		1988	FRA	5	31,5	2090
24	Lebon Joffrey		1975	FRA	5	31	2110
25	Diologent Matthieu		1907	FRA	5	29,5	2016
26	Mancini Mario	f	2268	FRA	5	29	2131
27	De Lagontrie Jean		2004	FRA	5	28,5	2027
28	Hedjazian Navid		2023	FRA	5	28	2014
29	Delabarre Olivier		2097	FRA	5	28	1955
30	Suez-Panama Gilles		2093	FRA	5	27,5	2017
31	Duffau Pascal		2019	FRA	5	27,5	1959
32	Schone Claude		1857	FRA	5	26,5	1905
126 players

13) 2nd Dragana Vjestice Memorial

The 2nd Dragana Vjestice Memorial took place 21st-30th July 2008. Aleksandar Savanovic took clear first with 6½/9.

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

2nd Dragana Vjestice Mem Banja Luka BIH (BIH), 21-30 vii 2008												cat. IV (2329)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Savanovic, Aleksandar	m	BIH	2417	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2485
2.	Gavric, Miladin	f	BIH	2390	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2447
3.	Popovic, Zoran	f	BIH	2348	½	½	*	0	0	1	1	1	½	1	5½	2406
4.	Dujkovic, Sinisa	f	SRB	2401	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	2363
5.	Goric, Esad	m	CRO	2388	½	½	1	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	5	2365
6.	Kelecevic, Mladen		SRB	2263	½	½	0	½	1	*	1	1	½	0	5	2379
7.	Narancic, Vlado	f	SRB	2362	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	3½	2245
8.	Sibarevic, Milenko	m	BIH	2330	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	0	1	3	2203
9.	Vojvodic, Vladimir		SRB	2234	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	*	½	3	2214
10.	Milekic, Daniel		BIH	2155	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	½	*	2½	2182

14) 83rd Argentine Championship

The 83rd Argentine Championship followed on from the semi-finals and takes place 30th July - 11th August 2008.

Official site: http://201.216.215.172/torneos/FINAL-83-ARG-08/

83rd ch-ARG La Plata ARG (ARG), 30 vii-11 viii 2008													cat. IX (2452)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Alonso, Salvador	m	ARG	2437	*	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	1	1	.	1	4	2679
2.	Kovalyov, Anton	m	ARG	2548	.	*	½	½	.	1	.	½	.	1	.	.	3½	2656
3.	Lemos, Damian	m	ARG	2479	.	½	*	.	.	½	.	1	1	.	½	.	3½	2615
4.	Peralta, Fernando	g	ARG	2558	½	½	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	½	.	1	3½	2558
5.	Flores, Diego	m	ARG	2553	½	.	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	1	1	.	3½	2569
6.	Felgaer, Ruben	g	ARG	2566	.	0	½	.	½	*	.	1	1	.	.	.	3	2564
7.	Orsini, Antonio		ARG	2341	.	.	.	0	½	.	*	½	0	.	.	1	2	2386
8.	Ricardi, Pablo	g	ARG	2515	.	½	0	.	.	0	½	*	.	.	1	.	2	2382
9.	Tristan, Leonardo		ARG	2366	0	.	0	.	.	0	1	.	*	.	1	.	2	2360
10.	Pierrot, Facundo	m	ARG	2421	0	0	.	½	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	1	2239
11.	Quiroga, Facundo	m	ARG	2339	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	0	0	.	*	½	1	2202
12.	Di Benedetto, Guillermo	f	ARG	2300	0	.	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	½	½	*	1	2179

15) 83rd Argentine Championship Semi-finals

The 83rd Argentine Championship Semi-finals take place 21st-28th July 2008. Guillermo Di Benedetto won with 7/9.

Official site: http://201.216.215.172/torneos/SEMI_83_ARG_08/index_semi_83_arg.htm

83rd ch-ARG s/f Buenos Aires (ARG), 21-28 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Title	NAT	Rating	Score	Buchholz	PS	SB	Rating
1	Di Benedetto, Guillermo	FM	ARG	2300	7	51	36,5	38	2300
2	Pierrot, Facundo	IM	ARG	2421	6,5	53,5	36,5	37,75	2421
3	Tristan, Leonardo		ARG	2366	6,5	52,5	34,5	36,75	2366
4	Quiroga, Facundo	IM	ARG	2339	6,5	49,5	32,5	35	2339
5	Alonso, Salvador	IM	ARG	2437	6,5	48	32,5	33,5	2437
6	Malbran, Guillermo	IM	ARG	2241	6,5	43,5	29,5	30	2241
7	Spata, German		ARG	2250	6,5	43	31,5	30,25	2250
8	Duarte, Leonardo	IM	ARG	2341	6	50,5	33,5	31	2341
9	Calderon Fernandez, Gervas		ARG	2303	6	47,5	32,5	28	2303
10	Meza, Hugo		ARG	2273	6	47	34	28	2273
11	Needleman, Alejandro	IM	ARG	2352	6	45,5	31,5	29,5	2352
12	Catelli, Hernan		ARG	2176	6	42	27,5	26,75	2176
13	Claverie, Raul		ARG	2378	5,5	48,5	31	26,75	2378
14	Perelman, Hernan		ARG	2360	5,5	47,5	30,5	27	2360
15	Fulgenzi, Ernesto	FM	ARG	2358	5,5	46	29,5	25,5	2358
16	Barrionuevo, Pablo	FM	ARG	2363	5,5	46	28	26	2363
17	Sampaoli, Cristian		ARG	2201	5,5	42,5	26	22,25	2201
18	Negri, Santiago		ARG	2133	5,5	36	23,5	19,25	2133
19	Virgillito, Cristian		ARG	2140	5	48	29,5	25,25	2140
20	Lohidoy, Bernardo		ARG	----	5	47	27	22,5	----
21	Gallego, Gonzalo		ARG	2070	5	47	25	25,5	2070
22	Mahia, Gustavo	Fm	ARG	2441	5	46,5	28,5	23,5	2441
23	Giampa, Alejandro		ARG	2237	5	43	27,5	21,5	2237
24	Scarzello, Alejandro		ARG	2050	5	42,5	25	19	2050
25	Amed, Stephanie	WFM	ARG	2099	5	42,5	22	21,25	2099
26	Palmero, Pablo		ARG	2144	5	41,5	25,5	18,75	2144
27	Tobares, Leandro		ARG	2210	5	40	26,5	19,5	2210
28	Tenti, Joaquin		ARG	2145	5	40	24,5	17	2145
29	Vaquero, Diego Javier		ARG	----	5	37,5	20	19	----
65 players

16) Villa Martelli

There are tournaments in Villa Martelli 8th July - 19th August 2008.

A second set of ITT and IRT events took place 17th-24th July 2008. Sandro Mareco won the ITT event with 7½/10.

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

The Copa Mercosur now takes place 29th July - 7th August 2008. Alongside are the ITT Raul Ignacio Moiraghi and IRT Jose Rubinstein.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/magistrales/2008/mercosur08/mercosur2008.htm

2nd ITT 54th Aniv Martelli Villa Martelli (ARG), 17-24 vii 2008												cat. IV (2342)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2477	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	7½	2521
2.	Molina, Roberto Junio Brito	f	BRA	2402	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	6½	2445
3.	Perez Ponsa, Federico	f	ARG	2326	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	6½	2453
4.	Pacheco, Marco	f	PER	2405	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2371
5.	Perdomo, Carlos Andres	m	COL	2349	0	½	0	1	*	0	1	½	1	1	½	5½	2376
6.	Gonzalez, Bolivar Ribeiro	f	BRA	2265	0	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	0	1	5	2349
7.	Real de Azua, Ernesto	m	ARG	2429	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	1	½	5	2332
8.	Filgueira, Hernan	f	ARG	2330	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	4½	2306
9.	Ibar, Marcelo	f	ARG	2293	1	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	4½	2310
10.	Arns, Artur Bartmann		BRA	2204	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	½	0	*	½	2½	2162
11.	Borges da Silva, Rodrigo		BRA	2278	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	2	2108

2nd IRT 54th Aniv Martelli Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 17-24 vii 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rey, Fabrice		FRA	2113	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2322
2.	Bassan, Remo		VEN	2109	½	*	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6½	2269
3.	Espinoza Palomino, Willyam		PER	2130	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2266
4.	Granara Barreto, Sebastian A	f	URU	2257	½	1	½	*	0	1	½	½	1	½	5½	2166
5.	Menna Barreto, Filipe		BRA	----	½	0	0	1	*	½	1	0	0	1	4	2072
6.	Cervetto, Esteban		ARG	2164	0	1	0	0	½	*	1	0	1	½	4	2054
7.	Delai, Paula Fernanda	wf	BRA	2081	0	0	½	½	0	0	*	1	1	½	3½	2026
8.	Guerrero, Alvaro		URU	2154	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	*	0	1	3½	2018
9.	Franco, Gaston		ARG	2044	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	*	1	3	1985
10.	Vasconcelos, Danilo Nunes		BRA	1986	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	*	1½	1843

17) Curacao Open

The Curacao Open takes place 26th July - 4th August 2008. Swiss 9 Rounds. No games available in PGN although a very few are appearing in reports and I may try and convert them next week if a file doesn't turn up.

Official site: http://www.curacaochess.net/

8th Curacao Chess Festival (CUR), 26 vii -4 viii 2008 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Place	Name	NAT	Rtg	Score	Buch.	M-Buch.	Progr.
1	BERNAL MORO, Luis Javier	ESP	2424	7	40.5	32.5	33.5
2-4	CHRISTIANSEN, Larry	USA	2577	6	41.5	31.0	30.5
	FRIDMAN, Daniel	GER	2637	6	41.5	31.0	29.0
	BENJAMIN, Joel	USA	2577	6	41.0	30.5	27.5
5-7	WERLE, Jan	NED	2591	5.5	44.0	33.0	30.0
	SWINKELS, Robin	NED	2459	5.5	41.0	29.5	26.5
	ZATONSKIH, Anna	USA	2446	5.5	36.0	26.5	24.5
8-12	CARLSSON, Pontus	SWE	2514	5	38.0	28.5	27.0
	ROOSE, Alex	AHO	2131	5	35.5	27.5	22.0
	WILLEMZE, Thomas	NED	2398	5	35.0	26.0	24.0
	LOPEZ, Jasel	ARU		5	32.0	24.0	19.5
	BOHM, Hans	NED	2323	5	30.5	24.0	24.0
13-17	GABALDON GOMEZ, Miguel Angel	ESP	2204	4.5	35.0	27.0	21.0
	FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ, Juan	ESP	2065	4.5	32.5	24.0	19.0
	MENSING, Fabio	AHO	2112	4.5	32.0	24.0	21.5
	RAPHAEL, Christopher	TRI	1910	4.5	30.0	22.0	16.5
	IZIJK, Jimmy	AHO		4.5	28.0	21.0	15.0
18-22	RAMOS, Cesar	VEN	2158	4	36.5	27.0	20.0
	SALLOUM, Justin	TRI	1951	4	32.5	26.0	18.5
	SWINKELS, Maurice	NED	1949	4	32.0	24.0	15.0
	MADURO, Sherman	AHO	2045	4	29.0	21.0	17.0
	SAGREDO, Claudio	AHO	1926	4	21.0	15.5	11.0
23-29	BETANCOURT, Pedro	VEN	2123	3.5	36.5	27.5	19.0
	LOPEZ, Juste	ARU	1941	3.5	32.0	25.0	15.0
	SWINKELS, Jos	NED	2074	3.5	31.5	24.0	19.0
	CHRISTIANSEN, Natasha	USA	1963	3.5	30.5	23.5	13.0
	PARICHARAK, Shardul	AHO	2011	3.5	28.5	23.0	20.5
	OLSEN, Steffan	SWE		3.5	28.5	18.5	13.5
	PARICHARAK, Nakul	AHO		3.5	24.5	18.5	9.0
30-34	HODGSON, Norman	AHO		3	29.0	21.5	11.0
	MATHEU, Edwald	ARU		3	26.5	21.0	8.5
	ARENDS, Andre	ARU		3	26.5	20.5	11.0
	PICUS, Marlon	AHO		3	24.5	19.5	12.0
	VAN BEEK, Ard	NED	2049	3	20.5	13.0	9.0
35-36	ZALM, Norman	AHO	1875	2.5	29.0	23.0	13.5
	RUIZ, Gregory	AHO		2.5	28.5	21.0	13.5
37-38	MAHMOOD, Georgio	AHO		2	31.5	23.5	13.0
	RICHARDSON, Quirino	AHO	1831	2	27.0	19.5	8.0
39	SALIM-MOUSSA, Seydi	AHO		1.5	29.5	22.5	10.0
40	WINKLAAR, Tito	AHO		1	27.0	20.0	8.0
41	POP, Serapio	AHO		0	7.0	7.0	0.0

