THE WEEK IN CHESS 710 16th June 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Aerosvit Tournament
3) Karen Asrian Memorial
4) Guillermo Garcia Memorial
5) 7th Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
6) Nezhmetdinov Memorial
7) III Mysliborz Chess Festival
8) First Saturday June
9) Chinese Championships
10) Russian Women's Championship Higher League
11) V Mukhamedzhianov Memorial
12) Israeli League
13) Lebanese Championship
14) 35th Indian National Women's B Championship
15) European U18 Team championships
16) Panamerican Juniors
17) Lithuanian Championship
18) Bangladesh Championship
19) Beer Sheva Tournament
20) VK Doroshkevich Memorial
21) A.Lutikov Memorial
22) Finnish Championship
23) Mayors Cup Mumbai
24) National Open Las Vegas
25) Paraguayan Championship
26) Voronezh Chess Festival
27) Grand Slam in Bilbao
28) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Aerosvit Tournament 36 games
Karen Asrian Memorial 56 games
Guillermo Garcia Memorial 45 games
7th BIH Premier League 156 games
III Mysliborz Chess Festival 45 games
First Saturday June 126 games
Chinese Championships 132 games
Russian Women's Higher League 51 games
V Mukhamedzhianov Memorial 42 games
Israeli League 189 games
European U18 Team championships 64 games
Panamerican Juniors 224 games
Lithuanian Championship 66 games
Bangladesh Championship 80 games
Beer Sheva Tournament 45 games
VK Doroshkevich Memorial 295 games
A.Lutikov Memorial 45 games
Finnish Championship 45 games
Mayors Cup Mumbai 120 games
Paraguayan Championship 62 games
1924 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Thomas Henrich, Miklos Orso, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Bela Lengyel, Stewart Reuben, Laszlo Nagy, Robert Sporri, Rodolfo Arias, Enrique Rodriguez Abreu, Gaguik Oganessian, Alexander Baburin, Alin Campeanu and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Magnus Carlsen scored 4 wins and 2 draws to move away from the field at the Aerosvit tournament in Foros. He is two points clear of Vassily Ivanchuk, Sergey Karjakin and Pavel Eljanov. Carlsen has been in supreme form recently as he continues his move right to the top of the world rankings. He is now at the age where you expect this kind of improvement and there doesn't seem to be any stopping him at the moment. These are exciting times with Vassily Ivanchuk also playing his fair share of great chess and the world number one Viswanathan Anand was impressive at Linares although that's of course some time ago. The renamed Karen Asrian Memorial was appropriately won by fellow Armenian Levon Aronian when he had a better final day than the previous leader Peter Leko.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Aerosvit Tournament

The Aerosvit-2008 tournament takes place in Foros, Crimea 7th-20th June 2008.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm

Aerosvit Foros (UKR), 8-19 vi 2008 cat. XIX (2712)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765 * 1 . 1 ½ ½ . . 1 1 1 ½ 6½ 2957
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 0 * ½ . 1 . ½ ½ 1 ½ . ½ 4½ 2754
3. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 . ½ * . ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 . ½ 4½ 2753
4. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2687 0 . . * ½ ½ ½ . 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2755
5. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 . . ½ 1 0 . 4 2721
6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746 ½ . ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ . ½ . 1 4 2704
7. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2711 . ½ 0 ½ . ½ * 1 0 . 1 ½ 4 2708
8. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2684 . ½ 1 . . ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 1 4 2711
9. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2740 0 0 ½ 0 ½ . 1 ½ * . 1 . 3½ 2670
10. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2684 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ . ½ . * 1 . 3 2630
11. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2677 0 . . ½ 1 . 0 1 0 0 * ½ 3 2618
12. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2664 ½ ½ ½ 0 . 0 ½ 0 . . ½ * 2½ 2576

Round 3 (June 10, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 61 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Eljanov, Pavel - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 39 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Alekseev, Evgeny - Svidler, Peter 1-0 47 C53 Giuoco Piano
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 52 E94 King's Indian Classical
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 44 B40 Sicilian Classical
Onischuk, Alexander - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 44 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Round 4 (June 11, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ 19 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Karjakin, Sergey - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 42 C42 Petroff's Defence
Eljanov, Pavel - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 82 E06 Catalan
Svidler, Peter - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ 19 B10 Caro Kann
Shirov, Alexei - Volokitin, Andrei ½-½ 19 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0 36 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Round 5 (June 12, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus - Shirov, Alexei 1-0 63 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Alekseev, Evgeny - Eljanov, Pavel ½-½ 15 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 72 B43 Sicilian Paulsen
Volokitin, Andrei - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 44 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 42 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Onischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 0-1 40 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Round 6 (June 13, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus - Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ 18 E17 Queens Indian
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Volokitin, Andrei ½-½ 22 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Eljanov, Pavel - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ 17 E00 Catalan
Svidler, Peter - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 30 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Shirov, Alexei - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 36 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Van Wely, Loek - Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ 34 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Round 7 (June 15, 2008)
Karjakin, Sergey - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 18 C42 Petroff's Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 19 C53 Giuoco Piano
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 53 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Volokitin, Andrei - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 31 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 37 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Onischuk, Alexander - Eljanov, Pavel 0-1 40 E15 Queens Indian
Round 8 (June 16, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus - Onischuk, Alexander ½-½ 29 E06 Catalan
Eljanov, Pavel - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 24 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Alekseev, Evgeny - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1-0 51 B82 Sicilian Scheveningen
Svidler, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 40 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Shirov, Alexei - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 36 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 41 D56 Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence

3) Karen Asrian Memorial

The Yerevan Chess Giants took place June 8th-15th 2008. After the death of Karen Asrian the Open Rapid Tournament alongside scheduled for June 12th-15th 2008, was cancelled along with two days of the main event. The tournament is now also known as the Karen Asrian Memorial and this will be for future years too. Time control 25 mins + 10 seconds a move. Karen Asrian Memorial. Levon Aronian took clear first place, half a point clear of Peter Leko.

