THE WEEK IN CHESS 698 24th March 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Patricia Claros Aguilar, José Mariano Acosta, Mihajlo Savic, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Ian Rogers, Páli Gábor, Laszlo Nagy, Dmitry V. Borisenkov, Miklos Orso, Doug Bake, Michael Atkins, Lennarth Eriksson, Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Harald Grafenhofer, Aravind Pinto, Zeno Terteleac and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Amber tournament has been exciting with Levon Aronian leading the rapid and joint standings with a fine all round performance with Magnus Carlsen a point behind. In 3rd place is Peter Leko who will no doubt be glad to be winning games of any sort at this level after his recent form. Alexander Morozevich leads the blindfold section where he always excels. Also the Hevíz GM tournament in Hungary has produced interesting play. Another late finish and there is material held over until next week.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament

The 17th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament takes place March 14th-28th, 2008 at the Hotel Palais de la Mediterranée on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Twelve grandmasters from ten different countries will take part and the total prize-fund is 216,000 Euro.

Official site: http://www.amberchess2008.com

Amber Blindfold Results

Amber Blindfold Nice (FRA), 15-27 iii 2008													cat. XXI (2752)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	*	.	0	1	.	½	1	1	.	1	½	½	5½	2898
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	.	*	.	½	½	.	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	2842
3.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	1	.	*	½	.	½	½	½	.	½	½	½	4½	2796
4.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	.	½	.	.	1	4½	2803
5.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	.	½	.	½	*	.	1	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2789
6.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2753	½	.	½	0	.	*	½	½	.	1	½	1	4½	2802
7.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	0	1	½	½	0	½	*	.	1	.	.	½	4	2757
8.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	0	1	½	.	½	½	.	*	½	½	½	.	4	2742
9.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	.	0	.	½	½	.	0	½	*	½	1	½	3½	2704
10.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	0	0	½	.	½	0	.	½	½	*	1	.	3	2664
11.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	½	0	½	.	½	½	.	½	0	0	*	.	2½	2603
12.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	.	½	.	.	*	2½	2621

Round 4 (March 18, 2008)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	57	E51	Nimzo Indian
Aronian, Levon	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	105	E06	Catalan
Anand, Viswanathan	- Leko, Peter	½-½	33	B19	Caro Kann
Karjakin, Sergey	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	41	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Gelfand, Boris	- Van Wely, Loek	0-1	38	A07	Barcza System
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	28	B18	Caro Kann
Round 5 (March 20, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	29	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Carlsen, Magnus	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	33	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	38	C42	Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	30	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	27	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Van Wely, Loek	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	30	A29	English Four Knights
Round 6 (March 21, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	65	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Aronian, Levon	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	52	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Leko, Peter	½-½	49	E20	Nimzo Indian
Karjakin, Sergey	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	29	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Van Wely, Loek	- Morozevich, Alexander	0-1	23	D08	Albin Counter Gambit
Gelfand, Boris	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	24	D11	Slav Defence
Round 7 (March 22, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	50	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	34	E97	King's Indian Classical
Topalov, Veselin	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	84	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Leko, Peter	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	24	C42	Petroff's Defence
Anand, Viswanathan	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	47	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	26	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Round 8 (March 23, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	34	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Aronian, Levon	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	50	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	89	C42	Petroff's Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	56	B19	Caro Kann
Van Wely, Loek	- Leko, Peter	0-1	15	A30	English Symmetrical
Gelfand, Boris	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	39	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4

Amber Rapid Results

Amber Rapid Nice (FRA), 15-27 iii 2008													cat. XXI (2752)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	*	½	1	.	.	1	1	0	½	1	1	.	6	2939
2.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	½	*	0	0	1	.	½	.	1	½	.	1	4½	2800
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	0	1	*	.	.	½	½	½	1	0	1	.	4½	2790
4.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2753	.	1	.	*	0	½	½	½	½	.	½	1	4½	2802
5.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	.	0	.	1	*	½	1	½	0	.	½	½	4	2753
6.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	0	.	½	½	½	*	.	1	.	1	0	½	4	2742
7.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	0	½	½	½	0	.	*	.	½	1	.	1	4	2760
8.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	1	.	½	½	½	0	.	*	.	½	½	0	3½	2701
9.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	½	0	0	½	1	.	½	.	*	½	.	½	3½	2719
10.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	0	½	1	.	.	0	0	½	½	*	1	.	3½	2704
11.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	0	.	0	½	½	1	.	½	.	0	*	½	3	2664
12.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	.	0	.	0	½	½	0	1	½	.	½	*	3	2670

