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The final week of the year sees plenty of chess. The Elista Grand Prix finished in a three way tie between Radajbov, Jakovenko and Grischuk. Pamplona was won by Krishnan Harikrishna. Hastings, Reggio Emilia continue and Magnus Carlsen will play a rapid at the start of the new year. I hope everyone has a good New Year even though we all know its likely to be a rough one worldwide economically.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The latest Grand Prix tournament took place in Elista 13th-29th December 2008. Teimour Radjabov, Dmitry Javkovenko and Alexander Grischuk finished on 8/13.
Official site: http://elista2008.fide.com/
Magnus Carlsen's reasons for withdrawing http://blog.magnuschess.com/1229553815_more_background_info_.html
2nd Association of Chess Professionals press release on the changes to the cycle: ACP Press Release
The Association of Chess Professionals have a press release on the changes to the cycle: ACP Press Release
FIDE Grand Prix Elista (RUS), 14-28 xii 2008 | cat. XIX (2713) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
1. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2751 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 8 | 2796 | |||||
2. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2737 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 | 2798 | |||||
3. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2719 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 8 | 2799 | |||||
4. | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2703 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7½ | 2770 | |||||
5. | Lékó, Peter | g | HUN | 2747 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6½ | 2710 | |||||
6. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2705 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6½ | 2713 | |||||
7. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2731 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6½ | 2711 | |||||
8. | Wang Yue | g | CHN | 2736 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6½ | 2711 | |||||
9. | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2672 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2716 | |||||
10. | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2696 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2685 | |||||
11. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2715 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2655 | |||||
12. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2720 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2655 | |||||
13. | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2679 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 5 | 2628 | |||||
14. | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2669 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 5 | 2629 |
Round 9 (December 23, 2008) | ||||||
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Jakovenko, Dmitry | - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 1-0 | 34 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Gashimov, Vugar | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 | 32 | B63 | Sicilian Rauzer | |
Wang Yue | - Cheparinov, Ivan | 1-0 | 39 | E95 | King's Indian Classical | |
Alekseev, Evgeny | - Bacrot, Etienne | ½-½ | 25 | E10 | Blumenfeld Counter Gambit | |
Eljanov, Pavel | - Radjabov, Teimour | 0-1 | 40 | E99 | King's Indian Classical | |
Akopian, Vladimir | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 33 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Lékó, Peter | ½-½ | 34 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
Round 10 (December 25, 2008) | ||||||
Radjabov, Teimour | - Alekseev, Evgeny | 1-0 | 54 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 | 58 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
Lékó, Peter | - Gashimov, Vugar | 1-0 | 57 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
Bacrot, Etienne | - Wang Yue | ½-½ | 47 | D10 | Slav Defence | |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Eljanov, Pavel | 1-0 | 41 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) | |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 32 | D15 | Slav Defence | |
Cheparinov, Ivan | - Akopian, Vladimir | 1-0 | 59 | D18 | Slav Defence | |
Round 11 (December 26, 2008) | ||||||
Grischuk, Alexander | - Cheparinov, Ivan | ½-½ | 66 | D43 | Anti-Meran Gambit | |
Gashimov, Vugar | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | ½-½ | 55 | B19 | Caro Kann | |
Wang Yue | - Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | 46 | E92 | King's Indian Classical | |
Alekseev, Evgeny | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ | 41 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Eljanov, Pavel | - Lékó, Peter | ½-½ | 70 | E15 | Queens Indian | |
Akopian, Vladimir | - Bacrot, Etienne | ½-½ | 77 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 0-1 | 86 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | |
Round 12 (December 27, 2008) | ||||||
Radjabov, Teimour | - Akopian, Vladimir | ½-½ | 19 | C45 | Scotch Game | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | - Eljanov, Pavel | ½-½ | 19 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
Lékó, Peter | - Alekseev, Evgeny | ½-½ | 28 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Bacrot, Etienne | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 14 | D20 | QGA | |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Wang Yue | ½-½ | 35 | D10 | Slav Defence | |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | - Cheparinov, Ivan | 1-0 | 46 | E92 | King's Indian Classical | |
Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Gashimov, Vugar | ½-½ | 31 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
Round 13 (December 28, 2008) | ||||||
Grischuk, Alexander | - Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | 97 | E97 | King's Indian Classical | |
Gashimov, Vugar | - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | ½-½ | 33 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | |
Wang Yue | - Lékó, Peter | ½-½ | 29 | E15 | Queens Indian | |
Cheparinov, Ivan | - Bacrot, Etienne | ½-½ | 61 | D15 | Slav Defence | |
Alekseev, Evgeny | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | ½-½ | 31 | C43 | Petroff's Defence | |
Eljanov, Pavel | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 | 61 | D17 | Slav Defence | |
Akopian, Vladimir | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ | 25 | C42 | Petroff's Defence |
Grand Prix Standings After 3 Rounds | ||||||
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Player | NAT | Baku 08 | Sochi 08 | Elista 08 | Total | Played |
Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 60 | 150 | 153.33 | 363.33 | 3 |
Wang Yue | CHN | 153.33 | 120 | 80 | 353.33 | 3 |
Vugar Gashimov | AZE | 153.33 | 65 | 110 | 328.33 | 3 |
Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 105 | 45 | 153.33 | 303.33 | 3 |
Dmitry Jakovenko | RUS | 90 | 153.33 | 243.33 | 2 | |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | AZE | 105 | 80 | 185 | 2 | |
Levon Aronian | ARM | 180 | 180 | 1 | ||
Gata Kamsky | USA | 60 | 120 | 180 | 2 | |
Peter Svidler | RUS | 85 | 90 | 175 | 2 | |
Sergey Karjakin | UKR | 60 | 90 | 150 | 2 | |
Ivan Cheparinov | BUL | 35 | 45 | 50 | 130 | 3 |
Etienne Bacrot | FRA | 15 | 80 | 95 | 2 | |
Peter Leko | HUN | 80 | 80 | 1 | ||
Rustam Kasimdzhanov | UZB | 80 | 80 | 1 | ||
Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 65 | 65 | 1 | ||
David Navara | CZE | 35 | 15 | 50 | 2 | |
Pavel Eljanov | UKR | 35 | 35 | 1 | ||
Evgeny Alekseev | RUS | 35 | 35 | 1 | ||
