THE WEEK IN CHESS 712 30th June 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Adolivio Capece, Laszlo Nagy, Jeroen van den Berg, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Manuel Weeks, Michael Atkins, Peter Fendrich, George Mirijanian, Zenón Franco Ocampos, Gert Brushammar and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The main event of the week is the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund. In its early stages all eyes will be on Vladimir Kramnik who more often than not wins this event and is not likely to play much more if at all before his world title match against Viswanathan Anand in Bonn in October. The FIDE rating list for July has been released and it shows that Kramnik has been caught by Alexander Morozevich. The list is in fact already out of date with the Aerosvit tournament in Foros being excluded as finishing too late. Magnus Carlsen's victory there should take him above Kramnik and we have the fascinating situation that the World Champion and World Number one Anand isn't playing too much, Kramnik also is the same and we're seeing Alexander Morozevich picking up points and Magnus Carlsen and Vassily Ivanchuk playing some absolutely brilliant stuff. The top 6 are probably closer in standard than at any point in the history of the rating list making for fascinating times.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Dortmund

The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting takes place in Dortmund 28th June - 6th July 2008. 8 player all-play-all.

Details of all events including the open and other tournaments: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de

Sparkassen Dortmund (GER), 28 vi-6 vii 2008											cat. XVIII (2695)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	2603	*	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2899
2.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2788	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2833
3.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2741	.	.	*	½	.	.	1	.	1½	2939
4.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2752	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	1	2687
5.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2634	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	1	2688
6.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2624	0	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	2425
7.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2740	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	½	½	2516
8.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2677	.	0	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	2571

Round 1 (June 28, 2008)
Gustafsson, Jan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	29	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Leko, Peter	½-½	24	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	30	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	39	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Round 2 (June 29, 2008)
Gustafsson, Jan	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	1-0	23	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Van Wely, Loek	1-0	29	D11	Slav Defence
Leko, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	57	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	40	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack

3) FIDE Rating List July

Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there.

Viswanathan Anand holds on to his lead in the FIDE rating list ahead of Vladimir Kramnik. However the list is in fact out of date as Carlsen's win the in Aerosvit tournament in Foros which finished on the 20th would have lifted him to second in the world if it had been included. I'm all for sticking to the rules and FIDE have relaxed them to all the inclusion of late results in the past but in my view events of this strength should be registered in advance and once that's done they should be automatically included. Anand has played a couple of games and Kramnik not at all in this quarter which has seen Alexander Morozevich take his chance to move to second in the world. However I think its pretty clear there isn't much at all between the top 6 in the world with Carlsen and Ivanchuk playing particularly impressively recently.

