THE WEEK IN CHESS 716 28th July 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Jonathan Berry, Manfred Mussnig, Olivier Breisacher, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Marcelo Pagano, Gorka Bravo, Oscar de la Riva Aguado, David Pruess, Brent Kitson, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Laszlo Nagy, George Mirijanian, Zenon Franco, Herman Van de Wynkele, Hans Groffen, Dinu-Ioan Nicula, Jan Kalensky, Gary Suffield, Tarjei J. Svensen, Anna Burtasova, Dave Clayton and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Up until today it looked like Magnus Carlsen would win the Biel tournament and add to his rating but first of all Leinier Dominguez Perez won to take the lead and then Evgeny Alekseev beat Carlsen to join him half a point off the lead. The conclusion of the event should be exciting. Elsewhere there is a huge amount of chess as shown by the 4493 games in the issue.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Biel Tournament

The 41st Biel International Chess Festival takes place 19th July - 1st August 2008.

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

41st Festival GM Biel (SUI), 20-31 vii 2008										cat. XVIII (2687)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2708	*	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	½	1	½	1	5	2822
2.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	½	.	*	*	½	1	1	0	½	.	1	.	4½	2799
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2775	½	.	½	0	*	*	1	.	½	.	1	1	4½	2762
4.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2691	0	.	0	1	0	.	*	*	½	1	1	.	3½	2686
5.	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2670	½	0	½	.	½	.	½	0	*	*	1	.	3	2642
6.	Pelletier, Yannick	g	SUI	2569	½	0	0	.	0	0	0	.	0	.	*	*	½	2297

Round 3 (July 22, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	36	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Carlsen, Magnus	- Bacrot, Etienne	1-0	31	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Onischuk, Alexander	- Pelletier, Yannick	1-0	57	E15	Queens Indian
Round 4 (July 24, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Bacrot, Etienne	1-0	49	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Onischuk, Alexander	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	39	D19	Slav Defence
Pelletier, Yannick	- Alekseev, Evgeny	0-1	35	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 5 (July 25, 2008)
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Onischuk, Alexander	½-½	34	C50	Giuoco Piano
Carlsen, Magnus	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	24	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Bacrot, Etienne	- Pelletier, Yannick	1-0	34	C41	Philidor's Defence
Round 6 (July 26, 2008)
Bacrot, Etienne	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	43	E00	Catalan
Onischuk, Alexander	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	0-1	91	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Pelletier, Yannick	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	40	E15	Queens Indian
Round 7 (July 28, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Pelletier, Yannick	1-0	56	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Carlsen, Magnus	- Alekseev, Evgeny	0-1	84	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Onischuk, Alexander	- Bacrot, Etienne	0-1	55	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4

3) VI Gyorgy Marx Memorial

The VI.Gyorgy Marx Memorial takes place in Paks, Hungary 24th July - 4th August, 2008.

Alongside is the XII.Paks Open 30th July - 3rd August, 2008, 7 rounds.

Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy

VI Gyorgy Marx Mem Paks (HUN), 25 vii-4 viii 2008										cat. XV (2625)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2606	*	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	1	.	.	.	3	2843
2.	Stellwagen, Daniël	g	NED	2616	½	.	*	*	.	.	½	.	½	.	1	.	2½	2708
3.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2681	½	.	.	.	*	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	2½	2708
4.	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2645	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	.	.	1	.	2	2611
5.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2660	0	.	½	.	½	.	.	.	*	*	½	.	1½	2524
6.	Acs, Peter	g	HUN	2544	.	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	½	.	*	*	½	2328

Round 1 (July 25, 2008)
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Sargissian, Gabriel	1-0	64	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Stellwagen, Daniël	- Acs, Peter	1-0	38	C97	Ruy Lopez
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Berkes, Ferenc	½-½	33	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 2 (July 26, 2008)
Beliavsky, Alexander G	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	42	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Berkes, Ferenc	- Stellwagen, Daniël	½-½	82	D17	Slav Defence
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Acs, Peter	½-½	26	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Round 3 (July 27, 2008)
Stellwagen, Daniël	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	½-½	43	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Sargissian, Gabriel	½-½	57	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Acs, Peter	- Berkes, Ferenc	0-1	58	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 4 (July 28, 2008)
Stellwagen, Daniël	- Sargissian, Gabriel	½-½	55	C45	Scotch Game
Berkes, Ferenc	- Beliavsky, Alexander G	0-1	48	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Acs, Peter	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	45	B22	Sicilian Alapin

4) North Urals Cup

The North Urals Cup takes place in Krasnoturinsk (Sverdlovsk region) July 26th - August 3rd 2008. This is the strongest women's tournament ever.

Official site: http://www.northuralscup.ru

5th North Urals Cup Krasnoturinsk (RUS), 27 vii-3 viii 2008											cat. XI (2522)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2550	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	2
2.	Xu Yuhua	g	CHN	2483	.	*	½	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2730
3.	Sebag, Marie	m	FRA	2530	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2745
4.	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2476	.	.	.	*	½	.	1	.	1½	2679
5.	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2469	0	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	2320
6.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2544	.	0	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	2300
7.	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2504	.	.	.	0	.	½	*	.	½	2317
8.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2622	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (July 27, 2008)
Xu Yuhua	- Sebag, Marie	½-½	70	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Pogonina, Natalija	- Ushenina, Anna	½-½	33	B19	Caro Kann
Cramling, Pia	- Muzychuk, Anna	½-½	45	A80	Dutch
Koneru, Humpy	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	0-1	46	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 2 (July 28, 2008)
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Pogonina, Natalija	1-0	61	A57	Volga Gambit
Sebag, Marie	- Koneru, Humpy	1-0	52	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Cramling, Pia	- Xu Yuhua	0-1	57	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Muzychuk, Anna	- Ushenina, Anna	0-1	79	B12	Caro Kann Advanced

5) Politiken Cup

The Politiken Cup took place 20th-27th July 2008. Sergey Tiviakov won the event on tie-break from Vladimir Malakhov, Yurij Kuzbov, Peter Heine Nielsen, Boris Savchenko and Jonny Hector all of whom scored 8/10. I give all the games again as I made a few changes to the first three rounds.

Official site: http://www.politikencup.dk/

Politiken Cup Helsingor (DEN), 19-27 vii 2008. Leading Final Round 10 Standings
Pl.	Player	Ti	NAT	ELO	Po	MiBu	SoBer
1	Sergey Tiviakov	GM	NED	2645	8	56	52.75
2	Vladimir Malakhov	GM	RUS	2689	8	55.5	52.75
3	Yurij Kuzubov	GM	UKR	2578	8	55	52.5
4	Peter Heine Nielsen	GM	DEN	2652	8	54	51.5
5	Boris Savchenko	GM	RUS	2578	8	53.5	50
6	Jonny Hector	GM	SWE	2537	8	50	48.25
7	Michael Roiz	GM	ISR	2680	7½	55.5	50.25
8	Mikheil Mchedlishvili	GM	GEO	2604	7½	55	48.75
9	Pavel Eljanov	GM	UKR	2716	7½	53	46.75
10	Konstantin Landa	GM	RUS	2615	7½	52	46.75
11	Alexei Iljushin	GM	RUS	2546	7½	52	46
12	Emanuel Berg	GM	SWE	2592	7½	51.5	46.5
13	Oliver Kurmann	IM	SUI	2394	7½	51.5	44.5
14	Christian Jepson	IM	SWE	2358	7½	48	42.75
15	Lars Schandorff	GM	DEN	2537	7½	45.5	41.75
16	Vitali Golod	GM	ISR	2578	7	54	45.25
17	Jacob Aagaard	GM	SCO	2531	7	54	44.5
18	Bartosz Socko	GM	POL	2628	7	53.5	43.5
19	Alexander A. Evdokimov	GM	RUS	2555	7	52.5	41.25
20	Artur Kogan	GM	ISR	2569	7	51	41.75
21	Viktorija Cmilyte	IM	LIT	2508	7	50	41.25
22	Krzysztof Bulski	FM	POL	2388	7	48	39.5
23	Thomas Engqvist	IM	SWE	2363	7	48	39
24	Jens Kristiansen	IM	DEN	2441	7	45.5	34.5
25	Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen	IM	NOR	2423	7	41	34.5
26	Sune Berg Hansen	GM	DEN	2542	6½	55	40.5
27	Michal Krasenkow	GM	POL	2639	6½	53.5	41.25
28	Ashwin Jayaram	IM	IND	2436	6½	52	38.75
29	Djurre den Heeten		NED	2278	6½	51.5	37.25
30	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2432	6½	49.5	36.25
31	Peter Marusenko	IM	UKR	2327	6½	49	38
32	Tiger Hillarp-Persson	GM	SWE	2526	6½	49	35
33	Heini Olsen	FM	FAI	2368	6½	48.5	36.25
34	Monika Socko	IM	POL	2473	6½	48	36.25
35	Stellan Brynell	GM	SWE	2468	6½	47.5	37
36	Jacob Carstensen	FM	DEN	2309	6½	47.5	34.25
37	Mikkel Antonsen	IM	DEN	2455	6½	47	37.25
38	Bengt Lindberg	IM	SWE	2432	6½	47	36.5
39	Martin Matthiesen	FM	DEN	2345	6½	46.5	36.25
40	Jop Delemarre	IM	NED	2467	6½	46	36.25
41	Sabino Brunello	IM	ITA	2482	6½	46	34.25
42	Jesper Schultz-Pedersen		DEN	2165	6½	45.5	33
43	Bo Garner Christensen		DEN	2247	6½	45	35.75
44	Sjoerd Plukkel		NED	2215	6½	43	33.5
45	Jonathan Humprey	FM	AUS	2289	6½	40.5	30.75
46	Peter Olsen		DEN	2224	6½	40	32.75
47	Matthias Bach	FM	GER	2272	6½	39	33
48	Magnus Eriksson		SWE	2163	6½	38.5	26
49	Felix Klein		GER	2241	6	48.5	32
50	Linus Olsson	FM	SWE	2365	6	47.5	34.75
280 players