Round 4 (March 18, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	43	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Leko, Peter	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	28	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	49	B87	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Topalov, Veselin	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	31	E94	King's Indian Classical
Van Wely, Loek	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	136	A37	English Symmetrical
Morozevich, Alexander	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	48	A01	Larsen Opening
Round 5 (March 20, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	52	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Anand, Viswanathan	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	35	C14	French Classical
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	33	E94	King's Indian Classical
Gelfand, Boris	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	47	E17	Queens Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Leko, Peter	½-½	49	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Karjakin, Sergey	- Van Wely, Loek	1-0	26	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 6 (March 21, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	42	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Leko, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	21	C11	French Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	50	A30	English Symmetrical
Topalov, Veselin	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	69	E00	Catalan
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	23	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Morozevich, Alexander	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	26	D10	Slav Defence
Round 7 (March 22, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	35	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	48	A20	English Opening
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	53	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Gelfand, Boris	- Leko, Peter	½-½	40	E15	Queens Indian
Karjakin, Sergey	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	36	B09	Pirc Defence
Van Wely, Loek	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	60	A09	Reti Opening
Round 8 (March 23, 2008)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	29	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Leko, Peter	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	36	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	73	A30	English Symmetrical
Topalov, Veselin	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	102	D11	Slav Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	44	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Morozevich, Alexander	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	28	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation

Amber Combined Results

Amber Combined Nice FRA (FRA), 15-27 iii 2008																										cat. XXI (2752)
					1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12
1.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	*	*	½	1	.	.	½	1	1	½	.	.	.	.	½	1	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	10.5	2863
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	½	0	*	*	.	.	½	½	0	1	.	.	.	.	0	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	9.5	2812
3.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2753	.	.	.	.	*	*	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	½	.	.	½	½	1	½	1	½	9.0	2802
4.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	*	½	½	½	0	0	1	.	.	½	1	.	.	1	½	.	.	8.5	2781
5.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	0	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	1	0	1	.	.	1	½	.	.	½	1	.	.	8.5	2778
6.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	.	.	.	.	½	1	½	1	½	0	*	*	1	½	½	½	.	.	½	½	½	0	½	½	8.5	2774
7.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	.	.	.	.	½	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	*	*	1	½	.	.	½	1	½	½	1	½	8.5	2778
8.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	½	0	1	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	½	½	0	½	*	*	½	1	½	1	.	.	½	0	8.0	2742
9.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	½	0	0	1	.	.	½	0	0	½	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	7.0	2704
10.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	½	1	0	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	*	.	.	0	½	6.0	2657
11.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	½	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	.	.	½	½	.	.	*	*	.	.	6.0	2675
12.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	½	0	0	0	0	½	.	.	.	.	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	.	.	*	*	6.0	2664

3) Heviz GM

The Palace Hotel International Chess Tournament Heviz (Hungary) 18th-28th March 2008. There are GM, IM and Open sections.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.palace-heviz.hu with live games.

Round 6: Almasi takes the lead Nisipeanu - Naiditsch Ruy-Lopez Black made an unpleasant pin that provoked White to break up the king-side pawn structure. While White restructured his king-position Black and created a passed-pawn on the Queen-side. White had to put all his eggs in one basket and went on for the king with all his forces. Black was a little careless so the attack resulted a better endgame with a pawn up for white. 1-0 in 55. Mikhalevski - Almasi Z. London-System White failed to play c4 to have a usual Catalan, black played an early b5 and equalised. Black took the initiative gradually and an interesting two bishop against rook arose. 0-1 in 70. Balogh Cs. - Vallejo Pons Ruy-Lopez Closed Early trades gave a slight positional advantage for White. Black started against the king bringing up both knights. White traded one of them and was able to keep the edge. However, both of them got into time pressure and a draw was agreed in 31 moves.

Round 5 Almasi Z - Vallejo Pons Caro Cann Defence. Black's usual central blast with c5 came early then White isolated the d5-pawn. It was impossible to defend it so Black activated his Queen to find counter chances on the Black squares. White found it advisable to trade the queens with a slight positional advantage. But Black saved the game with a surprising king-manoeuvre. Draw in 26 moves. Nisipeanu - Mikhalevski Ruy-Lopez Exchange Black castled long and started action against the e4-pawn. White found the best way of defence and was left with an advantage due to his Kingside majority of pawns and by the formidable central knights. 1-0 in 46 moves. Naiditsch - Balogh Cs. English opening Fine positional play went on for the centre for a long time. Then White started to advance on both flanks with his pawns in order to gain some space. Black held on well and in mutual time pressure a draw was agreed in move 37 with a complicated position left behind.

Round 4 Balogh Cs. - Almasi Z. Ruy-Lopez Berlin - Defence White offered a pawn for an attack before Black could castle. It lead to a jungle of complications. Both king-positions became vulnerable and repetition of moves became inevitable. Draw in 32 moves. Mikhalevski - Naiditsch Catalan opening White sacrificed his c4-pawn for central dominance. A Central break-through came soon and then even after castling Black seemed to have serious difficulties but he found clever counter-play against the king by sacrificing a piece. In the course of defence White had to give an exchange back so material got about even. After trading the Queens a draw was agreed on move 40. Vallejo Pons - Nisipeanu English opening A Hedgehog system arose and the usual pressure on d6 was compensated for with counter-pressure on c4. Finally the liberating b5 arrived on time to save the game. A draw was agreed in 26 moves.