18) Dutch Open Dieren

The Dutch Open took place in Dieren 22nd-31st July 2008. FM Ali Bitalzadeh was the surprise winner with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/dieren2008

Dutch Open Dieren (NED), 22-31 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Nr	Name	Ti	Score	Rating	TPR
1	Bitalzadeh, Ali	FM	7.5	2310	2745
2	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	GM	6.5	2592	2520
3	Sandipan, Chanda	GM	6.5	2588	2532
4	Pavlovic, Milos	GM	6.5	2515	2557
5	Odendahl, Reiner	FM	6.5	2434	2493
6	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	6.5	2431	2571
7	Ernst, Sipke	GM	6	2581	2468
8	Van den Doel, Erik	GM	6	2567	2532
9	Simutowe, Amon	IM	6	2459	2460
10	Hendriks, Willy	IM	6	2425	2515
11	Van Delft, Merijn	IM	6	2399	2393
12	Otte, Marijn		6	2267	2484
13	Nijboer, Friso	GM	5.5	2564	2412
14	Wiersma, Eelke	IM	5.5	2419	2371
15	Rothuis, Vincent		5.5	2357	2484
16	Miedema, Roi	FM	5.5	2303	2313
17	Zelbel, Patrick		5.5	2286	2353
18	Diepeveen, Vincent	FM	5.5	2262	2372
19	Bosch, Jeroen	IM	5	2444	2282
20	Wohl, Aleksandar H.	IM	5	2384	2316
21	Goldstern, Filip	FM	5	2370	2309
22	De Jong, Migchiel	FM	5	2324	2348
23	Van Eijk, Sander	FM	5	2315	2331
24	Michalczak, Thomas	FM	5	2297	2373
25	Monteban, Martijn	FM	5	2280	2218
26	Vogel, Jaap	FM	5	2253	2235
27	Ootes, Lars		5	2223	2252
28	Laarhoven, Thijs		5	2219	2264
29	Struik, Tjapko		5	2203	2305
30	Kuling, Lody		5	2196	2275
31	Kabanof, Nikolai		5	2132	2213
32	Sriram, Jha	IM	4.5	2429	2327
73 players

19) Mlada Boleslav Chess Festival

The Mlada Boleslav Chess Festival (Czech Republic) sees GM, IM and Open events and took place 27th July - 3rd August 2008. Oleg Spririn edged out Stepan Zilka on tie-break in the GM group after both finished on 6/9. The final two rounds of games are not yet available.

Official site: http://caissa.klain.cz/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr14270.aspx

DOBA as GM CUP Mlada Boleslav (CZE), 27 vii-3 viii 2008														cat. VII (2409)
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	IM	Spirin Oleg	2446	RUS	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6,0	23,75	3
2	IM	Zilka Stepan	2463	CZE	½	*	0	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	6,0	23,50	5
3	IM	Cernousek Lukas	2436	CZE	½	1	*	0	½	1	½	1	0	1	5,5	22,75	4
4	GM	Sergeev Vladimir	2508	UKR	½	0	1	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	5,5	20,75	4
5	GM	Voloshin Leonid	2449	CZE	½	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	1	5,0	20,00	2
6	FM	Plat Vojtech	2398	CZE	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5,0	19,25	2
7	GM	Meduna Eduard	2465	CZE	0	1	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	4,5	18,75	2
8	GM	Klovans Janis	2428	LAT	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	3,5	14,50	1
9		Priborsky Jan	2344	CZE	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	3,5	12,50	2
10		Kantans Toms	2148	LAT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	0,5	1,75	0

CSOB IM CUP Mlada Boleslav (CZE), 27 vii-3 viii 2008													cat. II (2283)
Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	IM	Plischki Sebastian	2402	GER	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7,0	27,75	5
2	FM	Suran Jan	2383	CZE	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	6,0	25,00	4
3		Meskovs Nikita	2177	LAT	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6,0	23,75	3
4	FM	Praznik Niko	2378	SLO	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	5,5	21,25	3
5	IM	Pribyl Josef	2397	CZE	½	½	½	½	*	+	0	½	½	½	4,5	20,25	1
6	IM	Volodin Viktor	2229	RUS	½	0	½	½	-	*	0	½	1	1	4,0	15,50	2
7		Vichnar David	2213	CZE	0	0	0	0	1	1	*	½	½	1	4,0	13,50	3
8		Fiala Jaroslav	2281	CZE	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	3,5	12,50	1
9		Urban Zdenek	2130	CZE	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	2,5	12,00	1
10	FM	Praznik Anton	2241	SLO	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	*	2,0	7,50	1

20) Baltic Sea Cup

The Baltic Sea Cup 2008 (Bornholm Summer Chess) takes place in Denmark 29th July - 6th August 2008. 10 round swiss.

Official site: http://www.balticseacup.dk

Baltic Sea Cup Bornholm (DEN), 29 vii - 6 viii 2008 Round 7 of 10 Standings:
Pl	Players	NAT	Pts
1	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	6.5
2	Roiz, Michael	ISR	5.5
3	Gyimesi, Zoltan	HUN	5.5
4	Khenkin, Igor	GER	5
5	Tiviakov, Sergei	NED	5
6	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	5
7	Golod, Vitali	ISR	5
8	Kuzubov, Yuriy	UKR	5
9	Kogan, Artur	ISR	5
10	Evdokimov, Alexander A.	RUS	5
11	Iljushin, Alexei	RUS	5
12	Hansen, Lars Bo	DEN	5
13	Lund, Esben	DEN	4.5
14	Teschke, Olaf	GER	4.5
15	Marzano, Carlo	ITA	4.5
16	Christensen, Klaus	DEN	4.5
65 players

21) III Oviedo Open

The III Oviedo Open took place 23rd-31st July 2008. Aramis Alvarez Pedraza took clear first place alone with 7.5/9.

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

III Oviedo Open (ESP), 23-31 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1
1	Alvarez Pedraza Aramis	IM	CUB	2453	CUB	7,5	51,0
2	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2525	CUB	7,0	51,5
3	Manolache Marius	GM	RUM	2521	RUM	7,0	51,0
4	Agüera Naredo Javier	FM	ESP	2381	Ast	7,0	50,0
5	Guliyev Namig	GM	AZE	2510	AZE	7,0	49,0
6	Gonzalez Vidal Yuri	IM	CUB	2464	CUB	6,5	50,0
7	Pozo Vera Sandro	FM	CUB	2454	CUB	6,5	47,5
8	Andres Gonzalez Ivan	FM	ESP	2314	Ast	6,5	47,0
9	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	GM	ESP	2526	Cat	6,5	44,0
10	Olea Perez Mario		ESP	2217	Ast	6,5	42,5
11	Starostits Ilmars	IM	LAT	2497	LAT	6,0	49,0
12	Filip Lucian		RUM	2461	RUM	6,0	48,5
13	Guerrero Olmos Sergio	FM	ESP	2325	Ast	6,0	45,5
14	Alvarez Fernandez Enrique	FM	ESP	2358	Ast	6,0	45,0
15	Alonso Alvarez Aitor		ESP	2191	Ast	6,0	45,0
16	Menendez Rey Francisco Javier		ESP	2222	Ast	6,0	43,5
17	Fernandez Diez Antonio M.		ESP	2068	Cat	6,0	41,5
18	Lopez Colon Francisco		ESP	2230	Can	6,0	40,0
19	Bajo Gutierrez Ignacio	FM	ESP	2238	Ast	5,5	45,0
20	Roiz Baztan David	FM	ESP	2308	Ast	5,5	44,0
21	Vega Viejo Marcelino		ESP	2180	Ast	5,5	44,0
22	Vigil Alvarez Luis Javier	FM	ESP	2291	Ast	5,5	43,5
23	Cascudo Pueyo Ignacio		ESP	2123	Ast	5,5	43,0
24	Arruebarrena Rafael		VEN	2266	VEN	5,5	42,5
25	Blazquez Lopez Berna		ESP	2116	Ast	5,5	41,5
26	Arias Torio Sergio		ESP	2140	Ast	5,5	39,0
27	Chakhoyan Konstantin		ARM	2047	Ast	5,5	39,0
28	Acebal Muñiz Antonio	FM	ESP	2158	Ast	5,5	37,0
101 players

22) 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. A small number of games from rounds 2-7 are available.

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

3rd Int Open Edmonton (CAN), 31 vii-4 viii 2008 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
#	Ti	Name	Ti	ID	Pts
1	GM	Alexander Moiseenko	GM	2632	5.5
2	GM	Alexander Shabalov	GM	2611	5
3	GM	Surya Sekhar Ganguly	GM	2631	5
4	IM	Joshua Friedel	IM	2524	4.5
5	IM	Edward Porper	IM	2476	4
6	IM	Robert Hungaski	IM	2407	4
7	IM	Leonid Gerzhoy	IM	2399	4
8	FM	Shiyam Thavandiran	FM	2288	3.5
9		Steven Peter		2303	3.5
10		Jeff Reeve		2243	3.5
11	FM	Greg Huber	FM	2236	3.5
12		Micah Hughey		2011	3.5
13	FM	Bindi Cheng	FM	2333	3.5
14	GM	Mark Bluvshtein	GM	2548	3.5
15	GM	Jesse Kraai	GM	2513	3.5
16	FM	Raja Panjwani	FM	2310	3.5
25 players

23) 17th Martigny Open

The 17th Martigny Open takes place 1st-4th August 2008.

