THE WEEK IN CHESS 718 11th August 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Bela Lengyel, Steve Giddins, Herman Van de Wynkele, Dennis Monokroussos, Luis Scalise, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Miklos Orso, Remco Hekhuis, Jesper Nielsen, John Henderson, Spiros Ilandzis, Bogdan Borsos, Efstratios Grivas, Vlad Rekhson, Imre Fancsy, Gary Suffield and everyone else who helped with the issue.

There is a four way tie between Wang Yue, Vugar Gashimov, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov at the top of the FIDE Grand Prix with three rounds to go, an interesting and perhaps slightly surprising mix of players. Elsewhere Krishnan Sasikiran won the Najdorf Memorial, the Staunton Memorial is in its early stage, the French Championships started today, Stuart Conquest took the British title for the first time and the World Junior Championships has seen 8 of its 13 rounds amongst another tremendous week of chess.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Event Sochi

The 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament takes place in Sochi 31st July - 14th August 2008. (these are the dates of the first and last rounds, rest days 5th and 10th August).

Official site: http://sochi2008.fide.com/. The official videos will be compiled by http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and on the spot reports from http://www.chessvibes.com/

2nd FIDE GP Sochi (RUS), 31 vii-14 viii 2008														cat. XIX (2708)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2704	*	½	½	1	½	.	½	½	½	.	1	½	.	½	6	2778
2.	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2717	½	*	½	½	½	.	½	½	.	½	½	.	1	1	6	2775
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2737	½	½	*	.	1	½	½	.	½	0	.	½	1	1	6	2770
4.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2744	0	½	.	*	1	½	.	½	½	.	1	0	1	1	6	2764
5.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2687	½	½	0	0	*	1	.	1	.	½	½	1	½	.	5½	2759
6.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2723	.	.	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	.	1	5½	2748
7.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2727	½	½	½	.	.	½	*	0	½	½	.	1	½	1	5½	2739
8.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2728	½	½	.	½	0	½	1	*	½	.	½	½	.	½	5	2702
9.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2709	½	.	½	½	.	½	½	½	*	½	½	.	½	½	5	2706
10.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2781	.	½	1	.	½	0	½	.	½	*	0	1	½	½	5	2696
11.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2720	0	½	.	0	½	½	.	½	½	1	*	½	½	.	4½	2681
12.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2738	½	.	½	1	0	½	0	½	.	0	½	*	½	.	4	2647
13.	Navara, David	g	CZE	2646	.	0	0	0	½	.	½	.	½	½	½	½	*	0	3	2562
14.	Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	g	QAT	2556	½	0	0	0	.	0	0	½	½	½	.	.	1	*	3	2572

Round 6 (August 6, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar	- Navara, David	1-0	70	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	55	D12	Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	47	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½-½	32	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Gelfand, Boris	- Radjabov, Teimour	0-1	49	E97	King's Indian Classical
Svidler, Peter	- Wang Yue	½-½	36	C53	Giuoco Piano
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	64	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 7 (August 7, 2008)
Wang Yue	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	56	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Aronian, Levon	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	30	D56	Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence
Radjabov, Teimour	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	50	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	1-0	89	C24	Bishop's Opening
Grischuk, Alexander	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	46	E04	Catalan
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	34	C49	Four Knights Metger
Navara, David	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	49	B87	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 8 (August 8, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	48	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Radjabov, Teimour	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	38	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Navara, David	½-½	60	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Kamsky, Gata	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	1-0	52	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	57	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Gelfand, Boris	- Wang Yue	0-1	54	D17	Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	0-1	25	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (August 9, 2008)
Wang Yue	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	62	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Aronian, Levon	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	63	A29	English Four Knights
Karjakin, Sergey	- Gashimov, Vugar	½-½	41	A61	Benoni
Grischuk, Alexander	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	54	D15	Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	23	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Navara, David	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	28	C33	Kings Bishops Gambit
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	40	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 10 (August 11, 2008)
Gashimov, Vugar	- Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	1-0	40	B57	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Radjabov, Teimour	- Navara, David	1-0	25	B46	Sicilian Paulsen
Cheparinov, Ivan	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	41	D11	Slav Defence
Kamsky, Gata	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	44	C91	Ruy Lopez
Grischuk, Alexander	- Wang Yue	½-½	34	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Gelfand, Boris	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	1-0	38	A30	English Symmetrical
Svidler, Peter	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	37	E15	Queens Indian

3) Najdorf Memorial

The Najdorf Memorial took place 2nd-10th August 2008. Krishnan Sasikiran took clear first with 6.5/9 a point clear of Tomi Nyback and Emanuel Berg. Grzegorz Gajewski edged out Kacper Piorun and Vladimir Onischuk on tie break to take the open event after all scored 7/9.

Official site: http://www.poloniachess.pl/najdorf2008/index.php?lang=en

Najdorf Memorial A Warsaw (POL), 2-10 viii 2008												cat. XV (2608)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2684	*	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2765
2.	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	2639	½	*	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	5½	2684
3.	Berg, Emanuel	g	SWE	2592	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	5½	2689
4.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2639	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	5	2647
5.	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2627	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	5	2649
6.	Rozentalis, Eduardas	g	LTU	2599	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	4	2566
7.	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2624	½	1	0	0	½	0	*	0	1	½	3½	2526
8.	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2606	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	½	0	3½	2528
9.	Kempinski, Robert	g	POL	2613	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	3½	2527
10.	Olszewski, Michal	m	POL	2458	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	3	2499

Round 4 (August 5, 2008)
Sasikiran, Krishnan	- Berg, Emanuel	1-0	36	A67	Benoni Three Pawns System
Krasenkow, Michal	- Balogh, Csaba	1-0	49	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Socko, Bartosz	½-½	14	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Macieja, Bartlomiej	- Kempinski, Robert	½-½	50	D51	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Olszewski, Michal	- Nyback, Tomi	0-1	62	C90	Ruy Lopez
Round 5 (August 6, 2008)
Nyback, Tomi	- Macieja, Bartlomiej	1-0	56	D39	QGD Ragozin
Berg, Emanuel	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	1-0	38	C42	Petroff's Defence
Socko, Bartosz	- Olszewski, Michal	1-0	29	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Balogh, Csaba	- Sasikiran, Krishnan	½-½	56	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Kempinski, Robert	- Krasenkow, Michal	½-½	63	A21	English Opening
Round 6 (August 7, 2008)
Sasikiran, Krishnan	- Kempinski, Robert	1-0	75	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Krasenkow, Michal	- Nyback, Tomi	½-½	15	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Socko, Bartosz	- Berg, Emanuel	½-½	36	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Balogh, Csaba	1-0	43	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Olszewski, Michal	- Macieja, Bartlomiej	1-0	32	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 7 (August 8, 2008)
Nyback, Tomi	- Sasikiran, Krishnan	½-½	16	D15	Slav Defence
Berg, Emanuel	- Olszewski, Michal	1-0	52	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Balogh, Csaba	- Socko, Bartosz	½-½	28	C91	Ruy Lopez
Macieja, Bartlomiej	- Krasenkow, Michal	½-½	41	D11	Slav Defence
Kempinski, Robert	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	½-½	9	A17	English Opening
Round 8 (August 9, 2008)
Sasikiran, Krishnan	- Macieja, Bartlomiej	½-½	26	D39	QGD Ragozin
Berg, Emanuel	- Balogh, Csaba	1-0	34	B65	Sicilian Rauzer
Socko, Bartosz	- Kempinski, Robert	½-½	19	E15	Queens Indian
Rozentalis, Eduardas	- Nyback, Tomi	½-½	71	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Olszewski, Michal	- Krasenkow, Michal	½-½	38	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (August 10, 2008)
Nyback, Tomi	- Socko, Bartosz	1-0	40	E20	Nimzo Indian
Krasenkow, Michal	- Sasikiran, Krishnan	½-½	24	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Balogh, Csaba	- Olszewski, Michal	½-½	39	C68	Ruy Lopez Exchange
Macieja, Bartlomiej	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	½-½	98	E40	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Kempinski, Robert	- Berg, Emanuel	½-½	13	A28	English Four Knights