Boris Gelfand | ISR | 30 | 30 | 1 | ||
Ernesto Inarkiev | RUS | 15 | 15 | 30 | 2 | |
Vladimir Akopian | ARM | 15 | 15 | 1 | ||
Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 153.33 | withdrew | |||
Michael Adams | ENG | 85 | withdrew |
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/
Magistral Pamplona (ESP), 22-29 xii 2008 | cat. XVI (2644) | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||
1. | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2694 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2795 | |||||
2. | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2675 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2689 | |||||
3. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2664 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2691 | |||||
4. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2640 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2644 | |||||
5. | Delchev, Aleksander | g | BUL | 2632 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3½ | 2646 | |||||
6. | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2677 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2589 | |||||
7. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2616 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 3 | 2598 | |||||
8. | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | g | ESP | 2556 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 2 | 2498 |
Round 2 (December 23, 2008) | |||||
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Malakhov, Vladimir | - Roiz, Michael | ½-½ | 58 | A16 | English Opening |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco | - Delchev, Aleksander | 1-0 | 46 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Sasikiran, Krishnan | ½-½ | 39 | B14 | Caro Kann Panov |
Salgado Lopez, Ivan | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 35 | B42 | Sicilian Paulsen |
Round 3 (December 24, 2008) | |||||
Sasikiran, Krishnan | - Salgado Lopez, Ivan | ½-½ | 21 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) |
Caruana, Fabiano | - Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 1-0 | 40 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
Delchev, Aleksander | - Malakhov, Vladimir | ½-½ | 19 | D52 | Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs |
Roiz, Michael | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 18 | A29 | English Four Knights |
Round 4 (December 26, 2008) | |||||
Vallejo Pons, Francisco | - Malakhov, Vladimir | ½-½ | 50 | D15 | Slav Defence |
Caruana, Fabiano | - Sasikiran, Krishnan | 0-1 | 33 | B80 | Sicilian Scheveningen |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Delchev, Aleksander | 0-1 | 58 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence |
Salgado Lopez, Ivan | - Roiz, Michael | ½-½ | 33 | C68 | Ruy Lopez Exchange |
Round 5 (December 27, 2008) | |||||
Sasikiran, Krishnan | - Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 1-0 | 47 | D46 | Semi-Slav Defence |
Malakhov, Vladimir | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 27 | D76 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 |
Delchev, Aleksander | - Salgado Lopez, Ivan | ½-½ | 24 | D47 | Queens Gambit Meran |
Roiz, Michael | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 31 | D12 | Slav Defence |
Round 6 (December 28, 2008) | |||||
Sasikiran, Krishnan | - Roiz, Michael | 1-0 | 33 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 25 | B23 | Sicilian Closed |
Caruana, Fabiano | - Delchev, Aleksander | ½-½ | 26 | C43 | Petroff's Defence |
Salgado Lopez, Ivan | - Malakhov, Vladimir | 0-1 | 60 | B66 | Sicilian Rauzer |
Round 7 (December 29, 2008) | |||||
Malakhov, Vladimir | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 52 | D12 | Slav Defence |
Delchev, Aleksander | - Sasikiran, Krishnan | ½-½ | 46 | D12 | Slav Defence |
Roiz, Michael | - Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ½-½ | 20 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Salgado Lopez, Ivan | 1-0 | 45 | C10 | French Rubinstein |
Open Pamplona (ESP), 22-29 xii 2008 | ||||||
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Rank | Nombre | FED | Elo | Pts | BUC | |
1 | REINALDO CASTINEIRA, Roi | IM | ESP | 2516 | 7½ | 50½ |
2 | HUERGA LEACHE, Mikel | IM | ESP | 2417 | 7½ | 49½ |
3 | RECUERO GUERRA, David | IM | ESP | 2425 | 7 | 52½ |
4 | ARRIBAS LOPEZ, Angel | FM | ESP | 2334 | 7 | 51 |
5 | NAVARRO CIA, Miguel | FM | ESP | 2318 | 6½ | 50 |
6 | VEGA GUTIERREZ, Sabrina | WGM | ESP | 2278 | 6½ | 49 |
7 | MELLADO TRIVIÑO, Juan Manuel | IM | AND | 2434 | 6½ | 49 |
8 | RUDOLF, Anna | WGM | HUN | 2318 | 6½ | 48½ |
9 | MINAYA MOLANO, Juan | FM | COL | 2196 | 6½ | 45½ |
10 | BURGUETE ARCHEL, Eduardo | ESP | 2176 | 6½ | 42 | |
11 | LARIÑO NIETO, David | IM | ESP | 2469 | 6 | 49 |
12 | DJINGAROVA, Emilia | WGM | BUL | 2352 | 6 | 46 |
13 | GARCIA PAOLICCHI, Raul | FM | AND | 2257 | 6 | 46 |
14 | MUNOZ ARANA, Miguel | ESP | 2100 | 6 | 44½ | |
15 | IGNACZ, Rozsa | HUN | 2061 | 6 | 41 | |
16 | DE PABLOS FERNANDEZ, Mariano | ESP | 2061 | 6 | 39 | |
104 players |
The annual Groningen Chess Festival takes place December 21st-30th 2008. It will be held in the renowned Harmoniegebouw, closely related to the 1946 Staunton tournament won by Botwinnik. In several groups players of all strengths will compete with some strong Dutch and international contenders playing in the top group. The 45th edition of the Groningen Chess Festival will also feature a match between two young Dutch grandmasters. Groningen based law student Jan Werle, who became EC champion in October, will face this year's Dutch champion Jan Smeets. Both players were members of the Dutch team that competed at the Chess Olympiad in Dresden. Games will be played between 25th and 29th December. Rapid games will decide the outcome of the match on December 30th 2008 if required. Hans Boehm and former Dutch champion Gert Ligterink will provide live commentary during the match. The Groningen Chess Festival is organised by the Stichting Schaakstad Groningen.
Official site: http://www.schaakstadgroningen.nl/index.php/festival-2008
Werle, Jan - Smeets, Jan 1/2 41 D12 Slav Defence
Smeets, Jan - Werle, Jan 1/2 125 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Werle, Jan - Smeets, Jan 1/2 16 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Groningen Chess Festival Open A (NED), 21-30 xii 2008
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings: |
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Rank | Name | Ti | Fed. | Rating | Score | TPR | W-We | |
1 | Rotstein, Arkadij | GM | GER | 2496 | 6.5 | 2690 | 1.93 | |
2 | Gagunashvili, Merab | GM | GEO | 2576 | 6 | 2645 | 0.72 | |
3 | Giri, Anish | FM | RUS | 2466 | 6 | 2614 | 1.57 | |
4 | Spoelman, Wouter | IM | NED | 2459 | 6 | 2577 | 1.27 | |
5 | Swinkels, Robin | IM | NED | 2451 | 6 | 2649 | 2.12 | |
6 | Ernst, Sipke | GM | NED | 2576 | 5.5 | 2543 | -0.25 | |
7 | Reinderman, Dimitri | GM | NED | 2543 | 5.5 | 2579 | 0.41 | |
8 | Van Der Wiel, John | GM | NED | 2501 | 5.5 | 2548 | 0.57 | |
9 | Sundararajan, Kidambi | IM | IND | 2501 | 5.5 | 2513 | 0.17 | |
10 | Bojkov, Dejan | GM | BUL | 2472 | 5.5 | 2534 | 0.71 | |
11 | Van Den Doel, Erik | GM | NED | 2570 | 5 | 2554 | -0.16 | |
12 | Nijboer, Friso | GM | NED | 2540 | 5 | 2502 | -0.38 | |
13 | Hoffmann, Michael | IM | GER | 2469 | 5 | 2519 | 0.57 | |
14 | Brandenburg, Daan | IM | NED | 2436 | 5 | 2373 | -0.57 | |
15 | urg, Twan | FM | NED | 2382 | 5 | 2382 | 0.06 | |
16 | Bitalzadeh, Ali | IM | NED | 2370 | 5 | 2411 | 0.51 | |
17 | Bok, Benjamin | NED | 2265 | 5 | 2429 | 1.76 | ||
68 players |
The 46th Indian National A Championship for men takes place in Mangalore 17th-30th December 2008.
