THE WEEK IN CHESS 718 11th August 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Bela Lengyel, Steve Giddins, Herman Van de Wynkele, Dennis Monokroussos, Luis Scalise, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Remco Hekhuis, Jesper Nielsen, John Henderson, Spiros Ilandzis, Bogdan Borsos, Efstratios Grivas, Vlad Rekhson, Imre Fancsy, Gary Suffield and everyone else who helped with the issue.

There is a four way tie between Wang Yue, Vugar Gashimov, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov at the top of the FIDE Grand Prix with three rounds to go, an interesting and perhaps slightly surprising mix of players. Elsewhere Krishnan Sasikiran won the Najdorf Memorial, the Staunton Memorial is in its early stage, the French Championships started today, Stuart Conquest took the British title for the first time and the World Junior Championships has seen 8 of its 13 rounds amongst another tremendous week of chess.

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.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2704	*	½	½	1	½	.	½	½	½	.	1	½	.	½	6	2778
2.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2717	½	*	½	½	½	.	½	½	.	½	½	.	1	1	6	2775
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2737	½	½	*	.	1	½	½	.	½	0	.	½	1	1	6	2770
4.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2744	0	½	.	*	1	½	.	½	½	.	1	0	1	1	6	2764
5.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2687	½	½	0	0	*	1	.	1	.	½	½	1	½	.	5½	2759
6.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2723	.	.	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	.	1	5½	2748
7.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2727	½	½	½	.	.	½	*	0	½	½	.	1	½	1	5½	2739
8.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2728	½	½	.	½	0	½	1	*	½	.	½	½	.	½	5	2702
9.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2709	½	.	½	½	.	½	½	½	*	½	½	.	½	½	5	2706
10.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2781	.	½	1	.	½	0	½	.	½	*	0	1	½	½	5	2696
11.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2720	0	½	.	0	½	½	.	½	½	1	*	½	½	.	4½	2681
12.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2738	½	.	½	1	0	½	0	½	.	0	½	*	½	.	4	2647
13.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2646	.	0	0	0	½	.	½	.	½	½	½	½	*	0	3	2562
14.	Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	g	QAT	2556	½	0	0	0	.	0	0	½	½	½	.	.	1	*	3	2572

Round 6 (August 6, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar	- Navara, David	1-0	70	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	55	D12	Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	47	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	32	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Gelfand, Boris	- Radjabov, Teimour	0-1	49	E97	King's Indian Classical
Svidler, Peter	- Wang Yue	½-½	36	C53	Giuoco Piano
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	64	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 7 (August 7, 2008)
Wang Yue	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	56	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Aronian, Levon	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	30	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Radjabov, Teimour	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	50	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	1-0	89	C24	Bishop's Opening
Grischuk, Alexander	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	46	E04	Catalan
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	34	C49	Four Knights Metger
Navara, David	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	49	B87	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 8 (August 8, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	48	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Radjabov, Teimour	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	38	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Navara, David	½-½	60	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Kamsky, Gata	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	1-0	52	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	57	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Gelfand, Boris	- Wang Yue	0-1	54	D17	Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	25	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (August 9, 2008)
Wang Yue	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	62	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Aronian, Levon	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	63	A29	English Four Knights
Karjakin, Sergey	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	41	A61	Benoni
Grischuk, Alexander	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	54	D15	Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	23	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Navara, David	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	28	C33	Kings Bishops Gambit
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	40	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 10 (August 11, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	1-0	40	B57	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Radjabov, Teimour	- Navara, David	1-0	25	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	41	D11	Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	44	C91	Ruy Lopez
Grischuk, Alexander	- Wang Yue	½-½	34	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Gelfand, Boris	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	38	A30	English Symmetrical
Svidler, Peter	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	37	E15	Queens Indian

3) Najdorf Memorial

The Najdorf Memorial took place 2nd-10th August 2008. Krishnan Sasikiran took clear first with 6.5/9 a point clear of Tomi Nyback and Emanuel Berg. Grzegorz Gajewski edged out Kacper Piorun and Vladimir Onischuk on tie break to take the open event after all scored 7/9.

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

Najdorf Memorial A Warsaw (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	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2765
2.	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	2639	½	*	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	5½	2684
3.	Berg, Emanuel	g	SWE	2592	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	5½	2689
4.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2639	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	5	2647
5.	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2627	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	5	2649
6.	Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2599	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	4	2566
7.	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2624	½	1	0	0	½	0	*	0	1	½	3½	2526
8.	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2606	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	½	0	3½	2528
9.	Kempinski, Robert	g	POL	2613	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	3½	2527
10.	Olszewski, Michal	m	POL	2458	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	3	2499

Round 4 (August 5, 2008)
Sasikiran, Krishnan	- Berg, Emanuel	1-0	36	A67	Benoni Three Pawns System
Krasenkow, Michal	- Balogh, Csaba	1-0	49	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Socko, Bartosz	½-½	14	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Macieja, Bartlomiej	- Kempinski, Robert	½-½	50	D51	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Olszewski, Michal	- Nyback, Tomi	0-1	62	C90	Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (August 6, 2008)
Nyback, Tomi	- Macieja, Bartlomiej	1-0	56	D39	QGD Ragozin
Berg, Emanuel	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	1-0	38	C42	Petroff's Defence
Socko, Bartosz	- Olszewski, Michal	1-0	29	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Balogh, Csaba	- Sasikiran, Krishnan	½-½	56	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Kempinski, Robert	- Krasenkow, Michal	½-½	63	A21	English Opening
Round 6 (August 7, 2008)
Sasikiran, Krishnan	- Kempinski, Robert	1-0	75	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Krasenkow, Michal	- Nyback, Tomi	½-½	15	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Socko, Bartosz	- Berg, Emanuel	½-½	36	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Balogh, Csaba	1-0	43	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Olszewski, Michal	- Macieja, Bartlomiej	1-0	32	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 7 (August 8, 2008)
Nyback, Tomi	- Sasikiran, Krishnan	½-½	16	D15	Slav Defence
Berg, Emanuel	- Olszewski, Michal	1-0	52	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Balogh, Csaba	- Socko, Bartosz	½-½	28	C91	Ruy Lopez
Macieja, Bartlomiej	- Krasenkow, Michal	½-½	41	D11	Slav Defence
Kempinski, Robert	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	½-½	9	A17	English Opening
Round 8 (August 9, 2008)
Sasikiran, Krishnan	- Macieja, Bartlomiej	½-½	26	D39	QGD Ragozin
Berg, Emanuel	- Balogh, Csaba	1-0	34	B65	Sicilian Rauzer
Socko, Bartosz	- Kempinski, Robert	½-½	19	E15	Queens Indian
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Nyback, Tomi	½-½	71	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Olszewski, Michal	- Krasenkow, Michal	½-½	38	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (August 10, 2008)
Nyback, Tomi	- Socko, Bartosz	1-0	40	E20	Nimzo Indian
Krasenkow, Michal	- Sasikiran, Krishnan	½-½	24	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Balogh, Csaba	- Olszewski, Michal	½-½	39	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Macieja, Bartlomiej	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	½-½	98	E40	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Kempinski, Robert	- Berg, Emanuel	½-½	13	A28	English Four Knights

Najdorf Memorial Open Warsaw (POL), 2-10 viii 2008
Place	Name	Title	Fed.	Elo	Total	MBch.	Bch.	Wins	Prog.
1	Gajewski, Grzegorz	GM	POL	2575	7	40	50.5	5	36
2	Piorun, Kacper	FM	POL	2445	7	39.5	50.5	5	36.5
3	Onischuk, Vladimir	IM	UKR	2506	7	37	47.5	6	32.5
4	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	2533	6.5	42.5	53.5	4	36.5
5	Warakomski, Tomasz	IM	POL	2502	6.5	41.5	52.5	4	37
6	Bobras, Piotr	GM	POL	2561	6.5	41	51.5	4	35.5
7	Moranda, Wojciech	IM	POL	2533	6.5	41	51	4	35
8	Dziuba, Marcin	GM	POL	2570	6.5	40	51.5	6	33.5
9	Savchenko, Stanislav	GM	UKR	2557	6.5	39.5	50.5	5	33.5
10	Zhigalko, Andrey	GM	BLR	2551	6.5	38	48.5	5	31.5
11	Gritsak, Orest	GM	UKR	2522	6.5	32.5	41	4	28.5
12	Jakubowski, Krzysztof	IM	POL	2497	6	41.5	53	5	35
13	Bromberger, Stefan	IM	GER	2490	6	38	49	5	33.5
14	Brzeski, Maciej		POL	2208	6	38	48.5	5	31.5
15	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	GM	RUS	2556	6	37.5	48.5	4	32
16	Protaziuk, Grzegorz		POL	2328	6	35	44	6	28
17	Kukawski, Maciej		POL	2253	6	33.5	41	5	28.5
18	Gdanski, Jacek	GM	POL	2523	5.5	38.5	50	4	31.5
19	Salem, A.R. Saleh	FM	UAE	2443	5.5	38.5	49.5	5	32
20	Socko, Monika	IM	POL	2473	5.5	38.5	49.5	4	31
21	Urban, Klaudiusz	IM	POL	2469	5.5	38.5	48.5	3	31.5
22	Grigoryan, Avetik	GM	ARM	2537	5.5	37.5	48	4	32.5
23	Marszalek, Maciej		POL	2355	5.5	37.5	47	4	31.5
24	Vovk, Yuri	GM	UKR	2549	5.5	36.5	47	5	29
25	Tvarijonas, Povilas		LTU	2285	5.5	36	44.5	4	29
26	Panocki, Adrian		POL	2338	5.5	35	45	4	29
27	Brodowski, Piotr		POL	2424	5.5	35	43	5	28
28	Vedrickas, Tautvydas		LTU	2288	5.5	34.5	45	4	27
29	Deszczynski, Adam		POL	2357	5.5	32.5	42.5	5	27
30	Shkapenko, Pavel	IM	RUS	2404	5.5	32.5	42	4	27
31	Gumula, Daniel	FM	POL	2277	5	37	46.5	2	28.5
32	Pazderski, Ziemowit		POL	2197	5	36.5	47	4	23
33	Szymanski, Marcin	IM	POL	2412	5	35.5	44.5	4	28.5
34	Staniszewski, Piotr	IM	POL	2416	5	35	44.5	4	27
35	Przybylski, Wojciech	FM	POL	2363	5	34	44.5	5	26
36	Kadziolka, Beata	WGM	POL	2313	5	34	44	4	27.5
37	Stoma, Pawel		POL	2294	5	34	44	4	25.5
38	Owczarzak, Jerzy	FM	POL	2343	5	34	43.5	3	27
39	Nguyen, Piotr		POL	2329	5	33.5	43.5	4	26.5
40	Matuszewski, Michal		POL	2233	5	33	41	4	26
41	Zaninotto, Franco		ITA	2184	5	32	42	3	23.5
42	Przezdziecka, Marta	WFM	POL	2281	5	31.5	40	3	25
43	Janczarski, Michal		POL	2238	5	31	40	3	24.5
44	Demidowicz, Maria		POL	2032	5	30	38	4	17
45	Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina	WFM	POL	2285	5	28.5	38	4	23
46	Adamski, Jan	IM	POL	2330	5	28	35	2	22
47	Leszner, Liliana	WIM	POL	2140	5	27	34.5	5	19
48	Bartel, Michal		POL	2266	4.5	34	44.5	3	24.5
49	AlHuwar, Jasem	FM	UAE	2260	4.5	34	42.5	4	26
50	Czarnota, Dorota	WIM	POL	2229	4.5	33	41.5	4	25.5
51	Worek, Joanna	WIM	POL	2293	4.5	31	40.5	2	23.5
52	Jedryczka, Krystian		POL	2265	4.5	31	39.5	4	23.5
53	Zickus, Simonas		LTU	2269	4.5	31	39	4	23.5
54	Warszawski, Bartosz		POL	2277	4.5	30.5	39.5	3	24
55	Krasenkova, Ilena	WIM	RUS	2171	4.5	30.5	39	4	20
56	Lada, Marek	FM	POL	2226	4.5	30	38.5	3	24.5
57	Zapolski, Krzysztof		POL	2257	4.5	30	38.5	3	24
58	Warakomska, Anna	WFM	POL	2211	4.5	30	38	2	18.5
59	Barwinski, Dionizy	FM	POL	2183	4.5	29.5	38	3	21
60	Saeed, Ishaq	FM	UAE	2219	4.5	29	38.5	4	20.5
61	Lach, Piotr		POL	2048	4.5	29	36	4	19.5
62	Olejarczyk, Bogdan		POL	2211	4.5	28.5	37	4	20
63	Moskwinski, Tadeusz		POL	2161	4.5	27	35.5	4	20
64	Witek, Tomasz		POL	2125	4.5	27	35	3	18
65	Gasik, Piotr		POL	2105	4	34	44	3	23.5
66	Fistek, Dariusz		POL	2208	4	33	42.5	2	20.5
67	Jaroch, Pawel		POL	2255	4	31.5	40	4	23
68	Chrzaszcz, Malvina		POL	1986	4	31.5	38	3	20
69	Dragun, Kamil		POL	2240	4	31	40.5	3	23.5
70	Wcislo, Damian		POL	2216	4	30	40	3	21.5
71	Charleshouse, Glenn L	FM	ENG	2202	4	30	39.5	3	19.5
72	Paprocki, Jaroslaw		POL	2218	4	30	39.5	2	19
73	Gluszko, Tomasz		POL	2225	4	28.5	38	2	17.5
74	Wisniowska, Klaudia		POL	1905	4	28	36.5	4	18
75	Wickstrom, Lucas		SWE	2139	4	27	34.5	3	15.5
76	Jaroch, Karol		POL	2158	4	24.5	32.5	3	16.5
77	Kultiyasov, Mikhail		BLR	2141	4	21	30	4	13
78	Alvarado, Carlos		PER	2184	3.5	33.5	42.5	2	20
79	Wierzbicka, Wiktoria		POL	2033	3.5	32	41.5	2	22
80	Przybyla, Kamil		POL	2134	3.5	32	40	3	18
81	Czarnecki, Wojciech		POL	2056	3.5	31	39.5	2	19
82	Plichta, Kamil		POL	2014	3.5	30.5	39	3	18.5
83	Kaliszewski, Tomasz		POL	2141	3.5	30.5	38	3	20.5
84	Sosnowska, Elzbieta	WFM	POL	2008	3.5	29.5	37.5	2	16.5
85	Marwan, Abdulwahab	FM	UAE	2078	3.5	27	34.5	3	16
86	Gosciniak, Maria		POL	2096	3.5	27	34.5	2	16
87	Winski, Lukasz		POL	2045	3.5	25.5	33	2	13
88	Bursa, Renata	WFM	POL	2065	3.5	24.5	31.5	3	13.5
89	Lach, Aleksandra	WFM	POL	2035	3	30	36.5	3	14
90	Pietocha, Pawel		POL	2036	3	29.5	39	1	17
91	Sielicki, Tomasz		POL	2043	3	29.5	37.5	3	15
92	Skwarczylo, Marek		POL	2024	3	27.5	36	2	15.5
93	Wypych, Dominik		POL	2085	3	26	33.5	3	11
94	Walentukiewicz, Michal	CM	POL	2200	3	25.5	34	1	15
95	Zakhartsov, Vladimir		RUS	2023	3	25.5	31.5	1	13.5
96	Bielecki, Pawel		POL	2063	3	21	28.5	2	8
97	Przedmojski, Rafal		POL	2397	2.5	28.5	39	2	19
98	Szewczak, Andrzej		POL	1902	2.5	27.5	33.5	2	13.5
99	Parczewski, Janusz		POL	2031	2.5	24	30	2	11
100	Jaskowski, Tadeusz		POL	2040	2.5	23.5	30.5	1	6
101	Rafa, Robert		POL	2033	2.5	22.5	28.5	1	7
102	Krasiewicz, Robert		POL	2136	2	27	34	1	12.5
103	Solnicki, Michal		POL	2010	2	23	31	2	10
104	Mandecki, Marek		POL	2140	1.5	25	32	1	10.5
105	Pozzo, Sebastian C		ENG	1980	1.5	19.5	26	1	6.5
106	Sanetra, Piotr		POL	2065	0.5	11	20	0	4
107	Sanetra, Szymon		POL	2050	0.5	10.5	17	0	3.5
108	Szefer, Michal		POL	2067	0	4	9.5	0	0