July 2008 FIDE Rating List. Top 100
Rank	Ap08	Name	Ti	NAT	YroB	oc06	ja07	ap07	ju07	oc07	ja08	ap08	ju08	Gms
1	1	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2779	2779	2786	2792	2801	2799	2803	2798	2
2	3	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2747	2741	2762	2758	2755	2765	2774	2788	20
3	2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2750	2766	2772	2769	2785	2799	2788	2788	0
4	11	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2741	2750	2729	2762	2787	2751	2740	2781	25
5	4	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2813	2783	2772	2769	2769	2780	2767	2777	10
6	5	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2698	2690	2693	2710	2714	2733	2765	2775	16
7	8	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2729	2729	2747	2746	2742	2735	2751	2744	31
8	7	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2728	2754	2757	2757	2752	2760	2752	2742	23
9	12	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2720	2715	2699	2735	2739	2755	2740	2741	11
10	10	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2741	2749	2738	2751	2755	2753	2741	2741	0
11	9	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2750	2728	2736	2735	2732	2763	2746	2738	32
12	6	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2741	2744	2759	2750	2741	2739	2763	2737	11
13	14	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2735	2735	2734	2724	2729	2726	2729	2735	20
14	18	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2710	2717	2717	2726	2715	2711	2716	2728	21
15	13	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	1990	2672	2678	2686	2678	2694	2732	2732	2727	27
16	25	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2637	2637	2642	2667	2670	2677	2695	2723	53
17	15	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2705	2705	2705	2718	2714	2726	2726	2723	28
18	16	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2733	2733	2733	2733	2736	2737	2723	2720	10
19	17	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2703	2723	2717	2706	2705	2719	2719	2718	10
20	42	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2643	2658	2644	2655	2663	2665	2679	2717	34
21	33	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2658	2675	2686	2701	2691	2692	2687	2716	23
22	21	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2710	2727	2727	2707	2708	2707	2709	2711	3
23	22	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2671	2644	2656	2685	2692	2691	2708	2710	25
24	19	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2671	2691	2708	2735	2710	2720	2711	2709	20
25	26	Dominguez Perez, Lenier	g	CUB	1983	2655	2677	2678	2680	2683	2691	2695	2708	19
26	20	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2639	2661	2679	2689	2716	2711	2711	2708	12
27	24	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2621	2632	2654	2681	2641	2680	2703	2705	28
28	30	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2657	2665	2676	2675	2676	2690	2690	2705	16
29	31	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2644	2644	2656	2696	2703	2698	2689	2704	28
30	28	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2688	2677	2680	2679	2676	2695	2695	2699	10
31	34	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2640	2651	2658	2647	2648	2670	2686	2697	27
32	39	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2690	2689	2693	2683	2668	2684	2684	2692	26
33	23	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2705	2705	2709	2695	2695	2700	2705	2691	37
34	35	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2622	2619	2638	2624	2643	2665	2684	2691	28
35	32	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2682	2663	2679	2676	2690	2689	2689	2689	11
36	27	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2632	2640	2646	2657	2670	2713	2695	2687	23
37	53	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2659	2658	2636	2650	2657	2663	2665	2686	33
38	43	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2675	2700	2690	2676	2661	2677	2679	2684	18
39	91	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2575	2573	2593	2595	2634	2637	2632	2681	35
40	59	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	1983	2611	2605	2605	2630	2644	2659	2659	2680	32
41	40	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2672	2682	2677	2683	2690	2681	2681	2679	25
42	36	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2628	2669	2669	2663	2674	2681	2684	2675	29
43	52	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2662	2647	2642	2648	2645	2644	2666	2674	23
44	65	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2628	2646	2644	2646	2654	2656	2656	2673	41
45	49	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2713	2700	2698	2708	2713	2700	2673	2673	17
46	37	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2645	2645	2654	2681	2678	2674	2684	2672	31
47	54	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2680	2661	2660	2663	2649	2662	2665	2671	32
48	57	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2612	2616	2620	2624	2624	2638	2660	2670	40
49	--	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2648	2605	2624	2623	2635	2634	2627	2670	38
50	56	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2668	2663	2663	2650	2674	2664	2664	2670	21
51	46	Nikolic, Predrag	g	BIH	1960	2626	2626	2631	2646	2657	2665	2674	2669	28
52	47	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2664	2669	2675	2682	2691	2667	2674	2668	26
53	41	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2674	2673	2650	2664	2668	2664	2679	2668	15
54	--	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2676	2663	2654	2644	2639	2638	2623	2665	42
55	60	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2650	2650	2658	2644	2644	2643	2658	2665	9
56	70	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2640	2644	2647	2645	2638	2645	2650	2664	40
57	73	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	1977	2579	2602	2614	2595	2607	2649	2649	2664	31
58	64	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	1973	2645	2649	2652	2655	2661	2657	2657	2664	18
59	48	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	1976	2674	2658	2659	2658	2674	2677	2674	2663	10
60	71	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	1981	2609	2616	2622	2598	2599	2627	2649	2661	35
61	77	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2667	2658	2651	2667	2673	2676	2643	2660	33
62	97	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	1971	2596	2613	2615	2599	2609	2636	2629	2658	36
63	29	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	1968	2670	2652	2655	2666	2673	2686	2690	2658	27
64	62	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2655	2658	2633	2606	2607	2633	2657	2657	17
65	63	Lautier, Joel	g	FRA	1973	2667	2656	2661	2654	2657	2657	2657	2657	0
66	90	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	1978	2644	2644	2644	2645	2641	2628	2632	2656	35
67	--	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	1968	2620	2611	2629	2602	2600	2602	2609	2655	45
68	58	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2677	2691	2691	2683	2649	2645	2660	2655	25
69	44	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1966	2683	2643	2643	2653	2653	2677	2677	2655	7
70	93	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2607	2629	2637	2656	2655	2642	2630	2654	28
71	98	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2640	2640	2651	2649	2638	2626	2629	2652	42
72	66	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	1951	2668	2668	2668	2668	2670	2655	2655	2651	3
73	55	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2662	2663	2658	2650	2637	2664	2664	2650	40
74	--	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	1978	2567	2559	2574	2598	2637	2649	????	2650	28
75	38	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2674	2679	2676	2666	2660	2675	2684	2650	27
76	50	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2725	2719	2720	2656	2656	2680	2672	2646	43
77	61	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2595	2624	2641	2654	2646	2646	2658	2646	21
78	75	Afromeev, Vladimir	f	RUS	1954	2635	2628	2628	2642	2646	2646	2646	2646	0
79	85	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	1973	2680	2667	2663	2648	2643	2649	2634	2645	42
80	--	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2589	2591	2600	2597	2606	2618	2618	2645	31
81	45	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	1972	2676	2683	2674	2679	2679	2681	2676	2644	31
82	--	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	1986	2585	2585	2586	2612	2614	2617	2625	2643	36
83	81	Zhang, Pengxiang	g	CHN	1980	2636	2643	2657	2649	2644	2640	2640	2643	24
84	--	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	1973	2609	2579	2603	2599	2588	2594	2617	2641	19
85	--	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2583	2563	2578	2601	2602	2601	2610	2640	22
86	--	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	1985	2575	2604	2585	2567	2565	2579	2587	2639	34
87	--	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	1976	2599	2583	2590	2583	2597	2604	2622	2639	29
88	--	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	1963	2647	2651	2661	2660	2668	2636	2624	2639	26
89	80	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2604	2626	2635	2628	2621	2627	2640	2637	49
90	94	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2659	2654	2650	2649	2639	2616	2630	2637	22
91	101	Istratescu, Andrei	g	ROU	1975	2616	2619	2625	2629	2631	2617	2628	2636	32
92	89	Volkov, Sergey	g	RUS	1974	2628	2636	2640	2659	2648	2623	2633	2636	19
93	68	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	1987	2590	2587	2609	2628	2645	2641	2651	2634	41
94	100	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	1966	2622	2619	2624	2632	2643	2638	2628	2634	27
95	72	Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	1974	2641	2641	2633	2634	2634	2646	2649	2634	22
96	96	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	1960	2638	2638	2642	2634	2634	2628	2630	2634	2
97	69	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2632	2627	2630	2641	2646	2643	2650	2632	27
98	--	Zhang, Zhong	g	SIN	1978	2609	2618	2621	2634	2634	2617	2613	2632	23
99	99	Sadvakasov, Darmen	g	KAZ	1979	2613	2596	2615	2618	2635	2619	2629	2632	9
100	67	Korneev, Oleg	g	RUS	1969	2657	2606	2565	2565	2587	2645	2651	2631	47
101	74	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	1978	2622	2618	2618	2648	2639	2647	2647	2631	43
102	--	Gurevich, Mikhail	g	TUR	1959	2648	2635	2639	2633	2627	2607	2611	2631	31
103	--	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	1978	2592	2604	2609	2609	2617	2617	2617	2631	24
104	--	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	1983	2573	2571	2578	2586	2585	2579	2614	2631	17
Dropping out of the top 100 in July 2008
No	Ju08	Name	Ti	NAT	YroB	oc06	ja07	ap07	ju07	oc07	ja08	ap08	ju08	Gms
--	51	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	1981	2599	2601	2603	2618	2645	2652	2671	2624	49
--	76	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	1978	2630	2629	2641	2660	2646	2635	2644	2627	37
--	78	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	1978	2626	2632	2646	2671	2651	2647	2642	2593	35
--	79	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	1953	2639	2639	2648	2653	2646	2638	2641	2606	41
--	82	Delchev, Aleksander	g	BUL	1971	2628	2598	2600	2591	2613	2630	2639	2618	30
--	83	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2632	2629	2621	2615	2623	2628	2638	2617	27
--	84	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	1979	2583	2583	2609	2624	2631	2635	2635	2604	45
--	86	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	1990	2545	2587	2602	2613	2611	2600	2634	2602	18
--	87	Shabalov, Alexander	g	USA	1967	2575	2602	2606	2637	2626	2622	2633	2611	24
--	88	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	1972	2570	2596	2608	2669	2678	2641	2633	2615	27
--	95	Solak, Dragan	g	SRB	1980	2567	2564	2575	2566	2568	2626	2630	2596	24

4) Pula Open

The Pula Open 2008 took place 21st-28th June 2008 in Pula, Croatia. Ante Brkic won the event with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field.

Official site: http://www.skpula.hr

22th Open Pula (CRO), 21-28 vi 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	Rp
1	Brkic Ante	GM	CRO	2521	7,5	52,0	2632
2	Vavrak Peter	IM	SVK	2466	7,0	52,5	2598
3	Fercec Nenad	GM	CRO	2492	7,0	52,0	2599
4	Saric Ibro	GM	BIH	2562	7,0	51,0	2586
5	Jankovic Alojzije	GM	CRO	2528	7,0	50,5	2595
6	Rukavina Josip	IM	CRO	2398	7,0	49,5	2511
7	Drazic Sinisa	GM	SRB	2497	7,0	49,5	2563
8	Saric Ante	GM	CRO	2505	7,0	48,5	2509
9	Kuljasevic Davorin	IM	CRO	2502	7,0	48,5	2512
10	Jovanic Ognjen	GM	CRO	2504	7,0	47,0	2514
11	Obodchuk Andrei	IM	RUS	2421	7,0	46,0	2504
12	Saric Sinisa	FM	SRB	2348	7,0	46,0	2485
13	Antal Gergely	IM	HUN	2460	7,0	46,0	2493
14	Bodiroga Predrag	IM	SRB	2405	7,0	44,5	2437
15	Rogic Davor	GM	CRO	2475	6,5	51,5	2538
16	Tratar Marko	GM	SLO	2477	6,5	48,0	2506
17	Somborski Nebojsa	FM	SRB	2351	6,5	47,5	2417
18	Karner Christoph	FM	AUT	2356	6,5	44,0	2371
19	Aschenbrenner Robert	FM	AUT	2310	6,5	42,5	2415
20	Kokol Peter		SLO	2253	6,5	42,0	2333
21	Sebenik Matej	IM	SLO	2502	6,0	49,0	2450
22	Petran Peter	IM	SVK	2368	6,0	48,5	2376
23	Nikolov Sasho	IM	BUL	2407	6,0	47,5	2363
24	Kalabic Faris		GER	2142	6,0	47,5	2431
25	Medic Mirjana	WGM	CRO	2266	6,0	47,0	2282
26	Michalczak Thomas	FM	GER	2329	6,0	46,0	2342
27	Papp Gabor	IM	HUN	2501	6,0	45,5	2389
28	Orak Ljubomir	FM	CRO	2315	6,0	44,5	2369
29	Ascic Pero	FM	CRO	2369	6,0	44,5	2318
30	Petrik Tomas	GM	SVK	2485	6,0	44,5	2351
31	Borsos Bogdan	IM	UKR	2354	6,0	44,0	2316
32	Macak Stefan		SVK	2342	6,0	44,0	2377
33	Franic Milan	IM	CRO	2401	6,0	44,0	2345
34	Zierke Oliver	FM	GER	2313	6,0	43,5	2300
35	Kovacevic Blazimir	IM	CRO	2452	6,0	43,0	2289
36	Harakis Alexis M		ENG	2220	6,0	43,0	2272
37	Topalov Aleksandar		SRB	2274	6,0	42,5	2252
38	Barle Janez	IM	SLO	2414	6,0	42,5	2289
39	Plenca Julijan		CRO	2294	6,0	42,0	2290
40	Zelic Mladen	FM	CRO	2290	6,0	41,5	2311
41	Wegerer Fred	FM	AUT	2265	6,0	41,0	2223
42	Mazi Leon	IM	SLO	2350	6,0	40,5	2295
43	Frank Paul		AUT	2226	6,0	39,5	2295
44	Bistric Faruk	GM	BIH	2382	6,0	39,5	2212
45	Bellia Fabrizio	IM	ITA	2401	6,0	39,0	2219
46	Andersen Lars Even		NOR	2287	6,0	39,0	2196
47	Vincenzi Marco		ITA	2115	6,0	38,5	2183
48	Villeneuve Alain	IM	FRA	2267	6,0	38,5	2154
49	Sutkovic Damir		BIH	2329	5,5	48,0	2394
50	Logar Metod		SLO	2035	5,5	47,5	2347
268 players