Najdorf Memorial Open Warsaw (POL), 2-10 viii 2008
Place	Name	Title	Fed.	Elo	Total	MBch.	Bch.	Wins	Prog.
1	Gajewski, Grzegorz	GM	POL	2575	7	40	50.5	5	36
2	Piorun, Kacper	FM	POL	2445	7	39.5	50.5	5	36.5
3	Onischuk, Vladimir	IM	UKR	2506	7	37	47.5	6	32.5
4	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	2533	6.5	42.5	53.5	4	36.5
5	Warakomski, Tomasz	IM	POL	2502	6.5	41.5	52.5	4	37
6	Bobras, Piotr	GM	POL	2561	6.5	41	51.5	4	35.5
7	Moranda, Wojciech	IM	POL	2533	6.5	41	51	4	35
8	Dziuba, Marcin	GM	POL	2570	6.5	40	51.5	6	33.5
9	Savchenko, Stanislav	GM	UKR	2557	6.5	39.5	50.5	5	33.5
10	Zhigalko, Andrey	GM	BLR	2551	6.5	38	48.5	5	31.5
11	Gritsak, Orest	GM	UKR	2522	6.5	32.5	41	4	28.5
12	Jakubowski, Krzysztof	IM	POL	2497	6	41.5	53	5	35
13	Bromberger, Stefan	IM	GER	2490	6	38	49	5	33.5
14	Brzeski, Maciej		POL	2208	6	38	48.5	5	31.5
15	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V.	GM	RUS	2556	6	37.5	48.5	4	32
16	Protaziuk, Grzegorz		POL	2328	6	35	44	6	28
17	Kukawski, Maciej		POL	2253	6	33.5	41	5	28.5
18	Gdanski, Jacek	GM	POL	2523	5.5	38.5	50	4	31.5
19	Salem, A.R. Saleh	FM	UAE	2443	5.5	38.5	49.5	5	32
20	Socko, Monika	IM	POL	2473	5.5	38.5	49.5	4	31
21	Urban, Klaudiusz	IM	POL	2469	5.5	38.5	48.5	3	31.5
22	Grigoryan, Avetik	GM	ARM	2537	5.5	37.5	48	4	32.5
23	Marszalek, Maciej		POL	2355	5.5	37.5	47	4	31.5
24	Vovk, Yuri	GM	UKR	2549	5.5	36.5	47	5	29
25	Tvarijonas, Povilas		LTU	2285	5.5	36	44.5	4	29
26	Panocki, Adrian		POL	2338	5.5	35	45	4	29
27	Brodowski, Piotr		POL	2424	5.5	35	43	5	28
28	Vedrickas, Tautvydas		LTU	2288	5.5	34.5	45	4	27
29	Deszczynski, Adam		POL	2357	5.5	32.5	42.5	5	27
30	Shkapenko, Pavel	IM	RUS	2404	5.5	32.5	42	4	27
31	Gumula, Daniel	FM	POL	2277	5	37	46.5	2	28.5
32	Pazderski, Ziemowit		POL	2197	5	36.5	47	4	23
33	Szymanski, Marcin	IM	POL	2412	5	35.5	44.5	4	28.5
34	Staniszewski, Piotr	IM	POL	2416	5	35	44.5	4	27
35	Przybylski, Wojciech	FM	POL	2363	5	34	44.5	5	26
36	Kadziolka, Beata	WGM	POL	2313	5	34	44	4	27.5
37	Stoma, Pawel		POL	2294	5	34	44	4	25.5
38	Owczarzak, Jerzy	FM	POL	2343	5	34	43.5	3	27
39	Nguyen, Piotr		POL	2329	5	33.5	43.5	4	26.5
40	Matuszewski, Michal		POL	2233	5	33	41	4	26
41	Zaninotto, Franco		ITA	2184	5	32	42	3	23.5
42	Przezdziecka, Marta	WFM	POL	2281	5	31.5	40	3	25
43	Janczarski, Michal		POL	2238	5	31	40	3	24.5
44	Demidowicz, Maria		POL	2032	5	30	38	4	17
45	Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina	WFM	POL	2285	5	28.5	38	4	23
46	Adamski, Jan	IM	POL	2330	5	28	35	2	22
47	Leszner, Liliana	WIM	POL	2140	5	27	34.5	5	19
48	Bartel, Michal		POL	2266	4.5	34	44.5	3	24.5
49	AlHuwar, Jasem	FM	UAE	2260	4.5	34	42.5	4	26
50	Czarnota, Dorota	WIM	POL	2229	4.5	33	41.5	4	25.5
51	Worek, Joanna	WIM	POL	2293	4.5	31	40.5	2	23.5
52	Jedryczka, Krystian		POL	2265	4.5	31	39.5	4	23.5
53	Zickus, Simonas		LTU	2269	4.5	31	39	4	23.5
54	Warszawski, Bartosz		POL	2277	4.5	30.5	39.5	3	24
55	Krasenkova, Ilena	WIM	RUS	2171	4.5	30.5	39	4	20
56	Lada, Marek	FM	POL	2226	4.5	30	38.5	3	24.5
57	Zapolski, Krzysztof		POL	2257	4.5	30	38.5	3	24
58	Warakomska, Anna	WFM	POL	2211	4.5	30	38	2	18.5
59	Barwinski, Dionizy	FM	POL	2183	4.5	29.5	38	3	21
60	Saeed, Ishaq	FM	UAE	2219	4.5	29	38.5	4	20.5
61	Lach, Piotr		POL	2048	4.5	29	36	4	19.5
62	Olejarczyk, Bogdan		POL	2211	4.5	28.5	37	4	20
63	Moskwinski, Tadeusz		POL	2161	4.5	27	35.5	4	20
64	Witek, Tomasz		POL	2125	4.5	27	35	3	18
65	Gasik, Piotr		POL	2105	4	34	44	3	23.5
66	Fistek, Dariusz		POL	2208	4	33	42.5	2	20.5
67	Jaroch, Pawel		POL	2255	4	31.5	40	4	23
68	Chrzaszcz, Malvina		POL	1986	4	31.5	38	3	20
69	Dragun, Kamil		POL	2240	4	31	40.5	3	23.5
70	Wcislo, Damian		POL	2216	4	30	40	3	21.5
71	Charleshouse, Glenn L	FM	ENG	2202	4	30	39.5	3	19.5
72	Paprocki, Jaroslaw		POL	2218	4	30	39.5	2	19
73	Gluszko, Tomasz		POL	2225	4	28.5	38	2	17.5
74	Wisniowska, Klaudia		POL	1905	4	28	36.5	4	18
75	Wickstrom, Lucas		SWE	2139	4	27	34.5	3	15.5
76	Jaroch, Karol		POL	2158	4	24.5	32.5	3	16.5
77	Kultiyasov, Mikhail		BLR	2141	4	21	30	4	13
78	Alvarado, Carlos		PER	2184	3.5	33.5	42.5	2	20
79	Wierzbicka, Wiktoria		POL	2033	3.5	32	41.5	2	22
80	Przybyla, Kamil		POL	2134	3.5	32	40	3	18
81	Czarnecki, Wojciech		POL	2056	3.5	31	39.5	2	19
82	Plichta, Kamil		POL	2014	3.5	30.5	39	3	18.5
83	Kaliszewski, Tomasz		POL	2141	3.5	30.5	38	3	20.5
84	Sosnowska, Elzbieta	WFM	POL	2008	3.5	29.5	37.5	2	16.5
85	Marwan, Abdulwahab	FM	UAE	2078	3.5	27	34.5	3	16
86	Gosciniak, Maria		POL	2096	3.5	27	34.5	2	16
87	Winski, Lukasz		POL	2045	3.5	25.5	33	2	13
88	Bursa, Renata	WFM	POL	2065	3.5	24.5	31.5	3	13.5
89	Lach, Aleksandra	WFM	POL	2035	3	30	36.5	3	14
90	Pietocha, Pawel		POL	2036	3	29.5	39	1	17
91	Sielicki, Tomasz		POL	2043	3	29.5	37.5	3	15
92	Skwarczylo, Marek		POL	2024	3	27.5	36	2	15.5
93	Wypych, Dominik		POL	2085	3	26	33.5	3	11
94	Walentukiewicz, Michal	CM	POL	2200	3	25.5	34	1	15
95	Zakhartsov, Vladimir		RUS	2023	3	25.5	31.5	1	13.5
96	Bielecki, Pawel		POL	2063	3	21	28.5	2	8
97	Przedmojski, Rafal		POL	2397	2.5	28.5	39	2	19
98	Szewczak, Andrzej		POL	1902	2.5	27.5	33.5	2	13.5
99	Parczewski, Janusz		POL	2031	2.5	24	30	2	11
100	Jaskowski, Tadeusz		POL	2040	2.5	23.5	30.5	1	6
101	Rafa, Robert		POL	2033	2.5	22.5	28.5	1	7
102	Krasiewicz, Robert		POL	2136	2	27	34	1	12.5
103	Solnicki, Michal		POL	2010	2	23	31	2	10
104	Mandecki, Marek		POL	2140	1.5	25	32	1	10.5
105	Pozzo, Sebastian C		ENG	1980	1.5	19.5	26	1	6.5
106	Sanetra, Piotr		POL	2065	0.5	11	20	0	4
107	Sanetra, Szymon		POL	2050	0.5	10.5	17	0	3.5
108	Szefer, Michal		POL	2067	0	4	9.5	0	0