4) Staunton Memorial

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

Official site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2008/index.shtml

Steve Giddins Round 4 Report
Steve Giddins Round 3 Report
Steve Giddins Round 2 Report
Steve Giddins Round 1 Report

6th Staunton Memorial London (ENG), 8-19 viii 2008														cat. XIII (2558)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2735	*	.	1	.	1	1	.	.	.	½	.	.	3½	2925
2.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2644	.	*	.	½	.	½	1	.	.	.	½	.	2½	2670
3.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2562	0	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	1	2½	2592
4.	Wells, Peter K	g	ENG	2526	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	1	2½	2626
5.	Werle, Jan	g	NED	2591	0	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	2	2587
6.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2593	0	½	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	1	.	2	2640
7.	Speelman, Jon S	g	ENG	2524	.	0	.	.	½	½	*	.	.	1	.	.	2	2609
8.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2655	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	2	2466
9.	Cherniaev, Alexander	g	RUS	2431	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	.	*	½	.	1	2	2482
10.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2610	½	.	.	.	.	.	0	½	½	*	.	.	1½	2499
11.	Sokolov, Ivan NED	g	NED	2658	.	½	.	½	½	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	1½	2501
12.	Wade, Robert G	m	ENG	2167	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 8, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Speelman, Jon S	1-0	59	D36	QGD Exchange
Timman, Jan H	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	23	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Werle, Jan	- Cherniaev, Alexander	1-0	32	E94	King's Indian Classical
Smeets, Jan	- Adams, Michael	0-1	28	C45	Scotch Game
L'Ami, Erwin	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	35	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	30	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 2 (August 9, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Werle, Jan	1-0	40	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Wells, Peter K	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	35	B07	Pirc Defence
Speelman, Jon S	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	29	D10	Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D	- Timman, Jan H	0-1	40	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Cherniaev, Alexander	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	47	C15	French Winawer
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	42	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Round 3 (August 10, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	33	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timman, Jan H	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	31	E18	Queens Indian
Werle, Jan	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	24	E49	Nimzo Indian
Smeets, Jan	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	1-0	45	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
L'Ami, Erwin	- Adams, Michael	½-½	26	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Wade, Robert G	- Short, Nigel D	0-1	53	A47	Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 4 (August 11, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Timman, Jan H	1-0	49	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Van Wely, Loek	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	47	D19	Slav Defence
Wells, Peter K	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	25	D07	Tchigorin Defence
Speelman, Jon S	- L'Ami, Erwin	1-0	62	D11	Slav Defence
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	37	C41	Philidor's Defence
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Werle, Jan	½-½	33	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian

5) World Juniors

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

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

WCh-Junior Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008 Leading Round 8 (of 13) Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Fide	Rtg+/-	Ra	Rp
1	6	GM	LI Chao B	2590	CHN	6½	31	16	2507	2758
2	23	IM	BRAUN Arik	2533	GER	6½	30	22	2496	2747
3	14	GM	HOWELL David	2561	ENG	6	30½	14	2500	2693
4	28	GM	SAFARLI Eltaj	2527	AZE	6	30	17	2489	2682
5	16	WGM	HOU Yifan	2557	CHN	6	29	13	2490	2683
6	20	GM	POPOV Ivan	2549	RUS	6	28	10	2450	2643
7	2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2605	ISR	6	26	5	2452	2640
8	34	IM	SANIKIDZE Tornike	2486	GEO	5½	26½	18	2502	2636
9	11	GM	SO Wesley	2577	PHI	5½	26	4	2476	2617
10	9	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	2579	VIE	5½	25½	4	2476	2617
	17	IM	KRAVTSIV Martyn	2555	UKR	5½	25½	3	2442	2583
	29	IM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	2507	ARM	5½	25½	11	2461	2602
13	26	GM	NEGI Parimerjan	2529	IND	5½	24½	7	2445	2586
14	3	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	2604	RUS	5½	23	-2	2433	2564
15	52		LIN Chen	2417	CHN	5	27	19	2562	2512
16	25	GM	BRKIC Ante	2530	CRO	5	26½	9	2515	2610
17	13	GM	AMIN Bassem	2561	EGY	5	25	-2	2451	2546
	19	GM	GUPTA Abhijeet	2551	IND	5	25	-3	2431	2526
	22	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	2543	MEX	5	25	4	2482	2577
20	10	GM	LE QUANG Liem	2577	VIE	5	24½	-2	2462	2557
	33	GM	WEN Yang	2487	CHN	5	24½	3	2408	2499
22	8	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	2583	BLR	5	24	-1	2483	2578
	31	IM	ARUN Prasad Subramanian	2492	IND	5	24	-2	2356	2443
24	24	GM	RAMIREZ Alejandro	2531	CRC	5	23½	1	2436	2525
25	30	IM	HAMMER Jon Ludvig	2494	NOR	5	23	-4	2355	2450
26	47	IM	KALASHIAN David	2432	ARM	5	22½	12	2504	2461
27	1	GM	MAMEDOV Rauf	2627	AZE	5	22	-9	2440	2535
	4	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	2601	CZE	5	22	-6	2444	2539
	35	FM	NECHEPURENKO Roman	2476	RUS	5	22	7	2441	2530
30	36	IM	BOROS Denes	2472	HUN	5	21½	1	2374	2460
	37	IM	CAN Emre	2460	TUR	5	21½	9	2452	2547
32	21	IM	SJUGIROV Sanan	2545	RUS	5	21	-6	2383	2477
	40	IM	SENGUPTA Deep	2454	IND	5	21	10	2444	2518
34	18	IM	KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek	2554	UZB	4½	23½	-8	2427	2470
35	27	GM	RAGGER Markus	2527	AUT	4½	22	-10	2371	2402
36	7	GM	LENIC Luka	2584	SLO	4½	21½	-12	2428	2471
	39	IM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	2456	POL	4½	21½	7	2465	2489
	49	IM	POTAPOV Pavel	2418	RUS	4½	21½	6	2481	2389
	50	FM	ROMBALDONI Denis	2418	ITA	4½	21½	1	2486	2257
40	48	FM	TOUFIGHI Tamijani Homayoon	2425	IRI	4½	21	3	2452	2364
41	12	GM	GEETHA Narayanan Gopal	2572	IND	4½	20½	-15	2374	2409
	15	GM	ITURRIZAGA Bonelli Eduardo Pat	2561	VEN	4½	20½	-15	2351	2370
	44	IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	2436	IND	4½	20½	2	2399	2408
44	46	FM	BARATOSI Daniel	2433	ROU	4½	19½	-3	2394	2313
	90		LORTKIPANIDZE Nodar	2080	GEO	4½	19½	53	2411	2496
46	55	IM	KARTHIKEYAN Pandian	2402	IND	4½	18	-3	2367	2290
47	88		SIRIN Atakan	2107	TUR	4½	17	36	2403	2328
48	65	FM	DJURAEV Sokhib	2324	TJK	4½	16½	6	2307	2334
49	38	IM	STUPAK Kirill	2458	BLR	4	23	3	2476	2467
50	5	GM	BARAMIDZE David	2593	GER	4	22	-15	2452	2452
51	42	IM	TOMCZAK Jacek	2451	POL	4	21	4	2475	2444
	58	FM	NARMONTAS Matas	2369	LTU	4	21	13	2452	2452
53	41	IM	PRUIJSSERS Roeland	2452	NED	4	20	-5	2391	2370
54	32	IM	PAPADOPOULOS Ioannis	2490	GRE	4	19½	-18	2306	2301
	45	FM	RONCHETTI Niccolo	2434	ITA	4	19½	-6	2367	2327
56	66		ABDULOV Orkhan	2318	AZE	4	18½	16	2419	2419
	70	FM	DRAGICEVIC Drazen	2302	SWE	4	18½	14	2389	2389
58	60	FM	PACHER Milan	2361	SVK	4	18		2356	2356
	75		RZAYEV Bahruz	2245	AZE	4	18	14	2332	2316
60	77		CONSTANTINOU Peter	2225	ENG	4	17½	9	2441	2181
61	51	IM	VOCATURO Daniele	2417	ITA	4	17	-22	2212	2080
	53	IM	DURARBEYLI Vasif	2413	AZE	4	17	-16	2283	2172
	67		NEIMER Vitaly	2316	ISR	4	17	6	2347	2327
64	63		VISHNU Prasanna Vasanthan Peru	2341	IND	4	15	-15	2274	2141
	84		HARIDAS Pascua	2174	PHI	4	15	14	2346	2238
66	80		NIEMI Mikko	2214	FIN	4	13½	9	2278	2156
67	57	FM	BENIDZE Davit	2389	GEO	3½	20	6	2474	2431
68	43	FM	GEORGESCU Tiberiu	2442	ROU	3½	19	-11	2377	2300
	56	IM	KORE Akshayraj	2392	IND	3½	19	-3	2419	2376
70	68		YAKSIN Oleg	2307	RUS	3½	16½	1	2422	2251
71	73		MIJOVIC Stefan	2289	MNE	3½	16	-2	2323	2266
72	59		ENCHEV Ivajlo	2367	BUL	3½	15½	-12	2342	2299
	82		ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel	2194	MEX	3½	15½	3	2419	2121
74	62		ANTON Teodor	2353	ROU	3½	14½	-17	2280	2185
	79		VAVRIC Pavel	2218	MDA	3½	14½	5	2298	2247
	83		APAYDIN Fethi	2187	TUR	3½	14½	2	2413	2118
77	78		MCPHILLIPS Karl	2221	IRL	3½	14	1	2361	2078
	85		HUGHES Tyler B.	2161	USA	3½	14	6	2248	2207
79	64	FM	KJARTANSSON Gudmundur	2328	ISL	3½	13½	-28	2182	2113
	81		OLIVER Gareth	2196	AUS	3½	13½	-10	2300	2027
81	89		ILIC Slavisa	2081	BIH	3½	12	2	2353	1960
82	87		SOUSA Ricardo	2133	POR	3½	10½	-26	2100	1887
83	54		CASPI Israel	2412	ISR	3	18	-18	2370	2162
84	61		KULAKOV Viacheslav	2360	RUS	3	15	-15	2360	2273
	72	FM	MARTINS Vinicius Tine	2292	BRA	3	15	-18	2314	2112
86	74		SARENAC Ivan	2289	SRB	3	14	-15	2354	1898
	76		NUKIN Askhat	2244	KAZ	3	14	-6	2368	2160
88	107		SALIHOVIC Amar	0	BIH	3	13½		2257	2170
89	86		ERTAN Can	2149	TUR	3	12½	-1	2319	2125
90	71		PLENCA Julijan	2295	CRO	3	12	-35	2149	2045
	92		DERUNI Berc	2032	TUR	3	12	1	2329	2019
92	108		ULUDOGAN Lutfullah	0	TUR	3	11		2212	1822
93	93		GURCAN Eray	1955	TUR	3	9	-11	2260	1869
	94		KOBAYASHI Atsuhiko	1936	JPN	3	9	-7	2286	1787
95	95		ZUBAIDULLIN Rustam	1929	RUS	3	6	-5	2279	1653
96	69	FM	GROVER Sahaj	2306	IND	2½	12½	-33	2232	2088
97	91		AYDOGDU Ataman	2050	TUR	2½	11½	-5	2249	2011
98	98		RAMSURRUP Pratish	1809	RSA	2½	9	-3	2155	1892
	99		OZDOVER Mustafa Berkay	1768	TUR	2½	9	-2	2118	1902
100	96		VURAL Ozge	1853	TUR	2½	8½	-5	2173	1913
101	104		OZOGLU Berker	0	TUR	2½	8		2072	1931
102	97		ACARBAY Aydin	1825	TUR	2	11	16	2170	2116
103	103		JAISWAL Raushan Kumar	0	NEP	2	8		2131	1764
104	100		GOKCEK Ekrem Bugra	0	TUR	2	7		2208	1712
105	105		OZTOSUN Cinar	0	TUR	2	6		2106	1595
106	106		OZTOSUN Gorkem	0	TUR	2	5		2056	1559
107	109		UNLU Ahmet Turan	0	TUR	1	6		2164	1268
108	101		GOKCEK Metehan	0	TUR	1	3		2161	1267
109	102		GUNGOR Ali Güvenç	0	TUR	1	2		2055	1284