5) Turkish Chess League

The Turkish Chess League first division takes place 23rd June - 3rd July 2008. Leading players include GM Vugar Gashimov(2679), GM Mikhail Roiz(2659), GM Mikhail Mchedlishvili(2635), Dragan Solak(2630), GM Gadir Guseinov(2625), Suat Atalik(2592), Ioannis Papaiannous(2566), Hristos Banikas(2600) and the top women players who can play on the separete women's board include IM/WGM Anna Muzychuk(2486), IM/WGM Anna Ushenina (2474), IM/WGM Lela Javakhishvili(2466), IM/WGM Nana Dzagnidze(2443), IM/WGM Nino Khurtsizde(2413) IM/WGM Ekaterina Atalik(2409)

Games from the first 10 rounds are available.

Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr/. Some additional reports at: http://previews.chessdom.com/turkish-chess-league

6) Copa Benito Roggio

The Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion "Copa Benito Roggio" took place 17th-26th June 2008 in ABC, Asuncion, Paraguay. Axel Bachmann won the event with 9/10.

Official site : http://www.winner.com.py/feparaj/ - Further details: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=6122

Copa Benito Roggio Asuncion (PAR), 17-26 vi 2008											cat. VI (2392)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Bachmann, Axel	g	PAR	2519	*	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9	2733
2.	Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel	m	ARG	2429	½	½	*	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2578
3.	Cubas, Jose Fernando	m	PAR	2430	0	0	½	½	*	*	½	0	1	½	1	1	5	2384
4.	Brito, Luismar	f	BRA	2352	0	0	0	½	½	1	*	*	½	0	½	½	3½	2290
5.	Kropff, Ricardo	f	PAR	2282	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	*	*	½	1	3½	2304
6.	Larrea, Manuel	f	URU	2342	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	*	1½	2106

7) Swedish Championship

The Swedish Championship takes place in Vaxjo 28th June - 13th July 2008. The event is a 13 player all-play-all.

Official site: http://www.schacksm2008.se/

ch-SWE Vaxjo (SWE), 28 vi-11 vii 2008														cat. IX (2463)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Hillarp Persson, Tiger	g	SWE	2491	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	.	1	.	3
2.	Berg, Emanuel	g	SWE	2601	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.	.	1	3
3.	Smith, Axel		SWE	2428	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	2	2603
4.	Agrest, Evgenij	g	SWE	2567	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	2	2611
5.	Akesson, Ralf	g	SWE	2466	.	.	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2477
6.	Lindberg, Bengt	m	SWE	2442	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	½	½	.	.	.	1½	2407
7.	Hector, Jonny	g	SWE	2532	.	.	0	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2452
8.	Nithander, Victor	f	SWE	2319	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2469
9.	Tikkanen, Hans	m	SWE	2437	.	0	½	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	2373
10.	Carlsson, Pontus	g	SWE	2514	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	1	2339
11.	Grandelius, Nils	f	SWE	2388	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	1	2381
12.	Brynell, Stellan	g	SWE	2461	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	1	2356
13.	Hedman, Erik	f	SWE	2363	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	2221
14.	Karlsson, Lars	g	SWE	2475	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	½	.	.	*	½	2163

8) Atlantis Festival Groningen

The Atlantis Festival takes place in Groningen, Netherlands, 27th June - 4th July 2008.

Official site: http://www.cafeatlantis.nl/meestertienkamp2008/

Atlantis Meestertienkamp Groningen (NED), 27 vi-4 vii 2008												cat. V (2373)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Bedouin, Xavier	f	FRA	2369	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	1	.	.	3	2548
2.	Wemmers, Xander	f	NED	2387	½	*	.	1	.	.	.	.	½	1	3	2519
3.	Bojkov, Dejan	m	BUL	2492	.	.	*	.	0	.	1	1	1	.	3	2543
4.	Pel, Bonno	f	NED	2288	½	0	.	*	.	1	.	.	1	.	2½	2483
5.	Becker, Martin Alexander		GER	2364	.	.	1	.	*	0	½	½	.	.	2	2418
6.	Bosboom, Manuel	m	NED	2471	0	.	.	0	1	*	.	.	.	1	2	2336
7.	Brandenburg, Daan	m	NED	2435	.	.	0	.	½	.	*	.	1	½	2	2376
8.	Kodentsov, Grigori	f	NED	2275	0	.	0	.	½	.	.	*	.	1	1½	2300
9.	Clemens, Adrian	f	NED	2326	.	½	0	0	.	.	0	.	*	.	½	2078
10.	Geirnaert, Steven	f	BEL	2324	.	0	.	.	.	0	½	0	.	*	½	2070

Atlantis Promotiegroep Groningen (NED), 27 vi-4 vii 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Houtman, Joop	f	NED	2233	*	.	.	½	.	.	1	½	.	1	3	2388
2.	Schoorl, Rob		NED	2257	.	*	.	½	.	½	.	1	.	1	3	2385
3.	Vogel, Jaap	f	NED	2254	.	.	*	½	1	½	½	.	.	.	2½	2295
4.	Van der Marel, Bert		NED	2223	½	½	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	2	2272
5.	Veltman, Jelmer		NED	2174	.	.	0	.	*	½	½	.	1	.	2	2251
6.	Balje, Jan		NED	2197	.	½	½	.	½	*	.	.	0	.	1½	2171
7.	Hummel, Erik-Jan		NED	2209	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	1½	2135
8.	Hartoch, Rob	m	NED	2228	½	0	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	1½	2118
9.	Hoeksema, Erik	m	NED	2347	.	.	.	½	0	1	.	.	*	0	1½	2091
10.	Akotchik, Viktor		NED	2121	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	1	*	1½	2179

9) Brno Chess Festival

The Brno Chess Festival takes place 27th June - 6th July 2008. Three closed events plus and open.

