THE WEEK IN CHESS 683 10th December 2007 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) World Chess Cup
3) Bundesliga
4) 67th Italian Championship
5) Chigorin Memorial
6) VI Bali International Chess Festival
7) Parsvnath Commonwealth Championship
8) First Saturday December
9) Eupen IM Norm Tournament
10) Austrian League
11) Fecerj International
12) Rijeka Open
13) Festival Internacional de Xadrez Americana
14) World Youth Championships Story
15) Forthcoming Events and Links

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Games Section
World Chess Cup 28 games
Bundesliga 160 games
67th Italian Championship 12 games
Chigorin Memorial 143 games
VI Bali International Festival 24 games
Parsvnath Commonwealth Championship 975 games
First Saturday December 69 games
Eupen IM Norm Tournament 15 games
Austrian League 108 games
Rijeka Open 55 games
Americana 35 games
Total 1624 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Praful Zaveri, Miklos Orso, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Georgios Souleidis, Doug Bake, Misha Savinov, Peter Doggers, Franz Jittenmeier, Mauro Petrolo, Eugenio Davolio, Jeroen van den Berg, Vojko Mencinger, Stewart Reuben and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The World Chess Cup is approaching its very final stages. Already Gata Kamsky has reached the final eliminating Magnus Carlsen in the first semi-final. Sergey Karjakin has already achieved something that no-one else has in this event, take Alexei Shirov to a playoff.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) World Chess Cup

The World Chess Cup takes place in Khanty-Mansiysk. Arrival 22nd, Opening Ceremony 23rd and Round 1 24th November, departure after 7 knockout rounds on 18th December 2007.

Time control. Standard 90m+30s/move to move 40 then 30m+30s/move to the end of the game. Rapids 25m+10s/move, Blitz 5m+10s/move. Final sudden death game White 6 mins, Black 5 mins, without any addition. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is declared as winner. [FIDE regulations]

Official site: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm [and link to the handy pairings tree is at: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1520] Further coverage: http://www.chessdom.com/world-chess-cup-2007/ and http://www.chessvibes.com/

World Chess Cup Round 6 9th-11th December 2007
Semi-Finals
Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2694 1-1 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2739
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 0.5-1.5 Kamsky, Gata USA 2714


World Chess Cup Round 5 6th-8th December 2007
Top Half
Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2694 2,5-1,5 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2716
Shirov, Alexei ESP 2739 2-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2710
Bottom Half
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 0.5-1.5 Kamsky, Gata USA 2714
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 1.5-0.5 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2670


World Chess Cup Round 4 3rd-5th December 2007
Top Half - Top Quarter
Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2694 1.5-0.5 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2668
Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2716 3-1 Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2653
Top Half - Bottom Quarter
Aronian, Levon ARM 2741 1.5-2.5 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2710
Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2713 0.5-1.5 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2739
Bottom Half - Top Quarter
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2705 1.5-0-.5 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2661
Kamsky, Gata USA 2714 2.5-1.5 Svidler, Peter RUS 2732
Bottom Half - Bottom Quarter
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 1.5-0.5 Adams, Michael ENG 2729
Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2670 1.5-0.5 Wang, Yue CHN 2703

3) Bundesliga

The German Bundesliga for 2007-8 takes place 19th October 2007 - 20th April 2008. The first games were on Friday 19th October as part of the special round 7 - fixtures from this round are played before various weekend programs. Most of Rounds 3 and 4 took place 24th-25th November 2007 but the fixtures at Baden Baden take place on 15th-16th December. Rounds 5 and 6 took place 8th-9th December 2007 but there was also an extensive round 7 program on the Friday.

Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/ further coverage: http://www.schach.com and also at the national Federation site at: http://www.schachbund.de/SchachBL/index.php and statistics also at: http://www.godesbergersk.de/bundesliga-statistik/