WCh-Junior Girls Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008 Leading Round 8 (of 13) Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Fide	Rtg+/-	Ra	Rp
1	1	IM	HARIKA Dronavalli	2461	IND	7	31½	9	2255	2591
2	2	WGM	MUZYCHUK Mariya	2413	UKR	6½	30½	10	2265	2516
3	18	WIM	MIKADZE Miranda	2258	GEO	6	27½	20	2190	2383
4	33	WFM	NAKHBAYEVA Guliskhan	2170	KAZ	6	27	35	2261	2346
5	10	WIM	SOUMYA Swaminathan	2293	IND	6	24	9	2159	2352
6	23	WFM	NIKOLOVA Adriana	2242	BUL	5½	26	22	2231	2372
7	8	WFM	SEVERIUKHINA Zoja	2300	RUS	5½	23	7	2200	2341
8	48		GUO Qi	2048	CHN	5½	21½	43	2260	2362
9	13	WFM	ABRAHAMYAN Tatev	2277	USA	5	29	14	2271	2366
10	31	WFM	OZTURK Kubra	2188	TUR	5	26	21	2284	2268
11	6	WIM	MAJDAN Joanna	2323	POL	5	25	-4	2200	2295
	22	WIM	IVAKHINOVA Inna	2248	RUS	5	25	12	2222	2317
13	32		PREETHI Rajkumar	2183	IND	5	24½	15	2233	2224
14	25	WIM	NADIG Kruttika	2241	IND	5	24	17	2246	2328
15	9	WFM	HOOLT Sarah	2298	GER	5	23½	-1	2201	2296
	12	WGM	MAMEDJAROVA Turkan	2284	AZE	5	23½	-5	2152	2221
	27	WFM	PERTLOVA Sona	2217	CZE	5	23½	23	2260	2331
18	38		KAZIMOVA Narmin	2148	AZE	5	20½	20	2173	2267
19	17	WIM	DAULETOVA Gulmira	2267	KAZ	4½	25½	2	2230	2273
20	7	WIM	GOMES Mary Ann	2316	IND	4½	25	-5	2238	2281
21	29		ISGANDAROVA Khayala	2207	AZE	4½	23½	7	2191	2193
22	24		MUMINOVA Nafisa	2242	UZB	4½	23	-2	2176	2218
23	21	WFM	BOROSOVA Zuzana	2254	SVK	4½	22	-5	2170	2213
24	4	WGM	NEMCOVA Katerina	2372	CZE	4½	21½	-15	2231	2274
	26	WIM	YILDIZ Betül Cemre	2236	TUR	4½	21½	2	2189	2212
26	28	WFM	GASIK Anna	2211	POL	4½	20	-6	2116	2126
27	5	WGM	FOISOR Sabina-Francesca	2337	ROU	4½	19½	-23	2139	2182
28	3	WFM	BODNARUK Anastasia	2394	RUS	4½	19	-24	2174	2107
	60		ALAVI Hour Homa	1723	IRI	4½	19	54	2073	2240
30	14	WFM	PAIKIDZE Nazi	2277	GEO	4½	18½	-8	2174	2217
31	41	WFM	ERIC Jovena	2111	SRB	4½	17	3	2072	2090
32	36	WFM	TOTH Sarolta	2151	HUN	4½	16½	0	2098	2126
	39	WIM	HAMRAKULOVA Yulduz	2145	UZB	4½	16½	3	2107	2150
34	19	WIM	PADMINI Rout	2257	IND	4	23½	-9	2187	2164
35	16	WIM	POURKASHIYAN Atousa	2269	IRI	4	18½	-31	2055	2031
36	20	WGM	CORKE Anya	2255	HKG	4	17	-15	2076	2125
37	49	WFM	CHIERICI Marianna	2037	ITA	4	16½	6	2127	2025
38	35	WFM	DAVLETBAYEVA Madina	2155	KAZ	4	15½	-8	2105	2105
39	11	WIM	DAULYTE Deimante	2288	LTU	3½	19	-30	2147	2104
	30	WFM	LEKS Hanna	2198	POL	3½	19	-11	2219	2074
41	15	WIM	TSATSALASHVILI Keti	2271	GEO	3½	18½	-29	2130	2087
	47		KALASHYAN Varduhi	2049	ARM	3½	18½	13	2180	2124
43	40	WFM	TJOLSEN Katrine	2121	NOR	3½	17	-1	2165	2122
44	42	WFM	BERKE Ana	2100	CRO	3½	16½	-6	2108	2065
45	34	WFM	SGIRCEA Silvia-Raluca	2167	ROU	3½	16	-32	2028	1892
	37	WFM	KLIMETS Elena	2150	BLR	3½	16	-9	2138	2085
	45		IKONOMOPOULOU Maria	2074	GRE	3½	16	3	2141	2098
	46		MIDDELVELD Martine	2073	NED	3½	16	1	2112	2040
	52		HEGARTY Sarah	1966	ENG	3½	16	14	2188	2047
50	43	WFM	SHAMIMA Akter	2099	BAN	3½	14½	-21	2049	1922
51	50	WFM	BAYRAK Asli	2013	TUR	3½	13½	-6	2161	1928
52	44	WFM	EFROIMSKI Marsel	2091	ISR	3½	11	-24	1966	1871
53	54		ACAR Gizem	1931	TUR	3	12½	3	2131	1953
54	56		MISOVIC Sanja	1914	MNE	3	11½	-3	2156	1880
55	58		ANTONOVA Nadezhda	1883	TJK	3	11	-9	2071	1817
56	53	WFM	WIID Daleen	1931	RSA	3	10	-14	2022	1795
	57		BOYARCHENKO Marie	1895	LUX	3	10	-6	2118	1858
58	67		OZMUT Perinisa	0	TUR	3	9		1932	1646
59	51		ALBANO Jeremias Bianca	1990	POR	2½	13½	-8	2154	1918
60	59		GARCIA Liria Caetano	1792	BRA	2½	10½	-2	2031	1828
	61		ANTON Sarah	1681	AUS	2½	10½	9	2002	1882
	62		KARAYAYLALI Pinar	1597	TUR	2½	10½	4	1885	1779
63	63		KAYA Sena Nur	1529	TUR	2½	9½	5	1826	1794
64	55		BUKOVEC Tina	1929	SLO	2	8½	-41	1894	1633
65	65		DAI Irmak	0	TUR	2	6		1977	1585
66	68		SALATIC Milica	0	BIH	1½	5		1919	1408
67	64		BOSNJAK Antonija	0	BIH	1½	4		1949	1370
68	66		KAYA Saadet	0	TUR	0	0		1974	1105

6) British Chess Championships

The 95th Championships of The British Isles organised by the English Chess Federation took place Sunday 27th July - Saturday 9th August 2008 in St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Stuart Conquest defeated Keith Arkell 1.5-0.5 in a two game g20m+10s/per move games match.

Official site: http://www.britishchess08.com includes live coverage of the top boards

Playoff Games 9th August 2008

Gm 1	Arkell, Keith C	- Conquest, Stuart C	½-½	43	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Gm 2	Conquest, Stuart C	- Arkell, Keith C	1-0	46	B17	Caro Kann

95th ch-GBR Playoff (g20m+10s per move) Liverpool (ENG), 9 viii 2008
				1	2
Conquest, Stuart C	g	ENG	2536	½	1	1½	2699
Arkell, Keith C	g	ENG	2506	½	0	½	2343

95th ch-GBR Liverpool (ENG), 28 vii - 9 viii 2008 Final Round 11 Standings:
Pos	Player	NAT	ti	Elo	Pts
1	Arkell, Keith C	ENG	g	2506	8
2	Conquest, Stuart	ENG	g	2536	8
3	Davies, Nigel R	ENG	g	2478	7½
4	Gordon, Stephen	ENG	m	2508	7½
5	Lalic, Bogdan	CRO	g	2533	7½
6	Williams, Simon K	ENG	g	2496	7½
7	Buckley, Graeme	ENG	m	2401	7
8	Gormally, Daniel	ENG	g	2504	7
9	Hawkins, Jonathan	ENG		2232	7
10	Hebden, Mark	ENG	g	2520	7
11	Jones, Gawain C	ENG	g	2549	7
12	Kolbus, Dietmar	GER	m	2393	7
13	Pert, Nicholas	ENG	g	2547	7
14	Rendle, Thomas	ENG	m	2363	7
15	Trent, Lawrence	ENG	m	2470	7
16	Addison, Bret C	ENG		2244	6½
17	Houska, Jovanka	ENG	m	2405	6½
18	Kett, Tim	WLS		2247	6½
19	Ledger, Andrew	ENG	m	2423	6½
20	Pert, Richard	ENG	m	2468	6½
21	Storey, Charles	ENG		2268	6½
22	Tiruchirapalli, Venkatara	IND		2247	6½
23	Briscoe, Christopher	ENG		2232	6
24	Flear, Glenn C	ENG	g	2493	6
25	Greet, Andrew N	ENG	m	2453	6
26	Hanley, James L	ENG		2243	6
27	Haslinger, Stewart G	ENG	g	2511	6
28	Lyell, Mark	ENG	f	2232	6
29	Rudd, Jack	ENG	f	2345	6
30	Zhou, Yang-Fan	ENG		2259	6
31	Dilleigh, Stephen P	ENG		2131	5½
32	Eggleston, David J	ENG	f	2372	5½
33	Knott, Simon J B	ENG	m	2365	5½
34	Lalic, Susan	ENG	m	2344	5½
35	Ledger, Dave	ENG	f	2260	5½
36	Mason, Don	ENG		2268	5½
37	Quillan, Gary	ENG		2339	5½
38	Russell, Christopher	ENG		2036	5½
39	Surtees, Mike	ENG		2182	5½
40	Coathup, Roger H	ENG		2105	5
41	Cox, Tristan	ENG		2144	5
42	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri	ENG	wf	2053	5
43	Horner, Jeff	ENG	m	2372	5
44	Jackson, Oliver	ENG		2221	5
45	James, Russell	ENG		2225	5
46	Ledger, Stephen	ENG		2138	5
47	Sen, Subin	ENG		2050	5
48	Townsend, Paul	ENG		2204	5
49	Williamson, Roger G	ENG		2169	5
50	Ynojosa, Felix Jose	ENG		2101	5
51	Barrett, Stephen J	ENG		2251	4½
52	Gavriel, Tryfon C	ENG		2180	4½
53	Gregory, Stephen J	ENG		2177	4½
54	Shaw, Peter	ENG		2127	4½
55	Waters, Clive L	ENG		2096	4½
56	Auckland, Elliott	ENG		1990	4
57	Berry, Stephen H	ENG	f	2363	4
58	Goodger, Martyn	ENG		2187	4
59	James, David J	WLS	f	2177	4
60	Rayner, Francis	WLS		2207	4
61	Yeo, Michael J	ENG		2110	4
62	Elwin, Adrian	ENG		2022	3½
63	Garnett, John S	ENG		2030	3½
64	Coates, David H	ENG		2037	3
65	Gibson, Christopher A	ENG		2003	3
66	Woods, Connor	SCO		1934	3
67	McCullough, Simon L	ENG		1910	2½
68	Davis, Lee	WLS		2071	2
68 players

7) XXIII Villarrobledo International Rapid Open

The XXIII Villarrobledo International Rapid Open took place over the weekend of 2nd-3rd August 2008. There was a strong entry at the top headed by Veselin Topalov who took clear first place with 8/9 half a point clear of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Former FIDE Champion Ruslan Ponomariov was a further half point behind and Alexei Shirov a further half point behind that.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezenvillarrobledo.es/

XXIII Rapid Open Villarrobledo (ESP), 2-3 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl.	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts.	BH 1	BH 2	FIDE
1	Topalov Veselin	GM	BUL	2777	8,0	53,0	58,0	41,0
2	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2742	7,5	52,0	56,5	41,0
3	Ponomariov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2718	7,0	52,0	57,0	37,0
4	Palac Mladen	GM	CRO	2587	7,0	50,0	53,5	36,0
5	Malakhov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2689	7,0	49,5	54,0	38,0
6	Ljubojevic Ljubomir	GM	SRB	2555	7,0	47,5	51,0	36,5
7	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	GM	ESP	2524	7,0	47,0	50,0	35,0
8	Shirov Alexei	GM	ESP	2741	6,5	52,0	56,5	37,0
9	Paunovic Dragan	GM	SRB	2539	6,5	48,5	53,5	36,5
10	Sokolov Ivan	GM	NED	2658	6,5	48,0	52,5	34,0
11	Van Wely Loek	GM	NED	2644	6,5	48,0	52,0	36,0
12	Abreu Delgado Aryam	IM	CUB	2502	6,5	46,5	49,0	34,5
13	Perez Candelario Manuel	IM	ESP	2537	6,5	43,5	47,5	34,0
14	Dreev Alexey	GM	RUS	2657	6,5	43,5	47,5	32,5
15	Guliyev Namig	GM	AZE	2510	6,5	42,5	46,0	34,5
16	Lafuente Pablo	IM	ARG	2505	6,5	42,0	46,0	32,5
17	Minzer Claudio Javier	IM	ARG	2457	6,5	42,0	45,0	31,0
18	Milov Vadim	GM	SUI	2705	6,0	48,5	53,5	35,0
19	Fedorchuk Sergey A	GM	UKR	2624	6,0	47,5	51,5	35,5
20	Kolev Atanas	GM	BUL	2565	6,0	46,0	50,5	34,5
163 players

8) 8th United Insurance & United Leasing

8th United Insurance & United Leasing International Masters Chess Tournament took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 30 players from 4 countries including 1 GM, 4 IM's, 8 FM's and 17 rated players are participated in the event. Dinesh K Sharma edged out Mahmood Lodhi on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/10. Games from the final four rounds not yet available. News: Haroon Or Rashid.

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

8th United Insurance Dhaka (BAN), 30 vii-7 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	IM	Sharma Dinesh K	IND	2354	7,5	21140
2	IM	Lodhi Mahmood	PAK	2379	7,5	20884
3	FM	Minhazuddin Ahmed	BAN	2339	7,0	21232
4	IM	Himanshu Sharma	IND	2423	7,0	21090
5		Bitan Banerjee	IND	2281	6,5	20885
6	FM	Rahman Md Taibur	BAN	2307	6,5	20848
7	FM	Abu Sufian Shakil	BAN	2418	6,5	20478
8	FM	Ahmed Sk Nasir	BAN	2292	6,0	20242
9	FM	Haque Rezaul	BAN	2179	6,0	20145
10	GM	Rahman Ziaur	BAN	2564	5,5	20811
11		Monir Arman	BAN	2172	5,5	20099
12	FM	Hasan Mehdi	BAN	2264	5,0	20690
13		Shrestha Keshav	NEP	2128	5,0	20510
14		Hossain Delwar	BAN	2157	5,0	20492
15		Mohammad Ali	BAN	2175	5,0	19958
16	FM	Mohammed Abdul Malek	BAN	2289	5,0	19790
17	IM	Mirza Shahzad	PAK	2282	4,5	20405
18		Chatterjee Debaraj	BAN	2231	4,5	20138
19		Uddin Saif	BAN	2173	4,0	20667
20		Hossain Monir	BAN	2193	4,0	19975
21		Shresta Bilam Lal	NEP	2106	4,0	19892
22		Hasan Md Emam	BAN	2161	4,0	19881
23		Abdullah Al-Saif	BAN	1961	4,0	19741
24		Ali Md Imran	BAN	2172	3,5	20168
25		Badri Nepali	NEP	2172	3,5	17677
26		Chowdhury Sohel	BAN	2177	3,5	17524
27		Ahmed Mahtabuddin	BAN	2184	3,0	17645
28		Dutta Joydeep	IND	2253	3,0	13818
29		Anisuzzaman Jewel	BAN	2153	2,0	11072
30	FM	Mohammad Javed	BAN	2264	2,0	10823

9) First Saturday August

The First Saturday GM, IM and FM tournaments for August take place in Budapest, 2nd-15th 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.	Kosic, Dragan	g	MNE	2516	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	.	1	½	.	½	6½	2534
2.	Duong The Anh	f	VIE	2445	½	*	½	½	0	½	1	.	½	½	.	1	1	6	2485
3.	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo	g	CUB	2493	½	½	*	½	.	½	.	½	½	.	1	½	½	5	2484
4.	Fogarasi, Tibor	g	HUN	2429	½	½	½	*	.	½	½	½	.	.	½	½	1	5	2481
5.	Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal	m	NOR	2423	0	1	.	.	*	.	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	5	2460
6.	Eisenbeiser, Amadeus	m	GER	2434	½	½	½	½	.	*	.	½	½	0	.	½	1	4½	2429
7.	Dinger, Florian	f	GER	2333	½	0	.	½	0	.	*	½	1	½	½	1	.	4½	2428
8.	Hirneise, Tobias	f	GER	2481	0	.	½	½	1	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	.	4½	2383
9.	Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge	f	ESP	2423	.	½	½	.	½	½	0	1	*	.	½	.	½	4	2437
10.	Genutis, Mindaugas	f	LTU	2317	0	½	.	.	0	1	½	½	.	*	½	.	1	4	2440
11.	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	f	VIE	2477	½	.	0	½	½	.	½	½	½	½	*	0	.	3½	2338
12.	Lorscheid, Gerhard	f	GER	2348	.	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	.	.	1	*	0	3½	2356
13.	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2417	½	0	½	0	½	0	.	.	½	0	.	1	*	3	2300

FSIMA August Budapest (HUN), 2-12 viii 2008												cat. III (2310)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Torma, Robert	f	HUN	2347	*	½	.	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	6½	2466
2.	Hujbert, Florian		HUN	2258	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	.	½	½	1	5½	2397
3.	Miltner, Arndt	f	GER	2354	.	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2380
4.	Lorand, Norbert		HUN	2273	0	1	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	.	1	5	2348
5.	Beck, Frederik	f	GER	2335	½	0	1	1	*	.	½	½	½	0	½	4½	2306
6.	Szeberenyi, Adam	m	HUN	2318	0	½	½	½	.	*	½	0	½	1	1	4½	2306
7.	Werner, Dimo	m	GER	2329	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	0	4½	2271
8.	Humphrey, Jonathan	f	AUS	2289	½	.	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	1	0	4	2274
9.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2222	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	.	3½	2241
10.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2388	0	½	0	.	1	0	½	0	½	*	1	3½	2225
11.	Strunski, Andreas		GER	2294	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	.	0	*	3	2196

FSIMB August Budapest (HUN), 2-10 viii 2008												cat. II (2293)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Csirik, Andras		HUN	2272	*	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2567
2.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2317	0	*	1	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	5	2332
3.	Moen, Andreas		NOR	2297	½	0	*	0	1	0	½	1	1	1	5	2335
4.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2286	0	½	1	*	½	½	0	1	1	½	5	2336
5.	Kislik, Erik Andrew		USA	2302	0	0	0	½	*	1	½	1	½	1	4½	2291
6.	Vegh, Endre	m	HUN	2298	½	½	1	½	0	*	1	0	0	½	4	2249
7.	Leviczky, Tibor	f	HUN	2335	0	1	½	1	½	0	*	0	0	1	4	2244
8.	Schloetzer, Waldemar		GER	2280	½	½	0	0	0	1	1	*	½	½	4	2251
9.	Henris, Luc	f	BEL	2268	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	½	*	0	3	2170
10.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2271	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	1	*	3	2170

10) French Championship

The French Championship takes place in Pau 11th-23rd August 2008.

