THE WEEK IN CHESS 719 18th 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, Spiros Ilandzis, Chris Bird, George Mirijanian, Boris Zlender, Gerard Demuydt, Lubomir Ftacnik, John Henderson, Patricia Claros Aguilar, Haroon Or Rashid, Imre Fancsy and everyone else who helped with the issue.

After some months of uncertain results Levon Aronian played himself into form just in time for the Grand Slam in Bilbao. He took clear first place in Sochi with 8½/13 half a point clear of Teimour Radjabov. Wang Yue finished in joint 3rd with Gata Kamsky and played some impressive chess along the way. The elite chess continues with the start of the Tal Memorial with Vladimir Kramnik hoping to find some form for his world title challenge against Viswanathan Anand in October. Kramnik got off to a good start by beating Alexei Shirov.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Event Sochi

The 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament took place in Sochi 31st July - 14th August 2008. Levon Aronian took clear first place with 8.5/13 half a point clear of Teimour Radjabov.

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.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2737	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2816
2.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2744	½	*	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	8	2792
3.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2704	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	7½	2765
4.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2723	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	7½	2764
5.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2738	½	1	½	½	*	1	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	1	7	2735
6.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2709	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	7	2737
7.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2727	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	7	2735
8.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2781	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	½	6½	2702
9.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2717	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2707
10.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2728	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	6	2677
11.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2687	0	0	½	1	1	0	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	6	2681
12.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2720	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	5½	2650
13.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2646	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	4	2572
14.	Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	g	QAT	2556	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	*	4	2579

Round 11 (August 12, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	26	E15	Queens Indian
Wang Yue	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	44	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Gashimov, Vugar	1-0	52	A61	Benoni
Karjakin, Sergey	- Cheparinov, Ivan	1-0	54	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	37	E61	King's Indian Defence
Navara, David	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	55	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	- Svidler, Peter	0-1	42	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 12 (August 13, 2008)
Radjabov, Teimour	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	26	C45	Scotch Game
Wang Yue	- Navara, David	½-½	69	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Kamsky, Gata	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	47	A30	English Symmetrical
Svidler, Peter	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	80	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Grischuk, Alexander	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	25	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	½-½	74	B67	Sicilian Rauzer
Gelfand, Boris	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	26	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 13 (August 14, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	42	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Cheparinov, Ivan	1-0	50	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karjakin, Sergey	- Radjabov, Teimour	0-1	52	B78	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Wang Yue	½-½	41	C43	Petroff's Defence
Gashimov, Vugar	- Svidler, Peter	0-1	75	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Navara, David	- Kamsky, Gata	0-1	40	D87	Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	20	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo

3) 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/

Tal Memorial Moscow (RUS), 18-27 viii 2008												cat. XX (2745)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2781	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
2.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2788	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
3.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2788	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1
4.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2720	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	2718
5.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2741	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	½	2742
6.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2742	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	2741
7.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2718	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2720
8.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
9.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2723	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
10.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2741	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 18, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kamsky, Gata	1-0	36	D92	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	46	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Morozevich, Alexander	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	40	A45	Trompowsky
Leko, Peter	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	29	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	43	C42	Petroff's Defence

4) Staunton Memorial

The Staunton Memorial took place in Simpsons in the Strand in London August 7th-18th 2008. Michael Adams secured first place with a quick draw against his closest rival Loek van Wely in the final round. I was a day out with the dates of the early rounds so I give all the games again.

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

Steve Giddins Round by Round Reports

Round 11 - Round 10 - Round 9 - Round 8 - Round 7 - Round 6 - Round 5 - Round 4 - Round 3 - Round 2 - Round 1

6th Staunton Memorial London (ENG), 7-18 viii 2008														cat. XIII (2558)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2735	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	8	2716
2.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2644	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2683
3.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2593	0	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7	2656
4.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2562	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	6½	2622
5.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2610	½	½	1	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	6	2589
6.	Sokolov, Ivan NED	g	NED	2658	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2584
7.	Speelman, Jon S	g	ENG	2524	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2561
8.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2655	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5½	2549
9.	Werle, Jan	g	NED	2591	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	1	1	5½	2555
10.	Wells, Peter K	g	ENG	2526	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	5	2524
11.	Cherniaev, Alexander	g	RUS	2431	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	3½	2436
12.	Wade, Robert G	m	ENG	2167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0

Round 1 (August 7, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Speelman, Jon S	1-0	59	D36	QGD Exchange
Smeets, Jan	- Adams, Michael	0-1	28	C45	Scotch Game
Timman, Jan H	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	23	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
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
Werle, Jan	- Cherniaev, Alexander	1-0	32	E94	King's Indian Classical
Round 2 (August 8, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Werle, Jan	1-0	40	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	42	D31	Semi-Slav 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
Wells, Peter K	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	35	B07	Pirc Defence
Cherniaev, Alexander	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	47	C15	French Winawer
Round 3 (August 9, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	33	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Smeets, Jan	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	1-0	45	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Timman, Jan H	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	31	E18	Queens Indian
L'Ami, Erwin	- Adams, Michael	½-½	26	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Werle, Jan	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	24	E49	Nimzo Indian
Wade, Robert G	- Short, Nigel D	0-1	53	A47	Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 4 (August 10, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Timman, Jan H	1-0	49	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Van Wely, Loek	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	47	D19	Slav Defence
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Werle, Jan	½-½	33	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Speelman, Jon S	- L'Ami, Erwin	1-0	62	D11	Slav Defence
Wells, Peter K	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	25	D07	Tchigorin Defence
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	37	C41	Philidor's Defence
Round 5 (August 11, 2008)
Smeets, Jan	- Wells, Peter K	1-0	39	C91	Ruy Lopez
Timman, Jan H	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	15	A14	Reti Opening
L'Ami, Erwin	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	½-½	65	D10	Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D	- Cherniaev, Alexander	1-0	30	B01	Centre Counter
Werle, Jan	- Van Wely, Loek	0-1	34	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Wade, Robert G	- Adams, Michael	0-1	40	A47	Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 6 (August 12, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	20	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Van Wely, Loek	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	21	E04	Catalan
Smeets, Jan	- Werle, Jan	½-½	15	C49	Four Knights Metger
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	17	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Speelman, Jon S	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	37	A41	Modern Defence
Wells, Peter K	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	32	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (August 14, 2008)
Timman, Jan H	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	47	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
L'Ami, Erwin	- Smeets, Jan	1-0	41	D19	Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	42	B19	Caro Kann
Werle, Jan	- Wells, Peter K	1-0	27	D39	QGD Ragozin
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Adams, Michael	½-½	81	C28	Vienna Game
Wade, Robert G	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	0-1	55	C00	French Defence
Round 8 (August 15, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	51	D35	QGD Exchange
Smeets, Jan	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	134	B19	Caro Kann
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	64	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Speelman, Jon S	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	15	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Werle, Jan	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	20	C42	Petroff's Defence
Wells, Peter K	- Adams, Michael	½-½	23	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (August 16, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Speelman, Jon S	1-0	40	B14	Caro Kann Panov
Timman, Jan H	- Werle, Jan	1-0	35	C42	Petroff's Defence
L'Ami, Erwin	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	27	A19	English Opening
Short, Nigel D	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	27	B23	Sicilian Closed
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	0-1	39	C27	Vienna Game
Wade, Robert G	- Smeets, Jan	0-1	29	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 10 (August 17, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Cherniaev, Alexander	1-0	30	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Smeets, Jan	- Short, Nigel D	1-0	35	C96	Ruy Lopez
L'Ami, Erwin	- Timman, Jan H	½-½	19	E36	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Adams, Michael	½-½	44	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Werle, Jan	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	31	D52	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Wells, Peter K	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	15	E07	Catalan
Round 11 (August 18, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	15	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Timman, Jan H	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	17	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Speelman, Jon S	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	½-½	39	D26	QGA
Short, Nigel D	- Werle, Jan	½-½	25	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Smeets, Jan	0-1	33	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Wade, Robert G	- L'Ami, Erwin	0-1	39	B50	Sicilian Defence

5) World Juniors

Abhijeet Gupta took the title after beating David Howell with black in the final round, finishing alone on 10/13. Parimerjan Negi drew in the final round and secured the silver on 9.5/13 alone. Harika Dronavalli took a quick draw to take the gold medal in the girls event on 10.5/13 alone.