Bundesliga third weekend 7th-9th December 2007
Round 7 7th December 2007
SC Kreuzberg 4 - 4 SK Zehlendorf
2 Sargissian,Ga ½ : ½ Predojevic,Bo 1
3 Socko,Bartosz 1 : 0 Maksimenko,An 3
4 Gagunashvili, 0 : 1 Novikov,Stani 4
5 Luther,Thomas 1 : 0 Savchenko,Bor 5
6 Tischbierek,R 0 : 1 Berczes,David 6
7 Kalinitschew, 0 : 1 Prohaszka,Pet 8
8 Volke,Karsten 1 : 0 Meister,Jakov 9
12 Schilow,Vladi ½ : ½ Berger,Steve 10
TSV Bindlach-Aktionär 4 - 4 Erfurter SK
1 Navara,David ½ : ½ Kraemer,Marti 1
2 Baklan,Vladim ½ : ½ Votava,Jan 2
4 Baramidze,Dav ½ : ½ Haba,Petr 3
5 Bindrich,Falk 0 : 1 Kuczynski,Rob 4
7 Slobodjan,Rom 1 : 0 Machelett,Hei 5
9 Markos,Jan ½ : ½ Enders,Peter 7
10 Stohl,Igor Dr ½ : ½ Casper,Thomas 8
12 Schneider,Ilj ½ : ½ Voekler,Bernd 10
SC Eppingen 3½-4½ TV Tegernsee
3 Braun,Arik 1 : 0 Volokitin,And 1
4 Gyimesi,Zolta ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor 4
5 Balogh,Csaba ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre 5
6 Acs,Peter ½ : ½ Ribli,Zoltan 6
7 Guliyev,Namig 0 : 1 Rozentalis,Ed 7
8 Medvegy,Zolta ½ : ½ Teske,Henrik 8
9 Vogt,Lothar ½ : ½ Bromberger,St 9
10 Meinhardt,Max 0 : 1 Boensch,Uwe 10
Werder Bremen 3½-4½ Hamburger SK
2 Efimenko,Zaha ½ : ½ Wojtaszek,Rad 1
3 Areshchenko,A ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja 2
4 Fressinet,Lau ½ : ½ Ftacnik,Lubom 3
7 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Kempinski,Rob 4
8 Nyback,Tomi 0 : 1 Hansen,Sune B 5
9 Babula,Vlasti 1 : 0 Heinemann,Thi 8
11 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Sebastian,Dir 11
12 Skripchenko,A 0 : 1 Huschenbeth,N 15
Round 5 8th December 2007
SC Kreuzberg 4½-3½ SC Remagen
2 Sargissian,Ga 0 : 1 Avrukh,Boris 4
3 Socko,Bartosz ½ : ½ Goloshchapov, 6
4 Gagunashvili, ½ : ½ Degraeve,Jean 7
5 Luther,Thomas 1 : 0 Popovic,Petar 8
6 Tischbierek,R 0 : 1 Mainka,Romual 9
8 Volke,Karsten ½ : ½ Belkhodja,Sli 10
9 Paehtz,Elisab 1 : 0 Boidman,Yuri 11
12 Schilow,Vladi 1 : 0 Swinkels,Robi 12
SK Zehlendorf 5½-2½ Godesberger SK
1 Predojevic,Bo 0 : 1 Kasimdzhanov, 1
3 Maksimenko,An 1 : 0 Lutz,Christop 2
4 Novikov,Stani ½ : ½ Kveinys,Aloyz 5
5 Savchenko,Bor ½ : ½ Likavsky,Toma 7
6 Berczes,David ½ : ½ Jackelen,Thom 9
8 Prohaszka,Pet 1 : 0 Dranov,Alexan 11
9 Meister,Jakov 1 : 0 Schmidt,Bodo 12
10 Berger,Steve 1 : 0 Armbruster,Al 13
Werder Bremen 3½-4½ OSC Baden Baden
1 McShane,Luke ½ : ½ Anand,Viswana 1
2 Efimenko,Zaha ½ : ½ Bacrot,Etienn 5
3 Areshchenko,A 1 : 0 Vallejo Pons, 8
4 Fressinet,Lau ½ : ½ Naiditsch,Ark 10
7 Hracek,Zbynek ½ : ½ Nielsen,Peter 11
8 Nyback,Tomi 0 : 1 Dautov,Rustem 12
9 Babula,Vlasti 0 : 1 Schlosser,Phi 13
11 Fish,Gennadij ½ : ½ Doettling,Fab 14
Hamburger SK 5½-2½ SC Trier
1 Wojtaszek,Rad ½ : ½ Flumbort,Andr 4
2 Gustafsson,Ja ½ : ½ Seger,Ruedige 9
3 Ftacnik,Lubom 0 : 1 Kolbus,Dietma 10
4 Kempinski,Rob 1 : 0 Cioara,Andrei 11
5 Hansen,Sune B 1 : 0 Ionescu,Doru 12
8 Heinemann,Thi 1 : 0 Rat,Dan Ovidi 13
10 Reeh,Oliver ½ : ½ Jeitz,Christi 14
11 Sebastian,Dir 1 : 0 Korman,Maxim 15
TSV Bindlach-Aktionär 3½-4½ SG Aljechin Solingen
1 Navara,David ½ : ½ Stellwagen,Da 1
2 Baklan,Vladim 0 : 1 Nikolic,Predr 2
4 Baramidze,Dav 0 : 1 Jussupow,Artu 3
5 Bindrich,Falk 1 : 0 Naumann,Alexa 5
7 Slobodjan,Rom ½ : ½ Hoffmann,Mich 7
9 Markos,Jan ½ : ½ Ragger,Markus 8
10 Stohl,Igor Dr ½ : ½ Ernst,Sipke 10
12 Schneider,Ilj ½ : ½ Gabriel,Chris 11
Erfurter SK 4 - 4 SV Wattenscheid
1 Kraemer,Marti 0 : 1 Najer,Evgeniy 2
2 Votava,Jan ½ : ½ Rustemov,Alex 4
3 Haba,Petr ½ : ½ Appel,Ralf 8
4 Kuczynski,Rob 1 : 0 Holzke,Frank 9
6 Mueller,Matth 0 : 1 Handke,Floria 10
7 Enders,Peter ½ : ½ Dinstuhl,Volk 11
8 Casper,Thomas ½ : ½ Straeter,Timo 13
10 Voekler,Bernd 1 : 0 Thiel,Thomas 14
SC Eppingen 2 - 6 SV Mülheim Nord
3 Braun,Arik 0 : 1 Landa,Konstan 2
5 Balogh,Csaba ½ : ½ Fridman,Danie 3