Official site: http://www.uve-wsb.ch/openmartigny

17th Martigny Open (FRA), 1-4 viii 2008 Leading Round 5 (of 7) Standings:
Pl	Players	Ti	NAT	TWZ	Pts	Buchh	SoBerg
1	Onoprienko,Vladim	IM	RUS	2309	5	16.5	16.5
2	Nueesch,Gerard		SUI	2259	4.5	17	15
3	Barsov,Alexei	GM	UZB	2481	4.5	15	13.75
4	Bratanov,Zsivko	IM	BUL	2446	4	18	13
5	Dobrev,Nanko	IM	BUL	2423	4	17	12
6	Milosevic,Goran	IM	SUI	2406	4	16	11.75
7	Kolly,Jacques	FM	SUI	2311	4	15.5	11.5
8	Benkovic,Petar	IM	SRB	2479	4	15.5	10.5
9	Potterat,Marc		SUI	2187	4	15	11
10	Filipovic,Branko	IM	CRO	2428	4	15	10.5
11	Sermier,Guillaume	IM	FRA	2366	4	14.5	10.75
12	Kelecevic,Nedeljk	IM	BIH	2364	4	13.5	10.5
13	Sokolov,Andrei	GM	FRA	2561	3.5	17	10.5
14	Burnier,David	FM	SUI	2342	3.5	16	9.75
15	Berset,Philippe		SUI	2138	3.5	15	8.75
16	Colmenares,Aureli		SUI	2310	3.5	14	8.75
17	Charmier,Gregory		FRA	2225	3.5	13.5	8.25
18	Chervet,Olivier		SUI	2025	3.5	12.5	7.5
19	Moret,Jean-Paul		SUI	2068	3.5	12.5	7.25
20	Perruchoud,Pierre		SUI	2121	3.5	12.5	6.75
85 players

24) 12th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament

The 12th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament takes place in Vlissingen, August 2nd-9th, 2008.

The 12th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament in Vlissingen will be the strongest Dutch Summer Open of 2008. 250 players, among them more than 30 titleholders, will compete in the Hogeschool Zeeland, Edisonweg 4 in Vlissingen, in a 9 rounds Swiss. Three months before the first move will be made all places available for amateurs were sold out. Players include: GM Farrukh Amonatov (Tadzjikistan, 2650), GM Konstantin Landa (Russia, 2615), GM Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba, 2592), GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov (Russia, 2592), GM Chanda Sandipan (India, 2588), GM Sipke Ernst (Holland, 2581), GM Friso Nijboer (Holland, 2564), GM Alexandr Fier (Brazil, 2558), IM Krikor Mekhitarian (Brazil, 2504) and GM Ralf Akesson (Sweden, 2480).

Official site: http://www.hztoernooi.nl

12th HZ Open Vlissingen (NED), 2-9 viii 2008 Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	BH	SB
1	Landa, Konstantin	GM	RUS	2615	3	5	5
2	Bruzon, Lazaro	GM	CUB	2592	3	5	5
3	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	GM	RUS	2592	3	5	5
4	Sandipan, Chanda	GM	IND	2588	3	5.5	5.5
5	Ernst, Sipke	GM	NED	2581	3	5.5	5.5
6	Van den Doel, Erik	GM	NED	2567	3	5.5	5.5
7	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	2564	3	5	5
8	Fier, Alexandr	GM	BRA	2558	3	4.5	4.5
9	Mekhitarian, Krikor	IM	BRA	2504	3	4	4
10	Di Berardino, Diego	IM	BRA	2471	3	5	5
11	Llanez Vega, Marcos	IM	ESP	2468	3	5.5	5.5
12	Gonzalez, Yuri	IM	CUB	2464	3	4.5	4.5
13	Spoelman, Wouter	IM	NED	2448	3	4.5	4.5
14	Sriram, Jha	IM	IND	2429	3	5	5
15	Jerez Perez, Alfonso	IM	ESP	2410	3	5.5	5.5
16	Bezemer, Arno	FM	NED	2324	3	5	5
17	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	2650	2.5	5	4
18	Akesson, Ralf	GM	SWE	2480	2.5	4.5	3.75
19	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	NED	2431	2.5	5.5	4.25
20	Zaragatski, Ilja	IM	GER	2419	2.5	5	3.75
21	Diamant, Andre	IM	BRA	2393	2.5	5.5	4.25
22	Genzling, Alain	FM	FRA	2326	2.5	5	3.75
23	De Jong, Migchiel	FM	NED	2324	2.5	4	3.25
24	Afek, Yochanan	IM	ISR	2321	2.5	4.5	3.75
25	Tan, Matthew	FM	NED	2319	2.5	3	2.5
26	Van Assendelft, Floris		NED	2227	2.5	4	3.25
27	Vanderhallen, Nicolas		BEL	2225	2.5	5	4
28	Carlstedt, Jonathan		GER	2203	2.5	5.5	4.25
29	Lacrosse, Marc	FM	BEL	2202	2.5	5	3.75
30	In 't Veld, Daan		NED	2170	2.5	4.5	3.75
31	Soors, Stef		BEL	2164	2.5	5.5	4.25
32	Leenaerts, Robin		BEL	2161	2.5	4.5	3.75
33	Ten Hagen, Yorick		NED	2152	2.5	3.5	2.75
34	De Wolf, Johan		NED	2145	2.5	5.5	4.25
35	Riemens, Albert		NED	2140	2.5	4.5	3.25
36	Kalisvaart, Peter		NED	2093	2.5	3.5	3.25
37	Roggeveen, Pieter		NED	2093	2.5	4	3.25
38	Galle, Andre		BEL	1961	2.5	4.5	3.25
39	De Ridder, Dieter		BEL	1845	2.5	5	4
248 players

25) IX Miguel Mas Open

The IX Miguel Mas Open takes place in Castell de Sant Ferran de Figueres 2nd-9th August 2008. Aleksandar Delchev, Eric Prie and Fidel Corrales Jimenez lead on 4/4.

Official site: http://www.escacsfigueres.com/IXobert/index.html

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr13961.aspx?lan=1

26) Sitges Open

The 34th Sitges Open took place 22nd-30th July 2008. Zbigniew Pakleza edged out 7 others on tie-break after all scored 7/9.

Official site: http://www.casinoprado.cat/

34th Open Sitges (ESP), 22-30 vii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts	BUC	BUC	Prog
1	Pakleza, Zbigniew	IM	POL	2495	7	44½	45½	38
2	Movsziszian, Karen	GM	ARM	2560	7	43	45	38
3	Papp, Gabor	IM	HUN	2509	7	43	45	37½
4	Banusz, Tamas	IM	HUN	2481	7	41½	43½	38
5	Konguvel, Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2415	7	41½	43	36½
6	Jankovic, Alojzije	GM	CRO	2532	7	41	43½	36
7	Cuartas, Jaime Alexander	IM	COL	2495	7	40	41½	35½
8	Barsov, Alexei	GM	UZB	2481	7	39½	42	35
9	Erdos, Viktor	GM	HUN	2576	6½	43	44½	35½
10	Jovanic, Ognjen	GM	CRO	2493	6½	42½	44½	37½
11	Antal, Gergely	IM	HUN	2459	6½	41½	43½	36
12	Cruz, Filemon	FM	PER	2416	6½	40½	43½	35
13	Karlsson, Lars	GM	SWE	2476	6½	39½	42	36
14	Sundararajan, Kidambi	IM	IND	2446	6½	39	41	34
15	Muñoz Pantoja, Miguel	IM	PER	2499	6½	39	40½	33
16	Antok, Daniel		HUN	2244	6½	38	40½	31½
17	Grigore, George-Gabriel	GM	ROU	2517	6	43	45	36
18	Czakon, Jakub	IM	POL	2510	6	41½	43	33
19	Moskalenko, Viktor	GM	UKR	2569	6	40½	42½	34
20	Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter	IM	NED	2335	6	39½	42	33
21	Sermier, Guillaume	IM	FRA	2366	6	39	41	32½
22	Lasinskas, Povilas	FM	LTU	2269	6	38½	42	33½
23	Critelli, James M	FM	USA	2296	6	38½	41	32
24	Cruz, Cristhian	FM	PER	2508	6	38½	40½	33½
25	Rojas, Luis	IM	CHI	2428	6	38	41	31
26	Schneider, Stefan		SWE	2371	6	38	40½	31
27	Beltran Rueda, Santiago	FM	ESP	2436	6	37½	39	32
28	Jerez Perez, Alfonso	IM	ESP	2410	6	37	40	32
29	Haarr, Jon Kristian		NOR	1971	6	37	39	27
30	Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe		COL	2400	6	36½	39½	31½
31	Fernandez Fuentes, Fco Javier	CM	ESP	2129	6	35½	38	27
32	Martin Grillo, Ruben		ESP	2282	6	34	38	30½
33	Buxade Roca, Guillermo	CM	ESP	2206	6	33½	36½	27½
34	Llaneza Vega, Patricia	WIM	ESP	2260	6	32½	36	30½
35	Fernandez Vicente, Carmelo		ESP	2139	6	32	35½	29
36	Granados Gomez, Manuel	IM	ESP	2407	5½	40½	43	31½
186 players

27) Sun Pawn Ilyichevsk

The Sun Pawn tournament took place in Ilyichevsk, Ukraine 20th-31st July 2008.

. Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t160.html

Sun Pawn A Illichevsk UKR (UKR), 20-31 vii 2008													cat. II (2276)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Dolzhikova, Kateryna	wm	UKR	2339	*	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	8	2444
2.	Shalimov, Valery UKR	m	UKR	2438	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2393
3.	Itkis, Boris	m	ROU	2447	½	½	*	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	7	2362
4.	Turutin, Alexander	f	RUS	2321	1	½	½	*	½	½	1	0	0	1	1	1	7	2373
5.	Polyakov, Maxim		UKR	2283	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	6½	2340
6.	Poluektov, Yury2	f	UKR	2350	0	0	1	½	½	*	1	1	½	0	1	1	6½	2333
7.	Poleshchuk, Dmitriy		BLR	2183	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	1	1	6	2320
8.	Kurochkin, Valery		UKR	2144	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	*	½	1	1	1	5½	2287
9.	Arabidze, Meri	wf	GEO	2152	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	1	5½	2286
10.	Kozel, Roman	m	UKR	2387	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	0	0	*	½	½	3½	2132
11.	Opinca, Sorin		MDA	2175	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	2½	2073
12.	Shtembuliak, Evgeny		UKR	2089	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	½	1822

Sun Pawn B Illichevsk UKR (UKR), 20-31 vii 2008												cat. I (2267)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Bagrationi, Alexander		UKR	2252	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	8½	2564
2.	Rakhmangulov, Andrei	m	UKR	2323	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7½	2454
3.	Bogdanovich, Stanislav		UKR	2299	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2457
4.	Razin, Vadim		UKR	2288	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2414
5.	Romcovici, Victor	m	MDA	2222	0	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	5½	2307
6.	Agafii, Victor	f	MDA	2306	0	½	0	0	½	*	0	½	1	1	½	4	2191
7.	Semenov, Valeri	f	UKR	2351	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	0	0	½	3½	2149
8.	Belosvetov, Nikolaj	f	UKR	2273	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	3½	2156
9.	Puchkov, Andrey		BLR	2267	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	1	1	3½	2157
10.	Prociuc, Evgenii		MDA	2109	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	*	1	2½	2090
11.	Kagramanianz, Vartan	m	ARM	2251	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	2	2029

28) Inautomarket Open

The Inautomarket Open took place in Minsk, 10th-18th July 2008. Dmitry Andreikin won with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chess.by