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

WCh-Junior Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008 Final Round 13 Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts
1	19	GM	GUPTA Abhijeet	2551	IND	10
2	26	GM	NEGI Parimarjan	2529	IND	9½
3-7	23	IM	BRAUN Arik	2533	GER	9
	14	GM	HOWELL David	2561	ENG	9
	28	GM	SAFARLI Eltaj	2527	AZE	9
	16	WGM	HOU Yifan	2557	CHN	9
	13	GM	AMIN Bassem	2561	EGY	9
8-14	2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2605	ISR	8½
	11	GM	SO Wesley	2577	PHI	8½
	9	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	2579	VIE	8½
	29	IM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	2507	ARM	8½
	8	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	2583	BLR	8½
	33	GM	WEN Yang	2487	CHN	8½
	21	IM	SJUGIROV Sanan	2545	RUS	8½
15-19	10	GM	LE QUANG Liem	2577	VIE	8
	17	IM	KRAVTSIV Martyn	2555	UKR	8
	1	GM	MAMEDOV Rauf	2627	AZE	8
	4	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	2601	CZE	8
	53	IM	DURARBEYLI Vasif	2413	AZE	8
20-36	6	GM	LI Chao B	2590	CHN	7½
	20	GM	POPOV Ivan	2549	RUS	7½
	24	GM	RAMIREZ Alejandro	2531	CRC	7½
	52		LIN Chen	2417	CHN	7½
	3	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	2604	RUS	7½
	22	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	2543	MEX	7½
	36	IM	BOROS Denes	2472	HUN	7½
	31	IM	ARUN Prasad Subramanian	2492	IND	7½
	30	IM	HAMMER Jon Ludvig	2494	NOR	7½
	37	IM	CAN Emre	2460	TUR	7½
	35	FM	NECHEPURENKO Roman	2476	RUS	7½
	12	GM	GEETHA Narayanan Gopal	2572	IND	7½
	40	IM	SENGUPTA Deep	2454	IND	7½
	44	IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	2436	IND	7½
	5	GM	BARAMIDZE David	2593	GER	7½
	55	IM	KARTHIKEYAN Pandian	2402	IND	7½
	88		SIRIN Atakan	2107	TUR	7½
37-50	25	GM	BRKIC Ante	2530	CRO	7
	34	IM	SANIKIDZE Tornike	2486	GEO	7
	7	GM	LENIC Luka	2584	SLO	7
	27	GM	RAGGER Markus	2527	AUT	7
	15	GM	ITURRIZAGA Bonelli Eduardo Pat	2561	VEN	7
	18	IM	KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek	2554	UZB	7
	47	IM	KALASHIAN David	2432	ARM	7
	48	FM	TOUFIGHI Tamijani Homayoon	2425	IRI	7
	41	IM	PRUIJSSERS Roeland	2452	NED	7
	46	FM	BARATOSI Daniel	2433	ROU	7
	56	IM	KORE Akshayraj	2392	IND	7
	65	FM	DJURAEV Sokhib	2324	TJK	7
	68		YAKSIN Oleg	2307	RUS	7
	61		KULAKOV Viacheslav	2360	RUS	7
51-68	50	FM	ROMBALDONI Denis	2418	ITA	6½
	39	IM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	2456	POL	6½
	49	IM	POTAPOV Pavel	2418	RUS	6½
	58	FM	NARMONTAS Matas	2369	LTU	6½
	42	IM	TOMCZAK Jacek	2451	POL	6½
	45	FM	RONCHETTI Niccolo	2434	ITA	6½
	57	FM	BENIDZE Davit	2389	GEO	6½
	66		ABDULOV Orkhan	2318	AZE	6½
	32	IM	PAPADOPOULOS Ioannis	2490	GRE	6½
	43	FM	GEORGESCU Tiberiu	2442	ROU	6½
	70	FM	DRAGICEVIC Drazen	2302	SWE	6½
	54		CASPI Israel	2412	ISR	6½
	75		RZAYEV Bahruz	2245	AZE	6½
	59		ENCHEV Ivajlo	2367	BUL	6½
	62		ANTON Teodor	2353	ROU	6½
	84		HARIDAS Pascua	2174	PHI	6½
	76		NUKIN Askhat	2244	KAZ	6½
	69	FM	GROVER Sahaj	2306	IND	6½
69-78	38	IM	STUPAK Kirill	2458	BLR	6
	60	FM	PACHER Milan	2361	SVK	6
	51	IM	VOCATURO Daniele	2417	ITA	6
	82		ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel	2194	MEX	6
	73		MIJOVIC Stefan	2289	MNE	6
	72	FM	MARTINS Vinicius Tine	2292	BRA	6
	74		SARENAC Ivan	2289	SRB	6
	85		HUGHES Tyler B.	2161	USA	6
	78		MCPHILLIPS Karl	2221	IRL	6
	89		ILIC Slavisa	2081	BIH	6
79-89	90		LORTKIPANIDZE Nodar	2080	GEO	5½
	67		NEIMER Vitaly	2316	ISR	5½
	63		VISHNU Prasanna Vasanthan Peru	2341	IND	5½
	77		CONSTANTINOU Peter	2225	ENG	5½
	79		VAVRIC Pavel	2218	MDA	5½
	81		OLIVER Gareth	2196	AUS	5½
	83		APAYDIN Fethi	2187	TUR	5½
	80		NIEMI Mikko	2214	FIN	5½
	71		PLENCA Julijan	2295	CRO	5½
	107		SALIHOVIC Amar	0	BIH	5½
	93		GURCAN Eray	1955	TUR	5½
90-100	64	FM	KJARTANSSON Gudmundur	2328	ISL	5
	92		DERUNI Berc	2032	TUR	5
	86		ERTAN Can	2149	TUR	5
	87		SOUSA Ricardo	2133	POR	5
	91		AYDOGDU Ataman	2050	TUR	5
	94		KOBAYASHI Atsuhiko	1936	JPN	5
	97		ACARBAY Aydin	1825	TUR	5
	108		ULUDOGAN Lutfullah	0	TUR	5
	95		ZUBAIDULLIN Rustam	1929	RUS	5
	105		OZTOSUN Cinar	0	TUR	5
	109		UNLU Ahmet Turan	0	TUR	5
1001-104	96		VURAL Ozge	1853	TUR	4½
	98		RAMSURRUP Pratish	1809	RSA	4½
	104		OZOGLU Berker	0	TUR	4½
	99		OZDOVER Mustafa Berkay	1768	TUR	4½
105-106	103		JAISWAL Raushan Kumar	0	NEP	4
	100		GOKCEK Ekrem Bugra	0	TUR	4
107	106		OZTOSUN Gorkem	0	TUR	3
108	101		GOKCEK Metehan	0	TUR	2
109	102		GUNGOR Ali Güvenç	0	TUR	1