Official site: http://www.chessgiants.am/

Karen Asrian Mem Yerevan (ARM), 9-15 vi 2008 cat. XIX (2719)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2763 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8½ 2793
2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 ½ ½ * * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 2766
3. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2774 0 ½ 1 ½ * * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 2740
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * * ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 7½ 2747
5. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2708 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 2720
6. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2643 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 2701
7. Adams, Michael g ENG 2729 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ 1 6 2667
8. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2673 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 5 2623
Round 1 (June 9, 2008)
Sargissian, Gabriel - Adams, Michael ½-½ 9 E19 Queens Indian
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 51 C42 Petroff's Defence
Aronian, Levon - Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ 10 D14 Slav Exchange
Bu Xiangzhi - Leko, Peter ½-½ 23 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 2 (June 9, 2008)
Adams, Michael - Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ 10 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Leko, Peter - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 33 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gelfand, Boris - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 47 B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Akopian, Vladimir - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 10 D14 Slav Exchange
Round 3 (June 12, 2008)
Sargissian, Gabriel - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 47 D15 Slav Defence
Adams, Michael - Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ 45 B14 Caro Kann Panov
Leko, Peter - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 41 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Gelfand, Boris - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 32 D17 Slav Defence
Round 4 (June 12, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander - Sargissian, Gabriel 0-1 69 A16 English Opening
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter ½-½ 54 E06 Catalan
Akopian, Vladimir - Adams, Michael 0-1 49 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Bu Xiangzhi - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 31 D11 Slav Defence
Round 5 (June 12, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander - Adams, Michael 1-0 37 C54 Giuoco Piano
Aronian, Levon - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 52 E17 Queens Indian
Akopian, Vladimir - Leko, Peter ½-½ 74 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Bu Xiangzhi - Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ 48 A28 English Four Knights
Round 6 (June 12, 2008)
Sargissian, Gabriel - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 45 D10 Slav Defence
Leko, Peter - Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ 24 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Adams, Michael - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 21 C70 Ruy Lopez
Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 30 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Round 7 (June 13, 2008)
Adams, Michael - Leko, Peter 0-1 61 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Gelfand, Boris - Akopian, Vladimir 1-0 41 D17 Slav Defence
Sargissian, Gabriel - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 27 A05 Various
Morozevich, Alexander - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 92 C42 Petroff's Defence
Round 8 (June 13, 2008)
Bu Xiangzhi - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 50 D12 Slav Defence
Aronian, Levon - Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ 31 E06 Catalan
Leko, Peter - Adams, Michael ½-½ 62 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical
Akopian, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 34 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 9 (June 13, 2008)
Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 62 C24 Bishop's Opening
Aronian, Levon - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 56 D15 Slav Defence
Bu Xiangzhi - Adams, Michael 1-0 87 A05 Various
Akopian, Vladimir - Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ 23 A05 Various
Round 10 (June 13, 2008)
Sargissian, Gabriel - Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ 19 E19 Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter ½-½ 20 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Morozevich, Alexander - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 21 C45 Scotch Game
Adams, Michael - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 64 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 11 (June 14, 2008)
Adams, Michael - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 52 C42 Petroff's Defence
Bu Xiangzhi - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 29 D11 Slav Defence
Sargissian, Gabriel - Leko, Peter ½-½ 23 E15 Queens Indian
Morozevich, Alexander - Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ 67 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 12 (June 14, 2008)
Leko, Peter - Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ 47 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Aronian, Levon - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 40 D10 Slav Defence
Gelfand, Boris - Adams, Michael ½-½ 42 E04 Catalan
Akopian, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 39 D38 QGD Ragozin
Round 13 (June 15, 2008)
Aronian, Levon - Adams, Michael 1-0 20 E17 Queens Indian
Gelfand, Boris - Sargissian, Gabriel 1-0 32 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Akopian, Vladimir - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 48 D17 Slav Defence
Leko, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 28 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 14 (June 15, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter ½-½ 27 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Bu Xiangzhi - Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ 24 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Adams, Michael - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 23 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Sargissian, Gabriel - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 36 D37 QGD 5.Bf4

4) Guillermo Garcia Memorial

The Guillermo Garcia Memorial took place in Santa Clara  (Cuba) 19th-27th May, 2008. ELO (2513) - Cat. XI. My thanks to Enrique Rodriguez Abreu for the games.

Results: http://www.ajedrezactual.com/guillermo0508.html

Guillermo Garcia Memorial (CUB), 19-27 v 2008 cat. XI (2513)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus g CUB 2559 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2678
2. Hernandez Carmenates, Holden g CUB 2568 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 6½ 2677
3. Quezada Perez, Yuniesky g CUB 2567 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2636
4. Martinez, Lelys f CUB 2499 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2599
5. Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter g CUB 2534 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 ½ 5 2558
6. Delgado Ramirez, Neuris g CUB 2530 0 1 0 0 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ 5 2558
7. Cordova, Emilio m PER 2518 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 0 1 1 3½ 2437
8. Glud, Jakob Vang m DEN 2456 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * ½ ½ 3 2398
9. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2500 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 2½ 2353
10. Stamenkovic, Dragan m SRB 2440 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1½ 2252

5) 7th Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 7th Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina took place in the Hotel "Zenit" in Neum, 4th-12th June 2008. SK "Bosna" Sarajevo (Morozevich, Movsesian, Sokolov, Bologan, Timofeev etc) took the men's title.