6) 19th Czech Open

The 19th Czech Open took place 10th-27th July 2008 in Pardubice, Czech Open. This is one of the very biggest festivals and there were many events, the strongest of which are below and in the games section. Eldar Gasanov won the A Open with 7.5/9. Dmitry Chuprov won the rapid on tie-break after scoring 7.5/9 and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov did so badly he didn't even finish the tournament.

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

19th Czech Chladek & Tintera A Open Pardubice (CZE), 18-26 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	Av Op	BH
1	Gasanov Eldar	GM	UKR	2523	7,5	2461	51,0
2	Stocek Jiri	GM	CZE	2559	7,0	2467	48,5
3	Chuprov Dmitry	GM	RUS	2577	7,0	2463	53,5
4	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2590	7,0	2462	55,0
5	Vorobiov Evgeny E.	GM	RUS	2550	7,0	2455	51,0
6	Chernyshov Konstantin	GM	RUS	2565	7,0	2448	53,5
7	Gajewski Grzegorz	GM	POL	2575	7,0	2436	51,0
8	Dobrowolski Piotr	IM	POL	2426	7,0	2395	44,0
9	Brkic Ante	GM	CRO	2530	7,0	2394	45,5
10	Teske Henrik	GM	GER	2504	7,0	2389	46,0
11	Kononenko Dmitry	GM	UKR	2502	6,5	2471	54,0
12	Geller Jakov	IM	RUS	2510	6,5	2451	48,5
13	Babula Vlastimil	GM	CZE	2597	6,5	2449	53,0
14	Vokarev Sergey	GM	RUS	2517	6,5	2446	52,0
15	Gutman Gennadi	GM	UKR	2497	6,5	2417	49,5
16	Llaneza Marcos	IM	ESP	2468	6,5	2401	49,0
17	Wirig Anthony	IM	FRA	2456	6,5	2396	44,0
18	Schlosser Philipp	GM	GER	2567	6,5	2391	47,5
19	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2461	6,5	2352	45,0
20	Paichadze Luka	FM	GEO	2426	6,0	2467	48,5
21	Pena Gomez Manuel	FM	ESP	2352	6,0	2462	47,5
22	Bogner Sebastian	IM	GER	2467	6,0	2458	51,0
23	Kanarek Marcel	FM	POL	2349	6,0	2442	48,0
24	Epishin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2574	6,0	2437	51,0
25	Pedersen Christian Kyndel	IM	DEN	2402	6,0	2418	46,5
26	Jasny Stanislav	FM	CZE	2359	6,0	2418	46,5
27	Galburd Yan		ISR	2209	6,0	2414	40,0
28	Volosin Leonid	GM	CZE	2449	6,0	2409	46,0
29	Akesson Ralf	GM	SWE	2481	6,0	2405	46,0
30	Simacek Pavel	IM	CZE	2470	6,0	2403	47,5
31	Zakhartsov Viacheslav	GM	RUS	2556	6,0	2401	50,0
32	Hasangatin Ramil	GM	RUS	2485	6,0	2396	48,5
33	Cvek Robert	GM	CZE	2532	6,0	2390	48,5
34	Arutinian David	GM	GEO	2586	6,0	2384	47,0
35	Huschenbeth Niclas		GER	2414	6,0	2382	44,5
36	Warakomski Tomasz	IM	POL	2502	6,0	2380	43,5
37	Nabaty Tamir		ISR	2431	6,0	2379	46,5
38	Erdogdu Mert	IM	TUR	2440	6,0	2379	43,0
39	Ismagambetov Anuar	IM	KAZ	2482	6,0	2374	46,0
40	Luch Michal	IM	POL	2412	6,0	2374	45,0
41	Haub Thorsten Michael	IM	GER	2460	6,0	2354	44,0
42	Petr Martin	IM	CZE	2451	6,0	2347	45,0
43	Turov Maxim	GM	RUS	2584	6,0	2334	46,5
44	Jansa Vlastimil	GM	CZE	2485	6,0	2334	43,5
45	Korotkjevich Stanislav		UKR	2349	6,0	2334	41,0
46	Tereick Benjamin	FM	GER	2382	6,0	2327	40,5
47	Kulakov Viatcheslav		RUS	2360	6,0	2312	38,0
48	Mikhalevski Alexander	IM	ISR	2448	6,0	2292	38,5
339 players

19th Czech Jihlavanka B Open Pardubice (CZE), 18-26 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB2	TB3
1	Pecha Tomas		CZE	2096	7,5	2205	52,5
2	Tolstikh Nikolay	IM	RUS	2381	7,5	2165	50,5
3	Nedochetov Mikhail	IM	RUS	2354	7,5	2149	52,0
4	Al-Sulaiti Ghanem	FM	QAT	2135	7,5	2121	51,5
5	Davydenko Andrey		RUS	2181	7,5	2103	53,0
6	Nikolaev Leonid		UKR	2297	7,5	2103	50,5
7	Orekhov Viktor		RUS	2275	7,5	2098	49,5
8	Coenen Michael		GER	2176	7,5	2098	44,5
9	Van Den Berg Hilke		NED	2195	7,0	2085	50,0
10	Dorst Johannes		GER	2198	7,0	2070	46,5
11	Kuzevanova Evgenia		RUS	2164	7,0	2039	45,0
12	Seifert Christopher		GER	2032	6,5	2186	47,5
13	Umanec Filip		CZE	2132	6,5	2149	47,5
14	Korsus Bernd		GER	2263	6,5	2144	55,5
15	Kiselev Aleksandr	FM	RUS	2267	6,5	2137	51,5
16	Boyarchenko Alex		LUX	1941	6,5	2134	48,5
17	Semenova Elena		RUS	2048	6,5	2122	43,5
18	Margrat Daniel		GER	2216	6,5	2119	52,5
19	Van Assendelft Floris		NED	2227	6,5	2113	51,0
20	Maslak Alexander		RUS	2201	6,5	2103	53,0
21	Ivanets Vladimir	FM	RUS	2241	6,5	2090	49,0
22	Naroditsky Alan		USA	2136	6,5	2073	47,5
23	Lammens Tim	FM	NED	2350	6,5	2072	52,0
24	Buzeti Jernej		SLO	2175	6,5	2065	44,5
25	Roeberg Frank		GER	2267	6,5	2064	48,5
26	Meskovs Nikita		LAT	2177	6,5	2050	43,5
27	Hendriks Victor		NED	2164	6,5	2048	42,0
28	Pasiev Rakhim		RUS	2178	6,5	2039	38,5
29	Cusnariov Nicolai		MDA	2141	6,5	2036	49,0
30	Lindborg Petter		SWE	2125	6,5	2027	43,5
385 players

