THE WEEK IN CHESS 732 17th November 2008 by Mark Crowther
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Today is a bumper issue of games from the Olympiad. Its got off to an interesting start and of course
its a huge festival of chess. The organisers have done a pretty good job except for the archiving of
games, the games that appear here are taken direct from the live coverage which is the most trustworthy
source at the moment. A few other stories have been held back due to the work needed on these.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Olympiad takes place in Dresden 12th-25th November 2008. The England team will be sponsored by Liverpool Victoria
which means their best players Adams and Short will take part.
Official site: http://dresden2008.de
38th Olympiad Dresden
(GER), 13-25 xi 2008
Leading Round 5 of 11 Standings |
| Rg. | Snr | Team | Team | Anz | + | = | - | Wtg1 | Wtg2 | Wtg3 | Wtg4 |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Russia | RUS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 825 | 320 | 130 |
| 2 | 9 | Armenia | ARM | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 805 | 290 | 155 |
| 3 | 11 | Germany 1 | GER1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 775 | 280 | 145 |
| 4 | 4 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 740 | 270 | 150 |
| 5 | 2 | Ukraine | UKR | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 730 | 310 | 120 |
| 6 | 15 | England | ENG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 620 | 250 | 140 |
| 7 | 21 | Poland | POL | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 725 | 250 | 155 |
| 8 | 13 | India | IND | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 680 | 280 | 135 |
| 9 | 30 | Sweden | SWE | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 680 | 260 | 135 |
| 10 | 17 | Georgia | GEO | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 670 | 280 | 125 |
| 11 | 14 | Romania | ROU | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 670 | 250 | 135 |
| 12 | 6 | Bulgaria | BUL | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 645 | 230 | 155 |
| 13 | 3 | China | CHN | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 640 | 270 | 135 |
| 14 | 8 | Israel | ISR | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 600 | 240 | 135 |
| 15 | 29 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | BIH | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 580 | 220 | 135 |
| 16 | 7 | France | FRA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 540 | 230 | 135 |
| 17 | 5 | Hungary | HUN | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 730 | 280 | 130 |
| 18 | 20 | Netherlands | NED | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 705 | 300 | 125 |
| 19 | 19 | Norway | NOR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 680 | 330 | 115 |
| 20 | 12 | Spain | ESP | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 650 | 290 | 125 |
| 21 | 37 | Vietnam | VIE | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 645 | 260 | 145 |
| 22 | 27 | Greece | GRE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 640 | 270 | 130 |
| 23 | 10 | United States of America | USA | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 615 | 290 | 130 |
| 24 | 23 | Belarus | BLR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 580 | 270 | 120 |
| 25 | 16 | Cuba | CUB | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 575 | 270 | 120 |
| 26 | 41 | Germany 2 | GER2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 560 | 270 | 120 |
| 27 | 45 | Iceland | ISL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 545 | 240 | 135 |
| 28 | 38 | Philippines | PHI | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 535 | 260 | 110 |
| 29 | 52 | Finland | FIN | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 530 | 220 | 140 |
| 30 | 26 | Moldova | MDA | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 495 | 250 | 120 |
| 31 | 59 | Colombia | COL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 495 | 230 | 130 |
| 32 | 25 | Slovakia | SVK | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 630 | 290 | 135 |
| 33 | 22 | Serbia | SRB | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 560 | 280 | 120 |
| 34 | 28 | Slovenia | SLO | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 520 | 280 | 115 |
| 35 | 36 | Switzerland | SUI | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 520 | 240 | 120 |
| 36 | 50 | Turkey | TUR | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 495 | 240 | 120 |
| 37 | 46 | Scotland | SCO | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 490 | 270 | 120 |
| 38 | 35 | Lithuania | LTU | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 480 | 270 | 115 |
| 39 | 24 | Croatia | CRO | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 475 | 250 | 110 |
| 40 | 55 | Bangladesh | BAN | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 465 | 220 | 125 |
| 41 | 49 | Egypt | EGY | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 460 | 240 | 125 |
| 42 | 130 | Pakistan | PAK | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 450 | 210 | 125 |
| 43 | 44 | Italy | ITA | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 445 | 280 | 105 |