Official site: http://www.bihchess.com/premijer_liga_08/index.htm

TCh-BIH Neum (BIH), 4-12 vi 2008
PlTeamGam.+=-MBBod.
1SK "Bosna" Sarajevo97111538
2SK"Bihac" Bihac95311333˝
3SK "Napredak" Sarajevo95221229˝
4SK "Siroki Brijeg-Hering" S. Brijeg94411228˝
5SK "Slavija" Istocno Sarajevo93511128˝
6SK "Banja Luka" Banja Luka9252928
7SK "Tusanj" Tuzla9243826
8SK "Glasinac" Sokolac9216520˝
9SK "Zeljeznicar" Sarajevo9126420˝
10SK "Laus" Banja Luka9018117
TCh-BIH w Neum (BIH), 4-12 vi 2008
PlTeamGam.+=-MBBod.
1SK "RUDAR" Ugljevik65101112
2SK "BIHAC" Bihac65011013˝
3SK "KAISA" Banja Luka6402810
4SK "SLAVIJA-LOK" Istocno Sarajevo6222611
5SK "OBUDOVAC" Obudovac621357
6SK "PREPOROD" Zenica610525˝
7SK "KISELJAK" Kiseljak600604

6) Nezhmetdinov Memorial

The Nezhmetdinov Memorial took place in Kazan 1st-9th June 2008. Dmitry Bocharov won the event with 6/9, no games available.

Official site: http://tatchess.ucoz.ru/news/2008-05-31-8

Nezhmetdinov Memorial Kazan (RUS), 1-9 vi 2008.
Leading Final Round 9 Standings
1. Bocharov, Dmitry 2569 6.0 32.0 27.25 25.5 2766 +1.38
2. Aleksandrov, Aleksej 2583 5.5 32.0 23.50 24.5 2694 +0.96
Rychagov, Andrey 2565 5.5 28.0 22.25 20.5 2594 +0.31
Akhmadeev, Vadim 2397 5.5 27.5 19.25 20.5 2607 +1.87
5. Fedorov, Alexei 2603 5.0 30.0 20.75 21.5 2586 -0.03
Azarov, Sergei 2585 5.0 32.5 22.50 22.5 2622 +0.45
Kokarev, Dmitry 2579 5.0 30.0 20.50 23.0 2616 +0.44
Iljin, Artem 2556 5.0 31.5 21.75 22.0 2527 -0.14
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 2553 5.0 31.0 21.00 22.5 2644 +0.75
Askarov, Marat 2522 5.0 30.5 20.25 21.5 2569 +0.52
Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav 2511 5.0 29.5 20.00 21.0 2553 +0.47
Kharlov, Andrei 2499 5.0 29.0 20.00 20.5 2515 +0.27
Ponkratov, Pavel 2499 5.0 30.5 20.00 21.5 2548 +0.61
Zabotin, Alexander 2496 5.0 30.0 19.50 21.0 2510 +0.29
Yandemirov, Valeri 2463 5.0 27.0 18.25 19.5 2454 +0.09
Looshnikov, Nikolai 2462 5.0 29.5 20.00 20.5 2510 +1.50
Gubajdullin, Alexei 2456 5.0 26.5 18.00 19.0 2415 -0.19
Kuporosov, Viktor 2448 5.0 28.5 19.50 20.5 2486 +0.53
114 players

7) III Mysliborz Chess Festival

The III Mysliborz Chess Festival took place 9th-15th June 2008. The main event was a category VIII GM tournament won by Klaudiusz Urban who scored 6/9.

http://www.mysliborz.caissa.com.pl/2008/opena.php

III GM Mysliborz (POL), 9-15 vi 2008 cat. VIII (2446)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Urban, Klaudiusz m POL 2465 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2568
2. Cyborowski, Lukasz g POL 2541 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2515
3. Danielsen, Henrik g ISL 2510 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2481
4. Zezulkin, Jurij g BLR 2443 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2446
5. Brodowski, Piotr POL 2414 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 2449
6. Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2434 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 4 2404
7. Orzech, Dominik POL 2483 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 4 2398
8. Brener, Ilja m GER 2423 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 4 2405
9. Zeberski, Jakub m POL 2398 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 4 2408
10. Radovanovic, Jovica f SRB 2349 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3½ 2376

8) First Saturday June

The First Saturday GM closed tournament take place in Budapest 7th-19th June 2008.

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

The official photographer of the event is Miklos Szabo and has over the last 3 years produced 100-200 pictures per event. You can see them on his website at: http://kep.tar.hu/nicolachess/

FSGM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 vi 2008 cat. VII (2425)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2544 * . ½ 1 1 . . ½ . 1 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 2661
2. Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy f VIE 2482 . * ½ . . ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 . 6½ 2578
3. Wang Puchen m NZL 2397 ½ ½ * . . ½ ½ ½ ½ . 1 1 . 1 6 2563
4. Bui Vinh m VIE 2448 0 . . * 1 . ½ ½ ½ ½ . 1 1 1 6 2540
5. Sethuraman, S.P m IND 2425 0 . . 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 . . ½ 1 1 5½ 2507
6. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2489 . ½ ½ . ½ * ½ . ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ . 5 2463
7. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2513 . 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * . . ½ 1 1 ½ . 5 2463
8. Liu Qingnan CHN 2344 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 . . * . ½ 1 . 1 1 5 2461
9. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2426 . ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ . . * 1 ½ . ½ ½ 4½ 2412
10. Duong The Anh f VIE 2403 0 ½ . ½ . ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ . . 1 4 2399
11. Kobese, Watu m RSA 2396 0 ½ 0 . . 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 . . 2½ 2279
12. Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2411 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 . . . 0 * . 1 2½ 2282
13. Paschall, William M m USA 2330 0 0 . 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ . . . * 1 2½ 2279
14. Macak, Stefan SVK 2342 0 . 0 0 0 . . 0 ½ 0 . 0 0 * ½ 1970

