THE WEEK IN CHESS 721 1st September 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Tal Memorial
3) Women's World Championship
4) Grand Slam in Bilbao
5) 3rd NH Chess Tournament
6) Akiba Rubinstein International Chess Festival
7) X Sants Hostafrancs Open
8) Bratto Open
9) Antwerp Tournament
10) Montreal International
11) Ideal Max Euwe
12) Amizade International
13) Jessie Gilbert Celebration International
14) Mislata Open
15) European Senior and Davos Open Games
16) US Chess League
17) 8th Velika Gorica Open
18) 8th Savaria Summer
19) XXV Torneo Abierto de Collado Villalba
20) Icelandic Masters
21) Roza Lallemand 1961-2008
22) Southern California Championship
23) XVI Albacete International Open
24) Elektroprivreda Day Rapid
25) Independence Cup Kyiv
26) 1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open
27) Rewal Chess Festival
28) III Timisoara Cup
29) XV Feria del Orinoco
30) Premier League of Montenegro
31) Petrovskaya Ladya Chess Festival
32) Alan Benson IM Norm Tournament
33) Pelletier - Huebner
34) 23rd Teteven Open
35) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Tal Memorial316 games
Women's World Championship 85 games
3rd NH Chess Tournament25 games
Akiba Rubinstein Festival137 games
X Sants Hostafrancs Open155 games
Bratto Open53 games
Antwerp Tournament30 games
Montreal International30 games
Ideal Max Euwe34 games
Amizade International30 games
Jessie Gilbert Celebration28 games
Mislata Open160 games
European Senior and Davos Open262 games
US Chess League28 games
8th Velika Gorica Open258 games
8th Savaria Summer90 games
XXV Torneo Abierto de Collado Villalba160 games
Southern California Championship28 games
Elektroprivreda Day Rapid22 games
Independence Cup Kyiv361 games
1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Open168 games
Rewal Chess Festival287 games
III Timisoara Cup90 games
Premier League of Montenegro167 games
Petrovskaya Ladya Chess Festival335 games
Alan Benson IM Norm Tournament45 games
Pelletier - Huebner2 games
3386 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Sinisa Joksic, Dennis Monokroussos, Attila Csonka, Chris Holmes, Chris Holmes, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Thomas Henrich, Eduardo Serrano Salvador, Gujuan Tzu, Mirjana Medic, Thomas Lemanczyk, Adolivio Capece, John Donaldson, Mitko Iliev, Alfonso Romero Holmes, John Hillery, Scott Freeman, Dinu-Ioan Nicula, Stefan Loeffler, Chirila Radu-Catalin, Gerard Demuydt, and everyone else who helped with the issue.

Another huge week of chess. The Tal Memorial was a triumph for Vassily Ivanchuk who not only took clear first in the main event but also topped it off by winning the strong blitz. The women's world championship got underway missing a number of players especially from Georgia over the Ossetia situation. But elsewhere there has too much chess even to list, in fact I hope it eases off because I can't even enjoy the chess with so much to cover. The large number of summer chess festivals are especially time consuming. The Grand Slam in Bilbao starts on Tuesday and that should prove especially interesting.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Tal Memorial

The Tal Memorial in Moscow (GUM, Exhibition Hall- very close to Red Square) took place 17th-31st August 2008. Playing days 18th-22nd and 24th-27th August 2008. Then there was a blitz tournament with qualfiers on the 27th and 28th and then the main event on 29th-30th, Magnus Carlsen and Antoly Karpov were amongst the invitees along with the players in the main event.

Vassily Ivanchuk took clear first place in the main category XX event a point clear of the field and then repeated the trick in the blitz tournament. The blitz games contain some errors, I hope that the final standings are also correct. (for instance its hard to understand how Karpov - Leko was a draw or where the error in the gamescore is).

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

Also on the spot videos from: http://www.europe-echecs.com/

Tal Memorial Blitz Moscow (RUS), 29-30 viii 2008
Final Round 34 Standings: 		cat. XX (2726)
Pl Name Ti NAT Elo Pts TPR
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 23.5 2863
2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 22.5 2839
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 21.0 2810
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 20.0 2790
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 20.0 2790
6. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2741 18.0 2746
7. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 18.0 2747
8. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 18.0 2747
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 17.5 2733
10. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 17.5 2733
11. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 17.0 2726
12. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2640 14.5 2681
13. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 14.0 2662
14. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2651 14.0 2665
15. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 14.0 2657
16. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2723 12.5 2631
17. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2716 12.5 2631
18. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2664 11.5 2612
Tal Memorial Moscow (RUS), 18-27 viii 2008 cat. XX (2745)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2866
2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5 2783
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2790
4. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2791
5. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2783
6. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2745
7. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 1 4 2704
8. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 2706
9. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 3½ 2665
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 3 2620