| 44 | 66 | Costa Rica | CRC | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 440 | 260 | 115 |
| 45 | 32 | Denmark | DEN | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 430 | 280 | 105 |
| 46 | 43 | Latvia | LAT | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 430 | 230 | 120 |
| 47 | 70 | Mongolia | MGL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 400 | 220 | 120 |
| 48 | 71 | New Zealand | NZL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 400 | 180 | 110 |
| 49 | 84 | South Africa | RSA | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 395 | 220 | 115 |
| 50 | 54 | Austria | AUT | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 390 | 220 | 115 |
| 154 teams |
38th Olympiad Dresden Women
(GER), 13-25 xi 2008
Leading Round 5 of 11 Standings |
| Rg. | Snr | Team | Team | Anz | + | = | - | Wtg1 | Wtg2 | Wtg3 | Wtg4 |
|---|
| 1 | 3 | China | CHN | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 970 | 300 | 160 |
| 2 | 8 | Hungary | HUN | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 755 | 270 | 155 |
| 3 | 1 | Russia | RUS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 790 | 290 | 150 |
| 4 | 16 | Romania | ROU | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 750 | 280 | 150 |
| 5 | 4 | Georgia | GEO | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 740 | 330 | 120 |
| 6 | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 690 | 280 | 130 |
| 7 | 6 | Armenia | ARM | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 685 | 290 | 130 |
| 8 | 2 | Ukraine | UKR | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 685 | 240 | 135 |
| 9 | 9 | Poland | POL | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 675 | 320 | 130 |
| 10 | 31 | England | ENG | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 630 | 240 | 150 |
| 11 | 7 | United States of America | USA | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 625 | 230 | 145 |
| 12 | 43 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 620 | 260 | 135 |
| 13 | 36 | Austria | AUT | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 580 | 240 | 135 |
| 14 | 11 | India | IND | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 680 | 310 | 120 |
| 15 | 10 | Serbia | SRB | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 650 | 270 | 125 |
| 16 | 21 | Israel | ISR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 630 | 290 | 120 |
| 17 | 14 | Slovenia | SLO | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 605 | 260 | 140 |
| 18 | 24 | Vietnam | VIE | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 570 | 250 | 130 |
| 19 | 38 | Switzerland | SUI | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 545 | 240 | 130 |
| 20 | 28 | Azerbaijan | AZE | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 530 | 270 | 115 |
| 21 | 13 | Bulgaria | BUL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 520 | 230 | 135 |
| 22 | 47 | Mongolia | MGL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 505 | 240 | 110 |
| 23 | 33 | Italy | ITA | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 490 | 240 | 135 |
| 24 | 12 | Germany 1 | GER1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 470 | 220 | 110 |
| 25 | 25 | Cuba | CUB | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 675 | 270 | 145 |
| 26 | 5 | France | FRA | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 630 | 280 | 135 |
| 27 | 18 | Czech Republic | CZE | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 560 | 280 | 125 |
| 28 | 22 | Spain | ESP | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 520 | 280 | 120 |
| 29 | 15 | Slovakia | SVK | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 510 | 290 | 120 |
| 30 | 44 | Colombia | COL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 500 | 260 | 130 |
| 114 teams |
The finals of the Russian Cup took place in Serpuhov 5th-16th November 2008. Nikita Vitiugov
beat Boris Savchenko in the final of the knockout event. Svetlana Matveeva beat Valentina
Gunina 2-0 in the women's event. I don't have a detailed set of results.
Official site: http://russiachess.org/
The 18th World Seniors takes place in Bad Zwischenahn 28th October - 9th November 2008.
Mihai Suba was the top seed but was edged out on tie-break by Karry Kaufman after both scored 9/11. Games from
final rounds now available.
Official site: http://www.seniorenschach.de/
SenWM Bad Zwischenahn
(GER), 28 x-8 xi 2008
Final Round 11 Standings: |
| No | Players | Ti | Pkt. | PktS. |
|---|
| 1 | Kaufman,Larry C | IM | 9 | 2342 |
| 2 | Suba,Mihai | GM | 9 | 2338 |
| 3 | Cebalo,Miso | GM | 8.5 | 53.5 |
| 4 | Khanukov,Boris | FM | 8.5 | 52.5 |
| 5 | Zakharov,Alexander | IM | 8.5 | 52 |
| 6 | Klovans,Janis | GM | 8.5 | 51 |
| 7 | Onoprienko,Vladimir | IM | 8 | 56.5 |
| 8 | Uhlmann,Wolfgang | GM | 8 | 54.5 |
| 9 | Jansa,Vlastimil | GM | 8 | 53 |
| 10 | Rotstein,Efim | FM | 8 | 52 |
| 11 | Bogdanov,Valentin | IM | 8 | 52 |
| 12 | Podgayets,M ykhaylo | IM | 8 | 49.5 |
| 13 | Brinck-Claussen,Bjørn | IM | 8 | 47.5 |
| 14 | Piankov,Evgenij | IM | 8 | 47.5 |
| 15 | Chernikov,Oleg L | GM | 8 | 47 |
| 16 | Kivipelto,Kaj | | 8 | 45.5 |
| 17 | Holm,Sejer | | 8 | 45 |
| 18 | Malisov,Boris | | 7.5 | 50 |