Inautomarket Open Minsk (BLR), 10-18 vii 2008
1.	Andreikin, Dmitry	2604	7.5	54.5	44.00	42.0	2718
2.	Fedorov, Alexei	2560	7.0	55.5	42.50	36.5	2653
	Lutsko, Igor	2399	7.0	51.0	38.00	36.5	2658
	Maiorov, Nikita	2535	7.0	50.0	39.25	35.0	2609
	Podolchenko, Evgeniy	2452	7.0	50.0	38.50	34.5	2593
	Nechepurenko, Roman V.	2476	7.0	49.5	36.75	36.5	2625
7.	Kalegin, Evgenij	2495	6.5	54.0	36.25	37.0	2593
	Yevseev, Denis	2510	6.5	53.5	37.00	33.0	2545
	Teterev, Vitaly	2504	6.5	52.5	35.50	36.5	2574
	Dydyshko, Viacheslav	2583	6.5	51.0	34.75	33.5	2584
	Rozum, Ivan	2444	6.5	50.5	34.00	33.5	2583
	Lanin, Alexsej	2456	6.5	50.0	33.50	32.0	2523
	Zhigalko, Andrey	2551	6.5	49.0	34.75	34.5	2588
	Popov, Ivan	2549	6.5	46.5	33.00	31.0	2513
	Simonian, Hrair	2452	6.5	46.0	32.00	31.0	2468
16.	Khismatullin, Denis	2613	6.0	51.0	32.25	33.0	2553
	Rustemov, Alexander	2547	6.0	50.5	30.00	32.5	2487
	Smirnov, Artem	2453	6.0	50.5	32.50	33.5	2479
	Tunik, Gennady	2490	6.0	49.0	31.50	31.0	2458
	Karavaev, Vladimir	2477	6.0	48.5	29.50	34.0	2483
	Tihonov, Jurij	2470	6.0	48.0	30.25	31.0	2450
	Zaiatz, Elena	2346	6.0	47.5	29.25	30.0	2490
	Solovjov, Sergey I.	2434	6.0	47.5	29.00	29.5	2438
	Mihajlovskij, Sergei	2484	6.0	47.5	29.00	31.5	2428
	Kopyl, Artem	2262	6.0	47.0	28.50	29.5	2484
	Loginov, Valery A	2481	6.0	46.5	29.25	31.0	2472
	Nozdrin, Alexander V	2384	6.0	46.0	28.50	29.5	2412
	Potapov, Alexey	2329	6.0	44.5	27.00	28.0	2373
176 players

29) Volga Cup

The Volga Cup IM tournament took place in Kostroma, 1st-11th July 2008.

Official site: http://www.obninskchess.ru/alltur/alltur08/kubv08/

Volga Cup IM Kostroma RUS (RUS), 2-11 vii 2008													cat. II (2284)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Derbenev, Andrey		RUS	2302	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	8	2457
2.	Arslanov, Shamil		RUS	2228	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	7	2390
3.	Petrov, Evgeniy		UKR	2238	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	6½	2353
4.	Svetlov, Dmitry	f	RUS	2306	0	1	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	6½	2346
5.	Korneevets, Alexander	m	BLR	2302	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	6	2318
6.	Vorontsov, Nickolay	m	KAZ	2289	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	6	2319
7.	Shkuran, Daniil	m	UKR	2432	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	5½	2270
8.	Shchur, Vladimir		BLR	2200	0	0	1	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	0	5	2255
9.	Bykov, Alexey1		RUS	2272	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	0	½	½	4	2182
10.	Cherenkov, Andrey	f	RUS	2232	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	0	1	*	0	1	4	2186
11.	Yarysh, Grigorij	f	RUS	2304	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	*	1	4	2180
12.	Simonov, Vladimir		RUS	2301	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	½	0	0	*	3½	2149

30) Tadeusz Gniota Memorial

The Tadeusz Gniota Memorial took place in Police, Poland 9th-16th July 2008. Sergey Kalinitschew won the event with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.smialy.pl/

XXIII Tadeusz Gniota Mem Police (POL), 9-16 vii 2008
1	Kalinitschew, Sergey	g	GER	2456	7.0	2622
2	Chojnacki, Krzysztof	f	POL	2416	6.5	2542
3	Malaniuk, Vladimir P	g	UKR	2508	6.0	2482
4	Figura, Atila Gajo	f	GER	2407	6.0	2482
5	Grabarczyk, Bogdan	m	POL	2449	6.0	2401
6	Koziak, Vitali	m	UKR	2489	6.0	2400
7	Shishkin, Vadim UKR	g	UKR	2506	5.5	2432
8	Przedmojski, Rafal		POL	2397	5.5	2461
9	Danielsen, Henrik	g	ISL	2526	5.5	2417
10	Tazbir, Marcin	m	POL	2444	5.5	2401
11	Sopur, Lech		POL	2431	5.5	2384
12	Schmidt, Wlodzimierz	g	POL	2396	5.5	2373
39 players

31) Heart of Finland Open

The Heart Of Finland took place in Jyvaeskylae 12th-18th July 2008. Kaido Kulaots won with 8/9.

Official site: http://www.kolumbus.fi/shakkiliitto/hof2008.htm

Heart of Finland Jyvaskyla (FIN), 12-18 vii 2008 Final Leading Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts	BH.
1	Kulaots Kaido	GM	EST	2531	8	51½
2	Agopov Mikael	IM	FIN	2436	7	47½
3	Nyback Tomi	GM	FIN	2639	6½	53½
4	Rantanen Yrjo	GM	FIN	2365	6½	52½
5	Koykka Pekka		FIN	2135	6½	46
6	Nyysti Sampsa	IM	FIN	2359	6½	46
7	Luukkonen Tommi		FIN	2287	6½	45
8	Alho Sauli		FIN	2141	6	52½
9	Karttunen Mika	IM	FIN	2418	6	51
10	Mertanen Janne	FM	FIN	2310	6	49½
11	Norri Joose	IM	FIN	2353	6	48½
12	Kivipelto Kaj		FIN	2174	6	48
13	Nouro Mikael	IM	FIN	2341	6	45
14	Kivimaki Jaakko		FIN	2187	6	45
15	Solozhenkin Evgeniy	GM	RUS	2511	5½	51
16	Kosmo Santul		FIN	2276	5½	48
17	Tiitta Sauli		FIN	2204	5½	45
18	Rehn Ralf		FIN	2157	5½	44
19	Äijala Jouko		FIN	2157	5½	44
20	Tauriainen Marko		FIN	2014	5½	42
21	Verkasalo Tommi		FIN	2097	5½	42
22	Meskanen Vesa		FIN	2119	5½	41½
23	Niemi Olavi		FIN	2053	5½	39½
89 players

32) Stara Pazova Tournament

The grandmaster tournament "Stara Pazova-Ilindan 2008" took place in Stara Pazova from 26th July - 2nd August 2008. 14 players (6.GM, 2 IM, 3 FM). Nikola Nestorovic won with 8½/11. and Milos Roganovic made an IM norm (10.games). Chief arbiter was Mihajlo Savic, IA

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

IGM Stara Pazova SRB (SRB), 23 vii-2 viii 2008														cat. VI (2386)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Nestorovic, Nikola		SRB	2422	*	0	0	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2492
2.	Popchev, Milko	g	BUL	2410	1	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	8	2470
3.	Roganovic, Milos	f	SRB	2393	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	8	2472
4.	Kosic, Dragan	g	MNE	2516	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	7½	2432
5.	Abramovic, Bosko	g	SRB	2488	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	7½	2434
6.	Manik, Mikulas	g	SVK	2453	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	7½	2437
7.	Sertic, Rudolf		CRO	2405	1	0	½	1	1	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	7	2413
8.	Tosic, Miroslav	g	SRB	2422	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	*	0	½	½	½	1	½	6½	2382
9.	Popov, Luben	m	BUL	2300	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	6	2363
10.	Mrkonjic, Nenad	m	CRO	2394	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	5½	2328
11.	Kosanovic, Goran A	g	SRB	2393	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	5½	2328
12.	Vujacic, Borivoje	f	SRB	2319	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	5½	2333
13.	Matovic, Petar	f	SRB	2227	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	*	0	4	2256
14.	Skoko, Milan		SRB	2257	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	*	4	2254

33) 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.

Official site: http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/olomouc2008/

GM Valoz Cup Olomouc (CZE), 30 vii-7 viii 2008												cat. VIII (2446)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Danielsen, Henrik	g	ISL	2526	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	1	1	3	2618
2.	Grandelius, Nils	f	SWE	2366	.	*	1	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	2½	2562
3.	Stefansson, Hannes	g	ISL	2566	.	0	*	.	.	1	.	1	½	.	2½	2512
4.	Petr, Martin	m	CZE	2451	.	½	.	*	.	½	½	.	.	1	2½	2505
5.	Luch, Michal	m	POL	2412	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	½	.	1	2½	2508
6.	Erdogdu, Mert	m	TUR	2440	.	½	0	½	.	*	1	.	.	.	2	2448
7.	Kanovsky, David	m	CZE	2409	½	.	.	½	½	0	*	.	.	.	1½	2370
8.	Vokac, Marek	g	CZE	2451	½	.	0	.	½	.	.	*	½	.	1½	2392
9.	Baryshpolets, Andrey	f	UKR	2413	0	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	1½	2405
10.	Smith, Axel		SWE	2427	0	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	½	*	½	2128

IMA Jihlavanka Cup Olomouc (CZE), 30 vii-7 viii 2008												cat. III (2310)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Krejci, Jan2	f	CZE	2305	*	½	.	.	1	1	½	.	.	.	3	2514
2.	Johansson, Jan	m	SWE	2450	½	*	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	3	2492
3.	Bejtovic, Jasmin	f	BIH	2335	.	½	*	1	.	.	½	.	½	.	2½	2401
4.	Vlasak, Lukas		CZE	2136	.	.	0	*	.	.	½	1	.	1	2½	2419
5.	Parligras, Cosmin		ROU	2271	0	.	.	.	*	1	.	0	1	.	2	2336
6.	Kutynec, Vladimir	m	RUS	2281	0	.	.	.	0	*	.	1	.	1	2	2313
7.	Tuma, Jiri		CZE	2285	½	0	½	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	1½	2219
8.	Talla, Vladimir	m	CZE	2407	.	.	.	0	1	0	.	*	½	.	1½	2173
9.	Malinovsky, Karel	f	CZE	2353	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	½	*	½	1½	2234
10.	Krupa, Monika	wg	POL	2272	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	.	½	*	½	1983

IMB Proclient Cup Olomouc (CZE), 30 vii-7 viii 2008													cat. III (2304)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Tikkanen, Hans	m	SWE	2417	*	.	1	.	1	.	½	0	.	.	1	.	3½	2436
2.	Lahiri, Atanu	m	IND	2338	.	*	.	½	0	1	1	.	½	.	.	.	3	2403
3.	Golichenko, Ilija	f	UKR	2381	0	.	*	½	1	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	3	2400
4.	Langrock, Hannes	f	GER	2398	.	½	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	1	.	½	3	2372
5.	Bures, Jaroslav		CZE	2243	0	1	0	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	3	2391
6.	Cernin, Radim	f	CZE	2277	.	0	.	.	.	*	.	0	1	1	.	1	3	2341
7.	Tibensky, Robert	m	SVK	2416	½	0	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	1	2½	2288
8.	Arslanov, Shamil		RUS	2228	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	*	0	0	0	.	2	2230
9.	Blomqvist, Erik		SWE	2322	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	1	*	0	.	.	2	2241
10.	Sluka, Radek		CZE	2326	.	.	.	0	0	0	.	1	1	*	.	.	2	2221
11.	Neoral, Antonin		CZE	2169	0	.	0	.	.	.	½	1	.	.	*	½	2	2243
12.	Havlikova, Kristyna	wf	CZE	2135	.	.	.	½	0	0	0	.	.	.	½	*	1	2060