Official site: http://www.skduras.cz/en/chess-festival-brno-2008.html - Results http://chess-results.com/tnr13825.aspx

Duras GM Teplarny Brno (CZE), 27 vi-6 vii 2008													cat. IX (2452)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Mista, Aleksander	g	POL	2537	*	½	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	1	3½	2785
2.	Bobras, Piotr	g	POL	2576	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	3	2667
3.	Polak, Tomas	g	CZE	2553	.	.	*	½	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	1	2½	2500
4.	Talla, Vladimir	m	CZE	2403	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	.	2	2567
5.	Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas	m	CAN	2489	.	½	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	½	.	.	2	2484
6.	Philippe, Christophe	m	FRA	2407	0	.	½	.	½	*	.	.	1	.	.	.	2	2473
7.	Brener, Ilja	m	GER	2423	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	2	2527
8.	Simacek, Pavel	m	CZE	2461	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	1	.	.	½	1½	2368
9.	Vyskocil, Neklan	f	CZE	2313	.	.	.	½	.	0	.	0	*	.	.	1	1½	2328
10.	Bernasek, Jan	m	CZE	2530	.	0	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	*	½	.	1	2264
11.	Macak, Stefan		SVK	2342	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	2360
12.	Chytilek, Roman	m	CZE	2390	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	½	0	.	.	*	½	2144

Duras IM Dopravni Brno (CZE), 27 vi-6 vii 2008													cat. I (2255)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Narayanan, Srinath	f	IND	2220	*	.	½	.	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	3½	2619
2.	Lahner, Jakub	f	CZE	2314	.	*	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	.	1	3½	2563
3.	Splosnov, Sergei	m	BLR	2355	½	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1	.	2½	2315
4.	Andonov, Bogomil	m	BUL	2334	.	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	½	.	1	.	2½	2355
5.	Murdzia, Piotr	m	POL	2471	0	.	.	½	*	1	.	.	.	.	.	1	2½	2301
6.	Kozak, Milos	f	CZE	2197	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	1	½	.	.	2	2306
7.	Holemar, David	f	CZE	2321	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	½	½	.	1	.	2	2230
8.	Janko, Zoltan		SVK	2235	0	.	½	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	2	2242
9.	Skacelik, Petr		CZE	2260	.	.	.	½	.	0	½	.	*	½	.	.	1½	2166
10.	Chladek, Vaclav		CZE	2161	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	*	½	.	1½	2134
11.	Zavadil, Michal		CZE	2113	.	.	0	0	.	.	0	.	.	½	*	.	½	1970
12.	Vesely, Jaromir		CZE	2074	0	0	.	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	0

Duras IM Tespo Engineering Brno (CZE), 27 vi-6 vii 2008													cat. II (2283)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Popchev, Milko	g	BUL	2426	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	1	1	3½	2536
2.	Krejci, Jan2	f	CZE	2354	.	*	.	.	.	1	½	.	1	.	.	.	2½	2533
3.	Daulyte, Deimante	wm	LTU	2249	.	.	*	.	.	0	½	.	1	1	.	.	2½	2334
4.	Luch, Michal	m	POL	2383	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	½	1	2½	2326
5.	Vymazal, Bronislav		CZE	2312	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	1	.	2	2450
6.	Kulovana, Eva	wm	CZE	2315	½	0	1	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	2	2301
7.	Kuchynka, Lukas		CZE	2163	.	½	½	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	2	2295
8.	Rutkowski, Maciej	m	POL	2402	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	*	½	.	.	½	2	2224
9.	Ponizil, Cyril		CZE	2304	.	0	0	½	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	1	2154
10.	Roubalik, Jakub		CZE	2175	0	.	0	.	.	½	½	.	.	*	.	.	1	2095
11.	Bartos, Jan	f	CZE	2192	0	.	.	½	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	1	2116
12.	Bolt, Graham		ENG	2118	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	*	1	2157

10) IV Vila de Sort International Open

The IV Vila de Sort International Open takes place 24th June - 2nd July 2008. Vladimir Baklan, Aleksander Delchev, and Vladimir Burmakin head the field.

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

11) 11th Vins du Medoc International Open

The 11th Vins du Medoc International Open took place 22nd-29th June 2008. Eduard Fomichenko won the event on tie-break from Aleksandar Wohl after both finished on 8/9. No games available.

Official site: http://opendesvins.free.fr/

11th Vins du Medoc International Open (FRA), 22-29 vi 2008
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	Bre	Sol.	Per.	FFE
1	FOMICHENKO Eduard	m	RUS	2492	8	45	55	2621	2616
2	WOHL Aleksandar H.	m	AUS	2412	8	43,5	53,5	2621	2619
3	VAN DELFT Merijn	m	NED	2401	6,5	42	51	2411	2399
4	FOMICHENKO Svetlana	gf	UKR	2269	6	43,5	52	2257	2278
5	KUNZE Carlo	f	GER	2283	6	43,5	52	2224	2235
6	BONN Thomas		FRA	2170	6	40,5	49	2159	2173
7	CASTRO John		FRA	2000	6	35	41,5	2223	2297
8	TRABERT Bettina	gf	GER	2272	5,5	43,5	53	2263	2277
9	LAPORTE Damien		FRA	2206	5,5	39	48	2223	2218
10	FAVAREL Antoine		FRA	2065	5,5	39	46,5	2113	2140
11	MURATET Lucas		FRA	1928	5,5	35,5	42	2006	2029
12	ARMAS Lara-Maria		FRA	1891	5,5	35	41	2064	2230
13	FERRANDI Bernard		FRA	1954	5,5	33,5	39	1901	1894
14	VERNAY Clovis	m	FRA	2348	5	43	52,5	2239	2222
15	KOETZSCH Ulrich		GER	2130	5	40,5	48,5	2037	2010
16	MARUEJOLS Claude		FRA	2043	5	38	46	2000	2010
17	SIEBRECHT Sebastian	m	GER	2490	5	37,5	46	2110	2040
18	ZICKELBEIN Eva-Maria	ff	GER	2135	5	37	45	1923	1874
19	LEPOT Simon		FRA	1988	5	34,5	42	1946	1925
20	GODART Francois		FRA	2002	5	34,5	41	2000	2021
21	LEWIS John		FRA	2137	4,5	37,5	46	2121	2120
22	DE COVERLY Roger D		ENG	2081	4,5	37,5	44	1901	1832
23	JOSLIN Jerome		FRA	1803	4,5	37	44	1944	1921
24	ARMAS Lena		FRA	1748	4,5	34,5	39	1898	1965
25	ROUBERT Emile		FRA	1839	4,5	33	39	1826	1834
26	TEYSSIER Jean-Paul		FRA	1726	4,5	33	38,5	1728	1705
27	ROUX Pierre-yves		FRA	1662	4,5	31	36,5	1707	1685
51 players

12) Philadelphia International

The Phildelphia International takes place 26th-30th June 2008. Parimarjan Negi and Surya Ganguly both compete.

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

Phildelphia International Open (USA), 26-30 vi 2008 Round 7 of 9 Standings:
1	Parimarjan Negi	GM	2514	6
2	Arun Prasad	IM	2465	5½
3	Julio J Becerra	GM	2575	5
4	G N Gopal	GM	2562	5
5	Surya She Ganguly	GM	2614	4½
6	K Rathnakaran	IM	2488	4½
7	Dean J Ippolito	IM	2425	4½
8	Michael A Mulyar	IM	2381	4½
9	Gabriel Battaglini		2356	4½
10	Charles A Galofre	FM	2318	4½
11	Eesha Karavade	WGM	2303	4½
12	Abhijit Kunte	GM	2547	4
13	Marani Venkatesh	IM	2450	4
14	Nelson Castaneda	FM	2314	4
15	Bindi Cheng	FM	2294	4
39 players

13) Marshall Chess Club International

The Marshall Chess Club New York International took place 21th-25th June 2008. 9 round swiss. Mark Paragua beat Alejandro Ramirez in an Armageddon Blitz Playoff and claim the $4000 first prize. Elliot Liu and Mackenzie Molner made IM norms. No games from rounds 5 and 8 and some of the others were a bit of a mess.

