THE WEEK IN CHESS 724 22nd September 2008 by Mark Crowther

1) Introduction

My thanks to Aben Rudy, Gujuan Tzu, Jesus Mena, Bela Lengyel, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Mikhail Golubev, John Saunders, Miklos Orso, Thomas Henrich, Wolfgang Perner and everyone else who helped with the issue.

24 year old Aleksandra Kosteniuk saw the challenge of 14 year old Hou Yifan to take the women's world championship title. Kosteniuk dominated the final but Hou was remarkably difficult to put away saving a very bad position in game 2. Both players were originally supposed to be playing for Russia against China in their 5th challenge match before they reached the final. Although the Russian women are holding their own the men have fallen behind after four of the five standard time rate games. There will be rapid and blitz games to follow. 24 year old Jan Werle won the European Union Championships in Liverpool half a point clear of Viktor Laznicka, Michael Adams and Nigel Short who recovered from a default when his mobile phone made a noise (it seems some Nokia phones can turn themselves on to tell you their batteries are running low, this doesn't seem like a feature but it does seem like something worth testing for professional players).

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) 5th China vs Russia Chess Match

The 5th China vs Russia Chess Match takes place 18th-27th September 2008, in Ningpo, China. 18th-23rd September standard (90+30), 24th-26th September rapid (25+10), 27th September blitz (3+2), no official site.

Games and results are available at: http://www.russiachess.org/

5th China vs Russia Chess Match Ningpo (CHN), 18-23 ix 2008 Round 4 Standings:
Chinese Men
1	Wang Hao	g	CHN	2691	3.0	2885
2	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2704	2.5	2786
3	Li Chao2	g	CHN	2590	2.5	2779
4	Ni Hua	g	CHN	2705	2.0	2700
5	Bu Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2710	2.0	2707
					12.0
Chinese Women
1	Shen Yang	wg	CHN	2445	3.5	2804
2	Ruan Lufei	wg	CHN	2499	2.0	2468
3	Xu Yuhua	g	CHN	2483	2.0	2466
4	Zhao Xue	m	CHN	2522	1.5	2387
5	Huang Qian	wg	CHN	2430	1.0	2262
					10.0
Chinese Total					22.0
Russian Men
1	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2646	2.0	2672
2	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	2.0	2677
3	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2738	1.5	2615
4	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2709	1.5	2587
5	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2675	1.0	2480
					8.0
Russian Women
1	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2460	2.5	2578
2	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2469	2.5	2569
3	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2435	2.0	2464
4	Korbut, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2459	2.0	2470
5	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2511	1.0	2294
					10.0
Russian Total					18.0

5th China vs Russia Chess Match Ningpo (CHN), 18-23 ix 2008 Results:
Round 1 (September 18, 2008)
Wang Hao	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	43	E15	Queens Indian
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Ni Hua	½-½	46	D11	Slav Defence
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	- Xu Yuhua	½-½	68	A28	English Four Knights
Li Chao2	- Alekseev, Evgeny	1-0	46	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Pogonina, Natalija	- Ruan Lufei	1-0	44	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Wang Yue	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	½-½	40	E93	King's Indian Classical
Korbut, Ekaterina	- Shen Yang	0-1	36	C24	Bishop's Opening
Huang Qian	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	½-½	48	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Zhao Xue	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	21	E15	Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter	- Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	41	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 2 (September 19, 2008)
Shen Yang	- Pogonina, Natalija	1-0	44	A59	Volga Gambit
Ni Hua	- Svidler, Peter	1-0	40	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Zhao Xue	1-0	73	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	- Huang Qian	1-0	37	C00	French Defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Bu Xiangzhi	1-0	55	C43	Petroff's Defence
Li Chao2	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	0-1	44	C91	Ruy Lopez
Xu Yuhua	- Korbut, Ekaterina	0-1	24	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Wang Yue	½-½	27	D15	Slav Defence
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Wang Hao	0-1	49	E15	Queens Indian
Ruan Lufei	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	½-½	42	B69	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 3 (September 20, 2008)
Shen Yang	- Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	½-½	40	E33	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Wang Hao	½-½	47	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Ni Hua	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	12	C54	Giuoco Piano
Kosintseva, Nadezhda	- Ruan Lufei	½-½	43	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Li Chao2	½-½	27	D77	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Zhao Xue	- Korbut, Ekaterina	½-½	63	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Svidler, Peter	- Wang Yue	½-½	15	D17	Slav Defence
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Xu Yuhua	0-1	46	C11	French Defence
Bu Xiangzhi	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	62	D38	QGD Ragozin
Huang Qian	- Pogonina, Natalija	0-1	53	A59	Volga Gambit
Round 4 (September 21, 2008)
Wang Hao	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	20	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Wang Yue	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	1-0	42	A63	Benoni
Pogonina, Natalija	- Zhao Xue	½-½	83	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny	- Ni Hua	1-0	28	C11	French Defence
Ruan Lufei	- Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	1-0	59	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Korbut, Ekaterina	- Huang Qian	½-½	46	C07	French Tarrasch
Xu Yuhua	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	½-½	21	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Bu Xiangzhi	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	1-0	43	E63	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Li Chao2	0-1	45	A29	English Four Knights
Kosintseva, Tatiana	- Shen Yang	0-1	32	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin

3) Women's World Championship

The World Women's Championship 2008 took place in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation), 28th August - 18th September 2008 with a prize fund of 450,000 USD. Aleksandra Kosteniuk defeated Hou Yifan in the final, which she dominated more than the 2.5-1.5 score suggests, with winning positions in at least two of the other games. The 24 year old Russian succeeds Xu Yuhua who went out in the second round of the knockout contest. In recent years China has dominated the event and Kosteniuk is the first Russian women's champion since Elisabeth Bykova (champion 1958-1962).

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

http://www.chessdom.com/ has live blog coverage.

World Championship Women - Results
Hou Yifan	-	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	0-1	48	C90	Ruy Lopez
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	-	Hou Yifan	½-½	57	C07	French Tarrasch
Hou Yifan	-	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	½-½	72	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	-	Hou Yifan	½-½	56	B45	Sicilian Classical

WCh-Women Nalchik (RUS), 28 viii - 18 ix 2008 Final 14th-18th September 2008
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	G1	G2	G3	G4	Rp1	Rp2	Bz1	Bz2	SD	Total	Perf
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2510	1	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	2½	2652
Hou Yifan	wg	CHN	2557	0	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2423

4) European Union Championships, Liverpool

This years European Union Championships took place in Liverpool, England 9th - 18th September 2008. The prize fund was 30,000 pounds with 6000 pounds first prize.

Jan Werle secured first place with a quick draw in the final round to finish on 8/10 after Adams drew early too. Short won in the final round to finish level with Adams half a point behind the winner along with Viktor Laznicka.