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

83rd ch-FRA Pau (FRA), 11-23 viii 2008													cat. XIII (2574)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2673	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Abergel, Thal	m	FRA	2499	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2561
3.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2691	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2553
4.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2553	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2691
5.	Nataf, Igor-Alexandre	g	FRA	2534	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2681
6.	Sokolov, Andrei	g	FRA	2561	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2499
7.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2681	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2534
8.	Apicella, Manuel	g	FRA	2521	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	½	2523
9.	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2583	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	2542
10.	Vaisser, Anatoly	g	FRA	2542	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	2583
11.	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2523	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	2521
12.	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2523	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

83rd ch-FRA w Pau (FRA), 11-23 viii 2008													cat. I (2259)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2463	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Benmesbah, Natacha	wf	FRA	2210	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1
3.	Guichard, Pauline	wm	FRA	2284	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
4.	Collas, Silvia	m	FRA	2370	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2155
5.	Delorme, Laurie		FRA	2155	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2370
6.	Leconte, Maria	wg	FRA	2346	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2357
7.	Milliet, Sophie	wg	FRA	2357	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2346
8.	Flear, Christine	wm	FRA	2133	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	½	2125
9.	Verot, Melanie		FRA	2125	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	2133
10.	Lallemand, Roza	wg	FRA	2285	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
11.	Muller, Anne	wm	FRA	2179	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
12.	Congiu, Mathilde	wf	FRA	2196	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

83rd ch-FRA National B Pau (FRA), 11-23 viii 2008													cat. IX (2460)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Govciyan, Pavel	m	FRA	2411	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Collas, Didier	m	FRA	2439	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2365
3.	Shoker, Samy	m	FRA	2365	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2439
4.	Benitah, Yohan	m	FRA	2416	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2508
5.	Bricard, Emmanuel	g	FRA	2453	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	2507
6.	Cossin, Sebastien	m	FRA	2466	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	2526
7.	Edouard, Romain	m	FRA	2508	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2416
8.	Kosten, Anthony C	g	FRA	2507	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2453
9.	Prie, Eric	g	FRA	2526	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2466
10.	Vitoux, Colomban	f	FRA	2454	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	2490
11.	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	m	FRA	2490	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	2454
12.	Lazarev, Vladimir	g	FRA	2482	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

11) 83rd Argentine Championship

The 83rd Argentine Championship took place 30th July - 11th August 2008. Anton Kovalyov, Diego Flores and Ruben Felgaer all finished on 8/11. It looks like there will be a rapid (g15+10s/move) playoff amongst these players.

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

83rd ch-ARG La Plata (ARG), 30 vii-11 viii 2008													cat. IX (2452)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Kovalyov, Anton	m	ARG	2548	*	1	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	½	1	8	2618
2.	Flores, Diego	m	ARG	2553	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8	2617
3.	Felgaer, Ruben	g	ARG	2566	0	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2616
4.	Peralta, Fernando	g	ARG	2558	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	7	2544
5.	Lemos, Damian	m	ARG	2479	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	7	2551
6.	Alonso, Salvador	m	ARG	2437	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	0	1	1	1	6	2489
7.	Ricardi, Pablo	g	ARG	2515	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2446
8.	Tristan, Leonardo		ARG	2366	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	1	5	2423
9.	Orsini, Antonio		ARG	2341	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	*	½	1	1	4½	2397
10.	Pierrot, Facundo	m	ARG	2421	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	3½	2321
11.	Di Benedetto, Guillermo	f	ARG	2300	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	½	2	2203
12.	Quiroga, Facundo	m	ARG	2339	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	1½	2153

12) Copa Mercosur Villa Martelli

The Copa Mercosur took place 29th July - 7th August 2008. Pocket Fritz 3 won the event with 8/10.

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

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

Mercosur Cup Villa Martelli (ARG), 29 vii-7 viii 2008												cat. VII (2410)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	POCKET FRITZ 3			----	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8	2690
2.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2511	½	*	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	7	2548
3.	Valerga, Diego	m	ARG	2502	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	6	2472
4.	Slipak, Sergio	g	ARG	2439	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2478
5.	Mareco, Sandro	m	ARG	2477	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	1	0	½	1	5½	2439
6.	Real de Azua, Ernesto	m	ARG	2429	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	½	4½	2371
7.	Flores Rios, Mauricio	m	CHI	2438	0	1	½	½	½	½	*	0	0	½	1	4½	2371
8.	Della Morte, German	f	ARG	2387	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	*	1	1	½	4½	2376
9.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2531	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	0	*	1	½	4½	2361
10.	Molina, Roberto Junio Brito	f	BRA	2402	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	*	1	2½	2217
11.	Fusco, Leonardo	f	ARG	2392	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	*	2	2171

ITT Raul Moiraghi Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 29 vii-7 viii 2008												cat. IV (2329)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Iermito, Sebastian	f	ARG	2385	*	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2516
2.	Cubas, Jose Fernando	m	PAR	2428	½	*	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	7½	2512
3.	Liascovich, Lucas	m	ARG	2435	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2428
4.	Obregon, Andres Carlos		ARG	2399	0	0	½	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	6½	2432
5.	Paglilla, Carlos	m	ARG	2343	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2363
6.	Perez Ponsa, Federico	f	ARG	2326	1	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	5½	2365
7.	Barrionuevo, Pablo	f	ARG	2363	0	1	½	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	1	5½	2361
8.	Valdes Escobar, Alvaro		CHI	2302	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	1	4	2259
9.	Granara Barreto, Sebastian A	f	URU	2257	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	3½	2226
10.	Cunha, Eduardo Arruda da Gama A	f	BRA	2227	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	*	½	2	2099
11.	Guerrero, Alvaro		URU	2154	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	*	1	1980

13) Mlada Boleslav Chess Festival

The Mlada Boleslav Chess Festival (Czech Republic) saw 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 now 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

14) Baltic Sea Cup

The Baltic Sea Cup 2008 (Bornholm Summer Chess) took place in Denmark 29th July - 6th August 2008. 10 round swiss. Nikita Vitiugov edged out Boris Savchenko on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/10.

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

Baltic Sea Cup Bornholm (DEN), 29 vii - 6 viii 2008 Final Round 10 Standings:
Pl	Players	NAT	Ti	Elo	Pts
1	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	g	2616	7.5
2	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	g	2578	7.5
3	Kogan, Artur	ISR	g	2569	7
4	Tiviakov, Sergei	NED	g	2645	7
5	Gyimesi, Zoltan	HUN	g	2586	7
6	Golod, Vitali	ISR	g	2578	7
7	Kuzubov, Yuriy	UKR	g	2578	7
8	Hansen, Lars Bo	DEN	g	2569	7
9	Roiz, Michael	ISR	g	2680	7
10	Welz, Peter, Dr.	GER	f	2169	6.5
11	Khenkin, Igor	GER	g	2655	6.5
12	Iljushin, Alexei	RUS	g	2546	6.5
13	Medvegy, Nora Dr.	HUN	m	2353	6
14	Urkedal, Frode	NOR		2299	6
15	Christensen, John	DEN		2116	6
16	Lund, Esben	DEN	m	2431	6
17	Teschke, Olaf	GER		2298	6
18	Kristensen, Kåre Hove	DEN	f	2259	6
19	Marzano, Carlo	ITA		2177	6
20	Hansen, Mads	DEN		2041	6
21	Christensen, Klaus	DEN		2034	6
22	Nielsen, Nicholas Roland	DEN		2198	5.5
23	Evdokimov, Alexander A.	RUS	g	2555	5.5
24	Brinck-Claussen, Bjørn	DEN	m	2296	5.5
25	Frisk, Hans	SWE		2011	5.5
26	Svanholm, Borge Waaktaar	NOR		2003	5.5
27	Berg, Peter	DEN		1998	5.5
28	Jahncke, Giso	GER		2052	5
29	Poulsen, Iver	DEN		2147	5
30	Rostgaard, Tobias Valentin	DEN		2035	5
65 players

15) 3rd Edmonton International

The 3rd Edmonton International took place July 31st-August 4th, 2008 and was the main event of the 3rd Edmonton chess festival which also includes many events for all levels of players. Alexander Moiseeko was the clear winner with 7/9.

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

3rd Int Open Edmonton (CAN), 31 vii-4 viii 2008 Leading Round 9 Standings:
#	Name	Ti	Elo	Pts
1	Alexander Moiseenko	GM	2632	7
2	Alexander Shabalov	GM	2611	6.5
3	Joshua Friedel	IM	2524	5.5
4	Surya Sekhar Ganguly	GM	2631	5.5
5	Robert Hungaski	IM	2407	5
6	Leonid Gerzhoy	IM	2399	5
7	Raja Panjwani	FM	2310	5
8	Mark Bluvshtein	GM	2548	5
9	Jesse Kraai	GM	2513	5
10	Edward Porper	IM	2476	5
11	Dale Haessel		2149	4.5
12	Vladimir Pechenkin		2281	4.5
13	Jeff Reeve		2243	4.5
14	Elizabeth Vicary	WFM	2145	4.5
15	Steven Peter		2303	4.5
16	Micah Hughey		2011	4
17	Bindi Cheng	FM	2333	4
18	Shiyam Thavandiran	FM	2288	3.5
19	Eric Hansen		2268	3.5
20	Greg Huber	FM	2236	3.5
21	Rob Gardner		2185	2.5
22	David Mrugala		2035	2
23	Blagoj Gicev	FM	2312	2
24	Nicolas Haynes		2175	0
25	Tamara Bolvary	WFM	2046	0

16) 17th Martigny Open

The 17th Martigny Open took place 1st-4th August 2008. Gerard Nueesch edged out Alexei Barsov on tie-break after both finished on 6/7. Games from the first three rounds are available.

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

17th Martigny Open (FRA), 1-4 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk.	Player	Ti	NAT	TWZ	Pts	BH	SB
1	Nueesch,Gerard		SUI	2259	6	33	27.5
2	Barsov,Alexei	GM	UZB	2481	6	32.5	27.75
3	Bratanov,Zsivko	IM	BUL	2446	5.5	34	25.75
4	Onoprienko,Vladim	IM	RUS	2309	5.5	32	23.25
5	Filipovic,Branko	IM	CRO	2428	5.5	31	22.25
6	Colmenares,Aureli		SUI	2310	5.5	29.5	22.25
7	Sermier,Guillaume	IM	FRA	2366	5.5	29.5	22.25
8	Kelecevic,Nedeljk	IM	BIH	2364	5.5	29	21.75
9	Sokolov,Andrei	GM	FRA	2561	5	34	22.75
10	Burnier,David	FM	SUI	2342	5	31	20.25
11	Milosevic,Goran	IM	SUI	2406	5	31	19.75
12	Charmier,Gregory		FRA	2225	5	28	18.25
13	Kolly,Jacques	FM	SUI	2311	4.5	31.5	17.75
14	Duratti,Lindo		FRA	2180	4.5	31	18.25
15	Benkovic,Petar	IM	SRB	2479	4.5	31	17.25
16	Potterat,Marc		SUI	2187	4.5	29.5	16.75
17	Berset,Philippe		SUI	2138	4.5	29	15.5
18	Perruchoud,Pierre		SUI	2121	4.5	28.5	15.25
19	Vianin,Pascal		SUI	2162	4.5	28	16.75
20	Mauron,Pierre		SUI	2136	4.5	27	13.75
21	Chervet,Olivier		SUI	2025	4.5	26	14.25
22	Moret,Jean-Paul		SUI	2068	4.5	25.5	14.25
23	Lamotte,Gaelle		FRA	1905	4.5	25	14
24	Dobrev,Nanko	IM	BUL	2423	4	32.5	16
25	Abbet,Jean-Luc		SUI	2075	4	28.5	13.5
85 players

17) XVII Team Championship of Macedonia

The XVII Team Championship of Macedonia 2008, took place in Struga, Macedonia, 4th-10th August 2008. All games available but the final results aren't yet. News: Ivan Kocovski.

Official site: http://www.maksah.org/ and results at: http://chess-results.com/tnr14954.aspx?lan=1

18) 12th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament

The 12th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament took place in Vlissingen, August 2nd-9th 2008. Lazaro Bruzon took first place on tie-break from Chanda Sandipan and Farrukh Amonatov all of whom finished on 7.5/9.

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

12th HZ Open Vlissingen (NED), 2-9 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Score	Name	M/F	Elo	Fed.	BH	SB	TPR
1	Bruzon, Lazaro	GM	CUB	2592	7.5	53.5	43.75	2677
2	Sandipan, Chanda	GM	IND	2588	7.5	52	42.5	2608
3	Amonatov, Farrukh	GM	TJK	2650	7.5	51	42	2674
4	Fier, Alexandr	GM	BRA	2558	7	55	41.75	2618
5	Landa, Konstantin	GM	RUS	2615	7	54.5	41.75	2552
6	Van den Doel, Erik	GM	NED	2567	7	53.5	40.75	2532
7	Van Eijk, Sander	FM	NED	2315	7	52.5	39	2527
8	Mekhitarian, Krikor	IM	BRA	2504	6.5	57	40	2505
9	Ernst, Sipke	GM	NED	2581	6.5	57	39	2606
10	Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav	GM	RUS	2592	6.5	56.5	39.25	2564
11	Di Berardino, Diego	IM	BRA	2471	6.5	54.5	37.5	2514
12	Spoelman, Wouter	IM	NED	2448	6.5	54.5	36.75	2522
13	Gonzalez, Yuri	IM	CUB	2464	6.5	54	36.5	2491
14	Llaneza Vega, Marcos	IM	ESP	2468	6.5	53.5	36.5	2489
15	De Jong, Migchiel	FM	NED	2324	6.5	53.5	36.5	2445
16	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	2564	6.5	53.5	36	2531
17	Zaragatski, Ilja	IM	GER	2419	6.5	53	36.25	2468
18	Diamant, Andre	IM	BRA	2393	6.5	52	36.25	2421
19	Akesson, Ralf	GM	SWE	2480	6.5	50.5	34	2439
20	Sriram, Jha	IM	IND	2429	6.5	50	34.25	2381
21	Genzling, Alain	FM	FRA	2326	6.5	49	33.5	2347
22	Van Assendelft, Floris		NED	2227	6.5	48.5	32.75	2324
23	Leenaerts, Robin		BEL	2161	6.5	48.5	32.25	2246
24	Tan, Matthew	FM	NED	2319	6.5	48	34	2349
25	Provoost, Simon		NED	2213	6.5	48	31.25	2321
26	Tiggelman, Rene		NED	2194	6.5	47	30.75	2332
27	Bach, Matthias	FM	GER	2272	6.5	44	30.5	2297
28	Jerez Perez, Alfonso	IM	ESP	2410	6	53	32.75	2408
29	Bezemer, Arno	FM	NED	2324	6	52	31.5	2393
30	Afek, Yochanan	IM	ISR	2321	6	50	31.5	2298
31	Colijn, Stefan		NED	2107	6	48	29	2226
32	In 't Veld, Daan		NED	2170	6	47	28.25	2222
33	Soors, Stef		BEL	2164	6	46.5	28.5	2275
34	Zelbel, Patrick		GER	2286	6	46	28.5	2249
35	Ten Hagen, Yorick		NED	2152	6	45.5	28	2150
36	Llaneza Vega, Patricia	WIM	ESP	2260	6	45	27.5	2229
37	Vanderhallen, Nicolas		BEL	2225	6	44.5	27.75	2198
38	Ortiz, Nadya	WIM	COL	2249	6	43.5	28.75	2126
39	Grochal, Joey		NED	2161	6	43	26.5	2101
40	Hamblok, Roel		BEL	2131	6	43	25.75	2212
41	Van den Berg, Ad		NED	2204	6	39	24.5	2177
42	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	NED	2431	5.5	51.5	29.5	2257
248 players

19) IX Miguel Mas Open

The IX Miguel Mas Open took place in Castell de Sant Ferran de Figueres 2nd-9th August 2008. Fidel Corrales Jimenez took clear first place on 7.5/9.