WCh-Junior Girls Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008 Final Round 13 Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts
1	1	IM	HARIKA Dronavalli	2461	IND	10½
2-5	2	WGM	MUZYCHUK Mariya	2413	UKR	9
	31	WFM	OZTURK Kubra	2188	TUR	9
	7	WIM	GOMES Mary Ann	2316	IND	9
	14	WFM	PAIKIDZE Nazi	2277	GEO	9
6-10	18	WIM	MIKADZE Miranda	2258	GEO	8½
	12	WGM	MAMEDJAROVA Turkan	2284	AZE	8½
	4	WGM	NEMCOVA Katerina	2372	CZE	8½
	38		KAZIMOVA Narmin	2148	AZE	8½
	3	WFM	BODNARUK Anastasia	2394	RUS	8½
11-13	10	WIM	SOUMYA Swaminathan	2293	IND	8
	8	WFM	SEVERIUKHINA Zoja	2300	RUS	8
	25	WIM	NADIG Kruttika	2241	IND	8
14-23	33	WFM	NAKHBAYEVA Guliskhan	2170	KAZ	7½
	13	WFM	ABRAHAMYAN Tatev	2277	USA	7½
	23	WFM	NIKOLOVA Adriana	2242	BUL	7½
	48		GUO Qi	2048	CHN	7½
	24		MUMINOVA Nafisa	2242	UZB	7½
	26	WIM	YILDIZ Betül Cemre	2236	TUR	7½
	5	WGM	FOISOR Sabina-Francesca	2337	ROU	7½
	16	WIM	POURKASHIYAN Atousa	2269	IRI	7½
	11	WIM	DAULYTE Deimante	2288	LTU	7½
	34	WFM	SGIRCEA Silvia-Raluca	2167	ROU	7½
24-29	17	WIM	DAULETOVA Gulmira	2267	KAZ	7
	6	WIM	MAJDAN Joanna	2323	POL	7
	60		ALAVI Hour Homa	1723	IRI	7
	19	WIM	PADMINI Rout	2257	IND	7
	20	WGM	CORKE Anya	2255	HKG	7
	39	WIM	HAMRAKULOVA Yulduz	2145	UZB	7
30-40	22	WIM	IVAKHINOVA Inna	2248	RUS	6½
	27	WFM	PERTLOVA Sona	2217	CZE	6½
	9	WFM	HOOLT Sarah	2298	GER	6½
	21	WFM	BOROSOVA Zuzana	2254	SVK	6½
	29		ISGANDAROVA Khayala	2207	AZE	6½
	28	WFM	GASIK Anna	2211	POL	6½
	47		KALASHYAN Varduhi	2049	ARM	6½
	41	WFM	ERIC Jovena	2111	SRB	6½
	52		HEGARTY Sarah	1966	ENG	6½
	36	WFM	TOTH Sarolta	2151	HUN	6½
	56		MISOVIC Sanja	1914	MNE	6½
41-48	32		PREETHI Rajkumar	2183	IND	6
	15	WIM	TSATSALASHVILI Keti	2271	GEO	6
	37	WFM	KLIMETS Elena	2150	BLR	6
	43	WFM	SHAMIMA Akter	2099	BAN	6
	45		IKONOMOPOULOU Maria	2074	GRE	6
	50	WFM	BAYRAK Asli	2013	TUR	6
	51		ALBANO Jeremias Bianca	1990	POR	6
	53	WFM	WIID Daleen	1931	RSA	6
49-58	30	WFM	LEKS Hanna	2198	POL	5½
	35	WFM	DAVLETBAYEVA Madina	2155	KAZ	5½
	40	WFM	TJOLSEN Katrine	2121	NOR	5½
	49	WFM	CHIERICI Marianna	2037	ITA	5½
	46		MIDDELVELD Martine	2073	NED	5½
	42	WFM	BERKE Ana	2100	CRO	5½
	44	WFM	EFROIMSKI Marsel	2091	ISR	5½
	62		KARAYAYLALI Pinar	1597	TUR	5½
	59		GARCIA Liria Caetano	1792	BRA	5½
	57		BOYARCHENKO Marie	1895	LUX	5½
59-62	54		ACAR Gizem	1931	TUR	5
	63		KAYA Sena Nur	1529	TUR	5
	61		ANTON Sarah	1681	AUS	5
	55		BUKOVEC Tina	1929	SLO	5
63	58		ANTONOVA Nadezhda	1883	TJK	4½
64-65	67		OZMUT Perinisa	0	TUR	4
	65		DAI Irmak	0	TUR	4
66-67	68		SALATIC Milica	0	BIH	2½
	64		BOSNJAK Antonija	0	BIH	2½

6) BDO Haarlam

The BDO Chess tournament took place in Haarlam 9th-17th August 2008. Vladimir Burmakin was the dominant winner of the Premier event with 8/9, Andrea Rombaldoni won the Challengers with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.hwphaarlem.nl/index.php

BDO Premier Haarlem (NED), 9-17 viii 2008												cat. VIII (2447)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Burmakin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2625	*	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	8	2778
2.	Spraggett, Kevin	g	CAN	2601	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2595
3.	Janssen, Ruud	m	NED	2503	0	½	*	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	6	2565
4.	Siebrecht, Sebastian	m	GER	2453	0	0	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	5	2489
5.	Peng Zhaoqin	g	NED	2462	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	0	4	2402
6.	Willemze, Jeroen		NED	2420	0	0	1	0	0	*	1	1	0	1	4	2407
7.	Ris, Robert	m	NED	2415	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	0	½	1	3½	2370
8.	Rombaldoni, Axel	f	ITA	2374	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	*	1	1	3½	2375
9.	Kuipers, Stefan	f	NED	2321	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	½	2½	2295
10.	Van Vliet, Jeffrey		NED	2296	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	*	2	2243

BDO Challenger Haarlem (NED), 9-17 viii 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Rombaldoni, Andrea		ITA	2219	*	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	7	2419
2.	Overeem, Marc	f	NED	2288	0	*	1	1	1	1	½	0	½	1	6	2316
3.	Klein, David		NED	2135	1	0	*	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	6	2333
4.	Rubingh, Otto	f	NED	2267	0	0	1	*	1	0	½	1	1	1	5½	2274
5.	Duchene, Rene		NED	2221	1	0	½	0	*	0	0	1	½	1	4	2156
6.	De Groot, Marco		NED	2157	0	0	0	1	1	*	1	½	½	0	4	2163
7.	Lathouwers, Rob		NED	2214	0	½	0	½	1	0	*	1	0	1	4	2157
8.	Polak, Indra		NED	2172	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	3½	2124
9.	Croese, Cor		NED	2363	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	0	*	0	3	2058
10.	Van der Lende, Ilias		NED	1978	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	*	2	2006

7) 1st Chambery Masters

The 1st Chambery Masters took place 2nd-10th August 2008. Mikhail M Ivanov won the event with 6½/9.

Official site: http://festivaldechambery.over-blog.com/

1st Masters Chambery FRA (FRA), 2-10 viii 2008												cat. IX (2455)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Ivanov, Mikhail M	g	RUS	2489	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2617
2.	H('o)rvath, J('o)zsef	g	HUN	2551	½	*	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	6	2569
3.	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	g	UKR	2541	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	6	2570
4.	Calzetta, Monica	wg	ESP	2264	0	½	½	*	½	0	1	1	1	1	5½	2556
5.	Charnushevich, Aliaksei	m	FRA	2522	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	0	1	4½	2447
6.	Brunner, Nicolas	m	FRA	2429	0	1	½	1	0	*	½	0	½	½	4	2414
7.	Philippe, Christophe	m	FRA	2442	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	0	3½	2376
8.	Luther, Thomas	g	GER	2570	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	*	½	½	3½	2362
9.	Olivier, Jean-Christophe	m	FRA	2358	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	*	1	3	2340
10.	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2383	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	2½	2296

8) First Saturday August

The First Saturday GM, IM and FM tournaments for August took place in Budapest, 2nd-15th 2008. Dragan Kosic won the main GM group.

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	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	7½	2513
2.	Duong The Anh	f	VIE	2445	½	*	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	7	2481
3.	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo	g	CUB	2493	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	6½	2449
4.	Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal	m	NOR	2423	0	1	½	*	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	6½	2455
5.	Fogarasi, Tibor	g	HUN	2429	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6½	2454
6.	Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge	f	ESP	2423	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	6½	2455
7.	Dinger, Florian	f	GER	2333	½	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	1	1	0	6	2433
8.	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	f	VIE	2477	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	0	½	5½	2392
9.	Hirneise, Tobias	f	GER	2481	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	5½	2392
10.	Genutis, Mindaugas	f	LTU	2317	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	1	5½	2405
11.	Eisenbeiser, Amadeus	m	GER	2434	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	*	½	1	5	2368
12.	Lorscheid, Gerhard	f	GER	2348	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	*	0	5	2375
13.	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2417	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	0	0	1	*	5	2369

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	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	7	2455
2.	Hujbert, Florian		HUN	2258	½	*	½	1	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	6	2386
3.	Miltner, Arndt	f	GER	2354	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2377
4.	Beck, Frederik	f	GER	2335	½	0	1	*	1	½	½	1	½	0	½	5½	2343
5.	Lorand, Norbert		HUN	2273	0	1	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	5½	2349
6.	Werner, Dimo	m	GER	2329	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	0	4½	2271
7.	Humphrey, Jonathan	f	AUS	2289	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	1	½	1	0	4½	2275
8.	Szeberenyi, Adam	m	HUN	2318	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	4½	2272
9.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2222	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	4	2246
10.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2388	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	4	2229
11.	Strunski, Andreas		GER	2294	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	½	0	*	3½	2201

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

9) 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	*	½	.	1	1	½	.	1	1	½	.	.	5½	2790
2.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2681	½	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	½	1	1	1	5½	2788
3.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2691	.	.	*	.	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	.	5	2703
4.	Abergel, Thal	m	FRA	2499	0	.	.	*	½	.	1	0	.	½	1	1	4	2606
5.	Sokolov, Andrei1	g	FRA	2561	0	½	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	1	.	½	3½	2591
6.	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2583	½	.	½	.	.	*	½	½	.	½	½	½	3½	2575
7.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2553	.	0	½	0	.	½	*	1	½	.	1	.	3½	2576
8.	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2523	0	.	0	1	.	½	0	*	.	.	½	1	3	2527
9.	Nataf, Igor-Alexandre	g	FRA	2534	0	½	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	½	.	½	2½	2501
10.	Vaisser, Anatoly	g	FRA	2542	½	0	0	½	0	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	2	2445
11.	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2523	.	0	½	0	.	½	0	½	.	.	*	½	2	2420
12.	Apicella, Manuel	g	FRA	2521	.	0	.	0	½	½	.	0	½	.	½	*	2	2399