19th Czech Open Synthesia Rapid Pardubice (CZE), 16-17 vii 2008. Final Round 9 Standings
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	RtgI	Pts.	BH 1	BH 2
1	Chuprov Dmitry	GM	RUS	2577	7,5	54,0	42,0
2	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2590	7,5	52,5	41,5
3	Buhmann Rainer	GM	GER	2561	7,5	45,0	35,0
4	Gajewski Grzegorz	GM	POL	2575	7,0	53,0	40,5
5	Zakhartsov Viacheslav	GM	RUS	2556	7,0	44,5	34,5
6	Stocek Jiri	GM	CZE	2559	6,5	52,0	40,5
7	Najer Evgeniy	GM	RUS	2670	6,5	51,0	39,5
8	Arutinian David	GM	GEO	2586	6,5	50,0	39,0
9	Epishin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2574	6,5	48,5	37,5
10	Navara David	GM	CZE	2646	6,5	47,5	37,5
11	Gasanov Eldar	GM	UKR	2523	6,5	46,0	35,5
12	Chernyshov Konstantin	GM	RUS	2565	6,5	45,0	35,5
13	Kabanov Nikolai	IM	RUS	2521	6,5	44,5	35,5
14	Schlosser Philipp	GM	GER	2567	6,5	42,0	33,0
15	Potkin Vladimir	GM	RUS	2629	6,0	52,0	40,5
16	Motylev Alexander	GM	RUS	2674	6,0	50,0	38,5
17	Maslak Konstantin	IM	RUS	2521	6,0	48,5	39,0
18	Babula Vlastimil	GM	CZE	2597	6,0	48,5	38,0
19	Genba Vladimir	IM	RUS	2429	6,0	46,0	36,0
20	Vokac Marek	GM	CZE	2451	6,0	46,0	35,5
21	Shcherbin Matvej		RUS	2222	6,0	43,5	34,5
22	Neelotpal Das	GM	IND	2462	6,0	42,5	33,5
23	Nabaty Tamir		ISR	2431	6,0	41,0	32,5
24	Somkin Eugen		RUS	2392	6,0	36,5	28,5
25	Paichadze Luka	FM	GEO	2426	5,5	52,5	42,5
26	Beinoras Mindaugas		LTU	2426	5,5	49,5	40,0
27	Ibrayev Nurlan	GM	KAZ	2518	5,5	49,5	38,0
28	Pozin Sergey	IM	RUS	2436	5,5	48,0	37,5
29	Shanava Konstantine	GM	GEO	2522	5,5	47,5	37,0
30	Kanovsky David	IM	CZE	2409	5,5	47,0	37,0
31	Ismagambetov Anaur	IM	KAZ	2482	5,5	46,5	36,0
32	Gutenev Alexander		RUS	2280	5,5	46,0	36,0
33	Sumaneev Dmitriy	IM	RUS	2465	5,5	45,0	35,0
34	Tjurin Alexander	FM	RUS	2340	5,5	44,5	34,5
35	Mudrak Josef	FM	CZE	2367	5,5	43,0	33,5
36	Velicka Petr	GM	CZE	2492	5,5	41,5	32,5
37	Panocki Adrian		POL	2338	5,5	40,5	30,5
38	Lang Torsten	FM	GER	2340	5,5	39,0	29,5
39	Ageichenko Gennady		RUS	2384	5,5	37,5	29,0
40	Prymula Roman	FM	CZE	2278	5,5	36,0	28,5
41	Laznicka Viktor	GM	CZE	2601	5,0	58,0	46,0
42	Dzhangirov Dmitry		UKR	2276	5,0	47,5	38,5
43	Walentukiewicz Michal	CM	POL	2200	5,0	47,0	37,0
44	De Verdier Michael		SWE	2222	5,0	47,0	37,0
45	Galburd Yan		ISR	2209	5,0	46,0	35,5
46	Gutman Gennadi	GM	UKR	2497	5,0	45,5	34,5
47	Tikkanen Hans	IM	SWE	2417	5,0	45,5	34,5
48	Klenburg Mikhail	IM	UKR	2445	5,0	45,0	35,0
49	Biriukov Oleg	IM	RUS	2391	5,0	44,0	33,0
50	Kratochvil Karel		CZE	2113	5,0	43,5	33,0
51	Nun Jiri	IM	CZE	2380	5,0	43,0	32,5
52	Morozov Dmitry	FM	RUS	2351	5,0	40,5	30,5
53	Gumula Daniel	FM	POL	2277	5,0	40,0	31,5
54	Priborsky Jan		CZE	2344	5,0	39,0	31,0
55	Alexikov Alexander	IM	UKR	2357	5,0	39,0	30,5
56	Luch Michal	IM	POL	2412	5,0	35,5	27,5
57	Priborsky Ivo		CZE	2302	5,0	35,5	27,5
58	Kulovana Eva	WIM	CZE	2302	5,0	35,0	26,5
59	Gurkin Anton		KAZ	2158	5,0	32,0	24,5
60	Cvek Robert	GM	CZE	2532	4,5	49,5	38,5
61	Smith Axel		SWE	2427	4,5	48,5	38,0
62	Molnar Peter	FM	SVK	2306	4,5	45,0	35,5
63	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2742	4,5	44,5	33,5
64	Kulakov Viatcheslav		RUS	2360	4,5	43,0	33,5
65	Buchenau Frank	FM	GER	2335	4,5	42,5	33,5
66	Bazeev German		RUS	2129	4,5	42,5	33,0
67	Konopka Michal	IM	CZE	2433	4,5	41,5	32,5
68	Nilsson Sebastian		SWE	2284	4,5	41,0	32,5
69	Vlasak Lukas		CZE	2136	4,5	40,5	32,5
70	Sorm Daniel	FM	CZE	2335	4,5	40,5	31,0
71	Grandelius Nils	FM	SWE	2366	4,5	40,0	31,5
72	Malinin Vasily	GM	RUS	2331	4,5	38,0	29,0
73	Shilov Sergey	FM	UKR	2255	4,5	36,5	28,5
74	Bystrov Sergej	IM	RUS	2310	4,5	35,5	28,5
75	Rehorek Martin		CZE	2324	4,5	35,0	27,5
76	Soural Jan		CZE	2285	4,5	34,0	25,0
77	Ivanets Vladimir	FM	RUS	2241	4,0	43,5	34,0
144 players

19th Czech Infinity Open Pardubice (CZE), 11-16 vii 2008 Final Round 7 Standings
Rk.	Name		FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Gutman Gennadi	GM	UKR	2497	6,0	29,5	21,5	25,00
2	Klenburg Mikhail	IM	UKR	2445	5,5	33,5	24,0	26,00
3	Gurkin Anton		KAZ	2158	5,5	31,5	22,5	23,75
4	Al Sulaiti Ghanem	FM	QAT	2135	5,5	31,0	22,5	23,25
5	Klima Lukas	IM	CZE	2439	5,5	28,5	20,0	21,25
6	Saunina Ludmila	WGM	RUS	2303	5,0	31,5	22,5	21,25
7	Snorek Milan		CZE	2171	5,0	31,0	22,0	21,25
8	Gergel Vladimir	FM	UKR	2311	5,0	30,5	21,5	21,25
9	Paichadze Luka	FM	GEO	2426	5,0	30,0	21,5	20,25
10	Orlyanskaya Darya	WFM	UKR	2054	5,0	29,5	21,5	19,25
11	Piskun Alexei		RUS	2021	5,0	29,5	21,0	18,50
12	Bednar Marcel		CZE	1988	5,0	28,5	20,0	18,50
13	Shishkin Vladimir		RUS	2189	4,5	31,0	22,5	17,00
14	Kozlov Gennady		RUS	2258	4,5	30,5	22,5	18,25
15	Bartos Jan	FM	CZE	2176	4,5	29,5	22,0	19,50
16	Dietrich Maxmilian		GER	2035	4,5	28,0	20,5	14,75
17	Pukl Rostislav		CZE	1955	4,5	27,5	20,5	15,75
18	Ageichenko Gennady		RUS	2384	4,5	27,5	20,0	15,50
19	Shevchenko Tanya	WFM	UKR	2139	4,5	27,0	18,5	15,75
20	Gorin Alexander		RUS	2055	4,5	26,0	19,0	14,50
21	Lang Anders		SWE	1920	4,5	26,0	18,5	16,00
22	Kotva Milan		CZE	2074	4,5	25,5	18,0	13,50
23	Fadavian Marius		GER	2019	4,0	29,0	22,0	15,00
24	Drozdov Vladimir		RUS	2088	4,0	29,0	21,0	16,00
25	Frana Tomas		CZE	1822	4,0	27,0	19,5	14,00
26	Shafeev Farit		RUS	0	4,0	27,0	19,0	13,50
27	Michlian Stefan		CZE	1847	4,0	27,0	18,5	13,25
28	Pekar Vaclav		CZE	1964	4,0	26,5	20,0	12,75
29	Maslak Alexander		RUS	2201	4,0	26,0	19,0	13,00
30	Pesek Radomir		CZE	2097	4,0	25,5	18,0	11,75
31	Skokan Frantisek		CZE	1747	4,0	25,5	17,5	13,00
32	Janecek Vaclav		CZE	0	4,0	25,0	17,0	12,00
33	Minko Vladimir		RUS	1800	4,0	24,0	17,5	11,00
34	Tichy Vaclav		CZE	1541	4,0	23,5	17,0	10,00
35	Andersen Carsten		SWE	1992	4,0	23,0	16,0	11,00
81 players

19th Czech Oce Open Pardubice (CZE), 10-13 vii 2008 Final Round 7 Standings
Rk.	SNo		Team	Gms	+	=	-	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	UKR	DNEPR	7	6	1	0	22,0	126,5	92,5
2	1	RUS	UGRA	7	4	2	1	20,5	133,5	95,5
3	6	CZE	SK POLABINY A	7	5	1	1	20,5	117,5	85,0
4	3	RUS	KHIMKI	7	4	2	1	20,0	128,5	93,5
5	4	RUS	YAMAL - 1	7	4	3	0	20,0	123,5	87,5
6	5	RUS	SOUTH URAL	7	5	1	1	20,0	121,0	84,5
7	7	CZE	LIPA A	7	6	0	1	18,5	116,0	82,5
8	9	CZE	SK ZLIN	7	4	0	3	18,0	121,0	87,5
9	12	CZE	ZIKUDA TURNOV	7	5	0	2	18,0	114,0	81,0
10	21	LAT	RIGA CHESS SCHOOL A	7	5	0	2	18,0	108,0	78,0
96 Teams - 465 players

7) Canadian Open

The Canadian Open (Quebec Open Chess Tournament) took place in Montreal July 19th-27th 2008. Alexander Moiseenko, Eduardas Rozentalis, Victor Mikhalevski and Matthieu Cornette tied for first in the event with 6.5/9.

