THE WEEK IN CHESS 696 10th March 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Henri Koskinen, Snorri G. Bergsson, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Zenón Franco Ocampos, Jürgen Wempe, Nebojsa Baralic, Thomas Henrich, Miklos Orso, Valery Maes, Boris Yeshan, Eduard Piacun, Manuel Rodríguez García, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Thierry Paris, Yochanan Afek, Vladica Andrejic, Gerry Graham, Michael Rahal, Dave Clayton, Sinisa Joksic, Doug Bake, Rolf Behovits, Bill Townsend and everyone else who helped with the issue.

A huge issue of games this week and quality too. Viswanathan Anand takes the headlines as he won the Morelia Linares tournament and he will definitey be world number one alone in April (the event will be rated) and with his world title he has strengthened his grip to be recognised as the best player in the world. Magnus Carlsen was less steady but in coming second he really strengthens the idea that he will become world champion one day. Elsewhere there too many events team, all-play-all and swiss to mention. Plenty to keep you busy for the week.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Morelia - Linares Tournament

The Morelia - Linares tournament took place 15th-23rd February (Mexican half) and then 28th February - 7th March 2008 (Spanish half). Viswanathan Anand took clear first half a point clear of Magnus Carlsen.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/

Round 12 (March 4, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	37	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Carlsen, Magnus	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	37	A28	English Four Knights
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	58	B45	Sicilian Classical
Shirov, Alexei	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	77	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Round 13 (March 6, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	28	E17	Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin	- Lékó, Peter	1-0	48	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Radjabov, Teimour	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	29	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	23	B86	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 14 (March 7, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	23	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Carlsen, Magnus	- Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	69	C63	Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Lékó, Peter	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	34	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Shirov, Alexei	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	30	C12	French MacCutcheon

XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 15 ii-7 iii 2008																	cat. XXI (2756)
					1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8
1.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	*	*	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	8½	2829
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	0	½	*	*	1	½	1	1	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	8	2808
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	1	½	0	½	*	*	0	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	7½	2787
4.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	½	½	0	0	1	0	*	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	7½	2781
5.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	0	½	0	1	7	2758
6.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	*	1	1	½	½	6½	2727
7.	Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2753	0	½	½	1	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	*	*	½	½	5½	2676
8.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2755	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	*	*	5½	2675

3) Reykjavic Open

The Reykjavic Open takes place 3rd-11th March 2008.

Official site for the Reykjavic Open

The event will be followed by the Icelandic Rapid Championships which act as the Bobby Fischer Memorial. Special guests will arrive for some days of rememberance, and festivity, including Boris Spassky, Lajos Portisch, Vlastomil Hort, and other older masters.

Official site: http://www.skaksamband.is

XXIII Open Reykjavik (ISL), 3-11 iii 2008 Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1	Wang Hao	GM	CHN	2665	6,0	21,0	2772
2	Stefansson Hannes	GM	ISL	2564	5,5	20,0	2634
3	Wang Yue	GM	CHN	2698	5,5	20,0	2649
4	Caruana Fabiano	GM	ITA	2598	5,0	22,5	2666
5	Kveinys Aloyzas	GM	LTU	2521	5,0	22,5	2632
6	Halkias Stelios	GM	GRE	2580	5,0	21,5	2648
7	Mikhalevski Victor	GM	ISR	2632	5,0	21,5	2616
8	Hillarp Persson Tiger	GM	SWE	2535	5,0	19,5	2545
9	Lie Kjetil A	GM	NOR	2556	5,0	19,5	2590
10	Malakhatko Vadim	GM	BEL	2600	5,0	19,0	2610
11	Thorfinnsson Bragi	IM	ISL	2406	5,0	18,5	2502
12	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	GM	QAT	2569	5,0	18,5	2533
13	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2422	4,5	22,0	2608
14	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2464	4,5	20,0	2507
15	Meier Georg	GM	GER	2570	4,5	20,0	2507
16	Carlsson Pontus	GM	SWE	2501	4,5	19,5	2522
17	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2420	4,5	19,5	2563
18	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	IM	SCO	2457	4,5	19,0	2461
19	Dizdar Goran	GM	CRO	2564	4,5	19,0	2507
20	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	FM	ISL	2364	4,5	18,5	2505
21	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2417	4,5	18,5	2532
22	Vavrak Peter	IM	SVK	2472	4,0	23,0	2556
23	Adly Ahmed	GM	EGY	2551	4,0	22,5	2505
24	Lie Espen	IM	NOR	2428	4,0	22,0	2561
25	Robson Ray	FM	USA	2389	4,0	21,5	2497
26	Galego Luis	GM	POR	2529	4,0	21,0	2479
27	Bjornsson Sigurbjorn	FM	ISL	2286	4,0	20,0	2455
28	Malisauskas Vidmantas	GM	LTU	2489	4,0	19,5	2438
29	Kristjansson Stefan	IM	ISL	2476	4,0	19,5	2395
30	Gunnarsson Jon Viktor	IM	ISL	2429	4,0	19,5	2493
31	Nataf Igor-Alexandre	GM	FRA	2552	4,0	19,5	2371
32	Jankovic Alojzije	GM	CRO	2541	4,0	19,0	2404
33	Bojkov Dejan	IM	BUL	2523	4,0	19,0	2392
34	Miezis Normunds	GM	LAT	2553	4,0	18,5	2410
35	Danielsen Henrik	GM	ISL	2506	4,0	18,5	2392
36	Nyzhnyk Illya	FM	UKR	2405	4,0	18,0	2359
37	Popovic Milos T	IM	SRB	2405	4,0	17,5	2326
38	Grover Sahaj	FM	IND	2242	4,0	17,0	2378
39	Lagerman Robert	FM	ISL	2348	4,0	16,0	2303
40	Bjarnason Saevar	IM	ISL	2226	4,0	15,5	2318
41	Jackova Jana	IM	CZE	2375	4,0	13,0	2218
42	Simutowe Amon	IM	ZAM	2457	3,5	21,0	2394
43	Perunovic Miodrag	IM	SRB	2440	3,5	2364
91 players

4) Bundesliga

The German Bundesliga for 2007-8 takes place 19th October 2007 - 20th April 2008. Rounds 10 and 11 took place 8th-9th March 2008. Next rounds 5th-6th April 2008.