FSIM June Budapest HUN (HUN), 7-19 vi 2008 cat. II (2287)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Sisatto, Olli FIN 2273 * ½ . ½ 1 . . ½ 0 1 ½ . 1 1 6 2428
2. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2455 ½ * ½ 1 . ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . 1 . . 5½ 2355
3. Gao Rui CHN 2139 . ½ * 0 ½ . ½ 0 . 1 1 . 1 1 5½ 2376
4. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2267 ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ . . . ½ . ½ 5 2329
5. Chapman, Terry P D ENG 2263 0 . ½ 0 * . 1 1 1 0 . 1 ½ . 5 2322
6. Werner, Dimo m GER 2300 . ½ . ½ . * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ . 5 2349
7. Szeberenyi, Adam m HUN 2325 . ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ . . 1 ½ . 1 5 2314
8. Rabeyrin, Jean-Jacques f FRA 2303 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 . . 1 . . 4½ 2294
9. Parkanyi, Attila m HUN 2392 1 ½ . . 0 ½ . 1 * 0 ½ . ½ ½ 4½ 2294
10. Lyell, Mark f ENG 2237 0 ½ 0 . 1 ½ . . 1 * 0 . ½ 1 4½ 2293
11. Vas, Peter SWE SWE 2196 ½ . 0 . . 0 0 . ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 4 2237
12. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2240 . 0 . ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 . . ½ * 1 1 4 2260
13. Schmidt, Raul ROU 2343 0 . 0 . ½ ½ . . ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 3½ 2177
14. Sondermann, Johannes GER 2279 0 . 0 ½ . . 0 . ½ 0 0 0 0 * 1 1917

9) Chinese Championships

The Chinese Championships took placein Beijing 29th May - 8th June 2008. Ni Hua took the men's title with 7.5/11 and Hou Yifan the women's with 9/11.

Details in Chinese: http://www.chende.net. Tables in English at: http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=14482 and http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=14483

ch-CHN Beijing (CHN), 29 v-8 vi 2008 cat. XII (2548)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Ni Hua g CHN 2704 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 2666
2. Wang Hao g CHN 2684 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7 2637
3. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2580 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 2646
4. Wang Yue g CHN 2689 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 2636
5. Zhang Pengxiang g CHN 2640 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2575
6. Li Chao CHN 2320 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2568
7. Ding Liren CHN 2395 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2561
8. Liang Chong g CHN 2484 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 5 2517
9. Zhou Weiqi CHN 2560 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 5 2510
10. Yu Shaoteng g CHN 2505 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 4½ 2486
11. Wen Yang g CHN 2497 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 4½ 2487
12. Li Shilong g CHN 2512 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 1½ 2241

ch-CHN w Beijing (CHN), 29 v-8 vi 2008 cat. V (2355)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2549 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2599
2. Zhao Xue wg CHN 2523 ½ * 0 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7½ 2473
3. Shen Yang wg CHN 2439 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 2449
4. Zhang Xiaowen wm CHN 2361 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 6 2390
5. Ju Wenjun CHN 2374 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2353
6. Gu Xiaobing wg CHN 2225 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2367
7. Zhang Jilin wg CHN 2361 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2354
8. Tan Zhongyi CHN 2353 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2355
9. Wang Yu A m CHN 2387 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 5 2316
10. Ding Yixin wf CHN 2292 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 2259
11. Xu Tong CHN 2188 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 4 2268
12. Wang Xiaohui CHN 2211 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1½ 2059

10) Russian Women's Championship Higher League

The Russian Women's Championship Higher League took place in Chelyabinsk 4th-12th June 2008. Valentina Gunina was a point clear of the field with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.surchess.ru/58women/58HL.htm