Official site: http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk

European Union Championships Liverpool (ENG), 9-18 ix 2008 Final Round 10 Standings:
Pos	Player	NAT	t	Elo	A	D	TB
1	WERLE, Jan	NED	g	2591	8	2474	61
2	LAZNICKA, Viktor	CZE	g	2601	7½	2489	64
3	ADAMS, Michael	ENG	g	2735	7½	2538	63
4	SHORT, Nigel D	ENG	g	2655	7½	2457	59½
5	DAVID, Alberto	LUX	g	2568	7	2524	63½
6	L'AMI, Erwin	NED	g	2610	7	2479	63
7	VACHIER-LAGRAVE, Maxime	FRA	g	2681	7	2498	62½
8	FRIDMAN, Daniel	GER	g	2637	7	2481	62
9	BERG, Emanuel	SWE	g	2592	7	2511	60½
10	BACROT, Etienne	FRA	g	2691	7	2495	59½
11	HOWELL, David W L	ENG	g	2561	7	2442	59½
12	TIVIAKOV, Sergei	NED	g	2645	7	2482	59
13	LUTHER, Thomas	GER	g	2570	7	2436	57
14	SMEETS, Jan	NED	g	2593	7	2463	57
15	BELIAVSKY, Alexander G	SLO	g	2606	7	2435	56
16	ABERGEL, Thal	FRA	m	2499	6½	2510	64
17	MEIER, Georg	GER	g	2556	6½	2524	63½
18	MIEZIS, Normunds	LAT	g	2540	6½	2502	61½
19	D`COSTA, Lorin A R	ENG	f	2414	6½	2436	60½
20	SULSKIS, Sarunas	LTU	g	2562	6½	2444	59
21	HILLARP PERSSON, Tiger	SWE	g	2526	6½	2386	56
22	CARLSSON, Pontus	SWE	g	2514	6½	2341	54
23	CONQUEST, Stuart C	ENG	g	2536	6	2481	62
24	EDOUARD, Romain	FRA	m	2508	6	2457	60½
25	ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, Ketevan	SCO	m	2448	6	2490	60
26	SPOELMAN, Wouter	NED	m	2448	6	2452	60
27	SHAW, John	SCO	g	2469	6	2440	59½
28	WELLS, Peter K	ENG	g	2526	6	2447	59½
29	JONES, Gawain C B	ENG	g	2549	6	2456	58½
30	HEBDEN, Mark L	ENG	g	2520	6	2413	58
31	DEMBO, Yelena	GRE	m	2431	6	2398	57
32	GODENA, Michele	ITA	g	2519	6	2459	57
33	HASLINGER, Stewart G	ENG	g	2511	6	2421	56
34	MCNAB, Colin A	SCO	g	2450	6	2419	56
35	DGEBUADZE, Alexandre	BEL	g	2562	6	2397	55½
36	BARAMIDZE, David	GER	g	2593	6	2358	55
37	PRIBORSKY, Jan	CZE		2344	6	2384	55
38	GORDON, Stephen J	ENG	m	2508	6	2379	54½
39	PILECKIS, Emilis	LTU		2443	6	2390	54
40	ARKELL, Keith C	ENG	g	2506	6	2418	52½
41	RAUSIS, Igor	CZE	g	2486	6	2420	52½
42	HOUSKA, Jovanka	ENG	m	2405	6	2298	52
43	KOTRONIAS, Vasilios	GRE	g	2574	6	2409	50
44	WILLIAMS, Simon K	ENG	g	2496	6	2481	45½
45	ANDERSSON, Ulf	SWE	g	2562	6	2417	44½
46	LANGROCK, Hannes	GER	f	2398	5½	2474	60
47	SEBENIK, Matej	SLO	m	2485	5½	2436	58½
48	BITALZADEH, Ali	NED	f	2310	5½	2429	58
49	GORMALLY, Daniel W	ENG	g	2504	5½	2460	56½
50	TRENT, Lawrence	ENG	m	2470	5½	2452	56½
51	ESTREMERA PANOS, Sergio	ESP	m	2394	5½	2446	55½
52	RIS, Robert	NED	m	2415	5½	2420	55½
53	ASTANEH LOPEZ, Alex	IRL	f	2357	5½	2429	54
54	COLLINS, Sam E	IRL	m	2412	5½	2351	54
55	DAVIES, Nigel R	ENG	g	2478	5½	2404	53½
56	EGGLESTON, David J	ENG	f	2372	5½	2388	53
57	RINGOIR, Tanguy	BEL		2321	5½	2393	52½
58	CALZETTA, Monica	ESP	wg	2264	5½	2347	49½
59	CARLETON, John J	ENG		2305	5½	2259	49
60	MOSER, Eva	AUT	m	2383	5½	2399	49
61	RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Rafael	ESP	m	2312	5½	2326	49
62	LIMONTAITE, Simona	LTU	wf	2200	5½	2388	48½
63	DALY, Colm	IRL	f	2311	5½	2409	47½
64	MOTOC, Alina	ROM	wg	2303	5½	2311	47
65	WHITE, Michael J R	ENG	f	2289	5½	2325	47
66	MEIJERS, Viesturs	LAT	g	2496	5½	2307	46
67	HORNER, Jeff	ENG	m	2372	5½	2356	45½
68	LOGOTHETIS, Sotirios	GRE	f	2318	5	2411	56
69	CONSTANTINOU, Peter	ENG		2225	5	2433	54
70	STOREY, Charles H	ENG		2268	5	2356	53½
71	FOWLER, Simon A	ENG		2256	5	2325	52½
72	PEEK, Marcel	NED	m	2370	5	2400	52½
73	BRISCOE, Chris	ENG		2232	5	2357	52
74	RUDD, Jack	ENG	f	2345	5	2309	50
75	GARCIA CASTRO, Pablo	ESP	m	2390	5	2295	48½
76	LASINSKAS, Povilas	LTU	f	2269	5	2338	48½
77	BLACKBURN, Joathan Lb	WLS		2196	5	2237	48
78	LAWSON, Andrew	ENG		2200	5	2247	47½
79	RADOVANOVIC, Jovica	SRB	f	2325	5	2240	47
80	WILSON, Alexandra	SUI	wf	2059	5	2276	41½
81	NASLUND, Mikael	SWE	f	2243	5	2110	38½
82	KETT, Tim	WLS		2247	4½	2237	52½
83	LAM, Paul G M	ENG		2104	4½	2278	51½
84	WILLIAMSON, Roger G	ENG		2169	4½	2282	50
85	TEBB, David J	ENG		2215	4½	2262	49½
86	CRUZ ALVAREZ DE RON, Dan	ESP		2278	4½	2263	49
87	SURTEES, Mike J	ENG		2182	4½	2185	49
88	ZHOU, Yang-Fan	ENG		2259	4½	2330	48½
89	REDMOND, John P	IRL		2188	4½	2274	47½
90	YEO, Michael J	ENG		2110	4½	2299	47½
91	GROFFEN, Hans	NED		2228	4½	2194	44
92	COATES, David H	ENG		2037	4½	2222	42½
93	ROBERTSON, David J				4½	2192	42½
94	CANNON, Raymond C	ENG		2041	4½	2123	41½
95	BENNETT, Patrick	WLS		2120	4½	2112	41
96	BENSON, Oisin P	IRL		1852	4½	2091	41
97	BENNION, David	WLS		2063	4½	2095	40½
98	BROWN, Martin	ENG		2072	4	2236	47
99	VAZNONIS, Vytautas	LTU	f	2407	4	2199	46½
100	CZAJA, Wojciech	POL		2103	4	2149	45½
101	PAULET, Iozefina	ROM	wm	2275	4	2186	45½
102	DORAN, Chris				4	2220	44½
103	JAMES, David	WLS	f	2177	4	2186	44½
104	DE COVERLY, Roger D	ENG		2082	4	2275	43½
105	FOX, Anthony	IRL		2068	4	2205	41½
106	PHILLIPS, Owen S				4	2145	41½
107	TURNER, John M				4	2184	40½
108	WELLS, Daniel J	ENG		2016	4	2224	40½
109	O'ROURKE, Ray	IRL		2062	4	2155	40
110	TASKER, Michael W	ENG		2062	4	2264	40
111	HAWKINS, James N H	ENG		2013	4	2199	38
112	VAN KEMENADE, Rudy	WLS		1971	4	2091	38
113	CAFOLLA, Peter	IRL		2055	3½	2266	45½
114	MAJER, Chris E	ENG		2091	3½	2198	41
115	DI MICHELE, Rocco	ITA		2096	3½	2082	40½
116	STANCAK, Andrej				3½	2127	40½
117	RINGOIR, Guy	BEL		1944	3½	2086	39½
118	ROY, Ali	SCO		1693	3½	2014	39
119	GROVES, David				3½	2094	38
120	GORMAN, John A	ENG		1937	3½	2115	37
121	PEACOCK, Malcolm R	ENG		2101	3½	2332	37
122	GROVES, Barry				3½	2012	36
123	CAMPBELL, Ian	ENG		2031	3½	2197	34
124	FRASER-MITCHELL, Jeremy N	ENG		2018	3	2228	46
125	ELLIS, Mark				3	2275	37½
126	EWART, Brian R	ENG		1902	3	2145	37½
127	POTTER, Steven				3	2111	37
128	CROSS, Ian K				3	2059	33
129	HULLIGAN, Steve	ENG		1822	3	2069	32½
130	BENTLEY, Emma J				3	2080	28
131	RIZZI, Volfango	ITA		1855	2½	2112	42
132	MCCARTHY, Jim	IRL		2084	2½	2226	35
133	SOIKKELI, Raino	FIN		1738	2½	2038	33½
134	KENNAUGH, Charles W	ENG	f	2281	2½	2217	33
135	BURGE, Steve J				2½	2043	29½
136	TAYLOR, Edward H	ENG		2067	2	2069	35
137	BENSON, Nicola				2	1967	29½
138	AMLANI, Parual				2	2011	26
139	OWEN, Dennis	ENG		2095	1½	2236	26½
140	WOOD, Michael				1	2109	27½
141	WEEKS, Manuel	AUS	f	2174	1	2101	3½
141 players