7 Guliyev,Namig 0 : 1 Potkin,Vladim 6
8 Medvegy,Zolta ½ : ½ Golod,Vitali 7
9 Vogt,Lothar 0 : 1 Levin,Felix 10
10 Meinhardt,Max 0 : 1 Saltaev,Mihai 11
11 Miltner,Arndt ½ : ½ Hausrath,Dani 12
12 Schulze,Ulric ½ : ½ Schebler,Gerh 13
TV Tegernsee 3½-4½ SF Katernberg
1 Volokitin,And 1 : 0 L'Ami,Erwin 2
4 Khenkin,Igor ½ : ½ Glek,Igor V 3
5 Sokolov,Andre 0 : 1 Postny,Evgeny 4
6 Ribli,Zoltan ½ : ½ Halkias,Steli 5
7 Rozentalis,Ed 0 : 1 Chuchelov,Vla 6
8 Teske,Henrik ½ : ½ Firman,Nazar 7
9 Bromberger,St ½ : ½ Senff,Martin 9
12 Hertneck,Gera ½ : ½ Ris,Robert 11
Round 6 9th December 2007
SC Remagen 4 - 4 SK Zehlendorf
4 Avrukh,Boris ½ : ½ Predojevic,Bo 1
6 Goloshchapov, ½ : ½ Maksimenko,An 3
7 Degraeve,Jean 0 : 1 Novikov,Stani 4
8 Popovic,Petar ½ : ½ Savchenko,Bor 5
9 Mainka,Romual 1 : 0 Berczes,David 6
10 Belkhodja,Sli ½ : ½ Prohaszka,Pet 8
11 Boidman,Yuri 0 : 1 Meister,Jakov 9
12 Swinkels,Robi 1 : 0 Berger,Steve 10
Godesberger SK 2½-5½ SC Kreuzberg
1 Kasimdzhanov, ½ : ½ Sargissian,Ga 2
2 Lutz,Christop 0 : 1 Socko,Bartosz 3
5 Kveinys,Aloyz ½ : ½ Gagunashvili, 4
7 Likavsky,Toma ½ : ½ Luther,Thomas 5
9 Jackelen,Thom ½ : ½ Tischbierek,R 6
11 Dranov,Alexan 0 : 1 Kalinitschew, 7
12 Schmidt,Bodo ½ : ½ Volke,Karsten 8
13 Armbruster,Al 0 : 1 Paehtz,Elisab 9
OS Baden Baden 4½-3½ Hamburger SK
1 Anand,Viswana ½ : ½ Wojtaszek,Rad 1
5 Bacrot,Etienn ½ : ½ Gustafsson,Ja 2
8 Vallejo Pons, 0 : 1 Ftacnik,Lubom 3
10 Naiditsch,Ark 1 : 0 Kempinski,Rob 4
11 Nielsen,Peter ½ : ½ Hansen,Sune B 5
12 Dautov,Rustem ½ : ½ Heinemann,Thi 8
13 Schlosser,Phi ½ : ½ Reeh,Oliver 10
14 Doettling,Fab 1 : 0 Huschenbeth,N 15
SC Trier 2½-5½ Werder Bremen
4 Flumbort,Andr 0 : 1 Efimenko,Zaha 2
9 Seger,Ruedige 0 : 1 Areshchenko,A 3
10 Kolbus,Dietma ½ : ½ Fressinet,Lau 4
11 Cioara,Andrei ½ : ½ Hracek,Zbynek 7
12 Ionescu,Doru 0 : 1 Nyback,Tomi 8
13 Rat,Dan Ovidi ½ : ½ Babula,Vlasti 9
14 Jeitz,Christi 0 : 1 Fish,Gennadij 11
15 Korman,Maxim 1 : 0 Skripchenko,A 12
SG Aljechin Solingen 6 - 2 Erfurter SK
1 Stellwagen,Da 0 : 1 Kraemer,Marti 1
2 Nikolic,Predr 1 : 0 Votava,Jan 2
3 Jussupow,Artu 1 : 0 Haba,Petr 3
5 Naumann,Alexa ½ : ½ Kuczynski,Rob 4
7 Hoffmann,Mich ½ : ½ Machelett,Hei 5
8 Ragger,Markus 1 : 0 Mueller,Matth 6
10 Ernst,Sipke 1 : 0 Enders,Peter 7
11 Gabriel,Chris 1 : 0 Voekler,Bernd 10
SV Wattenscheid 4 - 4 TSV Bindlach-Aktionär
2 Najer,Evgeniy 1 : 0 Navara,David 1
4 Rustemov,Alex ½ : ½ Baklan,Vladim 2
8 Appel,Ralf ½ : ½ Baramidze,Dav 4
9 Holzke,Frank 1 : 0 Bindrich,Falk 5
10 Handke,Floria 0 : 1 Slobodjan,Rom 7
11 Dinstuhl,Volk ½ : ½ Markos,Jan 9
13 Straeter,Timo 0 : 1 Stohl,Igor Dr 10
14 Thiel,Thomas ½ : ½ Schneider,Ilj 12
SV Mülheim Nord 3 - 5 TV Tegernsee
2 Landa,Konstan ½ : ½ Volokitin,And 1
3 Fridman,Danie ½ : ½ Khenkin,Igor 4
6 Potkin,Vladim ½ : ½ Sokolov,Andre 5
7 Golod,Vitali ½ : ½ Ribli,Zoltan 6
10 Levin,Felix ½ : ½ Rozentalis,Ed 7
11 Saltaev,Mihai 0 : 1 Bromberger,St 9
12 Hausrath,Dani 0 : 1 Boensch,Uwe 10
13 Schebler,Gerh ½ : ½ Hertneck,Gera 12
SF Katernberg 4 - 4 SC Eppingen
2 L'Ami,Erwin ½ : ½ Braun,Arik 3
3 Glek,Igor V 0 : 1 Balogh,Csaba 5
4 Postny,Evgeny ½ : ½ Guliyev,Namig 7
5 Halkias,Steli ½ : ½ Medvegy,Zolta 8
6 Chuchelov,Vla 0 : 1 Vogt,Lothar 9
7 Firman,Nazar ½ : ½ Meinhardt,Max 10
9 Senff,Martin 1 : 0 Miltner,Arndt 11
11 Ris,Robert 1 : 0 Schulze,Ulric 12
Round 6 Standings:
1. SV Mülheim-Nord 7 11 33,5
2. Werder Bremen 7 10 33,5
3. TV Tegernsee 7 9 29,5
4. SG Aljechin Solingen 7 8 31,5
5. SV Wattenscheid 7 8 28,5
6. OSC Baden-Baden 4 8 21,5
7. Hamburger SK 7 7 28,5
8. TSV Bindlach-Aktionär 7 7 28,0
9. SF Katernberg 7 7 26,5
10. SC Kreuzberg 7 5 26,5
11. Erfurter SK 7 5 24,5
12. SK Zehlendorf 7 5 23,0
13. SC Eppingen 7 4 24,5
14. SG Turm Trier 4 3 13,5
15. SC Remagen 4 2 15,0
16. Godesberger SK 4 1 12,0