58th ch-RUS w HL Chelyabinsk (RUS), 4-12 vi 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2285 +9 =11 +6 +17 +5 =2 +3 +7 =8 7½ 2641
2. Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2418 =20 +33 +7 =3 +11 =1 +13 =4 =6 6½ 2508
3. Bodnaruk, Anastasia wf RUS 2347 +26 +32 =17 =2 +18 +5 -1 +14 =9 6½ 2467
4. Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2378 =33 +23 +21 =5 =7 =13 =8 =2 +11 6 2436
5. Akatova, Ekaterina wm RUS 2320 +29 +10 +8 =4 -1 -3 -16 +18 +17 5½ 2393
6. Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2421 +15 -7 -1 =12 +25 +16 =19 +24 =2 5½ 2414
7. Romanko, Marina wg RUS 2325 +34 +6 -2 +10 =4 +17 =11 -1 =13 5½ 2429
8. Grabuzova, Tatiana wg RUS 2379 +28 +12 -5 =18 -17 +32 =4 +21 =1 5½ 2356
9. Turova, Irina m RUS 2380 -1 =22 =27 =14 =23 +31 +15 +19 =3 5½ 2366
10. Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2420 +24 -5 +12 -7 +32 =19 =21 =11 +16 5½ 2377
11. Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2366 +22 =1 =18 +15 -2 +24 =7 =10 -4 5 2369
12. Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wm RUS 2289 +13 -8 -10 =6 -21 +23 =29 +25 +24 5 2338
13. Vasilevich, Irina m RUS 2395 -12 =28 +33 +31 +20 =4 -2 =16 =7 5 2358
14. Molchanova, Tatjana wm RUS 2359 -32 -26 +34 =9 +28 +18 +17 -3 =19 5 2310
15. Kochetkova, Julia wg RUS 2316 -6 +34 +26 -11 -16 +27 -9 +31 +21 5 2310
16. Girya, Olga wf RUS 2361 =18 =30 =32 =24 +15 -6 +5 =13 -10 4½ 2327
17. Charochkina, Daria wm RUS 2361 +27 +31 =3 -1 +8 -7 -14 +20 -5 4½ 2309
18. Gromova, Iulia wm RUS 2232 =16 +20 =11 =8 -3 -14 +28 -5 +29 4½ 2307
19. Shumiakina, Tatiana wg RUS 2360 -31 =27 =22 +26 +30 =10 =6 -9 =14 4½ 2313
20. Shaidullina, Sandugach wg RUS 2298 =2 -18 +28 +25 -13 -21 +32 -17 +26 4½ 2282
21. Pavlova, Alina wf RUS 2153 =30 +25 -4 -32 +12 +20 =10 -8 -15 4 2287
22. Ivakhinova, Inna wm RUS 2265 -11 =9 =19 -23 +26 -30 +33 =29 =27 4 2219
23. Suslova, Alena wf RUS 2177 =25 -4 -24 +22 =9 -12 -26 +32 +31 4 2239
24. Tomilova, Elena wf RUS 2303 -10 =29 +23 =16 +31 -11 +30 -6 -12 4 2252
25. Malgina-Sterliagova, Tatiana wf RUS 2352 =23 -21 +29 -20 -6 =28 +27 -12 +30 4 2208
26. Schepetkova, Margarita RUS 2158 -3 +14 -15 -19 -22 +34 +23 +30 -20 4 2242
27. Savina, Anastasia RUS 2249 -17 =19 =9 -30 +33 -15 -25 +34 =22 3½ 2225
28. Semenova, Irina wg RUS 2277 -8 =13 -20 +29 -14 =25 -18 =33 +34 3½ 2190
29. Sokolova, Vera wf RUS 2057 -5 =24 -25 -28 +34 +33 =12 =22 -18 3½ 2187
30. Nebolsina, Vera wg RUS 2345 =21 =16 -31 +27 -19 +22 -24 -26 -25 3 2144
31. Chasovnikova, Eugenia wm RUS 2222 +19 -17 +30 -13 -24 -9 +34 -15 -23 3 2178
32. Shlakich, Anna RUS 2196 +14 -3 =16 +21 -10 -8 -20 -23 -33 2½ 2140
33. Fatalibekova, Elena wg RUS 2268 =4 -2 -13 =34 -27 -29 -22 =28 +32 2½ 2093
34. Botalova, Yulia wf RUS 2098 -7 -15 -14 =33 -29 -26 -31 -27 -28 ½ 1803

11) V Mukhamedzhianov Memorial

V Mukhamedzhianov Memorial and the X Belyaev Memorial takes place in Naberezhnye Chelny, 11th-18th June 2008.

http://www.nabchess.narod.ru

V Muhamedzjanov Memorial Naberezhnye Chelny (RUS), 11-18 vi 2008 cat. IX (2452)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Solodovnichenko, Yuri g UKR 2538 * * 1 . 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 . 1 . 5½ 2666
2. Ponkratov, Pavel m RUS 2499 0 . * * ½ ½ 1 . ½ ½ 1 . 4 2500
3. Potapov, Pavel m RUS 2436 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ . ½ . 1 . 3½ 2473
4. Komliakov, Viktor g MDA 2444 ½ ½ 0 . ½ . * * ½ . ½ ½ 3 2393
5. Markosian, David S g ARM 2501 0 . ½ ½ ½ . ½ . * * ½ ½ 3 2379
6. Dimukhametov, Artur f RUS 2295 0 . 0 . 0 . ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 2 2322

X Belyaev Memorial Naberezhnye Chelny (RUS), 11-18 vi 2008 cat. V (2370)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Andreev, Eduard UKR g UKR 2459 * * ½ . 1 . 1 ½ ½ . 1 ½ 5 2507
2. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2409 ½ . * * ½ . ½ . 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2449
3. Vorontsov, Nickolay m KAZ 2314 0 . ½ . * * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 . 4 2430
4. Kupreichik, Viktor D g BLR 2414 0 ½ ½ . 0 ½ * * 1 . ½ . 3 2318
5. Aleksandrov, Vladimir A f RUS 2347 ½ . 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 . * * ½ . 2½ 2268
6. Salov, Sergej m GER 2274 0 ½ ½ 0 0 . ½ . ½ . * * 2 2243

12) Israeli League

The Israeli Team Championship took place 4th January - 30th May 2008. An incomplete games file is available.

Individual results: http://ratings.fide.com/treport.phtml?event16=14179

13) Lebanese Championship

The Lebanese Championship takes place 4th-14th June 2008.

14) 35th Indian National Women's B Championship

The 35th Indian National Women's B Chess Championship took place June 6th-14th 2008 in Calicut India. Couldn't find any standings.

Live coverage: http://www.monroi.com/ - http://www.indianchessfed.org/

15) European U18 Team championships

The European U18 Team championships takes place 13th-22nd June 2008 in Szeged, Hungary. Szeged is a major town on the South of Hungary on the river Tisza.

Official site: http://www.chess.hu/u18etc

16) Panamerican Juniors

The Panamerican Junior (under-20) Championships took place in Cali 10th-15th June 2008. Damien Lemos won the event with 7.5/9. Deysi Cori Tella won the Girls event. Games from round 7 of the Junior (boys) event are missing.