5) Geller Memorial

The Geller Memorial took place in Odessa, Ukraine 8th-18th September 2008. Yuri Drozdovskij won the event on tie-break from Eduard Andreev, Igor Smirnov, Yaroslav Zherebukh and Roman Kozel after all finished on 7/9. 74 players.

Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t165.html

IV Geller Memorial Odessa (UKR), 9-18 ix 2008
1	Drozdovskij, Yuri	g	UKR	2587	7.0	52.5	39.75	36.5	2619
2	Andreev, Eduard UKR	g	UKR	2455	7.0	52.5	39.00	36.0	2576
3	Smirnov, Igor UKR	g	UKR	2504	7.0	50.0	38.50	36.0	2584
4	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	m	UKR	2432	7.0	49.5	36.00	34.5	2551
5	Kozel, Roman	m	UKR	2387	7.0	48.5	34.75	35.0	2571
6	Tukhaev, Adam	g	UKR	2498	6.5	55.0	38.00	36.0	2585
7	Lushenkov, Mikhail	m	RUS	2452	6.0	50.5	30.25	35.5	2517
8	Golubev, Mikhail	g	UKR	2480	6.0	50.0	30.50	33.5	2492
9	Bogdanovich, Stanislav		UKR	2299	6.0	49.0	29.00	33.0	2446
10	Sharapov, Evgeny	m	UKR	2431	6.0	48.0	29.25	32.0	2433
11	Fingerov, Dmitry	m	UKR	2365	6.0	45.5	26.50	29.0	2420
12	Shilin, Denis	m	UKR	2393	6.0	44.5	28.25	30.5	2362
13	Garifulin, Alexander		UKR	2288	6.0	43.5	25.25	28.5	2369
14	Chudinovskikh, Alexander M	m	RUS	2371	6.0	39.0	26.00	28.0	2289
15	Jakimov, Vladimir		UKR	2447	5.5	49.0	28.00	31.5	2397
16	Lutsko, Igor	g	BLR	2399	5.5	44.0	25.00	28.0	2364
17	Kutsykh, Mikle		UKR	2268	5.5	43.5	21.75	27.5	2346
18	Khachatryan, Vahag H		ARM	2102	5.5	42.0	23.50	26.5	2430
19	Stets, Dmitry	m	UKR	2419	5.5	42.0	24.75	25.5	2263
20	Pavlov, Sergey2		UKR	2433	5.5	41.0	23.25	28.5	2354
21	Kurayan, Ruslan		UKR	2155	5.0	47.5	23.50	26.5	2340
22	Shevtsov, Nikoliy	m	UKR	2325	5.0	46.5	24.50	29.5	2368
23	Dmitriev, Igor	m	RUS	2364	5.0	46.5	23.00	27.0	2316
24	Goreskul, Alyona	wg	UKR	2200	5.0	43.0	21.25	24.5	2357
25	Loy, Konstantin		UKR	2104	5.0	43.0	22.00	24.0	2328
26	Grekh, Andrey	f	UKR	2362	5.0	42.5	20.75	26.0	2253
27	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2214	5.0	41.0	21.00	22.0	2306
28	Tishin, D	m	UKR	2271	5.0	40.5	20.50	26.0	2249
29	Miljutin, Oleg		UKR	2167	5.0	40.5	19.50	21.0	2279
30	Polyakov, Maxim		UKR	2283	5.0	39.5	18.75	24.5	2273
31	Kostiukova, Liubov	m	UKR	2224	5.0	39.5	18.25	22.5	2254
32	Molnar, Peter SVK	f	SVK	2306	5.0	39.0	19.50	23.5	2228
33	Ostrovskiy, Andrey	m	UKR	2445	4.5	46.5	22.25	25.5	2266
34	Makarov, Pavlo		UKR	2161	4.5	45.0	19.00	22.0	2214
35	Martemianov, Iaroslav	f	MDA	2371	4.5	44.0	19.50	25.0	2239
36	Dolzhikova, Kateryna	wm	UKR	2339	4.5	43.0	19.75	23.0	2197
37	Lomakin, Viktor		UKR	2082	4.5	41.5	19.75	23.5	2313
38	Stets, Vasilij	m	UKR	2265	4.5	41.5	18.50	21.5	2138
39	Romcovici, Victor	m	MDA	2222	4.5	40.5	15.75	21.5	2148
40	Golovlev, Nikolay		UKR	2332	4.5	40.0	18.25	26.5	2199
41	Volovikov, Anton		UKR	2248	4.5	40.0	17.00	22.0	2200
42	Novikova, Margarita		UKR	2055	4.5	34.5	15.50	17.0	2204
43	Daryev, Sergey		UKR	2037	4.5	32.5	13.75	15.5	2228
44	Rymskyy, Aleksander		UKR	2151	4.0	49.0	19.25	26.0	2328
45	Stolpovsky, Sergei		UKR	2133	4.0	47.0	16.50	26.0	2273
46	Demidiukov, Eugene		UKR	2165	4.0	44.5	17.50	23.0	2272
47	Fiodorov, Mikhail		UKR	2230	4.0	43.5	16.50	21.5	2167
48	Khazankin, Moisei		UKR	2106	4.0	37.5	13.00	19.0	2167
49	Prociuc, Evgenii		MDA	2109	4.0	37.0	12.00	18.0	2119
50	Zaichuk, Vitaliy		UKR	1953	4.0	35.5	13.50	16.5	2117
51	Sodol, Georgiy		UKR	2378	4.0	34.5	14.00	20.5	2082
52	Aliferenko, Aleksei		UKR	2253	4.0	34.0	11.00	18.0	2059
53	Afanasjev,Anatoly		UKR	0000	4.0	34.0	10.50	16.0	2113
54	Shteinberg, Boris	m	RUS	2230	4.0	33.0	12.50	15.5	1994
55	Elkin, Maxim		BLR	2242	3.5	42.0	11.50	22.5	2084
56	Bondar, Wladimir		UKR	2131	3.5	38.5	12.25	18.0	2188
57	Hrinchuk, Vladimir		UKR	2136	3.5	37.5	11.50	19.5	2151
58	Andrenko, Irina		UKR	2213	3.5	35.5	9.75	15.5	1999
59	Kolodiy, Taras		UKR	1925	3.5	29.5	8.25	14.0	1939
60	Mamedov, Aflatun		UKR	2094	3.0	37.5	11.25	16.0	2073
61	Varchenko, Grigory		UKR	2162	3.0	36.5	9.25	15.5	1951
62	Chernetskiy, Mykola		UKR	2120	3.0	35.0	12.00	18.0	2043
63	Smolkin, Alexander		UKR	1919	3.0	33.5	7.50	12.0	1914
64	Funtikov,Mikhail		UKR	0000	3.0	31.5	7.50	13.0	1965
65	Tropin,Vladimir		UKR	0000	3.0	27.0	6.50	10.0	1662
66	Izmailov,Viktor		UKR	0000	3.0	26.0	3.75	8.0	1435
67	Reshetkov, Kirill		UKR	2138	2.5	43.5	17.25	19.5	2303
68	Pervakov, Sergey		UKR	2202	2.5	40.0	8.25	15.5	2029
69	Andreev, Volodymyr		UKR	1968	2.5	33.5	6.25	13.0	1719
70	Kalinin, A3	m	UKR	2442	2.5	31.5	7.50	11.5	1919
71	Varanitsa, Yuru		UKR	1973	2.5	26.5	4.50	9.0	1438
72	Tkachova, Anastasia		UKR	1800	2.0	32.0	6.25	9.5	1889
73	Stepanenko,Dmitri		UKR	0000	2.0	27.5	3.75	9.5	1853
74	Sechin,Yuriy		UKR	0000	1.0	25.5	0.25	3.0	1333