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.phpand statistics also at: http://www.godesbergersk.de/bundesliga-statistik/.

Bundesliga Rounds 10-11 8-9 iii 2008
Round 10 8/3/2008
Venue: Bindlach
	Bindlach-Aktionä	4½-3½	SC Kreuzberg
1	Navara,David	0-1	Sargissian,Ga	2
2	Baklan,Vladim	1-0	Luther,Thomas	5
3	Laznicka,Vikt	1-0	Kalinitschew,	7
4	Baramidze,Dav	1-0	Volke,Karsten	8
5	Bindrich,Falk	0-1	Moser,Eva	10
7	Slobodjan,Rom	½-½	Loeffler,Stef	11
9	Markos,Jan	0-1	Schilow,Vladi	12
10	Stohl,Igor Dr	1-0	Huth,Kevin	16
	Erfurter SK	4-4	SK Zehlendorf
1	Kraemer,Marti	0-1	Maksimenko,An	3
2	Votava,Jan	1-0	Novikov,Stani	4
3	Haba,Petr	½-½	Berczes,David	6
4	Kuczynski,Rob	½-½	Prohaszka,Pet	8
5	Machelett,Hei	½-½	Meister,Jakov	9
6	Mueller,Matth	0-1	Berger,Steve	10
7	Enders,Peter	½-½	Orzech,Domini	12
8	Casper,Thomas	1-0	Brener,Ilia	15
Venue: Eppingen
	SC Eppingen	3-5	OSC Baden Baden
1	Tiviakov,Serg	½-½	Svidler,Peter	2
2	Berkes,Ferenc	½-½	Bacrot,Etienn	5
3	Braun,Arik	0-1	Nisipeanu,Liv	6
4	Gyimesi,Zolta	½-½	Movsesian,Ser	7
5	Balogh,Csaba	½-½	Harikrishna,P	9
6	Acs,Peter	0-1	Naiditsch,Ark	10
7	Guliyev,Namig	½-½	Schlosser,Phi	13
8	Medvegy,Zolta	½-½	Doettling,Fab	14
	TV Tegernsee	4-4	SC Trier
1	Volokitin,And	1-0	Cyborowski,Lu	2
4	Khenkin,Igor	½-½	Flumbort,Andr	4
5	Sokolov,Andre	½-½	Jaracz,Pawel	5
6	Ribli,Zoltan	0-1	Parligras,Mir	6
7	Rozentalis,Ed	1-0	Gonda,Laszlo	7
10	Boensch,Uwe	½-½	Galyas,Miklos	8
11	Kindermann,St	½-½	Seger,Ruedige	9
14	Gross,David	0-1	Cioara,Andrei	11
Venue: Muelheim
	SV Mülheim Nord	5½-2½	SC Remagen
2	Landa,Konstan	½-½	Miroshnichenk	3
3	Fridman,Danie	½-½	Avrukh,Boris	4
4	Vachier-Lagra	½-½	Fedorchuk,Ser	5
5	Tregubov,Pave	1-0	Goloshchapov,	6
7	Golod,Vitali	½-½	Degraeve,Jean	7
8	Berelovich,Al	1-0	Popovic,Petar	8
10	Levin,Felix	1-0	Mainka,Romual	9
13	Schebler,Gerh	½-½	Swinkels,Robi	12
	SF Katernberg	6-2	Godesberger SK
1	Motylev,Alexa	½-½	Kasimdzhanov,	1
2	L'Ami,Erwin	½-½	Lutz,Christop	2
4	Postny,Evgeny	1-0	Sprenger,Jan-	3
6	Chuchelov,Vla	1-0	Likavsky,Toma	7
7	Firman,Nazar	1-0	Breder,Dennis	8
9	Senff,Martin	½-½	Jackelen,Thom	9
11	Ris,Robert	1-0	Seul,Georg	10
12	Souleidis,Geo	½-½	Dranov,Alexan	11
Venue: Hamburg
	Hamburger SK	3½-4½	SG Aljechin Soli
2	Gustafsson,Ja	1-0	Stellwagen,Da	1
3	Ftacnik,Lubom	½-½	Nikolic,Predr	2
4	Kempinski,Rob	½-½	Jussupow,Artu	3
7	Mueller,Karst	1-0	Naumann,Alexa	5
8	Heinemann,Thi	0-1	Werle,Jan	6
9	Beikert,Guent	½-½	Hoffmann,Mich	7
11	Sebastian,Dir	0-1	Ragger,Markus	8
15	Huschenbeth,N	0-1	Ernst,Sipke	10
	Werder Bremen	5-3	SV Wattenscheid
1	McShane,Luke	0-1	Eljanov,Pavel	1
2	Efimenko,Zaha	0-1	Najer,Evgeniy	2
3	Areshchenko,A	½-½	Rustemov,Alex	4
4	Fressinet,Lau	1-0	Johannessen,L	5
7	Hracek,Zbynek	½-½	Appel,Ralf	8
8	Nyback,Tomi	1-0	Holzke,Frank	9
9	Babula,Vlasti	1-0	Handke,Floria	10
11	Fish,Gennadij	1-0	Straeter,Timo	13
Round 11 9/3/2008
Venue: Bindlach
	SC Kreuzberg	3-5	Erfurter SK
2	Sargissian,Ga	1-0	Kraemer,Marti	1
5	Luther,Thomas	½-½	Votava,Jan	2
6	Tischbierek,R	0-1	Haba,Petr	3
7	Kalinitschew,	½-½	Kuczynski,Rob	4
8	Volke,Karsten	½-½	Machelett,Hei	5
10	Moser,Eva	0-1	Mueller,Matth	6
11	Loeffler,Stef	0-1	Enders,Peter	7