4) Staunton Memorial

The Staunton Memorial takes place in Simpsons in the Strand in London August 7th-18th 2008 (one rest day August 13th).

Official site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2008/index.shtml

Steve Giddins Round 4 Report
Steve Giddins Round 3 Report
Steve Giddins Round 2 Report
Steve Giddins Round 1 Report

6th Staunton Memorial London (ENG), 8-19 viii 2008														cat. XIII (2558)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2735	*	.	1	.	1	1	.	.	.	½	.	.	3½	2925
2.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2644	.	*	.	½	.	½	1	.	.	.	½	.	2½	2670
3.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2562	0	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	1	2½	2592
4.	Wells, Peter K	g	ENG	2526	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	½	1	2½	2626
5.	Werle, Jan	g	NED	2591	0	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	2	2587
6.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2593	0	½	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	1	.	2	2640
7.	Speelman, Jon S	g	ENG	2524	.	0	.	.	½	½	*	.	.	1	.	.	2	2609
8.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2655	.	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	2	2466
9.	Cherniaev, Alexander	g	RUS	2431	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	.	*	½	.	1	2	2482
10.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2610	½	.	.	.	.	.	0	½	½	*	.	.	1½	2499
11.	Sokolov, Ivan NED	g	NED	2658	.	½	.	½	½	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	1½	2501
12.	Wade, Robert G	m	ENG	2167	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 8, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Speelman, Jon S	1-0	59	D36	QGD Exchange
Timman, Jan H	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	23	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Werle, Jan	- Cherniaev, Alexander	1-0	32	E94	King's Indian Classical
Smeets, Jan	- Adams, Michael	0-1	28	C45	Scotch Game
L'Ami, Erwin	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	35	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	30	D38	QGD Ragozin
Round 2 (August 9, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Werle, Jan	1-0	40	C99	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Wells, Peter K	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	35	B07	Pirc Defence
Speelman, Jon S	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	29	D10	Slav Defence
Short, Nigel D	- Timman, Jan H	0-1	40	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Cherniaev, Alexander	- L'Ami, Erwin	½-½	47	C15	French Winawer
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	42	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Round 3 (August 10, 2008)
Van Wely, Loek	- Wells, Peter K	½-½	33	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timman, Jan H	- Cherniaev, Alexander	½-½	31	E18	Queens Indian
Werle, Jan	- Speelman, Jon S	½-½	24	E49	Nimzo Indian
Smeets, Jan	- Sokolov, Ivan NED	1-0	45	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
L'Ami, Erwin	- Adams, Michael	½-½	26	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Wade, Robert G	- Short, Nigel D	0-1	53	A47	Queen's Indian without c2-c4
Round 4 (August 11, 2008)
Adams, Michael	- Timman, Jan H	1-0	49	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Van Wely, Loek	- Smeets, Jan	½-½	47	D19	Slav Defence
Wells, Peter K	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	25	D07	Tchigorin Defence
Speelman, Jon S	- L'Ami, Erwin	1-0	62	D11	Slav Defence
Cherniaev, Alexander	- Wade, Robert G	1-0	37	C41	Philidor's Defence
Sokolov, Ivan NED	- Werle, Jan	½-½	33	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian

5) World Juniors

The World Junior Championships take place 3rd-15th August 2008 (rest day 9th August) in Gaziantep, Turkey.