6) SPICE Cup

The SPICE Cup takes place September 19th-28th 2008 at the Texas Tech Student Union Building. Eugene Perelshteyn is the defending champion.

Official website: http://www.SPICE.ttu.edu

SPICE Cup Lubbock USA (USA), 19-28 ix 2008												cat. XV (2605)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kritz, Leonid	g	GER	2610	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	.	1	2½	2848
2.	Mikhalevski, Victor	g	ISR	2592	.	*	.	½	.	½	.	.	1	.	2	2764
3.	Akobian, Varuzhan	g	USA	2610	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	1	½	.	2	2726
4.	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2670	.	½	½	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2600
5.	Becerra Rivero, Julio	g	USA	2598	.	.	.	½	*	½	½	.	.	.	1½	2647
6.	Harikrishna, P	g	IND	2668	.	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	½	1½	2585
7.	Kaidanov, Gregory S	g	USA	2605	0	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	1	1½	2591
8.	Perelshteyn, Eugene	g	USA	2555	½	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	1	2475
9.	Miton, Kamil	g	POL	2580	.	0	½	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	1	2460
10.	Stefansson, Hannes	g	ISL	2566	0	.	.	.	.	½	0	.	.	*	½	2354

7) 3rd PGMA Cup

The 3rd President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) Cup took place in Manila, Philippines 6th-13th September 2008. Eugene Torre (in his best result for years), Li Chao (China), Zhao. Zhong (Singapore) took first with 7/9. Games now available.

Official site: http://chessasia.net/ - Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr15758.aspx?lan=1 - FIDE report

3rd PGMA Cup (PHI), 6-13 ix 2008
Rk.	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	TORRE Eugene	GM	PHI	2524	7,0	2572	2590
2	LI Chao	GM	CHN	2590	7,0	2533	2544
3	ZHANG Zhong	GM	SIN	2632	7,0	2532	2551
4	MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil	GM	GEO	2604	6,5	2497	2512
5	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	GM	KAZ	2641	6,0	2520	2527
6	GHAEMMAGHAMI Ehsan	GM	IRI	2597	6,0	2487	2501
7	PARAGUA Mark	GM	PHI	2523	6,0	2450	2457
8	DZHUMAEV Marat	GM	UZB	2549	6,0	2428	2456
9	WANG Li		CHN	2392	5,5	2544	2551
10	GOMEZ John Paul	IM	PHI	2457	5,5	2523	2542
11	SADORRA Julio Catalino	IM	PHI	2470	5,5	2498	2532
12	ZHOU Weiqi		CHN	2556	5,5	2491	2507
13	NGUYEN Anh Dung	GM	VIE	2499	5,5	2484	2512
14	WEN Yang	GM	CHN	2487	5,5	2473	2500
15	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	GM	VIE	2579	5,5	2463	2471
16	DAO Thien Hai	GM	VIE	2489	5,5	2436	2458
17	CAUSO Deniel		PHI	2410	5,5	2393	2419
18	IULDASHEV Saidali	GM	UZB	2520	5,5	2375	2386
19	NADERA Barlo	IM	PHI	2401	5,5	2366	2532
20	YANG Kaiqi		CHN	2366	5,0	2523	2530
21	LAYLO Darwin	GM	PHI	2504	5,0	2480	2507
22	SHANAVA Konstantine	GM	GEO	2522	5,0	2459	2479
23	LI Shilong	GM	CHN	2511	5,0	2438	2461
24	VILLAMAYOR Buenaventura	GM	PHI	2469	5,0	2430	2447
25	SO Wesley	GM	PHI	2577	5,0	2424	2431
26	GOH Weiming	IM	SIN	2403	5,0	2420	2444
27	MEGARANTO Susanto	GM	INA	2532	5,0	2420	2437
28	HOANG Canh Huan	FM	VIE	2339	5,0	2414	2451
29	ZHANG Ziyang		CHN	2441	5,0	2406	2425
30	XIU Deshun		CHN	2410	5,0	2403	2456
31	GONZALES Jayson	GM	PHI	2524	5,0	2398	2405
32	ELORTA David		PHI	2405	5,0	2397	2424
33	NGUYEN Van Huy	CM	VIE	2386	5,0	2359	2380
34	BALLECER Dino		PHI	2419	5,0	2339	2363
35	NOLTE Rolando		PHI	2522	5,0	2338	2346
36	DABLEO Ronald	IM	PHI	2444	5,0	2330	2347
37	MALLAHI Amir	IM	IRI	2393	5,0	2323	2344
38	DIMAKILING Oliver	IM	PHI	2479	5,0	2271	2285
39	BITOON Richard	IM	PHI	2439	4,5	2397	2432
72 players

8) 4th Prospero Pichay Jr. Cup

The 4th Prospero Pichay Jr. Cup International Open Chess Championship took place 14th-19th September 2008. Li Shilong took clear first with 7.5/9.

Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr15935.aspx?lan=2

4th Prospero Pichay Jr. Cup (PHI), 14-19 ix 2008
Rk.	Ti	Nombre	FED	Elo	Pts.	Des 1	Des 2
1	GM	LI Shilong	CHN	2503	7,5	2566	2589
2	GM	IULDASHEV Saidali	UZB	2520	6,5	2545	2565
3	GM	ZHANG Zhong	SIN	2632	6,5	2539	2549
4	GM	GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan	IRI	2597	6,5	2484	2500
5	GM	SO Wesley	PHI	2577	6,0	2511	2528
6	GM	MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil	GEO	2604	6,0	2510	2520
7	GM	VILLAMAYOR Buenaventura	PHI	2469	6,0	2490	2523
8	IM	BITOON Richard	PHI	2439	5,5	2518	2561
9	GM	PARAGUA Mark	PHI	2523	5,5	2506	2523
10	GM	SHANAVA Konstantine	GEO	2522	5,5	2476	2493
11	GM	KAZHGALEYEV Murtas	KAZ	2641	5,5	2474	2485
12	GM	LAYLO Darwin	PHI	2504	5,5	2467	2480
13	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2579	5,5	2464	2475
14		XIU Deshun	CHN	2410	5,5	2460	2496
15	GM	MEGARANTO Susanto	INA	2532	5,5	2453	2464
16		ZHOU Weiqi	CHN	2556	5,5	2442	2451
17		PASCUA Haridas	PHI	2174	5,5	2439	2448
18	GM	GONZALES Jayson	PHI	2524	5,5	2436	2446
19	GM	DAO Thien Hai	VIE	2489	5,5	2431	2450
20	IM	SADORRA Julio Catalino	PHI	2470	5,5	2423	2445
21		NOLTE Rolando	PHI	2522	5,5	2416	2426
22	IM	DIMAKILING Oliver	PHI	2479	5,5	2384	2406
23	GM	NGUYEN Anh Dung	VIE	2499	5,5	2373	2401
24		WAN Yunguo	CHN	2471	5,0	2490	2521
25	IM	ROCA Petronio	PHI	2356	5,0	2476	2490
26	IM	GOMEZ John Paul	PHI	2457	5,0	2467	2497
27	GM	WEN Yang	CHN	2487	5,0	2443	2481
28		ZHANG Ziyang	CHN	2441	5,0	2419	2446
29		YANG Kaiqi	CHN	2366	5,0	2399	2426
30	FM	HOANG Canh Huan	VIE	2339	5,0	2383	2407
31		WANG Li	CHN	2392	5,0	2257	2408
32	IM	BANCOD Ronald	PHI	2375	4,5	2512	2522
68 players