The 35th Indian National A Championship for women takes place in New Delhi 18th-28th December 2008.
I've taken the standings from the games. The moves from the round 1 women's games are missing.
Various websites cover the event: http://www.karnatakachess.com/ - http://www.indianchessfed.org/ with results of the men's (but not as far as I can see women's): http://chess-results.com/tnr18097.aspx and games at: http://monroi.com/
46th ch-IND National A Mangalore (IND), 17-30 xii 2008 | cat. IX (2466) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
1. | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2603 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2592 | |||||
2. | Akshayraj, Kore | m | IND | 2400 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2566 | |||||
3. | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2597 | 0 | 0 | * | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2556 | |||||
4. | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J | g | IND | 2464 | 0 | 1 | . | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6½ | 2519 | |||||
5. | Rathnakaran, K | m | IND | 2458 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | ½ | 6 | 2505 | |||||
6. | Sriram, Jha | m | IND | 2457 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | 6 | 2505 | |||||
7. | Neelotpal, Das | g | IND | 2477 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2505 | |||||
8. | Satyapragyan, Swayangsu | m | IND | 2417 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5½ | 2469 | |||||
9. | Thipsay, Praveen M | g | IND | 2444 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4½ | 2403 | |||||
10. | Konguvel, Ponnuswamy | m | IND | 2463 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2366 | |||||
11. | Shyam, Sundar M | m | IND | 2402 | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2357 | |||||
12. | Thejkumar, M. S | IND | 2441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 4 | 2367 | ||||||
13. | Adhiban, B | m | IND | 2439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 3½ | 2336 |
35th ch-IND w National A New Delhi IND (IND), 18-28 xii 2008 | cat. II (2284) | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
1. | Nadig, Kruttika | wm | IND | 2387 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 2449 |
2. | Sachdev, Tania | m | IND | 2425 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7 | 2372 |
3. | Mohota, Nisha | wg | IND | 2311 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 6 | 2317 |
4. | Karavade, Eesha | wg | IND | 2386 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 6 | 2310 |
5. | Swathi, Ghate | wg | IND | 2320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6 | 2316 |
6. | Gomes, Mary Ann | wg | IND | 2298 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5½ | 2282 |
7. | Soumya, Swaminathan | wm | IND | 2326 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2243 |
8. | Bhakti, Kulkarni | wf | IND | 2163 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2258 |
9. | Amrutha, Mokal | IND | 2163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2258 | |
10. | Pon, N Krithika | wf | IND | 2191 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2227 |
11. | Padmini, Rout | wm | IND | 2235 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 4 | 2186 |
12. | Kiran, Manisha Mohanty | wm | IND | 2198 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 4 | 2189 |
The Asian Chess Club Championship League takes place in Alain, UAE 25th-31st December 2008.
Official site: http://asia-chess.com/main/index.php
The III Open Palma de Mallorca took place 6th-14th December 2008. Stewart Haslinger finished with 7.5/9. Games from rounds 8-9 now available.
Official site: http://www.chesspalma.com/
The 2008 Berkeley Masters took place December 14th-23rd 2008 in Berkeley, California, Giorgi Kacheishivili won with 7.5/10. IM-norms: FM Daniel Rensch, FM Marc Esserman, WIM Iryna Zenyuk WGM-norm: WIM Iryna Zenyuk. 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. Games were broadcast on ICC.
Info at http://dotq.org/chess.
Berkeley Masters (USA), 14-23 xii 2008 | ||||||
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1 | Kacheishvili, Giorgi | g | GEO | 2572 | 7.5 | /10 |
2 | Izoria, Zviad | g | GEO | 2610 | 7.0 | /10 |
3 | Friedel, Joshua E | m | USA | 2498 | 6.0 | /10 |
4 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2452 | 6.0 | /10 |
5 | Rensch, Daniel | f | USA | 2354 | 6.0 | /10 |
6 | Bhat, Vinay S | m | USA | 2498 | 5.5 | /10 |
7 | Pruess, David | m | USA | 2422 | 5.5 | /10 |
8 | Kraai, Jesse | g | USA | 2502 | 5.0 | /10 |
9 | Sarkar, Justin | m | USA | 2451 | 5.0 | /10 |
10 | Sharavdorj, Dashzegve | g | MGL | 2441 | 5.0 | /10 |
11 | Esserman, Marc | USA | 2348 | 5.0 | /10 | |
12 | Zenyuk, Iryna | wf | USA | 2237 | 5.0 | /10 |
13 | Milman, Lev | m | USA | 2488 | 4.0 | /10 |
14 | Naroditsky, Daniel | f | USA | 2382 | 4.0 | /10 |
15 | Haessel, Dale R | f | CAN | 2199 | 4.0 | /10 |
16 | Evans, Bela | f | USA | 2258 | 3.5 | /10 |
17 | Kustar, Sandor | m | HUN | 2356 | 3.0 | /10 |
18 | Lee, Andy C | USA | 2240 | 1.5 | /2 | |
19 | Jahedi, Salar | USA | 2106 | 0.5 | /3 | |
20 | Shivaji, Shivkuma | f | PLE | 2308 | 0.0 | /1 |
The Hastings Chess Congress takes place 28th December 2008 - 5th January 2009. Mark Hebden, Valerij Neverov, Gawain Jones, Stephen Gordon and Stuart Conquest lead on 2/2.