| 19 | Mishuchkov,Nikolai | FM | 7.5 | 49.5 |
| 20 | Danner,Georg | IM | 7.5 | 49.5 |
| 21 | Butnorius,Algimantas | GM | 7.5 | 48.5 |
| 22 | Gutman,Lev | GM | 7.5 | 48 |
| 23 | Karasev,Vladimir | IM | 7.5 | 47.5 |
| 24 | Davydov,Sergey | FM | 7.5 | 46.5 |
| 25 | Opl,Klaus | FM | 7.5 | 46.5 |
| 26 | Rahls,Peter | FM | 7.5 | 43 |
| 301 players |
SenWM Women Bad Zwischenahn
(GER), 28 x-8 xi 2008
Final Round 11 Standings: |
| No | Players | Ti | Pkt. | PktS. |
|---|
| 1 | Vilerte,Tamara | WFM | 8 | 51.5 |
| 2 | Strutinskaya,Galina | WIM | 7.5 | 52 |
| 3 | Fomina,Tatyana | WIM | 7.5 | 45 |
| 4 | Epstein,Esther | WIM | 7.5 | 43.5 |
| 5 | Saunina,Ludmilla | WGM | 7 | 46 |
| 6 | Khmiadashvili,Tamara | WGM | 7 | 41.5 |
| 7 | Khropova,Larisa | WFM | 7 | 37.5 |
| 8 | Erenska-Barlo,Hanna | WGM | 6.5 | 42 |
| 9 | Miednikova,Svetlana | WFM | 6.5 | 41 |
| 10 | Sorokina,Tamara | WIM | 6.5 | 38.5 |
| 11 | Voronova,Tatjana | WIM | 6 | 43.5 |
| 12 | Bilunova,Rimma | WIM | 6 | 40.5 |
| 13 | Dragasevic,Antonina | WIM | 6 | 39.5 |
| 14 | Komysheva,Margarita | WFM | 6 | 39 |
| 15 | Abdikasova,Panu | | 6 | 36.5 |
| 16 | Kierzek,Mira | WFM | 6 | 34 |
| 17 | Fatalibekova,Elena | WGM | 6 | 34 |
| 18 | Kabanova,Irina | | 6 | 31.5 |
| 35 players |
The First Saturday tournaments took place in Hungary 1st-11th November 2008. Zlatko Ilincic won the GM group with 8/11.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
| FSGM November Budapest (HUN), 1-11 xi 2008 | cat. VIII (2428) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
| 1. |
Ilincic, Zlatko |
g |
SRB |
2542 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
8 |
2592 |
| 2. |
Prohaszka, Peter2 |
m |
HUN |
2502 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
7 |
2523 |
| 3. |
Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy |
m |
VIE |
2452 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2528 |
| 4. |
Varga, Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2494 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
6½ |
2487 |
| 5. |
Kosic, Dragan |
g |
MNE |
2511 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
6½ |
2485 |
| 6. |
Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor |
m |
ISL |
2430 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
6 |
2464 |
| 7. |
Martinovic, Sasa |
f |
CRO |
2416 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
2429 |
| 8. |
Prasanna, Rao |
f |
IND |
2311 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2402 |
| 9. |
Recuero Guerra, David |
f |
ESP |
2425 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2392 |
| 10. |
Arngrimsson, Dagur |
f |
ISL |
2392 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2329 |
| 11. |
Thorfinnsson, Bragi |
m |
ISL |
2383 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
3½ |
2299 |
| 12. |
Wittmann, Walter |
m |
AUT |
2281 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
2 |
2179 |
| FSIMA November Budapest (HUN), 1-11 xi 2008 | cat. I (2268) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
| 1. |
Konnyu, Janos |
|
HUN |
2316 |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10.0 |
2646 |
| 2. |
Kjartansson, Gudmundur |
f |
ISL |
2284 |
0 |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8.0 |
2441 |
| 3. |
Szeberenyi, Adam |
m |
HUN |
2310 |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6.0 |
2299 |
| 4. |
Werner, Dimo |
m |
GER |
2328 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
6.0 |
2298 |
| 5. |
Horvath, Andras |
f |
HUN |
2251 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
6.0 |
2305 |
| 6. |
Kislik, Erik Andrew |
|
USA |
2278 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6.0 |
2302 |
| 7. |
Humphrey, Jonathan |
f |
AUS |
2330 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
5.0 |
2226 |
| 8. |
Denisov, Ivan |
|
RUS |
2189 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
2209 |
| 9. |
Lengyel, Bela |
m |
HUN |
2309 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
4.0 |
2162 |
| 10. |
Naslund, Mikael |
f |
SWE |
2243 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
4.0 |
2168 |
| 11. |
Toth, Lili |
wm |
HUN |
2194 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
3.5 |
2141 |
| 12. |
Bacso, Gabor |
f |
HUN |
2181 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
3.0 |
2100 |
| FSIMB November Budapest (HUN), 1-11 xi 2008 | cat. I (2263) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
| 1. |
Henriksson, Jacob |
|
SWE |
2250 |
* |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2414 |
| 2. |
Farago, Sandor |
m |
HUN |
2251 |
1 |
0 |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
2374 |
| 3. |
Kahn, Evarth |
m |
HUN |
2297 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5½ |
2291 |
| 4. |
Parkanyi, Attila |
m |
HUN |
2361 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
4½ |
2206 |
| 5. |
Adams, Nick A |
|
USA |
2205 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
* |
1 |
½ |
4 |
2202 |
| 6. |
Pochinkov, Andrey |
|
RUS |
2211 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
* |
2½ |
2079 |
The 7th Evry Open took place 7th-11th November 2008. Namig Guliyev won the event on tie-break from Alberto David
after both finished on 6/7. No games available.
