THE WEEK IN CHESS 699 31st March 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Varlam Vepkhvishvili, Manuel Weeks, Michael Rahal, Ian Rogers, Laszlo Nagy, Dragan Babic, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Carsten Hensel, John D. Thornton, Michael Atkins, Páli Gábor, Mitko Iliev, Frits Agterdenbos, Bela Lengyel and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Levon Aronian took first place in the Amber tournament over all and the rapid section and also shared first in the blindfold section. The Heviz tournament was won by Csaba Balogh. Also there was the start of the French Team Championships and the near finish of the Dutch Team Championships.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament

The 17th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament took 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 took part and the total prize-fund was 216,000 Euro. Levon Aronian having already secured victory with a round to go in the combined and rapid sections also shared first in the blindfold section along with Kramnik, Morozevich and Topalov.

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.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	6½	2813
2.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	6½	2818
3.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	0	0	*	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	6½	2816
4.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	½	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	6½	2814
5.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2753	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	6	2788
6.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	1	6	2784
7.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	0	½	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	0	1	1	6	2790
8.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	½	½	1	5	2718
9.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	5	2722
10.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	½	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	*	0	½	4½	2687
11.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	*	1	4½	2686
12.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	3	2578

Round 9 (March 25, 2008)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	44	E17	Queens Indian
Morozevich, Alexander	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	49	A07	Barcza System
Topalov, Veselin	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	35	E01	Catalan
Leko, Peter	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	49	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Anand, Viswanathan	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	16	B06	Modern Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Van Wely, Loek	0-1	73	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 10 (March 26, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	23	E06	Catalan
Carlsen, Magnus	- Leko, Peter	½-½	54	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Karjakin, Sergey	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	70	C11	French Defence
Van Wely, Loek	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	46	E15	Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	0-1	35	B07	Pirc Defence
Gelfand, Boris	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	31	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Round 11 (March 27, 2008)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	52	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Morozevich, Alexander	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	83	C45	Scotch Game
Topalov, Veselin	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	53	D12	Slav Defence
Leko, Peter	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	28	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Anand, Viswanathan	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	20	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Gelfand, Boris	1-0	37	D47	Queens Gambit Meran

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	*	1	0	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	8	2928
2.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	0	6½	2817
3.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	1	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	½	6	2789
4.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2753	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	½	1	½	½	6	2788
5.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	6	2790
6.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	½	½	½	1	½	*	1	0	0	½	½	½	5½	2748
7.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2749
8.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	½	0	0	0	0	1	½	*	1	1	½	½	5	2712
9.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	0	*	½	½	½	4½	2686
10.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	0	½	1	0	½	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	4½	2686
11.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	0	*	1	4½	2689
12.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	0	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	*	4	2656

Round 9 (March 25, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Morozevich, Alexander	1-0	59	D11	Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	33	A29	English Four Knights
Gelfand, Boris	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	47	E17	Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	66	C42	Petroff's Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Leko, Peter	½-½	75	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Van Wely, Loek	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	59	A52	Budapest Defence Main Line
Round 10 (March 26, 2008)
Leko, Peter	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	46	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	27	E15	Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin	- Van Wely, Loek	1-0	37	D11	Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan	- Gelfand, Boris	0-1	29	D11	Slav Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	34	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Morozevich, Alexander	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	65	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 11 (March 27, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Leko, Peter	½-½	26	E06	Catalan
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	29	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Gelfand, Boris	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	41	A04	Dutch System
Carlsen, Magnus	- Morozevich, Alexander	½-½	56	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Karjakin, Sergey	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	24	D17	Slav Defence
Van Wely, Loek	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	20	E15	Queens Indian

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	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	14.5	2870
2.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	½	½	*	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	12.0	2784
3.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2753	½	½	½	0	*	*	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	12.0	2788
4.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	½	0	½	0	1	½	*	*	½	½	1	0	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	12.0	2785
5.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	*	0	½	0	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	12.0	2790
6.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	½	*	*	½	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	0	½	½	0	11.0	2752
7.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	0	*	*	0	1	1	½	1	0	½	1	½	½	11.0	2748
8.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	0	*	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	11.0	2751
9.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	*	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	9.5	2704
10.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	*	*	0	1	0	½	9.0	2688
11.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	½	½	½	1	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	*	*	0	½	9.0	2686
12.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	*	*	9.0	2693

3) Heviz GM

The Palace Hotel International Chess Tournament took place in Heviz (Hungary) 18th-28th March 2008. Csaba Balogh took first place on tie-break after four players finished on 5.5/10.

Official site: http://www.palace-heviz.hu

Final Round 10: Four players tied at first place Almasi Z. - Balogh Cs. Catalan Opening When White regained the sacrificed c4-pawn black found just enough counter-play in the centre to hold on. Draw agreed in 23 moves. Naiditsch - Mikhalevski Ruy Lopez Open White had well-placed knights in the centre and created a strong outpost on d6. Black could also build a base on d3 for his knight. During a heavy battle Black rejected a three-fold repetition but overestimated his chances. 1-0 in 47 moves. Nisipeanu - Vallejo Pons Sicilian, Kalashnikov Defence Black's surprising choice of opening seemed to work well and the position was about equal after trading the Queens. Later Black let his opponent make an unpleasant pin oh the h-file but White missed the right moment to take advantage of it. Draw agreed in 26 moves. Final notes: The youngest GM, former youth European Champion Csaba Balogh of Hungary won the tournament with his solid style of play. His rating was the lowest having only 2575. Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany came second due to the Berger-Sonneborn tie-break. He got a bit tired during the second half. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania recovered well after losing in Round 1. Zoltan Almasi HUN played well in all but one game. Francisco Vallejo Pons represented a colourful, romantic style but with less success this time while Viktor Mikhalevski of Israel was far short of his best. The fighting spirit and the average of number of moves was at an all the time high.