Further details: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk
The 51st Reggio Emilia Tournament takes place 27th December 2008 - 4th January 2009. Zoltan Almasi will defend the trophy won last year in a category 14 tournament. Two strong young italian IMs , Ronchetti and Shytaj will try their chances for a GM norm. This year also a B tournament , category 5, for the IM norm will take place:
Official site: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/
51st It Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii-4 i 2008 | cat. XIV (2576) | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
1. | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2663 | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 3 | |||||
2. | Ni Hua | g | CHN | 2710 | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 2798 | ||||
3. | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2670 | . | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 2751 | ||||
4. | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2634 | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2664 | ||||
5. | Leon Hoyos, Manuel | g | MEX | 2535 | . | . | 0 | ½ | * | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1½ | 2639 | ||||
6. | Marin, Mihail | g | ROU | 2556 | 0 | . | . | . | . | * | 0 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2457 | ||||
7. | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2613 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | * | . | . | . | 1 | 2459 | ||||
8. | Shytaj, Luca | m | ITA | 2472 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2362 | ||||
9. | Cebalo, Miso | g | CRO | 2493 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | ½ | 2342 | ||||
10. | Ronchetti, Niccolo | m | ITA | 2414 | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | ½ | 2332 |
51st It B Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii-4 i 2008 | cat. V (2351) | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
1. | Rombaldoni, Axel | f | ITA | 2334 | * | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | |||||
2. | Thorfinnsson, Bjorn | f | ISL | 2399 | . | * | . | . | . | 1 | ½ | . | . | 1 | 2½ | 2607 | ||||
3. | Galyas, Miklos | m | HUN | 2454 | . | . | * | . | . | . | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | 2½ | 2637 | ||||
4. | Cocchi, Andrea | f | ITA | 2305 | . | . | . | * | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 2 | |||||
5. | Kovacevic, Blazimir | m | CRO | 2472 | 0 | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | . | 1 | . | 1½ | 2263 | ||||
6. | Pomaro, Alberto | ITA | 2254 | . | 0 | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | 1 | 1½ | 2397 | |||||
7. | Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor | m | ISL | 2430 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | . | * | . | . | . | 1 | 2261 | ||||
8. | Corvi, Marco | f | ITA | 2343 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | 0 | |||||
9. | Barillaro, Luca | ITA | 2202 | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | * | . | 0 | ||||||
10. | Lucaroni, Massimiliano | f | ITA | 2320 | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | * | 0 |
The Gjovik International Chess Festival 2008-9 takes place 29th December - 7th January 2009.
Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Kjetil Lie 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
The city of Leon held it's World Chess Open 26th-28th December 2008. Evgeny Bareev took first place from Artur Jussupov, Alexei Shirov, Daniel Fridman, Sergey Fedorchuk, Renier Vazquez Iharza, Orelvis Perez Mitjans and Dragan Paunovic after all scored 7.5/9. I couldn't find any games although I think some may have been broadcast, I couldn't get that page to work either.
Official site: http://www.openmundialdeleon.com
Leon World Chess Open (ESP), 26-28 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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1 | Bareev, Evgeny | 2647 | RUS | 7.5 | 52 | 56 | |||||
2 | Jussupow, Artur | 2570 | GER | 7.5 | 49.5 | 53.5 | |||||
3 | Shirov, Alexei | 2726 | ESP | 7.5 | 49.5 | 53 | |||||
4 | Fridman, Daniel | 2630 | GER | 7.5 | 48 | 53 | |||||
5 | Fedorchuk, Sergey | 2604 | UKR | 7.5 | 48 | 53 | |||||
6 | Vazquez Igarza, Renier | 2546 | 7.5 | 47 | 51 | ||||||
7 | Perez Mitjans, Orelvis | 2446 | CUB | 7.5 | 45 | 49 | |||||
8 | Paunovic, Dragan | 2532 | SRB | 7.5 | 41.5 | 45 | |||||
9 | Granda Zuñiga, Julio | 2628 | PER | 7 | 51.5 | 56.5 | |||||
10 | Beliavsky, Aleksander | 2619 | SLO | 7 | 49.5 | 53.5 | |||||
11 | Timman, Jan | 2580 | NED | 7 | 49 | 53.5 | |||||
12 | Ljubojevic, Ljubomir | 2553 | SRB | 7 | 49 | 53.5 | |||||
13 | Suba, Mihail | 2531 | ROM | 7 | 48.5 | 52.5 | |||||
14 | Peralta, Fernando | 2557 | ARG | 7 | 47.5 | 50.5 | |||||
15 | Lopez Martinez, Jose Manuel | 2548 | CAT | 7 | 45.5 | 50 | |||||
16 | Guliyev, Namig | 2521 | AZE | 7 | 45 | 48.5 | |||||
17 | Perez Candelario, Manuel | 2520 | EXT | 7 | 41.5 | 45.5 | |||||
18 | Milov, Vadim | 2681 | SUI | 6.5 | 54.5 | 59.5 | |||||
19 | Malakhatko, Vadim | 2633 | UKR | 6.5 | 53 | 56 | |||||
20 | Rivas Pastor, Manuel | 2514 | 6.5 | 50.5 | 54.5 | ||||||
21 | Agrest, Eugeny | 2574 | SWE | 6.5 | 50.5 | 54 | |||||
22 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2678 | GER | 6.5 | 48.5 | 53 | |||||
23 | Andersson, Ulf | 2562 | SWE | 6.5 | 46.5 | 51 | |||||
24 | Oms Pallise, Josep | 2522 | CAT | 6.5 | 45 | 49 | |||||
25 | Del Rio De Angelis, Gabriel | 2531 | AND | 6.5 | 45 | 48.5 | |||||
26 | Escobar Forero, Alder | 2482 | COL | 6.5 | 44 | 48.5 | |||||
27 | San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 2564 | CAN | 6.5 | 44 | 47.5 | |||||
28 | Shchekachev, Andrei | 2514 | FRA | 6.5 | 44 | 47.5 | |||||
29 | Portisch, Lajos | 2513 | HUN | 6.5 | 44 | 46.5 | |||||
30 | Panelo Munoz, Marcelo | 2427 | ARG | 6.5 | 43 | 47 | |||||
31 | Arruebarrena Rodriguez, Rafael Erne | 2274 | AST | 6.5 | 41.5 | 45 | |||||
341 players |
The XXXVIII Rilton Cup takes place 27th December 2008 - 5th January 2009.
Official site: http://www.rilton.se/
The 18th North American Open takes place 26th-29th December 2008. Giorgi Kacheishvili leads alone on 4.5/5 with two rounds to go.
Official site: http://chesstournamentservices.com/cca/category/north-american-open/
The 5th IRT Merlo takes place 19th December 2008 - 7th January 2009.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezplus.com.ar/index.php
5th IRT Merlo (ARG), 19 xii 2008 - 7 i 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
1. | Tomeo, Nicolas | ARG | 2043 | * | . | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 2333 | |
2. | Barrionuevo, Pablo | f | ARG | 2341 | . | * | . | 0 | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 3½ | 2272 |
3. | Sapienza, Julian | ARG | 2169 | . | . | * | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | ||
4. | De Picciotto, Marcelo | ARG | 2070 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2209 | |
5. | Koch, Juan | ARG | 2037 | ½ | . | 0 | ½ | * | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2184 | |
6. | Pagano, Marcelo | ARG | 2049 | 0 | ½ | . | . | . | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2248 | |
7. | Preuss, Maximiliano | ARG | 2114 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | 1 | 1½ | 2045 | |
8. | Godoy, Carlos ARG | ARG | 2199 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | . | * | . | 1 | 1 | 1939 | |
9. | Menon, Daniel | ARG | 2186 | . | 0 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | * | . | 0 | ||
10. | Tomeo, Ivan | ARG | 2095 | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | * | 0 |
The 4th Assisi Open took place 18th-22nd December 2008. Viesturs Meijers won the event with 8/9.