4) 67th Italian Championship

The 67th Italian Championship took place 23rd November - 4th December 2007. The tournament was a 12 players in a round robin at the 4 star Park Hotel San Michele in Martina Franca. Fabiano Caruana won by a massive 3 point margin on the way to taking the title with 9.5/11.

Official site: http://www.torneionline.com/cia2007/

67th ch-ITA Martina Franca ITA (ITA), 23 xi-4 xii 2007 cat. VIII (2435)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2594 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½ 2729
2. Brunello, Sabino m ITA 2489 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 6½ 2494
3. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ITA 2459 0 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 2497
4. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2440 0 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2470
5. Mogranzini, Roberto m ITA 2415 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 6 2472
6. Manca, Federico m ITA 2405 0 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2437
7. Godena, Michele g ITA 2535 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2425
8. Bruno, Fabio m ITA 2445 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2397
9. Rombaldoni, Denis f ITA 2402 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 5 2401
10. Bonafede, Alessandro ITA 2279 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 4½ 2383
11. Genocchio, Daniele f ITA 2433 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 3½ 2301
12. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2318 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 2½ 2234

5) Chigorin Memorial

The Chigorin Memorial took place in St Petersburg 29th November - 9th December 2007. Sergei Movsesian edged out Alexei Gubajdullin on tie-break after both finished on 6.5/9.

Official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/2007/chigorin.html

Chigorin Mem A St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 1-9 xii 2007
1 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2670 6.5 50.0 35.00 34.0 2675 +0.11 2517.5
2 Gubajdullin, Alexei f RUS 2475 6.5 41.5 31.25 30.5 2637 +1.91 2498.0
3 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2582 6.0 48.0 30.25 35.0 2659 +0.87 2545.3
4 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2555 6.0 49.0 31.50 33.5 2627 +0.87 2514.3
5 Safarli, Eltaj m AZE 2487 6.0 45.0 28.75 31.5 2598 +1.32 2507.6
6 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2564 6.0 45.5 29.50 28.5 2603 +0.42 2487.0
7 Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2499 6.0 42.0 27.50 30.0 2586 +1.05 2473.9
8 Levin, Evgeny A f RUS 2428 5.5 45.0 24.75 24.0 2596 +2.08 2545.3
9 Zhigalko, Andrey g BLR 2554 5.5 46.0 24.25 29.0 2585 +0.37 2517.9
10 Alavkin, Arseny m RUS 2442 5.5 44.5 25.75 26.0 2558 +1.45 2503.3
11 Maslak, Konstantin m RUS 2510 5.5 46.5 26.50 28.5 2535 +0.28 2463.1
12 Kokarev, Dmitry g RUS 2550 5.5 44.5 24.00 26.5 2511 -0.44 2459.6
13 Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2480 5.0 46.0 24.00 27.0 2549 +0.86 2534.3
14 Matlakov, Maxim RUS 2441 5.0 42.0 20.75 27.0 2536 +1.13 2528.0
15 Utkin, Aleksey f RUS 2389 5.0 40.0 21.50 25.0 2545 +1.85 2516.5
16 Popov, Valerij g RUS 2580 5.0 48.0 25.50 29.0 2529 -0.67 2498.5
17 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2567 5.0 44.5 23.75 26.5 2524 -0.58 2492.9
18 Romanov, Evgeny m RUS 2515 5.0 42.0 22.50 24.5 2480 -0.49 2450.4
19 Bodnaruk, Anastasia wf RUS 2331 5.0 35.5 14.25 17.5 2364 +0.40 2364.0
20 Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2614 4.5 39.0 17.50 22.5 2440 -2.07
21 Tihonov, Jurij g BLR 2522 4.5 37.5 17.25 22.5 2382 -1.71
22 Gasanov, Eldar g UKR 2504 4.5 38.0 15.00 24.5 2418 -1.08
23 Shimanov, Aleksandr m RUS 2447 4.5 43.0 18.00 25.0 2426 -0.27
24 Smirnov, Artem m RUS 2419 4.5 40.0 15.25 23.0 2455 +0.38
25 Ponfilenok, Vladimir RUS 2412 4.5 37.5 17.75 19.5 2437 +0.27
26 Slugin, Sergey f RUS 2403 4.5 41.5 18.25 24.5 2518 +1.44
27 Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2386 4.5 37.5 18.25 20.5 2497 +1.35
28 Solovjov, Sergey I m RUS 2461 4.0 39.5 15.25 20.5 2374 -1.04
29 Konovalov, Nikolay m RUS 2453 4.0 39.0 14.00 20.0 2382 -0.86
30 Kuderinov, Kirill m KAZ 2416 4.0 35.0 11.25 18.5 2315 -1.16
31 Rozum, Ivan RUS 2411 4.0 33.0 11.00 18.0 2391 -0.23
32 Gorovykh, Eduard m RUS 2402 4.0 42.5 16.50 21.0 2429 +0.40
33 Tarasova, Viktoriya wm RUS 2277 4.0 37.5 14.50 18.5 2369 +1.12
34 Utegaliyev, Azamat KAZ 2200 4.0 41.0 15.25 21.5 2342 +1.32
35 Evdokimov, Alexander A g RUS 2562 3.5 41.0 15.50 19.0 2344 -2.71
36 Lovkov, Roman f RUS 2457 3.5 36.5 14.00 17.5 2354 -1.14
37 Demianjuk, Alexander RUS 2334 3.5 39.0 11.75 18.0 2353 +0.26
38 Ivanov, Rostislav f RUS 2355 3.0 33.0 6.00 12.0 2209 -1.44
39 Kashlinskaya, Alina wm RUS 2263 2.5 36.5 9.75 15.0 2163 -0.90
40 Bratus, Pater P RUS 2211 2.5 32.5 5.25 12.5 2171 -0.34
41 Pogosian, Vladimir ARM 2255 2.0 31.0 6.25 13.0 1773 -1.00
42 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2549 1.0 31.0 10.00 8.5 2025 -2.54
43 Pankov, German f RUS 2367 0.5 34.0 9.50 3.5 2106 -1.18

6) VI Bali International Chess Festival

The VI Bali International Chess Festival took place 30th November 9th December 2007. The main tournament of stars rapid was won by Vladimir Malaniuk. The final days games are missing from their pgn file but are available in a viewer. Viswanathan Anand gave a simul.