Further details: Fédération québécoise des échecs and live coverage at: http://monroi.com/the-2008-canadian-and-quebec-open-chess-tournament-home.html

Canadian Open Montreal (AND), 19-27 vii 2008. Final Round 9 Standings
#	Ti	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Tot
1	GM	Alexander Moiseenko	2632	+20	=12	+14	=16	+9	=3	+8	=2	=4	6.5
2	GM	Eduardas Rozentalis	2599	+21	=16	=17	=18	=25	+31	+14	=1	+7	6.5
3	GM	Victor Mikhalevski	2592	+26	+7	=10	=11	+12	=1	+13	-4	+9	6.5
4	IM	Matthieu Cornette	2521	+42	=27	+31	-9	+18	=5	+6	+3	=1	6.5
5	GM	Abhijit Kunte	2554	=31	+44	=12	+43	=7	=4	=16	+15	=8	6.0
6	GM	Anton Kovalyov	2548	+23	=17	=28	+21	=14	=16	-4	+18	+20	6.0
7	IM	M. R. Venkatesh	2462	+33	-3	+23	+39	=5	=9	+10	+20	-2	6.0
8	GM	Andrei Istratescu	2636	+24	+15	=9	=10	=11	=14	-1	+17	=5	5.5
9	GM	Alexander Huzman	2589	+22	+18	=8	+4	-1	=7	=15	+16	-3	5.5
10	GM	Mark Bluvshtein	2548	+36	+19	=3	=8	=16	=15	-7	+21	=11	5.5
11	GM	Walter Arencibia	2536	+38	=28	+27	=3	=8	=13	-20	+29	=10	5.5
12	IM	S. Arun Prasad	2492	+34	=1	=5	+28	-3	-23	+27	=13	+26	5.5
13	GM	Surya Skekhar Ganguly	2631	=29	+30	-16	+27	+17	=11	-3	=12	=22	5.0
14	GM	Dimitri Komarov	2536	+39	+43	-1	+20	=6	=8	-2	=22	=23	5.0
15	GM	Bator Sambuev	2496	+32	-8	=29	+30	+26	=10	=9	-5	=17	5.0
16	IM	Thomas Roussel-Roozmon	2486	+35	=2	+13	=1	=10	=6	=5	-9	=19	5.0
17	IM	K. Rathnakaran	2453	+40	=6	=2	=26	-13	+21	+23	-8	=15	5.0
18	IM	John Bartholomew	2440	+37	-9	+38	=2	-4	=28	+31	-6	+29	5.0
19	GM	Borislav Ivkov	2411	+41	-10	-39	+37	-31	=33	+36	+27	=16	5.0
20	IM	Nikolay Noritsyn	2361	-1	+42	+46	-14	+39	+25	+11	-7	-6	5.0
21	GM	Nisha Mohota	2354	-2	+22	+47	-6	+41	-17	+28	-10	+30	5.0
22	FM	Raja Panjwani	2310	-9	-21	+34	+46	=28	+24	=29	=14	=13	5.0
23	FM	Shiyam Thavandiran	2288	-6	+40	-7	+47	+43	+12	-17	=25	=14	5.0
24	FM	Sylvain Barbeau	2367	-8	=32	+35	=31	=38	-22	+41	-26	+33	4.5
25		Jack Yoos	2366	=44	-31	+32	+29	=2	-20	=37	=23	=28	4.5
26	GM	Ghate Swathi	2351	-3	+34	+45	=17	-15	-27	+38	+24	-12	4.5
27	GM	Eesha Karavade	2297	B---	=4	-11	-13	+30	+26	-12	-19	+36	4.5
28		Eric Hansen	2268	+45	=11	=6	-12	=22	=18	-21	+37	=25	4.5
29	FM	Bindi Cheng	2333	=13	=47	=15	-25	+45	+38	=22	-11	-18	4.0
30	FM	Nelson Castaneda	2314	=47	-13	+44	-15	-27	+40	=33	+39	-21	4.0
31	FM	Jonathan Tayar	2293	=5	+25	-4	=24	+19	-2	-18	-33	+37	4.0
32		Liam Henry	2211	-15	=24	-25	=35	-37	+46	-42	+44	+40	4.0
33		Marius Nicula	2209	-7	=35	H---	-45	+46	=19	=30	+31	-24	4.0
34		Hughes Masse	2196	-12	-26	-22	=40	+42	=41	+44	-36	+38	4.0
35	IM	Sai Meera	2179	-16	=33	-24	=32	+47	=36	-39	=38	+41	4.0
36		Nicolas Yap	2279	-10	-37	+40	-41	+44	=35	-19	+34	-27	3.5
37		Louie Jiang	2135	-18	+36	-43	-19	+32	+39	=25	-28	-31	3.5
38	GM	Manisha Mohanty Kiran	2246	-11	+41	-18	+48	=24	-29	-26	=35	-34	3.0
39		Roland Chabot	2235	-14	+48	+19	-7	-20	-37	+35	-30	U---	3.0
40		Yuanling Yuan	2146	-17	-23	-36	=34	+48	-30	B---	=41	-32	3.0
41		William G. Doubleday	2125	-19	-38	+42	+36	-21	=34	-24	=40	-35	3.0
42		Nicolas Arsenault	2213	-4	-20	-41	=44	-34	+48	+32	U---	U---	2.5
43	IM	Michael Mulyar	2382	+48	-14	+37	-5	-23	U---	U---	U---	U---	2.0
44		Stephane Drolet	2131	=25	-5	-30	=42	-36	+47	-34	-32	U---	2.0
45		Maurice Poulin	1989	-28	B---	-26	+33	-29	U---	U---	U---	U---	2.0
46		Nikola Anastasovski	2129	H---	H---	-20	-22	-33	-32	U---	U---	U---	1.0
47		Andrei Gulko	2102	=30	=29	-21	-23	-35	-44	U---	U---	U---	1.0
48		Jerome Lachaux	2075	-43	-39	B---	-38	-40	-42	U---	U---	U---	1.0

8) XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra

The XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra took place 19th-27th July 2008. David Howell won the event with 8/9.

Official Site: http://www.escacsandorra.com

XXVI Andorra Open La Massana (AND), 19-27 vii 2008. Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1	Howell, David W L	ENG	g	8.0
2	Edouard, Romain	FRA	m	7.5
3	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	PER	g	7.0
4	Comas Fabrego, Lluis	ESP	g	7.0
5	Marin, Mihail	ROU	g	7.0
6	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	g	6.5
7	Damljanovic, Branko	SRB	g	6.5
8	Zambrana, Oswaldo	BOL	g	6.5
9	Narciso Dublan, Marc	ESP	g	6.5
10	Strikovic, Aleksa	SRB	g	6.5
11	Huerga Leache, Mikel	ESP	m	6.5
12	De La Riva Aguado, Oscar	AND	g	6.5
13	Magem Badals, Jordi	ESP	g	6.5
14	Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos	ESP	m	6.5
15	Aloma Vidal, Robert	ESP	f	6.5
16	Bae, Torstein	NOR	m	6.0
17	Perez Candelario, Manuel	ESP	m	6.0
18	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	ESP	g	6.0
19	Panelo, Marcelo	ARG	m	6.0
20	Lafuente, Pablo	ARG	g	6.0
21	Garcia Roman, Daniel	ESP	m	6.0
22	Berkovich, Mark A	ISR	m	6.0
23	Caspi, Israel	ISR		6.0
24	Llobel Cortell, Enrique	ESP	m	6.0
25	Mellado Trivino, Juan	AND	m	6.0
26	Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis	ESP	g	6.0
27	Raznikov, Danny	ISR		6.0
28	Ringoir, Tanguy	BEL		6.0
29	Burg, Twan	NED	f	6.0
30	Vega Gutierrez, Belinda	ESP		6.0
31	Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel	ESP	m	6.0
32	Camarena Gimenez, Rufino	ESP	m	6.0
33	De La Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria	ESP	g	6.0
34	Molinero Martin, Joan	ESP		6.0
35	Popilski, Gil	ISR	c	5.5
179 players

9) 31st Taminco Open Ghent

The 31st Taminco Open Ghent took place 19th-23rd July 2008. Geert Van der Stricht took clear first with 8/9. My thanks to Herman Van de Wynkele for the games.