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

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

IX Miguel Mas Open (ESP), 2-9 viii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	BH	SB
1	Corrales Jimenez Fidel	IM	CUB	2504	7,5	55,0	43,75
2	Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A.	IM	COL	2421	7,0	54,0	40,75
3	Delchev Aleksander	GM	BUL	2618	7,0	54,0	39,75
4	Narciso Dublan Marc	GM	ESP	2525	7,0	50,0	37,25
5	Fluvia Poyatos Jordi	IM	ESP	2500	7,0	46,0	36,25
6	Colls Gelaberto Emilio	CM	ESP	2203	7,0	46,0	34,50
7	Prie Eric	GM	FRA	2526	6,5	56,0	38,25
8	Cuadras Avellana Jordi	FM	ESP	2337	6,5	48,5	32,00
9	Garza Marco Sergio	IM	ESP	2398	6,0	54,0	33,00
10	Sabria Batlle Pol		ESP	2117	6,0	51,0	30,75
11	Echarte Buil Oscar		ESP	2130	6,0	49,5	31,50
12	Djingarova Emilia	WGM	BUL	2305	6,0	49,0	30,00
13	Gonzalez Manchon Juan Miguel		ESP	2065	6,0	48,5	30,00
14	Lillo Castay Victor		ESP	2150	6,0	47,5	27,00
15	Casanellas Ruano Lluis		ESP	2147	6,0	47,0	28,50
16	Parals Marce Luis		ESP	2129	6,0	43,5	26,00
17	Pruja Ramirez De Cartagena Mar	cm	ESP	2136	6,0	42,5	25,50
18	Negre Albert		FRA	2117	6,0	42,5	24,50
19	Simon Padros Emilio	FM	ESP	2230	5,5	50,5	27,50
20	Barrera Clot Carlos		ESP	2173	5,5	47,0	26,00
21	Ghiani Bruno		FRA	2080	5,5	45,5	26,00
22	Serra Labrador Carles		ESP	2017	5,5	44,5	25,25
23	Fernandez Garcia Francesc		ESP	2037	5,5	43,0	23,25
96 players

20) Olomouc Chess Summer

The 11th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2008 took place 30th July - 7th August 2008. Nils Grandelius won the GM event with 6½/9. Games from the final couple of rounds from each event are currently unavailable.

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.	Grandelius, Nils	f	SWE	2366	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2621
2.	Stefansson, Hannes	g	ISL	2566	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	6	2557
3.	Danielsen, Henrik	g	ISL	2526	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2517
4.	Luch, Michal	m	POL	2412	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	1	½	1	5½	2529
5.	Erdogdu, Mert	m	TUR	2440	½	0	½	1	*	½	1	0	½	0	4	2403
6.	Petr, Martin	m	CZE	2451	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	0	½	1	4	2402
7.	Kanovsky, David	m	CZE	2409	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	4	2407
8.	Baryshpolets, Andrey	f	UKR	2413	0	½	0	0	1	1	½	*	½	½	4	2406
9.	Vokac, Marek	g	CZE	2451	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	3½	2365
10.	Smith, Axel		SWE	2427	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	½	*	2	2228

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	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	6	2435
2.	Johansson, Jan	m	SWE	2450	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2418
3.	Bejtovic, Jasmin	f	BIH	2335	½	½	*	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	6	2431
4.	Tuma, Jiri		CZE	2285	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	5	2355
5.	Parligras, Cosmin		ROU	2271	0	½	1	½	*	½	0	1	1	0	4½	2313
6.	Vlasak, Lukas		CZE	2136	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	0	1	4½	2328
7.	Talla, Vladimir	m	CZE	2407	½	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	0	1	4	2255
8.	Malinovsky, Karel	f	CZE	2353	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	3½	2224
9.	Kutynec, Vladimir	m	RUS	2281	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	*	1	3½	2232
10.	Krupa, Monika	wg	POL	2272	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	*	2	2093

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	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2426
2.	Golichenko, Ilija	f	UKR	2381	0	*	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2430
3.	Blomqvist, Erik		SWE	2322	½	1	*	½	1	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	7	2404
4.	Langrock, Hannes	f	GER	2398	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	7	2397
5.	Arslanov, Shamil		RUS	2228	1	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	½	0	½	0	5½	2311
6.	Cernin, Radim	f	CZE	2277	½	0	1	½	0	*	0	½	0	1	1	1	5½	2306
7.	Lahiri, Atanu	m	IND	2338	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	1	0	1	0	1	5½	2301
8.	Tibensky, Robert	m	SVK	2416	½	½	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	4½	2229
9.	Bures, Jaroslav		CZE	2243	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	*	1	1	0	4½	2244
10.	Sluka, Radek		CZE	2326	½	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	*	0	1	4	2200
11.	Havlikova, Kristyna	wf	CZE	2135	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	1	*	½	4	2217
12.	Neoral, Antonin		CZE	2169	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	½	1	0	½	*	3½	2183

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.	Stets, Dmitry	m	UKR	2420	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	8	2474
2.	Biolek, Richard jr		CZE	2354	½	*	½	1	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	8	2480
3.	Biolek, Richard	m	CZE	2434	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8	2472
4.	Semcesen, Daniel	f	SWE	2387	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	7	2404
5.	Jurcik, Martin	f	SVK	2352	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	6½	2370
6.	Kireev, Aleksei	m	RUS	2387	0	1	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	0	½	1	6	2338
7.	Pochinkov, Andrey		RUS	2167	½	0	½	0	½	1	*	0	½	1	1	1	6	2358
8.	Rosko, Lubos		CZE	2387	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	½	0	1	1	4	2200
9.	Klecker, Tadeas		CZE	2162	1	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	0	½	3½	2189
10.	Shilov, Sergej	f	UKR	2255	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	*	0	½	3½	2181
11.	Skinke, Katrina		LAT	2197	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	1	*	½	3	2144
12.	Beil, Martin		CZE	2208	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	2½	2107

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.	Reutsky, Sergei	f	RUS	2344	*	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7½	2495
2.	Jurcik, Marian	f	SVK	2378	1	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	7	2447
3.	Jurek, Josef	m	CZE	2368	½	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	6	2371
4.	Shumilov, Illya		UKR	2286	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2344
5.	Husari, Satea	m	SYR	2362	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2336
6.	Klima, Lukas	m	CZE	2439	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	5	2292
7.	Ptacnikova, Lenka	wg	ISL	2259	0	½	1	½	0	½	*	½	1	0	½	4½	2274
8.	Lahner, Jakub	f	CZE	2294	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	4½	2271
9.	Andersson, Fredrik2		SWE	2225	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	1	*	½	1	4½	2278
10.	Cerveny, Petr		CZE	2353	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	0	3	2152
11.	Prikryl, Tomas		CZE	2058	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	*	2	2090

21) Arctic Chess Challenge

The Arctic Chess Challenge 2008 took place 2nd-10th August 2008 in Tromso, Norway. Igor Kurnosov took clear first place with 7½/9 half a point clear of Simen Agdestein, Matthew Turner and Vitaly Kunin.

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

Arctic Chess Challenge Tromso NOR (NOR), 2-10 viii 2008 Leading Official Final Round 9 Standings
1	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2617	7.5				2713	(+10,90)
2	Agdestein, Simen	g	NOR	2583	7.0	45,5			2621	(+6,10)
3	Turner, Matthew J	g	ENG	2493	7.0	45,0			2585	(+11,80)
4	Kunin, Vitaly	g	GER	2532	7.0	44,5			2631	(+12,80)
5	Malakhatko, Vadim	g	BEL	2612	6.5	45,5			2587	(-0,50)
6	Likavsky, Tomas	g	SVK	2485	6.5	42,5	47,0	51,5	2465	(+0,90)
7	Simutowe, Amon	m	ZAM	2459	6.5	42,5	47,0	51,0	2428	(-0,30)
8	Kasparov, Sergey	g	BLR	2486	6.0	43,0			2433	(-3,60)
9	Poobalasingam, Peter S		ENG	2203	6.0	42,5			2388	(+31,95)
10	Forsaa, Espen	f	NOR	2282	6.0	39,5	44,0	48,0	2315	(+6,75)
11	Zozulia, Anna	m	BEL	2346	6.0	39,5	44,0	48,0	2314	(-2,55)
12	Lovik, Lasse Ostebo		NOR	2143	6.0	39,5	43,0		2372	(+31,50)
13	Kasparova, Tatiana	wm	BLR	2176	6.0	37,5			2240	(+10,35)
14	Royset, Paal		NOR	2234	6.0	36,5			2237	(+3,30)
15	Thomassen, Joachim	f	NOR	2357	6.0	36,0			2285	(-9,90)
16	Kovachev, Daniel Jakobsen		NOR	2202	5.5	41,0			2247	(+5,55)
17	Westerinen, Heikki M.J	g	FIN	2376	5.5	40,5			2288	(-11,55)
18	Tiller, Bjorn	m	NOR	2374	5.5	39,0			2324	(-6,15)
92 players