12	Schilow,Vladi	½-½	Casper,Thomas	8
	SK Zehlendorf	3-5	Bindlach-Aktionä
3	Maksimenko,An	½-½	Navara,David	1
4	Novikov,Stani	½-½	Baklan,Vladim	2
6	Berczes,David	0-1	Laznicka,Vikt	3
8	Prohaszka,Pet	0-1	Baramidze,Dav	4
9	Meister,Jakov	½-½	Bindrich,Falk	5
10	Berger,Steve	½-½	Slobodjan,Rom	7
12	Orzech,Domini	½-½	Markos,Jan	9
15	Brener,Ilia	½-½	Stohl,Igor Dr	10
Venue: Eppingen
	OSC Baden Baden	5½-2½	TV Tegernsee
2	Svidler,Peter	1-0	Volokitin,And	1
5	Bacrot,Etienn	½-½	Khenkin,Igor	4
6	Nisipeanu,Liv	½-½	Sokolov,Andre	5
7	Movsesian,Ser	½-½	Ribli,Zoltan	6
9	Harikrishna,P	½-½	Rozentalis,Ed	7
10	Naiditsch,Ark	1-0	Boensch,Uwe	10
13	Schlosser,Phi	½-½	Kindermann,St	11
14	Doettling,Fab	1-0	Gross,David	14
	SC Trier	2-6	SC Eppingen
2	Cyborowski,Lu	0-1	Tiviakov,Serg	1
4	Flumbort,Andr	½-½	Berkes,Ferenc	2
5	Jaracz,Pawel	0-1	Braun,Arik	3
6	Parligras,Mir	½-½	Gyimesi,Zolta	4
7	Gonda,Laszlo	½-½	Balogh,Csaba	5
8	Galyas,Miklos	0-1	Acs,Peter	6
9	Seger,Ruedige	0-1	Guliyev,Namig	7
11	Cioara,Andrei	½-½	Medvegy,Zolta	8
Venue: Muelheim
	SC Remagen	4-4	SF Katernberg
3	Miroshnichenk	½-½	Motylev,Alexa	1
4	Avrukh,Boris	½-½	L'Ami,Erwin	2
5	Fedorchuk,Ser	0-1	Postny,Evgeny	4
6	Goloshchapov,	1-0	Chuchelov,Vla	6
7	Degraeve,Jean	0-1	Firman,Nazar	7
8	Popovic,Petar	½-½	Senff,Martin	9
9	Mainka,Romual	1-0	Siebrecht,Seb	10
12	Swinkels,Robi	½-½	Ris,Robert	11
	Godesberger SK	1½-6½	SV Mülheim Nord
1	Kasimdzhanov,	½-½	Landa,Konstan	2
2	Lutz,Christop	½-½	Fridman,Danie	3
3	Sprenger,Jan-	0-1	Vachier-Lagra	4
7	Likavsky,Toma	0-1	Tregubov,Pave	5
9	Jackelen,Thom	½-½	Golod,Vitali	7
11	Dranov,Alexan	0-1	Berelovich,Al	8
13	Armbruster,Al	0-1	Levin,Felix	10
15	Samorukova,Ja	0-1	Schebler,Gerh	13
Venue: Hamburg
	SG Aljechin Soli	3½-4½	Werder Bremen
1	Stellwagen,Da	½-½	McShane,Luke	1
2	Nikolic,Predr	½-½	Efimenko,Zaha	2
3	Jussupow,Artu	½-½	Areshchenko,A	3
5	Naumann,Alexa	½-½	Fressinet,Lau	4
6	Werle,Jan	½-½	Hracek,Zbynek	7
7	Hoffmann,Mich	½-½	Nyback,Tomi	8
8	Ragger,Markus	0-1	Babula,Vlasti	9
10	Ernst,Sipke	½-½	Fish,Gennadij	11
	SV Wattenscheid	4½-3½	Hamburger SK
1	Eljanov,Pavel	½-½	Gustafsson,Ja	2
2	Najer,Evgeniy	1-0	Ftacnik,Lubom	3
4	Rustemov,Alex	½-½	Kempinski,Rob	4
5	Johannessen,L	½-½	Mueller,Karst	7
8	Appel,Ralf	½-½	Heinemann,Thi	8
9	Holzke,Frank	½-½	Beikert,Guent	9
10	Handke,Floria	½-½	Reeh,Oliver	10
13	Straeter,Timo	½-½	Sebastian,Dir	11

Bundesliga Rounds 11 Standings
1	OSC Baden Baden	11	22	61½
2	SV Mülheim Nord	11	17	54½
3	Werder Bremen	11	16	50½
4	Bindlach-Aktionä	11	15	47½
5	TV Tegernsee	11	13	44½
6	SF Katernberg	11	12	44½
7	SG Aljechin Soli	11	11	47
8	SC Eppingen	11	10	42½
9	SC Trier	11	10	40½
10	SV Wattenscheid	11	10	40½
11	Hamburger SK	11	9	43½
12	Erfurter SK	11	8	38½
13	SC Remagen	11	7	39½
14	SK Zehlendorf	11	7	37½
15	SC Kreuzberg	11	5	40
16	Godesberger SK	11	4	31½

5) Ibero-Americano Championship

The II Ibero-Americano Championship saw its second phase take place in Linares, Spain 28th February - 8th March 2008. There were two double round robin groups of four players followed by a final won by Julio Granda Zuniga against Eduardo Iturrizaga and a 3rd-4th playoff won by Giovanni Vescovi.