Official site: http://wjcc2008.tsf.org.tr/

WCh-Junior Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008 Leading Round 8 (of 13) Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Fide	Rtg+/-	Ra	Rp
1	6	GM	LI Chao B	2590	CHN	6½	31	16	2507	2758
2	23	IM	BRAUN Arik	2533	GER	6½	30	22	2496	2747
3	14	GM	HOWELL David	2561	ENG	6	30½	14	2500	2693
4	28	GM	SAFARLI Eltaj	2527	AZE	6	30	17	2489	2682
5	16	WGM	HOU Yifan	2557	CHN	6	29	13	2490	2683
6	20	GM	POPOV Ivan	2549	RUS	6	28	10	2450	2643
7	2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	2605	ISR	6	26	5	2452	2640
8	34	IM	SANIKIDZE Tornike	2486	GEO	5½	26½	18	2502	2636
9	11	GM	SO Wesley	2577	PHI	5½	26	4	2476	2617
10	9	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	2579	VIE	5½	25½	4	2476	2617
	17	IM	KRAVTSIV Martyn	2555	UKR	5½	25½	3	2442	2583
	29	IM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	2507	ARM	5½	25½	11	2461	2602
13	26	GM	NEGI Parimerjan	2529	IND	5½	24½	7	2445	2586
14	3	GM	ANDREIKIN Dmitry	2604	RUS	5½	23	-2	2433	2564
15	52		LIN Chen	2417	CHN	5	27	19	2562	2512
16	25	GM	BRKIC Ante	2530	CRO	5	26½	9	2515	2610
17	13	GM	AMIN Bassem	2561	EGY	5	25	-2	2451	2546
	19	GM	GUPTA Abhijeet	2551	IND	5	25	-3	2431	2526
	22	GM	LEON HOYOS Manuel	2543	MEX	5	25	4	2482	2577
20	10	GM	LE QUANG Liem	2577	VIE	5	24½	-2	2462	2557
	33	GM	WEN Yang	2487	CHN	5	24½	3	2408	2499
22	8	GM	ZHIGALKO Sergei	2583	BLR	5	24	-1	2483	2578
	31	IM	ARUN Prasad Subramanian	2492	IND	5	24	-2	2356	2443
24	24	GM	RAMIREZ Alejandro	2531	CRC	5	23½	1	2436	2525
25	30	IM	HAMMER Jon Ludvig	2494	NOR	5	23	-4	2355	2450
26	47	IM	KALASHIAN David	2432	ARM	5	22½	12	2504	2461
27	1	GM	MAMEDOV Rauf	2627	AZE	5	22	-9	2440	2535
	4	GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	2601	CZE	5	22	-6	2444	2539
	35	FM	NECHEPURENKO Roman	2476	RUS	5	22	7	2441	2530
30	36	IM	BOROS Denes	2472	HUN	5	21½	1	2374	2460
	37	IM	CAN Emre	2460	TUR	5	21½	9	2452	2547
32	21	IM	SJUGIROV Sanan	2545	RUS	5	21	-6	2383	2477
	40	IM	SENGUPTA Deep	2454	IND	5	21	10	2444	2518
34	18	IM	KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek	2554	UZB	4½	23½	-8	2427	2470
35	27	GM	RAGGER Markus	2527	AUT	4½	22	-10	2371	2402
36	7	GM	LENIC Luka	2584	SLO	4½	21½	-12	2428	2471
	39	IM	SWIERCZ Dariusz	2456	POL	4½	21½	7	2465	2489
	49	IM	POTAPOV Pavel	2418	RUS	4½	21½	6	2481	2389
	50	FM	ROMBALDONI Denis	2418	ITA	4½	21½	1	2486	2257
40	48	FM	TOUFIGHI Tamijani Homayoon	2425	IRI	4½	21	3	2452	2364
41	12	GM	GEETHA Narayanan Gopal	2572	IND	4½	20½	-15	2374	2409
	15	GM	ITURRIZAGA Bonelli Eduardo Pat	2561	VEN	4½	20½	-15	2351	2370
	44	IM	ASHWIN Jayaram	2436	IND	4½	20½	2	2399	2408
44	46	FM	BARATOSI Daniel	2433	ROU	4½	19½	-3	2394	2313
	90		LORTKIPANIDZE Nodar	2080	GEO	4½	19½	53	2411	2496
46	55	IM	KARTHIKEYAN Pandian	2402	IND	4½	18	-3	2367	2290
47	88		SIRIN Atakan	2107	TUR	4½	17	36	2403	2328
48	65	FM	DJURAEV Sokhib	2324	TJK	4½	16½	6	2307	2334
49	38	IM	STUPAK Kirill	2458	BLR	4	23	3	2476	2467
50	5	GM	BARAMIDZE David	2593	GER	4	22	-15	2452	2452
51	42	IM	TOMCZAK Jacek	2451	POL	4	21	4	2475	2444
	58	FM	NARMONTAS Matas	2369	LTU	4	21	13	2452	2452
53	41	IM	PRUIJSSERS Roeland	2452	NED	4	20	-5	2391	2370
54	32	IM	PAPADOPOULOS Ioannis	2490	GRE	4	19½	-18	2306	2301
	45	FM	RONCHETTI Niccolo	2434	ITA	4	19½	-6	2367	2327
56	66		ABDULOV Orkhan	2318	AZE	4	18½	16	2419	2419
	70	FM	DRAGICEVIC Drazen	2302	SWE	4	18½	14	2389	2389
58	60	FM	PACHER Milan	2361	SVK	4	18		2356	2356
	75		RZAYEV Bahruz	2245	AZE	4	18	14	2332	2316
60	77		CONSTANTINOU Peter	2225	ENG	4	17½	9	2441	2181
61	51	IM	VOCATURO Daniele	2417	ITA	4	17	-22	2212	2080
	53	IM	DURARBEYLI Vasif	2413	AZE	4	17	-16	2283	2172
	67		NEIMER Vitaly	2316	ISR	4	17	6	2347	2327
64	63		VISHNU Prasanna Vasanthan Peru	2341	IND	4	15	-15	2274	2141
	84		HARIDAS Pascua	2174	PHI	4	15	14	2346	2238
66	80		NIEMI Mikko	2214	FIN	4	13½	9	2278	2156
67	57	FM	BENIDZE Davit	2389	GEO	3½	20	6	2474	2431
68	43	FM	GEORGESCU Tiberiu	2442	ROU	3½	19	-11	2377	2300
	56	IM	KORE Akshayraj	2392	IND	3½	19	-3	2419	2376
70	68		YAKSIN Oleg	2307	RUS	3½	16½	1	2422	2251
71	73		MIJOVIC Stefan	2289	MNE	3½	16	-2	2323	2266
72	59		ENCHEV Ivajlo	2367	BUL	3½	15½	-12	2342	2299
	82		ALVAREZ RAMIREZ Miguel Angel	2194	MEX	3½	15½	3	2419	2121
74	62		ANTON Teodor	2353	ROU	3½	14½	-17	2280	2185
	79		VAVRIC Pavel	2218	MDA	3½	14½	5	2298	2247
	83		APAYDIN Fethi	2187	TUR	3½	14½	2	2413	2118
77	78		MCPHILLIPS Karl	2221	IRL	3½	14	1	2361	2078
	85		HUGHES Tyler B.	2161	USA	3½	14	6	2248	2207
79	64	FM	KJARTANSSON Gudmundur	2328	ISL	3½	13½	-28	2182	2113
	81		OLIVER Gareth	2196	AUS	3½	13½	-10	2300	2027
81	89		ILIC Slavisa	2081	BIH	3½	12	2	2353	1960
82	87		SOUSA Ricardo	2133	POR	3½	10½	-26	2100	1887
83	54		CASPI Israel	2412	ISR	3	18	-18	2370	2162
84	61		KULAKOV Viacheslav	2360	RUS	3	15	-15	2360	2273
	72	FM	MARTINS Vinicius Tine	2292	BRA	3	15	-18	2314	2112
86	74		SARENAC Ivan	2289	SRB	3	14	-15	2354	1898
	76		NUKIN Askhat	2244	KAZ	3	14	-6	2368	2160
88	107		SALIHOVIC Amar	0	BIH	3	13½		2257	2170
89	86		ERTAN Can	2149	TUR	3	12½	-1	2319	2125
90	71		PLENCA Julijan	2295	CRO	3	12	-35	2149	2045
	92		DERUNI Berc	2032	TUR	3	12	1	2329	2019
92	108		ULUDOGAN Lutfullah	0	TUR	3	11		2212	1822
93	93		GURCAN Eray	1955	TUR	3	9	-11	2260	1869
	94		KOBAYASHI Atsuhiko	1936	JPN	3	9	-7	2286	1787
95	95		ZUBAIDULLIN Rustam	1929	RUS	3	6	-5	2279	1653
96	69	FM	GROVER Sahaj	2306	IND	2½	12½	-33	2232	2088
97	91		AYDOGDU Ataman	2050	TUR	2½	11½	-5	2249	2011
98	98		RAMSURRUP Pratish	1809	RSA	2½	9	-3	2155	1892
	99		OZDOVER Mustafa Berkay	1768	TUR	2½	9	-2	2118	1902
100	96		VURAL Ozge	1853	TUR	2½	8½	-5	2173	1913
101	104		OZOGLU Berker	0	TUR	2½	8		2072	1931
102	97		ACARBAY Aydin	1825	TUR	2	11	16	2170	2116
103	103		JAISWAL Raushan Kumar	0	NEP	2	8		2131	1764
104	100		GOKCEK Ekrem Bugra	0	TUR	2	7		2208	1712
105	105		OZTOSUN Cinar	0	TUR	2	6		2106	1595
106	106		OZTOSUN Gorkem	0	TUR	2	5		2056	1559
107	109		UNLU Ahmet Turan	0	TUR	1	6		2164	1268
108	101		GOKCEK Metehan	0	TUR	1	3		2161	1267
109	102		GUNGOR Ali Güvenç	0	TUR	1	2		2055	1284