Round 8 (August 26, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 69 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 89 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Kramnik, Vladimir - Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0 41 A37 English Symmetrical
Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Shirov, Alexei - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 33 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Round 9 (August 27, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Shirov, Alexei ½-½ 12 D27 QGA
Gelfand, Boris - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 13 A04 Dutch System
Kamsky, Gata - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½ 74 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Alekseev, Evgeny - Leko, Peter ½-½ 25 C53 Giuoco Piano
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 22 E15 Queens Indian
Tal Memorial Blitz Moscow (RUS), 29-30 viii 2008
Final Round 34 Standings: 		cat. XX (2726)
Pl Name Ti NAT Elo Pts TPR
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 23.5 2863
2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 22.5 2839
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 21.0 2810
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 20.0 2790
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 20.0 2790
6. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2741 18.0 2746
7. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 18.0 2747
8. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 18.0 2747
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 17.5 2733
10. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 17.5 2733
11. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 17.0 2726
12. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2640 14.5 2681
13. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 14.0 2662
14. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2651 14.0 2665
15. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 14.0 2657
16. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2723 12.5 2631
17. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2716 12.5 2631
18. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2664 11.5 2612

Tal Memorial Blitz S/F Moscow (RUS), 27-28 viii 2008
Final Round 18 Standings:
1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 12.5 2786
2. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2723 12.5 2794
3. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2640 12.0 2768
4. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 12.0 2754
5. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2716 12.0 2753
6. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2627 11.5 2792
7. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2654 11.5 2708
8. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2637 11.5 2729
9. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2679 11.5 2704
10. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2602 11.0 2754
11. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2717 11.0 2709
12. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2699 11.0 2686
13. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2660 11.0 2723
14. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2624 10.5 2697
15. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2658 10.5 2679
16. Wang Hao g CHN 2691 10.0 2650
17. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2670 10.0 2651
18. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2657 10.0 2647
19. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2672 9.5 2653
20. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2674 9.5 2646
21. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2689 9.5 2639
22. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2650 9.5 2630
23. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2524 9.5 2682
24. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2636 9.5 2639
25. Zhou Jianchao g CHN 2604 9.5 2689
26. Ni Hua g CHN 2705 9.5 2622
27. Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2589 9.5 2652
28. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2665 9.5 2609
29. Dlugy, Maxim g USA 2518 9.0 2677
30. Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2604 9.0 2672
31. Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2578 9.0 2650
32. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2644 9.0 2610
33. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2615 9.0 2626
34. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2613 9.0 2650
35. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2650 9.0 2612
36. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2663 9.0 2617
37. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2574 8.5 2649
38. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2646 8.5 2605
39. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2609 8.5 2624
40. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2639 8.5 2586
41. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2618 8.5 2621
42. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2617 8.0 2600
43. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2635 8.0 2604
44. Rychagov, Andrey g RUS 2549 7.5 2571
45. Vaisser, Anatoly g FRA 2542 7.5 2577
46. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2577 7.0 2573
47. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2561 7.0 2570
48. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2629 7.0 2535
49. Ivanov, Alexander Al m RUS 2473 7.0 2536
50. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2670 7.0 2528
51. Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2575 6.5 2535
52. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2547 6.5 2545
53. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2691 6.5 2489
54. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2686 6.5 2452
55. Korobkov, Piotr UKR 2516 6.0 2509
56. Dobrov, Vladimir g RUS 2519 6.0 2488
57. Milov, Vadim g SUI 2705 5.5 2517
58. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2579 5.5 2455
59. Deviatkin, Andrei g RUS 2567 5.0 2468
60. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2535 1.5 2265

3) Women's World Championship

The World Women's Championship 2008 takes place in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation), 28th August - 18th September 2008 with a prize fund of 450,000 USD. FIDE and the organisers have stressed that events in Ossetia shouldn't have any impact on the event but a number of players have chosen not to participate. These include all the Georgian players (Maia Chiburdanidze, Lela Javakhishvili, Sopio Gvetadze, Maia Lomineishvili, Sopiko Khukhashvili and Nino Khurtsidze), Tea Bosboom Lanchava, Karen Zapata, Marie Sebag, and Irina Krush all of whom lost by default in the first round and also it looks like Ekaterina Korbut didn't make it either. Two pairings seem to have no players in attendance so there will be byes in round 2.

Sudden Death Playoff regulations: White shall receive 6 minutes, Black shall receive 5 minutes, without any addition. The winner qualifies for the next round. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces qualifies for the next round.

Official site: http://nalchik2008.fide.com

WCh-Women Nalchik (RUS), 28 viii - 18 ix 2008
Round 2 Results 1st-3rd September 2008.
NAT Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 2 Match 01
RUS Matveeva, Svetlana 2412 1             1
CHN Xu, Yuhua 2483 0              0
Round 2 Match 02
IND Koneru, Humpy 2622 + -           2
    - +           0
Round 2 Match 03
MGL Mongontuul, Bathuyang 2406 0            0 
CHN Hou, Yifan 2557 1             1
Round 2 Match 04
BUL Stefanova, Antoaneta 2550 ½              ½ 
CHN Ju, Wenjun 2389 ½           ½
Round 2 Match 05
CHN Tan, Zongyi 2387 ½            ½ 
SWE Cramling, Pia 2544 ½             ½
Round 2 Match 06
POL Gasik, Anna 2211 ½            ½
ARM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2436 ½             ½
Round 2 Match 07
CHN Shen, Yang 2445 1            1 
CHN Zhao, Xue 2522 0             0 
Round 2 Match 08
RUS Kosintseva, Tatjana 2511 1            1
USA Zatonskih, Anna 2446 0             0 
Round 2 Match 09
    - -           0
RUS Kosteniuk, Aleksandra 2510 + +           2
Round 2 Match 10
LTU Chmilyte, Viktorija 2508 ½            ½ 
RUS Kosintseva, Nadezhda 2460 ½              ½
Round 2 Match 11
IND Harika, Dronavalli 2461 ½            ½
SLO Muzychuk, Anna 2504 ½             ½ 
Round 2 Match 12
CHN Ruan, Lufei 2499 ½            ½ 
ARG Amura, Claudia 2345 ½             ½ 
Round 2 Match 13
UKR Gaponenko, Inna 2468 1            1 
USA Rohonyan, Katerine 2321 0             0 
Round 2 Match 14
VIE Nguyen, Thi Thanh An 2323 ½            ½ 
ITA Sedina, Elena 2344 ½             ½ 
Round 2 Match 15
POL Socko, Monika 2473 ½            ½ 
HUN Hoang Thanh Trang 2487 ½             ½ 
Round 2 Match 16
GER Paehtz, Elisabeth 2481 0            ½ 
UKR Ushenina, Anna 2476 1             ½ 