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

Marshall NY Int New York (USA), 21-25 vi 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1	Paragua, Mark	g	PHI	2538	6½
2	Ramirez, Alejandro	g	CRC	2527	6½
3	Vovsha, Eli	m	ISR	2452	6
4	Ehlvest, Jaan	g	USA	2603	6
5	Becerra Rivero, Julio	g	USA	2575	6
6	Liu, Elliot	f	USA	2252	6
7	Garcia Palermo, Carlos	g	ITA	2465	5½
8	Lapshun, Yury	m	USA	2455	5½
9	Molner, Mackenzie		USA	2338	5
10	Erenburg, Sergey	g	ISR	2568	5
11	Sarkar, Justin	m	USA	2412	5
12	Kudrin, Sergey	g	USA	2549	5
13	Scekic, Milos	m	SRB	2371	5
14	Almeida Saenz, Alfonso	m	MEX	2424	5
15	Mac Intyre, Paul	f	USA	2291	5
16	Ginsburg, Mark	m	USA	2365	5
17	Sorkin, Igor		ISR	2346	5
18	Burnett, Ronald	m	USA	2373	4½
19	Critelli, James M	f	USA	2343	4½
20	Zlotnikov, Mikhail	m	USA	2353	4½
21	Getz, Alec		USA	2142	4
22	Gonzalez, Renier	m	USA	2507	4
23	Bonin, Jay R	m	USA	2368	4
24	Ippolito, Dean	m	USA	2425	4
25	Tyehimba, Bem		USA	2240	4
26	Greenberg, Roy		USA	2245	4
27	Zenyuk, Iryna	wf	USA	2233	4
28	Jacobs, Jon	f	USA	2292	4
29	Williams, Christopher		USA	2189	3½
30	Treger, Effim		USA	2207	3½
31	Naranja, Renato	m	PHI	2308	3½
32	Khariton, Lev		FRA	2270	3
33	Margulis, Evgeny		USA	2253	3
40 players

14) 12th North American FIDE International

The 12th North American FIDE International took place in Chicago 21st-27th June 2008. Marc Arnold won with 6.5/9.

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

12th North American FIDE Inv Chicago (USA), 21-27 vi 2008												cat. III (2303)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Arnold, Marc T		USA	2276	*	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2472
2.	Felecan, Florin	f	USA	2377	1	*	1	1	½	0	1	1	0	0	5½	2374
3.	Pasalic, Mehmed	f	GER	2392	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5	2336
4.	Kuderinov, Kirill	m	KAZ	2422	0	0	½	*	0	1	½	1	1	1	5	2332
5.	Chow, Albert	f	USA	2198	0	½	½	1	*	0	½	½	1	½	4½	2314
6.	Tate, Emory	m	USA	2378	0	1	½	0	1	*	0	0	1	1	4½	2294
7.	Young, Angelo	m	PHI	2381	½	0	½	½	½	1	*	½	0	½	4	2251
8.	Yuan Yuanling	wf	CAN	2119	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	*	1	½	4	2280
9.	Stamnov, Aleksander	f	MKD	2239	0	1	½	0	0	0	1	0	*	½	3	2185
10.	Dean, Jim H	f	USA	2248	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	3	2184

15) Merlo Tournament

The Italian Society of Merlo Chessclub takes place 13th June - 12th July 2008 in Buenos Aires.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezfaogba.com.ar

4th IRT Soc. Italiana Merlo (ARG), 13 vi-12 vii 2008
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Lalanne, Pablo	ARG	2193	*	.	0	.	1	1	.	.	1	.	3	2272
2.	Menon, Daniel	ARG	2174	.	*	.	.	1	0	?	.	1	1	3	2259
3.	Sapienza, Julian	ARG	2169	1	.	*	.	0	.	.	½	½	1	3	2168
4.	Pagano, Marcelo	ARG	2056	.	.	.	*	½	0	½	1	½	.	2½	2049
5.	De Picciotto, Marcelo	ARG	2035	0	0	1	½	*	.	.	.	.	1	2½	2141
6.	Tomeo, Ivan	ARG	2076	0	1	.	1	.	*	0	.	.	.	2	2105
7.	Lugo, Sergio	ARG	1997	.	?	.	½	.	1	*	0	½	.	2	2067
8.	Medina, Sergio	ARG	2099	.	.	½	0	.	.	1	*	.	½	2	2084
9.	Koch, Juan	ARG	2039	0	0	½	½	.	.	½	.	*	.	1½	1968
10.	Herrera, Pablo	ARG	2114	.	0	0	.	0	.	.	½	.	*	½	1797

16) Campeonato Paulista Absoluto

The Campeonato Paulista Absoluto took place 26th-29th June 2008 in the Hotel Atlântico - Santos. Alexandr Fier and Silvio Eduardo Camargo de Oliveira finished on 6/7. No games available.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/

Campeonato Paulista Absoluto Santos (BRA), 26-29 vi 2008
Place	Name	Rtg	Score	M-Buch.	Progr.	Buch.
1	Alexandr Hilario Takeda S Fier	2527	6	22.5	22.0	29.5
2	Silvio Eduardo Camargo de Oliveira	2304	6	22.0	25.0	30.5
3	Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk	2396	5.5	23.0	22.5	31.0
4	Dragan Stamenkovic	2440	5.5	22.0	21.0	30.0
5	Everaldo Matsuura	2500	5	24.0	24.0	33.5
6	Leonardo Fusco	2365	5	23.5	21.5	32.5
7	Gilberto Milos Jr	2594	5	23.0	23.5	31.5
8	Carlos Alberto Sega	2235	5	23.0	21.0	31.5
9	Mauro Guimarães de Souza	2317	5	22.5	24.0	32.0
10	José Luis Chauca Murga	2209	5	20.5	19.0	27.5
11	Leandro Fabricio Campelo	2248	5	19.5	19.0	25.5
12	Evandro Amorim Barbosa	2165	5	19.5	18.0	27.0
13	Sandro Fabio Mareco	2470	4.5	23.5	20.0	32.5
14	Jefferson dos Santos Oliveira	2276	4.5	20.5	21.0	29.0
15	Yago de Moura Santiago	2223	4.5	20.5	20.0	29.5
16	Gabriel Ricardo Salim Name	2243	4.5	20.0	20.5	27.5
17	Julian Kirsten Arni	2179	4.5	20.0	18.5	26.5
18	Elbert Gallo Ponce	2202	4.5	20.0	18.0	28.0
19	Ernani Francisco Choma	2270	4.5	20.0	18.0	27.0
20	Silvio Shigueo Ueti	2234	4.5	19.0	18.5	27.0
21	Marcos Vinicius Torsani Pires	2098	4.5	19.0	17.0	27.0
22	Bolivar Ribeiro Gonzalez	2252	4	21.0	20.0	28.5
23	Carlos Alberto Barreto Fo	2252	4	20.5	18.0	29.5
24	Isaac Pedroso Fieri	2051	4	19.5	17.0	27.5
25	Evandro Alves Brandão	2052	4	18.5	16.0	26.0
26	Edson Rodrigo da Silva	2021	4	18.5	15.0	27.0
27	Edgar Rodrigues	2157	4	18.0	17.0	26.5
28	Joaquim de Deus Fo	2067	4	17.0	17.0	24.5
29	Fernando Barbosa	2028	4	17.0	16.5	23.5
30	Rodrigo Valente	2114	4	16.5	16.5	23.0
31	Leandro Jukemura	2089	4	14.0	13.0	21.5

17) 1st Circuit des Espoirs Europe Echecs

The 1st Circuit des Espoirs Europe Echecs took place 26th-29th June 2008. 6 rapid games (15 minutes + 5 secs/move and 6 blitz games 5 minutes + 2 secs/move. This is part of the 50th Anniversary of Europe Echecs. Romain Edouard beat Sebastien Feller in a single playoff game to win the event after both tied on 8/12.