WCh-Junior Girls Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008 Leading Round 8 (of 13) Standings:
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Fide	Rtg+/-	Ra	Rp
1	1	IM	HARIKA Dronavalli	2461	IND	7	31½	9	2255	2591
2	2	WGM	MUZYCHUK Mariya	2413	UKR	6½	30½	10	2265	2516
3	18	WIM	MIKADZE Miranda	2258	GEO	6	27½	20	2190	2383
4	33	WFM	NAKHBAYEVA Guliskhan	2170	KAZ	6	27	35	2261	2346
5	10	WIM	SOUMYA Swaminathan	2293	IND	6	24	9	2159	2352
6	23	WFM	NIKOLOVA Adriana	2242	BUL	5½	26	22	2231	2372
7	8	WFM	SEVERIUKHINA Zoja	2300	RUS	5½	23	7	2200	2341
8	48		GUO Qi	2048	CHN	5½	21½	43	2260	2362
9	13	WFM	ABRAHAMYAN Tatev	2277	USA	5	29	14	2271	2366
10	31	WFM	OZTURK Kubra	2188	TUR	5	26	21	2284	2268
11	6	WIM	MAJDAN Joanna	2323	POL	5	25	-4	2200	2295
	22	WIM	IVAKHINOVA Inna	2248	RUS	5	25	12	2222	2317
13	32		PREETHI Rajkumar	2183	IND	5	24½	15	2233	2224
14	25	WIM	NADIG Kruttika	2241	IND	5	24	17	2246	2328
15	9	WFM	HOOLT Sarah	2298	GER	5	23½	-1	2201	2296
	12	WGM	MAMEDJAROVA Turkan	2284	AZE	5	23½	-5	2152	2221
	27	WFM	PERTLOVA Sona	2217	CZE	5	23½	23	2260	2331
18	38		KAZIMOVA Narmin	2148	AZE	5	20½	20	2173	2267
19	17	WIM	DAULETOVA Gulmira	2267	KAZ	4½	25½	2	2230	2273
20	7	WIM	GOMES Mary Ann	2316	IND	4½	25	-5	2238	2281
21	29		ISGANDAROVA Khayala	2207	AZE	4½	23½	7	2191	2193
22	24		MUMINOVA Nafisa	2242	UZB	4½	23	-2	2176	2218
23	21	WFM	BOROSOVA Zuzana	2254	SVK	4½	22	-5	2170	2213
24	4	WGM	NEMCOVA Katerina	2372	CZE	4½	21½	-15	2231	2274
	26	WIM	YILDIZ Betül Cemre	2236	TUR	4½	21½	2	2189	2212
26	28	WFM	GASIK Anna	2211	POL	4½	20	-6	2116	2126
27	5	WGM	FOISOR Sabina-Francesca	2337	ROU	4½	19½	-23	2139	2182
28	3	WFM	BODNARUK Anastasia	2394	RUS	4½	19	-24	2174	2107
	60		ALAVI Hour Homa	1723	IRI	4½	19	54	2073	2240
30	14	WFM	PAIKIDZE Nazi	2277	GEO	4½	18½	-8	2174	2217
31	41	WFM	ERIC Jovena	2111	SRB	4½	17	3	2072	2090
32	36	WFM	TOTH Sarolta	2151	HUN	4½	16½	0	2098	2126
	39	WIM	HAMRAKULOVA Yulduz	2145	UZB	4½	16½	3	2107	2150
34	19	WIM	PADMINI Rout	2257	IND	4	23½	-9	2187	2164
35	16	WIM	POURKASHIYAN Atousa	2269	IRI	4	18½	-31	2055	2031
36	20	WGM	CORKE Anya	2255	HKG	4	17	-15	2076	2125
37	49	WFM	CHIERICI Marianna	2037	ITA	4	16½	6	2127	2025
38	35	WFM	DAVLETBAYEVA Madina	2155	KAZ	4	15½	-8	2105	2105
39	11	WIM	DAULYTE Deimante	2288	LTU	3½	19	-30	2147	2104
	30	WFM	LEKS Hanna	2198	POL	3½	19	-11	2219	2074
41	15	WIM	TSATSALASHVILI Keti	2271	GEO	3½	18½	-29	2130	2087
	47		KALASHYAN Varduhi	2049	ARM	3½	18½	13	2180	2124
43	40	WFM	TJOLSEN Katrine	2121	NOR	3½	17	-1	2165	2122
44	42	WFM	BERKE Ana	2100	CRO	3½	16½	-6	2108	2065
45	34	WFM	SGIRCEA Silvia-Raluca	2167	ROU	3½	16	-32	2028	1892
	37	WFM	KLIMETS Elena	2150	BLR	3½	16	-9	2138	2085
	45		IKONOMOPOULOU Maria	2074	GRE	3½	16	3	2141	2098
	46		MIDDELVELD Martine	2073	NED	3½	16	1	2112	2040
	52		HEGARTY Sarah	1966	ENG	3½	16	14	2188	2047
50	43	WFM	SHAMIMA Akter	2099	BAN	3½	14½	-21	2049	1922
51	50	WFM	BAYRAK Asli	2013	TUR	3½	13½	-6	2161	1928
52	44	WFM	EFROIMSKI Marsel	2091	ISR	3½	11	-24	1966	1871
53	54		ACAR Gizem	1931	TUR	3	12½	3	2131	1953
54	56		MISOVIC Sanja	1914	MNE	3	11½	-3	2156	1880
55	58		ANTONOVA Nadezhda	1883	TJK	3	11	-9	2071	1817
56	53	WFM	WIID Daleen	1931	RSA	3	10	-14	2022	1795
	57		BOYARCHENKO Marie	1895	LUX	3	10	-6	2118	1858
58	67		OZMUT Perinisa	0	TUR	3	9		1932	1646
59	51		ALBANO Jeremias Bianca	1990	POR	2½	13½	-8	2154	1918
60	59		GARCIA Liria Caetano	1792	BRA	2½	10½	-2	2031	1828
	61		ANTON Sarah	1681	AUS	2½	10½	9	2002	1882
	62		KARAYAYLALI Pinar	1597	TUR	2½	10½	4	1885	1779
63	63		KAYA Sena Nur	1529	TUR	2½	9½	5	1826	1794
64	55		BUKOVEC Tina	1929	SLO	2	8½	-41	1894	1633
65	65		DAI Irmak	0	TUR	2	6		1977	1585
66	68		SALATIC Milica	0	BIH	1½	5		1919	1408
67	64		BOSNJAK Antonija	0	BIH	1½	4		1949	1370
68	66		KAYA Saadet	0	TUR	0	0		1974	1105