WCh-Women Nalchik (RUS), 28 viii - 18 ix 2008
Round 1 Results 29th-31st August 2008.
NAT Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 1 Match 01
CHN Xu, Yuhua 2483 1 ½           1½
RSA Solomons, Anzel 1895 0 ½           ½
Round 1 Match 02
EGY Alaa El Din, Yorsa 1959 0 0           0
IND Koneru, Humpy 2622 1 1           2
Round 1 Match 03
CHN Hou, Yifan 2557 1 1           2
EGY Khaled, Mona 2007 0 0           0
Round 1 Match 04
PER Zapata, Karen 2180 - -           0
BUL Stefanova, Antoaneta 2550 + +           2
Round 1 Match 05
SWE Cramling, Pia 2544 1 ½           1½
VEN Sanchez Castillo, Sarai 2202 0 ½           ½
Round 1 Match 06
POL Gasik, Anna 2211 + +           2
FRA Sebag, Marie 2529 - -           0
Round 1 Match 07
CHN Zhao, Xue 2522 1 1           2
ARG Zuriel, Marisa 2231 0 0           0
Round 1 Match 08
UZB Muminova, Nafisa 2242 0 0           0
RUS Kosintseva, Tatjana 2511 1 1           2
Round 1 Match 09
RUS Kosteniuk, Aleksandra 2510 1 1           2
IRI Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2269 0 0           0
Round 1 Match 10
CRO Golubenko, Valentina 2271 0 ½           ½
LTU Chmilyte, Viktorija 2508 1 ½           1½
Round 1 Match 11
SLO Muzychuk, Anna 2504 1 1           2
BUL Velcheva, Maria 2281 0 0           0
Round 1 Match 12
RUS Zakurdjaeva, Irina 2308 0 ½           ½
CHN Ruan, Lufei 2499 1 ½           1½
Round 1 Match 13
UKR Zhukova, Natalia 2489 0 1 ½ 0       1½
USA Rohonyan, Katerine 2321 1 0 ½ 1       2½
Round 1 Match 14
VIE Nguyen, Thi Thanh An 2323 + +           2
GEO Chiburdanidze, Maya 2489 - -           0
Round 1 Match 15
HUN Hoang Thanh Trang 2487 1 ½           1½
CUB Arribas Robaina, Matza 2323 0 ½           ½
Round 1 Match 16
AZE Kadimova, Ilaha 2324 1 0 0  1  0 1  0 3
GER Paehtz, Elisabeth 2481 0 1 1  0 1 0  1 4
Round 1 Match 17
UKR Ushenina, Anna 2476 1 ½           1½
VIE Le Thanh Tu 2325 0 ½           ½
Round 1 Match 18
ROM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca 2337 ½ ½ 1  0  1 0  0 3
POL Socko, Monika 2473 ½ ½ 0 1  0  1 1 4
Round 1 Match 19
USA Krush, Irina 2470 - -           0
ITA Sedina, Elena 2344 + +           2
Round 1 Match 20
CHN Zhang, Jilin 2344 ½ 0           ½
UKR Gaponenko, Inna 2468 ½ 1           1½
Round 1 Match 21
GEO Javakhishvili, Leta 2461 - -           0
ARG Amura, Claudia 2345 + +           2
Round 1 Match 22
RUS Nebolsina, Vera 2350 0 0           0
IND Harika, Dronavalli 2461 1 1           2
Round 1 Match 23
RUS Kosintseva, Nadezhda 2460 1 1           2
IND Mohota, Nisha 2354 0 0           0
Round 1 Match 24
GEO Gvetadze, Sopio 2355 - -           0
RUS Korbut, Ekaterina 2459 - -           0
Round 1 Match 25
USA Zatonskih, Anna 2446 + +           2
NED Bosboom Lanchava, Tea 2358 - -           0
Round 1 Match 26
GER Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino 2374 ½ 0           ½
CHN Shen, Yang 2445 ½ 1           1½
Round 1 Match 27
ARM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2436 ½ ½ ½ ½  ½ 1   3½
AUT Moser, Eva 2383 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  0   2½
Round 1 Match 28
CHN Tan, Zongyi 2387 ½ 1           1½
IND Tania, Sachdev 2432 ½ 0           ½
Round 1 Match 29
SRB Bojkovic, Natasa 2423 ½ ½ ½  0        1½
CHN Ju, Wenjun 2389 ½ ½ ½ 1        2½
Round 1 Match 30
MGL Mongontuul, Bathuyang 2406 1 1           2
POL Rajlich, Iweta 2417 0 0           0
Round 1 Match 31
GEO Lomineishvili, Maya 2414 - -           0
GEO Khukhashvili, Sopiko 2408 - -           0
Round 1 Match 32
RUS Matveeva, Svetlana 2412 + +           2
GEO Khurtsidze, Nino 2413 - -           0