Coverage including videos and interviews: http://www.europe-echecs.com

1st Tournoi Circuit Espoirs Europe Lyon (FRA), 27-28 vi 2008
1	Edouard, Romain	m	FRA	2509	****	½101	1½01	11½½	8.0	2564
2	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2540	½010	****	0111	11½1	8.0	2553
3	Sachdev, Tania	m	IND	2423	0½10	1000	****	½1½1	5.5	2438
4	Milliet, Sophie	wg	FRA	2354	00½½	00½0	½0½0	****	2.5	2260

18) XIV Montcada Open

The XIV Open "Ciutat de Montcada" takes place 25th June - 3rd July 2008

Official site: http://unioescacs.montcada.cat - Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr13427.aspx?lan=1

XVI Open Montcada i Reixac (ESP), 25 vi-3 vii 2008 Round 5 of 9 Standings
Rk.	Nombre	Ti	FED	FIDE	Pts.	Des 1
1	GONZALEZ Vidal Yuri	IM	CUB	2477	5,0	10,5
2	RADULSKI Julian	GM	BUL	2514	4,5	11,0
3	BRUZON BATISTA Lazaro	GM	CUB	2608	4,0	13,0
4	PERALTA Fernando	GM	ARG	2546	4,0	12,5
5	NARCISO DUBLAN Marc	GM	ESP	2509	4,0	12,0
6	CORRALES JIMENEZ Fidel	IM	CUB	2502	4,0	11,5
7	ROJAS Luis	IM	CHI	2428	3,5	16,0
8	ROY CHOWDHURY Saptarshi	IM	IND	2434	3,5	13,5
9	CUARTAS Jaime Alexander	IM	COL	2496	3,5	12,5
10	MOSKALENKO Viktor	GM	UKR	2572	3,5	12,5
11	ANTOLI ROYO Joaquin Miguel	FM	ESP	2386	3,5	12,0
12	PETROV Marijan	IM	BUL	2489	3,5	10,0
13	FLUVIA POYATOS Jordi	IM	ESP	2504	3,5	10,0
14	SRIRAM Jha	IM	IND	2452	3,5	9,0
15	LOPEZ MARTINEZ Josep Manuel	GM	ESP	2575	3,0	15,5
16	VEHI BACH Victor Manuel	IM	ESP	2381	3,0	13,5
17	BARSOV Alexei	GM	UZB	2480	3,0	13,0
18	BURGOS FIGUEROA Carlos E	IM	ESA	2259	3,0	12,5
19	CRUZ Filemon	FM	PER	2403	3,0	12,0
20	FERNANDEZ AGUADO Enrique	FM	ESP	2361	3,0	12,0
21	MARTINEZ MARTIN David	IM	ESP	2424	3,0	11,5
22	ASIS GARGATAGLI Hipolit	IM	ESP	2390	3,0	11,5
23	PANELO Marcelo	IM	ARG	2403	3,0	11,0
24	GRANADOS GOMEZ Manuel	IM	ESP	2417	3,0	11,0
25	MUNOZ PANTOJA Miguel	IM	PER	2478	3,0	10,5
26	PEREZ OTERO Joan Antoni		ESP	0	3,0	10,5
62 players

19) Buenos Aires Open

The Buenos Aires Open takes place June 23rd - 3rd July 2008. (23rd, 25th, 26th, 30th June, 2nd-3rd July 2008). No games currently available.

Official site http://www.argentinodeajedrez.com.ar/torneo_despedida2008.htm

Buenos Aires Open (ARG), 23 vi - 3 vii 2008 Round 6 Standings
Place	Name	Feder	Rtg	Score
1	Felgaer, Ruben	ARG	2574	6
2	Flores, Diego	ARG	2548	5.5
3-4	Szmetan, Jorge	ARG	2373	5
	Quiroga, Facundo	ARG	2331	5
5-18	Spangenberg, Hugo	ARG	2487	4.5
	Lemos, Damian	ARG	2458	4.5
	Alonso, Salvador	ARG	2420	4.5
	Real De Azua, Ernesto	ARG	2417	4.5
	Needleman, Gaston	ARG	2406	4.5
	Lujan, Carolina	ARG	2365	4.5
	Reides, Marcelo	ARG	2339	4.5
	Filgueira, Hernan	ARG	2332	4.5
	Madina, Martin	ARG	2277	4.5
	Guerrero, Alvaro	URU	2216	4.5
	Sarquis, Maria Belen	ARG	2202	4.5
	Fiori, Nicolas	ARG	2164	4.5
	Lopez Rebert, Pablo	ARG	2078	4.5
	Krysa, Leandro	ARG	2066	4.5
19-33	Rodriguez, Andres	URU	2533	4
	Mahia, Gustavo	ARG	2432	4
	Bronstein, Luis Marcos	ARG	2371	4
	Garcia, Raimundo	ARG	2351	4
	Perelman, Hernan	ARG	2342	4
	Granara, Sebastian	URU	2257	4
	Meza, Hugo	ARG	2257	4
	Cativelli, Gerardo	ARG	2251	4
	Malbran, Guillermo	ARG	2240	4
	Spata, German	ARG	2240	4
	Zuriel, Marisa	ARG	2231	4
	Anelli, Antonio	ARG	2209	4
	Elman, Christian Adrian	ARG	2167	4
	Gimenez, Santiago	ARG	2052	4
	Semprevivo, Florencia	ARG	1856	4
134 players

20) ENCI Limburg Open

The second ENCI Limburg Open was held 9th -12th May 2008 and attracted 382 players in three groups. The participants came from all over the world including Greece, New-Zealand, Indonesia, Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden, Norway and Russia. There were eight Grandmasters as leading players with Vasilious Kotronias as top seed. GM’s Friso Nijboer, Gawain Jones and IM’s Robin Swinkels and Sergei Klimov came equal first with Robin Swinkles winning the title on tie break after impressive wins over Emanuel Berg and Vladimir Epishin. News: Manuel Weeks.