Official sites: http://www.fibda.com/ and http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/

II ch-Ibero-Americano Gp A Linares (ESP), 15-19 ii 2008											cat. XIII (2571)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2588	*	*	1	0	½	½	1	½	3½	2622
2.	Flores, Diego	m	ARG	2558	0	1	*	*	1	½	0	1	3½	2632
3.	Hernandez Carmenates, Holden	g	CUB	2590	½	½	0	½	*	*	1	0	2½	2507
4.	De la Riva Aguado, Oscar	g	AND	2548	0	½	1	0	0	1	*	*	2½	2521

II ch-Ibero-Americano Gp B Linares (ESP), 15-19 ii 2008											cat. XII (2550)
					1		2		3		4
1.	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	m	VEN	2470	*	*	1	½	0	1	½	1	4	2701
2.	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	2617	0	½	*	*	½	1	0	1	3	2527
3.	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2607	1	0	½	0	*	*	0	1	2½	2473
4.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2505	½	0	1	0	1	0	*	*	2½	2507

II ch-Ibero-Americano Gp A Linares Playoff 5 iii 2008
Flores, Diego	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	0-1	56	D36	QGD Exchange
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Flores, Diego	½-½	52	B07	Pirc Defence

II ch-Ibero-Americano Gp A P/O Linares ESP (ESP), 5 iii 2008
				1	2
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2588	1	½	1½	2751
Flores, Diego	m	ARG	2558	0	½	½	2395

II ch-Ibero-Americano 3rd-4th Linares ESP (ESP), 6-7 iii 2008
Vescovi, Giovanni	- Flores, Diego	1-0	68	E91	King's Indian Classical
Flores, Diego	- Vescovi, Giovanni	0-1	35	D40	Semi-Tarrasch Defence

II ch-Ibero-Americano 3rd-4th Linares (ESP), 6-7 iii 2008
				1	2
Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	2617	1	1	2
Flores, Diego	m	ARG	2558	0	0	0

II ch-Ibero-Americano Final Linares ESP (ESP), 6-7 iii 2008
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Iturrizaga, Eduardo	0-1	129	D38	QGD Ragozin
Iturrizaga, Eduardo	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	0-1	41	E15	Queens Indian
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	- Iturrizaga, Eduardo	½-½	77	E20	Nimzo Indian
Iturrizaga, Eduardo	- Granda Zuniga, Julio E	0-1	52	D45	Anti-Meran Variations

II ch-Ibero-Americano Final Linares ESP (ESP), 6-7 iii 2008
				1	2	3	4
Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2588	0	1	½	1	2½	2565
Iturrizaga, Eduardo	m	VEN	2470	1	0	½	0	1½	2501

6) First Saturday March

The First Saturday February GM-IM-FM closed tournaments take place in Budapest 1st-14th March 2008. (break 2nd March for team events)

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

FSGM March Budapest HUN cat. VIII (2448)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2561	*	0	.	½	.	1	½	1	.	.	.	.	1	½	4½	2525
2.	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	f	VIE	2398	1	*	½	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	.	½	½	1	4½	2526
3.	Fodor, Tamas jr	f	HUN	2407	.	½	*	½	.	½	½	1	½	.	½	.	.	.	4	2516
4.	Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas	m	CAN	2442	½	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	1	½	½	½	.	.	4	2523
5.	Varga, Zoltan	g	HUN	2506	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	½	½	½	.	1	½	4	2480
6.	Garbisu de Goni, Unai	m	ESP	2464	0	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	½	½	1	1	.	½	4	2513
7.	Bui Vinh	m	VIE	2482	½	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	0	1	.	0	1	1	4	2479
8.	Antal, Gergely	m	HUN	2467	0	½	0	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	1	1	4	2482
9.	Szabo, Krisztian1	m	HUN	2500	.	.	½	0	½	½	1	.	*	½	½	.	.	.	3½	2456
10.	Wang Puchen	m	NZL	2383	.	½	.	½	½	½	0	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	3	2421
11.	Kosic, Dragan	g	MNE	2511	.	.	½	½	½	0	.	.	½	½	*	½	.	.	3	2399
12.	Llaneza Vega, Marcos	m	ESP	2445	.	½	.	½	.	0	1	0	.	.	½	*	0	.	2½	2331
13.	Porat, Ido	f	ISR	2272	0	½	.	.	0	.	0	0	.	.	.	1	*	1	2½	2368
14.	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2437	½	0	.	.	½	½	0	0	.	.	.	.	0	*	1½	2220