4) Grand Slam in Bilbao

The Chess Grand Slam Final takes place in Bilbao 1st-13th September 2008. There are 6 players. The first qualifiers were the winners of Corus 2008, Morelia - Linares 2008, and Mtel Masters 2008 - GM Levon Aronian, GM Viswanathan Anand, and GM Vassily Ivanchuk. Then the 2nd place players also qualified GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Veselin Topalov and finally the best all-round player left Teimour Radjabov.

Round 1 on 2nd September 2008.

Official site for the event: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com

5) 3rd NH Chess Tournament

The 3rd NH Chess Tournament took place in Amsterdam August 20th-30th, 2008. The venue of this clash between 'Rising Stars' and 'Experience' is the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in the centre of the Dutch capital, at a five minutes’ walk from Central Station.

Wang Yue scored 8.5/10 and qualified for next years Amber tournament. Youth fully outdid Experience winning 33.5-16.5.

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

3rd NH Amsterdam (NED), 20-30 viii 2008
Final Round 10 Standings:
Youth
1. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 8½ 2892
2. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 7½ 2789
3. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2630 6½ 2706
4. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2638 6 2668
5. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2616 5 2596
Total 33½
Experience
1. Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2583 4 2577
2. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2655 4 2577
3. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SRB 2520 3½ 2539
4. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2602 2½ 2456
5. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2587 2½ 2456
Total 16½
Round 6 (August 26, 2008)
Wang Yue - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 1-0 38 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
L'Ami, Erwin - Bareev, Evgeny ½-½ 25 D19 Slav Defence
Caruana, Fabiano - Jussupow, Artur ½-½ 19 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Cheparinov, Ivan - Agdestein, Simen ½-½ 50 A85 Dutch
Stellwagen, Daniël - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 74 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Round 7 (August 27, 2008)
Bareev, Evgeny - Stellwagen, Daniël 1-0 41 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Agdestein, Simen - Wang Yue ½-½ 62 B10 Caro Kann
Jussupow, Artur - Cheparinov, Ivan ½-½ 42 A61 Benoni
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 60 A11 Reti Opening
Korchnoi, Viktor - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 38 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 8 (August 28, 2008)
Wang Yue - Jussupow, Artur 1-0 52 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
L'Ami, Erwin - Agdestein, Simen ½-½ 95 A80 Dutch
Caruana, Fabiano - Bareev, Evgeny ½-½ 34 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Cheparinov, Ivan - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 58 C11 French Defence
Stellwagen, Daniël - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½-½ 46 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Round 9 (August 29, 2008)
Bareev, Evgeny - Cheparinov, Ivan ½-½ 68 E97 King's Indian Classical
Agdestein, Simen - Stellwagen, Daniël ½-½ 75 A07 Barcza System
Jussupow, Artur - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 47 D10 Slav Defence
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 51 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Korchnoi, Viktor - Wang Yue ½-½ 51 D15 Slav Defence
Round 10 (August 30, 2008)
Wang Yue - Bareev, Evgeny ½-½ 9 D11 Slav Defence
L'Ami, Erwin - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 35 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Caruana, Fabiano - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 47 B03 Alekhine's Defence
Cheparinov, Ivan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½-½ 84 C10 French Rubinstein
Stellwagen, Daniël - Jussupow, Artur ½-½ 24 C42 Petroff's Defence

6) Akiba Rubinstein International Chess Festival

The Akiba Rubinstein International Chess Festival took place in Polanica Zdroj 19th-28th August, 2008. Alexander Moiseenko won the main GM group with 6½/9. Michal Olszewski edged out Aloyzas Kveinys on tie-break after both scored 8/10. Final round games from the open A not yet available.

Official site: http://www.rubinstein.64pola.pl/

44th Rubinstein Mem GM Polanica Zdroj (POL), 20-28 viii 2008 cat. XIII (2564)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2632 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 2722
2. Miton, Kamil g POL 2580 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2687
3. Swiercz, Dariusz m POL 2456 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2701
4. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2604 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5 2602
5. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2578 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 1 5 2605
6. Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 2612 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 2558
7. Gajewski, Grzegorz g POL 2575 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 3½ 2482
8. Markos, Jan g SVK 2568 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 3½ 2483
9. Moranda, Wojciech m POL 2533 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3 2442
10. Warakomski, Tomasz m POL 2502 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ * 2 2350