Panamerican Junior Championships official site

ch-Panamerican U20 Cali (COL), 10-15 vi 2008
Pl.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2
1IMLemos DamianARG24587,535,550,0
2IMCordova EmilioPER25187,035,552,0
3FMCori JorgePER23776,538,054,5
4Gallego AndresCOL22696,536,050,0
5FMPanesso HenryCOL22296,535,048,5
6IMArenas DavidCOL21966,534,547,0
7Fernandez FernandoPER22316,035,556,5
8IMFlores Rios MauricioCHI24166,033,046,0
9Macias Murillo BryanECU22186,030,044,0
10Herrera Juan SebastianCOL20066,027,046,0
11Alvarez JavierCOL21476,026,039,5
12Pena Morales HugoPER19865,522,538,0
13Perez FranciscoVEN21865,030,050,5
14FMValdes AlvaroCHI23195,028,549,0
15Guerrero Juan CarlosCOL22325,028,044,5
Chavarro JeffryCOL20625,028,044,5
17FMDella Morte GermanARG24075,025,543,0
18Paez DavidCOL20725,025,036,0
19Narvaez ZamirCOL20265,022,536,5
20Diaz Cristian CamiloCOL20495,022,037,5
Sanchez Andres GilbertoCOL19475,022,037,5
22FMRios Cristhian CamiloCOL20884,526,042,0
23Sanchez Maya SimonCOL21824,525,043,0
24Gemy Jose DanielBOL21494,524,547,0
25Perez Olarte Cesar CamiloCOL20434,523,038,5
26Caicedo Lozada Jaime AndresCOL04,519,038,5
27Arturo Jose Elver JrCOL04,517,035,0
49 players
ch-Panamerican Girls U20 Cali (COL), 10-15 vi 2008
Pl.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2
1WFMCori T DeysiPER22087,540,548,0
2WIMChirivi YennyCOL21687,035,048,0
3WIMRivera IngrisCOL21446,028,549,5
4WFMHerrera MilenaCOL20075,529,545,5
5Orozco Luz ElenaCOL19465,525,542,0
6Orozco Lina YomayraCOL19555,027,044,0
7Castrillon MelissaCOL19465,026,548,0
8WFMAliaga Fernandez Ingrid YPER20975,025,045,0
9Guarin DanielaCOL18465,022,040,0
10Aguilar Natalia AndreaCOL19664,519,033,0
11Cardona CarolinaCOL19194,020,540,5
12Ocampo Garcia DerlyCOL04,020,040,0
13Galvis MaryoryCOL03,518,532,0
14Galvis Pedraza SeleneCOL03,014,532,0
15Rodriguez SofiaCOL19982,510,031,0
16Chavez Diana MariaCOL18502,010,037,5
17Cuervo Mendoza LinaCOL01,06,032,5

17) Lithuanian Championship

The Lithuanian Championship took place 17th-25th May 2008 in Kaunas. Aloyzas Kveinys finished half a point clear of the field with 8.5/11.

Official site: http://www.chessfed.lt/

ch-LTU Kaunas (LTU), 17-25 v 2008 cat. VIII (2439)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Kveinys, Aloyzas g LTU 2515 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 2643
2. Zagorskis, Darius m LTU 2493 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 2609
3. Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2555 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8 2603
4. Sarakauskas, Gediminas m LTU 2449 ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2474
5. Butnorius, Algimantas g LTU 2442 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2438
6. Slapikas, Vytautas m LTU 2347 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 5 2411
7. Pileckis, Emilis LTU 2403 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 5 2406
8. Malisauskas, Vidmantas g LTU 2489 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2398
9. Sakalauskas, Vaidas m LTU 2409 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2376
10. Narmontas, Matas f LTU 2376 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 2342
11. Vaznonis, Vytautas f LTU 2417 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 * ½ 3½ 2308
12. Savickas, Airidas f LTU 2373 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 3 2270

18) Bangladesh Championship

The Bangladesh Championship took place in Dhaka 20th April - 4th May 2008. Ziaur Rahman won the event with 11/13 including a win by default against Niaz Murshed who only played the first two rounds.

Official site: http://www.bcf-online.org/viewer08/national.htm

34th ch-BAN Dhaka (BAN), 20 iv-3 v 2008 cat. V (2360)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2511 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 + 12.0 2740
2. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2484 ½ * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 + 11.0 2614
3. Abdulla, Al-Rakib g BAN 2514 0 1 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ + 9.5 2497
4. Minhazuddin, Ahmed f BAN 2325 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 + 9.0 2479
5. Abu Sufian, Shakil f BAN 2407 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 + 9.0 2473
6. Reefat, Bin-Sattar g BAN 2487 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 + 7.5 2370
7. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2315 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 + 6.0 2298
8. Rahman, Syed Mahfuzur f BAN 2309 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 0 1 1 + 5.5 2269
9. Mohammed Abdul, Malek f BAN 2308 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 ½ + 5.0 2231
10. Mohammad, Javed f BAN 2302 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 + 5.0 2231
11. Chatterjee, Debaraj BAN 2236 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 4.0 2228
12. Hossain, Monir BAN 2196 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 3.5 2197
13. Chowdhury, Sohel BAN 2190 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * + 3.5 2136
14. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2449 - - - - - - - - - - ½ 0 - * 0.5 2023

19) Beer Sheva Tournament

The Beer Sheva Tournament took place 14th March - 5th April 2008 (I don't know the dates for the other rounds). Ilya Khmelniker won the event by a point scoring 6.5/9.