6) British Chess Championships

The 95th Championships of The British Isles organised by the English Chess Federation took place Sunday 27th July - Saturday 9th August 2008 in St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Stuart Conquest defeated Keith Arkell 1.5-0.5 in a two game g20m+10s/per move games match.

Official site: http://www.britishchess08.com includes live coverage of the top boards

Playoff Games 9th August 2008

Gm 1	Arkell, Keith C	- Conquest, Stuart C	½-½	43	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Gm 2	Conquest, Stuart C	- Arkell, Keith C	1-0	46	B17	Caro Kann

95th ch-GBR Playoff (g20m+10s per move) Liverpool (ENG), 9 viii 2008
				1	2
Conquest, Stuart C	g	ENG	2536	½	1	1½	2699
Arkell, Keith C	g	ENG	2506	½	0	½	2343

95th ch-GBR Liverpool (ENG), 28 vii - 9 viii 2008 Final Round 11 Standings:
Pos	Player	NAT	ti	Elo	Pts
1	Arkell, Keith C	ENG	g	2506	8
2	Conquest, Stuart	ENG	g	2536	8
3	Davies, Nigel R	ENG	g	2478	7½
4	Gordon, Stephen	ENG	m	2508	7½
5	Lalic, Bogdan	CRO	g	2533	7½
6	Williams, Simon K	ENG	g	2496	7½
7	Buckley, Graeme	ENG	m	2401	7
8	Gormally, Daniel	ENG	g	2504	7
9	Hawkins, Jonathan	ENG		2232	7
10	Hebden, Mark	ENG	g	2520	7
11	Jones, Gawain C	ENG	g	2549	7
12	Kolbus, Dietmar	GER	m	2393	7
13	Pert, Nicholas	ENG	g	2547	7
14	Rendle, Thomas	ENG	m	2363	7
15	Trent, Lawrence	ENG	m	2470	7
16	Addison, Bret C	ENG		2244	6½
17	Houska, Jovanka	ENG	m	2405	6½
18	Kett, Tim	WLS		2247	6½
19	Ledger, Andrew	ENG	m	2423	6½
20	Pert, Richard	ENG	m	2468	6½
21	Storey, Charles	ENG		2268	6½
22	Tiruchirapalli, Venkatara	IND		2247	6½
23	Briscoe, Christopher	ENG		2232	6
24	Flear, Glenn C	ENG	g	2493	6
25	Greet, Andrew N	ENG	m	2453	6
26	Hanley, James L	ENG		2243	6
27	Haslinger, Stewart G	ENG	g	2511	6
28	Lyell, Mark	ENG	f	2232	6
29	Rudd, Jack	ENG	f	2345	6
30	Zhou, Yang-Fan	ENG		2259	6
31	Dilleigh, Stephen P	ENG		2131	5½
32	Eggleston, David J	ENG	f	2372	5½
33	Knott, Simon J B	ENG	m	2365	5½
34	Lalic, Susan	ENG	m	2344	5½
35	Ledger, Dave	ENG	f	2260	5½
36	Mason, Don	ENG		2268	5½
37	Quillan, Gary	ENG		2339	5½
38	Russell, Christopher	ENG		2036	5½
39	Surtees, Mike	ENG		2182	5½
40	Coathup, Roger H	ENG		2105	5
41	Cox, Tristan	ENG		2144	5
42	Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri	ENG	wf	2053	5
43	Horner, Jeff	ENG	m	2372	5
44	Jackson, Oliver	ENG		2221	5
45	James, Russell	ENG		2225	5
46	Ledger, Stephen	ENG		2138	5
47	Sen, Subin	ENG		2050	5
48	Townsend, Paul	ENG		2204	5
49	Williamson, Roger G	ENG		2169	5
50	Ynojosa, Felix Jose	ENG		2101	5
51	Barrett, Stephen J	ENG		2251	4½
52	Gavriel, Tryfon C	ENG		2180	4½
53	Gregory, Stephen J	ENG		2177	4½
54	Shaw, Peter	ENG		2127	4½
55	Waters, Clive L	ENG		2096	4½
56	Auckland, Elliott	ENG		1990	4
57	Berry, Stephen H	ENG	f	2363	4
58	Goodger, Martyn	ENG		2187	4
59	James, David J	WLS	f	2177	4
60	Rayner, Francis	WLS		2207	4
61	Yeo, Michael J	ENG		2110	4
62	Elwin, Adrian	ENG		2022	3½
63	Garnett, John S	ENG		2030	3½
64	Coates, David H	ENG		2037	3
65	Gibson, Christopher A	ENG		2003	3
66	Woods, Connor	SCO		1934	3
67	McCullough, Simon L	ENG		1910	2½
68	Davis, Lee	WLS		2071	2
68 players