Round 7 (August 26, 2008)
Moiseenko, Alexander - Markos, Jan 1-0 29 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Swiercz, Dariusz - Gajewski, Grzegorz ½-½ 33 E61 King's Indian Defence
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil - Warakomski, Tomasz ½-½ 32 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Kuzubov, Yuriy - Miton, Kamil 0-1 54 D11 Slav Defence
Malakhatko, Vadim - Moranda, Wojciech 1-0 35 E15 Queens Indian
Round 8 (August 27, 2008)
Miton, Kamil - Moranda, Wojciech ½-½ 18 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Kuzubov, Yuriy - Swiercz, Dariusz ½-½ 21 A80 Dutch
Gajewski, Grzegorz - Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 0-1 63 E05 Catalan
Markos, Jan - Malakhatko, Vadim ½-½ 18 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Warakomski, Tomasz - Moiseenko, Alexander 0-1 45 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 9 (August 28, 2008)
Moiseenko, Alexander - Gajewski, Grzegorz 1-0 41 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Swiercz, Dariusz - Miton, Kamil ½-½ 10 D10 Slav Defence
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil - Kuzubov, Yuriy ½-½ 14 D23 QGA
Malakhatko, Vadim - Warakomski, Tomasz 1-0 30 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Moranda, Wojciech - Markos, Jan ½-½ 46 E92 King's Indian Classical

44th Rubinstein Mem Open A Polanica Zdroj (POL), 19-28 viii 2008
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
PlNameTitleFed.EloTotalMBch.Bch.WinsProg.
1Olszewski, MichalIMPOL2458850.564747
2Kveinys, AloyzasGMLTU252784759643.5
3Szoen, DariuszIMPOL24777.54658638.5
4Kanarek, MarcelFMPOL23497.545.556639
5Brzeski, MaciejPOL220874860.5439
6Galazewski, TomaszPOL221074455.5634.5
7Owczarzak, JerzyFMPOL23436.551.563544.5
8Heberla, BartlomiejGMPOL25106.550.564442.5
9Piorun, KacperFMPOL24456.54960.5540
10Tokarski, LukaszPOL22386.547.559540.5
11Czarnota, PawelGMPOL25266.54759.5537.5
12Szczepkowska-Horowska, KarinaWFMPOL22856.545.556.5537
13Tokarski, BartoszPOL21576.544.554532
14Kadziolka, BeataWGMPOL23136.54251.5534
15Jaroch, PawelPOL22556.54251633.5
16Fistek, DariuszPOL2208649.561438.5
17Krzyzanowski, MarcinPOL226164759.5537
18Hnydiuk, AleksanderPOL2387645.557.5337.5
19Kozak, MagdalenaWIMPOL219564555.5434
20Sadzikowski, DanielPOL2140643.552.5431
21Stoma, PawelPOL229464251.5532
22Mickiewicz, PiotrPOL2347641.552531.5
23Panocki, AdrianPOL2338641.551530.5
24Majdan, JoannaWIMPOL232364048530
25Dluzniewski, MarcinPOL2228637.547.5431
26Toma, KatarzynaWIMPOL22125.54860.5433.5
27Wcislo, DamianPOL22165.547.560.5333.5
28Gralka, JulianFMPOL22685.546.558.5336.5
29Sieciechowicz, MarcinPOL23115.545.556.5334
30Litwin, JozefPOL21815.544.554.5531
31Barski, RadoslawPOL21545.54354.5528.5
32Banasik, KrzysztofPOL22155.54253432.5
33Praszak, MichalPOL22355.541.552531.5
34Bugalski, MichalPOL22795.541.550.5332.5
35Scibior, AdamPOL21575.54151526
36Leniart, ArkadiuszFMPOL23915.540.550432
37Mucha, RomanPOL21605.54050428.5
38Swiech, PrzemyslawPOL20275.536.546.5425
84 players

7) X Sants Hostafrancs Open

The X Sants Hostafrancs Open took place 22nd-31st August 2008. Pablo Lafuente took first place on tie-break from Mateusz Bartel, Diego Di Berardino and Josep Oms Pallisse after all scored 8/10.