Round 9: Another triple tie Balogh Cs. - Naiditsch Ruy Lopez Karpov’s favourite line of the Ruy Lopez with 12.d5 arose. Black advanced at both flanks with his pawns to compensate White’s central dominance. Then Black decided to give away his king bishop for a central pawn but it proved to be wrong. 1-0 in 37 moves. Mikhalevski - Nisipeanu Catalan Opening Black accepted the c4-pawn but it was not at all a present. White broke through in the centre with d5 early and created a weakness on e6. Black seemed to be in big trouble but survived by creating complications. Draw agreed in 29 moves. Vallejo Pons - Almasi Z. English Opening Black developed both his bishops on the long diagonals. Before White could set up his attack against the king black bombed the centre by b5 in time. Pressure on the backward c4-pawn was enough to hold on. Draw agreed in 35 moves.

Round 8: Triple tie at first place Naiditsch - Vallejo Pons Ruy-Lopez Vallejo Pons played in his usual romantic style and soon sacrificed a pawn for active play. It resulted his first well-deserved victory in 27 moves. Nisipeanu - Almasi Z. Queen’s Indian Both players seemed to be familiar with the fashionable line with 4... Ba6. Black achieved a Q-side majority but White could weaken the King-position. However it was Black who started attacking against the king finding a target on f2 due to opposite coloured bishops. Defending it repetition of moves could not be avoided. Draw in 29 moves. Mikhalevski - Balogh Cs. Slav-defence Black cleverly converted the opening into an equal line of Queen’s Gambit accepted. Draw agreed in 21 moves.

Round 7: Naiditsch takes the lead back Almasi - Naiditsch Sicilian, Najdorf-defence Play was on the Queen-side up until the endgame. Despite opposite coloured bishops the position gradually sharpened. White used his king too to stop the opponent’s king side majority of pawns. Finally it got into trouble in the middle. 0-1 in 48 moves. Vallejo Pons - Mikhalevski Queen’s-pawn Opening The calm opening was followed by unexpected moves from both players. White took too much of a risk and found himself in an endgame with two pawns down. Vallejo Pons put up an admirable fighting spirit that yielded a draw in 141 moves. Balogh Cs. - Nisipeanu Caro- Cann defence They started sharply but it soon went into an endgame. The doubled-pawns of Black were compensated by the active role of his rooks. Draw agreed in 44 moves.

Reports: Miklos Orso.

Palace Hotel GM Heviz (HUN), 18-28 iii 2008										cat. XVI (2645)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2575	*	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2695
2	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2638	½	0	*	*	1	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	5½	2682
3	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2684	½	½	0	1	*	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	5½	2673
4	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2667	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	1	5½	2676
5	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2675	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	*	*	0	½	4½	2603
6	Mikhalevski, Victor	g	ISR	2632	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	*	3½	2537

Round 7 (March 25, 2008)
Almasi, Zoltan	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	0-1	49	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Balogh, Csaba	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	44	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- Mikhalevski, Victor	½-½	141	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 8 (March 26, 2008)
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Vallejo Pons, Francisco	0-1	27	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Almasi, Zoltan	½-½	29	E15	Queens Indian
Mikhalevski, Victor	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	21	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Round 9 (March 27, 2008)
Balogh, Csaba	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	1-0	37	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Vallejo Pons, Francisco	- Almasi, Zoltan	½-½	35	A30	English Symmetrical
Mikhalevski, Victor	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	29	E04	Catalan
Round 10 (March 28, 2008)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Vallejo Pons, Francisco	½-½	26	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Mikhalevski, Victor	1-0	47	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Almasi, Zoltan	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	23	E20	Nimzo Indian

Palace Hotel Master Heviz (HUN), 18-28 iii 2008
Rank	Ti	Name	Score	Fed.	BH	SB	Rating	TPR	W-We	PS
1	IM	Kernazhitsky, Leonid	7	UKR	48.5	36.75	2338	2434	1.16	39
2		Takacs, Balazs	7	HUN	47.5	35.25	2269	2462	2.25	34
3	IM	Sanchez Guirado, Francisco	6.5	ESP	46.5	30.5	2414	2407	0.07	33.5
4	IM	Vassallo, Mauricio	6.5	ESP	45.5	29.5	2383	2382	0.19	31.5
5		Haszon, David	5.5	HUN	35.5	23.75	2022	2151	1.35	20
6	IM	Horvath, Imre	5	HUN	46	19	2310	2225	-0.77	29.5
7	IM	Pirisi, Gabor	5	HUN	43	18	2242	2164	-0.73	24.5
8	FM	Csala, Imre	4.5	HUN	45.5	19.25	2254	2159	-0.95	27
9		Valenta, Vit	4.5	CZE	44.5	15.25	2202	2184	-0.13	27.5
10		Juhasz-Nagy Sandor	4.5	HUN	41.5	16.75	1938	2064	1.3	20.5
11		Dlauchy, Peter	4	HUN	38	12.5	1995	2027	0.27	19
12		Pallagi, Janos	3.5	HUN	43.5	16	2093	2127	0.37	22
13		Lazar, Andras	3.5	HUN	36	9	2111	1927	-2.12	14.5
14		Bezsenyi, Ferenc	3	HUN	36	7.75	1949	1862	-1.05	18
15		Horvath, Lajos	3	HUN	33	12	1982	1858	-1.53	15
16		Haszon, Abel	3	HUN	32	7	1805	1863	0.43	10
17		Haszon, Kamilla Sara	2.5	HUN	35	8	1719	1805	0.67	15
18		Haszon, Attila	2.5	HUN	31.5	5.25	1787	1714	-0.78	4.5
19	IM	Dobos, Jozsef	0	HUN	40.5	20.25	2303	0	0	0

4) Serbian Championships

The Serbian Championships took place in Mataruska 15th-28th March 2008. Ivan Ivanisevic won the event with 9/13.