Unofficial crosstable generated from the games

Arctic Chess Challenge Tromso (NOR), 2-10 viii 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2617	+53	+38	+7	=4	=5	+15	+8	+2	=3	7½	2661
2.	Agdestein, Simen	g	NOR	2583	+30	+43	=10	+9	+3	+5	=4	-1	+19	7	2582
3.	Turner, Matthew J	g	ENG	2493	+68	+33	=9	+10	-2	+7	+19	+6	=1	7	2564
4.	Kunin, Vitaly	g	GER	2532	+80	+31	+26	=1	+18	=6	=2	+5	=8	7	2607
5.	Malakhatko, Vadim	g	BEL	2612	+46	+14	+11	+6	=1	-2	+16	-4	+18	6½	2548
6.	Likavsky, Tomas	g	SVK	2485	+32	+48	+21	-5	+38	=4	+9	-3	+17	6½	2439
7.	Simutowe, Amon	m	ZAM	2459	+27	+41	-1	+55	+17	-3	+22	=11	+26	6½	2399
8.	Kasparov, Sergey	g	BLR	2486	+20	=42	+17	=13	+12	=16	-1	+39	=4	6	2415
9.	Poobalasingam, Peter S		ENG	2203	+61	+23	=3	-2	+41	+29	-6	+16	=11	6	2354
10.	Forsaa, Espen	f	NOR	2282	+63	+24	=2	-3	+42	=36	=17	=31	+30	6	2308
11.	Zozulia, Anna	m	BEL	2346	+56	+29	-5	-15	+40	+33	+38	=7	=9	6	2314
12.	Royset, Paal		NOR	2234	=59	+49	=35	+33	-8	+45	+15	-19	+32	6	2233
13.	Thomassen, Joachim	f	NOR	2357	+50	=35	+54	=8	-15	=31	=36	+29	+28	6	2272
14.	Kasparova, Tatiana	wm	BLR	2176	+66	-5	+27	+23	-16	=57	=29	+35	+31	6	2271
15.	Lovik, Lasse Ostebo		NOR	2143	=65	+79	=16	+11	+13	-1	-12	+56	+37	6	2349
16.	Westerinen, Heikki M.J	g	FIN	2376	+69	=45	=15	+22	+14	=8	-5	-9	+48	5½	2277
17.	Kovachev, Daniel Jakobsen		NOR	2202	+72	+58	-8	+25	-7	+32	=10	+22	-6	5½	2272
18.	Sowray, Peter J	f	ENG	2327	=49	+40	+45	+19	-4	-22	+42	+48	-5	5½	2275
19.	Tiller, Bj(/o)rn	m	NOR	2374	+67	=36	+42	-18	+39	+48	-3	+12	-2	5½	2313
20.	Haarr, Jon Kristian		NOR	1971	-8	+73	-34	+61	+24	=39	=28	=37	+36	5½	2191
21.	Lahlum, Hans Olav		NOR	2201	+71	+60	-6	=29	=35	=55	=41	=23	+53	5½	2187
22.	Thingstad, Even		NOR	2019	+91	=37	+28	-16	+34	+18	-7	-17	+41	5½	2314
23.	Haugstad, Espen		NOR	2032	+83	-9	+51	-14	+63	-47	+43	=21	+38	5½	2189
24.	Hagen, Anders Gjerdum		NOR	2084	+74	-10	-62	+52	-20	=51	+72	+63	+47	5½	2070
25.	Carlsen, Henrik		NOR	2067	+85	=28	=37	-17	+65	=26	=34	=41	+39	5½	2231
26.	Hanssen, Gunnar Berg		NOR	2232	+89	+44	-4	=48	=45	=25	+55	+36	-7	5½	2236
27.	Marks, Ian A		SCO	1934	-7	+82	-14	+60	=44	-34	+62	+51	+55	5½	2168
28.	Prakken, Gerrit	f	NED	2220	+52	=25	-22	=80	+53	=30	=20	+33	-13	5	2082
29.	Reynolds, D Ian W		ENG	2105	+78	-11	+52	=21	+43	-9	=14	-13	+56	5	2169
30.	Gandrud, Vegar Koi		NOR	2002	-2	+77	+60	=34	=31	=28	=37	+42	-10	5	2242
31.	Martinsen, Stig K		NOR	2161	+86	-4	+69	=40	=30	=13	+57	=10	-14	5	2186
32.	Flermoen, Peter		NOR	1936	-6	+90	-39	+51	+54	-17	+45	+34	-12	5	2212
33.	Tofte, Sondre Waage		NOR	2122	+76	-3	+89	-12	+56	-11	+46	-28	+57	5	2156
34.	Paleologu, Vladimir		SUI	2198	-58	+64	+20	=30	-22	+27	=25	-32	=35	4½	2001
35.	Granaldi, Alessandro		ITA	2082	+75	=13	=12	=37	=21	-38	+50	-14	=34	4½	2160
36.	Getz, Nicolai		NOR	2111	+70	=19	-38	+59	+47	=10	=13	-26	-20	4½	2163
37.	Royset, Jon K		NOR	2208	+62	=22	=25	=35	-48	+68	=30	=20	-15	4½	2013
38.	Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep		NOR	2180	+51	-1	+36	+44	-6	+35	-11	=53	-23	4½	2194
39.	Soraas, Torben		NOR	2178	-60	+72	+32	+62	-19	=20	+40	-8	-25	4½	2065
40.	Andreassen,Arnold		NOR	----	+57	-18	+46	=31	-11	+44	-39	-43	+67	4½	2130
41.	Hansen, Victor		NOR	2124	+82	-7	+63	=47	-9	+72	=21	=25	-22	4½	2113
42.	Pettersson, Tobias		SWE	2147	+73	=8	-19	+68	-10	+59	-18	-30	+71	4½	2144
43.	Jaeger, Frode Bull		NOR	2148	+77	-2	=56	+67	-29	=46	-23	+40	=50	4½	2046
44.	Edvardsen, Ragnar		NOR	2076	+81	-26	+58	-38	=27	-40	=52	+70	=54	4½	2033
45.	Danielsson, Robert		SWE	2100	+84	=16	-18	+75	=26	-12	-32	+60	=49	4½	2108
46.	Madland, Kristoffer		NOR	2004	-5	+66	-40	=58	+70	=43	-33	=64	+59	4½	2082
47.	Bjerke, Richard	f	NOR	2212	=92	+65	=55	=41	-36	+23	-48	+71	-24	4½	2043
48.	Arvola, Benjamin		NOR	2105	+90	-6	+61	=26	+37	-19	+47	-18	-16	4½	2192
49.	Carlsen, Ellen Oen		NOR	1874	=18	-12	=65	=76	=66	=75	+82	=55	=45	4½	2088
50.	Remman, Frank		NOR	1888	-13	-75	+78	-65	+77	+58	-35	+66	=43	4½	2065
51.	Asvang,Jon Fredrik		NOR	----	-38	+53	-23	-32	+90	=24	+80	-27	+69	4½	2009
52.	Lahlum, Ida		NOR	1828	-28	+85	-29	-24	=75	+76	=44	=67	+65	4½	2045
53.	Brasoy, Aksel		NOR	2004	-1	-51	+90	+89	-28	+61	+54	=38	-21	4½	2077
54.	De Andres Gonalons, Fernando		ESP	2127	=79	+92	-13	=56	-32	+67	-53	+77	=44	4½	1997
55.	Hafner, Christian		GER	2131	=64	+59	=47	-7	+80	=21	-26	=49	-27	4	2041
56.	Haug, Marianne Wold		NOR	1881	-11	+78	=43	=54	-33	+70	+68	-15	-29	4	2064
57.	Hobber, Anders		NOR	2012	-40	=71	+86	=70	+62	=14	-31	=59	-33	4	1965
58.	Joensen,John		FAI	----	+34	-17	-44	=46	=69	-50	-70	+84	+78	4	1990
59.	Sjol, Henrik		NOR	1860	=12	-55	+79	-36	+76	-42	+75	=57	-46	4	2028
60.	Handberg,Rune		NOR	----	+39	-21	-30	-27	=82	+84	=67	-45	+75	4	1994
61.	Carlsen, Ingrid Oen		NOR	1521	-9	+83	-48	-20	+64	-53	=66	=75	+76	4	1988
62.	Narvoy, Tore		NOR	1757	-37	+91	+24	-39	-57	=80	-27	=76	+77	4	2001
63.	Standal, Egil A		NOR	1864	-10	+74	-41	+85	-23	=66	+65	-24	=64	4	2015
64.	Taube,Gregor		NOR	----	=55	-34	-67	=77	-61	+85	+78	=46	=63	4	1917
65.	Eriksen,Magnus		NOR	----	=15	-47	=49	+50	-25	=69	-63	+68	-52	3½	1895
66.	Steinskog,Asbjorn O		NOR	----	-14	-46	+74	=69	=49	=63	=61	-50	=70	3½	1837
67.	Loberg, Jo Kristian		NOR	1924	-19	=70	+64	-43	+86	-54	=60	=52	-40	3½	1973
68.	Skage, Oystein Aagedal		NOR	1973	-3	+76	=75	-42	+71	-37	-56	-65	+81	3½	2001
69.	Adolfsson, Daniel		SWE	1930	-16	+84	-31	=66	=58	=65	-71	+82	-51	3½	1979
70.	Kjoita,Henning		NOR	----	-36	=67	+92	=57	-46	-56	+58	-44	=66	3½	1899
71.	Ronning,Are		NOR	----	-21	=57	-80	+82	-68	+86	+69	-47	-42	3½	1971
72.	Walther,Joachim		GER	----	-17	-39	=84	+79	+81	-41	-24	-78	+82	3½	1985
73.	Brokvam,Roy		NOR	----	-42	-20	-85	=74	=78	-77	=81	+86	+83	3½	1933
74.	Friberg,Reid Erik		NOR	----	-24	-63	-66	=73	=83	-79	+85	=81	+86	3½	1914
75.	Forsaa, Elise		NOR	----	-35	+50	=68	-45	=52	=49	-59	=61	-60	3	1777
76.	Stensen,Vegard		NOR	----	-33	-68	+83	=49	-59	-52	+84	=62	-61	3	1756
77.	Nordli,Anders Samuelsen		NOR	----	-43	-30	=81	=64	-50	+73	+86	-54	-62	3	1866
78.	Prohl,Frank		NOR	----	-29	-56	-50	=91	=73	+83	-64	+72	-58	3	1861
79.	Svendsen,Magne		NOR	----	=54	-15	-59	-72	+85	+74	.	.	.	2½	1964
80.	Walseth, Tron		NOR	1988	-4	=86	+71	=28	-55	=62	-51	.	.	2½	1989
81.	Kjoita,Torgeir		NOR	----	-44	-89	=77	+88	-72	-82	=73	=74	-68	2½	1820
82.	Nygreen,Ivan		NOR	----	-41	-27	+91	-71	=60	+81	-49	-69	-72	2½	1818
83.	Steinskog,Tom		NOR	----	-23	-61	-76	-90	=74	-78	+91	+85	-73	2½	1784
84.	Pedersen,Johnny Karl		NOR	----	-45	-69	=72	-86	+91	-60	-76	-58	+88	2½	1837
85.	Norbakken,Eirik		NOR	----	-25	-52	+73	-63	-79	-64	-74	-83	=91	1½	1700
86.	Johansson,Anders		SWE	----	-31	=80	-57	+84	-67	-71	-77	-73	-74	1½	1736
87.	Tveiten,David		NOR	----	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	+91	.	1
88.	Schaeffer,Janos		AUT	----	.	.	.	-81	.	+91	.	.	-84	1	1875
89.	Jacobsen, Mads-Holger		DEN	1831	-26	+81	-33	-53	.	.	.	.	.	1	1896
90.	Jakobsen,Oivind		NOR	----	-48	-32	-53	+83	-51	.	.	.	.	1	1769
91.	Johansen,Paul Ivar		NOR	----	-22	-62	-82	=78	-84	-88	-83	-87	=85	1	1624
92.	Smith, Brian		ENG	1803	=47	-54	-70	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	1840

22) 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

23) US Open

The 109th US Open took place in Dallas, Texas 2nd-10th August 2008. Enrico Sevillano, Alexander Shabalov and Rad Milovanovic all scored 8/9.

Official site: http://main.uschess.org/tournaments/2008/usopen/

US Open Dallas (USA), 2-10 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 (Merged) Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	TBrk1	TBrk2
1	Sevillano, Enrico	m	USA	2505	8.0	45.0	55.0
2	Shabalov, Alexander	g	USA	2611	8.0	43.5	47.5
3	Milovanovic, Rade	m	USA	2390	8.0	43.5	47.0
4	Root, Douglas	m	USA	2470	7.5	42.5	51.0
5	Yermolinsky, Alex	g	USA	2530	7.0	48.0	57.5
6	Mulyar, Michael A	m	USA	2382	7.0	48.0	57.0
7	Vaidya, C.N		IND	2145	7.0	47.0	56.0
8	Bradford, Joseph M	m	USA	2418	7.0	45.5	55.0
9	Parry, Matt J		USA	2270	7.0	44.5	54.0
10	Landaw, Julian W		USA	2246	7.0	43.0	47.0
11	Banawa, Joel Cholo B	f	USA	2300	7.0	42.0	51.0
12	Guadalupe, Francisco II		USA	2230	7.0	41.0	50.5
13	Studen, Damir		USA	2177	7.0	41.0	47.5
14	Adithya, Balasubramanian		IND	2135	7.0	40.0	49.5
15	Magness,Trevor		USA	----	7.0	40.0	48.5
16	Aigner, Michael USA		USA	2234	7.0	40.0	48.0
17	Yeager, Daniel A	f	USA	2335	7.0	37.0	41.0
18	Wasiluk, Kevin M		USA	2226	7.0	37.0	41.0
19	Blanco Fernandez ,Alvaro		MEX	2332	6.5	45.5	55.0
20	Battaglini, Gabriel		FRA	2341	6.5	45.5	54.0
21	Arnold, Marc		USA	2336	6.5	45.0	53.5
22	Tate, Emory	m	USA	2377	6.5	44.0	47.0
23	Powell, Mitchell		USA	1925	6.5	43.0	52.0
24	Hilton, Jonathan		USA	2244	6.5	42.5	51.0
25	Lu, Edward J		USA	2185	6.5	42.5	47.0
26	Holt, Conrad		USA	2219	6.5	41.0	48.0
27	Dean, Jim H	f	USA	2243	6.5	40.0	48.5
28	Toolin, Christopher		USA	2187	6.5	40.0	47.0
29	Shen, Victor C		USA	2118	6.5	40.0	44.5
30	Ogunmefun,Adekunle		USA	----	6.5	39.5	49.0
31	Del Mundo, Anton Paolo C	f	PHI	2334	6.5	39.5	47.0
32	Glorioso,Vincent		USA	----	6.5	39.5	43.0
33	Yang, Michael		USA	----	6.5	39.0	39.0
34	Shipman, Walter	m	USA	2224	6.5	37.5	45.5
35	Kuderinov, Kirill	m	KAZ	2422	6.0	45.0	49.0
36	Greanias, Steve		USA	2109	6.0	43.0	47.5
37	Van Meter, Lester	f	USA	2225	6.0	42.5	51.5
38	Zepeda, Lorena	wm	ESA	2161	6.0	42.0	51.0
39	Bayaraa, Zorigt	wf	MGL	2179	6.0	42.0	50.5
40	Schoonmaker, Nicholas		USA	2195	6.0	41.5	50.5
379 players

24) XXXIV Badalona Open

The XXXIV Badalona Open took place 1st-9th August 2008. Kidambi Sundararajan won the event with 7.5/9.

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

XXXIV Open Badalona (ESP), 1-9 viii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	FIDE	Pts.	Des 1	Des 3
1	Sundararajan Kidambi	IM	IND	2446	7,5	39,0	47,0
2	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2415	7,0	38,0	47,5
3	Panchanathan Magesh Chandran	GM	IND	2486	6,5	38,0	50,0
4	Pakleza Zbigniew	IM	POL	2495	6,5	34,5	44,5
5	Munoz Pantoja Miguel	IM	PER	2499	6,5	33,0	44,5
6	Almeida Quintana Omar	GM	CUB	2524	6,5	33,0	43,5
7	Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe		COL	2400	6,5	28,5	39,0
8	Moskalenko Viktor	GM	UKR	2569	6,0	34,0	49,5
9	Panelo Marcelo	IM	ARG	2414	6,0	33,0	46,5
10	Hernandez Ivan	FM	PER	2344	6,0	33,5	46,0
11	Cuartas Jaime Alexander	IM	COL	2495	6,0	33,0	45,5
12	Hernando Rodrigo Jose Maria	IM	ESP	2377	6,0	31,5	44,0
13	Vittorino Carlo Giovanni	FM	COL	2357	6,0	31,5	42,0
14	Lubczynski Rafal	IM	POL	2414	6,0	31,0	45,5
15	Rios Parra Mauricio	FM	COL	2349	6,0	30,5	42,0
16	Rojas Luis	IM	CHI	2406	6,0	29,5	41,5
17	Rios Alejandro	IM	COL	2340	6,0	29,0	39,0
18	Karlsson Lars	GM	SWE	2476	5,5	35,0	48,5
19	Cruz Filemon	FM	PER	2416	5,5	31,5	43,5
20	Vehi Bach Victor Manuel	IM	ESP	2411	5,5	31,0	44,0
21	Hernando Rodrigo Julio A	cm	ESP	2354	5,5	30,0	43,5
22	Alonso Moyano Jonathan	IM	ESP	2372	5,5	30,0	42,5
23	Buchenau Frank	FM	GER	2335	5,5	29,5	44,0
24	Larsen Karsten	FM	DEN	2337	5,5	29,5	43,0
25	Tscharotschkin Michael		GER	2236	5,5	29,0	42,0
26	Pile Richard	FM	FRA	2336	5,5	29,0	42,0
27	Gardela Batlle Jordi	cm	ESP	2184	5,5	28,0	41,0
28	Almeida Toledano Daniel	cm	ESP	2303	5,5	27,0	40,0
29	Ferreira Henrique Camara		BRA	2151	5,5	27,0	40,0
30	Sanchez Ibern Marc		ESP	2161	5,5	26,5	38,5
31	Ryan Joseph	FM	IRL	2331	5,0	28,5	40,0
32	Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria	FM	ESP	2385	5,0	27,0	39,5
33	Vilaisarn Akkhavanh		FRA	2231	5,0	27,0	41,0
34	Gutierrez Anso Jose		ESP	2076	5,0	26,5	43,0
35	Camino Carrio Nicanor		ESP	2196	5,0	26,0	39,5
36	Cuartas Medina Jorge Humberto	FM	COL	2302	5,0	25,5	42,0
37	Galje Hans		NED	2120	5,0	25,0	38,5
38	Lacasta Palacios Joaquim	cm	ESP	2114	5,0	25,0	38,5
39	Castaner Halster Xavier	cm	ESP	2202	5,0	25,0	39,5
40	Guski Dietmar		GER	2123	5,0	22,0	34,0
41	Carrasco Leon Jose Francisco		ESP	2058	5,0	20,5	35,5
42	Molano Lafuente Ismael		ESP	2107	5,0	20,0	33,0
43	Humeau Cyril		FRA	2170	4,5	29,0	47,5
107 players

25) XVIII La Pobla de Lillet Open

The XVIII La Pobla de Lillet Open took place 2nd-10th August 2008. Azer Mirzoev won the event with 8/9. Games from round 6-8 are missing.

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

XVIII Open La Pobla de Lillet (ESP), 2-10 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Mirzoev Azer	GM	AZE	2565	8,0	49,0	53,5	42,5
2	Movsziszian Karen	GM	ARM	2560	7,0	47,5	51,0	37,0
3	Reinaldo Castiñeira Roi	IM	ESP	2504	7,0	45,0	49,0	35,0
4	Matnadze Ana	IM	GEO	2411	6,5	50,5	54,5	37,5
5	Guramishvili Sopiko	WIM	GEO	2302	6,5	48,0	52,5	35,5
6	Granados Gomez Manuel	IM	ESP	2407	6,5	45,5	50,0	33,0
7	Perez Campos Adria		ESP	2206	6,5	40,0	44,0	27,5
8	Oms Fuentes Lluis	FM	ESP	2338	6,0	44,5	48,0	32,0
9	Martorell Aubanell Adria		ESP	2159	6,0	41,0	44,5	31,0
10	Danelia Mariam	WFM	GEO	2185	5,5	50,5	53,5	34,5
11	Tarrago Antoni Maurici		ESP	2219	5,5	48,0	52,5	31,5
12	Companyo Pagerols Josep M.		ESP	2090	5,5	43,5	47,0	27,0
13	Lopez Forn Marc		ESP	1881	5,5	43,5	46,5	28,5
14	Capellades Subirana Marc		ESP	2265	5,5	41,5	45,5	30,5
15	Garcia Castellote Daniel		ESP	1874	5,5	40,0	44,0	26,0
16	Segarra Calderer Albert		ESP	2080	5,5	38,0	41,0	25,0
17	Gallart Zafra Jaume		ESP	2185	5,5	37,5	41,0	26,5
18	Ayza Ballester Jordi	FM	ESP	2277	5,0	47,5	52,0	31,0
19	Lorca Cortada David		ESP	2068	5,0	46,0	49,0	29,0
20	Prats Rodriguez Juan Bosco		ESP	2101	5,0	42,5	45,5	27,5
64 players

26) Maestro Festival Berdsk

The Maestro Festival took place in Berdsk, 8th-16th July 2008. Roman Popov took first place with 8/9.