FSIM March Budapest HUN, 1-14 iii 2008 cat. II (2285)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	To, Nhat Minh		HUN	2293	*	.	.	½	.	½	½	1	1	1	.	.	1	5½	2493
2.	Werner, Dimo	m	GER	2293	.	*	1	½	.	½	½	.	.	1	.	½	½	4½	2379
3.	Balla, Tamas	f	ROU	2341	.	0	*	.	.	½	1	.	.	1	1	½	.	4	2371
4.	Gara, Anita	wg	HUN	2325	½	½	.	*	1	.	.	0	1	.	1	0	.	4	2344
5.	Duong The Anh	f	VIE	2381	.	.	.	0	*	1	.	1	½	0	.	.	1	3½	2317
6.	Schmidt, Raul		ROU	2160	½	½	½	.	0	*	.	0	.	.	1	1	.	3½	2303
7.	Szamoskozi, Gabor		HUN	2280	½	½	0	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	½	1	.	3	2278
8.	Lorand, Norbert		HUN	2259	0	.	.	1	0	1	.	*	0	.	.	.	½	2½	2241
9.	Llaneza Vega, Patricia	wm	ESP	2281	0	.	.	0	½	.	.	1	*	.	0	.	1	2½	2254
10.	Porat, Maya		ISR	2190	0	0	0	.	1	.	½	.	.	*	0	1	.	2½	2204
11.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2261	.	.	0	0	.	0	½	.	1	1	*	.	0	2½	2173
12.	Szegi, Tomas		SVK	2293	.	½	½	1	.	0	0	.	.	0	.	*	.	2	2139
13.	Szeberenyi, Adam	m	HUN	2350	0	½	.	.	0	.	.	½	0	.	1	.	*	2	2169

7) 65th Polish Championship

The 65th Polish Chess Championship took place in Lublin 25th February - 9th March 2008. Bartosz Socko took clear first place with 9/13.

Official site: http://www.lzszach.lublin.pl/mpm2008/

65th ch-POL Lublin (POL), 2 ii-9 iii 2008																cat. XIII (2553)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2635	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	9	2687
2.	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2617	½	*	1	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	8½	2658
3.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2614	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	8½	2658
4.	Dziuba, Marcin	g	POL	2556	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	8½	2662
5.	Gajewski, Grzegorz	g	POL	2594	0	1	½	1	*	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	8	2636
6.	Miton, Kamil	g	POL	2609	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2605
7.	Bobras, Piotr	g	POL	2581	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6½	2550
8.	Bartel, Mateusz	g	POL	2613	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	1	6½	2548
9.	Heberla, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2506	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	6	2527
10.	Grabarczyk, Miroslaw	g	POL	2476	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	6	2529
11.	Czakon, Jakub	m	POL	2504	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	*	0	1	1	5½	2499
12.	Moranda, Wojciech	m	POL	2533	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	0	5	2467
13.	Lubczynski, Rafal	m	POL	2413	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	4	2422
14.	Szoen, Dariusz	m	POL	2491	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	*	1½	2221

8) 65th Georgian Women's Championship

The 65th Georgian Women's Championship takes place in Tbilisi 28th February - 12th March 2008. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili, games entered by Marika Japaridze my thanks for her help. Sopio Gvetadze has withdrawn and her games won't count towards the final standings. I have reworked the table to reflect that.

65th ch-GEO w Tbilisi GEO 28 ii-12 iii 2008 cat. IV (2328)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Melia, Salome	wg	GEO	2362	*	½	.	½	½	½	1	.	1	1	1	½	1	7½	2524
2.	Dzagnidze, Nana	m	GEO	2429	½	*	½	.	1	1	.	1	1	0	1	0	1	7	2460
3.	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	m	GEO	2387	.	½	*	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	0	.	½	6½	2435
4.	Lomineishvili, Maia	m	GEO	2410	½	.	0	*	½	0	1	0	½	.	1	1	1	5½	2333
5.	Charkhalashvili, Inga	wg	GEO	2369	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	.	½	1	0	1	½	5½	2335
6.	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	wf	GEO	2214	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	½	.	1	.	½	½	5	2346
7.	Guramishvili, Sopiko	wm	GEO	2300	0	.	½	0	½	½	*	1	1	0	1	½	.	5	2321
8.	Tereladze, Sopiko	wm	GEO	2195	.	0	0	1	.	½	0	*	0	1	½	1	1	5	2333
9.	Khotenashvili, Bela	wg	GEO	2271	0	0	0	½	½	.	0	1	*	½	1	1	.	4½	2309
10.	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2441	0	1	½	.	0	0	1	0	½	*	0	1	½	4½	2244
11.	Khurtsilava, Inga	wm	GEO	2312	0	0	1	0	1	.	0	½	0	1	*	.	½	4	2276
12.	Nikoladze, Sopio	wm	GEO	2251	½	1	.	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	.	*	1	3½	2220
13.	Batsiashvili, Nino	wm	GEO	2317	0	0	½	0	½	½	.	0	.	½	½	0	*	2½	2144

9) 24th Bad Wörishofen Schachfestival

The 24th Bad Wörishofen Schachfestival took place 28th February - 7th March 2008. Vladimir Burmakin took first place on Buchholz tie-break after 6 players finished on 7/9.