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

ch-SRB Mataruska Banja (SRB), 15-28 iii 2008														cat. XII (2536)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	2649	*	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	9	2668
2.	Vuckovic, Bojan	g	SRB	2556	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	8½	2644
3.	Bogosavljevic, Boban	f	SRB	2492	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	8	2626
4.	Pikula, Dejan	g	SRB	2524	1	½	0	*	0	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	8	2624
5.	Perunovic, Milos	g	SRB	2570	½	½	½	1	*	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7½	2590
6.	Kovacevic, Aleksandar	g	SRB	2575	½	½	0	1	1	*	0	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	7	2562
7.	Miladinovic, Igor	g	SRB	2604	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	7	2560
8.	Pavlovic, Milos M	m	SRB	2457	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	7	2571
9.	Markus, Robert	g	SRB	2575	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	*	0	½	½	½	1	6½	2533
10.	Damljanovic, Branko	g	SRB	2582	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	1	*	1	½	0	1	6	2503
11.	Sedlak, Nikola	g	SRB	2568	0	1	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	5½	2477
12.	Drazic, Sinisa	g	SRB	2489	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	5	2453
13.	Leskur, Dejan		SRB	2468	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	0	3½	2366
14.	Velickovic, Sasa	m	SRB	2401	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	2½	2295

5) Serbian Women's Championships

The Women's Serbian Championships takes place in Kac 15th-28th March 2008.

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

ch-SRB w Kac (SRB), 29 iii-9 iv 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Stojanovic, Andjelija	wg	SRB	2310	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	2
2.	Benderac, Ana	wg	SRB	2324	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2459
3.	Manakova, Maria	wg	SRB	2331	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2379
4.	Petrovic, Marija	wm	SRB	2168	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1½	2410
5.	Chelushkina, Irina	wg	SRB	2357	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2464
6.	Mladenovic, Jelena	wf	SRB	2114	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	½	.	.	.	1	2139
7.	Maksimovic, Suzana	wg	SRB	2264	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	1	2264
8.	Eric, Jovana	wf	SRB	2104	.	.	.	0	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	1948
9.	Jovanovic, Violeta		SRB	2175	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2026
10.	Djukic, Sandra		SRB	2204	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	2029
11.	Urosevic, Miroljub		SRB	2114	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	2064
12.	Rakic, Marija		SRB	2218	.	.	.	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	0

6) 67th Georgian Championships Men

The Georgian Men's Championships took place 15th March - 1st April 2008. The event was a knockout with rapid playoffs of 25-25 mins. +10 sec. a move. Levan Pantsulaia won the event by beating Giorgi Margvelashvili (who achieved a GM norm). Mikheil Mchedlishvili and Konstantine Shanava are tied 2-2 for the 3rd 4th place playoff and will finish their match tomorrow. Games input by Marika Japaridze. News: Varlam Vepkhvishvili.

67th ch-GEO KO Tbilisi (GEO), 15 iii - 1 iv 2008
Round 4, 25.03-27.03.2008
#	NAME	Rat	Tit	90 min	25 min	5 min	Total
12	Margvelashvili, Giorgi	2455	m	1 ½			1.5
1	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	2635	g	0 ½			0.5
#	NAME	Rat	Tit	90 min	25 min	5 min	Total
2	Pantsulaia, Levan	2629	g	1 1			2
6	Shanava, Konstantine	2521	g	0 1			0
Round 5, For the I-II places. 28.03-01.04.2008
#	NAME	Rat	Tit	90 min	25 min	5 min	Total
12	Margvelashvili, Giorgi	2455	m	½00*	**	** *	0.5
2	Pantsulaia, Levan	2629	g	½11*	**	** *	2.5
Round 5, For the III-IV places. 28.03-01.04.2008
#	NAME	Rat	Tit	90 min	25 min	5 min	Total
6	Shanava, Konstantine	2521	g	0½½1	**	** *	2.0
1	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	2635	g	1½½o	**	** *	2.0

7) French League Top 16

The first three rounds of the French League Top 16 took place 22nd-24th March 2008. All the games apart from Nijboer-Chomet from the first three rounds seem to be available. The final three rounds of the group stage take place 10th-13th April 2008.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr

French League Top 16 Rounds 1-3 (FRA), 22-24 iii 2008
Group A Round 1 22nd March 2008
Venue Clichy
Vandoeuvre			4 - 3	Bois Colombes
g	MOVSESIAN Sergei	2677	1-0	m	LANDENBERGUE Claude	2451
g	MEIER Georg	2570	1-0	g	KOZAKOV Mikhail	2445
g	NIJBOER Friso	2578	1-0	m	CHOMET Pascal	2333
m	BRUNNER Nicolas	2428	1/2	m	SHOKER Samy	2381
m	PHILIPPE Christophe	2378	0-1	f	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	2285
f	NEZAR Mustapha	2404	1-0	mf	GUICHARD Pauline	2274
f	PACI Cedric	2301	0-1		PIETRASANTA Jeremy	2268
ff	CONGIU Mathilde	2195	0-1	f	LE ROY Brice	2301
Montpellier			1 - 5	Clichy
g	STELLWAGEN Daniel	2625	0-1	g	JAKOVENKO Dmitry	2720
g	PRIE Eric	2532	0-1	g	ELJANOV Pavel	2692
g	MAZE Sebastien	2573	1/2	g	PELLETIER Yannick	2600
g	BAUER Christian	2614	0-1	g	FRESSINET Laurent	2656
g	FLEAR Glenn C	2493	0-1	g	TREGUBOV Pavel V.	2636
g	HAMDOUCHI Hichem	2576	1/2	g	APICELLA Manuel	2544
m	LIBISZEWSKI Fabien	2468	1-0	m	EDOUARD Romain	2507
gf	MILLIET Sophie	2376	0-1	m	SKRIPCHENKO Almira	2443
Venue Marseille
Marseille Duchamps			2 - 4	Mulhouse
g	GYIMESI Zoltan	2605	1/2	g	GASHIMOV Vugar	2665
g	BAKLAN Vladimir	2647	1/2	g	DREEV Alexey	2633
g	KEMPINSKI Robert	2590	1-0	g	SOKOLOV Andrei	2594
g	KOSTEN Anthony C.	2511	0-1	g	GEORGIEV Kiril	2662
m	ABERGEL Thal	2517	1-0	g	BRICARD Emmanuel	2490
m	BOUDRE Jean-Pierre	2333	0-1	m	WIRIG Anthony	2479
	MILANDRE Olivier	2069	0-1	m	RIFF Jean-Noel	2474
	FERNANDEZ Laura	2025	0-1	mf	MULLER Anne	2136
Antibes			1 - 3	Marseille Echecs
g	NAKAMURA Hikaru	2670	1/2	g	BACROT Etienne	2700
g	KHENKIN Igor	2602	1-0	g	DELCHEV Aleksander	2630
g	TIMMAN Jan H	2561	1/2	g	MITON Kamil	2609
g	MIRALLES Gilles	2490	0-1	m	GOZZOLI Yannick	2510
	BIJAOUI Manuel	2365	1/2	g	JEDYNAK Radoslaw	2525
g	SANTO-ROMAN Marc	2395	1/2	m	MARZOLO Cyril	2474
	ACHER Mathieu	2381	0-1		GOLDSZTEJN Gildas	2380
	COCHET Caroline	2066	0-1		DELORME Laurie	2072
Group A Round 2 23rd March 2008
Venue Clichy
Bois Colombes			0 - 5	Clichy
m	SHOKER Samy	2381	1/2	g	ELJANOV Pavel	2692
g	KOZAKOV Mikhail	2445	1/2	g	JAKOVENKO Dmitry	2720
m	LANDENBERGUE Claude	2451	0-1	g	FRESSINET Laurent	2656
f	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	2285	0-1	g	TREGUBOV Pavel V.	2636
m	CHOMET Pascal	2333	1/2	m	EDOUARD Romain	2507
f	LE ROY Brice	2301	0-1	g	PELLETIER Yannick	2600
mf	GUICHARD Pauline	2274	0-1	g	APICELLA Manuel	2544
	PIETRASANTA Jeremy	2268	0-1	m	SKRIPCHENKO Almira	2443
Vandoeuvre			2 - 4	Montpellier
g	MOVSESIAN Sergei	2677	1/2	g	PRIE Eric	2532
g	MEIER Georg	2570	1-0	g	BAUER Christian	2614
g	NIJBOER Friso	2578	1/2	g	STELLWAGEN Daniel	2625
f	NEZAR Mustapha	2404	0-1	g	HAMDOUCHI Hichem	2576
m	BRUNNER Nicolas	2428	0-1	g	MAZE Sebastien	2573
f	PACI Cedric	2301	0-1	m	LIBISZEWSKI Fabien	2468
m	PHILIPPE Christophe	2378	1-0	g	FLEAR Glenn C	2493
ff	CONGIU Mathilde	2195	0-1	gf	MILLIET Sophie	2376
Venue Marseille
Mulhouse			3 - 1	Marseille Echecs
g	GASHIMOV Vugar	2665	1-0	g	MITON Kamil	2609
g	SOKOLOV Andrei	2594	1/2	g	BACROT Etienne	2700
g	DREEV Alexey	2633	1/2	g	DELCHEV Aleksander	2630
g	GEORGIEV Kiril	2662	1-0	g	JEDYNAK Radoslaw	2525
m	WIRIG Anthony	2479	1/2	m	MARZOLO Cyril	2474
m	RIFF Jean-Noel	2474	1/2	m	GOZZOLI Yannick	2510
g	BRICARD Emmanuel	2490	1-0	m	AMIGUES Emmanuel	2378
mf	MULLER Anne	2136	0-1		DELORME Laurie	2072
Marseille Duchamps			0 - 4	Antibes
g	BAKLAN Vladimir	2647	1/2	g	NAKAMURA Hikaru	2670
g	GYIMESI Zoltan	2605	1/2	g	KHENKIN Igor	2602
g	KEMPINSKI Robert	2590	1/2	g	TIMMAN Jan H	2561
m	ABERGEL Thal	2517	0-1	g	MIRALLES Gilles	2490
g	KOSTEN Anthony C.	2511	1/2		BIJAOUI Manuel	2365
m	BOUDRE Jean-Pierre	2333	0-1	g	SANTO-ROMAN Marc	2395
	FERNANDEZ Laura	2025	0-1		ACHER Mathieu	2381
	MILANDRE Olivier	2069	F - 1		COCHET Caroline	2066