FIDE report: http://ratings.fide.com/treport.phtml?event16=14167

GM Beer Sheva (ISR), 14 iii-5 iv 2008 cat. VIII (2439)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Khmelniker, Ilya m ISR 2469 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 2601
2. Haimovich, Tal m ISR 2447 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 2517
3. Tunik, Gennady g RUS 2473 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 5 2477
4. Lerner, Konstantin Z g UKR 2513 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2473
5. Kaplan, Sasha m ISR 2456 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 1 4½ 2436
6. Bykhovsky, Avigdor g RUS 2428 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2439
7. Umarov, Sabir m UZB 2362 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4 2404
8. Nabaty, Tamir ISR 2417 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 2398
9. Sidorenko, Ilya ISR 2320 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 3 2326
10. Tseitlin, Mark D g ISR 2502 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3 2306

20) VK Doroshkevich Memorial

The VK Doroshkevich Memorial took place in Maikop, 24th May - 1st June 2008. The table below is taken from the games as I don't think there are final standings in the report below, merely rating reports. The leading places seem right.

http://ratings.fide.com/treport.phtml?event16=14287

Doroshkevich mem Maykop (RUS), 24 v-1 vi 2008
1. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2622 7 2633
2. Petrushin, Alexander I m RUS 2426 7 2594
3. Bryzgalin, Kirill g RUS 2529 7 2609
4. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2504 7 2539
5. Pushkov, Nikolai g RUS 2513 6½ 2520
6. Korobkov, Piotr UKR 2508 6½ 2557
7. Skorchenko, Dmitriy g RUS 2502 6½ 2491
8. Shibaev, Fyodor RUS 2323 6 2405
9. Dzhakaev, Dzhakay g RUS 2499 6 2366
10. Gochelashvili, David m RUS 2442 6 2461
11. Elizarov, Dmitry f RUS 2298 6 2463
12. Weetik, Vjacheslav f RUS 2407 6 2478
13. Kruchev, Boris f RUS 2263 6 2360
14. Gladkiy, Dmitriy RUS 2349 6 2376
15. Anoshkin, Alexander A f RUS 2379 5½ 2368
16. Dashko, Andrey RUS 2357 5½ 2266
17. Khagurov, Nukh RUS 2201 5½ 2329
18. Baranov, Grigory RUS 2322 5½ 2200
68 players

21) A.Lutikov Memorial

The A.Lutikov memorial took place in Tiraspol MDA, 31st March - 6th April 2008. Iaroslav Martemianov won the event with an impressive 8/9.

Details: http://ratings.fide.com/treport.phtml?event16=13030

A.Lutikov Memorial Tiraspol MDA (MDA), 31 iii-5 iv 2008 cat. II (2283)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Martemianov, Iaroslav f MDA 2297 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 2632
2. Rakhmangulov, Andrei m UKR 2318 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2358
3. Dmitrenko, Viktor m UKR 2362 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5 2316
4. Hamitevici, Vladimir f MDA 2380 ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4½ 2271
5. Melnichenko, Alexander UKR 2245 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 0 ½ 4 2243
6. Susterman, Lazar m RUS 2312 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2236
7. Turta, Vladimir MDA 2228 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 4 2245
8. Zhadko, Vladimir f MDA 2248 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 3½ 2206
9. Podgursky, Sten f MDA 2217 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 3½ 2210
10. Romcovici, Victor m MDA 2220 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3 2164

22) Finnish Championship

The Finnish Championship took place in Mantassa 2nd-10th June 2008. Tomi Nyback won with a perfect 9/9.

Official site: http://www.kolumbus.fi/shakkiliitto/

ch-FIN Mantta (FIN), 2-10 vi 2008 cat. III (2325)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Nyback, Tomi g FIN 2587 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
2. Lehtinen, Heikki m FIN 2368 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 2486
3. Karttunen, Mika m FIN 2414 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6½ 2481
4. Kosmo, Santul FIN 2219 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 4½ 2336
5. Hurme, Harri M f FIN 2221 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 4½ 2336
6. Nyysti, Sampsa m FIN 2378 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 0 1 3½ 2239
7. Luukkonen, Tommi FIN 2263 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 0 0 1 3 2206
8. Tuominen, Risto FIN 2296 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 3 2203
9. Hartikainen, Markku f FIN 2334 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 * 0 2½ 2157
10. Pudas, Teemu FIN 2169 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 2 2122

23) Mayors Cup Mumbai

The Mayors Cup took place in Mumbai, India 11th-19th May 2008. Michal Krasenkow took first place on tie-break from 5 others who also finished on 9/11. There are additional games to those that were published in TWIC 706.