4th Open Assisi (ITA), 18-22 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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Pos | NAME | T | Fed | Rtg | Pts | BucT | Buc1 | ||||
1 | Meijers Viesturs | GM | LAT | 2514 | 8 | 46.5 | 42.5 | ||||
2 | VOCATURO Daniele | IM | ITA | 2383 | 7.5 | 47.5 | 43.5 | ||||
3 | TOCCHIONI Doriano | -M | ITA | 2259 | 6 | 46 | 43 | ||||
4 | Vuelban Virgilio | FM | PHI | 2390 | 5 | 49.5 | 45.5 | ||||
5 | DE FILOMENO Simone | CM | ITA | 2147 | 5 | 45.5 | 42.5 | ||||
6 | PROCACCI Sergio | CM | ITA | 2052 | 5 | 45 | 42.5 | ||||
7 | CARUSO Augusto | -M | ITA | 2250 | 5 | 42 | 39.5 | ||||
8 | CORVI Marco | FM | ITA | 2343 | 5 | 41.5 | 39 | ||||
9 | Quimi Marco | M | PER | 2239 | 5 | 39 | 37 | ||||
10 | Bighiu Gheorghe | CM | ITA | 2026 | 5 | 35 | 33 | ||||
11 | Aleksic Nenad | IM | SRB | 2376 | 4.5 | 48 | 45 | ||||
12 | CALANDRI Fausto | CM | ITA | 2130 | 4 | 48 | 46 | ||||
13 | TRASCIATTI Mirko | 1N | ITA | 1963 | 3.5 | 33 | 31 | ||||
14 | GAMBARDELLA Piero | CM | ITA | 2021 | 3.5 | 32.5 | 30.5 | ||||
15 | DI LASCIO Savino | CM | ITA | 1953 | 3 | 32.5 | 30.5 | ||||
16 | CUPPONE Damiano | 1N | ITA | 1953 | 3 | 32.5 | 30.5 | ||||
17 | MARSILI Riccardo | 1N | ITA | 1859 | 2.5 | 30.5 | 28.5 | ||||
18 | Diekmann Hans-Joa(W) | M | GER | 2199 | 0.5 | 34.5 | 32.5 |
The X Memorial "Mirko Srajber" took place 17th-25th December 2008. Milos Roganovic and Robert Markos led on 5/7 before coverage stopped at: http://chess-results.com/tnr18237.aspx. Games were broadcast at: http://chess-press.com/open/index.html and the official site was: http://www.spartakchess.com/site/index.php but I couldn't find the final results or a games archive.
The Romanian Rapid and Blitz Championship Romanian took place 6th-7th December 2008 at the Rin Grand Hotel Bucharest (the biggest hotel in Romania, with over 1500 rooms). The rate of play was 15'+12'' at Rapid and 5'+3" at Blitz.
Romanian Rapid Bucharest (ROM), 6-7 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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Rank | Name | NRtg | Pts | BH. | |||||||
1 | Miron Lucian-Costin | 2437 | 6,0 | 33,0 | |||||||
2 | Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula | 2502 | 6,0 | 31,0 | |||||||
3 | Ionescu Constantin | 2422 | 6,0 | 30,0 | |||||||
4 | Nanu Ciprian-Costica | 2506 | 5,5 | 34,5 | |||||||
5 | Manolache Marius | 2494 | 5,5 | 33,0 | |||||||
6 | Ardelean George-Catalin | 2502 | 5,5 | 33,0 | |||||||
7 | Sofronie Iulian | 2471 | 5,5 | 30,0 | |||||||
8 | Petrisor Adrian-Marian | 2249 | 5,5 | 27,5 | |||||||
9 | Doncea Vladimir | 2434 | 5,5 | 26,5 | |||||||
10 | Raceanu Valentin | 2436 | 5,0 | 34,0 | |||||||
123 players | |||||||||||
Romanian Rapid Women Bucharest (ROM), 6-7 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
Rank | Name | Rtg | Pts | BH. | |||||||
1 | Cosma Elena-Luminita | 2340 | 6,0 | 29,0 | |||||||
2 | Marin Irina-Luiza | 2160 | 5,5 | 28,5 | |||||||
3 | Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda | 2179 | 5,5 | 28,0 | |||||||
4 | Craciun Paula-Iulia | 2154 | 5,0 | 25,5 | |||||||
5 | Teodorescu Anca | 2031 | 5,0 | 25,0 | |||||||
6 | Sgircea Silvia-Raluca | 2174 | 4,5 | 31,0 | |||||||
7 | Ciubara Vladlena | 2107 | 4,5 | 26,5 | |||||||
8 | Jicman Ligia-Letitia | 2167 | 4,5 | 23,5 | |||||||
9 | Dobre Ana-Margareta | 1860 | 4,0 | 29,0 | |||||||
10 | Adoamnei Roxana | 1998 | 4,0 | 24,0 | |||||||
30 players |
Romanian Blitz Bucharest (ROM), 6-7 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
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Rank | Name | Rtg | Pts | BH. | SB. | ||||||
1 | IM | Ardelean George-Catalin | 2502 | 8 | 51.5 | 45,25 | |||||
2 | GM | Badea Bela | 2485 | 7.5 | 52.5 | 42,50 | |||||
3 | IM | Nanu Ciprian-Costica | 2506 | 7.5 | 52.5 | 41,75 | |||||
4 | IM | Mateuta Gabriel | 2501 | 7 | 51 | 37,50 | |||||
5 | IM | Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula | 2502 | 7 | 50.5 | 38,50 | |||||
6 | GM | Grigore George-Gabriel | 2519 | 7 | 50 | 36,50 | |||||
7 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2594 | 6.5 | 52.5 | 34,50 | |||||
8 | Anton Teodor | 2350 | 6.5 | 50 | 33,00 | ||||||
9 | GM | Marin Mihail | 2556 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 34,50 | |||||
10 | IM | Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei | 2421 | 6 | 57.5 | 35,50 | |||||
101 players | |||||||||||
Romanian Blitz Women Bucharest (ROM), 6-7 xii 2008 | |||||||||||
Rank | Name | Rtg | Pts | BH. | SB. | ||||||
1 | WIM | Marin Irina-Luiza | 2160 | 7 | 50.5 | 36,50 | |||||
2 | WGM | Cosma Elena-Luminita | 2340 | 7 | 44 | 34,00 | |||||
3 | WIM | Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda | 2179 | 7 | 44 | 33,75 | |||||
4 | WIM | Jicman Ligia-Letitia | 2167 | 6 | 50 | 29,00 | |||||
5 | WIM | Paulet Iozefina | 2307 | 6 | 48.5 | 29,75 | |||||
6 | Serbanescu Diana-Maria | 1714 | 5.5 | 48 | 24,50 | ||||||
7 | Uta Adeline-Ramona | 2068 | 5.5 | 45 | 24,50 | ||||||
8 | WFM | Craciun Paula-Iulia | 2154 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 21,25 | |||||
9 | WFM | Sgircea Silvia-Raluca | 2174 | 5 | 45 | 21,50 | |||||
10 | Ilie Maria-Ruxandra | 1888 | 5 | 41 | 21,50 | ||||||
11 | Tutulan Mihaela | 2047 | 5 | 37.5 | 17,50 | ||||||
25 players |
The III Open Internacional d'Escacs Illes Medes takes place 28th December 2008 - 4th January 2009. Boris Chatalbashev is the top seed. Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr18305.aspx
The XXI Carlos Torre Memorial took place in Merida, Yucutan, Mexico 13th-22nd December 2008. The event consists of a Swiss system event which then split off to a knockout with those leading the swiss after 6 rounds going on to play the stars starting on December 17th. Alexander Onischuk won the event by defeating Yuniesky Quezada Perez 1.5-0,5 in the final. Open section now available.