9) US Chess League

The 2008 season of the US Chess League started 25th August 2008. The fourth round took place on 15th and 17th September 2008.

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

US Chess League ICC (INT), 27 viii-31 x 2008 Round 4 (of 10) Results:
15th September 2008
	Baltimore			vs	Queens
1	GM	Pawel Blehm	BAL	vs	IM	Eli Vovsha	QNS	1-0
2	IM	Alex Lenderman	QNS	vs	FM	Tegshsuren Enkhbat	BAL	1-0
3	FM	Ralph Zimmer	BAL	vs	NM	Parker Zhao	QNS	0-1
4	NM	Michael Thaler	QNS	vs		Ian Harris	BAL	1-0
	Seattle			vs	Chicago
1	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	SEA	vs	GM	Nikola Mitkov	CHC	1-0
2	IM	Jan van de Mortel	CHC	vs	GM	Gregory Serper	SEA	1/2
3	NM	Michael Lee	SEA	vs	IM	Emory Tate	CHC	0-1
4		Adam Strunk	CHC		vs	Andy May	SEA	0-1
17th September 2008
	New Jersey			vs	Boston
1	GM	Joel Benjamin	NJ	vs	GM	Larry Christiansen	BOS	1-0
2	SM	Denys Shmelov	BOS	vs	IM	Dean Ippolito	NJ	0-1
3	NM	Mackenzie Molner	NJ	vs	NM	Charles Riordan	BOS	1-0
4	NM	Marc Esserman	BOS	vs		Jayson Lian	NJ	1-0
	Carolina			vs	New York
1	IM	Lev Milman	CAR	vs	GM	Alex Shabalov	NY	1-0
2	IM	Justin Sarkar	NY	vs	FM	Oleg Zaikov	CAR	0-1
3	FM	Ron Simpson	CAR	vs	IM	Jay Bonin	NY	1-0
4	WFM	Iryna Zenyuk	NY	vs	NM	Craig Jones	CAR	0-1
	Dallas			vs	Miami
1	IM	Davorin Kuljasevic	DAL	vs	GM	Julio Becerra	MIA	1-0
2	FM	Marcel Martinez	MIA	vs	IM	John Bartholomew	DAL	1/2
3	FM	Igor Schneider	DAL	vs	FM	Osmany Perea	MIA	1/2
4		Matan Prilleltensky	MIA	vs	WFM	Karina Vazirova	DAL	1/2
	Philadelphia			vs	San Francisco
1	GM	Sergey Kudrin	PHI	vs	GM	Patrick Wolff	SF	1/2
2	IM	Josh Friedel	SF	vs	IM	Bryan Smith	PHI	1-0
3	IM	Richard Costigan	PHI	vs	FM	Sam Shankland	SF	0-1
4	FM	Daniel Naroditsky	SF	vs	NM	Elvin Wilson	PHI	1-0
	Tennessee			vs	Arizona
1	GM	Jaan Ehlvest	TEN	vs	IM	Rogelio Barcenilla	ARZ	1-0
2	IM	Mark Ginsburg	ARZ	vs	IM	Ron Burnett	TEN	1/2
3	FM	Todd Andrews	TEN	vs	FM	Robby Adamson	ARZ	0-1
4	NM	Joel Johnson	ARZ	vs	FM	John Bick	TEN	1-0

US Chess League ICC (INT), 27 viii-31 x 2008 Round 4 (of 10) Standings :
EASTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opp Avg Rating	Opps Record
Queens	4	0	11.5/16 (72%)	2385	6.5-5.5 (54%)
New Jersey	2.5	1.5	9.0/16 (56%)	2424	7.5-4.5 (63%)
Carolina	2	2	9.0/16 (56%)	2400	2.5-9.5 (21%)
Boston	2	2	8.5/16 (53%)	2407	6.5-5.5 (54%)
Baltimore	1	3	6.5/16 (46%)	2400	6.5-5.5 (54%)
Philadelphia	1	3	5.5/16 (34%)	2436	6.5-5.5 (54%)
New York	1	3	4.5/16 (28%)	2408	4.0-8.0 (33%)
WESTERN DIVISION	W	L	Game Points	Opp Avg Rating	Opps Record
San Francisco	3.5	0.5	10.5/16 (66%)	2406	7.0-5.0 (58%)
Dallas	3	1	9.5/16 (59%)	2429	8.5-3.5 (71%)
Miami	2	2	10.0/16 (63%)	2408	7.5-4.5 (63%)
Arizona	2	2	7.0/16 (44%)	2374	7.0-5.0 (58%)
Seattle	2	2	7.0/16 (44%)	2379	4.5-7.5 (38%)
Chicago	1.5	2.5	9.0/16 (56%)	2408	5.5-6.5 (46%)
Tennessee	0.5	3.5	4.5/16 (28%)	2392	4.0-8.0 (33%)

10) First Saturday September

The First Saturday tournaments took place 6th-18th of September 2008. David Berczes and Dragan Kosic finished with 6½/9 in the main GM group. To, Nhat Minh and Janos Konnyu scored 7½/9 in the IMA Group. Miklos Galyas won the B-Group.

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

FSGM September Budapest (HUN), 6-14 ix 2008												cat. VII (2415)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Berczes, David	m	HUN	2458	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	6½	2576
2.	Kosic, Dragan	g	MNE	2516	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2569
3.	Farago, Ivan	g	HUN	2482	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2487
4.	Ilincic, Zlatko	g	SRB	2519	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	½	5½	2483
5.	Paschall, William M	m	USA	2330	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	5	2467
6.	Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy	f	VIE	2477	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	0	4	2364
7.	Grafl, Florian	m	GER	2404	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	½	3½	2336
8.	Wittmann, Walter	m	AUT	2272	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	*	0	1	3	2305
9.	Szalanczy, Emil	m	HUN	2388	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	*	1	3	2292
10.	Kislik, Erik Andrew		USA	2302	½	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	0	*	2½	2261

FSIMA September Budapest (HUN), 6-16 ix 2008												cat. I (2264)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1
1.	To, Nhat Minh		HUN	2322	*	1	0	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	7½	2451
2.	Konnyu, Janos		HUN	2314	0	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	7½	2451
3.	Parkanyi, Attila	m	HUN	2393	1	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	7	2400
4.	Lyell, Mark	f	ENG	2232	0	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6	2339
5.	Vegh, Endre	m	HUN	2298	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	1	5½	2296
6.	Werner, Dimo	m	GER	2329	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	1	5	2257
7.	Lengyel, Bela	m	HUN	2286	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	4½	2225
8.	Csirik, Andras		HUN	2272	½	0	0	0	1	1	0	*	½	½	½	4	2191
9.	Perez Aleman, Pedro Tomas		ESP	2210	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	3	2120
10.	Kang Kai		CHN	----	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	0	2½	2097
11.	Simonyi, Zoltan	f	SRB	2247	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	2½	2072

FSIMB September Budapest (HUN), 6-15 ix 2008										cat. II (2290)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Galyas, Miklos	m	HUN	2463	*	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	6½	2365
2.	Moskovic, David M		ENG	2293	½	½	*	*	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	6	2361
3.	Petran, Pal	m	HUN	2361	½	½	½	0	*	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	6	2347
4.	Ruecker, Benjamin		GER	2246	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	*	1	½	½	1	5	2298
5.	Farago, Sandor	m	HUN	2271	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	*	*	1	0	4	2221
6.	Li Panru		CHN	2104	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	*	*	2½	2133

11) Polish ExtraLeague

The Polish ExtraLeague took place 6th-14th September took place in Karpacz. Strong players including David Navara took part.