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

Maestro Open Berdsk (RUS), 8-16 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	BH.	BH.	ratP
1	IM	Popov Roman	2311	RUS	8,0	53,0	40,5	2465
2	FM	Bocharov Ivan	2447	RUS	7,5	54,5	42,5	2476
3	IM	Kron Valentin	2420	RUS	7,0	50,0	38,5	2274
4		Pavlov Oleg	2307	RUS	7,0	49,5	37,5	2362
5		Dibrov Ilya	2269	RUS	7,0	49,0	37,0	2337
6	FM	Feofanov Vladimir	2298	RUS	6,5	49,0	37,0	2120
7		Glukhov Mikhail	2237	RUS	6,5	45,0	35,0	2202
8		Shkurkin Nikolai	2185	RUS	6,5	43,5	33,5	2207
9		Beletsky Alexey	2357	RUS	6,5	41,5	32,0	1997
10		Galaktionov Pavel	2192	RUS	6,5	41,5	32,0	1988
11		Samkov Maxim	2161	RUS	6,0	51,5	40,0	2256
12	FM	Korobkin Maxim	2363	RUS	6,0	48,5	39,0	2193
13		Sazhinov Alexander	2280	RUS	6,0	48,5	37,0	2165
14	WFM	Danilyuk Olga	2100	KAZ	6,0	48,0	37,0	2164
15		Krivonos Nikolay	2306	RUS	6,0	47,0	37,0	2281
16		Volontinas Ivan	2164	RUS	6,0	45,0	35,0	2162
17		Kozlov Vadim	2150	RUS	6,0	41,0	32,5	1941
18		Fellenger Alexander	2148	RUS	6,0	40,5	32,0	1975
19		Mogila Vladimir	2100	KAZ	5,5	53,5	41,5	2332
20		Pakhomov Egor	2184	RUS	5,5	49,5	39,0	2067
21		Pushilin Artem	2169	RUS	5,5	48,5	39,0	2254
22		Dolgov Alexander	2043	RUS	5,5	47,5	37,5	2126
23		Mokhov Leonid	2149	RUS	5,5	47,0	36,5	1878
24		Tsepennikov Arseny	2100	RUS	5,5	46,0	36,5	2241
25		Golovan Igor	2146	RUS	5,5	45,5	36,0	1987
26		Maleev Pavel	2100	RUS	5,5	45,0	36,5	2160
27	FM	Degterev Alexander	2333	RUS	5,5	44,5	35,0	2161
28	WFM	Tsepennikova Tatyana	2124	RUS	5,5	44,0	33,0	1948
29		Stavskaya Olga	2064	RUS	5,5	43,0	33,5	2019
30		Lesin Danil	2258	RUS	5,5	43,0	33,5	2002
31		Medvedev Emelian	2021	RUS	5,5	43,0	33,5	1982
32		Sevostianov Vladimir	2233	RUS	5,5	42,5	34,0	2062
33		Baboyan Eduard	2125	RUS	5,5	42,0	31,0	1936
34		Agafonov Alexey	2149	RUS	5,5	38,0	30,0	1893
115 players

27) Ladoga Summer

The Ladoga Summer tournament took place in Novaya Ladoga 1st-11th July 2008. Vladimir Hamitevici won the event with 7½/9.

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

Ladoga Summer Novaya Ladoga (RUS), 1-9 vii 2008												cat. III (2310)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Hamitevici, Vladimir	f	MDA	2347	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2578
2.	Gusev, Vladimir A	f	RUS	2391	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2466
3.	Anjuhin, Alex	m	RUS	2346	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2385
4.	Diulger, Alexey	m	MDA	2340	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	5½	2386
5.	Abramov, Valentin	f	RUS	2339	0	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	5	2349
6.	Sedov, Aleksandr	f	RUS	2246	0	½	½	0	1	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2317
7.	Mishuchkov, Nikolai M	f	RUS	2371	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	4	2260
8.	Hermanov, Alexander	m	UKR	2295	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	3½	2231
9.	Sysolyatin, Evgeny	f	RUS	2335	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	3	2182
10.	Shalaev, Nikolay		ISR	2089	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0

28) 8th Saint-Chely d'Aubrac Open

The 8th Saint-Chely d'Aubrac Open took place 13th-19th July 2008. Jean Marc Degraeve took first place on tie-break from Andrei Sokolov and Jean Noel Riff after all finished with 7.5/9.

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

8th Open Saint-Chely d'Aubrac (FRA), 13-19 vii 2008
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	Bu.	Perf.	FFE
1	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2523	7,5	55,5	2556	2510
2	SOKOLOV Andrei	g	FRA	2561	7,5	54,5	2592	2543
3	RIFF Jean-Noel	m	FRA	2481	7,5	52,5	2556	2563
4	KARPATCHEV Aleksandr	g	RUS	2460	7	56	2496	2489
5	NASS Emile		FRA	2105	6,5	48	2216	2368
6	NETZER Jacques		FRA	2116	6	51	2167	2227
7	MUHEIM Sebastien		FRA	2013	6	47	2094	2168
8	SAUCEY Michel	f	FRA	2348	5,5	53	2270	2217
9	FURRER Marc		SUI	2121	5,5	49,5	2149	2176
10	MULLER Anne	mf	FRA	2179	5,5	48	2194	2197
11	DESBOEUFS Alexandre		SUI	2026	5,5	46,5	2071	2085
12	BAEUMLIN Francois		FRA	1995	5,5	46	1950	1929
13	KIECKEN Jean-Marc		FRA	1978	5,5	43	1965	1947
14	STEPENKO Roman		FRA	1580	5,5	43	1908	2124
15	CARNO Matthias		FRA	1956	5,5	40,5	1910	1886
16	DUFFAU Pascal		FRA	2019	5,5	40	1964	1956
17	ROIGNOT Pierre		FRA	2029	5	47	2009	1998
18	LAGUNES Jean-Renaud		FRA	2047	5	46,5	2028	2021
19	MAYET Lucas		FRA	1695	5	45,5	1962	2036
20	MOURGUES Joelle		FRA	1767	5	43	1913	1954
21	HUIN Eric		FRA	1956	5	42,5	1908	1898
22	GUILLAUMAT Jean-Pierre		FRA	1969	5	42	1858	1796
23	RABIER Jean		FRA	1914	5	41,5	1921	1922
24	TANGUY Fabien		FRA	2062	5	41	1816	1663
25	JOLI Laurent		FRA	1911	4,5	47	1899	1895
115 players

29) Perm IM

The Perm IM tournament took place 11th-19th June 2008. Vitaly Shinkevich took first place with 7/9.

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

IM Perm (RUS), 11-19 vi 2008												cat. III (2301)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Shinkevich, Vitaly	m	RUS	2518	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	7	2496
2.	Syrchikov, Alexander	f	RUS	2236	½	*	1	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	6½	2473
3.	Lavretzkij, Roman	m	BLR	2332	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	5	2340
4.	Khamitskiy, Sergei	m	BLR	2322	0	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	5	2341
5.	Terekhin, Anatoly	f	RUS	2336	½	½	½	½	*	0	1	1	½	0	4½	2296
6.	Matveeva, Olga	wf	RUS	2200	0	1	0	0	1	*	0	0	1	1	4	2268
7.	Hojamgulyev, Bahodur		TKM	2256	0	½	½	½	0	1	*	½	0	½	3½	2225
8.	Gavrjushin, Oleg	f	KAZ	2373	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	½	½	3½	2212
9.	Davydov, Stepan		RUS	2174	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	½	*	0	3	2189
10.	Ostanin, Vadim		RUS	2259	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	1	*	3	2180

30) Pays de Charleroi

The "Pays de Charleroi" International Tournament took place July 26th - August 2nd, 2008. Jan Plachetka and Mher Hovhanisian finished on 6/9. There was an open tournament alongside. Games from rounds 4 and 8 from the open are missing.

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

TIPC GM Charleroi BEL (BEL), 26 vii-2 viii 2008												cat. IX (2454)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Plachetka, Jan	g	SVK	2381	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2587
2.	Hovhanisian, Mher	m	ARM	2458	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2578
3.	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	g	BEL	2562	0	½	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	5½	2522
4.	Kraemer, Martin	m	GER	2456	½	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2533
5.	Gharamian, Tigran	m	FRA	2560	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	5	2485
6.	Terrieux, Kevin	f	FRA	2360	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5	2507
7.	Rausis, Igor	g	CZE	2486	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	4½	2450
8.	Van der Stricht, Geert	m	BEL	2426	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	0	0	3	2332
9.	Michiels, Bart	m	BEL	2442	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	*	½	2½	2289
10.	Vandevoort, Pascal	m	BEL	2409	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	2	2239

TIPC Open Charlesroi (BEL), 26 vii-2 viii 2008
Pl	t	Name	Pts	ELO	Perf
1	m	Colin Vincent	7.5	2226	2533
2	m	Laurent Bruno	7.0	2175	2411
3	g	Sumets Andrey	7.0	2149	2459
4		Dessomme François	7.0	1888	2145
5	f	Le Quang Kim	6.5	2191	2368
6	f	Wiley Tom E	6.5	2179	2357
7		Akhayan Ruben	6.5	2161	2336
8		Noiroux Kevin	6.5	2071	2242
9	f	Van Mechelen Jan	6.5	2008	2215
10	m	Saiboulatov Daniyal	6.0	2111	2261
11		Dumont André	6.0	2066	2198
12		Lafosse Jimmy	6.0	2061	2172
13		Sarrau Jelle	6.0	2021	2154
14		Dal Borgo Albin	6.0	2012	2165
15		Van De Perre Tom	6.0	2011	2147
16		Remy Joel	6.0	2000	2125
17		Sclacmender Julien	6.0	1995	2129
18		Uhoda Philippe	6.0	1972	2107
19		Delange Olivier	6.0	1955	2047
20		Schaeken Yordi	6.0	1934	2062
21		Lhost Geoffrey	6.0	1908	2040
22		Vanhee Freddy	6.0	1848	1996
115 players

31) 13th Pannonia Cup

The 13th Pannonia Cup took place in Balatonalmádi (Hungary) 30th July - 3rd August 2008. Norbert Szelenyi, Peter Sardy and Miklos Galyas finished on 6/7. The 9 round Villamverseny Balatonalmadi tournament was won by Peter Hardicsay with 8/9. My thanks to Imre Fancsy for the news. Games to follow.

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

13th Pannonia Cup (HUN), 30 vii-3 viii 2008
1.	Szelenyi, Norbert	2373	6.0	34.5	28.75	25.0	2459	+0.61
	Sardy, Peter	2295	6.0	32.5	27.50	25.0	2446	+1.16
	Galyas, Miklos	2463	6.0	28.5	23.75	23.0	2449	-0.08
4.	Sulyok, Sandor	2291	5.5	33.5	26.00	23.5	2342	+0.46
	Forgacs, Attila	2197	5.5	33.5	24.50	22.5	2299	+0.93
	Kimpinsky, Frank	2242	5.5	31.0	22.50	24.5	2329	+0.85
	Kovacs, Elod	2231	5.5	30.0	21.25	24.0	2355	+1.13
8.	Zentai, Peter	2181	5.0	31.5	20.50	22.5	2296	+1.17
	Konnyu, Janos	2314	5.0	31.5	22.75	21.0	2201	-0.76
	Petran, Peter	2331	5.0	31.0	20.75	22.0	2269	-0.38
	Kiss, Kinga	2089	5.0	30.0	19.50	22.5	2235	+1.22
	Kovacs, David	2201	5.0	29.5	19.75	23.0	2234	+0.46
	Varga, Klara	1940	5.0	29.0	19.00	19.5	2287	+2.66
	Vargyas, Zoltan	2173	5.0	28.5	19.50	21.0	2200	+0.44
	Csolig, Robert	2161	5.0	28.5	18.50	20.0	2165	+0.24
	Reznak, Attila	2094	5.0	28.0	19.75	22.0	2259	+1.24
	Jonas, Zsolt	2174	5.0	27.5	18.00	20.0	2138	-0.11
	Hardicsay, Peter	2295	5.0	27.5	18.50	19.0	2150	-0.96
	Haszon, David	2062	5.0	27.0	18.25	20.0	2076	+0.13
	Bencsura, Barnabas	2013	5.0	24.5	14.50	19.0	2154	+1.09
21.	Domonkos, Daniel	2047	4.5	32.5	19.50	21.0	2267	+1.70
	Szegi, Tomas	2268	4.5	31.0	18.25	20.5	2118	-1.14
	Oltean, Gusztav	2127	4.5	28.5	16.25	20.0	2045	-0.44
	Frank, Jozsef	2187	4.5	28.5	17.75	19.0	2067	-0.94
	Dudas, Eszter	2108	4.5	28.0	15.25	19.0	2083	-0.04
	Piroska, Istvan	2133	4.5	26.5	14.75	19.0	2065	-0.34
	Balazs, Andras	2004	4.5	26.5	13.75	18.5	2078	+0.60
	Knisch, Gabor	2032	4.5	26.0	14.50	17.0	2017	-0.03
	Medvegy, Judit	2035	4.5	26.0	15.00	16.5	2017	-0.08
	Nagy, Zoltan	1979	4.5	25.5	13.00	17.0	1982	+0.11
	Manyoki, Anna	2053	4.5	24.5	14.00	18.0	2017	-0.23
	Posta, Joe	0000	4.5	24.0	14.75	16.5	2016	+1.00
33.	Gaal, Ede	2097	4.0	32.5	16.00	20.5	2170	+0.75
122 players

32) 19th Czech Open

The 19th Czech Open took place 10th-27th July 2008 in Pardubice, Czech Open. This is one of the very biggest festivals and there were many events, the strongest of which are below and in the games section. Eldar Gasanov won the A Open with 7.5/9. Dmitry Chuprov won the rapid on tie-break after scoring 7.5/9 and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov did so badly he didn't even finish the tournament. An additional nice game from the 8th round is now available.

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

33) 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 are now available.

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

34) Curacao Open

The Curacao Open took place 26th July - 4th August 2008. Larry Christiansen, Luis Javier Bernal Boro and Joel Benjamin finished tied for first on 7/9. No games available.