7th Evry Open (FRA) 7-11 xi 2008
Final Round 7 Results: |
| Pl | Name | Ti | Elo | Fede | Pts | Tr. | Perf. | FFE |
|---|
| 1 | GULIYEV Namig | g | 2521 | AZE | 6 | 29,5 | 2632 | 2641 |
| 2 | DAVID Alberto | g | 2585 | LUX | 6 | 28,5 | 2662 | 2657 |
| 3 | FEDORCHUK Sergey A. | g | 2603 | UKR | 5.5 | 31 | 2576 | 2544 |
| 4 | SHCHEKACHEV Andrei | g | 2514 | FRA | 5.5 | 29 | 2666 | 2555 |
| 5 | STRUGNELL Carl | | 2243 | FRA | 5.5 | 26,5 | 2326 | 2333 |
| 6 | MAISURADZE Nino | mf | 2294 | FRA | 5 | 28,5 | 2343 | 2351 |
| 7 | DOBREV Nanko | m | 2408 | BUL | 5 | 27,5 | 2398 | 2376 |
| 8 | TOULZAC Pierre-Yves | f | 2278 | FRA | 5 | 26,5 | 2251 | |
| 9 | ROUMEGOUS Etienne | | 2124 | FRA | 5 | 25,5 | 2179 | 2182 |
| 10 | SONG Julien | | 2249 | FRA | 5 | 25 | 2198 | 2184 |
| 11 | GUILLEUX Fabien | | 2396 | FRA | 4.5 | 29,5 | 2401 | 2399 |
| 12 | SHIRAZI Kamran | m | 2416 | FRA | 4.5 | 27 | 2300 | 2206 |
| 13 | LOMONOS Wladyslaw | | 2224 | POL | 4.5 | 27 | 2248 | 2249 |
| 14 | SOULAGES Laurent | | 2132 | FRA | 4.5 | 27 | 2190 | 2216 |
| 15 | HUGUET Etienne | | 1770 | FRA | 4.5 | 26,5 | 2071 | 2269 |
| 16 | FAVEAU Lionel | | 1961 | FRA | 4.5 | 25,5 | 1961 | 1976 |
| 17 | ISACESCO Frederic | | 2084 | FRA | 4.5 | 24,5 | 2026 | 2017 |
| 18 | KONONOV Alexander | | 2231 | FRA | 4.5 | 24 | 2129 | 2086 |
| 19 | ERNOUF Anthony | | 1928 | FRA | 4,5 | 23 | 1982 | 1994 |
| 20 | BARBOT Olivier | | 1970 | FRA | 4,5 | 22,5 | 2031 | 2046 |
| 21 | SALASC Yves | | 1919 | FRA | 4,5 | 225, | 2026 | 2057 |
| 79 players |
The 2008 season of the US Chess League started 25th August 2008. Quarter finals
started on 10th November 2008.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com/
US Chess League ICCINT, 27 viii-29 xi 2008
Quarterfinals: |
| 10th November 2008 |
|---|
| Boston | vs | Queens | |
|---|
| 1 | GM | Larry Christiansen | BOS | vs | GM | Alex Stripunsky | QNS | 1-0 |
| 2 | IM | Dmitry Schneider | QNS | vs | GM | Eugene Perelshteyn | BOS | 1-0 |
| 3 | SM | Marc Esserman | BOS | vs | IM | Eli Vovsha | QNS | 1/2 |
| 4 | | Alex Ostrovskiy | QNS | vs | NM | Ilya Krasik | QNS | 0-1 |
| New York | vs | Carolina | |
|---|
| 1 | GM | Pascal Charbonneau | NY | vs | IM | Lev Milman | CAR | 0-1 |
| 2 | FM | Oleg Zaikov | CAR | vs | GM | John Fedorowicz | NY | 1/2 |
| 3 | SM | Gregory Braylovsky | NY | vs | FM | Ron Simpson | CAR | 0-1 |
| 4 | NM | Craig Jones | CAR | vs | WFM | Iryna Zenyuk | NY | 1-0 |
| San Francisco | vs | Dallas | |
|---|
| 1 | IM | Josh Friedel | SF | vs | IM | Marko Zivanic | DAL | 1/2 |
| 2 | IM | Davorin Kuljasevic | DAL | vs | IM | Vinay Bhat | SF | 1-0 |
| 3 | IM | Sam Shankland | SF | vs | FM | Igor Schneider | DAL | 1-0 |
| 4 | WFM | Bayaraa Zorigt | DAL | vs | FM | Daniel Naroditsky | SF | 1-0 |
| Miami | vs | Seattle | |
|---|
| 1 | GM | Julio Becerra | MIA | vs | GM | Hikaru Nakamura | SEA | 1-0 |
| 2 | GM | Gregory Serper | SEA | vs | FM | Bruci Lopez | MIA | 1-0 |
| 3 | FM | Osmany Perea | MIA | vs | NM | Michael Lee | SEA | 1/2 |
| 4 | | Andy May | SEA | vs | | Matan Prilleltensky | MIA | 0-1 |
US Chess League ICC
INT, 27 viii-31 x 2008
Final Round 10 Standings |
| EASTERN DIVISION | W | L | Game Points | Opp Avg Rating | Opps Record |
|---|
| Carolina | 7 | 3 | 24.0/40 (60%) | 2388 | 38.5-47.5 (45%) |
| Queens | 7 | 3 | 23.5/40 (59%) | 2401 | 41.0-45.0 (48%) |
| Boston | 6 | 4 | 23.0/40 (58%) | 2406 | 41.0-45.0 (48%) |
| New York | 5 | 5 | 18.0/40 (45%) | 2416 | 41.5-44.5 (48%) |
| New Jersey | 4.5 | 5.5 | 20.0/40 (50%) | 2419 | 41.0-45.0 (48%) |
| Philadelphia | 2 | 8 | 15.0/40 (38%) | 2429 | 44.0-42.0 (51%) |
| Baltimore | 1.5 | 8.5 | 14.0/40 (35%) | 2398 | 40.0-46.0 (47%) |
| WESTERN DIVISION | W | L | Game Points | Opp Avg Rating | Opps Record |
|---|
| Miami | 7 | 3 | 26.5/40 (66%) | 2407 | 47.5-38.5 (55%) |
| San Francisco | 6.5 | 3.5 | 23.5/40 (59%) | 2404 | 46.5-39.5 (54%) |
| Dallas | 6.5 | 3.5 | 21.0/40 (53%) | 2409 | 46.5-39.5 (54%) |
| Seattle | 4.5 | 5.5 | 18.0/40 (45%) | 2400 | 42.5-43.5 (49%) |
| X- Arizona | 4.5 | 5.5 | 17.5/40 (44%) | 2398 | 48.5-37.5 (56%) |
| Chicago | 4 | 6 | 19.5/40 (49%) | 2392 | 42.0-44.0 (49%) |
| Tennessee | 4 | 6 | 16.5/40 (41%) | 2398 | 41.5-44.5 (48%) |
The Torch Real Estate Cup started some time earlier in the year and saw its 12th round at the end of October. I don't have too many
details but http://www.chende.net/ has games from rounds 7-12.