Group A Round 3 24th March 2008
Venue Clichy
Montpellier			5 - 0	Bois Colombes
g	PRIE Eric	2532	1-0	m	SHOKER Samy	2381
g	STELLWAGEN Daniel	2625	1-0	g	KOZAKOV Mikhail	2445
g	BAUER Christian	2614	1/2	m	LANDENBERGUE Claude	2451
g	MAZE Sebastien	2573	1-0	f	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	2285
g	HAMDOUCHI Hichem	2576	1-0	m	CHOMET Pascal	2333
g	FLEAR Glenn C	2493	1/2		PIETRASANTA Jeremy	2268
gf	MILLIET Sophie	2376	1/2	f	LE ROY Brice	2301
m	LIBISZEWSKI Fabien	2468	1-0	mf	GUICHARD Pauline	2274
Clichy			2 - 0	Vandoeuvre
g	JAKOVENKO Dmitry	2720	1/2	g	MOVSESIAN Sergei	2677
g	FRESSINET Laurent	2656	1/2	g	MEIER Georg	2570
g	ELJANOV Pavel	2692	1-0	g	NIJBOER Friso	2578
g	TREGUBOV Pavel V.	2636	1/2	m	BRUNNER Nicolas	2428
g	PELLETIER Yannick	2600	1-0	f	PACI Cedric	2301
g	APICELLA Manuel	2544	1/2	f	NEZAR Mustapha	2404
m	EDOUARD Romain	2507	1/2	m	PHILIPPE Christophe	2378
m	SKRIPCHENKO Almira	2443	1/2	ff	CONGIU Mathilde	2195
Venue Marseille
Antibes			1 - 3	Mulhouse
g	NAKAMURA Hikaru	2670	1-0	g	SOKOLOV Andrei	2594
g	TIMMAN Jan H	2561	0-1	g	GASHIMOV Vugar	2665
g	KHENKIN Igor	2602	1/2	g	GEORGIEV Kiril	2662
g	MIRALLES Gilles	2490	0-1	g	DREEV Alexey	2633
	ACHER Mathieu	2381	1/2	m	WIRIG Anthony	2479
g	SANTO-ROMAN Marc	2395	1/2	g	BRICARD Emmanuel	2490
	BIJAOUI Manuel	2365	1/2	m	RIFF Jean-Noel	2474
	COCHET Caroline	2066	0-1	mf	MULLER Anne	2136
Marseille Echecs			3 - 1	Marseille Duchamps
g	BACROT Etienne	2700	1/2	g	BAKLAN Vladimir	2647
g	DELCHEV Aleksander	2630	1/2	m	ABERGEL Thal	2517
g	MITON Kamil	2609	1/2	g	KEMPINSKI Robert	2590
m	GOZZOLI Yannick	2510	0-1	g	GYIMESI Zoltan	2605
m	MARZOLO Cyril	2474	1-0	g	KOSTEN Anthony C.	2511
g	JEDYNAK Radoslaw	2525	1/2	m	BOUDRE Jean-Pierre	2333
	GOLDSZTEJN Gildas	2380	1-0		MILANDRE Olivier	2069
	DELORME Laurie	2072	1-0		FERNANDEZ Laura	2025
Group B Round 1 22nd March 2008
Venue Cannes
Bischwiller			2 - 4	Metz
g	ASRIAN Karen	2621	1-0	g	RIAZANTSEV Alexander	2628
g	SCHLOSSER Philipp	2564	0-1	g	POSTNY Evgeny	2627
g	BUHMANN Rainer	2570	1/2	g	SVETUSHKIN Dmitry	2565
f	HEINZ Timothee	2310	0-1	m	KOCH Jean-Rene	2453
m	WAGNER Claude	2358	0-1	f	NEIMAN Emmanuel	2371
m	NETZER Jean	2387	0-1	f	PUCHER Olivier	2329
m	MENSCH Etienne	2337	1/2	f	TADDEI Benoit	2265
gf	LALLEMAND Roza	2246	1-0		LECLAIR Marie	1974
Cannes			5 - 1	Hyères
g	TKACHIEV Vladislav	2657	1-0	g	DRASKO Milan	2540
g	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	2594	1-0	g	SULAVA Nenad	2494
g	PALAC Mladen	2575	1/2	m	NINOV Nikolai	2501
g	NATAF Igor-Alexandre	2552	0-1		VINCENT Stephane	2235
g	FONTAINE Robert	2572	1 - A		LANGEVIN Philippe	2156
g	GODENA Michele	2559	1 - A		GARRO Pierre	2178
gf	LECONTE Maria	2345	1 - A		COMTE Frederic	2190
	WOLFANGEL Cyril	2040	1/2		MARTINOVIC Gordana	1600
Venue Gonfreville
Gonfreville			0 - 0	Noyon
g	BOLOGAN Viktor	2663	1/2	g	MARCELIN Cyril	2510
g	RAUSIS Igors	2520	1/2	f	HOMMELES Theo	2390
g	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	2535	1/2	f	HOUSIEAUX David	2353
m	PAYEN Arnaud	2403	1/2	m	NGUYEN Chi-Minh	2411
m	ELIET Nicolas	2453	1/2	m	AGUETTAZ Maxime	2422
m	VALLIN Guillaume	2409	1/2	f	CLERY Nicolas	2390
m	COLLAS Didier	2441	1/2		VAN HEIRZEELE Daniel	2244
m	COLLAS Silvia	2405	1/2		ASSAD Karine	2042
Strasbourg			1 - 2	Evry
g	ROZENTALIS Eduardas	2567	0-1	g	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	2637
g	DOETTLING Fabian	2544	1/2	g	FELLER Sebastien	2522
g	VAISSER Anatoly	2539	1/2	g	HAUCHARD Arnaud	2476
g	KALLAI Gabor	2470	1/2	g	CHUCHELOV Vladimir	2551
m	ROOS Daniel	2408	1/2	g	RELANGE Eloi	2479
m	ROOS Jean-Luc	2330	1/2	g	CHABANON Jean-Luc	2454
m	ROOS Louis	2366	1-0	m	BERGEZ Luc	2370
	GRAS Delphine	2011	0-1	mf	ROUMEGOUS Marina	2217