Round 3 Almasi-Nisipeanu Philidor- defence They quickly left known lines and all knights disappeared. Both players concentrated all their forces in the centre and the balance was never broken though Black's position looked more impressive at some stages. Draw agreed in 31 moves. Vallejo Pons - Naiditsch QGA Queen's-Gambit soon transformed into a Catalan opening. After an early Queen-trade White decided to keep on a central knight against a bishop. Black successfully undermined its position and then his Q-side majority with the support of the R and B configuration became strong. 0-1 in 36 moves. Balogh Cs - Mikhalevski Ruy-Lopez Open The e5-outpost pawn was as strong as a fort and White started to set up against the king behind it. Black advanced on the Q-side with his pawn-majority. White missed the right course of attack so black survived with a complicated heavy piece endgame. Draw was agreed in 27 moves.

Round 2 The 2nd round of the Heviz GM tournament was no less fierce than the first. Mikhalevski - Vallejo Pons started as a Miles defence that transformed into a kind of Benoni. White could build up a strong centre and offered a bishop to breaking through with two passed central pawns. Later in mutual time pressure these two proved to be decisively stronger. Naiditsch - Almasi Ruy Lopez Classical - Black opened the c-file hoping for counter-play. White took risk with a pawn sacrifice in the hope of taking the initiative but Black countered the plan with immediate central actions a draw was agreed in 27 moves. Nisipeanu-Balogh was a Slav Defence. After a balanced opening Black sacrificed a rook for a knight and two passed pawns on the queenside. White succeeded in blockading them well enough for a correct draw.

Round 1 Almasi beat Mikhalevski in an Open Ruy-Lopez line in spectacular attacking style. Naiditsch judged the endgame phase well and beat Nisipeanu after hard a battle in a sharp Sicilian Scheveningen variation. Vallejo Pons blundered a winning endgame to allow a draw against Balogh after a fine positional game in a Double fianchetto. With the consent of all the players rounds 4 and 5 will be exchanged to avoid having the same colors three times in a row for two players.

Reports: Miklos Orso.

Palace Hotel GM Heviz HUN (HUN), 18-28 iii 2008										cat. XVI (2645)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2667	*	*	½	.	½	.	½	.	½	.	1	1	4	2764
2.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2638	½	.	*	*	1	0	½	.	1	.	½	.	3½	2709
3.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2684	½	.	0	1	*	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	3½	2694
4.	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2575	½	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	½	½	½	.	3	2661
5.	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2675	½	.	0	.	½	.	½	½	*	*	0	.	2	2503
6.	Mikhalevski, Victor	g	ISR	2632	0	0	½	.	0	.	½	.	1	.	*	*	2	2526

Round 1 (March 18, 2008)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Mikhalevski, Victor	1-0	33	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	1-0	45	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	57	A07	Barcza System
Round 2 (March 19, 2008)
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Almasi, Zoltan	½-½	27	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	37	D11	Slav Defence
Mikhalevski, Victor	- Vallejo Pons, Francisco	1-0	38	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 3 (March 20, 2008)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	31	C41	Philidor's Defence
Balogh, Csaba	- Mikhalevski, Victor	½-½	27	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	0-1	36	E02	Catalan
Round 4 (March 21, 2008)
Balogh, Csaba	- Almasi, Zoltan	½-½	32	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	26	A30	English Symmetrical
Mikhalevski, Victor	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	½-½	40	E04	Catalan
Round 5 (March 22, 2008)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Vallejo Pons, Francisco	½-½	26	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	37	A29	English Four Knights
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Mikhalevski, Victor	1-0	46	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Round 6 (March 24, 2008)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	1-0	55	C91	Ruy Lopez
Balogh, Csaba	- Vallejo Pons, Francisco	½-½	31	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Mikhalevski, Victor	- Almasi, Zoltan	0-1	70	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening

4) Ataturk International Women Masters

The Ataturk International Women Masters took place 10th-20th March 2008. Hou Yifan took clear first place with 7/9 a point clear of Pia Cramling.

Official site: http://awm2008.tsf.org.tr/

Isbank Ataturk Women's Masters Istanbul TUR (TUR), 11-20 iii 2008												cat. IX (2461)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Hou Yifan	wg	CHN	2527	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	7	2674
2.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2524	½	*	½	1	0	1	1	½	½	1	6	2579
3.	Zhao Xue	wg	CHN	2517	½	½	*	1	0	½	0	1	1	1	5½	2535
4.	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2408	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	5	2510
5.	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2470	½	1	1	½	*	0	½	½	½	0	4½	2460
6.	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2455	½	0	½	0	1	*	0	½	1	½	4	2419
7.	Zhu Chen	g	QAT	2548	0	0	1	0	½	1	*	0	½	1	4	2408
8.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2473	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	*	½	0	3½	2380
9.	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2484	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	3	2333
10.	Yildiz, Betul Cemre	wm	TUR	2207	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	0	*	2½	2323

5) Russian u20 Championships

The Russian under-20 Championships for boys and girls took place in St-Petersburg 8th-18th March 2008. Sanan Sjugirov and Anastasia Bodnaruk won the two events and they will go on to play in the World Junior Championships. News Boris Yeshan.