Further details: http://www.ajedrezbali.com/

Bali Torneo de las Estrellas Benidorm ESP (ESP), 7-9 xii 2007
cat. XIII (2566)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2690 g ## 01 1= 11 11 11 8.5 31.8
2 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2644 g 10 ## == 11 11 11 8.0 29.0
3 Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 2661 g 0= == ## 1= =1 11 6.5 23.5
4 Fedorchuk, Sergey A UKR 2645 g 00 00 0= ## 10 11 3.5 8.3
5 Recuero Guerra, David ESP 2407 f 00 00 =0 01 ## =0 2.0 7.5
6 Nebolsina, Vera RUS 2349 wm 00 00 00 00 =1 ## 1.5 3.0

7) Parsvnath Commonwealth Championship

The Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship took place 2nd-10th December 2007 in the Sirifort Sports Complex, Khel, New Delhi, India. RB Ramesh edged out SS Ganguly on tie-break after both finished on 8.5/10. My thanks to Praful Zaveri for the games, the organisers put nearly 1000 games in the file.

Grandmaster Ramesh is the Commonwealth Chess Champion report by Praful Zaveri

In a thrilling 10th and final round of Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship 2007, which concluded here at Sirifort Sports Auditorium, Grandmaster R.B. Ramesh of India was crowned as the new Commonwealth Chess Champion with a score of 8½.

The former British Open Champion who was in the lead at the half-way stage but lost his way after that, recovered the last ground with a fantastic rear-guard charge to score 3-consecutive wins in the last 3-rounds to become richer by Rs.1,37,500/- In the final round he defeated the overnight joint leader Vikramaditya Kamble with a flawless display of high quality chess.

Top-seeded GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly, also from India, scored a fine win against the joint overnight leader IM Rathnakaran to finish with an identical score of 8½ but had to content with the 2nd place due to an inferior tie-break. He however; had the consolation of getting the same prize money of Rs. 1,37,500/-

Abhijeet Gupta, who finished his Grandmaster title requirement to become India’s 17th Grandmaster, clinched the Bronze Medal with a fantastic performance of 8 points. He bagged the cash prize of Rs.75000/- Abhijeet also won Gold in the Under-20 category.

IM Harika Dronavalli retained her women’s title, which she had won at the last edition of this event at Mumbai. She finished 07th overall in this very strong combined event, which had 13 Men’s Grandmasters. By virtue of this performance she got the cash prize of Rs.40000/-. WGM of Tania Sachdev finished behind Harika while WGM Nisha Mohota had to be content with the 3rd place.

The Indians also dominated the various age-groups categories as their players won 44 of the 45 medals available. GM Gawain Jones of England prevented the clean sweep by winning a Bronze in the Under-20 category.

The Indian players who won the Gold in various categories are; Meghna C.H. (Under-8), Vaibhav Suri (Boys U-10), Sahaj Grover (Boys U-12), Pratyusha Bodda (Girls U-12), Priyadarshan K (Boys U-14), Padmini Rout (Girls U-14), GM Parimarjan Negi (Boys U-16), Pon N Krithika (Girls U-16), P. Karthikeyan (Boys U-18), WIM Kiran Mohanty (Girls U-18), GM Abhijeet Gupta (Boys U-20) and IM S.C. Sahu (Seniors).

Two more Indian players, Pon Krithika and Preethi also earned their 1st Women’s International Master norm.

The prize distribution ceremony was presided over by Shri Pradeep Jain, Chairman of Parsvnath Developers Ltd., - the Sponsors of this event. Shri Jain said that "Parsvnath is always very supportive of Chess which is pegged as a 'Thinkers Game'. Our association with Chess championship is to promote the game and take it to the masses. In last six years of our contribution in the game, we have experienced the growing interest of amateurs and eminent players in chess championships. The Parsvnath Commonwealth Championship has emerged as a platform to represent India as the key participant on the global arena." Mr Pradeep Jain, Chairman, Parsvnath Developers Ltd said on the occasion.

The special guest for this event was Mr.Ignatius Leong, General Secretary of FIDE (World Chess Federation).