The was an IM tournament in Petah Tiqwa ISR 17th October - 5th November 2008. Gil Popilski won with 7/9.
The next IM tournament will start 15th January. A few places are still available.
Contact GM Leonid Gofshtein e-mail leonidgofshtein@rambler or by phone number-972-52-791-30-20.
| IM Petah Tiqwa ISR (ISR), 17 x-5 xi 2008 | cat. III (2306) |
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Klenburg, Mikhail |
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2403 |
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Kaganskiy, Gleb |
f |
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Galburd, Yan |
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Shutzman, Joseph |
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Axelrod, Arie |
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Boruchovsky, Avital |
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28th Dutch Open computer championship. Rybka won with the perfect 9/9 score, in front of Hiarcs (7.5/9) and Deep Sjeng (6.5/9).
Official website: http://www.csvn.nl
| 28th Dutch CC Leiden NED (NED), 15-16 xi 2008 |
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The Young Stars of the World Somov Memorial takes place 15th-28th November 2008 in Kirishi city (Leningrad region) in their
Culture Palace. Among participants there are twelve strongest chessplayers of the world and
Russia.
Official site: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/
Further information:
http://www.bs-chess.com/russian.html (RUS) and
http://www.bs-chess.com/latin/english.html
| Young Stars of the World Kirishi RUS (RUS), 16-28 xi 2008 | cat. V (2359) |
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George Mirijanian reports: The Southern New Hampshire Open took place on November 15th-16th 2008 at the Best Western Executive Court Inn in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. GMs Alexander Ivanov, 52, of Newton, Massachusetts, and Eugene Perelshteyn, 28, of Swampscott, Massachusetts tallied 4.5-0.5 to tie for first place, drawing each other in the third round. The FIDE-rated, two-section tournament drew only 19 players and was directed by F. Alexander Relyea (who has sent some games) of Bedford, New Hampshire, with assistance from Nita Patel, also of Bedford.
The 12th Offene Internationale bayerische Meisterschaft 2008 took place in
Bad Wiessee 1st-9th November 2008. Eduard Romain took clear first with 7.5/9. Games from rounds 1-4 and 9 are
available to me at the moment but I usually get a full file so I will wait and see if one turns up.
Official site: http://www.ti-bad-wiessee.de/Schach_cms/
12th OIBM Bad Wiessee
(GER), 1-9 xi 2008
Final Round 9 Standings: |
| Pl | Player | Ti | Nat | Elo | Pts | Buchh | GegWrt |
|---|
| 1 | Edouard,Romain | IM | FRA | 2531 | 7.5 | 57 | 2405 |
| 2 | Burmakin,Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2625 | 7 | 55 | 2395 |
| 3 | Eingorn,Vereslav | GM | UKR | 2557 | 7 | 55 | 2328 |
| 4 | Prusikin,Michael | GM | | 2538 | 7 | 54 | 2277 |
| 5 | Schneider,Ilja | | | 2486 | 7 | 53.5 | 2322 |
| 6 | Naumann,Alexander | GM | | 2518 | 7 | 53 | 2375 |
| 7 | Zude,Arno | IM | | 2451 | 7 | 53 | 2334 |
| 8 | Teske,Henrik | GM | | 2513 | 7 | 53 | 2279 |
| 9 | Khmelniker,Ilya | IM | ISR | 2443 | 7 | 52.5 | 2384 |
| 10 | Meins,Gerlef | IM | | 2460 | 7 | 52.5 | 2308 |
| 11 | Yemelin,Vasily | GM | RUS | 2573 | 7 | 52 | 2346 |
| 12 | Hossain,Enamul | GM | BAN | 2494 | 7 | 52 | 2310 |
| 13 | Jaracz,Pawel | GM | POL | 2513 | 7 | 50.5 | 2312 |
| 14 | Devereaux,Maxim | IM | ENG | 2415 | 7 | 50.5 | 2288 |
| 15 | Hoffmann,Michael | IM | | 2469 | 7 | 48.5 | 2228 |
| 16 | Bachmann,Axel | GM | PAR | 2555 | 6.5 | 55 | 2354 |
| 17 | Meister,Peter | IM | | 2388 | 6.5 | 51.5 | 2291 |
| 18 | Farago,Ivan | GM | HUN | 2489 | 6.5 | 51.5 | 2281 |
| 19 | Handke,Florian | GM | | 2498 | 6.5 | 51.5 | 2279 |
| 20 | Llaneza Vega,Marc | IM | ESP | 2485 | 6.5 | 49.5 | 2274 |
| 21 | Weber,Ulrich | FM | | 2411 | 6.5 | 49.5 | 2245 |
| 22 | Raykhman,Alexande | | | 2262 | 6.5 | 49 | 2250 |
| 23 | Nagel,Bernhard | | | 2234 | 6.5 | 49 | 2237 |