IMC Dacia Cup Olomouc (CZE), 30 vii-7 viii 2008													cat. III (2309)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Biolek, Richard	m	CZE	2434	*	.	½	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	1	1	4	2514
2.	Pochinkov, Andrey		RUS	2167	.	*	½	.	.	½	1	1	.	½	.	.	3½	2464
3.	Stets, Dmitry	m	UKR	2420	½	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	1	.	.	1	3½	2456
4.	Biolek, Richard jr		CZE	2354	.	.	.	*	1	.	0	.	.	½	1	1	3½	2417
5.	Semcesen, Daniel	f	SWE	2387	½	.	.	0	*	.	½	1	1	.	.	.	3	2435
6.	Jurcik, Martin	f	SVK	2352	.	½	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	½	1	3	2347
7.	Kireev, Aleksei	m	RUS	2387	.	0	.	1	½	.	*	0	.	1	.	.	2½	2265
8.	Shilov, Sergej	f	UKR	2255	.	0	.	.	0	.	1	*	.	1	½	.	2½	2262
9.	Rosko, Lubos		CZE	2387	.	.	0	.	0	½	.	.	*	.	1	1	2½	2312
10.	Klecker, Tadeas		CZE	2162	0	½	.	½	.	.	0	0	.	*	.	.	1	2079
11.	Beil, Martin		CZE	2208	0	.	.	0	.	½	.	½	0	.	*	.	1	2116
12.	Skinke, Katrina		LAT	2197	0	.	0	0	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	*	0

IMD Prima Pack Cup Olomouc (CZE), 30 vii-7 viii 2008												cat. III (2306)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Jurcik, Marian	f	SVK	2378	*	.	½	.	½	.	.	1	1	½	.	3½	2456
2.	Reutsky, Sergei	f	RUS	2344	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	.	½	.	1	2½	2584
3.	Jurek, Josef	m	CZE	2368	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	½	1	.	2½	2409
4.	Ptacnikova, Lenka	wg	ISL	2259	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	0	½	1	.	2½	2245
5.	Shumilov, Illya		UKR	2286	½	0	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	.	1	2½	2354
6.	Klima, Lukas	m	CZE	2439	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	½	½	½	2½	2243
7.	Prikryl, Tomas		CZE	2058	.	.	.	½	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	2	2475
8.	Husari, Satea	m	SYR	2362	0	.	½	1	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	2	2307
9.	Lahner, Jakub	f	CZE	2294	0	½	½	½	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	2	2285
10.	Andersson, Fredrik2		SWE	2225	½	.	0	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	.	1½	2212
11.	Cerveny, Petr		CZE	2353	.	0	.	.	0	½	0	.	.	.	*	½	1959

34) Arctic Chess Challenge

The Arctic Chess Challenge 2008 takes place 2nd-10th August 2008 in Tromso, Norway.

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

Arctic Chess Challenge Tromso (NOR), 2-10 viii 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Kunin, Vitaly	g	GER	2532	+54	+32	+17	.	.	.	.	.	.	3
2.	Likavsky, Tomas	g	SVK	2485	+66	+37	+30	.	.	.	.	.	.	3
3.	Malakhatko, Vadim	g	BEL	2612	+60	+28	+16	.	.	.	.	.	.	3
4.	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2617	+70	+23	+18	.	.	.	.	.	.	3
5.	Agdestein, Simen	g	NOR	2583	+35	+48	=12	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2417
6.	Turner, Matthew J	g	ENG	2493	+44	+29	=7	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2372
7.	Poobalasingam, Peter S		ENG	2203	+65	+38	=6	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2288
8.	Sowray, Peter J	f	ENG	2327	=57	+24	+45	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2264
9.	Kasparov, Sergey	g	BLR	2486	+67	=47	+31	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2379
10.	Tiller, Bj(/o)rn	m	NOR	2374	+49	=41	+47	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2333
11.	Thomassen, Joachim	f	NOR	2357	+75	=15	+51	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2305
12.	Forsaa, Espen	f	NOR	2282	+69	+68	=5	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2450
13.	Thingstad, Even		NOR	2019	+89	=14	+42	.	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2415
14.	Royset, Jon K		NOR	2208	+39	=13	=20	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2072
15.	Granaldi, Alessandro		ITA	2082	+43	=11	=22	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2322
16.	Zozulia, Anna	m	BEL	2346	+52	+40	-3	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2324
17.	Hanssen, Gunnar Berg		NOR	2232	+64	+34	-1	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2271
18.	Simutowe, Amon	m	ZAM	2459	+61	+27	-4	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2350
19.	Westerinen, Heikki M.J	g	FIN	2376	+63	=45	=26	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2182
20.	Carlsen, Henrik		NOR	2067	+72	=42	=14	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2267
21.	Hafner, Christian		GER	2131	=77	+46	=25	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2149
22.	Royset, Paal		NOR	2234	=46	+57	=15	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2063
23.	Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep		NOR	2180	+62	-4	+41	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2367
24.	Andreassen,Arnold		NOR	----	+53	-8	+60	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2239
25.	Bjerke, Richard	f	NOR	2212	=76	+58	=21	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2103
26.	Lovik, Lasse Ostebo		NOR	2143	=58	+78	=19	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2250
27.	Hansen, Victor		NOR	2124	+73	-18	+69	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2232
28.	Kasparova, Tatiana	wm	BLR	2176	+71	-3	+61	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2307
29.	Tofte, Sondre Waage		NOR	2122	+74	-6	+64	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2233
30.	Lahlum, Hans Olav		NOR	2201	+79	+55	-2	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2286
31.	Kovachev, Daniel Jakobsen		NOR	2202	+84	+56	-9	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2287
32.	Martinsen, Stig K		NOR	2161	+80	-1	+63	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2279
33.	Paleologu, Vladimir		SUI	2198	-56	+77	+67	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2115
34.	Edvardsen, Ragnar		NOR	2076	+81	-17	+56	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2202
35.	Gandrud, Vegar Koi		NOR	2002	-5	+82	+55	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2319
36.	Soraas, Torben		NOR	2178	-55	+84	+66	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2103
37.	Arvola, Benjamin		NOR	2105	+90	-2	+65	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2127
38.	Haugstad, Espen		NOR	2032	+88	-7	+62	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2192
39.	Narvoy, Tore		NOR	1757	-14	+89	+68	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2222
40.	Reynolds, D Ian W		ENG	2105	+86	-16	+59	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2183
41.	Getz, Nicolai		NOR	2111	+50	=10	-23	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2184
42.	Prakken, Gerrit	f	NED	2220	+59	=20	-13	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	1971
43.	Forsaa, Elise		NOR	----	-15	+75	=44	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	1981
44.	Skage, Oystein Aagedal		NOR	1973	-6	+74	=43	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2164
45.	Danielsson, Robert		SWE	2100	+83	=19	-8	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2234
46.	Sjol, Henrik		NOR	1860	=22	-21	+78	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2121
47.	Pettersson, Tobias		SWE	2147	+85	=9	-10	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2286
48.	Jaeger, Frode Bull		NOR	2148	+82	-5	=52	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2154
49.	Loberg, Jo Kristian		NOR	1924	-10	=50	+77	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2124
50.	Kjoita,Henning		NOR	----	-41	=49	+76	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	1946
51.	De Andres Gonalons, Fernando		ESP	2127	=78	+76	-11	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2053
52.	Haug, Marianne Wold		NOR	1881	-16	+86	=48	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2164
53.	Hobber, Anders		NOR	2012	-24	=79	+80	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2000
54.	Walseth, Tron		NOR	1988	-1	=80	+79	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2177
55.	Handberg,Rune		NOR	----	+36	-30	-35	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2002
56.	Joensen,John		FAI	----	+33	-31	-34	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2033
57.	Carlsen, Ellen Oen		NOR	1874	=8	-22	=58	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2062
58.	Eriksen,Magnus		NOR	----	=26	-25	=57	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1951
59.	Lahlum, Ida		NOR	1828	-42	+72	-40	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1983
60.	Madland, Kristoffer		NOR	2004	-3	+71	-24	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2079
61.	Marks, Ian A		SCO	1934	-18	+73	-28	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2086
62.	Asvang,Jon Fredrik		NOR	----	-23	+70	-38	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1947
63.	Adolfsson, Daniel		SWE	1930	-19	+83	-32	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2054
64.	Jacobsen, Mads-Holger		DEN	1831	-17	+81	-29	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1993
65.	Carlsen, Ingrid Oen		NOR	1521	-7	+88	-37	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1977
66.	Flermoen, Peter		NOR	1936	-2	+90	-36	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2096
67.	Haarr, Jon Kristian		NOR	1971	-9	+85	-33	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2103
68.	Hagen, Anders Gjerdum		NOR	2084	+87	-12	-39	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1888
69.	Standal, Egil A		NOR	1864	-12	+87	-27	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2010
70.	Brasoy, Aksel		NOR	2004	-4	-62	+90	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2080
71.	Steinskog,Asbjorn O		NOR	----	-28	-60	+87	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1935
72.	Norbakken,Eirik		NOR	----	-20	-59	+85	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1840
73.	Nygreen,Ivan		NOR	----	-27	-61	+89	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1894
74.	Stensen,Vegard		NOR	----	-29	-44	+88	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1906
75.	Remman, Frank		NOR	1888	-11	-43	+86	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1994
76.	Smith, Brian		ENG	1803	=25	-51	-50	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1840
77.	Taube,Gregor		NOR	----	=21	-33	-49	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1811
78.	Svendsen,Magne		NOR	----	=51	-26	-46	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1770
79.	Ronning,Are		NOR	----	-30	=53	-54	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1794
80.	Johansson,Anders		SWE	----	-32	=54	-53	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1780
81.	Kjoita,Torgeir		NOR	----	-34	-64	=82	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1696
82.	Nordli,Anders Samuelsen		NOR	----	-48	-35	=81	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1777
83.	Pedersen,Johnny Karl		NOR	----	-45	-63	=84	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1737
84.	Walther,Joachim		GER	----	-31	-36	=83	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1853
85.	Brokvam,Roy		NOR	----	-47	-67	-72	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
86.	Prohl,Frank		NOR	----	-40	-52	-75	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
87.	Friberg,Reid Erik		NOR	----	-68	-69	-71	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
88.	Steinskog,Tom		NOR	----	-38	-65	-74	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
89.	Johansen,Paul Ivar		NOR	----	-13	-39	-73	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
90.	Jakobsen,Oivind		NOR	----	-37	-66	-70	.	.	.	.	.	.	0

35) The Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival

12th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" took place 18th-25th. July 2008. in Senta (the Vojvodina /Serbia). Miodrag R Savic won the A tournament with 7/9. Only the round one games from Group A are available (the much weaker Group B games are all available) which I've now include, hopefully the rest will follow.