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

8th Curacao Chess Festival (CUR), 26 vii -4 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Place	Name	Feder	Rtg	Pts	Buch.	M-Buch.	Progr.
1-3	CHRISTIANSEN, Larry	USA	2577	7	52.5	41.0	37.5
	BERNAL MORO, Luis Javier	ESP	2424	7	51.0	41.5	40.5
	BENJAMIN, Joel	USA	2577	7	51.0	39.5	34.5
4-9	WERLE, Jan	NED	2591	6	53.5	42.5	36.0
	FRIDMAN, Daniel	GER	2637	6	51.5	41.0	35.0
	SWINKELS, Robin	NED	2459	6	51.0	39.5	32.5
	CARLSSON, Pontus	SWE	2514	6	47.5	37.0	33.0
	WILLEMZE, Thomas	NED	2398	6	46.5	36.0	30.0
	BOHM, Hans	NED	2323	6	38.5	31.0	30.0
10-12	ZATONSKIH, Anna	USA	2446	5.5	47.5	37.5	30.0
	MENSING, Fabio	AHO	2112	5.5	40.5	31.5	27.0
	IZIJK, Jimmy	AHO		5.5	36.0	28.0	20.5
13-18	ROOSE, Alex	AHO	2131	5	44.0	35.0	27.0
	GABALDON GOMEZ, Miguel Angel	ESP	2204	5	44.0	35.0	26.0
	LOPEZ, Jasel	ARU		5	43.0	33.0	24.5
	FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ, Juan	ESP	2065	5	42.5	33.5	24.0
	SWINKELS, Maurice	NED	1949	5	38.5	29.5	20.0
	MADURO, Sherman	AHO	2045	5	35.5	27.5	22.0
19-21	BETANCOURT, Pedro	VEN	2123	4.5	45.5	35.0	23.5
	RAPHAEL, Christopher	TRI	1910	4.5	40.0	30.5	21.0
	LOPEZ, Juste	ARU	1941	4.5	38.5	30.5	19.5
22-28	RAMOS, Cesar	VEN	2158	4	46.5	36.5	24.0
	SALLOUM, Justin	TRI	1951	4	41.0	34.0	22.5
	PARICHARAK, Shardul	AHO	2011	4	38.5	31.5	24.5
	ARENDS, Andre	ARU		4	34.0	27.0	15.0
	PARICHARAK, Nakul	AHO		4	32.5	25.0	13.0
	MATHEU, Edwald	ARU		4	32.0	25.5	12.5
	SAGREDO, Claudio	AHO	1926	4	29.5	22.5	15.0
29-32	SWINKELS, Jos	NED	2074	3.5	40.0	32.0	22.5
	CHRISTIANSEN, Natasha	USA	1963	3.5	39.5	32.5	16.5
	RUIZ, Gregory	AHO		3.5	33.0	25.5	17.0
	OLSEN, Steffan	SWE		3.5	31.5	20.5	13.5
33-36	HODGSON, Norman	AHO		3	38.0	29.0	14.0
	ZALM, Norman	AHO	1875	3	37.5	30.5	16.5
	PICUS, Marlon	AHO		3	32.5	25.5	15.0
	VAN BEEK, Ard	NED	2049	3	21.5	14.0	9.0
37	RICHARDSON, Quirino	AHO	1831	2.5	34.0	25.5	10.5
38-39	MAHMOOD, Georgio	AHO		2	38.5	29.5	15.0
	WINKLAAR, Tito	AHO		2	32.0	25.0	10.0
40	SALIM-MOUSSA, Seydi	AHO		1.5	35.0	28.5	11.5
41	POP, Serapio	AHO		0	8.5	8.5	0.0

35) XV Nice Open

The XV Nice Open (Thierry Foissez Memorial) took place 4th-10th August 2008. Vladimir Epishin won with 7.5/9. I couldn't find any games.

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

XV Summer Open Nice (FRA), 4-10 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Elo	Pts	Bu.	Me.	Perf
1	EPISHIN Vladimir	g	2574	7½	50½	29½	2621
2	FRANCO ALONSO Alejandro	m	2472	6½	53	30	2501
3	MARHOLEV Dimitar	m	2366	6½	52½	29½	2500
4	KARPATCHEV Aleksandr	g	2460	6½	52½	29	2472
5	SULAVA Nenad	g	2492	6	53	30	2487
6	MRDJA Milan	m	2409	6	52½	29½	2385
7	SANCHEZ Joseph	m	2486	6	52	29	2408
8	BRIH Said		2230	6	50	28½	2297
9	JUNCA Stephane		2060	6	49	27	2198
10	BUJISHO Benjamin	m	2402	6	48	27½	2299
11	ANDONOV Bogomil	m	2326	6	47	26½	2214
12	BRESSAC Stephane		2028	6	45	24½	2150
13	SAMUEL Christian		1916	5½	42½	23½	1999
14	CAYLA Jonathan		1867	5½	40	22½	1954
15	MOSIONZHIK Ilya	f	2197	5	48½	27½	2166
16	BES Stephane		2126	5	47½	25½	2110
17	MONTOLIO BENEDICTO Cesar		1987	5	45½	26	2054
18	GERTOSIO Franck		1983	5	42½	23	2066
19	PROVANG Bruno		1780	5	42	24	1979
20	MAIFFRET Patrick		1952	5	41	23	1972
21	ERSHOV Ruslan		1942	5	40½	22½	1961
22	DUBOIS Martine	mf	2008	5	39½	23	1886
23	POBEDONOSTZEFF Franck		1864	5	39	21	1812
24	PERROIS Aurelien		1748	5	38	21½	1847
25	DELSENY Serge		2010	4½	45½	25	2014
55 players

36) Acropolis Open

The 23rd Acropolis 2008 International Open Chess Tournament takes place in Athens, Greece, 9th-17th August 2008.

84 chessplayers from 22 countries compete. "Acropolis" is Greece's longest-standing traditional competitive chess event, with its 23rd edition taking place this year.

Top rated players are: Smirin (ISR) 2637, Graf (GER) 2621, Gelashvili (GEO) 2612, Parligras (ROM) 2588, Svetushkin (MDA) 2587, Kotanjian (ARM) 2578, Banikas (GRE) 2572, Kolev (BUL) 2565 etc.

After the 3rd round on Monday, GMs Smirin, Parligras, Gelashvili and Salgado Lopez are leading with 3/3 followed by 10 players with 2½/3.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.gr/acropolis2008

37) 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).

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

38) 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.

Official site: http://www.chesslyga.lt/panevezys2008

39) 17th Kavala Open

The 17th Kavala Open took place 31st July - 7th August 2008. Stelios Halkias edged out Alexander Graf on tie-break after both finished on 7/9.

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

17th Open Kavala (GRE), 31 vii-7 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	Res.	Fide	BH.	SB.	vict
1	Halkias Stelios	GM	GRE	2579	7	½	37	50½	38,00	5
2	Graf Alexander	GM	GER	2621	7	½	36	48½	36,75	6
3	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2568	6½	0	34½	51	35,75	4
4	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2588	6½	0	34	49	34,75	4
5	Georgiev Kiril	GM	BUL	2671	6½	0	33½	51½	36,25	4
6	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	GM	UKR	2628	6½	0	32	50½	36,00	4
7	Orlov Andrey	IM	RUS	2501	6½	0	32	45	31,50	5
8	Janssen Ruud	IM	NED	2503	6½	0	31½	45½	31,75	5
9	Nevednichy Vladislav	GM	ROU	2577	6½	0	30½	45	32,00	4
10	Kotanjian Tigran	GM	ARM	2578	6	0	37½	52	31,75	5
11	Milanovic Danilo	IM	SRB	2529	6	0	35½	48	30,50	5
12	Kuljasevic Davorin	IM	CRO	2501	6	0	33	50½	32,75	3
13	Kiewra Keaton F	FM	USA	2336	6	0	33	48½	30,00	4
14	Burmakin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2625	6	0	32½	50	32,50	4
15	Romanishin Oleg M	GM	UKR	2530	6	0	32½	47	29,50	4
16	Chadaev Nikolai	IM	RUS	2535	6	0	32½	46½	29,25	3
17	Gelashvili Tamaz	GM	GEO	2612	6	0	32	51½	33,25	4
18	Pavlovic Milos M	IM	SRB	2537	6	0	32	48½	31,25	4
19	Frolyanov Dmitry	GM	RUS	2567	6	0	31½	50	32,25	4
20	Oleksienko Mikhailo	GM	UKR	2588	6	0	31½	49	31,75	3
21	Kharitonov Alexandr	GM	RUS	2531	6	0	31½	48	31,50	3
22	Perunovic Milos	GM	SRB	2589	6	0	31½	48	31,00	3
23	Papin Vasily	IM	RUS	2478	6	0	31	47½	29,75	4
24	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2517	6	0	30½	47	29,50	4
25	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2416	6	0	28½	42½	26,50	5
26	Dzagnidze Nana	IM	GEO	2458	6	0	27	43½	25,50	6
27	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2587	5½	0	33	51½	30,75	5
28	Deviatkin Andrei	GM	RUS	2567	5½	0	31	50	30,00	4
29	Danielian Elina	IM	ARM	2495	5½	0	31	48½	28,25	3
30	Berescu Alin	GM	ROU	2489	5½	0	30½	48½	28,75	2
31	Zivanic Marko	IM	SRB	2477	5½	0	30½	46½	26,50	4
32	Magalashvili Davit	IM	GEO	2480	5½	0	30½	46½	26,25	3
33	Bosiocic Marin	IM	CRO	2540	5½	0	30	47½	28,00	4
34	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GM	GRE	2563	5½	0	30	47	27,50	2
35	Sulypa Alexandre	GM	UKR	2476	5½	0	29½	49	27,25	3
36	Sulashvili Malkhaz	IM	GEO	2499	5½	0	29½	47	27,75	3
37	Nikolov Momchil	IM	BUL	2500	5½	0	29½	44	26,00	4
38	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	IM	IND	2414	5½	0	29	46½	26,25	3
39	Doric Darko	IM	CRO	2492	5½	0	28½	44½	25,25	3
40	Margvelashvili Giorgi	IM	GEO	2477	5½	0	28½	43½	24,75	4
41	Shavtvaladze Nikoloz	IM	GEO	2435	5½	0	28	42½	22,75	4
42	Saravanan V	IM	IND	2405	5½	0	27½	49½	28,75	3
43	Maric Alisa	IM	SRB	2412	5½	0	26½	43½	25,00	3
44	Arsovic Goran	IM	SRB	2469	5½	0	26½	41	22,75	4
45	Kapnisis Spyridon	IM	GRE	2405	5½	0	26	42	22,75	4
46	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2468	5½	0	25½	46	26,00	4
47	Aginian Nelly	WGM	ARM	2301	5½	0	25½	44½	24,75	4
48	Dagkakis Panagiotis		GRE	2244	5½	0	23	40	23,75	4
49	Timoshenko Georgy	GM	UKR	2572	5	0	29½	45½	24,50	2
50	Meijers Viesturs	GM	LAT	2496	5	0	29	47½	24,25	3
51	Petrov Marijan	IM	BUL	2490	5	0	29	45½	21,50	4
52	Radulski Julian	GM	BUL	2516	5	0	29	44½	22,00	4
53	Grigorov Grigor	IM	BUL	2465	5	0	28	47	24,25	3
54	Marjanovic Slavoljub	GM	SRB	2479	5	0	28	44½	22,50	3
55	Arsovic Zoran	IM	SRB	2475	5	0	28	43½	20,75	4
56	Lajthajm Borko	GM	SRB	2513	5	0	27½	44	23,00	2
57	Boskovic Drasko	IM	SRB	2455	5	0	27½	44	19,50	4
58	Azaladze Shota		GEO	2370	5	0	27½	43	21,50	2
59	Nalbandian Tigran	GM	ARM	2476	5	0	27½	42	19,75	3
60	Jojua Davit	IM	GEO	2488	5	0	26½	44½	22,00	4
61	Hadzimanolis Antonios	FM	GRE	2306	5	0	26½	39	16,75	4
62	Schneider Igor	FM	USA	2338	5	0	26	43½	22,50	3
63	Prathamesh Sunil Mokal	IM	IND	2358	5	0	26	43	22,00	3
64	Stojanovic Andjelija	WGM	SRB	2359	5	0	26	38	17,50	4
65	Zawadzka Jolanta	WGM	POL	2389	5	0	25½	42	20,00	3
66	Sedlak Nikola	GM	SRB	2576	5	0	25	42	23,25	3
67	Rudolf Anna	WGM	HUN	2337	5	0	25	39	19,00	4
68	Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei		ROU	2415	5	0	24	43	21,25	3
69	Filippas Sebastian		GRE	2240	5	0	23½	41½	20,00	4
70	Dimitrov Radoslav	IM	BUL	2400	5	0	22½	35	18,00	4
71	Gogolis Alexandros	FM	GRE	2283	5	0	21½	35½	17,25	3
72	Davarashvili Nodar		GEO	2221	5	0	21	38	17,75	4
73	Goumas Georgios		GRE	2276	5	0	20½	38	17,50	4
74	Charkhalashvili Inga	WGM	GEO	2318	4½	0	26	45½	20,75	2
75	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IM	IND	2411	4½	0	24½	46	21,25	2
168 players

40) Magnus Carlsen ICC Exhibition

Magnus Carlsen plays a simultaneous exhibition in aid of Dusan Popovic who has chronic kidney failure. The exhibition takes place on ICC on August 11th 2008 (Carlsen is playing the exhibition as I write).

Serbian GM Dusan Popovic tragically took ill earlier this year and diagnosed with chronic kidney failure and now is in urgent need of a transplant. You can read more about;Dusan's plight here

Details at: http://www.chessclub.com/

41) Forthcoming Events and Links

Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial in Moscow (GUM, Exhibition Hall- very close to Red Square) takes place in 17th-31st August 2008. The players are: Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Alekseev, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Gata Kamsky, Ruslan Ponomariov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Peter Leko and Boris Gelfand.

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

12th Essent Chess Tournament

The 12th edition of the Essent Chess Tournament takes place October 17th-25th 2008. The location is the city of Hoogeveen. Just like last year there are several competitions: a Crown Group, a strong Essent Open, an Amateur Tournament and an event for youth.

Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl/index2008.htm

New England Masters

The New England Masters takes place August 11th-15th at the Blackstone Chess Academy (To Kalon Club), 26 Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It will form part of the Blackstone Chess Festival along with a weekend tournament, the Blackstone Chess Festival Open, which will take place from August 16th-17th 2008.

44 players from 10 different nations, including 4 GMs, 9 IMs, 11 FMs and 1 WFM, will battle it out over 9 rounds for a chance to win some of the $3,300 prize fund as well as, probably more importantly to most of them, getting a shot at scoring a GM or IM norm.

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

Preview of the tournament by Chris Bird

Mindsports

The World Mindsports games takes place in Beijing, China after the Olympics 3rd -18th October 2008.

Official site: http://www.2008wmsg.org/

Further details: http://players.chessdom.com/world-mind-sports-games-participants and http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3069-entries-for-1st-world-mind-sports-games

35th Manresa International Open

35th Manresa (Spain) International Open take place 12th-20th August 2008.

Details: http://www.escacscatalonia.org/infoopenpdf.pdf and http://www.ajedreznd.com/2008/manresains.htm

23rd Parla International Open

The 23rd Parla (Spain) International Open takes place 6th-14th September 2008.

Details: http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/torneos/torneo.asp?torneo=08090600

XVI Albacete International Open

The XVI Albacete (Spain) International Open takes place 1st-6th September 2008.

Details: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2008/albacete.html

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

VI Transcarpathian Rapidtournament Chess Decyk

VI Transcarpathian Rapidtournament "Chess Decyk" Ukraine, Uzhgorod, 28-29.08.2008

Organizers of tournament: Chess Federation of Uzhgorod Organizational committee: B. Borshosh, A. Samoylenko, V. Prokopishin Place: Ukraine, Uzhgorod, Pub-museum "Deca u notaria", Gagarin street, 98 Also Traditional Beer blitz-tournament will take place in Pub-museum "Deca u notaria"! Phone: +380503723900, +380503179153, (+3803122) 2-25-87 E-mail: chessfeduzh@rambler.ru Details: http://www.chessfeduzh.narod.ru

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

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/

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

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/

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.