| 24 | Jugelt,Tobias | | | 2394 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 2186 |
| 25 | Köpke,Christian | FM | | 2356 | 6.5 | 48 | 2244 |
| 26 | Jussupow,Ekaterin | | | 2140 | 6.5 | 48 | 2242 |
| 27 | Graf,Felix | | | 2287 | 6.5 | 48 | 2176 |
| 28 | Forchert,Martin | FM | | 2385 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 2212 |
| 29 | Lupor,Andre | FM | | 2321 | 6.5 | 47 | 2204 |
| 30 | Morawietz,Dieter | | | 2449 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 2213 |
| 31 | Schrems,Hermann | | | 2126 | 6.5 | 46 | 2138 |
| 32 | Pena Gomez,Manuel | FM | ESP | 2467 | 6.5 | 45 | 2213 |
| 33 | Andersson,Ulf | GM | SWE | 2562 | 6.5 | 40 | 2257 |
| 34 | Henrichs,Thomas | IM | | 2485 | 6 | 55.5 | 2366 |
| 35 | Kaplan,Sasha | IM | ISR | 2425 | 6 | 52.5 | 2205 |
| 36 | Mainka,Romuald | GM | | 2482 | 6 | 50 | 2290 |
| 37 | Korsus,Bernd | | | 2272 | 6 | 50 | 2180 |
| 38 | Pirrot,Dieter | IM | | 2446 | 6 | 49 | 2239 |
| 38 | Skembris,Spyridon | GM | GRE | 2422 | 6 | 49 | 2239 |
| 40 | Böhle,Lars | | | 2245 | 6 | 49 | 2185 |
| 41 | Reefschläger,Helm | IM | | 2321 | 6 | 48 | 2203 |
| 42 | Haub,Thorsten Mic | IM | | 2454 | 6 | 47.5 | 2201 |
| 43 | Salvermoser,Bernd | FM | | 2304 | 6 | 47 | 2227 |
| 44 | Krüger,Rainer,Dr. | | | 2216 | 6 | 46.5 | 2129 |
| 45 | Löw,Gerald | FM | | 2307 | 6 | 46 | 2203 |
| 46 | Arnaudov,Petar G. | FM | BUL | 2344 | 6 | 46 | 2200 |
| 47 | Krämer,Stefan | | | 2264 | 6 | 45.5 | 2213 |
| 48 | König,Dietrich | FM | | 2353 | 6 | 45 | 2113 |
| 49 | Wichmann,Daniel,D | | | 2197 | 6 | 43 | 2097 |
| 50 | Wegerer,Fred | FM | AUT | 2227 | 6 | 42.5 | 2107 |
| 51 | Markl,Martin | | | 2198 | 6 | 42 | 2040 |
| 52 | Hajenius,Willem | | BEL | 2045 | 6 | 40.5 | 2057 |
| 353 players |
George Mirijanian rerports: The 6th Annual University of Massachusetts Game/60 Championship took place on November 15th 2008 at the Lincoln Campus Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. FIDE master Johann Haker, 23, of Germany captured first place with a score of 3.5-0.5. Taking second place with a 3-1 tally was untitled master Dragan Vidanovic of Serbia. The tournament drew 29 players in two sections and was driected by Frank Kolasinski of Springfield, Massachusetts, president of the sponsoring Western Massachusetts Chess Association (WMCA)..
There is a Super GM Tournament in Nanjing, China taking place place 10th - 22nd December 2008.
Six-player double round robin event.
Players: Veselin Topalov g BUL 2791; Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2786; Levon Aronian g ARM 2757; Movsesian Sergei g 2732 SVK; Peter Svidler g 2727; Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2714.
It will be the
strongest tournament ever held in China (at least by Elo average, 2751.6, making it a category 21 tournament)
The Nanjing tournament will become super one like Wijk aan Zee, Sofia, and Linares.
Further info: http://www.64ge.net/ and Gujuan Tzu's Chessnews Blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews
Hastings Chess Congress
The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2008 - 5th January 2009. Contact: Con Power at: conpowr@ol.com
Currently leading entries for the HASTINGS MASTERS
BERG Emanuel, SWE, gm 2623, HOWELL David, ENG, gm 2593, NEVEROV Valeriy, UKR, gm (current Hastings Masters Champion) 2571,
JONES Gawain, ENG, gm 2548, CONQUEST Stuart, ENG, gm (current British Champion) 2526, PAVLOVIC Milos, UKR, gm 2524, GORDON Stephen, ENG, im 2521, HEBDEN Mark, ENG, gm 2515, GORMALLY Daniel, ENG, gm 2514, HASLINGER Stewart, ENG, gm 2506, WILLIAMS Simon, ENG, 2494, BERNAL MORO Luis Javier, ESP, im 2451, GREET Andrew, ENG, im 2440, HUNT Adam, ENG, im 2431,
HOUSKA Jovanka, ENG, wgm 2399, BATES Richard, ENG, im 2387
Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
Chess Study
Dr Robert Howard is making a study of rated chess players.
The full article:
http://education.arts.unsw.edu.au/fidestudy/results
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
Corus A-Group 2009
The 71st Corus Chess tournament takes place Friday, January 16th to Sunday, February 1st, 2009 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.