7) XXIII Villarrobledo International Rapid Open

The XXIII Villarrobledo International Rapid Open took place over the weekend of 2nd-3rd August 2008. There was a strong entry at the top headed by Veselin Topalov who took clear first place with 8/9 half a point clear of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Former FIDE Champion Ruslan Ponomariov was a further half point behind and Alexei Shirov a further half point behind that.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezenvillarrobledo.es/

XXIII Rapid Open Villarrobledo (ESP), 2-3 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pl.	Name	Ti	FED	Elo	Pts.	BH 1	BH 2	FIDE
1	Topalov Veselin	GM	BUL	2777	8,0	53,0	58,0	41,0
2	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2742	7,5	52,0	56,5	41,0
3	Ponomariov Ruslan	GM	UKR	2718	7,0	52,0	57,0	37,0
4	Palac Mladen	GM	CRO	2587	7,0	50,0	53,5	36,0
5	Malakhov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2689	7,0	49,5	54,0	38,0
6	Ljubojevic Ljubomir	GM	SRB	2555	7,0	47,5	51,0	36,5
7	Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis	GM	ESP	2524	7,0	47,0	50,0	35,0
8	Shirov Alexei	GM	ESP	2741	6,5	52,0	56,5	37,0
9	Paunovic Dragan	GM	SRB	2539	6,5	48,5	53,5	36,5
10	Sokolov Ivan	GM	NED	2658	6,5	48,0	52,5	34,0
11	Van Wely Loek	GM	NED	2644	6,5	48,0	52,0	36,0
12	Abreu Delgado Aryam	IM	CUB	2502	6,5	46,5	49,0	34,5
13	Perez Candelario Manuel	IM	ESP	2537	6,5	43,5	47,5	34,0
14	Dreev Alexey	GM	RUS	2657	6,5	43,5	47,5	32,5
15	Guliyev Namig	GM	AZE	2510	6,5	42,5	46,0	34,5
16	Lafuente Pablo	IM	ARG	2505	6,5	42,0	46,0	32,5
17	Minzer Claudio Javier	IM	ARG	2457	6,5	42,0	45,0	31,0
18	Milov Vadim	GM	SUI	2705	6,0	48,5	53,5	35,0
19	Fedorchuk Sergey A	GM	UKR	2624	6,0	47,5	51,5	35,5
20	Kolev Atanas	GM	BUL	2565	6,0	46,0	50,5	34,5
163 players

8) 8th United Insurance & United Leasing

8th United Insurance & United Leasing International Masters Chess Tournament took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 30 players from 4 countries including 1 GM, 4 IM's, 8 FM's and 17 rated players are participated in the event. Dinesh K Sharma edged out Mahmood Lodhi on tie-break after both finished on 7.5/10. Games from the final four rounds not yet available. News: Haroon Or Rashid.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr14839.aspx

8th United Insurance Dhaka (BAN), 30 vii-7 viii 2008 Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	IM	Sharma Dinesh K	IND	2354	7,5	21140
2	IM	Lodhi Mahmood	PAK	2379	7,5	20884
3	FM	Minhazuddin Ahmed	BAN	2339	7,0	21232
4	IM	Himanshu Sharma	IND	2423	7,0	21090
5		Bitan Banerjee	IND	2281	6,5	20885
6	FM	Rahman Md Taibur	BAN	2307	6,5	20848
7	FM	Abu Sufian Shakil	BAN	2418	6,5	20478
8	FM	Ahmed Sk Nasir	BAN	2292	6,0	20242
9	FM	Haque Rezaul	BAN	2179	6,0	20145
10	GM	Rahman Ziaur	BAN	2564	5,5	20811
11		Monir Arman	BAN	2172	5,5	20099
12	FM	Hasan Mehdi	BAN	2264	5,0	20690
13		Shrestha Keshav	NEP	2128	5,0	20510
14		Hossain Delwar	BAN	2157	5,0	20492
15		Mohammad Ali	BAN	2175	5,0	19958
16	FM	Mohammed Abdul Malek	BAN	2289	5,0	19790
17	IM	Mirza Shahzad	PAK	2282	4,5	20405
18		Chatterjee Debaraj	BAN	2231	4,5	20138
19		Uddin Saif	BAN	2173	4,0	20667
20		Hossain Monir	BAN	2193	4,0	19975
21		Shresta Bilam Lal	NEP	2106	4,0	19892
22		Hasan Md Emam	BAN	2161	4,0	19881
23		Abdullah Al-Saif	BAN	1961	4,0	19741
24		Ali Md Imran	BAN	2172	3,5	20168
25		Badri Nepali	NEP	2172	3,5	17677
26		Chowdhury Sohel	BAN	2177	3,5	17524
27		Ahmed Mahtabuddin	BAN	2184	3,0	17645
28		Dutta Joydeep	IND	2253	3,0	13818
29		Anisuzzaman Jewel	BAN	2153	2,0	11072
30	FM	Mohammad Javed	BAN	2264	2,0	10823

9) First Saturday August

The First Saturday GM, IM and FM tournaments for August take place in Budapest, 2nd-15th 2008.

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

FSGM August Budapest (HUN), 2-17 viii 2008													cat. VIII (2426)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
1.	Kosic, Dragan	g	MNE	2516	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	.	1	½	.	½	6½	2534
2.	Duong The Anh	f	VIE	2445	½	*	½	½	0	½	1	.	½	½	.	1	1	6	2485
3.	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo	g	CUB	2493	½	½	*	½	.	½	.	½	½	.	1	½	½	5	2484
4.	Fogarasi, Tibor	g	HUN	2429	½	½	½	*	.	½	½	½	.	.	½	½	1	5	2481
5.	Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal	m	NOR	2423	0	1	.	.	*	.	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	5	2460
6.	Eisenbeiser, Amadeus	m	GER	2434	½	½	½	½	.	*	.	½	½	0	.	½	1	4½	2429
7.	Dinger, Florian	f	GER	2333	½	0	.	½	0	.	*	½	1	½	½	1	.	4½	2428
8.	Hirneise, Tobias	f	GER	2481	0	.	½	½	1	½	½	*	0	½	½	½	.	4½	2383
9.	Cabrera Trujillo, Jorge	f	ESP	2423	.	½	½	.	½	½	0	1	*	.	½	.	½	4	2437
10.	Genutis, Mindaugas	f	LTU	2317	0	½	.	.	0	1	½	½	.	*	½	.	1	4	2440
11.	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	f	VIE	2477	½	.	0	½	½	.	½	½	½	½	*	0	.	3½	2338
12.	Lorscheid, Gerhard	f	GER	2348	.	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	.	.	1	*	0	3½	2356
13.	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2417	½	0	½	0	½	0	.	.	½	0	.	1	*	3	2300