Official site: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu

Battle of Senta 1697 Open A (SRB), 18-25 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	BK.	FIDE	BK.	Rtg+/-
1	Savic Miodrag R	GM	SRB	2519	7,0	50,0	35,0	40,5	5
2	Martinovic Slobodan	GM	SRB	2453	6,5	52,5	35,5	41,5	9
3	Nestorovic Dejan	IM	SRB	2427	6,5	50,0	35,0	39,0	13
4	Arsovic Zoran	IM	SRB	2475	6,5	49,5	33,5	38,5	1
5	Maksimovic Branimir	IM	SRB	2397	6,5	47,5	33,5	37,5	15
6	Solomunovic Igor	FM	GER	2397	6,5	47,5	33,0	37,0	11
7	Lajthajm Borko	GM	SRB	2513	6,5	47,5	32,5	37,0	0
8	Ristic Nebojsa B	FM	SRB	2275	6,0	54,0	34,0	42,0	43
9	Arsovic Goran	IM	SRB	2469	6,0	52,5	33,5	41,0	2
10	Tomic Bosko	FM	BIH	2379	6,0	50,0	34,5	40,5	24
11	Popovic Milos T	IM	SRB	2391	6,0	46,5	31,0	36,5	4
12	Budimir Boris	FM	BIH	2311	6,0	45,5	30,0	35,5	17
13	Popovic Aleksandar M		SRB	2283	6,0	45,0	29,0	35,0	28
14	Kojovic Dragan	IM	SRB	2414	6,0	44,5	29,5	35,5	-2
15	Ardeleanu Alin	IM	ROU	2407	6,0	44,5	29,0	34,5	-4
16	Radovanovic Dusan		SRB	2350	6,0	42,0	31,0	33,0	6
17	Dragovic Momcilo	FM	SRB	2382	5,5	47,0	30,5	37,0	1
18	Andrijevic Milan	IM	SRB	2364	5,5	45,5	30,5	35,5	5
19	Farkas Tibor	IM	SRB	2298	5,5	44,5	29,0	35,0	8
20	Pletl Akos		SRB	2227	5,5	44,0	26,0	34,0	3
21	Mijic Vladimir		SRB	2190	5,5	42,0	26,0	32,5	30
22	Galunov Todor	FM	BUL	2278	5,5	37,5	27,0	29,5	9
23	Simonyi Zoltan	FM	SRB	2247	5,5	37,5	24,5	30,0	1
24	Perunovic Miodrag	IM	SRB	2419	5,0	50,0	30,5	39,0	-7
90 players

Battle of Senta 1697 Open B (SRB), 18-25 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	BK.	FIDE	BK.	Rtg+/-
1	Radivojevic Miladin		SRB	2166	7,5	50,5	41,5	40,0	9
2	Djuretanovic Ivan		SRB	2140	7,0	53,0	38,0	40,5	11
3	Vrban Rok		SLO	1953	7,0	49,5	35,5	38,5	48
4	Pardic Oliver	FM	SRB	2163	7,0	46,5	31,5	36,0	-2
5	Grabez Vojko		SRB	1700	6,5	53,0	35,0	41,0
6	Hajdu Istvan		HUN	2073	6,5	50,5	35,0	39,0	4
7	Haragos Kalman		HUN	2074	6,5	48,0	30,5	37,5	-5
8	Majstorac Zoran		SRB	1800	6,5	45,5	32,5	36,0
9	Ruzicic Sinisa		SRB	2045	6,5	45,0	30,5	34,5	0
10	Dragojevic Leon		SRB	1931	6,5	41,5	29,5	32,5	20
11	Zivkovic Momcilo		SRB	2147	6,0	48,5	35,5	38,5	-12
12	Veceri Julius		SRB	2049	6,0	45,5	31,0	35,5	-6
13	Trajkovic Velibor		SRB	2009	6,0	44,0	29,0	35,5	-8
14	Lorinczy Janos		HUN	2003	6,0	44,0	27,0	34,5	17
15	Balatoni Gyorgy		HUN	1948	6,0	43,5	30,5	33,5	21
16	Luksic Vladimir		MNE	2171	6,0	43,5	28,5	34,0	-40
17	Osvath Zoltan		ROU	1945	6,0	42,5	30,0	32,5	4
18	Sakic Lorand		SRB	1986	6,0	42,5	27,5	32,5	-1
19	Ilic Slavisa		BIH	2081	6,0	41,5	24,0	32,0	-32
20	Agoston Aron		SRB	1918	6,0	41,0	27,5	31,5	-4
116 players

36) 13th Balaguer Open

The 13th Balaguer Open took place 14th-23rd July 2008. Vladimir Baklan won the event with 8/10 half a point clear of Fidel Corrales Jimenez and Lazaro Bruzon. Additional games including the final round 10 games are now available.

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

XIII Open Balaguer (ESP), 14-22 vii 2008 Final Round 10 Standings:
Rank	Nombre		FED	Elo	Pts	BUC	BUC
1	Baklan, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2630	8	61	50
2	Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	IM	CUB	2504	7½	65½	52½
3	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	GM	CUB	2592	7½	63	52
4	Burmakin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2625	7	66	53
5	Bhat, Vinay S	IM	USA	2483	7	65	52
6	Delchev, Aleksander	GM	BUL	2618	7	64½	53½
7	Kasparov, Sergey	GM	BLR	2486	7	61	49½
8	Aroshidze, Levan	GM	GEO	2547	7	61	49½
9	Lalith, Babu M R		IND	2328	7	60½	49
10	Mirzoev, Azer	GM	AZE	2565	7	60½	48½
11	Babaev, Rashad	GM	AZE	2484	7	59½	48½
12	Gupta, Abhijeet	GM	IND	2551	7	57½	46
13	Swapnil, S Dhopade		IND	2389	7	56½	46
14	Colovic, Aleksandar	IM	MKD	2470	6½	61½	49½
15	Roeder, Matthias	IM	GER	2451	6½	61½	49½
16	Ipatov, Alexander		UKR	2433	6½	60½	48
17	Vilela De Acuna, Jose Luis	IM	CUB	2347	6½	59	48
18	Guliev, Logman	IM	AZE	2436	6½	59	47½
19	Nadig, Kruttika	WIM	IND	2241	6½	56½	45½
20	Douriet, Alexis		CUB	2302	6½	55½	46
21	Abhay, T		IND	2263	6½	52	42½
22	Bruned, Boris		ESP	2224	6½	51	40½
23	Bruned, Yvain	FM	ESP	2383	6	61	50
24	Van Riemsdijk, Herman C	IM	BRA	2398	6	60	47½
25	Pogorelov, Ruslan	GM	UKR	2459	6	58½	46
26	Colas Longares, Rafael P	FM	ESP	2258	6	58	46½
27	Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio	FM	ESP	2386	6	56½	45½
28	Adel Lahchaichi, Oussama	FM	ESP	2304	6	56	45
29	Djingarova, Emilia	WGM	BUL	2305	6	56	44
30	Levin, Felix	GM	GER	2564	6	55	44½
31	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	WFM	GEO	2271	6	54½	43
32	Lorenzo De La Riva, Lazaro	FM	ESP	2367	6	52½	42½
33	Trepat Herranz, Joan	CM	ESP	2220	6	52	41½
34	Sengupta, Deep	IM	IND	2454	5½	61	49
35	Guramishvili, Sopiko	WIM	GEO	2302	5½	54	43½
36	Soumya, Swaminathan	WIM	IND	2293	5½	54	43½
37	Gomes, Mary Ann	WIM	IND	2316	5½	54	42½
38	Sai, Krishna G.V.	FM	IND	2139	5½	53	45
39	Ramon Perez, Jose Luis	FM	ESP	2311	5½	52½	42½
40	Ortiz, Nadya Karolina	WIM	COL	2249	5½	50½	39½
41	Danelia, Mariam	WFM	GEO	2185	5½	50	40½
42	Codina Garcia, Jose	CM	ESP	2141	5½	48½	40
43	Prasanna, Vishnu		IND	2341	5½	48½	38½
44	Kovacevic, Slobodan	IM	SRB	2417	5	59½	48½
45	Sanchez, Joseph	IM	PHI	2486	5	59½	48
46	Martinez Lopez, Ivan	CM	ESP	2251	5	55	45½
47	Aatirah, C P		IND	1946	5	53½	42½
48	Garcia Vicente, Nieves	WIM	ESP	2214	5	53	43½
49	Kasparova, Tatiana	WIM	BLR	2176	5	53	43
50	Aranzana Areste, Alberto		ESP	2033	5	53	42½
107 players

37) Dresden ZMD Open

The ZMD Open took place in Dresden 19th-27th July 2008. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami won the event.

Last week I couldn't find the rules for the tournament but they are here.

The event was a 9 rounds Swiss - knock out system. The loser of the knock out continues playing in the Swiss tournament. Points reached in the knock out are taken over into the Swiss tournament.

90 min 40 moves/ 30 min till drop of the flag From the first move will add per each move 30 sec. In case of a draw a rapid game (25min plus 10s per move) with opposite colours will take place. Should the rapid game end in a draw as well, a decisive Blitz match has to be played. White has 4 min, black 3 min plus additional 2s per move for each player. For black a draw is sufficient to remain in the knock out system. The winner of the match gets a full point (the loser none) even though the normal game ended drawn.

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

ZMD Open Dresden (GER), 19-27 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Player	Ti	NAT	TWZ	+	=	-	Punkte	Buch	SoBerg
1	Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan	GM	IRI	2597	3	6	0	9	52	393.5
2	Ovsejevitsch,Sergei	GM	UKR	2582	4	5	0	8	54	381.5
3	Kovalev,Andrei	GM	BLR	2576	6	3	0	7.5	54	379.5
4	Savchenko,Stanislav	GM	UKR	2557	5	4	0	7.5	53	373
5	Bobras,Piotr	GM	POL	2563	4	5	0	7.5	52.5	376.5
6	Graf,Alexander	GM	GER	2629	5	3	1	7.5	52	384
7	Heberla,Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2510	7	2	0	7.5	47.5	370.5
8	Kempinski,Robert	GM	POL	2614	6	3	0	7	53	380.5
9	Mamedov,Nidjat	GM	AZE	2564	6	2	1	7	51	364
10	Maiwald,Jens-Uwe	GM	GER	2500	5	4	0	7	50	377.5
11	Naumann,Alexander	GM	GER	2502	5	4	0	7	50	371.5
12	Markowski,Tomasz	GM	POL	2606	3	6	0	7	48.5	371.5
13	Lobzhanidze,Davit	IM	GEO	2488	6	2	1	7	48.5	364
14	Farago,Ivan	GM	HUN	2482	6	2	1	7	48	360.5
15	Svetushkin,Dmitry	GM	MDA	2587	6	2	1	7	48	350.5
16	Malakhatko,Vadim	GM	BEL	2612	6	2	1	7	46.5	373.5
17	Zozulia,Anna	IM	BEL	2346	7	0	2	7	46	367
18	Jaracz,Pawel	GM	POL	2501	6	2	1	7	45.5	368.5
19	Fedorchuk,Sergey	GM	UKR	2624	5	3	1	6.5	52	363
20	Hertneck,Gerald	GM	GER	2519	6	2	1	6.5	51	362.5
21	Miezis,Normunds	GM	LAT	2540	5	3	1	6.5	50	362
22	Lauridsen,Jesper Morch	FM	DEN	2262	5	2	2	6.5	48.5	368.5
23	Hoffmann,Michael	IM	GER	2469	5	4	0	6.5	48.5	351
24	Zeberski,Jakub	IM	POL	2396	5	3	1	6.5	47	366
25	Wigger,Jochen		GER	2291	6	1	2	6.5	47	355.5
26	Voigt,Roland	FM	GER	2381	6	1	2	6.5	47	354.5
27	Braun,Vitali	FM	GER	2334	5	3	1	6.5	46.5	372
28	Roesemann,Rainer		GER	2226	5	3	1	6.5	46.5	346.5
29	Heck,Norbert	FM	GER	2312	5	2	2	6.5	46	355.5
30	Pitschka,Claus	FM	GER	2301	6	1	2	6.5	46	349
31	Figura,Atila Gajo	FM	GER	2407	5	2	2	6.5	45.5	354.5
32	Nuber,Korbinian		GER	2140	4	5	0	6.5	45	359.5
33	Bente,Bjoern		GER	2259	6	1	2	6.5	45	350.5
34	Schoene,Maria		GER	2186	5	2	2	6.5	44.5	356
35	Hirneise,Jens		GER	2251	6	2	1	6.5	44.5	349
36	Kotainy,Jens		GER	2127	4	4	1	6.5	44.5	342
37	Neumann,Michael		GER	2150	6	1	2	6.5	44	344
38	Jeske,Mark		GER	2135	5	3	1	6.5	43.5	335
39	Kunz,Konstantin		GER	2231	4	4	1	6.5	42.5	350
40	Paehtz,Elisabeth	IM	GER	2481	5	3	1	6	51	347.5
41	Yemelin,Vasily	GM	RUS	2579	4	4	1	6	49.5	360
42	Bracker,Frank		GER	2264	6	1	2	6	46.5	353
43	Heinig,Wolfram,Dr.	FM	GER	2332	5	1	3	6	46.5	350
44	Brühl,Andreas	FM	GER	2378	4	3	2	6	45	339
45	Horvath,Peter	GM	HUN	2490	4	4	1	6	44.5	363
46	Donchenko,Anatoly	IM	GER	2399	2	7	0	6	44.5	348
47	Moeller,Hendrik		GER	2164	6	0	3	6	44.5	332
48	Guenther,Thomas		GER	2141	5	1	3	6	44	342
49	Ballon, Günther Jan	FM	NED	2190	5	2	2	6	44	333
50	Bracker,Arne		GER	2173	6	1	2	6	43.5	340.5
300 players