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

Parsvnath ch-Commonwealth New Delhi IND (IND), 3-10 xii 2007
Final Round 10 Standings:
1 13 GM Ramesh R B 2473 8½ 47
2 1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2585 8½ 46
3 15 IM Gupta Abhijeet 2470 8 43
4 32 IM Himanshu Sharma 2408 7½ 47½
5 23 IM Rathnakaran K 2433 7½ 46½
6 40 IM Kamble Vikramaditya 2374 7½ 45½
7 11 IM Harika Dronavalli 2480 7½ 43½
8 18 IM Sriram Jha 2459 7½ 43
9 5 GM Abdulla Al-Rakib 2506 7½ 43
10 3 GM Kunte Abhijit 2547 7½ 41
11 24 GM Murshed Niaz 2428 7½ 40½
12 34 IM Laxman R R 2395 7½ 39
13 25 IM Arun Prasad S 2423 7 43½
14 22 IM Sundararajan Kidambi 2442 7 43
15 49 Thejkumar M S 2355 7 42½
16 2 GM Jones Gawain C B 2567 7 41
17 28 IM Wohl Aleksandar H 2415 7 41
18 53 Karthikeyan P 2340 7 40
19 17 GM Bakre Tejas 2459 7 40
20 29 WGM Tania Sachdev 2413 7 40
21 58 Shashikant Kutwal 2321 7 39½
22 12 Ashwin Jayaram 2478 7 38½
23 7 GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 7 38
24 21 IM Sengupta Deep 2447 7 37½
25 16 IM Smerdon David 2466 7 37
26 9 GM Neelotpal Das 2489 7 36½
27 76 Wajih Nassir 2285 7 35½
28 27 WGM Mohota Nisha 2416 6½ 42
29 10 GM Reefat Bin-Sattar 2482 6½ 42
30 4 GM Negi Parimarjan 2514 6½ 41
31 35 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy 2394 6½ 40½
32 33 IM Lodhi Mahmood 2396 6½ 40½
33 14 GM Thipsay Praveen M 2473 6½ 39½
34 19 IM Venkatesh M R 2451 6½ 39
35 8 IM Rohit Gogineni 2491 6½ 38
36 20 IM Girinath P D S 2448 6½ 38
37 88 Premnath R 2254 6½ 37½
38 68 FM Ramakrishna J 2297 6½ 37½
39 42 Ashwath R 2374 6½ 37½
40 44 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2372 6½ 37
41 86 Swapnil S Dhopade 2261 6½ 36½
42 67 FM Priyadharshan K 2298 6½ 36
43 85 Saravana Krishnan P 2261 6½ 35½
44 52 IM Prakash G B 2343 6½ 35
45 83 WIM Kiran Manisha Mohanty 2263 6½ 35
46 45 IM Prathamesh Sunil Mokal 2371 6½ 34½
47 128 Preethi R 2125 6½ 32½
48 31 IM Prasad Devaki V 2409 6 39
49 41 IM Saravanan V 2374 6 39
50 6 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J 2492 6 38
51 43 IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay 2373 6 38
52 74 Prakash Ram 2286 6 37½
53 30 IM Saptarshi Roy 2412 6 37
54 48 Akshat Khamparia 2355 6 37
55 38 Abhishek Das 2383 6 36½
56 60 Sangma Rahul 2318 6 36½
57 54 IM Gokhale Chandrashekhar 2333 6 36½
58 69 Prasenjit Datta 2296 6 36½
59 98 FM Grover Sahaj 2239 6 36
60 84 WIM Gomes Mary Ann 2262 6 36
61 93 Mehar Chinna Reddy C H 2246 6 36
62 94 WIM Soumya Swaminathan 2244 6 35½
63 47 Das Arghyadip 2367 6 35½
64 92 Joshi G B 2246 6 35½
65 50 Udeshi Aditya 2355 6 35½
66 51 Lalith Babu M R 2350 6 35½
67 62 WGM Swathi Ghate 2316 6 35½
68 55 IM Babu N Sudhakar 2332 6 35
69 26 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2418 6 34½
70 91 FM Singh Rishpal S 2246 6 34½
71 89 IM Sahu Sekhar Chandra 2250 6 34½
72 59 IM Shetty Rahul 2320 6 34
73 57 FM Nitin S 2321 6 34
74 107 WIM Nadig Kruttika 2208 6 34
75 101 Padmini Rout 2226 6 34
76 123 WFM Pon N Krithika 2140 6 33
77 90 Phoobalan P 2250 6 33
78 82 IM Balasubramaniun Ramnathan 2266 6 32½
79 118 Oliver Gareth 2164 6 31½
80 127 Surendran N 2126 6 31
81 96 IM Shyam Sundar M 2241 6 30½
82 109 Mehta Praful 2207 6 29½
83 97 Tiwari Arjun 2240 6 29½
84 78 Praveen Kumar C 2279 6 29½
85 139 Bhatt V R 2095 6 29
86 187 Tejaswini Reddy S 1967 6 28
87 104 WIM Khegay Anjela 2218 6 27
88 37 IM Ravi Lanka 2388 5½ 39½
89 186 Vaibhav Suri 1969 5½ 36
90 66 Gillani Tunveer M D 2300 5½ 35½
91 73 Debashis Das 2286 5½ 35½
92 122 Bitan Banerjee 2149 5½ 35
93 136 Dilip Das 2102 5½ 34½
94 131 Ramnath Bhuvanesh R 2115 5½ 34½
95 36 FM Islam Kh Aminul 2390 5½ 34
96 77 Matta Vinay Kumar 2281 5½ 34
97 63 FM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2315 5½ 34
98 56 WGM Karavade Eesha 2331 5½ 34
99 61 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 2317 5½ 34
100 64 Sharma R Preetham 2314 5½ 34
101 70 Shyam Nikil P 2295 5½ 33½
102 138 Stany G A 2097 5½ 33½
103 65 FM Sai Srinivas 2302 5½ 33
104 80 Imocha Laisram 2272 5½ 32½
105 113 FM Rajesh V A V 2189 5½ 32½
106 71 Singh Gurpreet Pal 2292 5½ 32½
107 116 FM Sai Krishna G V 2167 5½ 32
108 95 Thakur Akash 2243 5½ 32
109 147 Dahale Atul 2065 5½ 31½
110 39 IM Sharma Dinesh K 2382 5½ 31
111 126 Priya P 2129 5½ 31
112 124 Ankit R Rajpara 2135 5½ 31
113 130 Abhishek Kelkar 2123 5½ 30½
114 133 Kunal M 2111 5½ 30½
115 99 Abhay T 2237 5½ 30½
116 115 Swayams Mishra 2187 5½ 30
117 110 FM Narayanan Srinath 2201 5½ 30
118 132 WFM Bhakti Kulkarni 2112 5½ 30
119 87 Phadke Sohan 2259 5½ 30
120 129 Fenil Shah 2124 5½ 30
121 142 FM Girish A Koushik 2086 5½ 29½
122 105 Sagar Shah 2216 5½ 29½
123 171 Rawat R S 2004 5½ 29
124 106 Praveen Prasad P 2214 5½ 29
125 152 Divyasri Ch 2050 5½ 28½
126 202 Shristi J Shetty 1916 5½ 28
127 81 IM Deshmukh Anup 2271 5½ 27½
128 150 Negi D S 2056 5½ 27
129 199 Niji A 1925 5½ 24
130 196 WFM Oliver Shannon 1940 5½ 23½
131 75 Mari Arul S 2285 5 32
132 72 Saurabh Kherdekar 2291 5 32
133 176 Antonio Viani D'cunha 1988 5 31½