FSIMA August Budapest (HUN), 2-12 viii 2008												cat. III (2310)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	Torma, Robert	f	HUN	2347	*	½	.	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	6½	2466
2.	Hujbert, Florian		HUN	2258	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	.	½	½	1	5½	2397
3.	Miltner, Arndt	f	GER	2354	.	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2380
4.	Lorand, Norbert		HUN	2273	0	1	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	.	1	5	2348
5.	Beck, Frederik	f	GER	2335	½	0	1	1	*	.	½	½	½	0	½	4½	2306
6.	Szeberenyi, Adam	m	HUN	2318	0	½	½	½	.	*	½	0	½	1	1	4½	2306
7.	Werner, Dimo	m	GER	2329	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	0	4½	2271
8.	Humphrey, Jonathan	f	AUS	2289	½	.	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	1	0	4	2274
9.	Adams, Nick A		USA	2222	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	.	3½	2241
10.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2388	0	½	0	.	1	0	½	0	½	*	1	3½	2225
11.	Strunski, Andreas		GER	2294	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	.	0	*	3	2196

FSIMB August Budapest (HUN), 2-10 viii 2008												cat. II (2293)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Csirik, Andras		HUN	2272	*	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2567
2.	Kahn, Evarth	m	HUN	2317	0	*	1	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	5	2332
3.	Moen, Andreas		NOR	2297	½	0	*	0	1	0	½	1	1	1	5	2335
4.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2286	0	½	1	*	½	½	0	1	1	½	5	2336
5.	Kislik, Erik Andrew		USA	2302	0	0	0	½	*	1	½	1	½	1	4½	2291
6.	Vegh, Endre	m	HUN	2298	½	½	1	½	0	*	1	0	0	½	4	2249
7.	Leviczky, Tibor	f	HUN	2335	0	1	½	1	½	0	*	0	0	1	4	2244
8.	Schloetzer, Waldemar		GER	2280	½	½	0	0	0	1	1	*	½	½	4	2251
9.	Henris, Luc	f	BEL	2268	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	½	*	0	3	2170
10.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2271	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	1	*	3	2170

10) French Championship

The French Championship takes place in Pau 11th-23rd August 2008.

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

83rd ch-FRA Pau (FRA), 11-23 viii 2008													cat. XIII (2574)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2673	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Abergel, Thal	m	FRA	2499	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2561
3.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2691	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2553
4.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2553	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2691
5.	Nataf, Igor-Alexandre	g	FRA	2534	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2681
6.	Sokolov, Andrei	g	FRA	2561	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2499
7.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2681	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2534
8.	Apicella, Manuel	g	FRA	2521	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	½	2523
9.	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2583	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	2542
10.	Vaisser, Anatoly	g	FRA	2542	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	2583
11.	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2523	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	½	2521
12.	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2523	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

83rd ch-FRA w Pau (FRA), 11-23 viii 2008													cat. I (2259)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2463	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Benmesbah, Natacha	wf	FRA	2210	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1
3.	Guichard, Pauline	wm	FRA	2284	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
4.	Collas, Silvia	m	FRA	2370	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2155
5.	Delorme, Laurie		FRA	2155	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2370
6.	Leconte, Maria	wg	FRA	2346	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2357
7.	Milliet, Sophie	wg	FRA	2357	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2346
8.	Flear, Christine	wm	FRA	2133	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	½	2125
9.	Verot, Melanie		FRA	2125	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	2133
10.	Lallemand, Roza	wg	FRA	2285	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	0
11.	Muller, Anne	wm	FRA	2179	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
12.	Congiu, Mathilde	wf	FRA	2196	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

83rd ch-FRA National B Pau (FRA), 11-23 viii 2008													cat. IX (2460)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Govciyan, Pavel	m	FRA	2411	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1
2.	Collas, Didier	m	FRA	2439	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2365
3.	Shoker, Samy	m	FRA	2365	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2439
4.	Benitah, Yohan	m	FRA	2416	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	½	2508
5.	Bricard, Emmanuel	g	FRA	2453	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	½	2507
6.	Cossin, Sebastien	m	FRA	2466	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	2526
7.	Edouard, Romain	m	FRA	2508	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	2416
8.	Kosten, Anthony C	g	FRA	2507	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2453
9.	Prie, Eric	g	FRA	2526	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	2466
10.	Vitoux, Colomban	f	FRA	2454	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	½	2490
11.	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	m	FRA	2490	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	2454
12.	Lazarev, Vladimir	g	FRA	2482	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

11) 83rd Argentine Championship

The 83rd Argentine Championship took place 30th July - 11th August 2008. Anton Kovalyov, Diego Flores and Ruben Felgaer all finished on 8/11. It looks like there will be a rapid (g15+10s/move) playoff amongst these players.

Official site: http://201.216.215.172/torneos/FINAL-83-ARG-08/

83rd ch-ARG La Plata (ARG), 30 vii-11 viii 2008													cat. IX (2452)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Kovalyov, Anton	m	ARG	2548	*	1	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	½	1	8	2618
2.	Flores, Diego	m	ARG	2553	0	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8	2617
3.	Felgaer, Ruben	g	ARG	2566	0	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	2616
4.	Peralta, Fernando	g	ARG	2558	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	7	2544
5.	Lemos, Damian	m	ARG	2479	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	7	2551
6.	Alonso, Salvador	m	ARG	2437	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	1	0	1	1	1	6	2489
7.	Ricardi, Pablo	g	ARG	2515	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2446
8.	Tristan, Leonardo		ARG	2366	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	1	5	2423
9.	Orsini, Antonio		ARG	2341	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	*	½	1	1	4½	2397
10.	Pierrot, Facundo	m	ARG	2421	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	3½	2321
11.	Di Benedetto, Guillermo	f	ARG	2300	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	½	2	2203
12.	Quiroga, Facundo	m	ARG	2339	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	1½	2153

12) Copa Mercosur Villa Martelli

The Copa Mercosur took place 29th July - 7th August 2008. Pocket Fritz 3 won the event with 8/10.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/magistrales/2008/mercosur08/mercosur2008.htm

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

Mercosur Cup Villa Martelli (ARG), 29 vii-7 viii 2008										cat. VII (2410)
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	POCKET FRITZ 3	----	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8	2690
2.	Bachmann, Axel

THE WEEK IN CHESS 718 11th August 2008 by Mark Crowther

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