Official site: http://www.cotxeres-casinet.org/open/

X Sants Open Barcelona (ESP), 22-31 viii 2008
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3
1Lafuente PabloGMARG25058,055,568,545,5
2Bartel MateuszGMPOL25798,055,066,048,0
3Di Berardino Diego RafaelIMBRA24718,054,067,544,5
4Oms Pallisse JosepGMESP25148,052,064,546,5
5Lopez Martinez Josep ManuelGMESP25317,555,569,046,0
6Rodshtein MaximGMISR26057,555,567,544,0
7Postny EvgenyGMISR26617,555,067,045,5
8Radulski JulianGMBUL25167,554,566,546,5
9Hernandez Carmenates HoldenGMCUB25827,554,066,544,0
10Guliyev NamigGMAZE25107,553,566,044,5
11Cruz CristhianFMPER25087,551,562,544,5
12Fier AlexandrGMBRA25587,550,563,043,0
13Mekhitarian Krikor SevagIMBRA25047,549,561,542,5
14Sumets AndreyGMUKR25347,549,561,041,5
15Salgado Lopez IvanGMESP25327,547,559,041,0
16Almeida Quintana OmarGMCUB25257,055,067,045,0
17Lorenzo De La Riva LazaroFMESP23677,054,067,043,0
18Diamant AndreIMBRA23937,053,565,041,5
19Nijboer FrisoGMNED25647,051,063,540,5
20Lubczynski RafalIMPOL24147,050,563,541,0
21Sundararajan KidambiIMIND24467,050,561,542,5
22De Vreugt DennisGMNED24277,049,561,541,5
23Cuartas Jaime AlexanderIMCOL24957,049,061,043,5
24Aroshidze LevanGMGEO25477,048,560,540,5
25Narciso Dublan MarcGMESP25257,047,558,539,0
26Vila Gazquez XavierIMESP24197,046,557,039,0
27Kleijn ChristovNED22387,045,056,537,0
28Alonso Rosell AlvarFMESP23937,044,556,538,5
29Rojas LuisIMCHI24067,044,556,536,0
30Moen AndreasNOR22977,044,554,537,5
31Howell David W LGMENG25616,553,065,543,5
32Gullaksen EirikIMNOR23876,552,564,040,5
33Hansen Torbjorn RingdalIMNOR24236,551,064,541,0
34Beinoras MindaugasLTU24266,550,062,540,5
35Panelo MarceloIMARG24146,550,062,040,5
36Akesson RalfGMSWE24806,548,560,541,5
37Recuero Guerra DavidFMESP24176,548,560,540,0
38Huerga Leache MikelIMESP24336,548,560,537,5
39Rios Parra MauricioFMCOL23496,548,059,038,0
40Hernando Rodrigo Julio AcmESP23546,547,058,038,0
41Byklum BjornarFMNOR23086,547,057,536,5
42Alsina Leal DanielIMESP25176,546,557,036,5
43Matnadze AnaIMGEO24116,546,058,038,5
44Munoz Pantoja MiguelIMPER24996,546,058,034,0
45Hernandez IvanFMPER23446,545,558,037,5
46Cuartas Medina Jorge HumbertoFMCOL23026,545,556,037,0
47Rios AlejandroIMCOL23406,544,555,537,0
48Peek MarcelIMNED23706,543,554,034,5
49Van Dongen PatrickFMFRA23626,542,051,534,5
50Cruz FilemonFMPER24166,542,051,532,5
51Pares Vives NataliaFMESP23216,541,051,030,0
322 players

8) Bratto Open

The 28th Bratto Open took place August 22nd-30th 2008. Sergei Tiviakov took first place on tie-break from Carlos Matamoros Franco and Vladimir Burmakin after all scored 7/9.

Adolivio Capece reports that the Italian Women Championship was won by a girl only 14 years old, Marina Brunello. Thanks to this result, Marina will be WFM on next fide list; she got a WIM norm last May in the tournament of Lacona (Isle of Elba). Marina was born in Lovere (near Bergamo) on 16 June 19994. She played the Turin Olympiads 2006 and was in the team 'B'. But now she will play in Dresdan, in the team 'A'! She will also play in Pekino (Bejing).

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

28th Open Bratto (ITA), 22-30 viii 2008
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Pos NAME TiFed. Rtg Pts Buc1 BucT ARO
1Tiviakov Sergei GMNED2644748532466.78
2Matamoros Franco Car GMECU2508747.551.52437.33
3Burmakin Vladimir GMRUS2625744.5492393.67
4Epishin Vladimir GMRUS25746.549532455.56
5Shytaj Luca IMITA24676.542.545.52341.67
6Simutowe Amon IMZAM2459646.550.52359.78
7Colovic Aleksandar IMMKD247064650.52386.89
8Jaracz Pawel GMPOL2501645.5502377.22
9Vocaturo Daniele IMITA2417645.5482409.56
10Drazic Sinisa GMSRB2505645.5482388.22
11Leon Hoyos Manuel GMMEX2543645492392.56
12Korneev Oleg GMRUS2631644482372.78
13Brunello Sabino IMITA2482644482361.11
14Bruno Fabio IMITA2454643472333
15Horvath Csaba GMHUN253764346.52336
16Sax Gyula GMHUN2506642.546.52357.44
17Lucaroni Massimilian FMITA2289642452335.78
18Efimov Igor GMMNC2458640432305.22
19Fierro Baquero Marth IMECU2379636.539.52286.89
20Levin Felix GMGER25645.547512386.56
21Guido Flavio FMITA23565.544482373.78
22Tjiam Dharma IMNED23725.544472353
23Piscopo Pierluigi IMITA23895.544472337.67
24Rombaldoni Denis IMITA24185.544462425.78
25Borgo Giulio IMITA24425.543.547.52328.44
26Salvador Roland IMPHI24435.543472382.56
27Bellia Fabrizio IMITA24035.54346.52391.89
28David Alberto GMLUX25685.542.5452322.56
29Narayanan Srinath FMIND22205.541.5442328.78
30Mogranzini Roberto IMITA24225.54144.52326.89
31Spassov Liuben GMBUL24285.541442360.44
32Manca Federico IMITA23675.540432326.22
33Scalcione Michelange FMITA23985.538.541.52278.89
34Cebalo Miso GMCRO25235.537.5412277.11
35Tomba Ivan FMITA23095.53740.52171.89
36Bentivegna Francesco FMITA23295.534.5372193.44
37Lanzani Mario IMITA2349545.5492398.67
38Godena Michele GMITA2519543.548.52345.22
39Klip Hans FMNED239054346.52357.67
40Marholev Dimitar IMBUL2366542.546.52342.67
41De Haan Eric FMNED235654245.52353.44
42Qendro Llambi IMALB237554042.52307.56
43Vezzosi Paolo IMITA2352540422263
44Brun Dario -- ITA224553942.52245.44
45Tatai Stefano IMITA2372537.5402239.78
46Gallucci Alessio -- ITA215253739.52275
47De Santis Alessio FMITA229553636.52133.44
48Madiai Federico -- ITA206653436.52190.89
49Piasetski Leon IMCAN23144.545.548.52363.22
50Damia Angelo FMITA22464.54143.52274.78
322 players

9) Antwerp Tournament

The Antwerp tournament took place 23rd-31st August 2008. Bu Xiangzhi took clear first place with 7/9.