Official site: http://www.kszstilon.pl/ekstraliga_seniorow_2008.htm

Polish ExtraLeague Karpacz (POL), 6-14 ix 2008
M-ce	Nr	Druzyna	Rank.	PKT	Pkt.	vs+	Sz.1	Sz.2
1	4	WASKO HetMaN Szopienice	2527	15.0	34.5	8;9;2;3;10;5;6;	5.5	6.5
2	8	AZS UMCS Lublin	2511	14.0	33.0	3;5;7;10;1;2;	6.0	5.0
3	3	Polonia Warszawa	2593	14.0	33.0	9;1;2;10;5;6;7;	4.0	6.5
4	6	KS Polonia Votum Wroclaw	2495	11.0	30.5	10;7;9;2;	5.0	5.0
5	7	PTSz Plock	2435	11.0	29.0	4;5;9;1;2;	5.5	4.0
6	1	JKSz MCKiS Jaworzno	2444	8.0	27.0	10;2;5;	5.5	3.5
7	9	Javena Hancza Suwalki	2391	7.0	23.5	2;10;1;	4.5	4.0
8	5	BKSz PROKONEX Brzeg	2364	7.0	22.0	9;2;10;	2.0	4.0
9	2	DRAKON - SKOK Chmielewskiego Lublin	2334	2.0	18.5	10;	4.5	2.5
10	10	Zelmer SMAK-EKO Górno	2387	1.0	19.0	a	2.5	4.0

12) Polish First League

The Polish First League took place 6th-14th September 2008 in Ustron.

Official site: http://1liga2008.to.pl/

Polish First League Ustron (POL), 6-14 ix 2008
1	LKS Pasjonat Dankowice	14.0	32.5
2	Pocztowiec Poznan	14.0	31.0
3	ASSz Miedz Legnica	13.0	28.5
4	Odrodzenie Kozuchów	12.0	29.5
5	AZS WSB Wroclaw	12.0	29.5
6	OTSz Ostrów Wielkopolski	9.0	27.0
7	Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski	7.0	25.5
8	AKSz Hetman Koszalin	4.0	25.0
9	Silesia Racibórz	3.0	21.5
10	Baszta Znin	2.0	20.0

13) Vladimir Open

The Vladimir Open A took place 12th-22nd August .8.2008. Aleksej Aleksandrov took clear first with 8.5/10. I don't have a definitive final table, the FIDE site gives standings without rated games being taken into account and a crosstable that isn't in finishing order. I couldn't make the final table work from the official site. I give a table created from the games below.

Official site: http://www.vladchess.ru/files/soft.html and Results: http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=16054

Open A Vladimir (RUS), 12-22 viii 2008
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1.	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	g	BLR	2574	+44	=20	+62	=13	+15	+16	+6	=2	+4	+7	8½	2749
2.	Shaposhnikov, Evgeny	g	RUS	2558	+29	+11	=16	=31	+30	=12	+21	=1	+19	-5	7	2580
3.	Kokarev, Dmitry	g	RUS	2582	+36	=12	+23	=16	+31	=7	=4	=8	=11	+19	7	2593
4.	Krapivin, Alexander	g	RUS	2471	=50	-15	+51	+53	+44	+24	=3	+6	-1	+16	7	2581
5.	Demchenko, Anton	m	RUS	2495	+47	=62	-20	+46	=17	=18	+35	+21	=12	+2	7	2544
6.	Popov, Valerij	g	RUS	2524	+43	+10	=21	=20	+18	+13	-1	-4	=14	+12	6½	2545
7.	Zabotin, Alexander	f	RUS	2491	+53	+18	-13	+17	+20	=3	-12	+22	+8	-1	6½	2551
8.	Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav	g	RUS	2513	+42	-17	=37	+27	=23	+10	+31	=3	-7	+22	6½	2516
9.	Danin, Alexandre	m	RUS	2469	=27	+41	-12	+54	=19	=29	+37	=16	+25	=11	6½	2473
10.	Kupreichik, Viktor D	g	BLR	2403	+45	-6	-30	+56	+26	-8	+39	=25	+28	+21	6½	2437
11.	Lavrik, Dmitry	f	RUS	2387	+55	-2	=53	+48	-14	+41	+38	+15	=3	=9	6½	2503
12.	Belous, Vladimir		RUS	2409	+59	=3	+9	+24	=13	=2	+7	-19	=5	-6	6	2549
13.	Ziatdinov, Raset	g	USA	2433	+49	+30	+7	=1	=12	-6	-19	=33	+42	=14	6	2495
14.	Bagirov, Rufat	g	AZE	2492	-37	=26	+42	+41	+11	-21	=33	+20	=6	=13	6	2436
15.	Krylov, Mikhail RUS	m	RUS	2462	=26	+4	=27	+49	-1	=30	+29	-11	=33	+31	6	2439
16.	Mikkelsen, Nikolaj	f	DEN	2430	+60	+32	=2	=3	+21	-1	=22	=9	+24	-4	6	2529
17.	Anoshkin, Alexander A	f	RUS	2362	+61	+8	=25	-7	=5	-22	+27	=31	=23	+34	6	2474
18.	Skomorokhin, Roman	m	RUS	2378	+56	-7	+26	+22	-6	=5	=25	=23	=31	+33	6	2477
19.	Zablotsky, Sergei	m	RUS	2514	-46	=51	+61	+43	=9	+20	+13	+12	-2	-3	6	2455
20.	Kovalenko, Igor	m	UKR	2415	+57	=1	+5	=6	-7	-19	+30	-14	=37	+42	5½	2457
21.	Gavrilov, Alexei1	m	RUS	2447	+48	+37	=6	+25	-16	+14	-2	-5	+29	-10	5½	2463
22.	Konovalov, Nikolay	m	RUS	2440	-32	+39	+46	-18	+28	+17	=16	-7	+30	-8	5½	2387
23.	Andreev, Eduard UKR	g	UKR	2455	+39	=46	-3	+50	=8	=35	=24	=18	=17	=26	5½	2423
24.	Kornev, Alexei	g	RUS	2523	+54	+33	=31	-12	+25	-4	=23	+26	-16	=27	5½	2426
25.	Ivanov, Oleg V	m	UKR	2467	+51	+35	=17	-21	-24	+42	=18	=10	-9	+37	5½	2420
26.	Bykov, Alexey1		RUS	2272	=15	=14	-18	+40	-10	+32	+36	-24	+47	=23	5½	2438
27.	Matinian, Nikita		RUS	2291	=9	+50	=15	-8	-38	+48	-17	+39	+36	=24	5½	2435
28.	Trifonov, Pavel		RUS	2213	-31	+34	=29	=33	-22	=40	+43	+44	-10	+35	5½	2419
29.	Pesotsky, Vitaly	m	UKR	2338	-2	+55	=28	=52	+32	=9	-15	+47	-21	+38	5½	2386
30.	Derbenev, Andrey		RUS	2302	+38	-13	+10	+32	-2	=15	-20	=35	-22	+40	5	2421
31.	Gorbatov, Alexej	m	RUS	2423	+28	+52	=24	=2	-3	+47	-8	=17	=18	-15	5	2407
32.	Mikheev, Stanislav	m	RUS	2244	+22	-16	+36	-30	-29	-26	=40	=50	+54	+47	5	2346
33.	Romanko, Marina	wg	RUS	2374	+63	-24	=48	=28	+39	=38	=14	=13	=15	-18	5	2355
34.	Dudukin, Ilya	f	RUS	2407	-52	-28	+55	-47	=48	+51	+53	=37	+45	-17	5	2250
35.	Domogaev, Sergey	m	RUS	2364	+58	-25	-49	+63	+52	=23	-5	=30	+46	-28	5	2256
36.	Molchanova, Tatjana	wm	RUS	2349	-3	+59	-32	-39	+63	+49	-26	+52	-27	+48	5	2255
37.	Svetlov, Dmitry	f	RUS	2306	+14	-21	=8	-38	+61	+44	-9	=34	=20	-25	4½	2373
38.	Mihajlovskij, Sergei		BLR	2484	-30	-48	+57	+37	+27	=33	-11	-42	+44	-29	4½	2276
39.	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2269	-23	-22	+58	+36	-33	+54	-10	-27	+49	=45	4½	2253
40.	Balashov, Yuri S	g	RUS	2407	-41	-49	+59	-26	=56	=28	=32	+60	+43	-30	4½	2197
41.	Schepetkova, Margarita		RUS	2173	+40	-9	=44	-14	+43	-11	-54	-46	+59	+60	4½	2315
42.	Bojarinov, Victor A		RUS	2313	-8	=61	-14	+51	+50	-25	+60	+38	-13	-20	4½	2333
43.	Potapov, Alexey		RUS	2329	-6	+45	=60	-19	-41	+56	-28	+51	-40	+52	4½	2244
44.	Girya, Olga	wf	RUS	2350	-1	+57	=41	+60	-4	-37	+50	-28	-38	+53	4½	2293
45.	Uraev, Ivan		RUS	2150	-10	-43	-47	+58	-55	+63	+48	+54	-34	=39	4½	2199
46.	Orlov, Oleg		RUS	2315	+19	=23	-22	-5	=60	-52	=49	+41	-35	=51	4	2267
47.	Charochkina, Daria	wm	RUS	2309	-5	-56	+45	+34	+49	-31	+52	-29	-26	-32	4	2213
48.	Kolmakov, Pavel		RUS	2263	-21	+38	=33	-11	=34	-27	-45	+57	+50	-36	4	2267
49.	Chulivska, Vita	wm	UKR	2238	-13	+40	+35	-15	-47	-36	=46	=53	-39	+61	4	2253
50.	Simonov, Vladimir		RUS	2301	=4	-27	+56	-23	-42	+61	-44	=32	-48	+58	4	2170
51.	Stukopin, Andrey	f	RUS	2277	-25	=19	-4	-42	+59	-34	+57	-43	+61	=46	4	2253
52.	Maevsky, Nikolay		RUS	2171	+34	-31	=54	=29	-35	+46	-47	-36	=53	-43	3½	2235
53.	Yarysh, Grigorij	f	RUS	2304	-7	+58	=11	-4	=54	=60	-34	=49	=52	-44	3½	2187
54.	Borisova, Elizaveta		RUS	2316	-24	+63	=52	-9	=53	-39	+41	-45	-32	=55	3½	2138
55.	Maximov, Anton		RUS	2146	-11	-29	-34	=59	+45	-57	=56	-58	+63	=54	3½	2091
56.	Kutepov, Alexander		RUS	2114	-18	+47	-50	-10	=40	-43	=55	-59	=57	=63	3	2120
57.	Kurukin, Dmitry		RUS	2201	-20	-44	-38	-61	+58	+55	-51	-48	=56	=59	3	2067
58.	Timofeev, Mikhail		RUS	1876	-35	-53	-39	-45	-57	+59	+61	+55	-60	-50	3	2074
59.	Ruchkin, Ivan		RUS	2188	-12	-36	-40	=55	-51	-58	+63	+56	-41	=57	3	2049
60.	Vdovin, Sergei		RUS	2263	-16	.	=43	-44	=46	=53	-42	-40	+58	-41	2½	2111
61.	Babayan, Armine		ARM	2047	-17	=42	-19	+57	-37	-50	-58	+63	-51	-49	2½	2049
62.	Gagarin, Vasilij	m	RUS	2399	.	=5	-1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	2341
63.	Ayzatulin, Rostislaw		RUS	2034	-33	-54	.	-35	-36	-45	-59	-61	-55	=56	½	1783

14) II ROMGAZ Open

The II ROMGAZ Open took place in Bucharest 11th-19th September. Alexei Fedorov edged out Dmitry Kononenko and Evgenij Miroshnichenko on tie-break after they all finished on 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.turneulregilor.com and the results at: http://chess-results.com/tnr15672.aspx?lan=2

II ROMGAZ Open Bucharest (ROU), 11-19 ix 2008
Rank	Name	Ti	Rtg	FED	Pts	Res.
1	Fedorov Alexei	GM	2560	BLR	7½	1½
2	Kononenko Dmitry	GM	2502	UKR	7½	1
3	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	GM	2593	UKR	7½	½
4	Zubarev Alexander	GM	2517	UKR	7	0
5	Gelashvili Tamaz	GM	2612	GEO	7	0
6	Mamedov Nidjat	GM	2564	AZE	7	0
7	Lupulescu Constantin	GM	2589	ROU	7	0
8	Filippov Anton	GM	2531	UZB	7	0
9	Azarov Sergei	GM	2605	BLR	6½	0
10	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	GM	2692	ROU	6½	0
11	Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula	IM	2514	ROU	6½	0
12	Savchenko Stanislav	GM	2558	UKR	6½	0
13	Grigore George-Gabriel	GM	2517	ROU	6½	0
14	Neverov Valeriy	GM	2573	UKR	6½	0
15	Gleizerov Evgeny	GM	2549	RUS	6½	0
16	Ulibin Mikhail	GM	2520	RUS	6½	0
17	Kurnosov Igor	GM	2617	RUS	6	0
18	Bachmann Axel	GM	2511	PAR	6	0
19	Suba Mihai	GM	2507	ROU	6	0
20	Jianu Vlad-Cristian	GM	2522	ROU	6	0
21	Nevednichy Vladislav	GM	2577	ROU	6	0
22	Zinchenko Yaroslav	GM	2523	UKR	6	0
23	Bonte Andrei-Mihai		2301	ROU	6	0
24	Malakhatko Vadim	GM	2612	BEL	6	0
25	Abasov Nijat Azad Oglu		2369	AZE	6	0
26	Cosma Ioan	IM	2457	ROU	6	0
27	Grunberg Mihai-Lucian	IM	2400	ROU	6	0
28	Petrenko Svetlana	IM	2283	MDA	6	0
29	Valeanu Eduard-Andrei		2440	ROU	6	0
30	Manea Alexandru	IM	2357	ROU	6	0
31	Sergeev Vladimir	GM	2508	UKR	5½	0
174 players

15) I Tancats Magistrals Vila de Canovelles

The I Tancats Magistrals Vila de Canovelles tournament took place 13th-21st September 2008. Omar Almdeida Quintana won the GM group with 7.5/9. Enrique Fernandez Aguado won the IM group. I give the IM group games again as I misidentified Raul Omar Gonzalez.