Group B Round 2 23rd March 2008
Venue Cannes
Metz			4 - 0	Hyères
g	SVETUSHKIN Dmitry	2565	1-0	m	NINOV Nikolai	2501
g	POSTNY Evgeny	2627	1/2	g	SULAVA Nenad	2494
g	RIAZANTSEV Alexander	2628	1/2	g	DRASKO Milan	2540
m	KOCH Jean-Rene	2453	1/2		VINCENT Stephane	2235
f	NEIMAN Emmanuel	2371	1/2		COMTE Frederic	2190
f	TADDEI Benoit	2265	1-0		GARRO Pierre	2178
f	PUCHER Olivier	2329	1-0		LANGEVIN Philippe	2156
	LECLAIR Marie	1974	1-0		MARTINOVIC Gordana	1600
Bischwiller			1 - 5	Cannes
g	BUHMANN Rainer	2570	1/2	g	TKACHIEV Vladislav	2657
g	ASRIAN Karen	2621	0-1	g	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	2594
g	SCHLOSSER Philipp	2564	1-0	g	NATAF Igor-Alexandre	2552
m	NETZER Jean	2387	0-1	g	FONTAINE Robert	2572
m	MENSCH Etienne	2337	0-1	g	PALAC Mladen	2575
f	HEINZ Timothee	2310	0-1	g	GODENA Michele	2559
m	WAGNER Claude	2358	0-1	m	CORNETTE Matthieu	2491
gf	LALLEMAND Roza	2246	1/2	gf	LECONTE Maria	2345
Venue Gonfreville
Noyon			0 - 4	Evry
m	AGUETTAZ Maxime	2422	0-1	g	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	2637
m	NGUYEN Chi-Minh	2411	1/2	g	CHUCHELOV Vladimir	2551
g	MARCELIN Cyril	2510	1/2	g	FELLER Sebastien	2522
f	CLERY Nicolas	2390	0-1	g	HAUCHARD Arnaud	2476
f	HOUSIEAUX David	2353	0-1	g	CHABANON Jean-Luc	2454
f	HOMMELES Theo	2390	1/2	g	RELANGE Eloi	2479
	VAN HEIRZEELE Daniel	2244	1/2	m	BERGEZ Luc	2370
	ASSAD Karine	2042	0-1	mf	ROUMEGOUS Marina	2217
Gonfreville			2 - 2	Strasbourg
g	BOLOGAN Viktor	2663	1/2	g	DOETTLING Fabian	2544
g	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	2535	1/2	g	ROZENTALIS Eduardas	2567
g	RAUSIS Igors	2520	1/2	g	VAISSER Anatoly	2539
m	ELIET Nicolas	2453	0-1	g	KALLAI Gabor	2470
m	PAYEN Arnaud	2403	0-1	m	ROOS Daniel	2408
m	COLLAS Didier	2441	1/2	m	ROOS Jean-Luc	2330
m	VALLIN Guillaume	2409	1-0	f	REINHART Emmanuel	2285
m	COLLAS Silvia	2405	1-0		GRAS Delphine	2011
Group B Round 3 24th March 2008
Venue Cannes
Cannes			3 - 1	Metz
g	TKACHIEV Vladislav	2657	1-0	g	RIAZANTSEV Alexander	2628
g	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	2594	1/2	g	POSTNY Evgeny	2627
g	GODENA Michele	2559	0-1	g	SVETUSHKIN Dmitry	2565
g	PALAC Mladen	2575	1/2	m	KOCH Jean-Rene	2453
g	NATAF Igor-Alexandre	2552	1/2	f	NEIMAN Emmanuel	2371
g	FONTAINE Robert	2572	1/2	f	TADDEI Benoit	2265
m	CORNETTE Matthieu	2491	1-0		PUCHER Sebastien	2241
gf	LECONTE Maria	2345	1-0		LECLAIR Marie	1974
Hyères			0 - 3	Bischwiller
g	DRASKO Milan	2540	1/2	g	BUHMANN Rainer	2570
g	SULAVA Nenad	2494	1/2	g	ASRIAN Karen	2621
m	NINOV Nikolai	2501	1/2	g	SCHLOSSER Philipp	2564
	VINCENT Stephane	2235	0-1	m	NETZER Jean	2387
	COMTE Frederic	2190	0-1	m	MENSCH Etienne	2337
	GARRO Pierre	2178	1/2	m	WAGNER Claude	2358
	LANGEVIN Philippe	2156	1/2	f	HEINZ Timothee	2310
	MARTINOVIC Gordana	1600	0-1	gf	LALLEMAND Roza	2246
Venue Gonfreville
Strasbourg			2 - 3	Noyon
g	VAISSER Anatoly	2539	1/2	g	MAGEM BADALS Jordi	2470
g	ROZENTALIS Eduardas	2567	1-0	m	ADLA Diego	2480
g	DOETTLING Fabian	2544	1-0	g	MARCELIN Cyril	2510
g	KALLAI Gabor	2470	0-1	m	NGUYEN Chi-Minh	2411
m	ROOS Daniel	2408	0-1	f	HOUSIEAUX David	2353
m	ROOS Louis	2366	1/2	f	CLERY Nicolas	2390
f	REINHART Emmanuel	2285	1/2	m	AGUETTAZ Maxime	2422
	GRAS Delphine	2011	0-1		ASSAD Karine	2042
Evry			2 - 2	Gonfreville
g	VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime	2637	1/2	g	BOLOGAN Viktor	2663
g	FELLER Sebastien	2522	1/2	g	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	2535
g	HAUCHARD Arnaud	2476	1/2	g	RAUSIS Igors	2520
g	CHABANON Jean-Luc	2454	1/2	m	PAYEN Arnaud	2403
g	CHUCHELOV Vladimir	2551	1-0	m	COLLAS Didier	2441
g	RELANGE Eloi	2479	1-0	m	ELIET Nicolas	2453
m	BERGEZ Luc	2370	0-1	m	VALLIN Guillaume	2409
mf	ROUMEGOUS Marina	2217	0-1	m	COLLAS Silvia	2405