134 119 Amrutha Mokal 2159 5 31½
135 112 Hemant Sharma 2193 5 31½
136 168 Gahan M G 2005 5 31
137 102 Singh Pritam 2226 5 30½
138 120 Gowtham T 2159 5 30
139 79 IM Hegde Ravi Gopal 2277 5 29½
140 137 Kathmale Sameer 2099 5 29½
141 198 Mohineesh C H 1925 5 29
142 103 Gopal K N 2225 5 29
143 177 Gagare Shalmali 1988 5 28
144 140 Anurag Mhamal 2092 5 27½
145 141 Ganesh Babu S 2089 5 27
146 162 Harris Benjamin 2015 5 27
147 144 Gusain Himal 2085 5 26½
148 174 Nihal Manjunath 1996 5 26
149 155 Anand Reddy K S 2035 5 26
150 236 Eshwanth Dev Kumar J 1801 5 25½
151 151 Uthra P 2055 5 25½
152 179 Megh Patel 1985 5 25½
153 167 Deepthamsh Reddy M 2005 5 25½
154 191 Bavankumar 1949 5 25½
155 188 Eswar R 1963 5 25
156 165 Nlv Anusha 2010 5 25
157 182 Nishendra Herath 1980 5 24½
158 149 WFM Pujari Rucha 2061 5 24½
159 185 Shiva Murugan R K 1970 5 24
160 156 WIM Greef Melissa 2025 5 23½
161 201 Santhosbaala R S 1919 5 22½
162 222 Karma Pandya 1852 5 22
163 100 FM Prasanna Rao 2228 4½ 30½
164 121 Lakshmi Narayanan M V 2157 4½ 30
165 46 IM Singh D P 2371 4½ 29½
166 111 Nimmy A G 2196 4½ 29
167 125 Negi V S 2130 4½ 28½
168 181 Das Sayantan 1982 4½ 27
169 117 Anuruddha G C 2167 4½ 27
170 153 Tay Li-Jin Jeslin 2050 4½ 26½
171 180 Prince Bajaj 1983 4½ 26½
172 135 Srivastava K B L 2105 4½ 26½
173 134 K Vijaya Kanth 2110 4½ 26
174 164 Navalgund Niranjan 2012 4½ 25½
175 146 Abhilash Reddy M L 2069 4½ 25½
176 158 Wells Daniel J 2024 4½ 25½
177 159 Adith Jagadish 2023 4½ 25
178 154 Dissanayake Rs 2038 4½ 24½
179 161 Bharathi R 2017 4½ 24½
180 184 Jain Singhai Niklesh N 1977 4½ 24½
181 189 Sumant Subramaniam 1956 4½ 24½
182 204 Auckland Elliott 1910 4½ 24
183 170 Lee Cecil 2004 4½ 23½
184 172 Madanasri Gundala 1999 4½ 23½
185 157 Santhosh Kumar G 2024 4½ 23
186 193 Patil Pratik 1947 4½ 23
187 213 J V Sai Kiran 1886 4½ 22½
188 178 Mohana Priya J 1988 4½ 22½
189 221 Dhara Gupta 1858 4½ 22½
190 148 Lim Kian Hwa 2062 4½ 22
191 215 Mitali Madhukar Patil 1878 4½ 22
192 192 Rishi Thariani 1949 4½ 21½
193 175 Arvind Uniyal 1995 4½ 21½
194 173 Sankaranarayanan K 1998 4½ 21
195 210 Vaibhav Khanna 1893 4½ 21
196 249 Sumit Kumar 1692 4½ 20½
197 244 Pratyusha Bodda 1736 4½ 20½
198 206 Priyanka Kumari 1899 4½ 20½
199 143 Vivek Bharti 2086 4½ 19
200 270 Kashyap Rahul B 0 4½ 16
201 257 Munish Gupta 1527 4½ 15
202 145 Gagare Shardul 2080 4 27
203 108 Anilkumar O T 2207 4 27
204 163 Madhukiran G 2013 4 24½
205 190 Khalid Amin 1950 4 23½
206 282 Yaroslav Voropayev 0 4 23½
207 205 Jaydeep Sharma 1901 4 23
208 195 Rajesh Kumar Nath 1943 4 22½
209 114 WIM Hamid Rani 2189 4 22½
210 183 WFM Kotepalli Sai Nirupama 1977 4 22
211 203 Manush Shah 1911 4 21
212 217 Padsalgikar Bhausaheb 1876 4 20½
213 232 Preetika Tayal 1819 4 20½
214 197 Sahajasri 1928 4 20
215 209 Hussain S R 1893 4 20
216 235 Anjana Krishna S 1802 4 19½
217 243 Soni Sharan 1744 4 19
218 263 Ayoob Ali 0 4 19
219 228 Ajit Singh 1829 4 19
220 208 WIM Jule Alexandra 1896 4 19
221 234 Gupta Ram 1809 4 18½
222 225 Amish Kushal G 1845 4 18½
223 212 Sathya Priya S V 1888 4 18
224 237 Ravindra Dange 1797 4 16½
225 230 WFM Harris Rebecca 1819 4 16
226 238 Neetakshya Singh 1784 4 15½
227 247 Meghna C H 1716 4 15½
228 245 Harikrishnan Mohanan 1730 4 14
229 211 Agnihotri Ghosh 1888 4 14
230 248 Harshal Shahi 1708 4 14
231 200 Hapuarachchi H L M 1922 3½ 22
232 207 WCM Wijesuriya G V 1897 3½ 22
233 219 Akash Pc Iyer 1873 3½ 22
234 223 Akshat Aggarwal 1847 3½ 21
235 264 Daggitt Matthew 0 3½ 20
236 166 Ghosh Diptayan 2006 3½ 20
237 220 Karunakaran V 1870 3½ 19½
238 250 Meherjot S Kals 1674 3½ 19½
239 218 Sandhya G 1874 3½ 18½
240 214 Umesha B G D 1886 3½ 18½
241 242 Aparna R 1745 3½ 18½
242 275 Ravi Haria 0 3½ 18
243 280 Sravya M 0 3½ 18
244 224 Maheshika D M P 1847 3½ 17½
245 226 Pallavi Dutta 1836 3½ 17½
246 229 Rajapaksha A 1827 3½ 16
247 241 Quinn Joseph R 1758 3½ 16
248 254 Thilakawardana Supeshala 1623 3½ 15½
249 239 Krishna Teja N 1777 3½ 15½
250 231 Lenier Jude 1819 3½ 14½
251 269 Kanika Saxena 0 3½ 14
252 233 Lumbini Ambanwela 1810 3½ 14
253 256 Kalra Arunima 1535 3½ 13½
254 246 Anandajeyarajah Thilagini 1720 3½ 11
255 281 Walker Samuel 0 3 22½
256 160 Lolla Sembhu 2023 3 20½
257 194 Chandana Priya Reddy 1944 3 18½
258 169 Meet Agrawal 2005 3 18½
259 265 David Lawrence 0 3 18
260 277 Selvaratnam Navodya 0 3 17
261 240 Jhujhar Singh 1759 3 16
262 216 Jitender Rawat 1876 3 15½
263 258 Priya V S S 1492 3 15
264 276 Sardhara Preet 0 3 14
265 272 Krishnan Anand J 0 3 14
266 252 Vini Mary Thomas 1634 3 13½
267 268 Johnson Roland E S 0 3 13½
268 278 Seneviratne Shehan 0 3 12½
269 262 Assad Ahmed 0 3 9
270 227 Gupta Nishtha 1830 2½ 15
271 253 G V Revanth Reddy 1625 2½ 13
272 251 Radha Krishna D 1644 2½ 11½
273 266 Harry Hughes 0 2½ 10½
274 273 P Sai Dugra Rahul 0 2½ 10
275 279 Soondaringh Aditi 0 2½ 9½
276 255 Rajesh Handa 1611 2 11
277 267 Jain Shrishti 0 2 9
278 259 Pavit Singh 1433 2 7
279 261 Ali Shanmah Ayoob 0 2 7
280 274 Priyam Chaliha 0 1½ 7
281 260 Akash Langer 0 1 3
282 271 Kenmure Jamie 0 0 0