Official site: http://www.kgsrl.be/. Additional report: http://schaakfabriek.be/2008/07/23/van-der-stricht-wint-open-van-gent/#more-569

31st Taminco Open Ghent (BEL), 19-23 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
1	Van der Stricht, Geert	m	BEL	2426	8.0	9	2619
2	Sumets, Andrey	g	UKR	2534	7.5	9	2541
3	Schebler, Gerhard	g	GER	2453	7.5	9	2506
4	Dgebuadze, Alexandre	g	BEL	2562	7.5	9	2464
5	Muhren, Bianca	wg	NED	2278	7.5	9	2431
6	Klundt, Klaus	m	GER	2361	7.0	9	2387
7	Sadkowsky, Daniel	f	BEL	2313	7.0	9	2339
8	Renette, Hans		BEL	2281	7.0	9	2303
9	Docx, Stefan	f	BEL	2331	7.0	9	2300
10	Van den Berg, Bram		NED	2204	7.0	9	2298
11	Ward, Chris G	g	ENG	2431	6.5	9	2393
12	Michiels, Bart	m	BEL	2442	6.5	9	2389
13	Sowray, Peter J	f	ENG	2327	6.5	9	2380
14	Cools, Gorik	f	BEL	2327	6.5	9	2350
15	Van Wessel, Rudy	f	NED	2307	6.5	9	2343
16	Lee, Graham D	f	ENG	2269	6.5	9	2334
17	Noiroux, Kevin		BEL	2140	6.5	9	2315
18	Skatchkov, Pavel	g	RUS	2491	6.5	9	2304
19	Tiller, Bjorn	m	NOR	2374	6.5	9	2263
20	Smit, Erik		NED	2266	6.5	9	2238
21	Donovan, Linton		BEL	2159	6.5	9	2228
22	Van Mechelen, Jan	f	BEL	2269	6.5	9	2211
23	Goormachtigh, Johan	f	BEL	2242	6.5	9	2196
24	Lacrosse, Marc	f	BEL	2202	6.5	9	2185
25	Farrand, Tom		JCI	2266	6.5	9	2164
26	De Jong, Jan-Willem	m	NED	2479	6.5	9	2156
27	Pietersma, Menno		NED	2211	6.5	9	2136
28	Roos, Adrian		BEL	2076	6.5	9	2117
29	Vangeldorp, Marc		BEL	----	6.5	9	2093
30	Wiley, Tom E	f	ENG	2299	6.0	9	2259
315 players

10) Bent Larsen vs Ivan Morovic Match

There is a four game match between chess legend Bent Larsen and Ivan Morovic Fernandez in Buenos Aires 18th-21st July 2008.

Official site: http://scalise.maddsites.com/larsenmorovic.htm

Match Buenos Aires (ARG), 18-21 vii 2008
Gm1	Larsen, Bent	- Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	½-½	33	E91	King's Indian Classical
Gm2	Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	- Larsen, Bent	½-½	51	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Gm3	Larsen, Bent	- Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	½-½	22	A49	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Gm4	Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	- Larsen, Bent	1-0	37	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto

Match Buenos Aires (ARG), 18-21 vii 2008
				1	2	3	4
Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	g	CHI	2551	½	½	½	1	2½	2556
Larsen, Bent	g	DEN	2461	½	½	½	0	1½	2464

11) Austrian Championship

Austrian individual championship took place in Leoben (near Graz) 19th-27th July 2008. Markus Ragger took clear first place with 7/9. The games were live on the Austrian Chess Federation website: http://www.chess.at

Official site: http://www.chess.at and results at: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr12144.aspx?lan=0

ch-AUT Leoben (AUT), 19-27 vii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rg.	Name		FED	Elo	Pkt.	Wtg1	Wtg2	Wtg3	Rp
1	Ragger Markus	GM	AUT	2527	7,0	46,5	36,0	36,50	2585
2	Baumegger Siegfried	IM	AUT	2433	6,5	44,5	34,0	31,00	2535
3	Schachinger Mario	FM	AUT	2314	6,0	47,5	36,5	31,75	2493
4	Pilaj Herwig Mag.	IM	AUT	2389	5,5	47,5	37,0	23,75	2407
5	Dietmayer-Kraeutler Marco	FM	AUT	2305	5,5	47,5	36,5	24,00	2422
6	Freitag Manfred	IM	AUT	2408	5,5	44,5	34,0	26,00	2390
7	Neubauer Martin Mag.	IM	AUT	2457	5,0	45,0	34,5	23,50	2364
8	Kreisl Robert	FM	AUT	2337	5,0	41,0	30,5	21,25	2332
9	Schwarhofer Christopher	MK	AUT	2227	5,0	39,5	30,5	20,25	2384
10	Neumeier Klaus Mag.	FM	AUT	2294	4,5	43,5	33,5	20,75	2363
11	Kleiser Gregor	FM	AUT	2329	4,5	43,0	34,0	20,00	2311
12	Diermair Andreas	IM	AUT	2388	4,5	40,5	32,0	18,50	2324
13	Binder Michael		AUT	2127	4,5	36,5	28,5	12,75	2215
14	Bachler Reinhard	MK	AUT	2248	4,5	34,5	27,0	12,75	2206
15	Genser Harald	FM	AUT	2342	4,5	33,0	26,0	12,25	2170
16	Hoelzl Franz	IM	AUT	2374	4,0	40,5	30,5	16,50	2225
17	Wiedermann Daniel	NM	AUT	2156	4,0	39,5	30,5	14,00	2258
18	Pachta Paul	FM	AUT	2312	4,0	38,5	28,0	15,50	2224
19	Fröwis Georg		AUT	2269	4,0	37,5	29,0	11,00	2214
20	Krebs Johann	FM	AUT	2245	4,0	35,0	28,0	11,25	2187
21	Pfaffel Thomas DI.		AUT	2144	3,5	38,5	30,0	15,50	2220
22	Aschenbrenner Robert	FM	AUT	2278	3,5	36,5	28,0	13,50	2189
23	Scheiblmaier Robert Mag.		AUT	2133	2,5	37,0	29,0	5,25	2047
24	Schroll Gerhard Dr. MMag.	IM	AUT	2436	1,5	36,5	29,5	5,50	2213
25	Loidl Florian	MK	AUT	2201	1,0	40,5	31,5	4,00	0

12) Macedonia Championships

The 17th Championship of Macedonia took place in Struga 14th-22nd July 2008. Riste Menkinoski took first place from Dejan Stojanovski on tie-break after both finished on 6½/9. My thanks to Ivan Kocovski for the games.

Official site: http://www.maksah.org/
Results:http://chess-results.com/tnr14543.aspx?lan=2

17th ch-MKD Struga (MKD), 14-22 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts.	T/B1	T/B2	TB/3
1	Menkinoski Riste	FM	MKD	2288	6,5	37,5	40,0	49,5
2	Stojanovski Dejan	IM	MKD	2419	6,5	35,0	38,5	49,5
3	Bogdanovski Vlatko	GM	MKD	2388	6,0	32,0	39,0	49,0
4	Pancevski Filip		MKD	2407	6,0	31,0	38,0	49,0
5	Vasovski Nikola	IM	MKD	2325	6,0	30,5	39,5	49,5
6	Jacimovic Dragoljub	GM	MKD	2417	6,0	29,0	36,5	46,5
7	Dinev Dejan	FM	MKD	2312	6,0	29,0	36,0	46,5
8	Dancevski Orce	IM	MKD	2441	5,5	31,5	38,5	49,0
9	Stanojoski Zvonko	GM	MKD	2514	5,5	29,5	37,0	47,0
10	Andonovski Ljubisa	FM	MKD	2300	5,5	28,5	35,5	45,0
11	Organdziev Oliver	FM	MKD	2274	5,5	28,5	35,5	43,0
12	Ilic Ljubomir	FM	MKD	2299	5,0	25,0	30,0	38,0
13	Petrovski Igor		MKD	1836	5,0	24,0	31,5	41,0
14	Nikoloski Kire		MKD	2118	5,0	23,0	32,5	41,5
15	Ilic Zoran	FM	MKD	2306	5,0	23,0	30,0	40,0
16	Popov Venci	FM	MKD	2389	4,5	27,5	36,0	46,0
17	Veleski Robert		MKD	2248	4,5	26,5	35,5	45,0
18	Sekulovska Vesna	WFM	MKD	2125	4,5	22,5	32,5	41,5
19	Petrov Saravco		MKD	2123	4,5	19,0	31,5	39,5
20	Petkovski Vlatko	FM	MKD	2185	4,0	21,5	31,5	41,0
21	Damceski Marjan		MKD	2045	4,0	21,0	32,5	39,5
22	Kacakovski Dimitar	FM	MKD	2227	4,0	18,5	28,0	35,5
23	Vukelic Zvonimir		MKD	2001	4,0	16,5	25,5	32,5
24	Tausanov Mihail		MKD	1919	3,5	15,5	27,0	33,0
25	Stojkovska Monika		MKD	1869	3,5	15,0	27,0	34,5
26	Nikolovska Dragana		MKD	1732	3,5	10,0	24,5	32,0
27	Markovski Velo		MKD	2057	3,0	19,5	32,5	41,5
28	Temkov Blagoja		MKD	2014	3,0	14,5	27,0	35,0
29	Konstantinov Aleksandar		MKD	0	3,0	14,0	25,0	31,5
30	Popagjoski Ljupco		MKD	0	2,5	10,5	22,5	28,0
31	Kuzmanovic Jordan		MKD	0	1,5	7,0	22,0	28,5
32	Masinov Pance		MKD	0	0,5	3,0	22,0	27,5

13) 13th Balaguer Open

The 13th Balaguer Open took place 14th-23rd July 2008. Vladimir Baklan won the event with 8/10 half a point clear of Fidel Corrales Jimenez and Lazaro Bruzon. The final round 10 games are not yet available.