Official site: http://chessorg.de/bad_woerishofen.php

24th Bad Wörishofen Schachfestival 28th ii - 7th iii 2008
Platz	Name	Pkt.	Buch.	Feinw.
1.	Burmakin Vladimir	7.0	56.50	461.00
2.	Georgiev Vladimir	7.0	54.50	453.50
3.	Borovikov Vladislav	7.0	54.00	456.50
4.	Drozdovsky Yuriy	7.0	53.50	452.00
5.	Teske Henrik	7.0	53.00	437.00
6.	Rozentalis Eduardas	7.0	51.00	445.00
7.	Iotov Valentin	6.5	53.50	449.00
8.	Kunin Vitaly	6.5	53.50	431.00
9.	Epishin Vladimir	6.5	52.50	448.00
10.	Lupor Andre	6.5	51.50	423.50
11.	Pirrot Dieter	6.5	49.00	423.50
12.	Anistratov Dimitrij	6.5	49.00	403.50
13.	Ivanov Michail	6.5	46.50	426.00
14.	Babar Michael	6.5	46.00	401.00
15.	Skembris Spyridon	6.0	53.00	423.50
16.	De Francesco Klaus	6.0	52.00	424.50
17.	Zdebskaja Natalia	6.0	49.00	420.00
18.	Karpatchev Alexander	6.0	49.00	417.50
19.	Loew Gerald	6.0	48.50	423.50
20.	Bronznik Valeri	6.0	48.50	412.00
21.	Salvermoser Bernd	6.0	47.00	411.50
22.	Trabert Bettina	6.0	44.50	394.00
23.	Stuemer Paul	6.0	44.00	403.50
24.	Gerstner Bernhard	6.0	44.00	395.00
167 players

10) L'Ami vs Stellwagen Complete Chess Match

The "Chess Events Maastricht Foundation" organised a four game "complete chess" match between Erwin L'Ami and Daniel Stellwagen 3rd-6th March 2008. The rules were that both players were allowed to use a computer during the games, as in Advanced Chess. The time limit was 40 moves in two hours, followed by 20 in one hour and finally 15 minutes plus 30 seconds per move. Advanced Chess with the time limits of Classic Chess is called Complete Chess. The first moves were forced: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6, the Two Knights Defence. The first and second game continued with the main line 4. d4, the third and fourth game with the classical move 4. Ng5. The match finished in a 2-2 draw.

http://www.chessevents.nl/ast_match.shtml

Complete Chess Match Maastricht (NED), 3-6 iii 2008
Stellwagen, Daniël	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	43	C56	Two Knights Defence
L'Ami, Erwin	- Stellwagen, Daniël	½-½	40	C56	Two Knights Defence
L'Ami, Erwin	- Stellwagen, Daniël	½-½	53	C59	Two Knights Defence
Stellwagen, Daniël	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	36	C58	Two Knights Defence

Complete Chess Match Maastricht (NED), 3-6 iii 2008
				1	2	3	4
L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2581	½	½	½	½	2	2625
Stellwagen, Daniël	g	NED	2625	½	½	½	½	2	2581

11) 3rd l'Ouest Toulousain Open

The 3rd Open de l'Ouest Toulousain, Colomiers took place 25th February - 2nd March 2008. Ramon Mateo won the event with 7.5/9.

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

"3rd l'Ouest Toulousain Open Colomiers (FRA), 25 ii-2 iii 2008
Pl	Name	ti	NAT	Rat.	Pts	Tr.	Bu.	Perf.	FFE
1	Mateo, Ramon	m	DOM	2484	7,5	44	53	2631	2636
2	Kasparov, Sergey	g	BLR	2458	7	44,5	55	2594	2636
3	Libiszewski, Fabien	m	FRA	2468	7	40	49,5	2509	2503
4	Abbasov, Farid	g	AZE	2519	6,5	44,5	53,5	2550	2548
5	Miladinovic, Igor	g	SRB	2604	6,5	44	52,5	2524	2442
6	Arutinian, David	g	GEO	2576	6,5	43	53	2559	2544
7	Fomichenko, Eduard	m	RUS	2476	6,5	43	52,5	2492	2486
8	Babaev, Rashad	g	AZE	2468	6,5	42,5	51,5	2511	2513
9	Barsov, Alexei	g	UZB	2521	6,5	42	50	2504	2488
10	Doncea, Vladimir		ROU	2444	6	46	56	2526	2545
11	Abergel, Thal	m	FRA	2517	6	43	52	2464	2445
12	Sasu-Ducsoara, Andreea-Teodora	wm	ROU	2223	6	42	48,5	2383	2461
13	Marholev, Dimitar	m	BUL	2401	6	40,5	49,5	2389	2381
14	Kasparova, Tatiana	wm	BLR	2167	6	40,5	47	2317	2337
15	Ivanova, Svetlana	wg	UKR	2302	6	38,5	45,5	2260	2244
16	Hervet, Gilles		FRA	2010	6	35	40	2206	2240
17	Collas, Didier	m	FRA	2441	5,5	44	52,5	2463	2469
18	Peric, Slavisa	m	SRB	2258	5,5	42,5	50	2230	2222
19	Leconte, Maria	wg	FRA	2345	5,5	39	47	2271	2250
20	Leconte, Jean-Olivier	f	FRA	2316	5,5	38,5	47	2313	2313
21	Sanchez Rojo, Gustavo		ESP	2245	5,5	38	45,5	2147	2135
22	Sanchez, Nicolas		FRA	2216	5,5	38	45	2238	2247
23	Iwanesko, Alexandre		FRA	2010	5,5	38	44	2203	2237
24	Prasad, Devaki V	m	IND	2409	5,5	37,5	45	2269	2199
25	Cesbron, Guy		FRA	2108	5,5	34,5	41,5	2014	1989
26	Ouerk, Yanis		FRA	1875	5,5	34,5	41	2068	2101
27	Laurain, Dominique		FRA	2035	5,5	34,5	40,5	2073	2082
28	Collas, Silvia	m	FRA	2405	5,5	34	41	2204	1974
29	Zarrouati, Pierre		FRA	2160	5	40,5	48	2218	2234
30	Troubat, Michael		FRA	2085	5	40	47	2112	2116
91 players

12) Breizh Masters Guingamp

The Breizh Masters took place in Guingamp, France 22nd February - 1st March 2008. The main GM group was won by Dragos-Nicolae Dumitrache with 6.5/9 he also made a GM norm. Spas Kozhuharov won the IM Group with 7.5/9. Jean-Francois Jolly was second a point behind and he made an IM norm. There was an open won by Colin Vincent ahead of Sergey Fedorchuk on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/9. No games from the open are available.