8) First Saturday December

The First Saturday tournaments for December takes place 1st-11th December 2007.

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

FSGM December Budapest (HUN), 1-9 xii 2007 cat. VIII (2432)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2545 * . 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 2662
2. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2482 . * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 2604
3. Zhao Zong-Yuan m AUS 2491 1 0 * . ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6 2613
4. Bui Vinh m VIE 2461 0 ½ . * 0 0 1 1 1 1 4½ 2463
5. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2411 0 ½ ½ 1 * . 1 ½ . ½ 4 2494
6. Kosanovic, Goran A g SRB 2400 ½ ½ 0 1 . * 0 . ½ ½ 3 2394
7. Paschall, William M m USA 2352 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * ½ ½ . 2½ 2306
8. Payen, Arnaud m FRA 2398 0 ½ 0 0 ½ . ½ * ½ ½ 2½ 2298
9. Kaufman, Raymond f USA 2393 0 0 0 0 . ½ ½ ½ * 1 2½ 2298
10. Pesotsky, Vitaly m UKR 2384 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ . ½ 0 * 1½ 2196


FSIM December Budapest (HUN), 1-11 xii 2007 cat. I (2264)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2314 * ½ ½ 1 . . ½ 1 1 . 1 5½ 2494
2. Boguszlavszkij, Jevgenyij m HUN 2304 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 . . 0 1 1 5½ 2407
3. Vegh, Endre m HUN 2303 ½ ½ * 1 . . ½ ½ . 1 ½ 4½ 2369
4. Cooke, Eric USA 2253 0 0 0 * . 1 1 1 1 . ½ 4½ 2302
5. Werner, Dimo m GER 2346 . ½ . . * 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 3½ 2240
6. Szabo, Bence HUN 2160 . 0 . 0 1 * ½ . ½ 1 . 3 2268
7. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2263 ½ . ½ 0 ½ ½ * . ½ ½ . 3 2210
8. Rapport, Richard HUN 2197 0 . ½ 0 1 . . * . ½ ½ 2½ 2235
9. Adams, Nick A USA 2220 0 1 . 0 0 ½ ½ . * ½ . 2½ 2164
10. Lenz, Alarich AUT 2227 . 0 0 . ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 2½ 2122
11. Horvath, Andras f HUN 2312 0 0 ½ ½ 0 . . ½ . ½ * 2 2119

9) Eupen IM Norm Tournament

The Eupen IM Norm Tournament taks place 7th-15th December 2007 and is organised by the Chess Federation of German-speaking Belgium, with the support of Belgian Federal chess. The time rate is 40 move in 100 minutes plus 30 seconds per move. For the rest of the game 50 minutes plus 30 seconds per move.

Official site: http://www.chess-international.de/ticker/0belgien_normenturnier/index.html

SVDB IM Norm Eupen BEL (BEL), 7-15 xii 2007 cat. VI (2376)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Meessen, Rudolf f BEL 2303 * . ½ . . . . 1 . 1 2½ 2597
2. Braun, Christian2 GER 2296 . * . ½ . ½ 1 . . . 2 2573
3. Ahn, Martin f BEL 2309 ½ . * . ½ . . . . 1 2 2495
4. Berelovich, Aleksandar g UKR 2595 . ½ . * ½ . . . . 1 2 2492
5. Petkov, Vladimir g BUL 2508 . . ½ ½ * . ½ . . . 1½ 2400
6. Roeder, Mathias m GER 2452 . ½ . . . * . ½ ½ . 1½ 2331
7. Litwak, Aleksej f GER 2298 . 0 . . ½ . * . 1 . 1½ 2379
8. Gulbas, Cemil f BEL 2365 0 . . . . ½ . * ½ . 1 2237
9. Hautot, Stephane f BEL 2333 . . . . . ½ 0 ½ * . 1 2246
10. Philipowski, Robert f GER 2299 0 . 0 0 . . . . . * 0

10) Austrian League

The Austrian Bundesliga got underway 30th November 1st-2nd December 2007 in Baden with the first three rounds. News: Marko Siil.

Details: http://www.chess.at/staatsligen/stl_a.htm and http://www.chess-results.com/tnr6376.aspx?lan=0

Austrian Bundesliga Round 3 Standings
Rg. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Wtg1 Wtg2 Wtg3
1 SK Hohenems * 3