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	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	8	2675
2.	Chadaev, Nikolai	m	RUS	2471	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	8	2677
3.	Ponkratov, Pavel	m	RUS	2489	½	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	7½	2633
4.	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2573	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	6½	2557
5.	Lintchevski, Daniil	m	RUS	2440	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2569
6.	Romanov, Evgeny	g	RUS	2543	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	1	½	1	1	6	2531
7.	Papin, Vasily	m	RUS	2475	½	0	½	0	½	0	*	1	½	0	½	1	4½	2436
8.	Nechepurenko, Roman V	f	RUS	2495	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	0	1	1	4½	2434
9.	Popov, Ivan RUS	g	RUS	2595	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	½	4½	2425
10.	Shimanov, Aleksandr	m	RUS	2441	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	1	0	*	1	½	4½	2439
11.	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2524	1	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	*	1	4	2395
12.	Lovkov, Roman	f	RUS	2457	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1½	2194

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	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	8½	2482
2.	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2295	0	*	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2375
3.	Vasilkova, Svetlana	wm	RUS	2359	1	1	*	0	1	½	1	0	0	½	½	1	6½	2332
4.	Charochkina, Daria	wm	RUS	2383	0	0	1	*	1	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	6½	2330
5.	Girya, Olga	wf	RUS	2342	½	1	0	0	*	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	6	2305
6.	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2202	0	1	½	0	½	*	1	½	0	½	1	1	6	2317
7.	Severiukhina, Zoja	wf	RUS	2199	0	0	0	1	1	0	*	1	1	½	1	0	5½	2282
8.	Ivakhinova, Inna	wm	RUS	2250	0	0	1	1	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	0	5	2241
9.	Tarasova, Viktoriya	wm	RUS	2267	0	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	*	0	½	1	5	2239
10.	Shlakich, Anna		RUS	2244	1	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	1	*	0	½	4½	2212
11.	Ambartsumova, Karina	wf	RUS	2228	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	1	3	2104
12.	Meleshko, Anna	wm	RUS	2215	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	½	0	*	2½	2069

6) Bobby Fischer Memorial

The Bobby Fischer Memorial took place in Villa Martelli Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11th-19th March 2008. Diego Valerga won the event from Mauricio Flores Rios on Sonnen-Berger tie-break after both finished on 5.5/9.

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

Bobby Fischer mem Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 11-19 iii 2008												cat. IX (2457)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Valerga, Diego	m	ARG	2478	*	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	5½	2534
2.	Flores Rios, Mauricio	f	CHI	2391	½	*	½	1	1	½	0	0	1	1	5½	2544
3.	Panno, Oscar	g	ARG	2429	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	5	2503
4.	Flores, Diego	m	ARG	2558	1	0	½	*	0	1	0	1	½	1	5	2489
5.	Lemos, Damian	m	ARG	2460	½	0	½	1	*	0	½	1	½	1	5	2499
6.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2566	0	½	½	0	1	*	½	1	½	1	5	2488
7.	Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	m	BRA	2456	0	1	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	4½	2457
8.	Coelho, Luis Henrique	m	BRA	2392	0	1	½	0	0	0	½	*	1	1	4	2421
9.	Slipak, Sergio	g	ARG	2448	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	3½	2378
10.	Claverie, Raul		ARG	2394	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	2	2244

7) Austrian Bundesliga

The final round of games from the Austrian Bundesliga took place in 13th-16th March 2008 in Graz (Novapark) and SK Advisory Invest Baden won the title. The final four rounds are now in the games section. My thanks to Harald Grafenhofer.

Official site: http://www.chess.at/, results chess-results.com

Austrian Team Championship 2007-8 (AUT), 30 xi 2007 - 16 iii 2008
Rk.	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	SK Advisory Invest Baden	*	3½	3½	3	3½	2½	4½	3½	3½	4	4	5	40,5	28	2
2	Holz Dohr	2½	*	3	3½	3½	3½	3½	4½	4½	4½	4	3½	40,5	28	0
3	SK Hohenems	2½	3	*	3	3½	2½	4½	4½	3	4½	3	4	38,0	19	0
4	SK Kl.Ztg.MPÖ Maria Saal	3	2½	3	*	2½	3	3	4	2½	3½	4½	4½	36,0	16	0
5	ASVÖ Wulkaprodersdorf	2½	2½	2½	3½	*	2½	2½	3	4	4	4½	3	34,5	14	0
6	Union Ansfelden	3½	2½	3½	3	3½	*	3	2½	3	3½	2	3½	33,5	18	0
7	Styria Graz	1½	2½	1½	3	3½	3	*	3½	3½	3	3½	4½	33,0	18	0
8	ASVÖ Pamhagen	2½	1½	1½	2	3	3½	2½	*	4	2	3½	4½	30,5	13	0
9	SK Absam	2½	1½	3	3½	2	3	2½	2	*	3	3	4½	30,5	10	0
10	SC Die Klagenfurter	2	1½	1½	2½	2	2½	3	4	3	*	4	4	30,0	11	0
11	Mayrhofen/Zillertal	2	2	3	1½	1½	4	2½	2½	3	2	*	5	29,0	8	0
12	RbEJ Gleisdorf	1	2½	2	1½	3	2½	1½	1½	1½	2	1	*	20,0	1	0

8) Serbian Championships

The Serbian Championships take place in Mataruska 15th-28th March 2008. 14 player all-play-all.