Official site: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/inicio2008.htm
XXI Carlos Torre KO Merida (MEX), 17-21 xii 2008 | ||||||
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Final 21st December 2008 | ||||||
Quezada Perez,Y | 0.5 | 1.5 | Onischuk,Al | |||
Semi-final 20th December 2008 | ||||||
Quezada Perez,Y | 1.5 | 0.5 | Ehlvest,J | |||
Akobian,V | 2 | 3 | Onischuk,Al | |||
Quarter-final 19th December 2008 | ||||||
Quezada Perez,Y | 3 | 1 | Tregubov,P | |||
Harikrishna,P | 2 | 3 | Ehlvest,J | |||
Akobian,V | 2.5 | 1.5 | Moiseenko,A1 | |||
Sadvakasov,D | 0.5 | 1.5 | Onischuk,Al | |||
Round 2 18th December 2008 | ||||||
Quezada Perez,Y | 1.5 | 0.5 | Gonzalez Zamora,J | |||
Tregubov,P | 2 | 0 | Leon Hoyos,M | |||
Harikrishna,P | 1.5 | 0.5 | Delgado Ramirez,N | |||
Ehlvest,J | 3 | 2 | Bruzon Batista,L | |||
Akobian,V | 1.5 | 0.5 | Shulman,Y | |||
Hernandez Carmenates,Hold | 0.5 | 1.5 | Moiseenko,A1 | |||
Hernandez Guerrero,G | 0.5 | 1.5 | Sadvakasov,D | |||
Geetha Narayanan,G | 0.5 | 1.5 | Onischuk,Al | |||
Round 1 17th December 2008 | ||||||
Graf,A | 0.5 | 1.5 | Quezada Perez,Y | |||
Gonzalez Zamora,J | 1.5 | 0.5 | Zapata,Alo | |||
Gomez Garrido,C | 0.5 | 1.5 | Tregubov,P | |||
Meier,Geo | 2 | 3 | Leon Hoyos,M | |||
Capo Vidal,U | 0 | 2 | Harikrishna,P | |||
Gonzalez Garcia,J2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Delgado Ramirez,N | |||
Ehlvest,J | 2 | 0 | Garcia,Gild | |||
Bruzon Batista,L | 1.5 | 0.5 | Mitkov,N1 | |||
Ibarra Chami,L | 0.5 | 1.5 | Akobian,V | |||
Cordova,Em | 2 | 3 | Shulman,Y | |||
Hernandez Carmenates,Hold | 1.5 | 0.5 | Zatonskih,A | |||
Moiseenko,A1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Nogueiras Santiago,J | |||
Martinez,Lel | 1 | 3 | Hernandez Guerrero,G | |||
Borges Mateos,J | 0.5 | 1.5 | Sadvakasov,D | |||
Almeida Quintana,O | 1 | 3 | Geetha Narayanan,G | |||
Matnadze,A | 0 | 2 | Onischuk,Al |
XXI Carlos Torre (MEX), 13-22 xii 2008 | ||||||
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Rk. | Name | Ti | FED | Elo | Pts. | Des 1 |
1 | MARTINEZ Lelys | FM | CUB | 2485 | 6.5 | 35.5 |
2 | ALMEIDA QUINTANA Omar | GM | CUB | 2519 | 6.5 | 35 |
ZAPATA Alonso | GM | COL | 2501 | 6.5 | 35 | |
4 | BORGES MATEOS Juan | GM | CUB | 2459 | 6.5 | 34.5 |
5 | MITKOV Nikola | GM | MKD | 2556 | 6.5 | 34 |
CORDOVA Emilio | GM | PER | 2533 | 6.5 | 34 | |
7 | NOGUEIRAS SANTIAGO Jesus | GM | CUB | 2574 | 6.5 | 33 |
8 | QUESADA PEREZ Yasser | CUB | 2344 | 6.5 | 32.5 | |
9 | ARENCIBIA RODRIGUEZ Walte | GM | CUB | 2536 | 6.5 | 30.5 |
10 | DELLA MORTE Pablo | FM | ARG | 2292 | 6.5 | 29.5 |
11 | MATNADZE Ana | IM | GEO | 2411 | 6 | 33 |
12 | GOMEZ GARRIDO Camilo | FM | CUB | 2454 | 6 | 32 |
13 | BLANCO FERNANDEZ Alvaro | IM | MEX | 2323 | 6 | 30 |
14 | VERA GONZALEZ-QUEVEDO Rey | GM | CUB | 2497 | 6 | 29 |
15 | IBARRA CHAMI Luis Fernand | IM | MEX | 2389 | 5.5 | 33 |
16 | CAPO VIDAL Uriel | IM | MEX | 2339 | 5.5 | 31.5 |
17 | ALVAREZ PEDRAZA Aramis | IM | CUB | 2466 | 5.5 | 30 |
CABRERA TRUJILLO Jorge | FM | ESP | 2439 | 5.5 | 30 | |
19 | ESTRADA NIETO Julian | IM | MEX | 2347 | 5.5 | 29 |
20 | DE LA PAZ PERDOMO Frank | GM | CUB | 2491 | 5.5 | 28.5 |
21 | LUJAN Carolina | IM | ARG | 2366 | 5.5 | 28 |
22 | ORDAZ VALDES Lisandra | WIM | CUB | 2306 | 5.5 | 27 |
23 | VEGA GARCIA Jorge Arturo | FM | MEX | 2274 | 5.5 | 26.5 |
CONTRERAS TORRES Javier | MEX | 2196 | 5.5 | 26.5 | ||
25 | TINAJERO TRISTAN Dante | IM | MEX | 2164 | 5.5 | 24.5 |
26 | VIGOA APECHECHE Yanira | WFM | CUB | 2257 | 5.5 | 23.5 |
27 | GONGORA MONTES Benjamin | IM | MEX | 2281 | 5.5 | 22.5 |
28 | GARMENDEZ GONZALEZ Floren | IM | MEX | 2296 | 5 | 28.5 |
100 players |
Former World Junior Champion Mark Carl Diesen has died at the age of 51 (16th September 1957 - 10th December 2008). Having dropped out of the chess world the news seems to have escaped the chess media. Below is a listing from an unidentified Knoxville newspaper sourced via his family. I couldn't find anything online.