Breizh Masters A Guingamp (FRA), 22 ii-1 iii 2008 cat. VIII (2441)
	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	SB	Ko.	Perf
1	Dumitrache, Dragos-Nicolae	m	ROM	2495	*	1	1	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	6,5	27,75	3,5	+12,44
2	Benitah, Yohan	m	FRA	2413	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	5,5	22,75	2,5	+13,93
3	Flear, Glenn C	g	ENG	2493	0	0	*	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	5,5	22,5	3	+2,69
4	Kozakov, Mikhail	g	UKR	2445	1	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	½	0	5	23	3	+4,49
5	Eliet, Nicolas	m	FRA	2453	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	4,5	19	2	-1,65
6	Janev, Evgeni	g	BUL	2485	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	1	4,5	17	1	-6,19
7	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	m	FRA	2491	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	4	17	2	-12,06
8	Monroy, Charles	f	FRA	2380	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	3,5	13	1	-1,45
9	Terrieux, Kevin	f	FRA	2363	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	0	*	0	3	15,5	2,5	-4,13
10	Vernay, Clovis	f	FRA	2391	0	½	0	1	½	0	0	0	1	*	3	13	2	-7,94

Breizh Masters B Guingamp (FRA), 22 ii-1 iii 2008 cat. III (2318)
	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	SB	Ko.	Perf
1	Kozhuharov, Spas	m	BUL	2456	*	1	½	1	½	1	½	1		1	1	7.5	28.5	3	+11.70
2	Jolly, Jean-Francois	f	FRA	2290	0	*	1	½	1	0	1	1		1	1	6.5	22.5	2.5	+24.05
3	Koziak, Vitali	m	UKR	2481	½	0	*	0	½	1	1	1		1	1	6	19.5	1	-6.19
4	Guilleux, Fabien		FRA	2345	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	½		½	½	5	20.25	2	+1.33
5	Le Goff, Damien		FRA	2217	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	0		1	1	4.5	15.25	1.5	+13.85
6	Alanic, Xavier		FRA	2284	0	1	0	0	1	*	½	0	½	1		4	15.25	2	-0.19
7	Mullon, Jean-Baptiste	f	FRA	2329	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	½		3.5	13.5	1	-11.40
8	Piankov, Evgenij	m	UKR	2348	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	*		½	½	3.5	12.25	1.5	-14.05
9	Van Dongen, Patrick	f	FRA	2371						½	½		*	1		2	5.25	0	+2.60
10	Ringoir, Tanguy		BEL	2229	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	*		1.5	6	0.5	-17.68
11	Aurel, Luc	f	FRA	2148	0	0	0	½	0			½			*	1	4.25	0.5	-5.19

12th Guingamp Open (FRA), 23 ii-1 iii 2008
Pl	Nom		Elo	Fede	Pts	Bu.	Tr.	Cu.	FFE
1	COLIN Vincent	m	2396	FRA	7,5	52,5	43,5	39,5	2486
2	FEDORCHUK Sergey A.	g	2652	UKR	7,5	50	43	34,5
3	BAUDON Andrew		1926	FRA	6,5	49,5	41,5	29,5	2194
4	LAURENT Bruno	m	2359	BEL	6,5	49,5	40,5	33	2097
5	INKIOV Ventzislav	g	2451	BUL	6,5	47	40	32,5	2401
6	FOSSET Francois		1999	BEL	6,5	47	39	32	2123
7	PEYRE Thomas		1894	FRA	6,5	44	36,5	28,5	2044
8	CROUAN Stephane	f	2206	FRA	6	54,5	45	36	2275
9	BODENEZ Vincent		2175	FRA	6	48,5	40	33,5	2141
10	LUCO Alain		2092	FRA	6	48,5	39,5	31,5	2150
11	BOUVET Laurent		2127	FRA	6	48	39,5	31	2081
12	STEPHAN Victor		2094	FRA	6	47	38,5	28,5	1993
13	BARRE Yann		1943	FRA	6	46	38	30	2083
14	NGUYEN-HUU Hoang		2100	FRA	6	43,5	36,5	28,5	2094
15	GERARD Nicolas	f	2283	FRA	5,5	55,5	45	34,5	2171
16	VIDENOVA Iva	ff	2188	BUL	5,5	50	41,5	31,5	2116
17	MARCILLE Florian		1985	FRA	5,5	47,5	40,5	31,5	2091
18	LE TALBODEC Emmanuel		1933	FRA	5,5	47,5	40,5	30	2112
19	PICART Laurent		2122	FRA	5,5	47,5	39,5	31,5	2041
20	SERRALTA Michel		2133	FRA	5,5	46,5	39	29,5	2038
21	MIGOT Tanguy		2023	FRA	5,5	46	38	28	2011
22	FOUSSARD Gervais		1764	FRA	5,5	43,5	38	22,5	1948
80 players

13) Russian u20 Championships

The Russian under-20 Championships for boys and girls takes place in St-Petersburg 8th-18th March 2008. News Boris Yeshan.

The winners qualify to participate in the World Championships under 20.