French League Top 16 Tables (FRA), 22-24 iii 2008
French League Top 16 Group A Round 3 Standings
Pl.	Team	Pts	j.	d.	p.	c.
1	Clichy	9	3	11	12	1
2	Mulhouse	9	3	6	10	4
3	Montpellier	7	3	3	10	7
4	Marseille Echecs	7	3	2	7	5
5	Antibes	5	3	0	6	6
6	Vandoeuvre	5	3	-3	6	9
7	Marseille Duchamps	3	3	-8	3	11
8	Bois Colombes	3	3	-11	3	14
French League Top 16 Group B
Pl.	Team	Pts	j.	d.	p.	c.
1	Cannes	9	3	10	13	3
2	Evry	8	3	5	8	3
3	Metz	7	3	4	9	5
4	Gonfreville	6	3	0	4	4
5	Noyon	6	3	-3	3	6
6	Bischwiller	5	3	-3	6	9
7	Strasbourg	4	3	-2	5	7
8	Hyères	3	3	-11	1	12

8) V Los Llanos de Aridane International

The V Los Llanos de Aridane International took place 15th-21st March 2008. Ahmed Adly of Egypt won the Category V main event with 8/10. Dzhurabek Khamrakulov won the under-20 event.

Official site: http://ftajedrez.com/

V Int Los Llanos de Aridane (ESP), 15-21 iii 2008										cat. V (2373)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Adly, Ahmed	g	EGY	2551	*	*	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2577
2.	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo	g	CUB	2495	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	6½	2458
3.	Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge	f	ESP	2320	1	0	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	6	2455
4.	Guramishvili, Sopiko	wm	GEO	2300	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	*	½	½	0	1	3½	2277
5.	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	wg	ESP	2349	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	*	½	1	3½	2267
6.	Perez Felipe, Marcos Adrian		ESP	2223	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	0	*	*	2½	2210

V U20 Int Los Llanos de Aridane (ESP), 15-21 iii 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek	m	UZB	2497	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	7½	2478
2.	Matnadze, Ana	m	GEO	2385	½	*	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2383
3.	Fernandez Romero, Ernesto	m	ESP	2462	½	1	*	1	1	½	0	1	0	1	6	2334
4.	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	wf	GEO	2214	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	½	½	1	5	2279
5.	Garcia-Ortega Mendez, Jose M		ESP	2176	0	½	0	0	*	1	1	0	1	1	4½	2241
6.	De Nacimiento Montano, Angel		ESP	2106	0	½	½	0	0	*	1	½	½	1	4	2205
7.	Herrera Reyes, Jose Antonio		ESP	2030	0	0	1	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	4	2214
8.	Hernandez Leon, Alberto		ESP	2200	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	1	1	4	2195
9.	Vega Gutierrez, Belinda	wf	ESP	2136	½	0	1	½	0	½	0	0	*	0	2½	2079
10.	Danelia, Mariam	wf	GEO	2139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	1	1894

9) Dutch Team Championship

The Dutch Team Championships take place 15th September 2007 - 17th May 2008. Round 8 was on 29th March 2008 and it settled all the major issues with a round to go. HSG won the title, HWP and LSG 2 were both relegated. Report Chess Vista

Links: Dutch Chess Federation: http://www.schaakbond.nl/- Meesterklasse Games side bar at: http://www.schakers.info/ and also photo coverage at: http://www.chessvista.com/

Dutch Team Championship 2007-8 (NED), 15 ix 2007 - 17 v 2008
No.	Team	Mp	Bp	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1.	HSG	16	59½	x	6	.	7	7½	8½	6	7½	7	10
2.	Schrijvers Rotterdam	12	47½	4	x	5	7	6	5½	7½	5	7½	.
3.	Hotels.nl	12	45	.	5	x	4½	5½	6	5	7	5½	6½
4.	HMC Calder	10	42½	3	3	5½	x	4½	5½	.	6½	7	7½
5.	ESGOO	9	40	2½	4	4½	5½	x	.	5½	5½	5	7½
6.	Homburg Apeldoorn	6	39½	1½	4½	4	4½	.	x	6	4½	7½	7
7.	LSG 1	6	39	4	2½	5	.	4½	4	x	5	6½	7½
8.	Utrecht	6	37	2½	5	3	3½	4½	5½	5	x	.	8
9.	HWP Sas van Gent	3	31	3	2½	4½	3	5	2½	3½	.	x	7
10.	LSG 2	0	19	0	.	3½	2½	2½	3	2½	2	3	x