38) Canadian Open

The Canadian Open (Quebec Open Chess Tournament) took place in Montreal July 19th-27th 2008. Alexander Moiseenko, Eduardas Rozentalis, Victor Mikhalevski and Matthieu Cornette tied for first in the event with 6.5/9. There are additional games now from Hugh Brodie from the website http://chesscanada.no-ip.org/. I also corrected the naming of Arsenault, Nicolas.

Further details: Federation quebecoise des echecs and live coverage at: http://monroi.com/the-2008-canadian-and-quebec-open-chess-tournament-home.html

Canadian Open Montreal (AND), 19-27 vii 2008. Final Round 9 Standings
#	Ti	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Tot
1	GM	Alexander Moiseenko	2632	+20	=12	+14	=16	+9	=3	+8	=2	=4	6.5
2	GM	Eduardas Rozentalis	2599	+21	=16	=17	=18	=25	+31	+14	=1	+7	6.5
3	GM	Victor Mikhalevski	2592	+26	+7	=10	=11	+12	=1	+13	-4	+9	6.5
4	IM	Matthieu Cornette	2521	+42	=27	+31	-9	+18	=5	+6	+3	=1	6.5
5	GM	Abhijit Kunte	2554	=31	+44	=12	+43	=7	=4	=16	+15	=8	6.0
6	GM	Anton Kovalyov	2548	+23	=17	=28	+21	=14	=16	-4	+18	+20	6.0
7	IM	M. R. Venkatesh	2462	+33	-3	+23	+39	=5	=9	+10	+20	-2	6.0
8	GM	Andrei Istratescu	2636	+24	+15	=9	=10	=11	=14	-1	+17	=5	5.5
9	GM	Alexander Huzman	2589	+22	+18	=8	+4	-1	=7	=15	+16	-3	5.5
10	GM	Mark Bluvshtein	2548	+36	+19	=3	=8	=16	=15	-7	+21	=11	5.5
11	GM	Walter Arencibia	2536	+38	=28	+27	=3	=8	=13	-20	+29	=10	5.5
12	IM	S. Arun Prasad	2492	+34	=1	=5	+28	-3	-23	+27	=13	+26	5.5
13	GM	Surya Skekhar Ganguly	2631	=29	+30	-16	+27	+17	=11	-3	=12	=22	5.0
14	GM	Dimitri Komarov	2536	+39	+43	-1	+20	=6	=8	-2	=22	=23	5.0
15	GM	Bator Sambuev	2496	+32	-8	=29	+30	+26	=10	=9	-5	=17	5.0
16	IM	Thomas Roussel-Roozmon	2486	+35	=2	+13	=1	=10	=6	=5	-9	=19	5.0
17	IM	K. Rathnakaran	2453	+40	=6	=2	=26	-13	+21	+23	-8	=15	5.0
18	IM	John Bartholomew	2440	+37	-9	+38	=2	-4	=28	+31	-6	+29	5.0
19	GM	Borislav Ivkov	2411	+41	-10	-39	+37	-31	=33	+36	+27	=16	5.0
20	IM	Nikolay Noritsyn	2361	-1	+42	+46	-14	+39	+25	+11	-7	-6	5.0
21	GM	Nisha Mohota	2354	-2	+22	+47	-6	+41	-17	+28	-10	+30	5.0
22	FM	Raja Panjwani	2310	-9	-21	+34	+46	=28	+24	=29	=14	=13	5.0
23	FM	Shiyam Thavandiran	2288	-6	+40	-7	+47	+43	+12	-17	=25	=14	5.0
24	FM	Sylvain Barbeau	2367	-8	=32	+35	=31	=38	-22	+41	-26	+33	4.5
25		Jack Yoos	2366	=44	-31	+32	+29	=2	-20	=37	=23	=28	4.5
26	GM	Ghate Swathi	2351	-3	+34	+45	=17	-15	-27	+38	+24	-12	4.5
27	GM	Eesha Karavade	2297	B---	=4	-11	-13	+30	+26	-12	-19	+36	4.5
28		Eric Hansen	2268	+45	=11	=6	-12	=22	=18	-21	+37	=25	4.5
29	FM	Bindi Cheng	2333	=13	=47	=15	-25	+45	+38	=22	-11	-18	4.0
30	FM	Nelson Castaneda	2314	=47	-13	+44	-15	-27	+40	=33	+39	-21	4.0
31	FM	Jonathan Tayar	2293	=5	+25	-4	=24	+19	-2	-18	-33	+37	4.0
32		Liam Henry	2211	-15	=24	-25	=35	-37	+46	-42	+44	+40	4.0
33		Marius Nicula	2209	-7	=35	H---	-45	+46	=19	=30	+31	-24	4.0
34		Hughes Masse	2196	-12	-26	-22	=40	+42	=41	+44	-36	+38	4.0
35	IM	Sai Meera	2179	-16	=33	-24	=32	+47	=36	-39	=38	+41	4.0
36		Nicolas Yap	2279	-10	-37	+40	-41	+44	=35	-19	+34	-27	3.5
37		Louie Jiang	2135	-18	+36	-43	-19	+32	+39	=25	-28	-31	3.5
38	GM	Manisha Mohanty Kiran	2246	-11	+41	-18	+48	=24	-29	-26	=35	-34	3.0
39		Roland Chabot	2235	-14	+48	+19	-7	-20	-37	+35	-30	U---	3.0
40		Yuanling Yuan	2146	-17	-23	-36	=34	+48	-30	B---	=41	-32	3.0
41		William G. Doubleday	2125	-19	-38	+42	+36	-21	=34	-24	=40	-35	3.0
42		Nicolas Arsenault	2213	-4	-20	-41	=44	-34	+48	+32	U---	U---	2.5
43	IM	Michael Mulyar	2382	+48	-14	+37	-5	-23	U---	U---	U---	U---	2.0
44		Stephane Drolet	2131	=25	-5	-30	=42	-36	+47	-34	-32	U---	2.0
45		Maurice Poulin	1989	-28	B---	-26	+33	-29	U---	U---	U---	U---	2.0
46		Nikola Anastasovski	2129	H---	H---	-20	-22	-33	-32	U---	U---	U---	1.0
47		Andrei Gulko	2102	=30	=29	-21	-23	-35	-44	U---	U---	U---	1.0
48		Jerome Lachaux	2075	-43	-39	B---	-38	-40	-42	U---	U---	U---	1.0

39) Paleochora International Open

The Paleochora (southern Crete) International Open took place 21st-28th July 2008. Aleksandr Rakhmanov took first on tie-break from 8 others after they all finished on 7/9. Games from round 7 still missing but there are round 9 games now.

Official site: http://www.chaniachess.gr

1st Open Paleochora (GRE), 21-28 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts	Fide
1	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2489	7	39
2	Postny Evgeny	GM	ISR	2661	7	38½
3	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	GM	UKR	2628	7	38
4	Milanovic Danilo	IM	SRB	2529	7	37½
5	Halkias Stelios	GM	GRE	2579	7	37
6	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2568	7	36
7	Perunovic Milos	GM	SRB	2589	7	35½
8	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IM	IND	2411	7	35½
9	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2588	7	34½
10	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2468	6½	37½
11	Holzke Frank	GM	GER	2516	6½	37
12	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2431	6½	36
13	Oleksienko Mikhailo	GM	UKR	2588	6½	35
14	Shkapenko Pavel	IM	RUS	2404	6½	34½
15	Souleidis Georgios	IM	GRE	2431	6½	34½
16	Matsenko Sergei	IM	RUS	2440	6½	34½
17	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	IM	IND	2414	6½	34½
18	Prathamesh Sunil Mokal	IM	IND	2358	6½	34
19	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2572	6½	33½
20	Kapnisis Spyridon	IM	GRE	2405	6½	31½
21	Govciyan Pavel	IM	FRA	2411	6½	31½
22	Henrichs Thomas	IM	GER	2491	6½	31
23	Livner Anders	FM	SWE	2311	6½	30
24	Klimov Anton	FM	RUS	2423	6	36½
226 players

40) Ared Open (Romania)

The Ared International Chess Open (Romania) took place in Arad 25th-31st July 2008. Zlatko Ilincic edged out Vlad-Victor Barnaure on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9. Games to follow next week. News: Alin Campeanu.