Mark Carl Diesen DIESEN, MARK CARL - age 51 of Conroe, Texas native of Buffalo New York, passed away suddenly December 9, 2008 in Conroe, Texas. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He worked as a reservoir engineer for Shell Oil, Pennzoil and Noble Energy. Mark was a World Junior Chess Champion in 1976, the US Junior Co-Champion, the Louisiana State Champion in 1986, 1987, 1988, Texas State Champion, Southwestern Open Champion, and an active chess coach in Houston, Texas and online. He is survived by his wife, Melinda Diesen of Conroe, Texas; daughters and sons-in-law, Gina and Travis Perkins of Knoxville, Amy and Daniel Smith of Houston, TX, and Sarah Diesen of Conroe, TX; mother, Marjorie Diesen; sister and brother-in-law, Laura and J.C Butler all of Bristow, VA; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Paul and Joyce McGlothin of Knoxville; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Paul and Meredith Averill-McGlothin of Ossining, NY; several nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday at The Episcopal Church of the Ascension with Rev. Dr. Howard J. Hess officiating. Interment to follow at Highland Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the U.S. Chess Trust, PO Box 838, Wallkill, NY 12589, 800-388-5464. Friends may call at their convenience at Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel. www.rosemortuary.com
The mega Aeroflot Open takes place in Moscow 16th February (the day of arrival) to 27th February 2009 (the day of departure). There are five tournaments the main ones being: A1 higher than 2549 70000 Euros, A2 higher than 2399, but lower than 2550 36000 Euros, B higher than 2199, but lower than 2400 19500 Euros and C lower than 2200 and unrated 12000 Euros. Time control: Tournament A 1 and A 2: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, finally 15 minutes for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per move in the last period. Tournament B and C: 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1.
Blitz Tournament 26 Feb. 2009 a double nine-round Swiss Blitz Tournament will be held in the same venue. It is a Qualification Tournament for the World Blitz Championship 2009 (Final). The final tournament will take place in Moscow from 15 to 17 Nov.2009.
Information e-mail: aeroflotchess@gmail.com tel/fax: +7 (495) 691-8578 tel.: +7 (495) 690-6084
Details at the official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
1) Bosnjaci open, 3-9 jan.2009 , 9 rounds , fide tempo , 80 km from N.Sad, more on http://www.drazic.co.rs
2) Open turnir , 10-11 jan. 2009 , Srpska Nova g. u N. Sadu , 5 kola , rejtinguje se !!, fide tempo http://www.drazic.co.rs
3) IM , berger, 10-18.jan.2009. , 10 rounds, fide tempo, Novi SAd, for elo and norms fide, http://www.drazic.co.rs
4) Open turnir , 16-18 jan.2009, Novi Sad "Zima u Novom Sadu", 5 kola , rejtinguje se !!, fide tempo http://www.drazic.co.rs
5) cuger turnir , Olimpik, 12. jan.2009, Novi Sad, start 20 h , http://www.drazic.co.rs
6) program of chess edukation, every day from 12-15 jan. 2009 chess lessons with varius GM and Im (available in 3 languages),,,, some of teachers GM Kosanovic G. , GM SEdlak Nikola, GM Kovacevic A , GM DRazic Sinisa etc...
7) Open t. , "Dunav-Drava -Sava" , Banja Junakovic(87km from N.Sad), 9 rounds, fide tempo, possible norms fide and elo, date - 21-25.01.2009., special package , only 130 eur, 4 days full board with available swiming pool, and include also entry fee !! more http://www.drazic.co.rs Special discount for people who take part in more than one events.
The 8th International Chess Festival PRAGUE OPEN 2009, takes place 9th-16th January 2009 in the capital of the Czech Republic, has been prolonged without extra fee for the late entering till 4.1. 2009. On the date 18.12. 2008. 89 players were registered to the main FIDE open with the possibility to fulfil IM norm (out of which 5 GM, 1 WGM and 15 IM) and 53 players were registered to the side FIDE open. More detailed information should be found on http://www.czechtour.net/prague-open/.
8th International Chess Festival MARIENBAD OPEN 2009 will be held 17.-25.1. 2009 in Marienbad (the second biggest spa town in the Czech Republic). Within the frame of the festival there will be 1 closed GM tournament, 2 closed IM tournaments, FIDE open, active chess and blitz tournament. Regulatios should be found on http://www.czechtour.net/marienbad-open/).
Current list of applications for both events is available on http://www.czechtour.net/news/.
The 19th International Rapid Chess Tournament of Paul Keres Memorial, takes place in 9th-11th January 2009.
Website: http://www.maleliit.ee/tabelid/2009/keres/. There's a pdf file with regulations on this link http://www.maleliit.ee/download/2009/kereseng.pdf
Vassily Ivanchuk and Peter Leko will play a 6 game rapid match in Mukachevo , Ukraine 3rd-5th January 2009. Time control: (6 rounds, 25 min + 10 sec per move).
Schedule: * January 2 2009: o 18:00 - official open ceremony * January 3 2009: o 15:30 - 1-st round o 17:00 - 2-nd round * January 4 2009: o 15:30 - 3-d round o 17:00 - 4-th round * January 5 2009: o 15:30 - 5-d round o 17:00 - 6-th round o 19:00 - official close ceremony
According to google with the offical site: http://www.ivanchukleko2009.com and http://chess32x64.org/ (Ukrainian language) had problems with trojans, but this has been definitively fixed now.
Luis Scalise's chess pages have moved to: http://scalise.fortunecity.com/
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).
Grandmastergroup B is stronger than ever, with an average rating of 2631. Remarkable names in this group include former World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) former world championship challenger Nigel Short and former World Championship Candidate Henrique Mecking (Brazil).
In Grandmastergroup C former top player Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine) is one of the 14 participants. Romanishin won the recently held Cultural Village Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Young GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela) qualified early November by winning the ICC Online Qualifier, while Manuel Bosboom (The Netherlands) and Frank Holzke (Germany) gained their places in the C-group by winning the two highest amateur events (nine-rounds-all-play-all) in January 2008. Besides, two more names are remarkable: the two Junior World Champions Abhijeet Gupta (boys under 20) and Dronavalli Harika (girls under 20) will participate. Harika and Gupta both represent India.