Official site: http://www.limburgopen.nl

ENCI Limburg Open Maastricht (NED), 9-12 v 2008
Nr	Name	Ti	NAT	Rating	Score	WP	SB	TPR	W-We
1	Swinkels, Robin	IM	NED	2448	6	36	30	2753	2.54
2	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	2558	6	35	29.25	2680	0.88
3	Klimov, Sergey	IM	RUS	2484	6	35	29.25	2708	1.79
4	Jones, Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2522	6	26.5	23	2598	0.58
5	Epishin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2566	5.5	34.5	25.5	2573	0.12
6	Kotronias, Vasilios	GM	GRE	2611	5.5	33.5	25.25	2583	-0.14
7	Monroy, Charles	FM	FRA	2399	5.5	33	25.25	2532	1.16
8	Berg, Emanuel	GM	SWE	2601	5.5	31.5	22.75	2564	-0.21
9	Dambacher, Martijn	IM	NED	2470	5.5	30	22.25	2535	0.6
10	Moser, Eva	IM	AUT	2395	5.5	26.5	20	2400	0.1
11	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	GM	BEL	2528	5	31.5	21	2468	-0.32
12	Luther, Thomas	GM	GER	2539	5	31	21	2456	-0.48
13	Tate, Emory	IM	USA	2378	5	31	20	2423	0.52
14	Van Oosterom, Chiel	IM	NED	2399	5	30.5	21	2407	0.19
15	Reinderman, Dimitri	GM	NED	2526	5	30.5	20	2398	-0.81
16	Broekmeulen, Jasper	FM	NED	2322	5	29.5	19.25	2383	0.49
17	Braun, Christian		GER	2322	5	29.5	19	2367	0.54
18	Lammens, Tim		NED	2294	5	28	18	2301	0.19
19	Pijpers, Arthur		NED	2130	5	26	17	2375	2.32
20	Michielsen, Joost		NED	2326	4.5	33.5	21	2423	0.92
21	Ringoir, Tanguy		BEL	2252	4.5	33	19.75	2393	1.24
22	Wang, Puchen	IM	NZL	2397	4.5	32	17.75	2364	-0.13
23	Wemmers, Xander	FM	NED	2387	4.5	31.5	17.5	2373	0.09
24	Van Der Velden, Bram		NED	2196	4.5	29.5	17.5	2252	0.6
25	Vogel, Jaap	FM	NED	2254	4.5	29	17.75	2233	-0.11
26	Peek, Maurice		NED	2405	4.5	29	17.5	2334	-0.5
27	Bok, Benjamin		NED	2180	4.5	29	16.25	2327	1.35
28	Smits, Sebastiaan		NED	2122	4.5	28.5	17	2367	1.92
29	Pham, Toan Thanh		NOR	2111	4.5	28	16.75	2308	1.81
30	Van Beek, Alexander	FM	NED	2343	4.5	28	15.75	2316	-0.12
31	Picard, Romain	FM	FRA	2368	4.5	27.5	16.5	2301	-0.44
32	Beeke, Bob		NED	2188	4.5	27.5	14.75	2291	0.96
33	Memeti, Kastriot		BEL	2173	4.5	27.5	14.25	2287	1
34	Kodentsov, Grigori	FM	NED	2275	4.5	27	15.5	2326	0.5
35	Pel, Bonno	FM	NED	2288	4.5	27	15.25	2310	0.18
36	Sprangers, Remco		NED	2211	4.5	26	14.5	2258	0.5
37	Rademakers, Evert		NED	2092	4.5	25.5	15.25	2240	1.44
38	Burg, Twan	FM	NED	2342	4.5	25.5	14.75	2262	-0.51
39	Michalczak, Thomas	FM	GER	2329	4.5	25.5	14.75	2220	-0.85
40	Dek, Lennart		NED	2191	4.5	25	14.25	2261	0.63
41	Van Kerkhof, David		NED	2226	4.5	24.5	14.75	2218	-0.03
42	Simenon, Jozef		NED	2182	4.5	24	13.5	2218	0.34
43	Laarhoven, Thijs		NED	2193	4.5	24	13.25	2182	-0.04
44	Friesen, Boris		NED	2129	4.5	22	13	2153	0.28
182 players

21) 19th Panamerican Youth Chess Festival

The 19th Panamerican Youth Chess Festival takes place in Argentina 29th June - 6th July, 2008.

Official website: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/

22) 58th New Hampshire Open

George Mirijanian reports: The 58th New Hampshire Open took place on June 21-22, 2008 at the Comfort Inn in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. GM Alexander Ivanov, 52, of Newton, Massachusetts captured first place with a score of 3.5-0.5. Tied for 2nd-4th place with 3-1 tallies were IM Igor Foygel, 60, of Brookline, Mass.; FM William Kelleher, 58, of Watertown, Mass.; and FM Braden Bournival, 24, of Manchester. Bournival, as the highest-scoring New Hampshire resident, was awarded the state title. Deadlocked in 5th-6th place with 2.5-1.5 results were 2008 Massachusetts state champion Denys Shmelov, 21, of Pepperell, Mass. (who drew Ivanov in the final round); and U.S. Chess Federation-rated expert Steven Dillon of Maine. Dillon won the prize for the top-scoring player rated under 2300. The tournament drew 75 players in four sections and was directed by USCF senior TD Robert Messenger of Nashua, New Hampshire for the sponsoring New Hampshire Chess Association (NHCA).

23) Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2009

The organizers of the 71st Corus Chess Tournament have invited the young Dutch Grandmasters Daniel Stellwagen (1987) and reigning Dutch Champion Jan Smeets (1985) for the Grandmaster group A in 2009. For both players it means a debut on the highest level. Together with Loek van Wely, they will represent the Netherlands in the traditional chess festival, that will be held from Friday January 16th to Sunday 1st of February 2009.

Besides the participation of the above mentioned three Dutch players, the following World Class players have confirmed their participation: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Gata Kamsky (United States) and Teymour Radjabov (Azerbaijan). Carlsen, Ivanchuk and Morozevich will be in the Top-5 of the new World Ranking list, that will be published on July 1st 2008.

The young Ukrainian Grandmaster Sergei Karjakin, as well as the winner of last year’s Grandmaster group B, Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia), have also confirmed their participation. The complete field with 14 participants will be presented in October 2008, as well as the names of the participants in the Grandmaster groups B and C.

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

24) II Annual ACCA World Computer Rapid

The II Annual ACCA World Computer Rapid took place 21st-22nd June 2008. Rybka took clear first place in this 14 round swiss.

Official site: http://www.taccl.org/ACCAWCRCC/2008ACCAWCRCC/2008WCRCCResults.html

25) Paraguayan Championship

The Paraguayan Championship takes place in Asuncion 31st May - 26th July 2008. Luis Patriarca leads with 5/6. Next round 11th July.

Official site : http://www.winner.com.py/feparaj/

ch-PAR
1.	Patriarca, Luis
2.	Peralta, Eduardo
3.	Hernandez, Angel C
4.	Ferreira, Oscar
5.	Butti, Enrique
6.	Jodorcovsky, Paulo
7.	Del Puerto, Rodrigo
8.	Almiron, Antonio
9.	Kropff, Ricardo
10.	Piris Tillner, Eduardo
11.	Forte, Fernando
12.	Sartori, Spartaco
13.	Recalde, Augusto
14.	Galeano, Mario
15.	Barrientos, Edgar
16.	Perez Ferloni, Jose W
17.	Recalde, Ariel
18.	Gutierrez,Santiago
19.	Gamarra, Ramon
20.	Zarza, Ronald
21.	Lipiniks, Leonardo
22.	Ibanez, Juan
23.	Britez, G Jorge A

26) Voronezh
12th Voronezh traditional 2008. Aleksej Aleksandrov took on 7/9. Games not yet available. summary="Paraguayan Championship 2008 Crosstable"> Asuncion (PAR), 31 v-26 vi 2008 f PAR 2333 5.019.5 14.00 f PAR 2245 4.523.0 15.50 f PAR 2210 4.520.0 14.50 f PAR 2290 4.021.0 14.50 PAR 2093 4.021.0 13.50 PAR 2207 3.522.0 14.50 PAR 1995 3.521.0 14.00 PAR 2115 3.519.5 13.00 f PAR 2282 3.519.0 12.50 PAR 1909 3.019.0 12.00 PAR 1966 3.017.5 12.50 ITA 2182 3.016.5 10.00 PAR 2005 3.016.0 10.50 PAR 2026 2.518.5 12.00 PAR 2080 2.516.5 12.00 PAR 1996 2.516.5 11.50 PAR 2010 2.015.5 11.00 PAR ---- 2.014.0 10.00 PAR 2035 2.014.0 10.00 PAR 2075 2.0 4.5 1.50 PAR 2012 1.015.0 9.50 PAR 1999 1.0 7.5 3.00 PAR 1904 0.510.0 7.00 Chess Festival

chess festival took place 10th-21st June first place on tie-break from Sergei Zablotsky after both finished