Official site: http://www.serbiachess.net/

ch-SRB Mataruska Banja SRB (SRB), 15-28 iii 2008														cat. XII (2536)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Pikula, Dejan	g	SRB	2524	*	½	½	1	.	1	½	½	0	1	.	.	.	1	6	2684
2.	Miladinovic, Igor	g	SRB	2604	½	*	½	.	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	.	.	.	5½	2624
3.	Vuckovic, Bojan	g	SRB	2556	½	½	*	½	½	1	.	.	.	0	1	½	1	.	5½	2622
4.	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	2649	0	.	½	*	½	.	½	1	½	.	.	1	½	1	5½	2592
5.	Perunovic, Milos	g	SRB	2570	.	½	½	½	*	½	.	½	.	½	½	1	.	½	5	2583
6.	Damljanovic, Branko	g	SRB	2582	0	0	0	.	½	*	1	.	1	1	½	.	1	.	5	2583
7.	Markus, Robert	g	SRB	2575	½	½	.	½	.	0	*	1	.	.	½	½	1	½	5	2561
8.	Pavlovic, Milos M	m	SRB	2457	½	½	.	0	½	.	0	*	.	.	1	½	1	1	5	2573
9.	Kovacevic, Aleksandar	g	SRB	2575	1	0	.	½	.	0	.	.	*	1	0	1	½	½	4½	2530
10.	Sedlak, Nikola	g	SRB	2568	0	½	1	.	½	0	.	.	0	*	½	1	1	.	4½	2532
11.	Bogosavljevic, Boban	f	SRB	2492	.	½	0	.	½	½	½	0	1	½	*	.	.	1	4½	2550
12.	Drazic, Sinisa	g	SRB	2489	.	.	½	0	0	.	½	½	0	0	.	*	1	1	3½	2455
13.	Velickovic, Sasa	m	SRB	2401	.	.	0	½	.	0	0	0	½	0	.	0	*	1	2	2326
14.	Leskur, Dejan		SRB	2468	0	.	.	0	½	.	½	0	½	.	0	0	0	*	1½	2252

9) Danish Championship

The Danish Championship took place in Silkeborg March 15th-24th 2008. Peter Heine Nielsen played for the first time in five years and after a scare against Esben Lund in the first round he went on to win with 7/9 a point clear of Lars Schandorff. Three time defending champion Sune Berg Hansen was half a point further back.

Official site: http://www.skak-dm.dk/2008/

ch-DEN Silkeborg (DEN), 15-23 iii 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2625	=8	+13	+5	+10	=3	+2	+4	=7	=9	7	2667
2.	Schandorff, Lars	g	DEN	2526	=13	+8	=9	+12	+10	-1	=3	+5	=4	6	2588
3.	Hansen, Sune Berg	g	DEN	2549	+17	=9	=15	+5	=1	=4	=2	=6	=8	5½	2538
4.	Glud, Jakob Vang	m	DEN	2486	-14	+18	+7	=6	+9	=3	-1	+16	=2	5½	2500
5.	Rasmussen, Allan Stig	f	DEN	2468	+18	+14	-1	-3	+15	+8	+9	-2	=10	5½	2536
6.	Antonsen, Mikkel	m	DEN	2409	=7	+16	-10	=4	-8	+17	+13	=3	+15	5½	2482
7.	Matthiesen, Arne	f	DEN	2327	=6	=12	-4	=13	+14	+11	=8	=1	=16	5	2431
8.	Lund, Esben	m	DEN	2403	=1	-2	+19	=11	+6	-5	=7	+12	=3	5	2475
9.	Kristiansen, Jens	m	DEN	2441	+19	=3	=2	+15	-4	+12	-5	=10	=1	5	2514
10.	Rasmussen, Karsten	m	DEN	2505	=20	+11	+6	-1	-2	=13	+18	=9	=5	5	2461
11.	Petersen, Tom Petri		DEN	2309	=15	-10	+17	=8	=12	-7	=14	=19	+20	4½	2369
12.	Jakobsen, Ole	m	DEN	2372	=16	=7	+14	-2	=11	-9	+19	-8	=17	4	2317
13.	Holmsgaard, Henrik		DEN	2324	=2	-1	=16	=7	+18	=10	-6	=20	=19	4	2358
14.	Jacobsen, Bo		DEN	2316	+4	-5	-12	=19	-7	+20	=11	=17	=18	4	2323
15.	H(/o)i, Carsten	g	DEN	2404	=11	+20	=3	-9	-5	=16	=17	+18	-6	4	2341
16.	Teplyi, Igor		DEN	2256	=12	-6	=13	=18	=17	=15	+20	-4	=7	4	2329
17.	Matthiesen, Martin		DEN	2365	-3	=19	-11	+20	=16	-6	=15	=14	=12	3½	2280
18.	Boe, Mads	f	DEN	2337	-5	-4	+20	=16	-13	+19	-10	-15	=14	3	2251
19.	Knudsen, Per	f	DEN	2305	-9	=17	-8	=14	=20	-18	-12	=11	=13	2½	2188
20.	Kristensen, Kaare	f	DEN	2325	=10	-15	-18	-17	=19	-14	-16	=13	-11	1½	2073