Official site: http://www.inventichess.com the website http://www.schaakfabriek.be will be on the spot.

InventiChess GM Antwerp (BEL), 23-31 viii 2008 cat. XII (2546)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2710 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7 2748
2. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2593 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2707
3. Timman, Jan H g NED 2562 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2624
4. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2594 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2584
5. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2586 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2585
6. Werle, Jan g NED 2591 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 4½ 2541
7. Schebler, Gerhard g GER 2453 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 4 2513
8. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2442 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 3½ 2478
9. Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2507 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 2½ 2384
10. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2426 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1½ 2286

Round 4 (August 26, 2008)
Bu Xiangzhi - Miroshnichenko, Evgenij ½-½ 76 A28 English Four Knights
Timman, Jan H - Vaganian, Rafael A 1-0 53 C02 French Advance
Werle, Jan - Michiels, Bart 1-0 26 D46 Semi-Slav Defence
Schebler, Gerhard - Lahno, Kateryna 1-0 39 A05 Various
Van der Stricht, Geert - Gyimesi, Zoltan 0-1 39 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Round 5 (August 27, 2008)
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij - Werle, Jan 1-0 25 E15 Queens Indian
Vaganian, Rafael A - Schebler, Gerhard ½-½ 41 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Timman, Jan H ½-½ 20 E20 Nimzo Indian
Michiels, Bart - Van der Stricht, Geert 1-0 38 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Lahno, Kateryna - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 39 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Round 6 (August 28, 2008)
Bu Xiangzhi - Vaganian, Rafael A 1-0 35 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Timman, Jan H - Schebler, Gerhard ½-½ 46 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Michiels, Bart 1-0 54 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Werle, Jan - Lahno, Kateryna ½-½ 89 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Van der Stricht, Geert - Miroshnichenko, Evgenij 0-1 56 E55 Nimzo Indian
Round 7 (August 29, 2008)
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij - Gyimesi, Zoltan ½-½ 29 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Vaganian, Rafael A - Werle, Jan 1-0 51 E06 Catalan
Schebler, Gerhard - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 35 A07 Barcza System
Michiels, Bart - Timman, Jan H ½-½ 69 C24 Bishop's Opening
Lahno, Kateryna - Van der Stricht, Geert 1-0 45 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Round 8 (August 30, 2008)
Timman, Jan H - Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 24 D10 Slav Defence
Gyimesi, Zoltan - Lahno, Kateryna ½-½ 25 D97 Gruenfeld Russian
Werle, Jan - Schebler, Gerhard 1-0 21 E43 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Michiels, Bart - Miroshnichenko, Evgenij ½-½ 30 B04 Alekhine's Defence
Van der Stricht, Geert - Vaganian, Rafael A ½-½ 44 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Round 9 (August 31, 2008)
Bu Xiangzhi - Werle, Jan ½-½ 24 A30 English Symmetrical
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij - Timman, Jan H ½-½ 20 E06 Catalan
Vaganian, Rafael A - Gyimesi, Zoltan 1-0 70 A13 Reti Opening
Schebler, Gerhard - Van der Stricht, Geert ½-½ 110 A07 Barcza System
Lahno, Kateryna - Michiels, Bart 0-1 57 C02 French Advance

10) Montreal International

The Tournoi international de Montreal takes place 24th August - 2nd September 2008. The main sponsor is the EMPRESA Group.

Official site: http://perso.b2b2c.ca/lesechecauquebec/tim2008.htm

9th TIM Montreal (CAN), 24 viii-2 ix 2008 cat. XIII (2556)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2623 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 . 1 . ½ 5 2726
2. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2548 ½ * 0 ½ . 1 ½ . 1 1 4½ 2662
3. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2610 ½ 1 * 0 0 ½ . 1 1 . 4 2615
4. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2697 ½ ½ 1 * ½ . ½ . 0 1 4 2586
5. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2534 0 . 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ . 3½ 2569
6. Maze, Sebastien g FRA 2553 0 0 ½ . ½ * 1 ½ . 1 3½ 2549
7. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2499 . ½ . ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 1 3½ 2546
8. Kovalyov, Anton m ARG 2548 0 . 0 . ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 3 2487
9. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2457 . 0 0 1 ½ . 0 ½ * ½ 2½ 2458
10. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2486 ½ 0 . 0 . 0 0 ½ ½ * 1½ 2330