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.	Milliet, Sophie	wg	FRA	2357	*	½	1	.	.	½	.	1	.	½	1	1	5½	2475
2.	Leconte, Maria	wg	FRA	2346	½	*	0	1	.	½	.	.	.	1	1	1	5	2430
3.	Collas, Silvia	m	FRA	2370	0	1	*	.	½	.	1	.	½	½	1	.	4½	2332
4.	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2463	.	0	.	*	½	1	½	1	1	.	.	½	4½	2326
5.	Delorme, Laurie		FRA	2155	.	.	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	.	.	1	4½	2373
6.	Congiu, Mathilde	wf	FRA	2196	½	½	.	0	½	*	½	.	1	.	½	.	3½	2266
7.	Lallemand, Roza	wg	FRA	2285	.	.	0	½	½	½	*	1	.	0	.	1	3½	2265
8.	Guichard, Pauline	wm	FRA	2284	0	.	.	0	½	.	0	*	.	1	1	1	3½	2254
9.	Verot, Melanie		FRA	2125	.	.	½	0	0	0	.	.	*	1	½	1	3	2193
10.	Benmesbah, Natacha	wf	FRA	2210	½	0	½	.	.	.	1	0	0	*	0	.	2	2113
11.	Flear, Christine	wm	FRA	2133	0	0	0	.	.	½	.	0	½	1	*	.	2	2111
12.	Muller, Anne	wm	FRA	2179	0	0	.	½	0	.	0	0	0	.	.	*	½	1865

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.	Vitoux, Colomban	f	FRA	2454	*	0	½	.	½	.	½	.	1	.	1	1	4½	2580
2.	Edouard, Romain	m	FRA	2508	1	*	.	0	1	½	.	½	½	½	.	.	4	2491
3.	Cossin, Sebastien	m	FRA	2466	½	.	*	½	.	½	.	1	½	½	½	.	4	2507
4.	Bricard, Emmanuel	g	FRA	2453	.	1	½	*	½	.	.	.	½	½	½	½	4	2517
5.	Govciyan, Pavel	m	FRA	2411	½	0	.	½	*	.	0	1	1	.	.	1	4	2526
6.	Shoker, Samy	m	FRA	2365	.	½	½	.	.	*	1	0	.	1	0	½	3½	2475
7.	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	m	FRA	2490	½	.	.	.	1	0	*	.	0	½	1	½	3½	2445
8.	Lazarev, Vladimir	g	FRA	2482	.	½	0	.	0	1	.	*	.	½	1	½	3½	2447
9.	Kosten, Anthony C	g	FRA	2507	0	½	½	½	0	.	1	.	*	.	.	½	3	2410
10.	Benitah, Yohan	m	FRA	2416	.	½	½	½	.	0	½	½	.	*	½	.	3	2420
11.	Prie, Eric	g	FRA	2526	0	.	½	½	.	1	0	0	.	½	*	.	2½	2344
12.	Collas, Didier	m	FRA	2439	0	.	.	½	0	½	½	½	½	.	.	*	2½	2349

10) 35th Manresa International Open

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

Official site: http://www.escacscatalonia.org/. Further details: http://www.ajedreznd.com/2008/manresa.html

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr14996.aspx?lan=1

35th Open Manresa (ESP), 12-17 viii 2008 Round 6 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1
1	GULIEV Logman	IM	AZE	2436	5,5	17,0
2	BRUZON BATISTA Lazaro	GM	CUB	2592	5,0	16,5
3	BABAEV Rashad	GM	AZE	2484	5,0	16,0
4	KONGUVEL Ponnuswamy	IM	IND	2415	5,0	16,0
5	MEKHITARIAN Krikor Sevag	IM	BRA	2504	5,0	15,5
6	CORRALES JIMENEZ Fidel	IM	CUB	2504	5,0	14,5
7	FIER Alexandr	GM	BRA	2558	4,5	17,0
8	DIAMANT Andre	IM	BRA	2393	4,5	16,5
9	SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi	IM	IND	2446	4,5	14,5
10	ALMEIDA QUINTANA Omar	GM	CUB	2524	4,5	14,0
11	CAMPOS CAYUELAS Marc		ESP	2058	4,5	13,5
12	DI BERARDINO Diego Rafael	IM	BRA	2471	4,0	16,5
13	PERPINYA ROFES Lluis Maria	FM	ESP	2385	4,0	14,5
14	LORENZO DE LA RIVA Lazaro	FM	ESP	2367	4,0	14,0
15	RYAN Joseph	FM	IRL	2331	4,0	14,0
16	FERREIRA Henrique Camara		BRA	2151	4,0	13,5
17	GIL Ludovic		FRA	1901	4,0	13,5
18	BANOS Oscar	CM	ARG	2271	4,0	13,5
19	VEHI BACH Victor Manuel	IM	ESP	2411	4,0	13,5
20	MOLANO LAFUENTE Ismael		ESP	2107	4,0	13,0
21	COLL ENRIQUEZ Lluis	CM	ESP	2148	4,0	12,0
22	ESCOFET MARTIN David		ESP	2138	4,0	12,0
23	ORTELLS PEREZ Victor		ESP	2096	4,0	12,0
24	SANPERA BONET Juan Carlos	CM	ESP	2158	4,0	12,0
25	GOMEZ Gustavo Pizzocaro		BRA	2076	4,0	11,5
26	VILAISARN Akkhavanh		FRA	2231	4,0	11,0
27	TORNER PLANELL Josep Ramon		ESP	2133	3,5	15,5
28	RODRIGUEZ SORRIBES Jordi		ESP	2139	3,5	14,5
29	DURAN BURNIOL Joan		ESP	1974	3,5	14,5
30	HUMEAU Cyril		FRA	2170	3,5	14,0
91 players

11) Stare Mesto Open

The Stare Mesto Open took place 8th-16th August 2008. Marian Jurcik won the event with 8.5/10.

Official site: http://www.fera.hitech.cz/

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr14986.aspx?tnr=14986&art=2&rd=10&lan=1&m=-1

Open Stare Mesto (CZE), 8-16 viii 2008
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Jurcik Marian	FM	SVK	2378	8,5	8,5	64,0	52,0
2	Vokac Marek	GM	CZE	2451	8,0	8,0	69,0	56,0
3	Klima Lukas	IM	CZE	2439	8,0	8,0	68,5	54,5
4	Brokken Dennis		NED	2266	8,0	8,0	63,0	50,5
5	Rojicek Vojtech	FM	CZE	2346	7,5	7,5	70,5	57,0
6	Camarena Gimenez Rufino	IM	ESP	2416	7,5	7,5	67,5	55,0
7	Tibensky Robert	IM	SVK	2416	7,5	7,5	62,0	50,0
8	Sosna Jan	IM	CZE	2379	7,5	7,5	61,0	49,5
9	Zolnierowicz Krzysztof	IM	POL	2272	7,5	7,5	60,5	48,5
10	Lahiri Atanu	IM	IND	2338	7,0	7,0	64,5	51,5
11	Jurcik Martin	FM	SVK	2352	7,0	7,0	62,0	48,5
12	Ponizil Cyril	FM	CZE	2284	7,0	7,0	61,0	49,5
13	Chetverik Maxim	IM	RUS	2321	7,0	7,0	61,0	49,0
14	Roubalik Jakub		CZE	2168	7,0	7,0	61,0	48,0
15	Karhanek Pavel		CZE	2196	7,0	7,0	60,5	48,0
16	Vavruska Antonin		CZE	2129	7,0	7,0	58,5	47,0
17	Vrana Frantisek	FM	CZE	2310	7,0	7,0	57,0	45,5
18	Jakubek Peter		SVK	2160	7,0	7,0	56,0	45,5
19	Dauth Benjamin	FM	GER	2269	7,0	7,0	55,0	44,0
20	Golcman Evgeny		RUS	2255	6,5	6,5	62,5	50,0
200 players

12) RC Sport Open Ceska Trebova

The Ceska Trebova RC Sport Open took place 8th-15th August 2008. Robert Cvek took first place on tie-break from Jan Krejci after both scored 7/9.

Results: http://chess-results.com/Tnr14983.aspx?tnr=7509&art=4&lan=1

Open Ceska Trebova (CZE), 8-15 viii 2008
Rk.	Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Cvek Robert	GM	CZE	2532	7,0	41,0	51,5
2	Krejci Jan	FM	CZE	2305	7,0	37,0	47,5
3	Plischki Sebastian	IM	GER	2402	6,5	41,5	52,5
4	Blomqvist Erik		SWE	2322	6,5	40,0	50,0
5	Tikkanen Hans	IM	SWE	2417	6,5	38,5	47,5
6	Plat Vojtech	FM	CZE	2398	6,5	36,5	47,0
7	Sabol Marian	FM	CZE	2345	6,5	36,0	46,0
8	Zeberski Jakub	IM	POL	2396	6,0	42,0	53,5
9	Grandelius Nils	FM	SWE	2366	6,0	40,5	51,5
10	Bernasek Jan	IM	CZE	2491	6,0	40,5	51,5
11	Bronowicki Mateusz	FM	POL	2326	6,0	40,0	51,0
12	Kireev Aleksei	IM	RUS	2387	6,0	37,5	48,5
13	Smith Axel		SWE	2427	6,0	37,5	47,0
14	Jackova Jana	IM	CZE	2358	6,0	36,5	46,5
15	Vukovic Ivo	FM	CRO	2274	6,0	36,5	46,0
16	Vojta Tomas	FM	CZE	2411	6,0	35,0	45,5
17	Voloshin Leonid	GM	CZE	2449	5,5	40,5	52,0
18	Semcesen Daniel	FM	SWE	2387	5,5	40,5	52,0
19	Manik Mikulas	GM	SVK	2453	5,5	39,5	50,5
20	Jedlicka Ales		CZE	2277	5,5	38,5	49,0
	Cerveny Martin	FM	CZE	2285	5,5	37,5	48,0
22	Michenka Jozef	IM	CZE	2396	5,5	37,0	47,5
23	Folkova Martina		CZE	2171	5,5	37,0	46,0
24	Cedikova Katerina	WIM	CZE	2151	5,5	34,5	45,0
25	Novotny Michal		CZE	2282	5,5	34,5	44,5
26	Valenta Vit		CZE	2211	5,5	34,5	44,5
27	Bejtovic Jasmin	FM	BIH	2335	5,5	33,5	43,0
28	Skoda Martin		CZE	1978	5,5	33,0	42,5
29	Bylino Oleg	FM	UKR	2170	5,5	31,5	41,0
30	Votava Petr		CZE	2128	5,5	31,5	40,0
31	Vrana Jan		CZE	2234	5,5	30,0	38,5
32	Vymazal Bronislav		CZE	2274	5,0	36,5	46,5
97 players

13) Jirasek Memorial Rakovnik

The Jirasek Memorial took place in Rakovnik 9th-16th August 2008. Petr Neuman edged out Jiri Stocek on tie-break after both finished on 6½/9.

Rakovnik is a small city (pop 17.000) some 60 km west of Prague, but the chess club and traditions are respectable. The city organized championship of Bohemia-Moravia in 1940 (the protectorate during the war, without Slovakia), there was a tournament book about it penned by Karel Opochensky. This year the club celebrated a 100 years of organised chess in Rakovnik and the 20th edition of two smaller opens dedicated to the deceased local chess organizer Jirasek and a category 8 GM event with special guest Vlastimil Hort (born in Kladno, some 40 km away) who gave a lecture. The tournament produced a surprise performance by Petr Neuman (born very close in Jesenice and "chess educated" in Rakovnik), who made his 2nd GM norm. Also Jan Sodoma from Prague made an IM norm. News: Lubo Ftacnik.

Official site: http://www.czfree-ra.net/sachy/ and results at: http://chess-results.com/tnr12055.aspx

Jirasek mem Rakovnik CZE (CZE), 9-16 viii 2008												cat. VIII (2444)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Neuman, Petr	m	CZE	2444	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6½	2609
2.	Stocek, Jiri	g	CZE	2559	½	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2597
3.	Sergeev, Vladimir	g	UKR	2508	0	1	*	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	6	2561
4.	Ftácnik, Lubomir	g	SVK	2544	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2557
5.	Lechtynsky, Jiri	g	CZE	2451	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	5	2486
6.	Sodoma, Jan		CZE	2379	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2451
7.	Langrock, Hannes	f	GER	2398	0	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	4	2406
8.	Jirka, Jiri	m	CZE	2457	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	3	2317
9.	Cernousek, Lukas	m	CZE	2436	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	2½	2278
10.	Palek, Miroslav		GER	2263	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	2113

14) New England Masters

The New England Masters was held from August 11-15, 2008 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. The event was won by GM Sergey Erenburg of Israel who finished with 7.5/9. GM Timur Gareev finished in second and IM Eli Vovsha in third. American Parker Zhao and Canadian Victor Kaminski both achieved their first ever IM norms. News Chris Bird.

Full standings, results, photographs and reports can be found at: http://www.newenglandmasters.com/ and http://www.blackstonechess.com/event88g.htm for the festival.

Preview of the tournament by Chris Bird

New England Masters Pawtucket (USA), 11-17 viii 2008
No	Name	Fed	Ti	Elo	Pts
1	Erenburg, Sergey	ISR	g	2563	7.5
2	Gareev, Timur	UZB	g	2570	7.0
3	Vovsha, Eli	ISR	m	2461	6.5
4	Kritz, Leonid	GER	g	2610	6.0
5	Friedel, Joshua E	USA	m	2524	6.0
6	Stopa, Jacek	POL	m	2440	6.0
7	Zhao, Parker	USA		2242	6.0
8	Ippolito, Dean J	USA	m	2445	5.5
9	Liu, Elliott	USA	f	2250	5.5
10	Kaminski, Victor	CAN		2212	5.5
11	Arkell, Keith C	ENG	g	2506	5.0
12	Bercys, Salvijus	USA	m	2429	5.0
13	Sarkar, Justin	USA	m	2416	5.0
14	Hungaski, Robert	USA	m	2407	5.0
15	Vigorito, David	USA	m	2382	5.0
16	Bournival, Braden	USA	f	2303	5.0
17	Puntier, William	DOM	f	2298	5.0
18	Thavandiran, Shiyam	CAN	f	2288	5.0
19	Hansen, Eric	CAN		2268	5.0
20	Melekhina, Alisa	USA	wf	2265	5.0
	Masse, Hugues	CAN		2196	5.0
22	Sammour-Hasbun, Jorge	PLE		2463	4.5
23	Panjwani, Raja D	CAN	f	2310	4.5
24	Haessel, Dale R	CAN		2149	4.5
25	Jiang, Louie	CAN		2135	4.5
26	Kleiman, Jake	USA	f	2353	4.0
27	Shmelov, Denys	UKR		2349	4.0
28	Schuyler, James	USA	f	2346	4.0
29	Esserman, Marc R	USA		2295	4.0
30	MacIntyre, Paul	USA	f	2290	4.0
31	Battaglini, Gabriel	FRA		2341	3.5
32	Enkin, Max	USA		2262	3.5
33	Yanayt, Eugene	USA	f	2254	3.5
34	Belliard, Luis	DOM		2226	3.5
35	Reverby, Miro	USA		2190	3.5
36	Rosenberg, Evan S	USA		2182	3.5
37	Wasiolek, Rory E	USA		2112	3.5
38	Galofre, Charles A	USA	f	2320	3.0
39	Hortillosa, Andres	USA		2100	3.0
40	Kazmaier, Daniel	CAN		2134	2.5
41	Meredith, Matthew	USA		2100	2.5
42	Harmon, Luke	USA		2100	2.0
43	Castaneda, Nelson	USA	f	2314	1.5
44	Harris, David	USA		2102	1.5
45	Harmon, Carl	USA		2100	0.0

15) Acropolis Open

The 23rd Acropolis 2008 International Open Chess Tournament took place in Athens, Greece, 9th-17th August 2008. Ilya Smirin edged out Mircea Parlgras on tie-break after both scored 7/9.

Spiros Ilandzis adds: Israeli Grandmaster Ilia Smirin was the winner of the "Acropolis" international tournament for the second consecutive year. This time he tied for first place with Romanian GM Mircea Parligras, but had superior tie-breaks (average rating of opponents). In the games of the 9th and final round Smirin preferred not to take any risk against Bulgarian GM Atanas Kolev, while Parligras played a quite double-edged game against Moldavian GM Dmitry Svetushkin, which eventually ended in a draw after many adventures.

Half a point behind the leaders were Kolev, German GM Alexander Graf (who beat Zubarev in the last rd.) and two female players, Georgian IM Nana Dzagnidze and Armenian IM Elina Danielian, who beat Maric and Kotanjian respectively. Dzagnidze finished third on tie-breaks, while her victory today secured her a (male) grandmaster norm.

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

Acropolis Open Athens (GRE), 9-17 viii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	SNo.	FED	Rtg	Pts	Res.	RtgØ	Fide	BH.
1	Smirin Ilia	GM	ISR	2637	7	½	2523	38½	51½
2	Parligras Mircea	GM	ROU	2588	7	½	2513	39	48
3	Dzagnidze Nana	IM	GEO	2458	6½	0	2449	33	46½
4	Graf Alexander	GM	GER	2621	6½	0	2448	32½	49½
5	Danielian Elina	IM	ARM	2495	6½	0	2429	32½	46
6	Kolev Atanas	GM	BUL	2565	6½	0	2391	32	46
7	Salgado Lopez Ivan	GM	ESP	2532	6	0	2460	34	50½
8	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2572	6	0	2442	33	48
9	Svetushkin Dmitry	GM	MDA	2587	6	0	2432	31	47½
10	Managadze Nikoloz	IM	GEO	2444	6	0	2378	29	41½
11	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GM	GRE	2563	6	0	2354	28	43½
12	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2489	5½	0	2483	31½	50½
13	Zubarev Alexander	GM	UKR	2517	5½	0	2464	32½	49½
14	Zhukova Natalia	WGM	UKR	2489	5½	0	2433	30½	45½
15	Atakisi Umut	IM	TUR	2388	5½	0	2429	29½	47
16	Maric Alisa	IM	SRB	2412	5½	0	2428	31½	46
17	Romanishin Oleg M	GM	UKR	2530	5½	0	2426	32	50½
18	Caselas Cabanas Jacobo	IM	ESP	2418	5½	0	2385	30	41½
19	Rasmussen Allan Stig	IM	DEN	2519	5½	0	2381	30	43
20	Kotanjian Tigran	GM	ARM	2578	5½	0	2379	29½	46
21	Dembo Yelena	IM	GRE	2431	5½	0	2374	29½	45
22	Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi	IM	IND	2411	5½	0	2356	26	42
23	Secer Ata	FM	TUR	2320	5½	0	2341	26½	42
24	Zawadzka Jolanta	WGM	POL	2389	5½	0	2336	26½	41½
25	Tirard Hugo	IM	FRA	2461	5½	0	2277	24	37
26	Gelashvili Tamaz	GM	GEO	2612	5	0	2474	32	53½
27	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2416	5	0	2388	28	44½
28	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GM	GRE	2518	5	0	2366	29	45½
29	Karagiannis Athanasios	IM	GRE	2357	5	0	2317	26	44½
30	Astaneh Lopez Alex	FM	IRL	2357	5	0	2288	22½	37½
31	Pavlidis Anastasios		GRE	2270	5	0	2260	19½	38½
32	Pavlidis Antonios		GRE	2266	5	0	2253	18	34½
33	Kourousis Epaminondas		GRE	2221	5	0	2252	19	35½
34	Sandalakis Angelos		GRE	2341	4½	0	2402	25½	46½
35	Aggelis Nikolaos		GRE	2271	4½	0	2390	22	45
36	Rudolf Anna	WGM	HUN	2337	4½	0	2380	26½	46½
37	Georgiou Kostantinos		GRE	2236	4½	0	2377	23½	43½
38	Kanakaris Georgios		GRE	2284	4½	0	2351	21	39½
39	Aloma Vidal Robert	FM	ESP	2388	4½	0	2349	27½	44
40	Georgiadis Ioannis	IM	GRE	2373	4½	0	2347	24	43½
41	Sigalas Frangiskos		GRE	2242	4½	0	2347	23	44½
42	Simeonidis Ioannis		GRE	2275	4½	0	2346	21½	41
43	Sergeev Aleksander	FM	KAZ	2354	4½	0	2337	24½	40½
44	Makropoulou Marina	WGM	GRE	2244	4½	0	2324	21½	42
45	Velcheva Maria	WGM	BUL	2281	4½	0	2319	22½	40
46	Makka Ioulia	WIM	GRE	2225	4½	0	2316	20	42½
47	Galopoulos Nikolaos		GRE	2270	4½	0	2313	21	38½
48	Stiri Alexandra	WIM	GRE	2149	4½	0	2310	22	38½
49	Nikolaidis Konstantinos	FM	GRE	2279	4½	0	2286	22½	39
50	Grigoriadis Alexandros	IM	GRE	2417	4½	0	2280	22	37½
51	Kostopoulos Evangellos		GRE	2150	4½	0	2272	19	39½
52	Sandu Mihaela	WIM	ROU	2288	4½	0	2253	22	37½
53	Grapsa Georgia		GRE	2104	4½	0	2224	14½	31
84 players

16) Ptuj Open

The Ptuj Open took place 9th-16th August 2008. Robert Markus took clear first place with 7.5/9 a point clear of the field. News: Boris Zlender.

Official site: http://www.sah-drustvo-ptuj.si/Open/open.htm

Ptuj Open (SLO), 9-16 viii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	Fed	ELO	Pts	MBuch
1	Markus,Robert	GM	SRB	2557	7.5	39.5
2	Mazi,Leon	IM	SLO	2350	6.5	41
3	Sebenik,Matej	IM	SLO	2485	6.5	40.5
4	Kovacevic,Blazimir	IM	CRO	2473	6.5	40
5	Zupe,Miran	IM	SLO	2346	6.5	40
6	Sakelsek,Tadej	IM	SLO	2390	6.5	39.5
7	Loncar,Robert	IM	CRO	2446	6.5	39
8	Kolar,Srecko	FM	SLO	2139	6	36
9	Kukovec,Borut	MK	SLO	2228	6	34
10	Podkriznik,Gregor	FM	SLO	2370	5.5	41
11	Kokol,Peter	MK	SLO	2253	5.5	39.5
12	Sitnik,Igor	M	SLO	2251	5.5	38.5
13	Biti,Ozren	IM	CRO	2384	5.5	38
14	Slamar,Velimir	M	CRO	2217	5.5	36.5
15	Polajzer,Danilo	IM	SLO	2365	5.5	36
16	Jeraj,Zlatko	MK	SLO	2155	5.5	34.5
17	Belsak,Zan	II	SLO		5.5	34.5
18	Cojhter,Karl	MK	SLO	2095	5.5	31.5
19	Roskar,Robert	FM	SLO	2280	5.5	30
20	Premuzic,Zoran	III	CRO	2010	5.5	28
21	Crepan,Marjan	FM	SLO	2363	5	37.5
22	Krumpacnik,Domen	IM	SLO	2376	5	36
23	Purgar,Ivona	WM	CRO	2026	5	35.5
24	Biti,Ana	WFM	SLO	2102	5	35
25	Skok,Joze	MK	SLO	2056	5	32.5
26	White,Kevin D		ENG	2064	5	31
27	Vujec,Ivan	I	CRO	1959	5	31
28	Djurkovic,Maks	MK	SLO	2108	5	30
29	Napast,Viktor	I	SLO	2076	5	30
30	Licina,Milos	I	SLO		5	29
66 players

17) European Senior Championship

The European Senior Championship took place 9th-17th August 2008 in the Parkhotel Sunstar in Davos, Switzerland (the was also a normal open alongside 10th-16th August 2008). Mark Tseitlin took the title on tie-break from Vitaly Tsechkovsky after both scored 7.5/9. David Markosian won the open with 6/7 half a point clear of Andrew Bigg. No games available.

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

European Seniors Davos (SUI), 9-17 viii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rg.	Name		FED	Elo	Pkt.	Wtg1	Wtg2	Wtg3	Rp
1	Tseitlin Mark D	GM	ISR	2438	7,5	50,0	6	0,5	2619
2	Tseshkovsky Vitaly	GM	RUS	2519	7,5	49,5	6	0,5	2617
3	Cebalo Miso	GM	CRO	2523	6,5	48,5	5	0,0	2483
4	Chernikov Oleg L	GM	RUS	2406	6,5	48,0	5	0,0	2456
5	Rukavina Josip	IM	CRO	2414	6,5	47,0	5	0,0	2446
6	Werner Clemens	FM	GER	2315	6,5	46,5	5	0,0	2384
7	Ivkov Borislav	GM	SRB	2411	6,5	45,0	5	0,0	2412
8	Butnorius Algimantas	GM	LTU	2442	6,5	42,5	5	0,0	2360
9	Klundt Klaus	IM	GER	2361	6,0	47,5	4	0,0	2395
10	Kraidman Yair	GM	ISR	2280	6,0	44,5	5	0,0	2365
11	Fatalibekova Elena	WGM	RUS	2259	6,0	44,5	4	0,0	2390
12	Gruzmann Boris	FM	RUS	2240	6,0	43,0	6	0,0	2379
13	Blechzin Igor	IM	RUS	2491	6,0	43,0	4	0,0	2334
14	Onoprienko Vladimir	IM	RUS	2309	6,0	42,0	4	0,0	2344
15	Gaspariants Garry		RUS	2270	6,0	42,0	4	0,0	2320
16	Grinberg Iosif P		RUS	2296	6,0	41,0	4	0,0	2281
17	Schmid Wolfgang	FM	GER	2271	6,0	40,5	4	0,0	2296
18	Gundersen Helge		NOR	2254	6,0	38,5	4	0,0	2290
19	Arkhangelsky Boris	IM	RUS	2340	5,5	44,5	4	0,0	2325
20	Pribyl Josef	IM	CZE	2397	5,5	43,5	3	0,0	2266
21	Aijala Jouko		FIN	2157	5,5	41,0	5	0,0	2212
22	Ozbilen Hayri		TUR	2113	5,5	41,0	5	0,0	2219
23	Frumson Yury	FM	RUS	2235	5,5	41,0	4	0,0	2247
24	Schmidt Gerhard		GER	2236	5,5	40,5	3	0,0	2236
25	Hohler Peter	FM	SUI	2200	5,5	40,5	3	0,0	2232
26	Khropov Boris		RUS	2247	5,5	40,0	5	0,0	2258
27	Vilerte Tamara	WFM	LAT	2207	5,5	38,5	4	0,0	2209
28	Voronova Tatiana	WIM	LAT	2236	5,5	37,0	4	0,0	2184
29	Grabov Steen		DEN	2190	5,5	37,0	4	0,0	2169
30	Kulago Alexander	FM	RUS	2305	5,5	37,0	4	0,0	2204
31	Karl Hans	FM	SUI	2246	5,5	36,5	2	0,0	2181
32	Clemens Christian Dr	FM	GER	2307	5,5	34,0	5	0,0	2154
33	Seuss Oswald		AUT	2198	5,5	33,5	5	0,0	2109
34	Jadrijevic Ante		CRO	2250	5,0	45,0	5	0,0	2293
110 players

18) Panevezys Open

The 21st International Panevezys Open 2008 took 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. Vadim Malakhatko won the GM event with 7/9.Anna Zozulia won the IM event with 7.5/9. Yuri Solodovnichenko won the open event with 7.5/9. Games from the final round not yet available.

Official site: http://www.chesslyga.lt/panevezys2008 and http://www.bsk.puslapiai.lt//lenteles/2008/Panevezys/Panevezys%202008.htm

GM Panevezys (LTU), 12-18 viii 2008												cat. X (2484)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Malakhatko, Vadim	g	BEL	2612	*	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2690
2.	Pileckis, Emilis		LTU	2443	1	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	6½	2655
3.	Klimov, Sergey	m	RUS	2509	0	0	*	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	6	2606
4.	Miezis, Normunds	g	LAT	2540	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	5½	2558
5.	Kovalev, Andrei	g	BLR	2550	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	½	5	2520
6.	Beinoras, Mindaugas		LTU	2426	½	½	½	0	0	*	0	½	1	1	4	2447
7.	Simutowe, Amon	m	ZAM	2459	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	1	1	½	4	2444
8.	Luch, Michal	m	POL	2412	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	*	½	½	2½	2326
9.	Haznedaroglu, Kivanc	m	TUR	2444	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	1	2½	2322
10.	Sarakauskas, Gediminas	m	LTU	2449	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	*	2	2268

IM Panevezys (LTU), 12-18 viii 2008												cat. II (2299)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Zozulia, Anna	m	BEL	2346	*	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2566
2.	Labeckas, Kestutis		LTU	2265	½	*	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2522
3.	Berzina, Ilze	wm	LAT	2297	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2424
4.	Sharevich, Anna	wg	BLR	2318	1	1	0	*	1	0	½	0	1	½	5	2339
5.	Zickus, Simonas		LTU	2269	0	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	1	½	4½	2302
6.	Zapolskis, Antanas	m	LTU	2351	0	0	½	1	0	*	1	0	½	1	4	2250
7.	Bucinskas, Valdas		LTU	2341	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	1	½	1	4	2251
8.	Ciuksyte, Dagne	m	ENG	2363	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	*	½	½	3	2166
9.	Sarakauskiene, Zivile	wm	LTU	2197	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	2½	2144
10.	Tsiganova, Monika	wm	EST	2241	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	*	1½	2032

Open Panevezys (LTU), 12-18 viii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri	UKR	2541	7,5	44,5	49,0	40,5
2	GM	Malisauskas Vidmantas	LTU	2476	6,5	49,0	53,0	34,5
3	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	LTU	2527	6,5	47,5	52,0	36,5
4		Klimciauskas Domantas	LTU	2222	6,5	44,0	47,5	32,0
5		Narmontas Tauras	LTU	2256	6,5	43,0	46,5	33,0
6	FM	Limontas Martynas	LTU	2275	6,5	41,5	46,0	32,0
7	IM	Labuckas Aidas	LTU	2288	6,0	47,5	52,0	32,5
8	FM	Savickas Airidas	LTU	2351	6,0	46,5	51,0	31,0
9		Godlauskas Kazys	LTU	2262	6,0	45,5	48,0	31,5
10	IM	Dambrauskas Virginijus	LTU	2341	6,0	44,5	49,0	31,5
11		Gabrilavicius Arunas	LTU	2123	5,5	44,5	48,0	30,5
12	WGM	Rogule Laura	LAT	2265	5,5	44,5	48,0	30,0
13		Garnelis Julius	LTU	2166	5,5	44,0	47,0	31,5
14		Kalvaitis Sigitas	LTU	2256	5,5	42,5	46,0	28,0
15		Macenis Audrius	LTU	2128	5,5	41,0	44,5	28,0
16		Latinis Marius	LTU	0	5,5	40,5	45,0	25,0
17		Tiuninas Algirdas	LTU	1968	5,5	35,5	38,0	22,5
18		Laurusaite Brigita	LTU	2039	5,0	42,5	46,0	28,0
19	FM	Lasinskas Povilas	LTU	2269	5,0	42,0	44,5	30,0
20		Grigaliunas Sigitas	LTU	2113	5,0	41,5	43,0	26,0
21		Lomonosovas Vitalijus	LTU	2123	5,0	40,5	44,0	25,5
22		Batkovskyte Dominyka	LTU	1934	5,0	38,5	42,0	24,0
23		Kubilius Jonas	LTU	2085	5,0	33,5	36,0	21,0
59 players

19) 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 now available. News: Haroon Or Rashid.

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

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 now available.

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

Open Olomouc (CZE), 31 vii-7 viii 2008
Pl	Player	Ti	Fed.	IRtg	Pts	BH.	BH.	RtgR
1	MASLAK KONSTANTIN	GM	RUS	2521	7,5	54,0	44,0	2249
2	DVIRNYY DANYYIL	FM	ITA	2358	7,0	56,0	43,5	2239
3	SIMACEK PAVEL	IM	CZE	2470	7,0	55,0	43,5	2245
4	POZIN SERGEY	IM	RUS	2436	7,0	54,5	42,5	2228
5	CERVENY MARTIN	FM	CZE	2285	6,5	53,5	41,5	2194
6	FAERMAN IGOR		ISR	2245	6,5	52,5	41,5	2128
7	KARLIK VLADIMIR	FM	CZE	2301	6,5	52,0	40,5	2139
8	CAGASIK TOMAS		CZE	2253	6,5	51,5	40,0	2104
9	ZAKHARCHENKO ARNOLD	IM	UKR	2271	6,5	50,5	39,5	2145
10	KARASIK EVGENY		ISR	2270	6,5	50,0	39,0	2148
11	ZAVURKA ROMAN		CZE	2157	6,5	49,5	39,0	2134
12	MATOUSEK PETR		CZE	2126	6,5	49,0	38,5	2084
13	MACICEK JAKUB		CZE	2121	6,5	48,0	37,5	2073
14	SHISHKIN VLADIMIR		RUS	2189	6,5	46,5	37,0	2028
15	STREKALOVSKI VIKTOR		RUS	2157	6,5	45,0	35,0	2059
16	PALCHUN GRIGORY		RUS	2120	6,5	44,0	34,5	2042
17	SALAMA OMAR		EGY	2212	6,0	54,5	42,5	2198
18	FURMAN BORIS	FM	RUS	2223	6,0	50,0	39,0	2089
19	SCHMID THOMAS		AUT	2173	6,0	47,0	36,0	2036
20	RYMSKYY ALEKSANDER		UKR	2151	6,0	46,0	35,5	2022
21	SCHALLA DIETER		GER	2128	6,0	42,5	33,5	1926
22	VRANA JAN		CZE	2234	5,5	50,5	39,0	2127
144 players

21) 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. Ruben Felgaer won a rapid (g15+10s/move) playoff amongst these players to take the title. I've tried to reconstruct the playoff, two games are missing and the games round numbers weren't given so there may be errors in the order games were played.

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

83rd ch-ARG Playoff La Plata ARG (ARG), 11-11 viii 2008								cat. XIII (2556)
					1		2		3
1.	Felgaer, Ruben	g	ARG	2566	*	*	½	½	1	½	2½	2645
2.	Flores, Diego	m	ARG	2553	½	½	*	*	1	0	2	2557
3.	Kovalyov, Anton	m	ARG	2548	0	½	0	1	*	*	1½	2472

Round 1 (August 11, 2008)
Felgaer, Ruben	- Kovalyov, Anton	1-0	26	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 2 (August 11, 2008)
Kovalyov, Anton	- Flores, Diego	0-1	50	A42	Modern Defence
Round 3 (August 11, 2008)
Flores, Diego	- Felgaer, Ruben	½-½	41	A28	English Four Knights
Round 4 (August 11, 2008)
Felgaer, Ruben	- Flores, Diego	½-½	0
Round 5 (August 11, 2008)
Flores, Diego	- Kovalyov, Anton	0-1	0
Round 6 (August 11, 2008)
Kovalyov, Anton	- Felgaer, Ruben	½-½	41	D12	Slav Defence

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

22) 13th Pannonia Cup

The 13th Pannonia Cup took place in Balatonalmadi (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 now available.

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

23) 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/

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

24) 8th Savaria Summer

The 8th Savaria Summer International Chess Tournament takes place 14th-22nd August 2008, Szombathely, Hungary. No results or games currently available.

Details: http://sakk.savaria.hu/main.php?Lang=EN

Savaria Summer GM Szombathely (HUN), 14-22 viii 2008
Name	Ti	NAT	Elo
Yuri Vovk	GM	UKR	2549
Szabó Krisztian	IM	HUN	2510
Papp Gabor	IM	HUN	2509
Prohaszka Péter	IM	HUN	2509
Kovacs Gabor	IM	HUN	2505
Czebe Attila	GM	HUN	2481
Varga Zoltan	GM	HUN	2479
Vavrak Peter	IM	SVK	2474
Sasa Martinovic	IM	CRO	2395
Farkas Gabor		SVK	2290
Average ELO			2470

25) Magnus Carlsen Charity Simul

ICC (http://www.chessclub.com/) Press release on the Magnus Carlsen Charity Simul.

Many thanks to ALL in the chess community who rallied to Magnus Carlsen's clarion call to help raise funds for Dusan Popovic, the young Serbian grandmaster urgently in need of medical treatment.

It did indeed turn out to be "Magnanimous" Magnus as the Norwegian teen ace and the Internet Chess Club joined forces last Monday to raise near to $12,000 in the fundraising simultaneous. A big "Thank You" from Magnus Carlsen and ICC to all who donated to the cause!

There were ICC qualifiers for seats in the simul with entry for as little as 5 chekels to play; 6 fixed-price seats were sold on eBay for $500; there were 18 seats sold on eBay in a Dutch auction for $190 each; U.S. shock-jock Howard Stern and Dr. Jim Roberts, of the America's Foundation for Chess paid $1000 to play; the Chess.FM commentary team donated $800; our Spanish partners at CET donated $300; and even World ChampionVishy Anand sent a message of support along with his own personal donation of $750.

Carlsen played 25 games during the fundraiser for Popovic. He won 19, drew 5 and lost only one game. Click here for the pgn download of all 25 games.

JOHN B. HENDERSON

26) Women's World Championship

The World Women's Championship 2008 takes place in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation), 28th August - 18th September 2008 with a prize fund of 450,000 USD. FIDE and the organisers have stressed that events in Ossetia shouldn't have any impact on the event although its clearly worrying some participants.

Official site: http://nalchik2008.fide.com

WCh-Women Nalchik (RUS), 28 viii - 18 ix 2008 Round 1 Pairings 29th-31st August 2008.
Bd No	SNo	NAME	NAT	NAME	NAT
1	1-64	Xu, Yuhua	CHN	Solomons, Anzel	RSA
2	2-63	Koneru, Humpy	IND	Alaa El Din, Yorsa	EGY
3	3-62	Hou, Yifan	CHN	Khaled, Mona	EGY
4	4-61	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	Zapata, Karen	PER
5	5-60	Cramling, Pia	SWE	Sanchez Castillo, Sarai	VEN
6	6-59	Sebag, Marie	FRA	Gasik, Anna	POL
7	7-58	Zhao, Xue	CHN	Zuriel, Marisa	ARG
8	8-57	Kosintseva, Tatjana	RUS	Muminova, Nafisa	UZB
9	9-56	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	Pourkashiyan, Atousa	IRI
10	10-55	Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	Golubenko, Valentina	CRO
11	11-54	Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	Velcheva, Maria	BUL
12	12-53	Ruan, Lufei	CHN	Zakurdjaeva, Irina	RUS
13	13-52	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	Rohonyan, Katherine	USA
14	14-51	Chiburdanidze, Maya	GEO	Nguyen, Thi Thanh An	VIE
15	15-50	Hoang Thanh Trang	HUN	Arribas Robaina, Maritza	CUB
16	16-49	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	Kadimova, Ilaha	AZE
17	17-48	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	Le Thanh Tu	VIE
18	18-47	Socko, Monika	POL	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	ROM
19	19-46	Krush, Irina	USA	Sedina, Elena	ITA
20	20-45	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	Zhang Jilin	CHN
	21-44	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	Amura, Claudia	ARG
22	22-43	Harika, Dronavalli	IND	Nebolsina, Vera	RUS
23	23-42	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	RUS	Mohota, Nisha	IND
24	24-41	Korbut, Ekaterina	RUS	Gvetadze, Sopio	GEO
25	25-40	Zatonskih, Anna	USA	Bosboom Lanchava, Tea	NED
26	26-39	Shen, Yang	CHN	Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino	GER
27	27-38	Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	Moser, Eva	AUT
28	28-37	Tania, Sachdev	IND	Tan Zongyi	CHN
29	29-36	Bojkovic, Natasa	SRB	Ju, Wenjun	CHN
30	30-35	Rajlich, Iweta	POL	Mongontuul, Bathuyang	MGL
31	31-34	Lomineishvili, Maia	GEO	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	GEO
32	32-33	Khurtsidze, Nino	GEO	Matveeva, Svetlana	RUS

27) Forthcoming Events and Links

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 and finally to Teimour Radjabov.

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

CECLUB Spanish Club Chess Championship

The CECLUB Spanish Club Chess Championship takes place 3rd-7th September 2008. 25 of the world's top 50 can participate and team rosters include the players: Shirov, Adams, Ponomariov, Cheparinov, Akopian, Gelfand, Kasimdzhanov, Van Wely, Ivanchuk, Carlsen, Alekseev, Motylev, Bareev, Vallejo, Roiz, Rublevsky, Svidler, Mamedyarov, Karjakin, Jakovenko, Harikrishna, Movsesian, Malakhov, Gashimov and Dominguez Perez. Some of those for 2nd division sides.

Preview: http://previews.chessdom.com/ceclub-chess-spain

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

VII Benidorm International Festival

The VII Benidorm International Festival of Chess takes place 29th November - 8th December 2008.

Details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/

Commonwealth Chess Championship

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dresden Olympiad

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

Official site: http://dresden2008.de

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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.