10) 67th Georgian Championships Men

The Georgian Men's Championships take place 15th-30th March 2008. The event is a knockout with rapid playoffs of 25-25 mins. +10 sec. a move. Games from the first round are in the PGN section. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili.

67th ch-GEO KO Tbilisi (GEO), 15-30 iii 2008
Round 3 21-23 March 2008
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	2635	4
Supatashvili, Khvicha	m	GEO	2466	3

Jojua, Davit	m	GEO	2463	0.5
Pantsulaia, Levan	g	GEO	2629	1.5

Magalashvili, Davit	m	GEO	2449	1.5
Shanava, Konstantine	g	GEO	2521	2.5

Margvelashvili, Giorgi	m	GEO	2455	4
Arutinian, David	g	GEO	2576	2
Round 2 18-20 March 2008
Bregadze, Levan	f	GEO	2427	0.5
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	2635	1.5

Benidze, Davit	f	GEO	2359	1.5
Supatashvili, Khvicha	m	GEO	2466	2.5

Jojua, Davit	m	GEO	2463	3
Sturua, Zurab	g	GEO	2515	1

Pantsulaia, Levan	g	GEO	2629	3
Jobava, Beglar	m	GEO	2446	1

Magalashvili, Davit	m	GEO	2449	3.5
Gelashvili, Tamaz	g	GEO	2622	2.5

Shanava, Konstantine	g	GEO	2521	1.5
Chigladze, Iveri		GEO	2389	0.5

Margvelashvili, Giorgi	m	GEO	2455	2.5
Aroshidze, Levan	g	GEO	2535	1.5

Arutinian, David	g	GEO	2576	2.5
Kekelidze, Mikheil	g	GEO	2454	1.5
Round 1 15th-17th March 2008
Bregadze, Levan	f	GEO	2427	3
Morchiashvili, Bachana	m	GEO	2434	1

Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	2635	2
Patsia, Zviad		GEO	2213	0

Benidze, Davit	f	GEO	2359	1.5
Bagaturov, Giorgi	g	GEO	2498	0.5

Supatashvili, Khvicha	m	GEO	2466	3
Gelazonia, Parmen		GEO	2361	1

Zarkua, Davit		GEO	2377	1
Jojua, Davit	m	GEO	2463	3

Sturua, Zurab	g	GEO	2515	1.5
Vepkhvishvili, Varlam	f	GEO	2359	0.5

Kashashvili, Alexandre	m	GEO	2272	0
Pantsulaia, Levan	g	GEO	2629	2

Jobava, Beglar	m	GEO	2446	1.5
Nigalidze, Gaioz		GEO	2420	0.5

Kuparadze, Giga		GEO	2407	0.5
Magalashvili, Davit	m	GEO	2449	1.5

Gelashvili, Tamaz	g	GEO	2622	2
Mgeladze, Tamaz		GEO	2289	0

Azaladze, Shota		GEO	2353	0.5
Shanava, Konstantine	g	GEO	2521	1.5

Sanikidze, Tornike	m	GEO	2461	1.5
Chigladze, Iveri		GEO	2389	2.5

Paichadze, Luka		GEO	2396	0.5
Margvelashvili, Giorgi	m	GEO	2455	1.5

Aroshidze, Levan	g	GEO	2535	1.5
Tskitishvili, Irakli	f	GEO	2332	0.5

Batsiashvili, Nino	wm	GEO	2317	0.5
Arutinian, David	g	GEO	2576	1.5

Kekelidze, Mikheil	g	GEO	2454	1.5
Lomsadze, Davit		GEO	2400	0.5

11) Bulgarian Championships

The Bulgarian Championships for men and women took place in Plovdiv 14th-24th March 2008. Vasily Spasov took clear first in the men's event with 9.5/13 half a point clear of Milen Vasilev. Elitsa Raeva finished a point and a half clear in the women's event with a 9/11 score.