Official site: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

12th Voronezh Chess Festival (RUS), 10-21 vi 2008
Pl	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Pts	KB	KP	TP	P-Po
1	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	GM	BLR	2583	7	50	37	2711	1.33
2	Zablotsky, Sergei	IM	RUS	2508	7	49.5	36.5	2723	2.41
3	Fedorov, Alexei	GM	BLR	2603	6.5	52	34.5	2650	0.56
4	Azarov, Sergei	GM	BLR	2585	6.5	51.5	37.5	2669	1.01
5	Savchenko, Boris	GM	RUS	2569	6.5	50	35.5	2662	1.1
6	Vysochin, Spartak	GM	UKR	2521	6.5	50	35	2668	1.73
7	Malakhatko, Vadim	GM	BEL	2621	6.5	49.5	32.5	2651	0.38
8	Romanov, Evgeny	GM	RUS	2547	6.5	47.5	32.5	2620	0.83
9	Chuprov, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2575	6.5	47	33.5	2642	0.74
10	Lastin, Alexander	GM	RUS	2622	6	51.5	32	2627	0.06
11	Zinchenko, Yaroslav	GM	UKR	2516	6	49	35.5	2627	1.32
12	Khismatullin, Denis	GM	RUS	2584	6	48.5	30.5	2589	0.06
13-14	Bryzgalin, Kirill	GM	RUS	2529	6	46.5	31	2601	0.87
13-14	Tunik, Gennady	GM	RUS	2486	6	46.5	31	2614	1.5
15	Gasanov, Eldar	GM	UKR	2531	6	46	30.5	2563	0.33
16	Khruschiov, Alexey	GM	MDA	2514	6	45	28.5	2512	-0.03
17	Ulko, Jaroslav	IM	RUS	2469	6	43.5	29.5	2544	0.87
18	Korotylev, Alexey	GM	RUS	2606	6	42	28	2566	-0.48
19	Golovin, Leonid		RUS	2463	6	41.5	27	2517	0.6
20	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	GM	RUS	2580	6	36	25	2494	-0.93
21	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	IM	UKR	2446	5.5	49.5	31	2601	1.9
22	Zubarev, Alexander	GM	UKR	2510	5.5	45	29.5	2549	0.46
23	Zubov, Alexander	IM	UKR	2568	5.5	44.5	30.5	2529	-0.44
24	Kokarev, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2579	5.5	44.5	30	2516	-0.71
25	Gabrielian, Artur	IM	RUS	2494	5.5	43.5	30	2494	0.01
26	Ovetchkin, Roman	GM	RUS	2556	5.5	43	29.5	2533	-0.26
27	Yakovich, Yuri	GM	RUS	2566	5.5	42.5	28	2480	-0.98
28	Papin, Vasily	IM	RUS	2483	5.5	41	27.5	2463	-0.26
29	Okrugin, Sergey		RUS	2354	5.5	41	26	2491	1.72
30	Gubajdullin, Alexei	FM	RUS	2456	5.5	39.5	24.5	2405	-0.62
31	Geller, Jakov	IM	RUS	2507	5.5	39	23.5	2393	-1.25
32	Yandemirov, Valeri	GM	RUS	2463	5.5	38.5	26	2460	0.01
33	Kharlov, Andrei	GM	RUS	2499	5.5	38	24	2386	-1.25
34	Smirnov, Pavel	GM	RUS	2589	5	49.5	29.5	2500	-1.12
35	Zhumabayev, Rinat	IM	KAZ	2442	5	49	30	2543	1.22
36	Frolyanov, Dmitry	GM	RUS	2553	5	46.5	29	2480	-0.94
37	Smirnov, Alexey		RUS	2397	5	46	28	2451	0.68
38	Provotorov, Ivan	FM	RUS	2398	5	45	25.5	2463	0.77
39	Sergienko, Sergey	IM	RUS	2446	5	44.5	26.5	2492	0.5
40	Kiselev, Gennady	IM	RUS	2453	5	43.5	27.5	2425	-0.4
124 players

27) World Open

The 36th World Open takes place in Philadelphia 2nd-6th July 2008

Official site: http://www.chesstour.com/wo08.htm

28) Forthcoming Events and Links

Torino, Italy

The Torino tournament in (Italy) takes place 30th November 2008 - 8th December 2008. 9 Round swiss top group (B Group 7 rounds). Contact for entries and info tornei@scacchisticatorinese.it

Official site: http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it

First Saturday July

The First Saturday GM, IM and FM tournaments for July take place in Budapest, 5th-17th 2008. There are places still available in these groups, contact: Laszlo Nagy: http://www.firstsaturday.hu or e-mail firstsat@hu.inter.net.

GM Group players so far: Varga, Ilincic, Fogarasi, Boros, Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy, Duong The Anh, Prohászka, Kjartansson, Husari, Mas Hafizulhelmi Rajlich, Berczes, Hou Yifan Toth.

IM Group players so far: Lengyel, Farago, Kahn, Vegh, Salanczy, Magyar, Rapport, Van Den Heever, Toth, Nick Adams, Solomons, Petursson, Qu Yanqiao, Kislik, Napoli,

Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial in Moscow should take place in August; Magnus Carlsen will take part only in the blitz competition (August 29th-30th, according to http://Magnuschess.com).

Poikovsky

The Poikovsky tournament takes place 8th-17th July 2008. Participants: Alexei Shirov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Sergey Rublevsky, Wang Hao, Ernesto Inarkiev, Andrei Volokitin, Vugar Gashimov, Victor Bologan, Alexander Onischuk and Emil Sutovsky.

Karjakin - Short Rapid Match

Finally, there will be a ten game rapid chess match between Sergey Karjakin and Nigel Short in Kiev (Kyiv) starting 2nd July 2008.

Chess Classic Mainz

The Chess Classic Mainz takes place 28th July - 3rd August 2008. In the main event the players are Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Morozevich, Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar. The event will be a combine rapid and chess960 chess.

Official site: http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm8.php

ICC held an online chess960 event which was won by Hikaru Nakamura and he has free entry into the FiNet and Ordix opens, hotel room and breakfast at the Hilton Mainz Hotel along with Dmitry Andreikin who he beat 4-2 in the final.

Details of the ICC event: http://www.chessclub.com/activities/chess960_2008/

Grand Slam in Bilbao

The Chess Grand Slam Final takes place in Bilbao 1st-13th September 2008. There are 6 players. The first three are the winners of Corus 2008, Morelia - Linares 2008, and Mtel Masters 2008 - GM Levon Aronian, GM Viswanathan Anand, and GM Vassily Ivanchuk. Invitations have been sent also to the second place players - GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Veselin Topalov. The sixth player will be known after the next meeting of the board of the Chess Grand Slam. This news

Source: http://grandslam.chessdom.com/chess-grand-slam-bilbao

3rd Edmonton International

The 3rd Edmonton International takes place July 31st-August 4th, 2008 and is the main event of the 3rd Edmonton chess festival which will also include many events for all levels of players.

It is a masters only Swiss with GM/IM norm opportunities. The top participants so far are: GMs: Alexander Moiseenko, Alexander Shabalov, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Jesse Kraai. IMs: Josh Friedel (GM elect), Edward Porper, John Donaldson.