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

ch-RUS Boys u20 St Petersburg (RUS), 8-18 iii 2008 cat. X (2500)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Sjugirov, Sanan	m	RUS	2491	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	.	2
2.	Lintchevski, Daniil	m	RUS	2440	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	2
3.	Chadaev, Nikolai	m	RUS	2471	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2709
4.	Romanov, Evgeny	g	RUS	2543	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2657
5.	Nechepurenko, Roman V	f	RUS	2495	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2724
6.	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2573	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	2509
7.	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2524	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	2524
8.	Shimanov, Aleksandr	m	RUS	2441	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	1	.	.	.	1	2483
9.	Papin, Vasily	m	RUS	2475	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	.	½	2289
10.	Popov, Ivan RUS	g	RUS	2595	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
11.	Lovkov, Roman	f	RUS	2457	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
12.	Ponkratov, Pavel	m	RUS	2489	.	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

ch-RUS Girls u20 St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 8-18 iii 2008 cat. I (2275)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wf	RUS	2317	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	2
2.	Charochkina, Daria	wm	RUS	2383	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	2
3.	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2295	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	2
4.	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2202	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	.	1½	2472
5.	Shlakich, Anna		RUS	2244	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2506
6.	Vasilkova, Svetlana	wm	RUS	2359	.	.	.	½	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2223
7.	Ivakhinova, Inna	wm	RUS	2250	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	.	.	1	2272
8.	Severiukhina, Zoja	wf	RUS	2199	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	.	1	.	.	1	2272
9.	Ambartsumova, Karina	wf	RUS	2228	.	.	0	.	.	.	0	.	*	.	.	.	0
10.	Girya, Olga	wf	RUS	2342	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	*	.	.	0
11.	Meleshko, Anna	wm	RUS	2215	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
12.	Tarasova, Viktoriya	wm	RUS	2267	.	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

14) Blackpool Chess Congress

The Blackpool Chess Congress took place 7th-9th March 2008. Alexandre Dgebuadze won the event with 4.5/5 full details next week.

Official site: http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/

Reports: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/blackpool/2008/index.htm

15) 126th Varsity Match

The 126th Varsity Match took place at the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London on 8 March 2008, sponsored by Henry Mutkin. The match was drawn 4-4. Cambridge still lead the series with 56 wins Oxford have 51. 19 matches have been drawn.

Coverage: http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/news/varsity2008.html

Varsity Match London (ENG), 8 iii 2008
Eckersley-Waites, Tom	Oxf	0-1	Cam	Wu, Li	54	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Roberson, Peter T	Cam	1/2	Oxf	Kangur, Alvar	44	B27	Sicilian Early Fianchetto
Wagner, Benedikt	Oxf	0-1	Cam	Eckersley-Waites, Adam	32	B07	Pirc Defence
Robertson,J Stuart	Cam	0-1	Oxf	Heaton, Robert J	24	A90	Dutch Classical
Schaper,Steffen	Oxf	1-0	Cam	Tyomkyn, Mikhail	53	B23	Sicilian Closed
Rohrmeier,Martin	Cam	1/2	Oxf	Bicknell,Carl	42	A57	Volga Gambit
Morris, Graham P	Oxf	1-0	Cam	Oozeerally,Tariq Hassen	41	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kourtseva,Julie	Cam	1-0	Oxf	Salputra,Agnese	38	A00	Irregular Openings

16) Reykjavic Championship

The Reykjavic Championship took place 6th-25th January 2008. David Kjartansson won the event from Henrik Danielsen due to an unusual tie-break that I couldn't quite follow, conventional tables had him the winner.

Official site: http://www.taflfelag.is

ch-Reykjavik (ISL), 6-25 i 2008
1	Danielsen Henrik	GM	ISL	2506	7,0	43,0
2	Kjartansson David	FM	ISL	2288	7,0	42,5
3	Kjartansson Gudmundur	FM	ISL	2307	6,5	43,5
4	Bjornsson Sigurbjorn	FM	ISL	2286	6,5	40,0
5	Omarsson Dadi		ISL	1999	6,5	39,5
6	Bjornsson Sverrir Orn		ISL	2116	6,5	39,0
7	Johannesson Ingvar Thor	FM	ISL	2338	6,0	44,0
8	Sigfusson Sigurdur	FM	ISL	2313	6,0	43,5
9	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn		ISL	2247	6,0	42,0
10	Loftsson Hrafn		ISL	2248	6,0	40,0
11	Olafsson Thorvardur		ISL	2144	6,0	38,5
12	Eliasson Kristjan Orn		ISL	1917	6,0	35,0
13	Ragnarsson Johann		ISL	2085	5,5	42,0
14	Einarsson Halldor	FM	ISL	2279	5,5	39,0
15	Thorgeirsson Sverrir		ISL	2120	5,5	38,5
16	Oskarsson Aron Ingi		ISL	1868	5,5	35,0
17	Thorsteinsdottir Hallgerdur		ISL	1867	5,5	33,0
18	Bjarnason Saevar	IM	ISL	2226	5,0	39,5
19	Edvardsson Kristjan		ISL	2261	5,0	38,5
20	Baldursson Haraldur		ISL	2033	5,0	35,5
21	Asbjornsson Ingvar		ISL	2020	5,0	35,0
22	Haraldsson Sigurjon		ISL	2046	5,0	31,5
23	Jonsson Bjorn		ISL	0	5,0	30,0

17) 43rd Cyprus Championship

The 43rd Cyprus Championship took place 19th January - 2nd March 2008. The 11 round swiss was won by Vassilis Aristotelous with 8.5/11.

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

ch-CYP Limassol (CYP), 19 i-9 iii 2008
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Rat	Pts	M-Buch.	Buch	Progr.	Wins
1	Aristotelous, Vassilis		CYP	1941	8.5	56.5	67.5	46.5	8
2	Antoniou, Antonis		CYP	2183	8	61	74.5	50

THE WEEK IN CHESS 696 10th March 2008 by Mark Crowther

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