Official site: http://www.chessmix.com/en/events/2930/

72nd ch-BUL Plovdiv BUL (BUL), 14-24 iii 2008														cat. VIII (2428)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Spasov, Vasil	g	BUL	2579	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	9½	2591
2.	Vasilev, Milen	m	BUL	2470	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9	2565
3.	Rusev, Krasimir	m	BUL	2521	½	1	*	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	8½	2530
4.	Nikolov, Momchil	m	BUL	2500	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	8½	2532
5.	Radulski, Julian	g	BUL	2511	½	½	1	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	7½	2478
6.	Janev, Evgeni	g	BUL	2485	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	0	½	0	1	1	1	7½	2480
7.	Petkov, Vladimir	g	BUL	2434	½	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2484
8.	Iotov, Valentin	m	BUL	2495	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	0	1	½	1	7	2451
9.	Tsvetkov, Ilia		BUL	2352	0	0	½	1	½	1	½	0	*	½	0	0	1	½	5½	2376
10.	Kozhuharov, Spas	m	BUL	2456	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	5½	2368
11.	Lilov, Valeri		BUL	2323	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	1	½	*	0	1	½	5½	2389
12.	Mladenov, Plamen		BUL	2288	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	1	*	½	½	4½	2328
13.	Milchev, Nikolay	f	BUL	2373	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	3	2221
14.	Arnaudov, G. Petar	f	BUL	2345	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	2	2138

57th ch-BUL w Plovdiv BUL (BUL), 14-24 iii 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Raeva, Elitsa	wf	BUL	2258	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	9	2421
2.	Velcheva, Maria	wg	BUL	2266	0	*	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	7½	2291
3.	Videnova, Iva	wf	BUL	2188	0	0	*	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	7½	2298
4.	Nikolova, Adriana	wf	BUL	2194	½	½	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	½	6½	2230
5.	Chilingirova, Pavlina	wm	BUL	2213	½	1	0	0	*	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	6	2199
6.	Genova, Lyubka	wm	BUL	2232	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2197
7.	Jordanova, Svetla	wf	BUL	2145	½	0	½	0	1	½	*	0	1	½	½	1	5½	2169
8.	Voiska, Margarita	wg	BUL	2333	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	*	½	1	1	1	5½	2152
9.	Savova, Stefka	wm	BUL	2165	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	4	2065
10.	Trifonova, Sandra		BUL	1957	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	0	0	*	½	½	3½	2053
11.	Vladimirova, Maria		BUL	1971	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	3½	2052
12.	Bednikova, Stefi		BUL	2088	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	1½	1865

12) Bologne Easter tournament

There is an Easter international tournament took place in Bologna 20th-24th March 2008. FM Niccolo Ronchetti took clear first place. Games were broadcast live but are currently unavailable in PGN.

Official site: http://www.accademiascacchistica.it/tornei/elo/www200308/playercard.html

Bologne Easter tournament 20-24 iii 2008 Players:
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Rat	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts
1	Ronchetti Niccolo'	FM	ITA	2431	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	6
2	Berzinsh Roland	IM	LAT	2417	½	*	½	1	1	0	½	½	½	1	5.5
3	Laketic Gojko	IM	SRB	2443	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5.5
4	Rombaldoni Axel	FM	ITA	2394	0	0	½	*	1	0	1	1	1	1	5.5
5	Martinez Rolly	IM	PHI	2447	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	½	1	1	5
6	Tomba Ivan	--	ITA	2301	0	1	½	1	0	*	0	0	1	1	4.5
7	Barillaro Luca	--	ITA	2180	½	½	½	0	0	1	*	1	0	½	4
8	Scalcione Michelangelo	FM	ITA	2431	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	*	0	½	3.5
9	Vancini Edoardo	FM	ITA	2277	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	*	½	3.5
10	Gilevich Artem	--	UKR	2069	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	2

13) Inter Unit PSPB Championship

The Inter Unit PSPB Chess Championship Indian team tournament was held in the Hotel Monarch, Ooty, 8th-10th March 2008. The winners were ONGC (Oil & Natural GC - A) who had the following players: Koneru Humpy, Sasikiran, Sandipan Chanda, Neelotpal Das (ALL GMS) and P.Konguvel (IM). This was followed by a rapid event won by Krishnan Sasikiran.

Event games at: http://cyberchess.co.in/

XIX PSPB Inter Unit Chess Tournament - Team Event
Rnk	Team	+	=	-	MP	Pts.
1	Oil & Natural GC - A	6	0	0	12	21½
2	Bharat Petroleum CL	4	1	1	9	19
3	Indian Oil CL	4	1	1	9	18
4	Oil India Ltd	4	0	2	8	15
5	Indian Oil CL (Assam Div)	3	0	3	6	11
6	Oil & Natural GC - B	3	0	3	6	10½
7	Bongaigaon Refineries PL	3	0	3	6	10½
8	Hindusthan Petroleum CL - B	2	1	3	5	10
9	Hindusthan Petroleum CL - A	2	1	3	5	8
10	Engineers India Ltd	1	1	4	3	9
11	Mangalore Refineries PL	1	0	5	2	6
12	GAIL (India) Ltd	0	1	5	1	5½