Official site: http://www.flancderei.com/index.php/archives/tag/i-tancat and results and games at: http://chess-results.com/tnr15849.aspx?tnr=15849&art=2&lan=2&flag=30&m=-1

I Tancats A Canovelles (ESP), 13-21 ix 2008												cat. VIII (2443)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Almeida Quintana, Omar	g	CUB	2524	*	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2707
2.	Cruz, Cristhian	f	PER	2508	1	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2602
3.	Rodriguez Vila, Andres	g	URU	2531	0	½	*	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	5½	2513
4.	Larino Nieto, David	m	ESP	2426	0	½	1	*	0	½	1	½	½	1	5	2488
5.	Pogorelov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2459	½	½	0	1	*	½	0	1	0	1	4½	2441
6.	Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria	m	ESP	2377	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	0	1	½	4	2407
7.	Cruz, Filemon	f	PER	2416	0	½	0	0	1	0	*	1	½	1	4	2403
8.	Lorenzo de la Riva, Lazaro	f	ESP	2367	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	*	1	½	3½	2371
9.	Rojas, Luis	m	CHI	2414	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	0	*	1	3	2321
10.	Jerez Perez, Alfonso	m	ESP	2410	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	*	1½	2173

I Tancats B Canovelles (ESP), 13-21 ix 2008												cat. IV (2327)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Fernandez Aguado, Enrique	f	ESP	2337	*	½	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	6½	2492
2.	Gonzalez, Raul Omar	f	ESP	2318	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	6	2453
3.	Panelo, Marcelo	m	ARG	2414	0	½	*	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	5½	2398
4.	Munoz Pantoja, Miguel	m	PER	2499	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	5½	2388
5.	Almeida Toledano, Daniel		ESP	2303	0	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	4	2287
6.	Randazzo, Adrian		ITA	2224	½	0	½	½	½	*	.	½	½	½	3½	2303
7.	Avila Jimenez, Javier		ESP	2286	0	0	0	0	½	.	*	1	1	1	3½	2303
8.	Rios, Alejandro	m	COL	2340	1	1	0	½	0	½	0	*	0	½	3½	2246
9.	Garcia Jimenez, Francisco Javier	f	ESP	2297	0	0	1	0	½	½	0	1	*	½	3½	2251
10.	Llaneza Vega, Patricia	wm	ESP	2260	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	2½	2169

16) Hungarian Championship

The 58th Hungarian Championship takes place in Nyiregyhaza (220 km east from Budapest) 12th-23rd September 2008.

The championship is an 16 participant, KO-system event with Zoltan Almasi (6 times Hungarian Champion) and Gyula Sax (Gold medalist of the Buenos Aires Olympiad, 1978).

Csaba Balogh and Zoltan Almasi are tied 1-1 in the final and have a rapid playoff tomorrow as do Gabor Kovacs and Robert Ruck in the 3rd-4th playoff.

Official site: http://www.hotelpagony.hu/ or more directly http://dodicsek.unsoft.hu/2008/0912ferfiko/menkoch2008.htm.

58th ch-HUN KO Nyiregyhaza (HUN), 12-23 ix 2008
Round 1						Round 2		Semi-Final		Final		Winner
Seed	Name	Ti	NAT	Elo	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name
1	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2668	1½
						Almasi, Zoltan	2½
16	Papp, Gabor	m	HUN	2509	½
								Almasi, Zoltan	1½
8	Medvegy, Zoltan	g	HUN	2556	½
						Cao, Sang	1½
9	Cao, Sang	g	HUN	2491	1½
										Almasi, Zoltan	1
5	Erdos, Viktor	g	HUN	2576	0
						Gonda, Laszlo	1½
12	Gonda, Laszlo	m	HUN	2501	2
								Ruck, Robert	½
4	Ruck, Robert	g	HUN	2574	3½
						Ruck, Robert	2½
13	Szabo, Krisztian	m	HUN	2510	3½

3	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2624	3
						Balogh, Csaba	2½
14	Czebe, Attila	g	HUN	2480	1
								Balogh, Csaba	2½
6	Groszpeter, Attila	g	HUN	2554	2½
						Sax, Gyula	1½
11	Sax, Gyula	g	HUN	2506	3½
										Balogh, Csaba	1
7	Horvath, Csaba	g	HUN	2537	½
						Horvath, Adam	2
10	Horvath, Adam	g	HUN	2513	1½
								Kovacs, Gabor	1½
2	Kovacs, Gabor	m	HUN	2505	1½
						Kovacs, Gabor	2
15	Gyimesi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2586	½

17) 7th Georgiev - Kesarovski Memorial

The 7th Georgiev - Kesarovski Memorial took place in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria 8th-14th September 2008. Krasimir Rusev won the event with 8/9. Final two rounds still aren't available although I managed to get three games from the viewer from round 9.

Official site: http://www.sunnybeach-chess.com/

18) European Youth Chess Championship

European Youth Chess Championship 2008 takes place in Herceg Novi (Montenegro) 14th-25th September 2008. 9 Round Swiss.

Official site: http://www.euroyouth2008.com/

European Youth Championships Herceg Novi (MNE), 14-25 ix 2008
B18 Rank after Round 6
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Swiercz Dariusz	IM	POL	2456	5,0	14,5
2	Can Emre	IM	TUR	2460	5,0	14,0
3	Salgado Lopez Ivan	GM	ESP	2532	4,5	15,5
4	Stupak Kirill	IM	BLR	2458	4,5	15,5
5	Chirila Ioan Cristian	IM	ROU	2425	4,5	14,5
6	Benidze Davit	FM	GEO	2389	4,5	14,0
7	Piorun Kacper	FM	POL	2445	4,5	13,5
8	Vila Gazquez Xavier	IM	ESP	2419	4,5	13,5
9	Rozum Ivan	IM	RUS	2444	4,5	13,0
10	Kopylov Alexander A	FM	RUS	2421	4,5	13,0
11	Panocki Adrian		POL	2338	4,0	16,5
12	Anton Teodor		ROU	2353	4,0	16,0
13	Burg Twan	FM	NED	2359	4,0	15,0
14	Saric Ivan	IM	CRO	2511	4,0	15,0
15	Nabaty Tamir		ISR	2431	4,0	14,0
16	Recuero Guerra David	FM	ESP	2417	4,0	13,5
17	Volodin Aleksandr	IM	EST	2397	4,0	13,0
18	Rasulov Vugar	FM	AZE	2392	4,0	11,5
19	Shukh Nikolai	FM	RUS	2370	4,0	11,0
20	Krejci Jan	FM	CZE	2305	3,5	16,0
75 players
B16 Rank after Round 6
Rk.	Name		FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Ter-Sahakyan Samvel	FM	ARM	2480	5,0	18,0
2	Grandelius Nils	FM	SWE	2366	5,0	16,0
3	Prohaszka Peter	IM	HUN	2509	5,0	15,0
4	Sivuk Vitaly		UKR	2324	5,0	15,0
5	Nyzhnyk Illya	FM	UKR	2428	5,0	14,0
6	Yilmaz Mustafa	FM	TUR	2362	5,0	13,5
7	Ketzetzis Georgios		GRE	2099	4,5	17,0
8	Pavlidis Antonios		GRE	2266	4,5	15,0
9	Kanarek Marcel	FM	POL	2349	4,5	14,0
10	Witek Tomasz		POL	2125	4,5	13,0
11	Mazur Stefan		SVK	2237	4,5	12,5
12	Firat Burak		TUR	2219	4,5	12,0
13	Rombaldoni Axel	FM	ITA	2374	4,5	11,5
14	Strunski Andreas		GER	2294	4,5	11,5

THE WEEK IN CHESS 724 22nd September 2008 by Mark Crowther

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