Round 2 (August 25, 2008)
Bluvshtein, Mark - Shulman, Yuri ½-½ 48 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Nakamura, Hikaru - Akobian, Varuzhan 1-0 43 C10 French Rubinstein
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Charbonneau, Pascal ½-½ 35 C45 Scotch Game
Kovalyov, Anton - Maze, Sebastien ½-½ 50 E92 King's Indian Classical
Zugic, Igor - Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas ½-½ 16 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Round 3 (August 26, 2008)
Shulman, Yuri - Kovalyov, Anton 1-0 38 E44 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Akobian, Varuzhan - Bluvshtein, Mark 1-0 36 A62 Benoni
Maze, Sebastien - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre ½-½ 30 C50 Giuoco Piano
Charbonneau, Pascal - Zugic, Igor 1-0 63 C11 French Defence
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 31 A04 Dutch System
Round 4 (August 27, 2008)
Bluvshtein, Mark - Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 1-0 26 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Nakamura, Hikaru - Charbonneau, Pascal ½-½ 25 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Zugic, Igor ½-½ 36 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Maze, Sebastien - Shulman, Yuri 0-1 39 C03 French Tarrasch
Kovalyov, Anton - Akobian, Varuzhan 0-1 31 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Round 5 (August 28, 2008)
Shulman, Yuri - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 1-0 52 E92 King's Indian Classical
Akobian, Varuzhan - Maze, Sebastien ½-½ 50 A63 Benoni
Charbonneau, Pascal - Bluvshtein, Mark ½-½ 19 C43 Petroff's Defence
Zugic, Igor - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 39 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - Kovalyov, Anton ½-½ 26 A17 English Opening
Round 6 (August 30, 2008)
Shulman, Yuri - Akobian, Varuzhan ½-½ 17 D41 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Bluvshtein, Mark - Zugic, Igor 1-0 35 D81 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 32 B94 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Maze, Sebastien - Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 1-0 27 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kovalyov, Anton - Charbonneau, Pascal 1-0 62 E92 King's Indian Classical
Round 7 (August 31, 2008)
Akobian, Varuzhan - Nataf, Igor-Alexandre 0-1 38 E92 King's Indian Classical
Nakamura, Hikaru - Bluvshtein, Mark ½-½ 89 E17 Queens Indian
Charbonneau, Pascal - Maze, Sebastien 0-1 63 C45 Scotch Game
Zugic, Igor - Kovalyov, Anton ½-½ 57 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas - Shulman, Yuri ½-½ 57 C01 French Exchange

11) Ideal Max Euwe

The Ideal Max Euwe International Tournament took place 22nd-31st August 2008. The 10 player round robin, time control 2 hours/40 moves + 1 hour/20 moves + 30 minutes KO (+ 30 seconds/move) features 3 players from BRAZIL + 7 players from another countries. Zhao Zong Yuan and Gilberto Milos finished on 6½/9. The game Watanabe-Milos (8 is missing).

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

2nd Euwe Stimulans Sao Paulo (BRA), 22-31 viii 2008 cat. IX (2454)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Zhao Zong-Yuan g AUS 2561 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 6½ 2608
2. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2598 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2604
3. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2504 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2528
4. Matsuura, Everaldo m BRA 2463 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5 2496
5. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce f BRA 2440 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5 2498
6. Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel m ARG 2419 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 4½ 2458
7. Zambrana, Oswaldo g BOL 2458 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 4 2410
8. Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2361 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 3 2339
9. Watanabe, Akira f JPN 2353 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 2½ 2299
10. Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo m URU 2385 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 2½ 2295
Round 3 (August 24, 2008)
Milos, Gilberto - Zhao Zong-Yuan ½-½ 14 C27 Vienna Game
Matsuura, Everaldo - Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo 1-0 70 C43 Petroff's Defence
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce - Van der Wiel, John ½-½ 19 A30 English Symmetrical
Zambrana, Oswaldo - Lujan, Carolina 0-1 54 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Watanabe, Akira - Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel 0-1 25 E94 King's Indian Classical
Round 4 (August 25, 2008)
Zhao Zong-Yuan - El Debs, Felipe de Cresce 1-0 26 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Matsuura, Everaldo - Zambrana, Oswaldo 1-0 53 B93 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel - Milos, Gilberto ½-½ 24 E67 King's Indian Fianchetto
Lujan, Carolina - Watanabe, Akira 0-1 70 A04 Dutch System
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo - Van der Wiel, John ½-½ 19 D59 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Round 5 (August 27, 2008)
Milos, Gilberto - Lujan, Carolina 1-0 38 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Van der Wiel, John - Zhao Zong-Yuan 1-0 29 C05 French Tarrasch
El Debs, Felipe de Cresce - Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel ½-½ 62 E92 King's Indian Classical
Zambrana, Oswaldo - Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo 1-0 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Watanabe, Akira - Matsuura, Everaldo 1-0 25 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 6 (August 28, 2008)
Matsuura, Everaldo - Milos, Gilberto ½-½ 22 C82 Ruy Lopez Open Italian Variation
Diaz Hollemaert, Nahuel - Van der Wiel, John ½-½ 14 A30 English Symmetrical
Zambrana, Oswaldo - Watanabe, Akira ½-½ 24 B97 Sicilian Najdorf
Lujan, Carolina - El Debs, Felipe de Cresce 0-1 55 B29 Sicilian Defence
Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo - Zhao