XIX PSPB Inter Unit Chess Tournament - Team Event
Rnk	Ti	Name	Rtg	Club	Pts	BH.
1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2677	ONGC	8	51
2	GM	Kunte Abhijit	2550	IOCL	8	50½
3	GM	Koneru Humpy	2612	ONGC	7½	49½
4	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2579	IOCL	7	49
5	IM	Gupta Abhijeet	2495	BPCL	6	49
6	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	2491	IOCL	6	47½
7	IM	Venkatesh M R	2444	BPCL	6	45
8	IM	Saravanan V	2379	BPCL	6	44½
9	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2394	ONGC	6	43
10	GM	Neelotpal Das	2486	ONGC	6	42½
11	IM	Sengupta Deep	2476	IOCL	5½	49½
12	IM	Arun Prasad S	2423	BPCL	5½	48½
13		Imocha Laishram	2240	OIL	5½	44
14	GM	Ramesh R B	2473	IOCL	5½	42
15	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2593	ONGC	5½	41½
16	IM	Ravi Lanka	2387	ONGC	5½	41
17	IM	Koshy Varugeese	2270	ONGC	5½	40½
18	WGM	Mohota Nisha	2409	OIL	5½	39
19		Suryanarayanan J	0	EIL	5½	36½
20		Manoj Barua	2065	OIL	5½	36
21	IM	Sundararajan Kidambi	2442	BPCL	5	48½
22	GM	Gopal G N	2528	BPCL	5	47
62 players

14) 3rd Kolkata Open

The 3rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament takes place 24th March - 2nd April 2008.

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

3rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster 24 iii - 2 iv 2008 Round 2 Pairings
Bo.	SNo.		Name	IRtg	FED	Pts	Res.	Pts		Name	IRtg	FED	SNo.
1	1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2677	IND	1		1		Barbosa Oliver	2410	PHI	28
2	29	WGM	Mohota Nisha	2409	IND	1		1	GM	Lputian Smbat G	2616	ARM	2
3	3	GM	Koneru Humpy	2612	IND	1		1	IM	Satyapragyan Swayangsu	2406	IND	30
4	31	IM	Saptarshi Roy	2404	IND	1		1	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2595	CZE	4
5	5	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2593	IND	1		1		Das Arghyadip	2404	IND	32
6	7	GM	David Alberto	2557	LUX	1		1	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2394	IND	36
7	33	IM	Akshayraj Kore	2399	IND	1		1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2551	EGY	8
8	9	GM	Nguyen Anh Dung	2525	VIE	1		1	IM	Kamble Vikramaditya	2387	IND	38
9	11	GM	Abdulla Al-Rakib	2506	BAN	1		1		Thejkumar M S	2382	IND	40
10	35	IM	Lodhi Mahmood	2397	PAK	1		1	GM	Dobrov Vladimir	2501	RUS	12
11	13	GM	Safin Shukhrat	2493	UZB	1		1	IM	Saravanan V	2379	IND	42
12	37	IM	Kobese Watu	2389	RSA	1		1	GM	Rahman Ziaur	2492	BAN	14
13	15	GM	Barua Dibyendu	2491	IND	1		1	IM	Prathamesh Sunil Mokal	2371	IND	44
14	43	FM	Ahmed Sk Nasir	2379	BAN	1		1	GM	Neelotpal Das	2486	IND	16
15	17	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	2478	IND	1		1		Murali Krishnan B T	2363	IND	46
16	45	IM	Suvrajit Saha	2363	IND	1		1	GM	Ramesh R B	2473	IND	18
17	19	GM	Bakre Tejas	2459	IND	1		1		Palit Somak	2340	IND	48
18	47	IM	Prakash G B	2341	IND	1		1	IM	Sriram Jha	2457	IND	20
19	21	IM	Venkatesh M R	2444	IND	1		1	IM	Shankar Roy	2335	IND	50
20	52	FM	Minhazuddin Ahmed	2333	BAN	1		1	IM	Sundararajan Kidambi	2442	IND	22
21	23	IM	Laxman R R	2440	IND	1		1		Udeshi Aditya	2331	IND	54
22	67		Shyam Nikil P	2301	IND	1		1	IM	Rathnakaran K	2437	IND	24
23	25	GM	Murshed Niaz	2428	BAN	1		1	IM	Singh D P	2326	IND	56
24	114		Kavan Shah	1806	IND	1		1	IM	Arun Prasad S	2423	IND	26
25	27		Nolte Rolando	2412	PHI	1		1		Ghosh Diptayan	2016	IND	106
26	91		Bitan Banerjee	2181	IND	½		½	GM	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2589	IRI	6
27	62		Swapnil S Dhopade	2319	IND	½		½	IM	Himanshu Sharma	2398	IND	34
28	39	IM	Garma Chito	2383	PHI	½		½		Ankit R Rajpara	2122	IND	98
29	41	IM	Frhat Ali	2379	EGY	½		½		Ghosh Ananda K	2153	IND	96
30	51	IM	Babu N Sudhakar	2333	IND	½		½		Rishi Thariani	1949	IND	110
31	53	IM	Solomon Kenny	2332	RSA	½		½		Shaati Majumder	1896	IND	112
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