Alexander Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov are the
favourites for the event in the absence of world champion Viswanathan Anand, challenger Vladimir
Kramnik and World Number one Veselin Topalov. This shake up of the field with these three regular missing
has really freshened things up and should make for exciting chess, in the usual way they do things they'll probably be all back next year.
Five players will make their debut in the A-group: the young Dutch grandmasters Jan Smeets and Daniel Stellwagen, the sensational Wang Yue from China, who climbed up to the 11th place on the latest world ranking list, the winner of Grandmastergroup B in 2008, Sergei Movsesian, and Leinier Dominguez from Cuba (ranked 21st on the FIDE October rating list).
The official participants lists of Grandmaster groups B and C will be published later this year. Together with all amateur players and participants in the special groups, approximately 2,000 chess players are expected to come to Wijk aan Zee for the traditional chess festival in the small beach village at the west coast of The Netherlands, approximately 25 kilometers from Amsterdam.
As from January 2009, the rate of play in Grandmaster groups A, B and C will change. The rate of play will be: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, followed by 15 minutes with 30 seconds per move increment to finish the game.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/
71st Corus Wijk aan Zee A-Group
(NED), 16 i - 1 ii 2009 |
| Alexander Morozevich | RUS | 2 | 2787 | 1977 |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 3 | 2786 | 1969 |
| Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 4 | 2786 | 1990 |
| Levon Aronian | ARM | 7 | 2757 | 1982 |
| Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 8 | 2751 | 1987 |
| Wang Yue | CHN | 11 | 2736 | 1987 |
| Michael Adams | ENG | 12 | 2734 | 1971 |
| Sergei Movsesian | SLW | 13 | 2732 | 1978 |
| Sergei Karjakin | UKR | 15 | 2730 | 1990 |
| Gata Kamsky | USA | 16 | 2729 | 1974 |
| Leinier Dominguez | CUB | 21 | 2719 | 1983 |
| Loek van Wely | NED | | 2618 | 1972 |
| Daniel Stellwagen | NED | | 2605 | 1987 |
| Jan Smeets | NED | | 2604 | 1985 |
British Rapidplay
British Rapidplay Chess Championships 2008
Venue: North Bridge Leisure Centre, Halifax HX3 6TE
Dates: Saturday 29th / Sunday 30th November 2008
All entries postmarked on or after Monday 24th November are subject to a £6 surcharge.
Entries on the day are subject to a £12 surcharge. Late entries close at 10.30 am.
Further information at http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk
Benidorm Stars
The VII Benidorm International Chess Festival takes place 28th November - 8th December 2008.
The stars section sees Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Sergey Tiviakov, Katherine Lahno, Xavi Vila, Sabrina Vega etc
compete.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezbali.com and http://www.eventosdeajedrez.com
18th Pamplona International
18th Pamplona International consists of a invitational Grandmaster tournament, and an open 9 round tournament. Both tournaments take place from 22nd December - 29th December 2008.
The invitational Grandmaster tournament is an eight-player round robin.
Players are: GM Sasikiran, Krishnan (2694, IND), GM Roiz, Michael (2677,ISR), GM Malakhov, Vladimir (2675, RUS), GM Vallejo, Pons Francisco (2664,ESP), GM Caruana, Fabiano (2640,ITA), GM Delchev, Aleksander (2632,BUL), GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2616,RUS), and GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan (2556,ESP).
Official website: http://www.chesspamplona.com/
21st Belgrade Trophy 2008
The 21st Belgrade Trophy 2008 takes place in Obrenovac (near Belgrade).
The Belgrade Open, Belgrade Trophy, or International Belgrade Open Chess Championship takes place November 27th - December 5th, 2008.
Prize fund is 6000 EUR (1st Place - 1200 EUR) consists of 15 best place and 8 special prizes.
The Championship will be played in 9 rounds according to the FIDE Swiss System (computer pairing). The rate of play is 2 hours for 40 moves plus 30 minutes till the end of the game.
The organizer has provided participation of minimum 20 foreign players, to make possible achievemnet of international norms for FIDE titles.
Tournament protector is Parliament of Belgrade City.
Organizers: Belgrade Chess Federation and Obrenovac City.
All informations you can get on the phone +381 11 2656 846 or E-mail: beochess@EUnet.yu (Belgrade Chess Federation)
Official site: http://www.beochess.org.yu/2008/trofej_beograda2008/english_bgopen2008.html
Jose Marca Memorial
The III Open Internacional ITT Jose Marca Memorial takes place in 10th-18th Lima January 2009.
Grandmasters Sergey Tiviakov, Julio Granda, Bartolomiej Macieja and Emilo Cordova compete.
Official site: http://www.peruchess.org
Bundesliga
The second Bundesliga weekend took place 25th-26th October 2008.
The Schachbundesliga season 2008/09
runs 3rd-5th October and runs until March 2009.
16 Teams compete with team rosters of 16-18 players but only eight play each weekend. There will be
live coverage of all the games.
Dates: 4th-5th October 2008
25th-26th October 2008
29th-30th November 2008
12th-14th December 2008 (Here the official seventh round will be played.
Although some will be played at other times) 31st January 2008 - 1st February 2009. 28th February - 1st March 2009.
28th-29th March 2009.