Official site: http://www.vados.ro/next_turneu_en.php

Ared Open Arad (ROU), 25-31 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Ti	Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	SB.
1	GM	Ilincic Zlatko	2519	SRB	7,5	44,25
2	IM	Barnaure Vlad-Victor	2480	ROU	7,5	42,50
3	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2589	ROU	7,0	40,00
4	IM	Vedmediuc Serghei	2396	MDA	7,0	39,50
5	IM	Manea Alexandru	2357	ROU	7,0	35,00
6	IM	Nanu Ciprian-Costica	2514	ROU	6,5	35,50
7	GM	Varga Zoltan	2479	HUN	6,5	35,25
8	GM	Jianu Vlad-Cristian	2522	ROU	6,5	35,00
9		Doncea Vladimir	2455	ROU	6,5	34,25
10	IM	Burnoiu Nicolae-Costel	2434	ROU	6,5	33,25
11	FM	Voiteanu Gabriel	2251	ROU	6,5	30,50
12	IM	Butunoi Alexandru	2382	ROU	6,0	30,75
13		Bucur Oliver	2236	ROU	6,0	29,50
14		Sfarlog Tudor-Vlad	2288	ROU	6,0	27,50
15		Muntean Ciprian-Sorin	2161	ROU	6,0	25,25
16		Kelly Ladislau Endre	2184	ROU	6,0	22,75
17		Tincu Radu	2152	ROU	6,0	20,50
18	IM	Chirila Ioan Cristian	2425	ROU	5,5	28,50
19		Mocanu Sergiu	2093	MDA	5,5	27,75
20	FM	Duca Alexandru Gabriel	2059	ROU	5,5	27,25
21	FM	Leviczky Tibor	2335	HUN	5,5	26,00
22		Petrisor Adrian-Marian	2168	ROU	5,5	25,50
23		Irodenka Robert-Ovidiu	2208	ROU	5,5	25,00
24		Popa-Matei Viorel-Ovidiu	2126	ROU	5,5	24,75
25		Ungureanu Sandu	1137	ROU	5,5	24,75
26		Farkas Lorinc	2096	HUN	5,5	24,50
27	FM	Suciu Dinu-Simi	2189	ROU	5,5	22,25
28		Senetia Teodor	2198	ROU	5,5	21,75
29		Turcu Fanel	2090	ROU	5,5	20,75
30		Parasca Claudiu	1878	ROU	5,5	19,75
31		Pachia Mihai	2090	ROU	5,5	15,75
118 players

41) XXXIV Badalona Open

The XXXIV Badalona Open takes place 1st-9th August 2008.

Official site: http://cesantjosep.com/open/

42) XVIII La Pobla de Lillet Open

The XVIII La Pobla de Lillet Open takes place 2nd-10th August 2008.

Official site: http://www.celillet.net/

43) Maestro Festival Berdsk

The Maestro Festival took place in Berdsk, 8th-16th July 2008. I will round up the results and games next week.

Official site: http://www.maestrochess.ru/index.php?page=m2008&id=0&pagenum=1

44) Ladoga Summer

The Ladoga Summer tournament took place in Novaya Ladoga 1st-11th July 2008. I will round up results and games next week.

Details: http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=14909

45) 8th Saint-Chely d'Aubrac Open

The 8th Saint-Chely d'Aubrac Open took place 13th-19th July 2008. I will round up the results and games next week.

Official site: http://www.echecsclubvilleurbanne.com/index.php/2008/07/20/183-8eme-open-de-saint-chely-d-aubrac

46) Perm IM

The Perm IM tournament took place 11th-19th June 2008. I will round up the results and games next week.

Details: http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=14834

47) Pays de Charleroi

The "Pays de Charleroi" International Tournament took place July 26th - August 2nd, 2008. I will round up the results and games next week.

Official site: http://www.tipc.be/en/standing_f.html

48) 13th Pannonia Cup

The 13th Pannonia Cup took place in Balatonalmádi (Hungary) 30th July - 3rd August 2008 International Open for FIDE ratings (without age limit). No information on this year's event yet available.

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

Official site: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu

49) Forthcoming Events and Links

3rd NH Chess Tournament

The 3rd NH Chess Tournament takes place in Amsterdam August 20th-30th, 2008. The venue of this clash between 'Rising Stars' and 'Experience' is the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in the centre of the Dutch capital, at a five minutes’ walk from Central Station.

The Experience team consists of: Evgeny Bareev (Russia, 2655), Viktor Kortchnoi (Switzerland, 2602), Artur Jussupow (Germany, 2587), Simen Agdestein (Norway, 2583) and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia, 2555).

The Rising Stars team consists of Wang Yue (China, 2704), Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria, 2687), Fabiano Caruana (Italy, 2630), Daniel Stellwagen (The Netherlands, 2616) and Erwin l’Ami (The Netherlands, 2610).

They play a 'Scheveningen' tournament, which means that each player of one team plays against each of the players of the other team. They do so twice, once with the white pieces and once with the black pieces. However, the Rising Stars may be most interested in the special prize for the player on their team with the highest score: an invitation to the prestigious 2009 Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament in Nice.

The rounds start at 13.30 hrs (except for the last round on August 30, which starts at noon; August 25 is a free day) and every day there is expert commentary for the public. Admission is free.

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

Dresden Olympiad

The Olympiad takes place in Dresden 12th-25th November 2008.

Official site: http://dresden2008.de

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

Official site for the event: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com

Paraguayan Championship

The Paraguayan Championship took place in Asuncion 31st May - 20th July 2008. Eduardo Peralta, Luis Patriarca, Enrique Butti and Angel Hernandez will play off for the title after all finished on 8.5/11. My thanks to Zenon Franco for the games.

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

Bradford Chess Congress

The Bradford Chess Congress takes place 12th-14th September 2008.

Entry form: http://www.anno-domini.net/CHESS/BDCACHESS.htm

X Sants Hostafrancs Open

The X Sants Hostafrancs Open takes place 22nd-31st August 2008. There was a qualifier on ICC 31st July - 3rd August 2008.

Official site: http://www.cotxeres-casinet.org/open/ and further info on the ICC qualifier at: http://www.chessclub.com

2nd Berkeley Masters

The 2008 Berkeley Masters takes place December 14th-23rd 2008 in Berkeley, California, finishing two days before the start of the North American Open in Las Vegas. It is a 10 round swiss, open to players rated fide 2200+. Space in the tournament and conditions for some Grandmasters are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Prize fund $5000 US. Info at http://dotq.org/chess

British Rapidplay

The British Rapidplay takes place 29th-30th November 2008.

Details: http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/

Hungarian Chess Tournaments July 2008 - March 2009

1. 19th-28th of July 2008 KECSKEMET, IM-FM 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. 2nd-14th of August, 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.

3.16th-25th of August, IM-FM tmt, Kecskemet, org: Erdelyi

4.6th-18th of September GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L,

5.20th -29th September IM-FM tmt Kecskemet, org Erdelyi

6.4th-16th of October, GM-IM-FM tmt, First Saturday Budapest, org.Nagy L.

7.18th-30th of October, SAKKAKADEMIA, GM-IM closed, org: WGM Csonkics, Tunde, info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

8.18th-27th of October IM-FM tmt Kecskemet, org Erdelyi.

9.1st-13th of November GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L.

10. 15th-23rd of November, Kecskemet, IM dr.Erdelyi.

11.14th-22nd of November Tenkes Kupa Open, Harkany, 300 km South-West from Budapest, 9 round Swiss, org: Ambrus Lajos, mobile: 36-30-851-4224 e-mail: info@baranyasakk.hu www.baranyasakk.hu

12.6th-18th of December GM-IM-FM tmt, First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L.

13.27th of Dec - 5th of January IM-FM tmt Kecskemet, org: Erdelyi.

14.9th-17th of January, EVADNYITO Open 9 rounds Swiss, Budapest, org: IA FAZEKAS, info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

15.23rd of January - 2nd of February, BALASSAGYARMAT WINTER, GM-IM closed, 100 km North from Budapest, Org: Nagy Laszlo, info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

16.7th-19th of February, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM Budapest - org: Nagy Laszlo, www.firstsaturday.hu - info: firstsat@hu.inter.net

17.7th-19th of March, First Saturday, Budapest, GM-IM-FM, org Nagy L.

18.20th-28th of March, 25th BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open, org: Nagy L. - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net

XI Bancpost Open

XI Bancpost Open takes place in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) 18th-24th August 2008, with a prize fund of 1000 Euro. Organizers: IM Biro Sandor & Caissa Miercurea Ciuc.

Official site: http://www.caissa.nextra.ro

Contact: caissa@topnet.ro, birosandor64@yahoo.com

38) 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.

Games from the first three rounds only currently available but more should become available.

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

Antwerp Tournament

The Antwerp tournament takes place 23rd-31st August 2008.

Official site: http://www.inventichess.com the website http://www.schaakfabriek.be will be on the spot.

Antwerp International (BEL), 23-31 viii 2008
Name	Age	Title	Country	Ranking	Elo
Xiangzhi Bu	22	GM	China	1	2710
Rafael Vaganian	57	GM	Armenia	5	2594
Evgenij Miroshnichenko	29	GM	Ukraine	13	2593
Jan Werle	24	GM	Netherlands	7	2591
Zoltan Gyimesi	31	GM	Hungary	5	2586
Jan Timman	56	GM	Netherlands	11	2562
Kateryna Lahno	18	GM	Ukraine	53	2507
Gerhard Schebler	39	GM	Germany	84	2453
Bart Michiels	21	IM	Belgium	5	2442
Geert Van der Stricht	36	IM	Belgium	7	2426

Tournoi international de Montreal

The Tournoi international de Montreal takes place 24th August - 2nd September 2008. This year it will be a closed Category XIII tournament (not as strong as last year but there are plans for a much stronger event next year). The main sponsor is the EMPRESA Group. [News: Igor-Alexandre Nataf]

Players: Hikaru Nakamura, Yuri Shulman, Varuzhan Akobian, Anton Kovalyov, Sebastien Maze, Igor-Alexandre Nataf, Mark Bluvshtein, Pascal Charbonneau, Thomas Roussel Roozmon and Igor Zugic.

I couldn't find a website at the moment most probably there will be a link from http://fqechecs.qc.ca/

Bratto Open

The 28th Bratto Open takes place August 22th-30th 2008. Many GMs and IMs. Very good prizes Moreover Italian women championship and Italian Under 20 Championship. Bratto is a little town in the beautiful mountains near Bergamo.

Details: http://www.scaccobratto.com

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 at a date to be announced.

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

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)
Name	NAT	USCF	FIDE
Alexander Onischuk	USA	2734	2670
Harikrishna Pentala	IND	2724	2668
Leonid Kritz	GER	2667	2610
Varuzhan Akobian	USA	2660	2610
Gregory Kaidanov	USA	2664	2605
Julio Becerra Rivero	USA	2640	2598
Victor Mikhalevski	ISR	2679	2592
Kamil Miton	POL	2703	2580
Hannes Stefansson	ISL	2597	2566
Eugene Perelshteyn	USA	2619	2555

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

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 all GM &WGM and full board for GM over 2500 & for WGM. 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).

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/

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/

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/

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

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

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

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

THE WEEK IN CHESS 717 4th August 2008 by Mark Crowther

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3rd NH Chess Tournament

Dresden Olympiad

Grand Slam in Bilbao

Paraguayan Championship

Bradford Chess Congress

X Sants Hostafrancs Open

2nd Berkeley Masters

British Rapidplay

Hungarian Chess Tournaments July 2008 - March 2009

XI Bancpost Open

Antwerp Tournament

Tournoi international de Montreal

Bratto Open

Norwegian Championship

SPICE Cup

Commonwealth Chess Championship

Romgaz Open

Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2009

Torino, Italy

Tal Memorial

Ideal Max Euwe

Staunton Memorial

Hastings Chess Congress

European Club Cup

Amizade International

European Senior Championship

Chess Study

Latvian Chess Tour - Riga Open

5th Highlands Open

World Championship Match Anand vs Kramnik in Bonn

Panevezys Open

Open "Mediterranean 2017" Rijeka

Blackstone Chess Festival

I Masters of Olalachess Academy Training Camp

2nd Queenstown Chess Classic 2009

GM Boris Alterman's Chess Lessons

8th Savaria Summer

European Union Championships, Liverpool 2008

VII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2008

FIDE Grand Prix Events

X Sants Open

The 8th European Senior Championship

Alushta Diary 2008

Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match

Mindsports

Etienne Bacrot's Website

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones