THE WEEK IN CHESS 724 22nd September 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 5th China vs Russia Chess Match
3) Women's World Championship
4) European Union Championships, Liverpool
5) Geller Memorial
6) SPICE Cup
7) 3rd PGMA Cup
8) 4th Prospero Pichay Jr. Cup
9) US Chess League
10) First Saturday September
11) Polish ExtraLeague
12) Polish First League
13) Vladimir Open
14) II ROMGAZ Open
15) I Tancats Magistrals Vila de Canovelles
16) Hungarian Championship
17) 7th Georgiev - Kesarovski Memorial
18) European Youth Chess Championship
19) Miami Chess Open
20) Schwarzach Open
21) Torre Normanna Hotel Village
22) 5th Highlands Open
23) XXI Moratalaz International Open
24) XXI Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Barakaldo
25) 12th Tehran Chess Ramadan Cup
26) 3rd Riviera dei Cedri International
27) XXI Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Barakaldo
28) National Chess League Argentina
29) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
5th China vs Russia Chess Match40 games
Women's World Championship2 games
European Union Championships, Liverpool206 games
Geller Memorial332 games
SPICE Cup15 games
3rd PGMA Cup320 games
4th Prospero Pichay Jr. Cup302 games
US Chess League28 games
First Saturday September16 games
Polish ExtraLeague268 games
Polish First League270 games
Vladimir Open310 games
II ROMGAZ Open137 games
I Tancats Magistrals Vila de Canovelles74 games
Hungarian Championship22 games
7th Georgiev - Kesarovski Memorial3 games
European Youth Chess Championship1731 games
Miami Chess Open17 games
Schwarzach Open181 games
4275 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Aben Rudy, Gujuan Tzu, Jesus Mena, Bela Lengyel, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Mikhail Golubev, John Saunders, Miklos Orso, Thomas Henrich, Wolfgang Perner and everyone else who helped with the issue.

24 year old Aleksandra Kosteniuk saw the challenge of 14 year old Hou Yifan to take the women's world championship title. Kosteniuk dominated the final but Hou was remarkably difficult to put away saving a very bad position in game 2. Both players were originally supposed to be playing for Russia against China in their 5th challenge match before they reached the final. Although the Russian women are holding their own the men have fallen behind after four of the five standard time rate games. There will be rapid and blitz games to follow. 24 year old Jan Werle won the European Union Championships in Liverpool half a point clear of Viktor Laznicka, Michael Adams and Nigel Short who recovered from a default when his mobile phone made a noise (it seems some Nokia phones can turn themselves on to tell you their batteries are running low, this doesn't seem like a feature but it does seem like something worth testing for professional players).

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 5th China vs Russia Chess Match

The 5th China vs Russia Chess Match takes place 18th-27th September 2008, in Ningpo, China. 18th-23rd September standard (90+30), 24th-26th September rapid (25+10), 27th September blitz (3+2), no official site.

Games and results are available at: http://www.russiachess.org/

5th China vs Russia Chess Match Ningpo
(CHN), 18-23 ix 2008
Round 4 Standings:
Chinese Men
1 Wang Hao g CHN 2691 3.0 2885
2 Wang Yue g CHN 2704 2.5 2786
3 Li Chao2 g CHN 2590 2.5 2779
4 Ni Hua g CHN 2705 2.0 2700
5 Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2710 2.0 2707
12.0
Chinese Women
1 Shen Yang wg CHN 2445 3.5 2804
2 Ruan Lufei wg CHN 2499 2.0 2468
3 Xu Yuhua g CHN 2483 2.0 2466
4 Zhao Xue m CHN 2522 1.5 2387
5 Huang Qian wg CHN 2430 1.0 2262
10.0
Chinese Total 22.0
Russian Men
1 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2646 2.0 2672
2 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 2.0 2677
3 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 1.5 2615
4 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2709 1.5 2587
5 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2675 1.0 2480
8.0
Russian Women
1 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2460 2.5 2578
2 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2469 2.5 2569
3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2435 2.0 2464
4 Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2459 2.0 2470
5 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2511 1.0 2294
10.0
Russian Total 18.0
5th China vs Russia Chess Match Ningpo
(CHN), 18-23 ix 2008
Results:
Round 1 (September 18, 2008)
Wang Hao - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 43 E15 Queens Indian
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Ni Hua ½-½ 46 D11 Slav Defence
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Xu Yuhua ½-½ 68 A28 English Four Knights
Li Chao2 - Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0 46 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Pogonina, Natalija - Ruan Lufei 1-0 44 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wang Yue - Inarkiev, Ernesto ½-½ 40 E93 King's Indian Classical
Korbut, Ekaterina - Shen Yang 0-1 36 C24 Bishop's Opening
Huang Qian - Kosintseva, Nadezhda ½-½ 48 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zhao Xue - Kosintseva, Tatiana ½-½ 21 E15 Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 41 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 2 (September 19, 2008)
Shen Yang - Pogonina, Natalija 1-0 44 A59 Volga Gambit
Ni Hua - Svidler, Peter 1-0 40 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Zhao Xue 1-0 73 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Huang Qian 1-0 37 C00 French Defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 55 C43 Petroff's Defence
Li Chao2 - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 0-1 44 C91 Ruy Lopez
Xu Yuhua - Korbut, Ekaterina 0-1 24 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Alekseev, Evgeny - Wang Yue ½-½ 27 D15 Slav Defence
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Wang Hao 0-1 49 E15 Queens Indian
Ruan Lufei - Kosintseva, Tatiana ½-½ 42 B69 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 3 (September 20, 2008)
Shen Yang - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina ½-½ 40 E33 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Wang Hao ½-½ 47 E46 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Ni Hua - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 12 C54 Giuoco Piano
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Ruan Lufei ½-½ 43 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Li Chao2 ½-½ 27 D77 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Zhao Xue - Korbut, Ekaterina ½-½ 63 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Svidler, Peter - Wang Yue ½-½ 15 D17 Slav Defence
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Xu Yuhua 0-1 46 C11 French Defence
Bu Xiangzhi - Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ 62 D38 QGD Ragozin
Huang Qian - Pogonina, Natalija 0-1 53 A59 Volga Gambit
Round 4 (September 21, 2008)
Wang Hao - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 20 B42 Sicilian Paulsen
Wang Yue - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 42 A63 Benoni
Pogonina, Natalija - Zhao Xue ½-½ 83 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny - Ni Hua 1-0 28 C11 French Defence
Ruan Lufei - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1-0 59 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Korbut, Ekaterina - Huang Qian ½-½ 46 C07 French Tarrasch
Xu Yuhua - Kosintseva, Nadezhda ½-½ 21 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo
Bu Xiangzhi - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 43 E63 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Li Chao2 0-1 45 A29 English Four Knights
Kosintseva, Tatiana - Shen Yang 0-1 32 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin

3) Women's World Championship

The World Women's Championship 2008 took place in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation), 28th August - 18th September 2008 with a prize fund of 450,000 USD. Aleksandra Kosteniuk defeated Hou Yifan in the final, which she dominated more than the 2.5-1.5 score suggests, with winning positions in at least two of the other games. The 24 year old Russian succeeds Xu Yuhua who went out in the second round of the knockout contest. In recent years China has dominated the event and Kosteniuk is the first Russian women's champion since Elisabeth Bykova (champion 1958-1962).

Sudden Death Playoff regulations: White shall receive 6 minutes, Black shall receive 5 minutes, without any addition. The winner qualifies for the next round. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces qualifies for the next round.

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

http://www.chessdom.com/ has live blog coverage.

World Championship Women - Results
Hou Yifan - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 48 C90 Ruy Lopez
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Hou Yifan ½-½ 57 C07 French Tarrasch
Hou Yifan - Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½ 72 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Hou Yifan ½-½ 56 B45 Sicilian Classical
WCh-Women Nalchik (RUS), 28 viii - 18 ix 2008
Final 14th-18th September 2008
Name Ti NAT Rtng G1 G2 G3 G4 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total Perf
Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2510 1 ½ ½ ½ . . . . . 2652
Hou Yifan wg CHN 2557 0 ½ ½ ½ . . . . . 2423

4) European Union Championships, Liverpool

This years European Union Championships took place in Liverpool, England 9th - 18th September 2008. The prize fund was 30,000 pounds with 6000 pounds first prize.

Jan Werle secured first place with a quick draw in the final round to finish on 8/10 after Adams drew early too. Short won in the final round to finish level with Adams half a point behind the winner along with Viktor Laznicka.

Official site:  http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk            

European Union Championships Liverpool
(ENG), 9-18 ix 2008
Final Round 10 Standings:
Pos Player NATt Elo A D TB
1 WERLE, Jan NEDg 25918 247461
2 LAZNICKA, Viktor CZEg 2601248964
3 ADAMS, Michael ENGg 2735253863
4 SHORT, Nigel D ENGg 2655245759½
5 DAVID, Alberto LUXg 25687 252463½
6 L'AMI, Erwin NEDg 26107 247963
7 VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime FRAg 26817 249862½
8 FRIDMAN, Daniel GERg 26377 248162
9 BERG, Emanuel SWEg 25927 251160½
10 BACROT, Etienne FRAg 26917 249559½
11 HOWELL, David W L ENGg 25617 244259½
12 TIVIAKOV, Sergei NEDg 26457 248259
13 LUTHER, Thomas GERg 25707 243657
14 SMEETS, Jan NEDg 25937 246357
15 BELIAVSKY, Alexander G SLOg 26067 243556
16 ABERGEL, Thal FRAm 2499251064
17 MEIER, Georg GERg 2556252463½
18 MIEZIS, Normunds LATg 2540250261½
19 D`COSTA, Lorin A R ENGf 2414243660½
20 SULSKIS, Sarunas LTUg 2562244459
21 HILLARP PERSSON, Tiger SWEg 2526238656
22 CARLSSON, Pontus SWEg 2514234154
23 CONQUEST, Stuart C ENGg 25366 248162
24 EDOUARD, Romain FRAm 25086 245760½
25 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, Ketevan SCOm 24486 249060
26 SPOELMAN, Wouter NEDm 24486 245260
27 SHAW, John SCOg 24696 244059½
28 WELLS, Peter K ENGg 25266 244759½
29 JONES, Gawain C B ENGg 25496 245658½
30 HEBDEN, Mark L ENGg 25206 241358
31 DEMBO, Yelena GREm 24316 239857
32 GODENA, Michele ITAg 25196 245957
33 HASLINGER, Stewart G ENGg 25116 242156
34 MCNAB, Colin A SCOg 24506 241956
35 DGEBUADZE, Alexandre BELg 25626 239755½
36 BARAMIDZE, David GERg 25936 235855
37 PRIBORSKY, Jan CZE 23446 238455
38 GORDON, Stephen J ENGm 25086 237954½
39 PILECKIS, Emilis LTU 24436 239054
40 ARKELL, Keith C ENGg 25066 241852½
41 RAUSIS, Igor CZEg 24866 242052½
42 HOUSKA, Jovanka ENGm 24056 229852
43 KOTRONIAS, Vasilios GREg 25746 240950
44 WILLIAMS, Simon K ENGg 24966 248145½
45 ANDERSSON, Ulf SWEg 25626 241744½
46 LANGROCK, Hannes GERf 2398247460
47 SEBENIK, Matej SLOm 2485243658½
48 BITALZADEH, Ali NEDf 2310242958
49 GORMALLY, Daniel W ENGg 2504246056½
50 TRENT, Lawrence ENGm 2470245256½
51 ESTREMERA PANOS, Sergio ESPm 2394244655½
52 RIS, Robert NEDm 2415242055½
53 ASTANEH LOPEZ, Alex IRLf 2357242954
54 COLLINS, Sam E IRLm 2412235154
55 DAVIES, Nigel R ENGg 2478240453½
56 EGGLESTON, David J ENGf 2372238853
57 RINGOIR, Tanguy BEL 2321239352½
58 CALZETTA, Monica ESPwg2264234749½
59 CARLETON, John J ENG 2305225949
60 MOSER, Eva AUTm 2383239949
61 RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Rafael ESPm 2312232649
62 LIMONTAITE, Simona LTUwf2200238848½
63 DALY, Colm IRLf 2311240947½
64 MOTOC, Alina ROMwg2303231147
65 WHITE, Michael J R ENGf 2289232547
66 MEIJERS, Viesturs LATg 2496230746
67 HORNER, Jeff ENGm 2372235645½
68 LOGOTHETIS, Sotirios GREf 23185 241156
69 CONSTANTINOU, Peter ENG 22255 243354
70 STOREY, Charles H ENG 22685 235653½
71 FOWLER, Simon A ENG 22565 232552½
72 PEEK, Marcel NEDm 23705 240052½
73 BRISCOE, Chris ENG 22325 235752
74 RUDD, Jack ENGf 23455 230950
75 GARCIA CASTRO, Pablo ESPm 23905 229548½
76 LASINSKAS, Povilas LTUf 22695 233848½
77 BLACKBURN, Joathan Lb WLS 21965 223748
78 LAWSON, Andrew ENG 22005 224747½
79 RADOVANOVIC, Jovica SRBf 23255 224047
80 WILSON, Alexandra SUIwf20595 227641½
81 NASLUND, Mikael SWEf 22435 211038½
82 KETT, Tim WLS 2247223752½
83 LAM, Paul G M ENG 2104227851½
84 WILLIAMSON, Roger G ENG 2169228250
85 TEBB, David J ENG 2215226249½
86 CRUZ ALVAREZ DE RON, Dan ESP 2278226349
87 SURTEES, Mike J ENG 2182218549
88 ZHOU, Yang-Fan ENG 2259233048½
89 REDMOND, John P IRL 2188227447½
90 YEO, Michael J ENG 2110229947½
91 GROFFEN, Hans NED 2228219444
92 COATES, David H ENG 2037222242½
93 ROBERTSON, David J 219242½
94 CANNON, Raymond C ENG 2041212341½
95 BENNETT, Patrick WLS 2120211241
96 BENSON, Oisin P IRL 1852209141
97 BENNION, David WLS 2063209540½
98 BROWN, Martin ENG 20724 223647
99 VAZNONIS, Vytautas LTUf 24074 219946½
100 CZAJA, Wojciech POL 21034 214945½
101 PAULET, Iozefina ROMwm22754 218645½
102 DORAN, Chris 4 222044½
103 JAMES, David WLSf 21774 218644½
104 DE COVERLY, Roger D ENG 20824 227543½
105 FOX, Anthony IRL 20684 220541½
106 PHILLIPS, Owen S 4 214541½
107 TURNER, John M 4 218440½
108 WELLS, Daniel J ENG 20164 222440½
109 O'ROURKE, Ray IRL 20624 215540
110 TASKER, Michael W ENG 20624 226440
111 HAWKINS, James N H ENG 20134 219938
112 VAN KEMENADE, Rudy WLS 19714 209138
113 CAFOLLA, Peter IRL 2055226645½
114 MAJER, Chris E ENG 2091219841
115 DI MICHELE, Rocco ITA 2096208240½
116 STANCAK, Andrej 212740½
117 RINGOIR, Guy BEL 1944208639½
118 ROY, Ali SCO 1693201439
119 GROVES, David 209438
120 GORMAN, John A ENG 1937211537
121 PEACOCK, Malcolm R ENG 2101233237
122 GROVES, Barry 201236
123 CAMPBELL, Ian ENG 2031219734
124 FRASER-MITCHELL, Jeremy N ENG 20183 222846
125 ELLIS, Mark 3 227537½
126 EWART, Brian R ENG 19023 214537½
127 POTTER, Steven 3 211137
128 CROSS, Ian K 3 205933
129 HULLIGAN, Steve ENG 18223 206932½
130 BENTLEY, Emma J 3 208028
131 RIZZI, Volfango ITA 1855211242
132 MCCARTHY, Jim IRL 2084222635
133 SOIKKELI, Raino FIN 1738203833½
134 KENNAUGH, Charles W ENGf 2281221733
135 BURGE, Steve J 204329½
136 TAYLOR, Edward H ENG 20672 206935
137 BENSON, Nicola 2 196729½
138 AMLANI, Parual 2 201126
139 OWEN, Dennis ENG 2095223626½
140 WOOD, Michael 1 210927½
141 WEEKS, Manuel AUSf 21741 2101
141 players

5) Geller Memorial

The Geller Memorial took place in Odessa, Ukraine 8th-18th September 2008. Yuri Drozdovskij won the event on tie-break from Eduard Andreev, Igor Smirnov, Yaroslav Zherebukh and Roman Kozel after all finished on 7/9. 74 players.

Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t165.html


IV Geller Memorial Odessa (UKR), 9-18 ix 2008
1 Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2587 7.0 52.5 39.75 36.5 2619
2 Andreev, Eduard UKR g UKR 2455 7.0 52.5 39.00 36.0 2576
3 Smirnov, Igor UKR g UKR 2504 7.0 50.0 38.50 36.0 2584
4 Zherebukh, Yaroslav m UKR 2432 7.0 49.5 36.00 34.5 2551
5 Kozel, Roman m UKR 2387 7.0 48.5 34.75 35.0 2571
6 Tukhaev, Adam g UKR 2498 6.5 55.0 38.00 36.0 2585
7 Lushenkov, Mikhail m RUS 2452 6.0 50.5 30.25 35.5 2517
8 Golubev, Mikhail g UKR 2480 6.0 50.0 30.50 33.5 2492
9 Bogdanovich, Stanislav UKR 2299 6.0 49.0 29.00 33.0 2446
10 Sharapov, Evgeny m UKR 2431 6.0 48.0 29.25 32.0 2433
11 Fingerov, Dmitry m UKR 2365 6.0 45.5 26.50 29.0 2420
12 Shilin, Denis m UKR 2393 6.0 44.5 28.25 30.5 2362
13 Garifulin, Alexander UKR 2288 6.0 43.5 25.25 28.5 2369
14 Chudinovskikh, Alexander M m RUS 2371 6.0 39.0 26.00 28.0 2289
15 Jakimov, Vladimir UKR 2447 5.5 49.0 28.00 31.5 2397
16 Lutsko, Igor g BLR 2399 5.5 44.0 25.00 28.0 2364
17 Kutsykh, Mikle UKR 2268 5.5 43.5 21.75 27.5 2346
18 Khachatryan, Vahag H ARM 2102 5.5 42.0 23.50 26.5 2430
19 Stets, Dmitry m UKR 2419 5.5 42.0 24.75 25.5 2263
20 Pavlov, Sergey2 UKR 2433 5.5 41.0 23.25 28.5 2354
21 Kurayan, Ruslan UKR 2155 5.0 47.5 23.50 26.5 2340
22 Shevtsov, Nikoliy m UKR 2325 5.0 46.5 24.50 29.5 2368
23 Dmitriev, Igor m RUS 2364 5.0 46.5 23.00 27.0 2316
24 Goreskul, Alyona wg UKR 2200 5.0 43.0 21.25 24.5 2357
25 Loy, Konstantin UKR 2104 5.0 43.0 22.00 24.0 2328
26 Grekh, Andrey f UKR 2362 5.0 42.5 20.75 26.0 2253
27 Bernadskiy, Vitaliy UKR 2214 5.0 41.0 21.00 22.0 2306
28 Tishin, D m UKR 2271 5.0 40.5 20.50 26.0 2249
29 Miljutin, Oleg UKR 2167 5.0 40.5 19.50 21.0 2279
30 Polyakov, Maxim UKR 2283 5.0 39.5 18.75 24.5 2273
31 Kostiukova, Liubov m UKR 2224 5.0 39.5 18.25 22.5 2254
32 Molnar, Peter SVK f SVK 2306 5.0 39.0 19.50 23.5 2228
33 Ostrovskiy, Andrey m UKR 2445 4.5 46.5 22.25 25.5 2266
34 Makarov, Pavlo UKR 2161 4.5 45.0 19.00 22.0 2214
35 Martemianov, Iaroslav f MDA 2371 4.5 44.0 19.50 25.0 2239
36 Dolzhikova, Kateryna wm UKR 2339 4.5 43.0 19.75 23.0 2197
37 Lomakin, Viktor UKR 2082 4.5 41.5 19.75 23.5 2313
38 Stets, Vasilij m UKR 2265 4.5 41.5 18.50 21.5 2138
39 Romcovici, Victor m MDA 2222 4.5 40.5 15.75 21.5 2148
40 Golovlev, Nikolay UKR 2332 4.5 40.0 18.25 26.5 2199
41 Volovikov, Anton UKR 2248 4.5 40.0 17.00 22.0 2200
42 Novikova, Margarita UKR 2055 4.5 34.5 15.50 17.0 2204
43 Daryev, Sergey UKR 2037 4.5 32.5 13.75 15.5 2228
44 Rymskyy, Aleksander UKR 2151 4.0 49.0 19.25 26.0 2328
45 Stolpovsky, Sergei UKR 2133 4.0 47.0 16.50 26.0 2273
46 Demidiukov, Eugene UKR 2165 4.0 44.5 17.50 23.0 2272
47 Fiodorov, Mikhail UKR 2230 4.0 43.5 16.50 21.5 2167
48 Khazankin, Moisei UKR 2106 4.0 37.5 13.00 19.0 2167
49 Prociuc, Evgenii MDA 2109 4.0 37.0 12.00 18.0 2119
50 Zaichuk, Vitaliy UKR 1953 4.0 35.5 13.50 16.5 2117
51 Sodol, Georgiy UKR 2378 4.0 34.5 14.00 20.5 2082
52 Aliferenko, Aleksei UKR 2253 4.0 34.0 11.00 18.0 2059
53 Afanasjev,Anatoly UKR 0000 4.0 34.0 10.50 16.0 2113
54 Shteinberg, Boris m RUS 2230 4.0 33.0 12.50 15.5 1994
55 Elkin, Maxim BLR 2242 3.5 42.0 11.50 22.5 2084
56 Bondar, Wladimir UKR 2131 3.5 38.5 12.25 18.0 2188
57 Hrinchuk, Vladimir UKR 2136 3.5 37.5 11.50 19.5 2151
58 Andrenko, Irina UKR 2213 3.5 35.5 9.75 15.5 1999
59 Kolodiy, Taras UKR 1925 3.5 29.5 8.25 14.0 1939
60 Mamedov, Aflatun UKR 2094 3.0 37.5 11.25 16.0 2073
61 Varchenko, Grigory UKR 2162 3.0 36.5 9.25 15.5 1951
62 Chernetskiy, Mykola UKR 2120 3.0 35.0 12.00 18.0 2043
63 Smolkin, Alexander UKR 1919 3.0 33.5 7.50 12.0 1914
64 Funtikov,Mikhail UKR 0000 3.0 31.5 7.50 13.0 1965
65 Tropin,Vladimir UKR 0000 3.0 27.0 6.50 10.0 1662
66 Izmailov,Viktor UKR 0000 3.0 26.0 3.75 8.0 1435
67 Reshetkov, Kirill UKR 2138 2.5 43.5 17.25 19.5 2303
68 Pervakov, Sergey UKR 2202 2.5 40.0 8.25 15.5 2029
69 Andreev, Volodymyr UKR 1968 2.5 33.5 6.25 13.0 1719
70 Kalinin, A3 m UKR 2442 2.5 31.5 7.50 11.5 1919
71 Varanitsa, Yuru UKR 1973 2.5 26.5 4.50 9.0 1438
72 Tkachova, Anastasia UKR 1800 2.0 32.0 6.25 9.5 1889
73 Stepanenko,Dmitri UKR 0000 2.0 27.5 3.75 9.5 1853
74 Sechin,Yuriy UKR 0000 1.0 25.5 0.25 3.0 1333

6) 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 Lubbock USA (USA), 19-28 ix 2008 cat. XV (2605)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Kritz, Leonid g GER 2610 * . . . . . 1 ½ . 1 2848
2. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2592 . * . ½ . ½ . . 1 . 2 2764
3. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2610 . . * ½ . . . 1 ½ . 2 2726
4. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670 . ½ ½ * ½ . . . . . 2600
5. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2598 . . . ½ * ½ ½ . . . 2647
6. Harikrishna, P g IND 2668 . ½ . . ½ * . . . ½ 2585
7. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2605 0 . . . ½ . * . . 1 2591
8. Perelshteyn, Eugene g USA 2555 ½ . 0 . . . . * ½ . 1 2475
9. Miton, Kamil g POL 2580 . 0 ½ . . . . ½ * . 1 2460
10. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2566 0 . . . . ½ 0 . . * ½ 2354

7) 3rd PGMA Cup

The 3rd President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) Cup took place in Manila, Philippines 6th-13th September 2008. Eugene Torre (in his best result for years), Li Chao (China), Zhao. Zhong (Singapore) took first with 7/9. Games now available.

Official site: http://chessasia.net/ - Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr15758.aspx?lan=1 - FIDE report


3rd PGMA Cup (PHI), 6-13 ix 2008
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2 
1TORRE EugeneGMPHI25247,025722590
2LI ChaoGMCHN25907,025332544
3ZHANG ZhongGMSIN26327,025322551
4MCHEDLISHVILI MikheilGMGEO26046,524972512
5KAZHGALEYEV MurtasGMKAZ26416,025202527
6GHAEMMAGHAMI EhsanGMIRI25976,024872501
7PARAGUA MarkGMPHI25236,024502457
8DZHUMAEV MaratGMUZB25496,024282456
9WANG LiCHN23925,525442551
10GOMEZ John PaulIMPHI24575,525232542
11SADORRA Julio CatalinoIMPHI24705,524982532
12ZHOU WeiqiCHN25565,524912507
13NGUYEN Anh DungGMVIE24995,524842512
14WEN YangGMCHN24875,524732500
15NGUYEN Ngoc Truong SonGMVIE25795,524632471
16DAO Thien HaiGMVIE24895,524362458
17CAUSO DenielPHI24105,523932419
18IULDASHEV SaidaliGMUZB25205,523752386
19NADERA BarloIMPHI24015,523662532
20YANG KaiqiCHN23665,025232530
21LAYLO DarwinGMPHI25045,024802507
22SHANAVA KonstantineGMGEO25225,024592479
23LI ShilongGMCHN25115,024382461
24VILLAMAYOR BuenaventuraGMPHI24695,024302447
25SO WesleyGMPHI25775,024242431
26GOH WeimingIMSIN24035,024202444
27MEGARANTO SusantoGMINA25325,024202437
28HOANG Canh HuanFMVIE23395,024142451
29ZHANG ZiyangCHN24415,024062425
30XIU DeshunCHN24105,024032456
31GONZALES JaysonGMPHI25245,023982405
32ELORTA DavidPHI24055,023972424
33NGUYEN Van HuyCMVIE23865,023592380
34BALLECER DinoPHI24195,023392363
35NOLTE RolandoPHI25225,023382346
36DABLEO RonaldIMPHI24445,023302347
37MALLAHI AmirIMIRI23935,023232344
38DIMAKILING OliverIMPHI24795,022712285
39BITOON RichardIMPHI24394,523972432
72 players

8) 4th Prospero Pichay Jr. Cup

The 4th Prospero Pichay Jr. Cup International Open Chess Championship took place 14th-19th September 2008. Li Shilong took clear first with 7.5/9.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr15935.aspx?lan=2


4th Prospero Pichay Jr. Cup (PHI), 14-19 ix 2008
Rk.TiNombreFEDEloPts. Des 1 Des 2
1GMLI ShilongCHN25037,525662589
2GMIULDASHEV SaidaliUZB25206,525452565
3GMZHANG ZhongSIN26326,525392549
4GMGHAEM MAGHAMI EhsanIRI25976,524842500
5GMSO WesleyPHI25776,025112528
6GMMCHEDLISHVILI MikheilGEO26046,025102520
7GMVILLAMAYOR BuenaventuraPHI24696,024902523
8IMBITOON RichardPHI24395,525182561
9GMPARAGUA MarkPHI25235,525062523
10GMSHANAVA KonstantineGEO25225,524762493
11GMKAZHGALEYEV MurtasKAZ26415,524742485
12GMLAYLO DarwinPHI25045,524672480
13GMNGUYEN Ngoc Truong SonVIE25795,524642475
14XIU DeshunCHN24105,524602496
15GMMEGARANTO SusantoINA25325,524532464
16ZHOU WeiqiCHN25565,524422451
17PASCUA HaridasPHI21745,524392448
18GMGONZALES JaysonPHI25245,524362446
19GMDAO Thien HaiVIE24895,524312450
20IMSADORRA Julio CatalinoPHI24705,524232445
21NOLTE RolandoPHI25225,524162426
22IMDIMAKILING OliverPHI24795,523842406
23GMNGUYEN Anh DungVIE24995,523732401
24WAN YunguoCHN24715,024902521
25IMROCA PetronioPHI23565,024762490
26IMGOMEZ John PaulPHI24575,024672497
27GMWEN YangCHN24875,024432481
28ZHANG ZiyangCHN24415,024192446
29YANG KaiqiCHN23665,023992426
30FMHOANG Canh HuanVIE23395,023832407
31WANG LiCHN23925,022572408
32IMBANCOD RonaldPHI23754,525122522
68 players

9) US Chess League

The 2008 season of the US Chess League started 25th August 2008. The fourth round took place on 15th and 17th September 2008.

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

US Chess League ICC (INT), 27 viii-31 x 2008
Round 4 (of 10) Results:
15th September 2008
BaltimorevsQueens
1GMPawel BlehmBALvsIMEli VovshaQNS 1-0
2IMAlex LendermanQNSvsFMTegshsuren EnkhbatBAL1-0
3FMRalph ZimmerBALvsNMParker ZhaoQNS 0-1
4NMMichael ThalerQNSvsIan HarrisBAL 1-0
SeattlevsChicago
1GMHikaru NakamuraSEAvsGMNikola MitkovCHC 1-0
2IMJan van de MortelCHCvsGMGregory SerperSEA1/2
3NMMichael LeeSEAvsIMEmory TateCHC 0-1
4Adam StrunkCHCvsAndy MaySEA 0-1
17th September 2008
New JerseyvsBoston
1GMJoel BenjaminNJvsGMLarry ChristiansenBOS 1-0
2SMDenys ShmelovBOSvsIMDean IppolitoNJ 0-1
3NMMackenzie MolnerNJvsNMCharles RiordanBOS 1-0
4NMMarc EssermanBOSvsJayson LianNJ 1-0
CarolinavsNew York
1IMLev MilmanCARvsGMAlex ShabalovNY 1-0
2IMJustin SarkarNYvsFMOleg ZaikovCAR 0-1
3FMRon SimpsonCARvsIMJay BoninNY 1-0
4WFMIryna ZenyukNYvsNMCraig JonesCAR 0-1
DallasvsMiami
1IMDavorin KuljasevicDALvsGMJulio BecerraMIA 1-0
2FMMarcel MartinezMIAvsIMJohn BartholomewDAL1/2
3FMIgor SchneiderDALvsFMOsmany PereaMIA1/2
4Matan PrilleltenskyMIAvsWFMKarina VazirovaDAL1/2
PhiladelphiavsSan Francisco
1GMSergey KudrinPHIvsGMPatrick WolffSF1/2
2IMJosh FriedelSFvsIMBryan SmithPHI 1-0
3IMRichard CostiganPHIvsFMSam ShanklandSF 0-1
4FMDaniel NaroditskySFvsNMElvin WilsonPHI 1-0
TennesseevsArizona
1GMJaan EhlvestTENvsIMRogelio BarcenillaARZ 1-0
2IMMark GinsburgARZvsIMRon BurnettTEN1/2
3FMTodd AndrewsTENvsFMRobby AdamsonARZ 0-1
4NMJoel JohnsonARZvsFMJohn BickTEN 1-0

US Chess League ICC (INT), 27 viii-31 x 2008
Round 4 (of 10) Standings :
EASTERN DIVISION WLGame PointsOpp Avg RatingOpps Record
Queens 4011.5/16 (72%)23856.5-5.5 (54%)
New Jersey 2.51.59.0/16 (56%)24247.5-4.5 (63%)
Carolina 229.0/16 (56%)24002.5-9.5 (21%)
Boston 228.5/16 (53%)2407         6.5-5.5 (54%)
Baltimore 136.5/16 (46%)24006.5-5.5 (54%)
Philadelphia135.5/16 (34%)24366.5-5.5 (54%)
New York 134.5/16 (28%)24084.0-8.0 (33%)
WESTERN DIVISION WLGame PointsOpp Avg RatingOpps Record
San Francisco3.50.510.5/16 (66%) 24067.0-5.0 (58%)
Dallas319.5/16 (59%)2429                    8.5-3.5 (71%)
Miami 2210.0/16 (63%)24087.5-4.5 (63%)
Arizona227.0/16 (44%)23747.0-5.0 (58%)
Seattle 227.0/16 (44%)23794.5-7.5 (38%)
Chicago1.52.59.0/16 (56%)24085.5-6.5 (46%)
Tennessee0.53.54.5/16 (28%) 23924.0-8.0 (33%)

10) First Saturday September

The First Saturday tournaments took place 6th-18th of September 2008. David Berczes and Dragan Kosic finished with 6½/9 in the main GM group. To, Nhat Minh and Janos Konnyu scored 7½/9 in the IMA Group. Miklos Galyas won the B-Group.

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

FSGM September Budapest (HUN), 6-14 ix 2008 cat. VII (2415)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Berczes, David m HUN 2458 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 2576
2. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2516 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 2569
3. Farago, Ivan g HUN 2482 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 2487
4. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2519 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 2483
5. Paschall, William M m USA 2330 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2467
6. Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy f VIE 2477 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 4 2364
7. Grafl, Florian m GER 2404 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 2336
8. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2272 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 3 2305
9. Szalanczy, Emil m HUN 2388 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 1 3 2292
10. Kislik, Erik Andrew USA 2302 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 * 2261

FSIMA September Budapest (HUN), 6-16 ix 2008 cat. I (2264)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. To, Nhat Minh HUN 2322 * 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 2451
2. Konnyu, Janos HUN 2314 0 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 2451
3. Parkanyi, Attila m HUN 2393 1 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 7 2400
4. Lyell, Mark f ENG 2232 0 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6 2339
5. Vegh, Endre m HUN 2298 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 2296
6. Werner, Dimo m GER 2329 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5 2257
7. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2286 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 2225
8. Csirik, Andras HUN 2272 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ 4 2191
9. Perez Aleman, Pedro Tomas ESP 2210 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 3 2120
10. Kang Kai CHN ---- 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 2097
11. Simonyi, Zoltan f SRB 2247 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 2072

FSIMB September Budapest (HUN), 6-15 ix 2008 cat. II (2290)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2463 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 2365
2. Moskovic, David M ENG 2293 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 6 2361
3. Petran, Pal m HUN 2361 ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2347
4. Ruecker, Benjamin GER 2246 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * * 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2298
5. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2271 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * * 1 0 4 2221
6. Li Panru CHN 2104 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * * 2133

11) Polish ExtraLeague

The Polish ExtraLeague took place 6th-14th September took place in Karpacz. Strong players including David Navara took part.

Official site: http://www.kszstilon.pl/ekstraliga_seniorow_2008.htm


Polish ExtraLeague Karpacz (POL), 6-14 ix 2008
M-ce Nr Druzyna Rank. PKT Pkt. vs+ Sz.1 Sz.2
1 4 WASKO HetMaN Szopienice 2527 15.0 34.5 8;9;2;3;10;5;6; 5.5 6.5
2 8 AZS UMCS Lublin 2511 14.0 33.0 3;5;7;10;1;2; 6.0 5.0
3 3 Polonia Warszawa 2593 14.0 33.0 9;1;2;10;5;6;7; 4.0 6.5
4 6 KS Polonia Votum Wroclaw 2495 11.0 30.5 10;7;9;2; 5.0 5.0
5 7 PTSz Plock 2435 11.0 29.0 4;5;9;1;2; 5.5 4.0
6 1 JKSz MCKiS Jaworzno 2444 8.0 27.0 10;2;5; 5.5 3.5
7 9 Javena Hancza Suwalki 2391 7.0 23.5 2;10;1; 4.5 4.0
8 5 BKSz PROKONEX Brzeg 2364 7.0 22.0 9;2;10; 2.0 4.0
9 2 DRAKON - SKOK Chmielewskiego Lublin 2334 2.0 18.5 10; 4.5 2.5
10 10 Zelmer SMAK-EKO Górno 2387 1.0 19.0 a 2.5 4.0

12) Polish First League

The Polish First League took place 6th-14th September 2008 in Ustron.

Official site: http://1liga2008.to.pl/


Polish First League Ustron (POL), 6-14 ix 2008
1LKS Pasjonat Dankowice14.032.5
2Pocztowiec Poznan14.031.0
3ASSz Miedz Legnica13.028.5
4Odrodzenie Kozuchów12.029.5
5AZS WSB Wroclaw12.029.5
6OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski9.027.0
7Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski7.025.5
8AKSz Hetman Koszalin4.025.0
9Silesia Racibórz3.021.5
10Baszta Znin2.020.0

13) Vladimir Open

The Vladimir Open A took place 12th-22nd August .8.2008. Aleksej Aleksandrov took clear first with 8.5/10. I don't have a definitive final table, the FIDE site gives standings without rated games being taken into account and a crosstable that isn't in finishing order. I couldn't make the final table work from the official site. I give a table created from the games below.

Official site: http://www.vladchess.ru/files/soft.html and Results: http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=16054


Open A Vladimir (RUS), 12-22 viii 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2574 +44 =20 +62 =13 +15 +16 +6 =2 +4 +7 2749
2. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2558 +29 +11 =16 =31 +30 =12 +21 =1 +19 -5 7 2580
3. Kokarev, Dmitry g RUS 2582 +36 =12 +23 =16 +31 =7 =4 =8 =11 +19 7 2593
4. Krapivin, Alexander g RUS 2471 =50 -15 +51 +53 +44 +24 =3 +6 -1 +16 7 2581
5. Demchenko, Anton m RUS 2495 +47 =62 -20 +46 =17 =18 +35 +21 =12 +2 7 2544
6. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2524 +43 +10 =21 =20 +18 +13 -1 -4 =14 +12 2545
7. Zabotin, Alexander f RUS 2491 +53 +18 -13 +17 +20 =3 -12 +22 +8 -1 2551
8. Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2513 +42 -17 =37 +27 =23 +10 +31 =3 -7 +22 2516
9. Danin, Alexandre m RUS 2469 =27 +41 -12 +54 =19 =29 +37 =16 +25 =11 2473
10. Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2403 +45 -6 -30 +56 +26 -8 +39 =25 +28 +21 2437
11. Lavrik, Dmitry f RUS 2387 +55 -2 =53 +48 -14 +41 +38 +15 =3 =9 2503
12. Belous, Vladimir RUS 2409 +59 =3 +9 +24 =13 =2 +7 -19 =5 -6 6 2549
13. Ziatdinov, Raset g USA 2433 +49 +30 +7 =1 =12 -6 -19 =33 +42 =14 6 2495
14. Bagirov, Rufat g AZE 2492 -37 =26 +42 +41 +11 -21 =33 +20 =6 =13 6 2436
15. Krylov, Mikhail RUS m RUS 2462 =26 +4 =27 +49 -1 =30 +29 -11 =33 +31 6 2439
16. Mikkelsen, Nikolaj f DEN 2430 +60 +32 =2 =3 +21 -1 =22 =9 +24 -4 6 2529
17. Anoshkin, Alexander A f RUS 2362 +61 +8 =25 -7 =5 -22 +27 =31 =23 +34 6 2474
18. Skomorokhin, Roman m RUS 2378 +56 -7 +26 +22 -6 =5 =25 =23 =31 +33 6 2477
19. Zablotsky, Sergei m RUS 2514 -46 =51 +61 +43 =9 +20 +13 +12 -2 -3 6 2455
20. Kovalenko, Igor m UKR 2415 +57 =1 +5 =6 -7 -19 +30 -14 =37 +42 2457
21. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2447 +48 +37 =6 +25 -16 +14 -2 -5 +29 -10 2463
22. Konovalov, Nikolay m RUS 2440 -32 +39 +46 -18 +28 +17 =16 -7 +30 -8 2387
23. Andreev, Eduard UKR g UKR 2455 +39 =46 -3 +50 =8 =35 =24 =18 =17 =26 2423
24. Kornev, Alexei g RUS 2523 +54 +33 =31 -12 +25 -4 =23 +26 -16 =27 2426
25. Ivanov, Oleg V m UKR 2467 +51 +35 =17 -21 -24 +42 =18 =10 -9 +37 2420
26. Bykov, Alexey1 RUS 2272 =15 =14 -18 +40 -10 +32 +36 -24 +47 =23 2438
27. Matinian, Nikita RUS 2291 =9 +50 =15 -8 -38 +48 -17 +39 +36 =24 2435
28. Trifonov, Pavel RUS 2213 -31 +34 =29 =33 -22 =40 +43 +44 -10 +35 2419
29. Pesotsky, Vitaly m UKR 2338 -2 +55 =28 =52 +32 =9 -15 +47 -21 +38 2386
30. Derbenev, Andrey RUS 2302 +38 -13 +10 +32 -2 =15 -20 =35 -22 +40 5 2421
31. Gorbatov, Alexej m RUS 2423 +28 +52 =24 =2 -3 +47 -8 =17 =18 -15 5 2407
32. Mikheev, Stanislav m RUS 2244 +22 -16 +36 -30 -29 -26 =40 =50 +54 +47 5 2346
33. Romanko, Marina wg RUS 2374 +63 -24 =48 =28 +39 =38 =14 =13 =15 -18 5 2355
34. Dudukin, Ilya f RUS 2407 -52 -28 +55 -47 =48 +51 +53 =37 +45 -17 5 2250
35. Domogaev, Sergey m RUS 2364 +58 -25 -49 +63 +52 =23 -5 =30 +46 -28 5 2256
36. Molchanova, Tatjana wm RUS 2349 -3 +59 -32 -39 +63 +49 -26 +52 -27 +48 5 2255
37. Svetlov, Dmitry f RUS 2306 +14 -21 =8 -38 +61 +44 -9 =34 =20 -25 2373
38. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2484 -30 -48 +57 +37 +27 =33 -11 -42 +44 -29 2276
39. Savina, Anastasia RUS 2269 -23 -22 +58 +36 -33 +54 -10 -27 +49 =45 2253
40. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2407 -41 -49 +59 -26 =56 =28 =32 +60 +43 -30 2197
41. Schepetkova, Margarita RUS 2173 +40 -9 =44 -14 +43 -11 -54 -46 +59 +60 2315
42. Bojarinov, Victor A RUS 2313 -8 =61 -14 +51 +50 -25 +60 +38 -13 -20 2333
43. Potapov, Alexey RUS 2329 -6 +45 =60 -19 -41 +56 -28 +51 -40 +52 2244
44. Girya, Olga wf RUS 2350 -1 +57 =41 +60 -4 -37 +50 -28 -38 +53 2293
45. Uraev, Ivan RUS 2150 -10 -43 -47 +58 -55 +63 +48 +54 -34 =39 2199
46. Orlov, Oleg RUS 2315 +19 =23 -22 -5 =60 -52 =49 +41 -35 =51 4 2267
47. Charochkina, Daria wm RUS 2309 -5 -56 +45 +34 +49 -31 +52 -29 -26 -32 4 2213
48. Kolmakov, Pavel RUS 2263 -21 +38 =33 -11 =34 -27 -45 +57 +50 -36 4 2267
49. Chulivska, Vita wm UKR 2238 -13 +40 +35 -15 -47 -36 =46 =53 -39 +61 4 2253
50. Simonov, Vladimir RUS 2301 =4 -27 +56 -23 -42 +61 -44 =32 -48 +58 4 2170
51. Stukopin, Andrey f RUS 2277 -25 =19 -4 -42 +59 -34 +57 -43 +61 =46 4 2253
52. Maevsky, Nikolay RUS 2171 +34 -31 =54 =29 -35 +46 -47 -36 =53 -43 2235
53. Yarysh, Grigorij f RUS 2304 -7 +58 =11 -4 =54 =60 -34 =49 =52 -44 2187
54. Borisova, Elizaveta RUS 2316 -24 +63 =52 -9 =53 -39 +41 -45 -32 =55 2138
55. Maximov, Anton RUS 2146 -11 -29 -34 =59 +45 -57 =56 -58 +63 =54 2091
56. Kutepov, Alexander RUS 2114 -18 +47 -50 -10 =40 -43 =55 -59 =57 =63 3 2120
57. Kurukin, Dmitry RUS 2201 -20 -44 -38 -61 +58 +55 -51 -48 =56 =59 3 2067
58. Timofeev, Mikhail RUS 1876 -35 -53 -39 -45 -57 +59 +61 +55 -60 -50 3 2074
59. Ruchkin, Ivan RUS 2188 -12 -36 -40 =55 -51 -58 +63 +56 -41 =57 3 2049
60. Vdovin, Sergei RUS 2263 -16 . =43 -44 =46 =53 -42 -40 +58 -41 2111
61. Babayan, Armine ARM 2047 -17 =42 -19 +57 -37 -50 -58 +63 -51 -49 2049
62. Gagarin, Vasilij m RUS 2399 . =5 -1 . . . . . . . ½ 2341
63. Ayzatulin, Rostislaw RUS 2034 -33 -54 . -35 -36 -45 -59 -61 -55 =56 ½ 1783

14) II ROMGAZ Open

The II ROMGAZ Open took place in Bucharest 11th-19th September. Alexei Fedorov edged out Dmitry Kononenko and Evgenij Miroshnichenko on tie-break after they all finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.turneulregilor.com and the results at: http://chess-results.com/tnr15672.aspx?lan=2  


II ROMGAZ Open Bucharest (ROU), 11-19 ix 2008
RankNameTiRtgFEDPtsRes.
1Fedorov AlexeiGM2560BLR
2Kononenko DmitryGM2502UKR1
3Miroshnichenko EvgenijGM2593UKR½
4Zubarev AlexanderGM2517UKR70
5Gelashvili TamazGM2612GEO70
6Mamedov NidjatGM2564AZE70
7Lupulescu ConstantinGM2589ROU70
8Filippov AntonGM2531UZB70
9Azarov SergeiGM2605BLR0
10Nisipeanu Liviu-DieterGM2692ROU0
11Szabo Gergely-Andras-GyulaIM2514ROU0
12Savchenko StanislavGM2558UKR0
13Grigore George-GabrielGM2517ROU0
14Neverov ValeriyGM2573UKR0
15Gleizerov EvgenyGM2549RUS0
16Ulibin MikhailGM2520RUS0
17Kurnosov IgorGM2617RUS60
18Bachmann AxelGM2511PAR60
19Suba MihaiGM2507ROU60
20Jianu Vlad-CristianGM2522ROU60
21Nevednichy VladislavGM2577ROU60
22Zinchenko YaroslavGM2523UKR60
23Bonte Andrei-Mihai 2301ROU60
24Malakhatko VadimGM2612BEL60
25Abasov Nijat Azad Oglu 2369AZE60
26Cosma IoanIM2457ROU60
27Grunberg Mihai-LucianIM2400ROU60
28Petrenko SvetlanaIM2283MDA60
29Valeanu Eduard-Andrei 2440ROU60
30Manea AlexandruIM2357ROU60
31Sergeev VladimirGM2508UKR0
174 players

15) I Tancats Magistrals Vila de Canovelles

The I Tancats Magistrals Vila de Canovelles tournament took place 13th-21st September 2008. Omar Almdeida Quintana won the GM group with 7.5/9. Enrique Fernandez Aguado won the IM group. I give the IM group games again as I misidentified Raul Omar Gonzalez.

Official site: http://www.flancderei.com/index.php/archives/tag/i-tancat and results and games at: http://chess-results.com/tnr15849.aspx?tnr=15849&art=2&lan=2&flag=30&m=-1  

I Tancats A Canovelles (ESP), 13-21 ix 2008 cat. VIII (2443)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Almeida Quintana, Omar g CUB 2524 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 2707
2. Cruz, Cristhian f PER 2508 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 2602
3. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2531 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 2513
4. Larino Nieto, David m ESP 2426 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2488
5. Pogorelov, Ruslan g UKR 2459 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 1 0 1 2441
6. Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria m ESP 2377 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 1 ½ 4 2407
7. Cruz, Filemon f PER 2416 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 4 2403
8. Lorenzo de la Riva, Lazaro f ESP 2367 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 2371
9. Rojas, Luis m CHI 2414 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 3 2321
10. Jerez Perez, Alfonso m ESP 2410 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 2173

I Tancats B Canovelles (ESP), 13-21 ix 2008 cat. IV (2327)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Fernandez Aguado, Enrique f ESP 2337 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 2492
2. Gonzalez, Raul Omar f ESP 2318 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 6 2453
3. Panelo, Marcelo m ARG 2414 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 2398
4. Munoz Pantoja, Miguel m PER 2499 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2388
5. Almeida Toledano, Daniel ESP 2303 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 2287
6. Randazzo, Adrian ITA 2224 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * . ½ ½ ½ 2303
7. Avila Jimenez, Javier ESP 2286 0 0 0 0 ½ . * 1 1 1 2303
8. Rios, Alejandro m COL 2340 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 2246
9. Garcia Jimenez, Francisco Javier f ESP 2297 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 2251
10. Llaneza Vega, Patricia wm ESP 2260 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 2169

16) Hungarian Championship

The 58th Hungarian Championship takes place in Nyiregyhaza (220 km east from Budapest) 12th-23rd September 2008.

The championship is an 16 participant, KO-system event with Zoltan Almasi (6 times Hungarian Champion) and Gyula Sax (Gold medalist of the Buenos Aires Olympiad, 1978).

Csaba Balogh and Zoltan Almasi are tied 1-1 in the final and have a rapid playoff tomorrow as do Gabor Kovacs and Robert Ruck in the 3rd-4th playoff.

Official site: http://www.hotelpagony.hu/ or more directly http://dodicsek.unsoft.hu/2008/0912ferfiko/menkoch2008.htm.

58th ch-HUN KO Nyiregyhaza (HUN), 12-23 ix 2008
Round 1Round 2Semi-FinalFinalWinner
SeedNameTiNATEloScoreNameScoreNameScoreNameScoreName
1Almasi, Zoltan gHUN2668
Almasi, Zoltan
16Papp, Gabor mHUN2509½
Almasi, Zoltan
8Medvegy, Zoltan gHUN2556½
Cao, Sang
9Cao, Sang gHUN2491
Almasi, Zoltan 1
5Erdos, Viktor gHUN25760
Gonda, Laszlo
12Gonda, Laszlo mHUN25012
Ruck, Robert ½
4Ruck, Robert gHUN2574
Ruck, Robert
13Szabo, Krisztian mHUN2510
3Balogh, Csaba gHUN26243
Balogh, Csaba
14Czebe, Attila gHUN24801
Balogh, Csaba
6Groszpeter, AttilagHUN2554
Sax, Gyula
11Sax, Gyula gHUN2506
Balogh, Csaba 1
7Horvath, Csaba gHUN2537½
Horvath, Adam 2
10Horvath, Adam gHUN2513
Kovacs, Gabor
2Kovacs, Gabor mHUN2505
Kovacs, Gabor 2
15Gyimesi, Zoltan gHUN2586½

17) 7th Georgiev - Kesarovski Memorial

The 7th Georgiev - Kesarovski Memorial took place in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria 8th-14th September 2008. Krasimir Rusev won the event with 8/9. Final two rounds still aren't available although I managed to get three games from the viewer from round 9.

Official site: http://www.sunnybeach-chess.com/

18) European Youth Chess Championship

European Youth Chess Championship 2008 takes place in Herceg Novi (Montenegro) 14th-25th September 2008. 9 Round Swiss.

Official site: http://www.euroyouth2008.com/

European Youth Championships Herceg Novi (MNE), 14-25 ix 2008
B18 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Swiercz DariuszIMPOL24565,014,5
2Can EmreIMTUR24605,014,0
3Salgado Lopez IvanGMESP25324,515,5
4Stupak KirillIMBLR24584,515,5
5Chirila Ioan CristianIMROU24254,514,5
6Benidze DavitFMGEO23894,514,0
7Piorun KacperFMPOL24454,513,5
8Vila Gazquez XavierIMESP24194,513,5
9Rozum IvanIMRUS24444,513,0
10Kopylov Alexander AFMRUS24214,513,0
11Panocki AdrianPOL23384,016,5
12Anton TeodorROU23534,016,0
13Burg TwanFMNED23594,015,0
14Saric IvanIMCRO25114,015,0
15Nabaty TamirISR24314,014,0
16Recuero Guerra DavidFMESP24174,013,5
17Volodin AleksandrIMEST23974,013,0
18Rasulov VugarFMAZE23924,011,5
19Shukh NikolaiFMRUS23704,011,0
20Krejci JanFMCZE23053,516,0
75 players
B16 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Ter-Sahakyan SamvelFMARM24805,018,0
2Grandelius NilsFMSWE23665,016,0
3Prohaszka PeterIMHUN25095,015,0
4Sivuk VitalyUKR23245,015,0
5Nyzhnyk IllyaFMUKR24285,014,0
6Yilmaz MustafaFMTUR23625,013,5
7Ketzetzis GeorgiosGRE20994,517,0
8Pavlidis AntoniosGRE22664,515,0
9Kanarek MarcelFMPOL23494,514,0
10Witek TomaszPOL21254,513,0
11Mazur StefanSVK22374,512,5
12Firat BurakTUR22194,512,0
13Rombaldoni AxelFMITA23744,511,5
14Strunski AndreasGER22944,511,5
113 players
B14 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Grigoryan Karen HCMARM20975,016,0
2Fedoseev VladimirFMRUS23215,015,0
3Bajarani UlviFMAZE22025,015,0
4Kovalev VladislavFMBLR23155,014,0
5Bukavshin IvanFMRUS23505,014,0
6Grib RomanBLR20334,515,0
7Mammadov Zaur Fazahir OgluAZE21144,514,5
8Lagarde MaximeFMFRA23224,514,0
9Sochacki ChristopheFRA22214,512,5
10Mokhov VladimirRUS22014,511,0
11Galopoulos PanagiotisFMGRE22004,511,0
12Eranyan KhachaturARM19634,015,5
13Dragun KamilPOL22404,014,0
14Seegert KristianDEN20244,014,0
15Nikologorskiy KonstantinFMRUS21744,013,5
16Baboyan EduardRUS21254,013,5
17De Filomeno SimoneITA21024,013,5
18Handler LukasAUT04,013,5
19Juhasz KristofHUN21754,013,5
20Wieczorek OskarPOL22324,013,0
21Pardo Simon DavidESP22044,013,0
22Hager Joshua AarashGER21284,013,0
23Sanchez Ibern MarcESP21614,013,0
24Pasiev RakhimRUS21784,013,0
25Kezin RomanRUS22354,013,0
26Moiseenko VadimRUS22254,013,0
27Straka Josef JrSVK21224,013,0
28Van Der Lende IliasNED19784,013,0
110 players
B12 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Dubov DaniilRUS22376,015,0
2Berbatov KiprianFMBUL22505,016,5
3Beradze IrakliGEO20975,016,5
4Eliseev UriiRUS22445,015,5
5Tomsia KamilPOL20755,015,0
6Mindlin AlonISR18855,013,5
7Flermoen PeterNOR19365,013,0
8Santos Latasa JaimeESP20525,013,0
9Bortnik AlexandrUKR21894,517,5
10Khamidov KomilPOL19324,515,0
11Nikolov MihailBUL18154,514,0
12Cabarkapa NovakSRB19714,513,5
13Kulas SzymonPOL18454,513,5
14Uusitupa AnttiFIN04,513,0
15Yuffa DaniilCMRUS21094,510,5
128 players
B10 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Ali Marandi Cemil CanCMTUR18095,514,0
2Vetoshko VolodymyrUKR19305,017,5
3Antal Tibor KendeHUN20365,016,5
4Vavulin MaksimRUS18625,015,5
5Vorontsov PavloUKR05,015,5
6Grinberg EyalISR05,014,0
7Emdin MarkRUS18325,012,0
8Steinberg NitzanISR19594,517,0
9Valev ValentinBUL17214,516,0
10Duda Jan-KrzysztofPOL19394,515,5
11Mamedov ElminRUS17934,514,5
12Bellahcene BilelFRA17174,514,5
13Sheremet AntonBLR04,514,0
14Sanal VahapCMTUR18144,513,0
15Sadikhov UlviAZE18964,512,5
120 players
G18 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Girya OlgaWFMRUS23505,015,0
2Fuchs JudithGER21975,014,5
3Ozturk KubraWFMTUR21885,014,0
4Nemcova KaterinaWGMCZE23725,013,5
5Pavlidou EkateriniGRE20344,515,5
6Danelia MariamWFMGEO21854,514,0
7Guadamuro Torrente AnabelWFMESP21054,016,0
8Ohme MelanieWFMGER22454,014,5
9Demidowicz MariaPOL20324,014,0
10Kalashyan VarduhiARM20494,014,0
11Nowak MalgorzataPOL20524,012,5
12Agrest InnaSWE22064,012,5
13Tsirulnik MaritsaUKR21104,012,5
14Ni ViktorijaWFMLAT21294,012,0
15Gosciniak MariaPOL20964,011,0
16Baptista Ana FilipaWFMPOR21374,010,5
17Traistaru TeodoraROU21623,514,0
18Manyoki AnnaHUN20533,513,5
19Mader ManuelaWFMGER21553,513,5
20Rakic MarijaSRB22763,513,0
21Exler VeronikaAUT20113,512,5
22Novosadova KristynaCZE20383,510,0
55 players
G16 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Tsatsalashvili KetiWIMGEO22715,513,5
2Repina VarvaraWFMRUS22015,016,0
3Shvayger YuliyaUKR21515,013,5
4Paikidze NaziWFMGEO22774,514,0
5Gvanceladze AnnaWFMRUS20174,513,5
6Suslova AlenaWFMRUS21844,513,0
7Iordanidou ZoiGRE20604,513,0
8Schut DonnaNED20694,512,5
9Abdulla Khayala Mardan QiziAZE20294,511,0
10Savina AnastasiaRUS22694,015,5
11Papp PetraHUN21184,015,0
12Bulatkhanova BikaWFMRUS19764,013,5
13Homiakova ElenaBLR20784,013,5
14Zakoscielna KingaWFMPOL21254,013,5
15Adamowicz KatarzynaPOL20634,013,0
16Stetsko LanitaBLR20224,013,0
17Forgues ValerieFRA19994,012,0
73 players
G14 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Arabidze MeriWFMGEO21525,513,5
2Baciu DianaMDA20165,016,0
3Samigullina DianaWFMRUS21025,016,0
4Jalabadze NatiaGEO20185,015,0
5Foisor Mihaela-VeronicaROU20904,514,5
Chrzaszcz MalvinaPOL19864,514,5
7Kluchik JuliaRUS19564,513,0
8Lach AleksandraWFMPOL20354,513,0
9Efroimski MarselWFMISR20914,017,5
10Unapkoshvili NaniGEO18974,016,5
11Sasmazel BurcuTUR18374,016,0
12Azimova KarinaRUS19084,016,0
13Vasina OlenaUKR19884,015,5
14Vince AndreaSRB20824,013,5
Revo TanyaBLR19544,013,5
16Neuhauser SalomeFRA19244,013,0
17Papathanasiou AgelikiGRE16754,013,0
18Klek Hanna-MarieGER19644,013,0
19Aranaz Murillo AmaliaESP19594,012,5
20Rakhmangulova AnastasiyaUKR20534,012,5
21Zmarzly AleksandraPOL19294,012,0
22Lezhepekova VeronikaRUS18894,011,0
82 players
G12 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Styazhkina AnnaWFMRUS18985,517,5
2Navrotescu Andreea CristianaFRA17405,515,5
3Gogishvili DeaGEO18785,013,0
4Fataliyeva Ulviyya Hasil QiziWCMAZE20004,515,5
5Bivol AlinaRUS18314,515,0
6Dziodzio AngelikaPOL17044,515,0
7Osmanodja FilizGER19364,513,0
8Bellaiche EliseFRA17694,513,0
9Tantsiura MarjaUKR19764,512,5
10Cyboran KatarzynaPOL17144,512,5
11Milutinovic StefanaSRB16274,511,5
12Lachowicz JudytaPOL16514,017,0
13Kostitsina LiubovRUS04,015,5
14Marikova JanaCZE17894,013,5
15Belova OlgaRUS04,013,0
16Visanescu Daria-IoanaWFMROU18024,012,5
17Zarkovic MilaSRB18124,012,5
18Khazieva ElzaRUS17394,012,0
19Rigolot LucieFRA17094,010,0
80 players
G10 Rank after Round 6
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1
1Osmak IulijaUKR06,016,5
2Harazinska EwaPOL05,015,0
3Paramzina AnastasyaRUS05,014,5
4Katanova MarinaRUS05,014,5
5Kisteneva LizaRUS05,014,0
6Hojjatova Aydan Hikmat QiziAZE05,012,5
7Rodionova DariaRUS04,514,0
8Vasenina AnnaRUS04,513,5
9Zamalova RamilyaRUS04,513,5
10Fedosenko RognedaBLR04,512,5
77 players

19) Miami Chess Open

The Miami Chess Open took place September 10th-14th 2008 at the Hyatt Regency - Miami Convention Center. Ray Robson took the title after an Armaggeddon playoff following a tie on 7/9 with Darmen Sadvakasov.

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

Miami Open
(USA), 10-14 ix 2008
# Rtng Name Tot Prize
1Darmen Sadvakasov GM73750
2Ray S Robson IM73750
3Victor Mikhalevski GM6.5850
4Julio J Becerra GM6.5850
5Davorin Kuljasevic IM6.5850
6Salvijus Bercys IM6.5850
7Marc R Esserman 6.5850
8Jacek Stopa IM6325
9Andrei Co Florean IM6325
10Renier Gonzalez IM5.5108.33
11John Bartholomew IM5.5108.33
12Vinay S Bhat IM5.5108.33
13Dean J Ippolito IM5.5108.33
14David Pruess IM5.5108.33
15Keaton Kiewra FM5.5108.33
16Eric Rodriguez 5.51500
17Alexander Ivanov GM5
18Joshua Ed Friedel IM5
19Irina Krush IM5
20Dionisio Aldama IM5
21Justin Sarkar IM5
22Marcel Martinez FM5
23Kazim Gulamali FM5
24Ernesto Alvarez 5550
25Ryan Joseph Moon 5550
26Alexander Shabalov GM4.5
27Jaan Ehlvest GM4.5
28Marko Zivanic IM4.5
29Gildardo J Garcia GM4.5
30Tautvydas Vedrickas 4.5
31Patrick Scharrer 4.5
32Victor Kaminski 4.5
33Artem Edm Ruppert 4.5
34Troy Daly 4.5
35Gregory J Kimmel 4.5
36Drasko Boskovic IM4
61 players

20) Schwarzach Open

The Schwarzach Open 2008 took place 16th-24th August in Schwarzach/Austria.

The main tournament was won by GM Zoran Jovanovic followed by GM Mladen Palac and GM Robert Zelcic all with 7.0 points out of nine rounds. News: Wolfgang Perner

Official site: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr13060.aspx?tnr=13060&art=1&lan=0&flag=30&m=-1

23rd Open Schwarzach (AUT), 16-24 viii 2008
Rg.NameFEDEloPkt. Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3
1Jovanovic ZoranGMCRO25577,049,040,252381
2Palac MladenGMCRO25877,048,039,752327
3Zelcic RobertGMCRO25937,046,538,002273
4Krivoborodov EgorIMRUS24146,548,037,252344
5Semcesen DanielFMSWE23876,048,031,752352
6Smith AxelSWE24276,046,033,002289
7Bejtovic JasminFMBIH23356,045,531,252245
8Franciskovic BorkaWIMCRO22516,044,529,752268
9Grandelius NilsFMSWE23666,044,528,752236
10Reefschläger HelmutIMGER23106,043,528,252274
11Tikkanen HansIMSWE24176,043,029,502234
12Zakharchenko ArnoldIMUKR22716,042,528,002243
13Baldauf MarcoGER23136,042,029,252209
14Durakovic AlmanBIH21516,038,024,252162
15Womacka MathiasIMGER24375,547,530,252305
16De Marchi OlivierFRA22145,546,527,252329
17Schulenburg FabianGER21635,543,526,002252
18Ljubic JuroCRO22225,543,026,752148
19Hager Joshua AarashGER21285,543,024,502233
20Raykhman AlexanderGER22675,542,525,002204
21Fiderer LukasGER20995,540,024,502197
22Popa ClaudioCMITA21735,540,020,752245
23Jens JelmerIMNED23975,539,526,252117
24Billing ChristianGER21555,535,520,502159
25Legahn DirkGER21905,045,025,002238
92 players

21) Torre Normanna Hotel Village

Torre Normanna Hotel Village international chess festival took place 8th-14th September 2008. Arkadij Rotstein edged out Evgeny Sveshnikov on tie-break after both scored 7.5/9. No games available.

Official site: http://www.centroscacchi.it/torrenormanna/

Torre Normanna International
(ITA), 8-14 ix 2008
Pos NAME T Fed Rtg Pts Buc1 BucT
1ROTSTEIN Arkadij GM GER25007.54650.5
2SVESHNIKOV Evgeny GM LAT25107.54546.5
3SVESHNIKOV Vladimir FM LAT24136.546.550.5
4PISCOPO Pierluigi IM LE23896.544.545
5LJUBISAVLJEVIC Zivoj IM SRB22615.547.552
6GENOCCHIO Daniele FM TV242054650.5
7ANTKOWIAK Grzegorz -- POL218654649.5
8PASCUCCI Marco CM PA200954245
9GANCI Fabrizio CM PA220853942.5
10PALAZZOTTO Giuseppe 1N PA18734.54243.5
11VALGUARNERA Girolamo -M PA21684.54242.5
12FERRANTE Marco CM PA21424.538.541.5
13SALAFIA Andrea CM PA19594.53740
14TONDO Salvatore CM SR18734.53636.5
15FIDUCIOSO Marco CM TP21034.53536.5
16PULEO Diego 1N PA1914435.536
17PALMITESSA Chiara 2N BA174343132.5
18DI MISA Salvatore 1N PA190043131.5
46 players

22) 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/

23) XXI Moratalaz International Open

XXI Moratalaz International Open takes place in Barakaldo (Spain) 20th-28th September 2008. Top seed Alexander Fier.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr15989.aspx?lan=2

24) XXI Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Barakaldo

The XXI Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Barakaldo takes place 19th-26th September 2008.

Official site: http://www.terra.es/personal4/cabarakaldo/home.htm?

25) 12th Tehran Chess Ramadan Cup

The 12th Tehran Chess Ramadan Cup took place 10th-18th September 2008. Elshan Mordiabadi took clear first with 8/9. No games available.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr15844.aspx?lan=2

12th Tehran Chess Ramadan Cup
(IRI), 10-18 ix 2008
Rk.NumberTiFEDEloPts. Des 1  Des 2  Des 3
1Moradiabadi ElshanGMIRI24978,052,046,044,5
2Sharbaf MohsenFMIRI24177,553,548,546,0
3Darban MortezaIMIRI23907,551,546,543,5
4Dalir AlirezaIRI20897,549,545,542,0
5Mahjoob MortezaGMIRI25027,051,046,043,5
6Shafee H.IRI21327,050,045,042,5
7Sadeghi M AIRI21997,049,545,542,0
8Abedi AliIRI22417,047,542,539,5
9Vahidi MohammadFMIRI21837,047,044,539,0
10Bolourchifard FarzadIRI19157,047,042,540,0
11Mahmoody M SadeghIRI21817,045,541,538,5
12Dalir FaradjIRI21877,045,541,538,0
13Zarepisheh GholamrezaIRI21137,042,038,035,0
14Idani PouyaIRI19376,552,047,044,0
15Doostkam PIRI21556,548,043,541,0
16Lavasani HosseinIRI18686,546,042,038,0
17Maesoumi MahdiIRI06,544,540,537,0
18Pourhassannedjad ArashIRI20076,543,539,036,5
19Khalesi VahidIRI22196,541,537,035,0
20Pajoum Tajani FarbodIRI18226,535,533,030,0
188 players

26) 3rd Riviera dei Cedri International

3rd Riviera dei Cedri International Chess Festival took place in Belvedere 8th-14th September 2008. Tigran Gharamian took clear first place with 7/9. No games available.

Official site: http://scacchi.rivieradeicedri.it/

3rd Riviera dei Cedri International
(ITA), 8-14 ix 2008
Pos NAME T Fed Rtg Pts Buc1 BucT ARO
1Gharamian Tigran IM FRA2560746.550.52414.33
2Sikula Vaszilij IM UKR25406.547522462.89
3Simutowe Amon IM ZAM24586.546.550.52404.33
4Buhmann Rainer GM GER25616.546.5492424.11
5Naumkin Igor GM RUS250264447.52355
6VOCATURO Daniele IM ITA24175.54548.52350.67
7ROMBALDONI Denis IM ITA24185.544.548.52355.67
8Marholev Dimitar IM BUL23665.543.5472286.22
9Wirig Anthony IM FRA24565.542.546.52350.22
10Ninov Nikolai IM BUL25155.540.5452354.56
11Andonov Bogomil IM BUL23265.53841.52207.33
12BLASCO Domenico -M ITA20155.533.536.52060.78
13Maiorov Nikita GM BLR253554751.52408.11
14Spassov Liuben GM BUL2428543462303.89
15SCHACHER Gerd -M ITA2291542.547.52388.33
16Okhotnik Vladimir IM FRA2468541442246
17Borsos Bogdan IM UKR237753941.52197
18CAPPAI Davide CM ITA2122538.541.52187.78
19Paniagua Roberto -- PAN2285533.5362070
20Motuz Karol (W) FM SVK23394.544482342.75
21Damia Angelo FM ITA22474.538412181
22PIENABARCA Nicola CM ITA21014.538412051.11
23Hasanli Sirus Ibarat -- AZE19704.536.5402108.89
24Piccoli Vincenzo -- ITA19324.53638.52068.78
25Pagano Sergio -- ITA20334.532.5362000
46 players

27) XXI Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Barakaldo

The XXI Trofeo Ayuntamiento de Barakaldo takes place 19th-26th September 2008. Juan Mario Gomez Esteban is top seed.

Official site: http://www.terra.es/personal4/cabarakaldo/home.htm?

28) National Chess League Argentina

The National Chess League started in Villa Martelli on the 9th August. Coverage below. I will round up the games at the conclusion of the event.

Official site: http://www.lna.org.ar/liga08/lna2008.htm

National Chess League Argentina (ARG), 9 viii - ? 2008
Leading Round 7 Standings:
Rank Equipo Part. + = - Pts. BUC
1 Martelli - Vte. Lopez 7 4 2 1 15½ 82½
2 Municipalidad de Moreno 7 5 0 2 14½ 83½
3 Asociados Credicoop 7 4 1 2 13½ 84
4 TorreBlanca - ChesShop 7 4 2 1 13 83
5 T & E - San Martin 7 3 2 2 13 71½
6 CAM 3 - Tres de Febrero 7 4 1 2 12 82½
7 Calice - Liguria 7 2 4 1 11½ 87
8 GEBA 7 4 2 1 11½ 84
9 Circulo Patagonico 7 2 3 2 11½ 73
10 San Isidro Perfil Jaque 7 3 1 3 11 75½
11 Miguel Tal - Malvinas 7 3 1 3 10 73
12 Art/Chess 7 4 1 2 10 63
13 Ventajedrez - Plastigal 7 2 0 5 77½
14 Najdorf - Polvorines 7 3 0 4 65
15 Mar del Plata Los lobos 7 4 0 3 53
Pergamino 7 4 0 3 53
17 Ferro 7 2 2 3 61½
18 Rondi - Mupas 7 3 0 4 51½
19 M. Parrinello 7 2 2 3 8 76
20 Los Ranqueles 7 2 0 5 55½
21 Edifiko - AAAC 7 1 0 6 5 51½

29) Forthcoming Events and Links

8th Winterthur Chess Week

The 8th Winterthur (SUI) Chess Week takes place 3rd-12th October 2008. The tournament comprises two opens (Masters Open (Elo > 1899) / General Open (Elo < 2001)), the ACCENTUS Young Masters, a Youth Open and two blitz (individual and team) events.

The tournament homepage is located at http://www.schachwoche.org where the top four boards of the masters open will be broadcasted live during the tournament.

Leon Open

The city of Leon open takes place 26th-28th December 2008.

Details: http://www.openmundialdeleon.com

North American FIDE Invitationals

North American FIDE Invitationals. Are you on the hunt for your GM or IM norms? Visit http:/www.nachess.org/fide for the tournament schedule or contact Sevan A. Muradian at info@nachess.org for more information.

II Magistral do Circulo Militar

The II Magistral do Circulo Militar takes place Sao Paulo, 1st-9th October 2008.

Official site: http://www.comunic.com.br/xadrez/

Villa Martelli

There is a new Villa Martelli chess festival 9th-28th October 2008.

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

So - Torre Match 2009

14-year-old Wesley So and 56-year-old Eugene Torre play a 12 game match starting February 10, 2009 at the Sulo Hotel in Quezon City. Two games each will be played in Quezon City, Davao and Iloilo, and if the match remains undecided, the protagonists will return to Quezon City and finish the match. A knockout game will be played if the duel ends up 6-6. The winner will take home P600,000 while the loser will earn P400,000.Another P100,000 goes to the winner of each provincial leg while the loser will get P50,000.

VII Benidorm International Festival

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

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

For information contact: E-Mail: eventosdeajedrez@yahoo.es festivaldebenidorm@gmail.com News: Patricia Claros Aguilar.

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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/

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.

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

Etienne Bacrot's Website

Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ with his analysis and news. Very worth while, especially when he's playing.

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones

Mats Luthman has written a program that connects to ICC and FICS, compatable with many modern mobile phones. I've been looking for something like this for a while for watching live tournaments if I'm out and about. Its a nice free solution, you can also play but I haven't tried that.

Website: http://www.luthman.nu/Mobi/Mobi.html