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

XIII Open Balaguer (ESP), 14-22 vii 2008 Final Round 10 Standings:
Rank	Nombre		FED	Elo	Pts	BUC	BUC
1	Baklan, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2630	8	61	50
2	Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	IM	CUB	2504	7½	65½	52½
3	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	GM	CUB	2592	7½	63	52
4	Burmakin, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2625	7	66	53
5	Bhat, Vinay S	IM	USA	2483	7	65	52
6	Delchev, Aleksander	GM	BUL	2618	7	64½	53½
7	Kasparov, Sergey	GM	BLR	2486	7	61	49½
8	Aroshidze, Levan	GM	GEO	2547	7	61	49½
9	Lalith, Babu M R		IND	2328	7	60½	49
10	Mirzoev, Azer	GM	AZE	2565	7	60½	48½
11	Babaev, Rashad	GM	AZE	2484	7	59½	48½
12	Gupta, Abhijeet	GM	IND	2551	7	57½	46
13	Swapnil, S Dhopade		IND	2389	7	56½	46
14	Colovic, Aleksandar	IM	MKD	2470	6½	61½	49½
15	Roeder, Matthias	IM	GER	2451	6½	61½	49½
16	Ipatov, Alexander		UKR	2433	6½	60½	48
17	Vilela De Acuna, Jose Luis	IM	CUB	2347	6½	59	48
18	Guliev, Logman	IM	AZE	2436	6½	59	47½
19	Nadig, Kruttika	WIM	IND	2241	6½	56½	45½
20	Douriet, Alexis		CUB	2302	6½	55½	46
21	Abhay, T		IND	2263	6½	52	42½
22	Bruned, Boris		ESP	2224	6½	51	40½
23	Bruned, Yvain	FM	ESP	2383	6	61	50
24	Van Riemsdijk, Herman C	IM	BRA	2398	6	60	47½
25	Pogorelov, Ruslan	GM	UKR	2459	6	58½	46
26	Colas Longares, Rafael P	FM	ESP	2258	6	58	46½
27	Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio	FM	ESP	2386	6	56½	45½
28	Adel Lahchaichi, Oussama	FM	ESP	2304	6	56	45
29	Djingarova, Emilia	WGM	BUL	2305	6	56	44
30	Levin, Felix	GM	GER	2564	6	55	44½
31	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	WFM	GEO	2271	6	54½	43
32	Lorenzo De La Riva, Lazaro	FM	ESP	2367	6	52½	42½
33	Trepat Herranz, Joan	CM	ESP	2220	6	52	41½
34	Sengupta, Deep	IM	IND	2454	5½	61	49
35	Guramishvili, Sopiko	WIM	GEO	2302	5½	54	43½
36	Soumya, Swaminathan	WIM	IND	2293	5½	54	43½
37	Gomes, Mary Ann	WIM	IND	2316	5½	54	42½
38	Sai, Krishna G.V.	FM	IND	2139	5½	53	45
39	Ramon Perez, Jose Luis	FM	ESP	2311	5½	52½	42½
40	Ortiz, Nadya Karolina	WIM	COL	2249	5½	50½	39½
41	Danelia, Mariam	WFM	GEO	2185	5½	50	40½
42	Codina Garcia, Jose	CM	ESP	2141	5½	48½	40
43	Prasanna, Vishnu		IND	2341	5½	48½	38½
44	Kovacevic, Slobodan	IM	SRB	2417	5	59½	48½
45	Sanchez, Joseph	IM	PHI	2486	5	59½	48
46	Martinez Lopez, Ivan	CM	ESP	2251	5	55	45½
47	Aatirah, C P		IND	1946	5	53½	42½
48	Garcia Vicente, Nieves	WIM	ESP	2214	5	53	43½
49	Kasparova, Tatiana	WIM	BLR	2176	5	53	43
50	Aranzana Areste, Alberto		ESP	2033	5	53	42½
107 players

14) Armenian Team Championships

The Armenian Team Championships took place in Yerevan 16th-21st June 2008. The website below adds that " GM Sargissian, GM Jobava, GM T. L. Petrosian, GM Pashikian, GM Ara Minasian, WGM Lahno, WGM Mkrtchian, IM Karatorossian played in the composition of "Mika". Top GMs Carlsen, Aronian, Gelfand will also represent "Mika" at the European Club Cup to be held in October 2008 in Kallithea, Greece. The silver medal went to FIMA (GM Z. Andriasian, GM Grigoryan, IM Melkumyan, FM Ter-Sahakyan, IM Hayrapetian, IM Hambardzumian, Khojayan, Akopian). The bronze medal winner was "Bank King" (GM Vaganian, GM Lputian, GM Arutinian, GM Art. Minasian, GM Kotanjian, GM Anastasian, IM Chibukhchian, Avetisyan). " Some games now available.

Official site: http://www.armchess.am/ - Results: http://ratings.fide.com/treport.phtml?event16=14513

15) 69th Armenian Championship 1st League

The 69th Armenian Championship 1st League took place in Yerevan, 12th-22nd July 2008. Levon Babujian won with 8.5/9. No games available

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr14475.aspx?lan=2

69th Armenian Championship Yerevan (ARM), 12-22 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Ti	Nombre	FED	Elo	Pts.	Des 1	Des 2
1	IM	Babujian Levon	ARM	2435	8,5	2783	2339
2	IM	Chibukhchian Artur	ARM	2428	7,0	2529	2309
3		Hovhannisyan Robert	ARM	2337	7,0	2525	2305
4	IM	Petrosian Davit G.	ARM	2446	6,5	2500	2334
5		Gasparian Tigran	ARM	2243	6,0	2420	2295
6		Baghdasaryan Vahe	ARM	2215	6,0	2408	2283
7	WIM	Andriasian Siranush	ARM	2266	6,0	2381	2256
8		Harutjunyan Gevorg	ARM	2434	5,5	2376	2296
9		Pogosian Tigran	ARM	2310	5,5	2371	2291
10		Danielian Vardan	ARM	2320	5,5	2346	2266
11		Movsisian Vardan	ARM	2276	5,0	2398	2355
12	IM	Hayrapetian Arman	ARM	2414	5,0	2358	2315
13	IM	Kalashian David	ARM	2416	5,0	2320	2277
14	IM	Hambardzumian Yuri	ARM	2372	5,0	2315	2272
15	IM	Karatorossian David	ARM	2335	5,0	2312	2269
16		Shegunts Vachagan	ARM	2264	5,0	2311	2268
17	IM	Mnatsakanian Eduard A.	ARM	2283	5,0	2290	2247
18		Manukyan Armen	ARM	2151	4,5	2332	2332
19		Mkrtchian Simon	ARM	2316	4,5	2288	2288
44 players

16) 2nd Mangalore All India Open

The 2nd Mangalore All India Open Chess Tournament took place 19th-26th July 2008. Krishnan Murali won on tie-break from Dibyendu Barua after both finished on 8.5/10. No games available.

Results at: http://chess-results.com/tnr14595.aspx

2nd Mangalore All India Open (IND), 19-26 vii 2008 Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1
1		Murali Krishnan B T	IND	2412	TN	8,5	48,0
2	GM	Barua Dibyendu	IND	2497	WB	8,5	47,0
3	GM	Thipsay Praveen M	IND	2444	MAH	8,0	46,5
4		Praveen Kumar C	IND	2302	TN	8,0	44,0
5	IM	Prakash G B	IND	2387	TN	8,0	42,5
6		Nirmal E P	IND	2211	KER	8,0	41,5
7	IM	Himanshu Sharma	IND	2423	HAR	7,5	49,5
8	IM	Sharma Dinesh K	IND	2354	DEL	7,5	46,5
9		Amrutha Mokal	IND	2091	MAH	7,5	46,0
10	IM	Ramnathan Balasubramaniam	IND	2271	TN	7,5	45,0
11		Praveen Prasad P	IND	2264	AP	7,5	45,0
12		Stany G A	IND	2279	KAR	7,5	42,5
13		Sagar Shah	IND	2218	MAH	7,5	42,5
14	IM	Hegde Ravi Gopal	IND	2218	KAR	7,5	41,5
285 players

17) Asian Youth Championships

The Asian Youth Chess Championship took place in Tehran 15th-22nd July 2008. I give the games and detailed results from the top three boys sections and the full list of medal winners.