Dutch Team Championship 2007-8 (NED), 15 ix 2007 - 17 v 2008
Ronde 8 - 29th March 2008
HWP Sas van Gent	-	Schrijvers Rotterdam	2½ - 7½
Utrecht	-	ESGOO	4½ - 5½
Homburg Apeldoorn	-	HSG	1½ - 8½
Hotels.nl	-	LSG 1	5 - 5
HMC Calder	-	LSG 2	7½ - 2½

10) 12th Neckar Open

The 12th Neckar Open took place in Deizisau, 20th-24th March 2008. Falko Bindrich took clear first with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.neckar-open.de

12th Neckar Open A Deizisau (GER), 20-24 iii 2008
PL	Name	Ti	TWZ	NAT	Pts	Buchh	SoBerg
1	Bindrich,Falko	GM	2497	GER	7.5	51.5	41.75
2	Fedorchuk,Sergey	GM	2652	UKR	7	55.5	41.5
3	Erdos,Viktor	GM	2575	HUN	7	54.5	41
3	Peralta,Fernando	GM	2551	ARG	7	54.5	41
5	Leon Hoyos,Manuel	IM	2495	MEX	7	54	40.25
6	Graf,Alexander	GM	2586	GER	7	53	39
7	Lauber,Arnd	IM	2417	GER	7	52	39.25
8	Dgebuadze,Alexand	GM	2512	BEL	7	52	39
9	Bogner,Sebastian	IM	2401	GER	7	51	38.25
10	Chatalbashev,Bori	GM	2585	BUL	7	50.5	37.75
11	Krämer,Martin	IM	2436	GER	7	48.5	37.25
12	Beinoras,Mindauga		2280	LTU	6.5	51.5	34.75
13	Lanka,Zigurds	GM	2475	LAT	6.5	51	36.5
14	Farago,Ivan	GM	2475	HUN	6.5	51	35.75
15	Schneider,Ilja		2436	GER	6.5	49.5	34.75
16	Korneev,Oleg	GM	2645	RUS	6.5	49.5	34
16	Naumann,Alexander	GM	2541	GER	6.5	49.5	34
18	Heimann,Andreas		2403	GER	6.5	49.5	34
19	Chernov,Vadim	IM	2505	ROU	6.5	48	33.5
20	Fedorovsky,Michae		2397	UKR	6.5	48	32.25
21	Pruijssers,Roelan	IM	2420	NED	6.5	46	31
22	Brandenburg,Daan	IM	2475	NED	6.5	45	30.75
23	Jaracz,Pawel	GM	2527	POL	6.5	45	30.25
24	Zeller,Frank	IM	2437	GER	6.5	44	31.25
25	Kuipers,Stefan		2302	NED	6	51.5	32
26	van Oosterom,Chie	IM	2408	NED	6	51	30.75
27	Schmittdiel,Eckha	GM	2417	GER	6	50.5	32.25
28	Strohhäker,Raoul	FM	2393	GER	6	50.5	30.75
29	Hirneise,Tobias		2324	GER	6	50	30.75
30	Vocaturo,Daniele	IM	2415	ITA	6	49.5	29.5
31	Djuric,Stefan	GM	2448	SRB	6	48.5	32.25
32	Karner,Christoph	FM	2356	AUT	6	48.5	29.5
33	Meinhardt,Maximil	FM	2379	GER	6	48.5	29.25
34	Huschenbeth,Nicla		2437	GER	6	48	29.5
35	Skytte,Rasmus	IM	2412	DEN	6	47.5	30
36	Roobol,Martin	FM	2288	NED	6	47.5	29.5
37	Gonzalez Garcia,J	GM	2549	MEX	6	47.5	28
38	Manakov,Ilya		2334	RUS	6	47	28.25
39	Becking,Stephan	FM	2387	GER	6	46.5	30
40	Thinius,Marco	IM	2335	GER	6	46.5	26
41	Kleijn,Christov		2236	NED	6	46	29.25
42	Vatter,Hans-Joach	FM	2323	GER	6	46	29.25
43	Frübing,Stefan	FM	2313	GER	6	45	26.75
44	Van Ketel,Raoul	FM	2339	NED	6	43.5	28.75
45	Welling,Gerard	IM	2371	NED	6	43.5	28.75
46	Gasthofer,Alexand	IM	2466	GER	6	43.5	28.5
47	Strunski,Andreas		2245	GER	6	43.5	26.5
48	Jorczik,Julian	FM	2286	GER	6	43	27
49	Köpke,Christian	FM	2296	GER	6	43	26.25
50	Genutis,Mindaugas	FM	2319	LTU	6	42.5	27
51	Rau,Hannes	IM	2428	GER	6	42	25.5
52	Semcesen,Daniel	FM	2349	SWE	6	41	28
53	Mader,Manuela	WFM	2158	GER	6	41	25.75
54	Langrock,Hannes	FM	2395	GER	6	39	26.25
55	Aschenbrenner,Rob	FM	2304	AUT	6	38.5	26
56	Op Den Kelder,Jor		2239	NED	6	37	24.5
56	Schleich,Markus		2213	GER	6	37	24.5
58	Lahaye,Rick		2377	NED	5.5	52	29
59	Jugelt,Tobias		2393	GER	5.5	50.5	27.75
60	Grimberg,Boris		2261	GER	5.5	49.5	26.5
307 players

11) 9th North American Invitational

The 9th North American Invitational took place in Chicago 22nd-28th March 2008. FM Mehmed Pasalic won the event with 7/9 and scored an IM norm. 2nd placed Marc Arnold was half a point behind and also made a norm.

Official site: http://www.nachess.org/fide/

9th North American Inv Chicago (USA), 22-28 iii 2008												cat. III (2306)
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1.	Pasalic, Mehmed	f	GER	2395	*	1	½

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