Official site: http://www.venuschessacademy.org/

Mayors Cup Open Mumbai (IND), 11-19 v 2008
Leading Final Round 11 Standings
Rank Name Ti IRtg FED Pts BH. BH.
1 Krasenkow Michal GM 2624 POL 9 72 83
2 Koneru Humpy GM 2603 IND 9 70˝ 82
3 Rahman Ziaur GM 2511 BAN 9 70 81
4 Kunte Abhijit GM 2547 IND 9 69 81
5 Filippov Anton GM 2509 UZB 9 68 79
6 Iuldachev Saidali GM 2501 UZB 9 63 73˝
7 Abdulla Al-Rakib GM 2514 BAN 8˝ 69˝ 82
8 Macieja Bartlomiej GM 2599 POL 8˝ 69 79˝
9 Palit Somak   2368 IND 8˝ 61 72˝
10 Thejkumar M S   2414 IND 8 73 83˝
11 Bakre Tejas GM 2455 IND 8 70˝ 82
12 Laxman R R IM 2488 IND 8 69 80
13 Sengupta Deep IM 2446 IND 8 68˝ 80
14 Arun Prasad S IM 2465 IND 8 68 78˝
  Ram S Krishnan   2299 IND 8 68 78˝
16 Murali Krishnan B T   2361 IND 8 67 78
17 Swapnil S Dhopade   2354 IND 8 66 78
18 Singh D P IM 2308 IND 8 65˝ 75˝
19 Debashis Das   2294 IND 8 65 74˝
20 Rathnakaran K IM 2488 IND 8 64˝ 75
21 Satyapragyan Swayangsu IM 2410 IND 8 64 74˝
22 Lahiri Atanu IM 2309 IND 8 63˝ 74
23 Deshmukh Anup IM 2248 IND 8 63 73
24 Vishnu Prasanna   2353 IND 8 62 72
25 Swathi Ghate WGM 2350 IND 8 61˝ 72˝
26 Himanshu Sharma IM 2412 IND 8 61˝ 72
27 Shyam Sundar M IM 2307 IND 8 59 69
28 Reefat Bin-Sattar GM 2487 BAN 7˝ 73 82˝
29 Venkatesh M R IM 2450 IND 7˝ 71˝ 81˝
30 Safin Shukhrat GM 2481 UZB 7˝ 69˝ 81
31 Gagunashvili Merab GM 2553 GEO 7˝ 68 79
32 Konguvel Ponnuswamy IM 2373 IND 7˝ 67˝ 78˝
33 Ramesh R B GM 2472 IND 7˝ 67 77
  Lalith Babu M R   2305 IND 7˝ 67 77
35 Adhiban B IM 2421 IND 7˝ 66 77˝
36 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi FM 2337 IND 7˝ 65˝ 76
37 Saptarshi Roy IM 2387 IND 7˝ 64˝ 77
38 Bartakke Amardeep S   2194 IND 7˝ 64˝ 76
39 Nitin S FM 2296 IND 7˝ 64˝ 75
40 Das Arghyadip   2393 IND 7˝ 64 74˝
41 Sharma R Preetham   2299 IND 7˝ 64 74
  Joshi Pankaj   2284 IND 7˝ 64 74
43 Singh Gurpreet Pal   2232 IND 7˝ 64 73˝
44 Pranav Shetty   2100 IND 7˝ 64 72˝
45 Arun Karthik R   2281 IND 7˝ 63 73
46 Akshat Khamparia FM 2287 IND 7˝ 63 71˝
47 Tiwari Arjun   2320 IND 7˝ 62˝ 73˝
48 Shetty Rahul IM 2313 IND 7˝ 61˝ 72˝
49 Gokhale Chandrashekhar IM 2321 IND 7˝ 61˝ 72
50 Shyam Nikil P   2310 IND 7˝ 61 71˝
51 Vaidya C N   2129 IND 7˝ 60˝ 70
52 Nadig Kruttika WIM 2213 IND 7˝ 60 69˝
53 Babu N Sudhakar IM 2356 IND 7˝ 59˝ 69˝
54 Anwesh Upadhyaya   2178 IND 7˝ 58 67
55 Prasenjit Datta FM 2317 IND 7˝ 57˝ 67
56 Kiran Manisha Mohanty WIM 2316 IND 7˝ 56˝ 66
57 Bitan Banerjee   2258 IND 7˝ 56 62˝
447 players

24) National Open Las Vegas

The National Open took place in Las Vegas USA 5th-8th June 2008. 6 players finished on 5/6. Kamsky took the title back on tie-break.

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

National Open Las Vegas (USA), 6-8 vi 2008
No. Ttl Name NAT Rate Pts
1 GM Kamsky, Gata USA 2782 5.0
2 GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2706 5.0
3 GM Petrosian, Tigran L ARM 2666 5.0
4 GM Kolev, Atanas BGR 2620 5.0
5 IM Finegold, Ben USA 2594 5.0
6 IM Friedel, Josh USA 2504 5.0
7 GM Erenburg, Sergey ISR 2613 4.5
8 GM Khachiyan, Melikset USA 2566 4.5
9 IM Robson, Ray USA 2433 4.5
10 GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2747 4.0
11 GM Gurevich, Dmitry USA 2594 4.0
12 GM Paragua, Mark C PHI 2588 4.0
13 GM Yermolinsky, Alex USA 2584 4.0
14 IM Altounian, Levon USA 2531 4.0
15 IM Bradford, Joseph USA 2477 4.0
16 IM Pruess, David USA 2471 4.0
17 GM Laylo, Darwin PHI 2452 4.0
18 IM Vucic, Mladen USA 2415 4.0
19 FM Rensch, Daniel USA 2373 4.0
20 FM Adamson, Robby USA 2368 4.0
21 IM Tate, Emory A USA 2367 4.0
22 Schuyler, James USA 2357 4.0
23 FM Yanayt, Eugene USA 2280 4.0
24 GM Akobian, Varuzhan USA 2666 3.5
100 players

25) Paraguayan Championship

The Paraguayan Championship takes place in Asuncion 31st May - 26th June 2008. Luis Patriarca leads with 5/6.

ch-PAR Asuncion (PAR), 31 v-26 vi 2008
1. Patriarca, Luis f PAR 2333 5.019.5 14.00
2. Peralta, Eduardo f PAR 2245 4.523.0 15.50
3. Hernandez, Angel C f PAR 2210 4.520.0 14.50
4. Ferreira, Oscar f PAR 2290 4.021.0 14.50
5. Butti, Enrique PAR 2093 4.021.0 13.50
6. Jodorcovsky, Paulo PAR 2207 3.522.0 14.50
7. Del Puerto, Rodrigo PAR