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 | ||||||||||
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No. | Name | Country | WRank | Rating | Born | |||||
1 | Alexander Morozevich | RUS | 2 | 2787 | 1977 | |||||
2 | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 3 | 2786 | 1969 | |||||
3 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 4 | 2786 | 1990 | |||||
4 | Levon Aronian | ARM | 7 | 2757 | 1982 | |||||
5 | Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 8 | 2751 | 1987 | |||||
6 | Wang Yue | CHN | 11 | 2736 | 1987 | |||||
7 | Michael Adams | ENG | 12 | 2734 | 1971 | |||||
8 | Sergei Movsesian | SLW | 13 | 2732 | 1978 | |||||
9 | Sergei Karjakin | UKR | 15 | 2730 | 1990 | |||||
10 | Gata Kamsky | USA | 16 | 2729 | 1974 | |||||
11 | Leinier Dominguez | CUB | 21 | 2719 | 1983 | |||||
12 | Loek van Wely | NED | 2618 | 1972 | ||||||
13 | Daniel Stellwagen | NED | 2605 | 1987 | ||||||
14 | Jan Smeets | NED | 2604 | 1985 |
71st Corus Wijk aan Zee B-Group
(NED), 16 i - 1 ii 2009 Average rating: 2631 Category: 16 | ||||||||||
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No. | Ti | Name | Country | Rating | Born | |||||
1 | GM | Krishnan Sasikiran | IND | 2694 | 1981 | |||||
2 | GM | Zahar Efimenko | UKR | 2680 | 1985 | |||||
3 | GM | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | UZB | 2672 | 1979 | |||||
4 | GM | Alexander Motylev | RUS | 2672 | 1979 | |||||
5 | GM | Francisco Vallejo Pons | ESP | 2664 | 1982 | |||||
6 | GM | Andrei Volokitin | UKR | 2659 | 1986 | |||||
7 | GM | Nigel Short | ENG | 2642 | 1965 | |||||
8 | GM | Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2640 | 1992 | |||||
9 | GM | David Navara | CZE | 2633 | 1985 | |||||
10 | GM | Erwin L'Ami | NED | 2610 | 1985 | |||||
11 | GM | Jan Werle | NED | 2582 | 1984 | |||||
12 | WGM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2578 | 1994 | |||||
13 | GM | Henrique Mecking | BRA | 2567 | 1952 | |||||
14 | GM | Dimitri Reinderman | NED | 2543 | 1972 |
71st Corus Wijk aan Zee C-Group
(NED), 16 i - 1 ii 2009 Average rating: 2512 Category: 11 | ||||||||||
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No. | Ti | Name | Country | Rating | Born | |||||
1 | GM | Wesley So | PHI | 2610 | 1993 | |||||
2 | GM | David Howell | ENG | 2593 | 1990 | |||||
3 | GM | Abhijeet Gupta | IND | 2580 | 1989 | |||||
4 | GM | Tiger Hillarp Persson | SWE | 2543 | 1970 | |||||
5 | GM | Friso Nijboer | NED | 2540 | 1965 | |||||
6 | GM | Eduardo Iturrizaga | VEN | 2538 | 1989 | |||||
7 | IM | Manuel Leon Hoyos | MEX | 2535 | 1989 | |||||
8 | GM | Oleg Romanishin | UKR | 2532 | 1952 | |||||
9 | GM | Frank Holzke | GER | 2524 | 1971 | |||||
10 | FM | Anish Giri | RUS | 2466 | 1994 | |||||
11 | WGM | Dronavalli Harika | IND | 2462 | 1991 | |||||
12 | IM | Roeland Pruijssers | NED | 2458 | 1989 | |||||
13 | IM | Manuel Bosboom | NED | 2416 | 1963 | |||||
14 | FM | Ali Bitalzadeh | NED | 2370 | 1989 |
The 7th International Chess Festival takes place in Nancy (France) 16th-22nd February 2009. It will be a category 13 with average elo over 2550 (with january-elo). With the indian number 3 Pentala Harikrishna, the french number 5 Christian Bauer, the young hope of Germany Georg Meier, and the numbers 2 and 3 under-20 in France : Edouard and Feller (born in 1990 and 1991)...
Players: GM Harikrishna, P 2659 India GM Tregubov, Pavel 2646 Russia GM Krasenkow, Michal 2624 Poland GM Bauer, Christian 2592 France GM Meier, Georg 2558 Germany IM Edouard, Romain 2531 France GM Feller, Sebastien 2526 France IM Gozzoli, Yannick 2503 France IM Brunner, Nicolas 2415 France IM Nezar, Mustapha 2399 France
The all Festival includes 14 closed tournaments (10 players each) for all levels of players. Web (in french and english) : http://echecs54.free.fr/
The 11th Hotel Hilton Basle chess meeting The Swiss Chess Tour 2009 traditional start in the Hilton Basle from January 1-4. Three tournaments, main tournament will be 1st Memorial Ivan Nemet. GM Ivan Nemet pass away December 16, 2007. Prizes: 1.500/1.200/800/600/500/400/2x300/2x250 CHF. Special prizes, 200 CHF for best Lady, junior (89-92) and schoolboy (1993). Enter fee 140 CHF; FM and juniors 70 CHF; GM & IM free. At the door 20 CHF. The other tournaments Amateur Open and Senior Open. Amateur Open (under 2000 rating) Prizes: 700/500/400/3x300/4x200 CHF. Enter fee: 120 CHF (junior 60). Senior Open 5 rounds: Prizes: 500/400/300/2x200 CHF. Enter fee: 100 CHF. Application at the door for all groups 20 CHF. Time-control for all tournaments 7 rounds, 2 hours for 40 moves + 30 minutes each. Closing dinner 70 CHF.
Open desk for registration at January 1st at 12; Round 1 start at 5 p.m. in all groups.
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel. +41+62+9654-650, fax +41+62+9654-651 E-mail event@beochess.ch Further information: http://www.beochess.ch
The 2nd edition of the Grand Slam Masters Final will be played in Bilbao, September 2-15th 2009. The winners of Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments will qualify directly for the Masters Final in Bilbao, where the first edition (played at a central square, inside a glass cube) was a very big success last September.
More details on the 2009 tournament (number of players, system of play, etc) will be announced at the end of the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The Grand Slam is in negotiations to include one more high level tournament in the 2009 circuit.
Grand Slam Chess Association (GSCA)
Dresden, 23 November 2008
The 7th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival takes place from Tuesday 27 January to Thursday 5 February 2009 at the Caleta Hotel. Details: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2009/index.html
The Austrian team championship started in St Veit 7th-9th November 2008, the 11 round competition has further rounds 22nd-25th January and 19th-22nd March 2009. Players in the first three rounds included: Sergei Movsesian, Hikaru Nakamura, Emil Sutovsky, Jan Gustafsson and Alexander Beliavsky.
Official site: http://www.chess.at/ and results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr12353.aspx?art=2&lan=1&m=-1
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
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
The 4NCL takes place 4th October 2008 - 4th May 2009. Rounds 3-4 took place 6th-7th December 2008 in the Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island. Next round 17th-18th January 2009.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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/
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.
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
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
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 has a blog with free chess lessons on it.
Website: http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/
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
Surname | First Name | NAT | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Ck | 08 | Criteria | WRk |
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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, Elista, Russia (Doha, Qatar withdrew)
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 | ||
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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) |
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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 has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ with his analysis and news. Very worth while, especially when he's playing.
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