Official site of the Schachbundesliga (http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx)
Further information (in German) and the entrance site for the live coverage:
http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx
European Youth U-16 winners Texas Scholarships
The University of Texas at Dallas (USA) has offered scholarships
to the winners of the U-16 European Youth Chess Championships since 2007. The
agreement with the European Chess Union has been extended for another
three years. The total value of the scholarships during this five-year
period will be approximately 1 million USD, said James A. Stallings,
Director of the UTD chess program.
Interview on the ECU website: http://www.europechess.org/home518.aspx?art=ft
Gjovik International Festival 2008-9
The Gjovik International Chess Festival 2008-9 takes place 29th December - 7th January 2009.
Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and
Simen Agdestein play in a Super rapid tournament
January 2nd-5th 2009.
The tournament has a similar format to the Mainz Classic, with a
double round tournament followed by final and bronze final games. The
Norwegian audience will be eager to see Magnus Carlsen on home-gound
again, as he hasn't played in Norway during
2008.
The rapid contest is part of a chess festival with a big and varied
program, held on occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Gjovik chess
club. The festival starts on December 29th, and the main tournament is a
9 round GM-Swiss open to players with a rating abov 2100. Reigning
European champion Sergei Tiviakov (NL) 2686 is the highest rated player
of the preliminary list of participants. There is also a parallell group
open for all players rated below 2100.
Official site: http://www.gjovikfestival.sjakkweb.no
4NCL
The 4NCL takes place 4th October 2008 - 4th May 2009.
Fixtures 2008-9
Rounds 1 and 2:
4th/5th October 2008
De Vere Venues, Sunningdale
Divisions 1-2
Rounds 3-4:
6th/7th December 2008
Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island
Divisions 1-3
Rounds 5-6:
17th/18th January 2009
De Vere Venues, Sunningdale
Divisions 1-2
Rounds 7-8:
21st/22nd March 2009
Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island
Divisions 1-3
Rounds 9-11:
2nd-4th May 2009
De Vere Venues, Staverton Park
Divisions 1-2
68th Italian Championship
The 68th Italian Championship takes place 3rd December - 14th December 2008. The tournament will consist of 12 players in a round robin at the 4 star Park Hotel San Michele in Martina Franca. Games will be played on DGT boards, and viewable live at the Italian Chess Federation´s web site.
The players are: GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Michele Godena, GM Carlos Garcia Palermo, IM Luca Shytaj, IM Sabino Brunello, IM Fabio Bruno, IM Denis Rombaldoni, IM Pierluigi Piscopo, IM Daniel Contin, FM Daniyyl Dvirnyy, FM Daniele Genocchio, and Alessio Valsecchi.
Official federation site: http://www.federscacchi.it/
27th Elba Island Festival
The 27th International Chess Festival of Elba Island "Luigi Amalfi", takes place at the Hotel Lacona 10th-17th May 2009.
Details: http://www.tuscanhotels.it/en/cmsx.asp?IDPg=23
Milan
Milano, Italy, organized by Società Scacchistica Milanese (founded in 1881)
Master group: December 6th-13th 2008, 9 rounds, global prizes 3.000 euro - with GMs and IMs
Good conventions with hotels
Address - via S.Uguzzone 8 = closed to the underground (MM1 - Villa SG).
The Mediterranean Championship will start in Courmayeur (Aosta valley) The dates are December 13th-21st 2008.
It is possible to travel and play both.
Web site: http://www.scacchisticamilanese.it
25th Bermuda Open
The 25th Bermuda Open takes place 30th January - 1st February 2008 at the luxurious Fairmont Southampton Resort on the South Shore with private tennis courts, golf course, beach, walking trails, ferry into Hamilton for duty-free shopping
5 round Swiss.
Register & pay on site. For info contact Nigel Freeman at cadilly@northrock.bm or Carol Jarecki at carolj10280@yahoo.com
9th Liberec Open
The
9th Liberec Open
takes place 15th-22nd November 2008. Open
FIDE, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival. More
detailed information can be found in English, German, Russian and
Polish at http://www.czechtour.net/liberec-open/
Icelandic Team Championship
Icelandic Team Champ 1st div first half took place 3rd-5th October 2008. The 2nd set of games are March
21st-22nd March 2009 if I understand the website correctly. A small number of games are available.
Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5982&Itemid=499# and results: http://chess-results.com/tnr16443.aspx?tnr=16443&art=16&lan=2&flag=30&m=-1
Doeberl Cup and Sydney International 2009
The 2009 Doeberl Cup is in Canberra 9th-13th April 2009.
See http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/
The 2009 Sydney International Open takes place 15th-19th April 2009.
See http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?site=open
Free entry to GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs.
Free accommodation for selected GMs and WGMs.
For further information, please contact Brian Jones
info@chessaustralia.com.au
Czech Litomysl Chess Christmas
Czech Chess Christmas 2008
Litomysl (CZE)
26.12.2008-2.1.2009
10th christmas chess FIDE tournament, swiss system of 9 round, rate of
game 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move, prize fund 64.000 CZK (1st prize 20.000 CZK
= 750 EUR), 10 financial prizes redeemable by drawings, special
conditions for IM, WGM and GM, New Year’s Eve programme.
Contact: Proclient s.r.o., Jaroslav Fuksik, Svedska 3, 772 00 Olomouc,
mobile: +420 608 364 664, e-mail: a64@proclient.cz, web:
http://www.a64.cz/tournaments/litomysl2008/
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.
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.
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
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 |
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