Official site: http://asia-chess.com/main/index.php

Ch-AY Boys U18 Tehran (IRI), 16-21 vii 2008 Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Salem A.R. Saleh	FM	UAE	2443	7,5	49,0	38,5	45,0
2	Adhiban B.	IM	IND	2422	6,5	48,5	37,0	44,5
3	Ilhomzade Ikrom		TJK	0	6,5	48,0	37,0	44,5
4	Shyam Sundar M.	IM	IND	2312	6,0	50,5	39,0	46,5
5	Sethuraman S.P.	IM	IND	2425	6,0	48,0	36,5	44,0
6	Nguyen Van Thanh		VIE	2194	5,5	42,0	32,5	40,0
7	Nitin S.	FM	IND	2303	5,0	50,0	38,5	46,0
8	Rahimov Rahmatjon		UZB	2218	5,0	46,5	37,0	44,5
9	Dalir Alireza		IRI	2089	4,5	36,0	27,5	34,0
10	Azemati Amir		IRI	2088	4,5	35,5	27,0	33,5
11	Pourramezanali Amirreza		IRI	2098	4,5	35,5	26,0	33,5
12	Amanbaev Islomjon		KGZ	2083	4,5	35,0	27,0	33,0
13	Karayev Assylkhan		KAZ	2261	4,0	46,0	35,5	42,0
14	Salehian Sina		IRI	2079	4,0	42,0	33,5	40,0
15	Priyadharshan K.	FM	IND	2297	4,0	40,0	29,5	37,0
16	Kottahachchy K.O.V.		SRI	1967	4,0	38,5	30,5	36,5
17	Saeed Ishaq	FM	UAE	2219	4,0	36,0	27,5	34,0
18	Antonio Viani D'cunha		IND	2114	3,5	33,0	24,5	31,0
19	Kavinda Akhila		SRI	2029	3,0	31,5	25,0	29,5
20	Amarasena Kaveesha		SRI	1900	2,5	32,5	26,0	30,5
21	Al-Kaabi Abdulla		UAE	1790	2,0	34,0	27,0	32,0
22	Al-Hasnawi Haider		IRQ	0	2,0	33,0	25,5	31,0

Ch-AY Boys U16 Tehran (IRI), 16-21 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Prasanna Rao	FM	IND	2233	7,5	49,0	38,0	45,5
2	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	FM	IND	2356	7,5	48,5	37,5	45,0
3	Ankit R. Rajpara		IND	2194	6,5	44,5	34,0	41,5
4	Golubev Roman		UZB	0	6,0	46,5	37,0	44,5
5	Ismailov Mukhit		KAZ	1915	5,5	46,5	36,5	44,0
6	Idani Pouya		IRI	1937	5,5	45,0	35,0	42,5
7	Fenil Shah		IND	2129	5,0	42,5	33,0	40,5
8	Vakhidov Jahongir		UZB	2165	5,0	42,0	32,5	40,0
9	Igambergenov Alibek		KAZ	2001	5,0	36,5	27,0	34,5
10	Hosseinipour Mehdi		IRI	2067	4,5	45,5	35,5	43,0
11	Oliazadeh Pouya		IRI	0	4,0	42,0	32,0	39,5
12	Pourhassannedjad Arash		IRI	2007	4,0	41,0	31,5	39,0
13	Perera W C C		SRI	1941	4,0	39,5	30,5	37,0
14	Pranav Shetty		IND	2138	4,0	37,5	29,0	35,5
15	Valerio Axel John		PHI	1851	3,5	35,5	26,5	33,0
16	Saleh Naif		UAE	0	3,5	30,5	23,5	28,5
17	Mirzozoda Shodmon		TJK	0	3,5	30,5	22,5	28,0
18	Yagmurov Sultan		TKM	0	3,0	30,5	23,0	28,5
19	Amanbaev Kaium		KGZ	0	2,5	36,0	28,0	34,0
20	Chohrour Hassan		LEB	0	0,0	40,5	31,5	36,0

Ch-AY Boys U14 Tehran (IRI), 16-21 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Toufighi Homayoon	FM	IRI	2425	6,0	25,0	19,0	23,5
2	Tologontegin Semetey	FM	KGZ	2374	4,5	29,0	20,0	26,0
3	Debashis Das		IND	2294	4,5	27,0	19,5	25,5
4	Darini Pouria		IRI	2262	4,5	22,5	16,5	21,0
5	Djuraev Sokhib	FM	TJK	2324	4,0	28,0	20,0	26,0
6	Saravana Krishnan P.		IND	2256	4,0	27,0	19,5	25,5
7	Otchiyev Arslan		TKM	2225	4,0	22,0	16,0	20,5
8	Sadeh Shahin		IRI	2247	3,5	27,0	19,5	25,5
9	Khoroshev Nikita		UZB	2136	3,5	26,0	19,5	24,0
10	Golizadeh Asghar		IRI	2271	3,0	24,0	16,5	22,5
11	Ali Akar		IRQ	2025	2,5	19,5	14,0	18,0
12	Maleki Amir		IRI	2086	2,0	20,0	14,5	18,5
13	Pradeep Kumar.R.A.		IND	2250	1,5	24,0	16,5	22,5
14	Marwan Abdulwahab	FM	UAE	2078	1,5	22,0	16,0	20,5

Ch-AY Tehran (IRI), 16-21 vii 2008 All Medal Winners
Rank	Title	Name	Rating	FED	Pts	BH.	Medal	Age Group	games
1		Omidi Arya		I.R.Iran	6	27	GOLD	Boys Under 8	7
2		Nigmatov Ortik		Uzbekistan	5½	28½	SILVER	Boys Under 8	7
3		Grahesh Y.		India	5	31	BRONZE	Boys Under 8	7
1		Ghosh Diptayan	2028	India	7½	50	GOLD	Boys Under 10	9
2		Mousavi Seyed Khalil	2065	I.R.Iran	7½	49	SILVER	Boys Under 10	9
3		Mahapatra Sidhant	1995	India	7½	47	BRONZE	Boys Under 10	9
1	FM	Girish A. Koushik	2108	India	7½	50½	GOLD	Boys Under 12	9
2		Javanbakht Nima	1942	I.R.Iran	6	50½	SILVER	Boys Under 12	9
3		Gagare Shardul	2070	India	6	47	BRONZE	Boys Under 12	9
1	FM	Prasanna Rao	2233	India	7½	49	GOLD	Boys Under 14	9
2	FM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2356	India	7½	48½	SILVER	Boys Under 14	9
3		Ankit R. Rajpara	2194	India	6½	44½	BRONZE	Boys Under 14	9
1	FM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2443	UAE	7½	49	GOLD	Boys Under 16	9
2	IM	Adhiban B.	2422	India	6½	48½	SILVER	Boys Under 16	9
3		Ilhomzade Ikrom	0	Tajikistan	6½	48	BRONZE	Boys Under 16	9
1	FM	Toufighi Homayoon	2425	I.R.Iran	6	25	GOLD	Boys Under 18	7
2	FM	Tologontegin Semetey	2374	Kyrgyzstan	4½	29	SILVER	Boys Under 18	7
3		Debashis Das	2294	India	4½	27	BRONZE	Boys Under 18	7
1		Abdumalik Zhansaya	0	KAZ	6½	29½	GOLD	Girls Under 8	7
2		Sagar Tejaswini	0	India	6	30	SILVER	Girls Under 8	7
3		Vu Thi Dieu Uyen	0	Vietnam	5	28	BRONZE	Girls Under 8	7
1		Mahalakshmi M.	1682	India	8	47½	GOLD	Girls Under 10	9
2		Ivana Maria Furtado	1836	India	6½	45	SILVER	Girls Under 10	9
3		Monnisha G K.	1741	India	6	47	BRONZE	Girls Under 10	9
1		Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	1769	I.R.Iran	8	45½	GOLD	Girls Under 12	9
2		Rathore Sonakshi	1838	India	7	50	SILVER	Girls Under 12	9
3		Pratyusha Bodda	1933	India	7	46½	BRONZE	Girls Under 12	9
1	WIM	Padmini Rout	2257	India	5½	27	GOLD	Girls Under 14	7
2		Qurbonboyeva Sarvinoz	1963	Uzbekistan	5	25½	SILVER	Girls Under 14	7
3		Priyanka Kumari	1925	India	4½	30	BRONZE	Girls Under 14	7
1	WFM	Hoang Thi Nhu Y	2103	Vietnam	7½	45	GOLD	Girls Under 16	9
2	WFM	Hejazipour Mitra	2137	I.R.Iran	6½	46	SILVER	Girls Under 16	9
3	WFM	Bhakti Kulkarni	2166	India	6	46½	BRONZE	Girls Under 16	9
1		Uthra P.	2067	India	5½	26½	GOLD	Girls Under 18	7
2		Muminova Nafisa	2242	Uzbekistan	5	28½	SILVER	Girls Under 18	7
3		Preethi R.	2183	India	5	27½	BRONZE	Girls Under 18	7

18) Merlo Tournament

The Italian Society of Merlo Chessclub took place 13th June - 23rd July 2008 in Buenos Aires. Pablo Lalanne took clear first with 7.5/9. My thanks to Marcelo Pagano for the games.

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

4th IRT Soc. Italiana Merlo (ARG), 13 vi-23 vii 2008
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Lalanne, Pablo	ARG	2193	*	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2357
2.	Menon, Daniel	ARG	2174	0	*	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	2306
3.	De Picciotto, Marcelo	ARG	2035	0	0	*	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2181
4.	Tomeo, Ivan	ARG	2076	0	1	½	*	1	0	½	1	0	1	5	2140
5.	Sapienza, Julian	ARG	2169	1	0	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	5	2130
6.	Medina, Sergio	ARG	2099	½	0	0	1	½	*	½	0	1	½	4	2051
7.	Koch, Juan	ARG	2039	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	3½	2021
8.	Pagano, Marcelo	ARG	2056	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	½	1	3½	2019
9.	Lugo, Sergio	ARG	1997	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	½	*	½	2½	1940
10.	Herrera, Pablo	ARG	2114	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	*	1½	1820

19) 83rd Argentine Championship Semi-finals

The 83rd Argentine Championship Semi-finals take place 21st-28th July 2008. Guillermo Di Benedetto leads with 6.5/8 with a round to go.

Official site: http://201.216.215.172/torneos/SEMI_83_ARG_08/index_semi_83_arg.htm

83rd ch-ARG s/f Buenos Aires (ARG), 21-28 vii 2008 Round 8 (of 9) Standings:
Rank	Name	Title	NAT	Rating	Score	Buchholz	PS	SB
1	Di Benedetto, Guillermo	FM	ARG	2300	6,5	39	29,5	30,25
2	Pierrot, Facundo	IM	ARG	2421	6	43	30	32
3	Tristan, Leonardo		ARG	2366	6	39,5	28	28,75
4	Spata, German		ARG	2250	6	32	25	23,5
5	Quiroga, Facundo	IM	ARG	2339	5,5	39,5	26	26,25
6	Alonso, Salvador	IM	ARG	2437	5,5	38	26	25,25
7	Claverie, Raul		ARG	2378	5,5	37,5	25,5	24
8	Meza, Hugo		ARG	2273	5,5	36,5	28	22,25
9	Fulgenzi, Ernesto	FM	ARG	2358	5,5	36,5	24	23,5
10	Malbran, Guillermo	IM	ARG	2241	5,5	36,5	23	23,75
11	Needleman, Alejandro	IM	ARG	2352	5,5	36	25,5	24,25
12	Perelman, Hernan		ARG	2360	5,5	35,5	25	23
13	Duarte, Leonardo	IM	ARG	2341	5	42	27,5	24,25
14	Calderon Fernandez, Gervas		ARG	2303	5	38,5	26,5	20,25
15	Lohidoy, Bernardo		ARG		5	37,5	22	21
16	Gallego, Gonzalo		ARG	2070	5	35	20	20,75
17	Catelli, Hernan		ARG	2176	5	32	21,5	18,25
18	Scarzello, Alejandro		ARG	2050	5	31	20	15,5
19	Virgillito, Cristian		ARG	2140	4,5	39,5	24,5	20,5
20	Barrionuevo, Pablo	FM	ARG	2363	4,5	38,5	22,5	20,25
21	Mahia, Gustavo	FM	ARG	2441	4,5	36,5	23,5	18,5
22	Sampaoli, Cristian		ARG	2201	4,5	35,5	20,5	16,75
23	De Luca, Christian		ARG	2125	4,5	34,5	22	17,75
24	Tobares, Leandro		ARG	2210	4,5	33,5	21,5	15,75
25	Restuccia, Francisco		ARG	2148	4,5	32,5	21	16
26	Palmero, Pablo		ARG	2144	4,5	32,5	20,5	14,75
27	Negri, Santiago		ARG	2133	4,5	28,5	18	13,25
28	Pastor, Juan Martin		ARG	1964	4,5	27,5	14	13,5
29	Hobaica, Juan Pablo	IM	ARG	2417	4	38,5	22,5	18,25
30	Giampa, Alejandro		ARG	2237	4	35,5	22,5	15,5
31	Torres, Sergio		ARG	2202	4	34	21	13
32	Pereyra, Horacio		ARG	2001	4	33,5	18	14,75
33	Amed, Stephanie	WFM	ARG	2099	4	33	17	14,75
34	Tenti, Joaquin		ARG	2145	4	32,5	19,5	11,5
35	Torres, Maximiliano		ARG		4	30,5	15	10,75
36	Vaquero, Diego Javier		ARG		4	29,5	15	13,25
37	Pacheco, Juan Jose		ARG	2091	4	28	15,5	10,75
38	Sandrone, Mauricio		ARG	2062	3,5	35	17	12
39	Palmiotto, Marcos Ivan		ARG		3,5	33	19	11,75
40	Cirulli, Diego		ARG		3,5	33	16	13
41	Mavrich, Leandro		ARG	2192	3,5	32	18	11,75
42	Bibiloni, Jorge		ARG	2153	3,5	30,5	16,5	11,5
43	Tokatlian, Gabriel		ARG		3,5	30,5	15	11
44	Lanza, Luciano		ARG	2188	3,5	29	16,5	10,5
45	Sanchez, Christian		ARG	2065	3,5	29	13	10,25
46	Fernandez, Carlos		ARG		3,5	28	12	11,75
47	Rojo Lynch, Enrique		ARG	1898	3,5	27,5	13	9.5
48	Duran, Juan		ARG		3	31	15	11
49	Alcobedo, Damian		ARG	2123	3	29	16,5	7
50	Araoz, Claudio Alberto		ARG	1903	3	29	10	9.75
51	Ferraris, Francisco		ARG		3	26,5	12,5	7.5
52	Barbarito, Damian		ARG		3	26,5	11,5	9
53	Latrecchiana, Christian		ARG	1771	3	26,5	10	8
54	Lo Presti, Roberto		ARG	2122	3	25	12	6.25
55	Gomez, Ruben A.		ARG		3	25	8,5	8.25
56	Muniz, Roberto Anibal		ARG		3	24,5	9	4.5
57	Ruiz, Francisco		ARG	1921	2,5	29,5	9,5	5
58	Lottgering, Enrique		ARG		2,5	29	12	8
59	Battan, Adrian		ARG		2,5	29	11	6.25
60	Roque, Fernando		ARG	1964	2,5	25,5	9	6.5
61	Coronel, Nestor		ARG		2,5	24,5	7	4.25
62	Epelboin, Matias		ARG	2038	2,5	23,5	11,5	5.5
63	Moscato, Nestor Eduardo		ARG		2	23,5	9,5	7.5
64	Volpe, Leonel		ARG	0	2	22	8	1.75
65	Volpe, Miguel		ARG		1,5	23,5	10,5	1.75

20) Villa Martelli

There are tournaments in Villa Martelli 8th July - 19th August 2008.

A second set of ITT and IRT events took place 17th-24th July 2008. I will round up the events next week when all the games are complete.

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

21) The Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival

12th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" took place 18th-25th. July 2008. in Senta (the Vojvodina /Serbia). Miodrag R Savic won the A tournament with 7/9. Only the round one games are available, hopefully the rest will follow.

Official site: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu

Battle of Senta 1697 Open A (SRB), 18-25 vii 2008 Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	BK.	FIDE	BK.	Rtg+/-
1	Savic Miodrag R	GM	SRB	2519	7,0	50,0	35,0	40,5	5
2	Martinovic Slobodan	GM	SRB	2453	6,5	52,5	35,5	41,5	9
3	Nestorovic Dejan	IM	SRB	2427	6,5	50,0	35,0	39,0	13
4	Arsovic Zoran	IM	SRB	2475	6,5	49,5	33,5	38,5	1
5	Maksimovic Branimir	IM	SRB	2397	6,5	47,5	33,5	37,5	15
6	Solomunovic Igor	FM	GER	2397	6,5	47,5	33,0	37,0	11
7	Lajthajm Borko	GM	SRB	2513	6,5	47,5	32,5	37,0	0
8	Ristic Nebojsa B	FM	SRB	2275	6,0	54,0	34,0	42,0	43
9	Arsovic Goran	IM	SRB	2469	6,0	52,5	33,5	41,0	2
10	Tomic Bosko	FM	BIH	2379	6,0	50,0	34,5	40,5	24
11	Popovic Milos T	IM	SRB	2391	6,0	46,5	31,0	36,5	4
12	Budimir Boris	FM	BIH	2311	6,0	45,5	30,0	35,5	17
13	Popovic Aleksandar M		SRB	2283	6,0	45,0	29,0	35,0	28
14	Kojovic Dragan	IM	SRB	2414	6,0	44,5	29,5	35,5	-2
15	Ardeleanu Alin	IM	ROU	2407	6,0	44,5	29,0	34,5	-4
16	Radovanovic Dusan		SRB	2350	6,0	42,0	31,0	33,0	6
17	Dragovic Momcilo	FM	SRB	2382	5,5	47,0	30,5	37,0	1
18	Andrijevic Milan	IM	SRB	2364	5,5	45,5	30,5	35,5	5
19	Farkas Tibor	IM	SRB	2298	5,5	44,5	29,0	35,0	8
20	Pletl Akos		SRB	2227	5,5	44,0	26,0	34,0	3
21	Mijic Vladimir		SRB	2190

THE WEEK IN CHESS 716 28th July 2008 by Mark Crowther

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