THE WEEK IN CHESS 726 6th October 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Russian Championship
3) Bundesliga
4) FIDE Rating List
5) Banja Luka
6) Spanish Championship
7) Commonwealth Chess Championship
8) US Chess League
9) 17th Croatian Team Championship
10) Club Argentino-Ruibal
11) 4NCL
12) 1st Womens International Tashkent
13) Yuzhny Chess Festival
14) Podillya GM
15) 10th Anniversary of Chess City
16) 17th VS Korensky Memorial
17) Alushta Tournaments
18) Zvenigoroskaya Osen
19) Chelyabinsk GM
20) Circuit Espoir Europe-Echecs
21) Bulgarian Team Championship
22) Tatry Open
23) Muensterland Open
24) Icelandic Team Championship
25) IV Trofeo Ciudad de Zaragoza
26) 8th Winterthur Chess Week
27) 16th World Computer Chess Championship
28) Mindsports
29) II Magistral do Circulo Militar
30) First Saturday October
31) Belgrade Premier League
32) National Chess League Argentina
33) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Russian Championship24 games
Bundesliga152 games
Banja Luka30 games
Spanish Championship66 games
Commonwealth Chess Championship1295 games
US Chess League28 games
17th Croatian Team Championship675 games
Club Argentino-Ruibal25 games
1st Womens International Tashkent66 games
Yuzhny Chess Festival245 games
Podillya GM105 games
10th Anniversary of Chess City143 games
17th VS Korensky Memorial108 games
Tatry Open269 games
Icelandic Team Championship15 games
16th World Computer Chess Championship45 games
3290 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Andrej Znidarcic, Arvind Aaron, Axel Fritz, Dave Clayton, Dennis Monokroussos, Harun Taner, Jan Mazuch, Evgeny Klavir, Georgios Souleidis, Holger Lieske, Jeroen Noomen, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Nigel Freeman, Miklos Orso, Robert Fontaine, Thomas Henrich and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The Russian Chess Championship superfinal is under way. Sadly one of its stars Alexander Grischuk had to withdraw due to illness before the event started but its still a respectable category 17. Peter Svidler is off to an express 3.5/4 start that included a win against Alexander Morozevich. Also the Bundesliga and 4NCL got under way this weekend. Part of what I do is sorting out messy game files but I do get frustrated sometimes, three events proved particularly taxing and to a certain extent other events suffered because of the excessive time I had to spend on these and some of them have been held over until next week.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Russian Championship

The 61st Russian Championship SuperFinal includes Morozovich, Tomashevsky (top 3 in '07), and Svidler along with Jakovenko and Alekseev as top 3 by rating who did not qualify otherwise along with Maslak, Lastin, and Riazantsev who qualified from the higher league competition. Opening ceremony 2nd October, 1st round on the 3rd.

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


ch-RUS Moscow (RUS), 3-15 x 2008 cat. XVII (2673)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2727 * ½ . . . 1 1 . . . . 1 3½ 3026
2. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2651 ½ * . . . . . . ½ 1 1 . 3 2832
3. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2737 . . * . 1 . . ½ . ½ . ½ 2½ 2770
4. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2638 . . . * ½ ½ ½ . . . . 1 2½ 2801
5. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2715 . . 0 ½ * . . 1 . ½ . . 2 2672
6. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2787 0 . . ½ . * . ½ 1 . . . 2 2668
7. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2656 0 . . ½ . . * . ½ . 1 . 2 2637
8. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2670 . . ½ . 0 ½ . * . . . 1 2 2727
9. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2640 . ½ . . . 0 ½ . * . ½ . 1½ 2572
10. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2646 . 0 ½ . ½ . . . . * ½ . 1½ 2574
11. Maslak, Konstantin g RUS 2544 . 0 . . . . 0 . ½ ½ * . 1 2455
12. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2669 0 . ½ 0 . . . 0 . . . * ½ 2371

Round 1 (October 3, 2008)
Svidler, Peter - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 42 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Lastin, Alexander - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 40 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Vitiugov, Nikita - Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ 84 E00 Catalan
Timofeev, Artyom - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 53 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Sakaev, Konstantin - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 42 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Maslak, Konstantin - Riazantsev, Alexander 0-1 47 E06 Catalan
Round 2 (October 4, 2008)
Lastin, Alexander - Maslak, Konstantin 1-0 47 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Alekseev, Evgeny - Timofeev, Artyom 1-0 54 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 0-1 87 A20 English Opening
Riazantsev, Alexander - Sakaev, Konstantin ½-½ 61 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 31 D11 Slav Defence
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Vitiugov, Nikita 0-1 45 C19 French Winawer
Round 3 (October 5, 2008)
Svidler, Peter - Riazantsev, Alexander 1-0 38 C11 French Defence
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0 65 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vitiugov, Nikita - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 56 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Timofeev, Artyom - Inarkiev, Ernesto 1-0 41 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Sakaev, Konstantin - Lastin, Alexander ½-½ 64 D12 Slav Defence
Maslak, Konstantin - Tomashevsky, Evgeny ½-½ 91 E15 Queens Indian
Round 4 (October 6, 2008)
Lastin, Alexander - Svidler, Peter ½-½ 14 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Morozevich, Alexander - Timofeev, Artyom ½-½ 25 D80 Gruenfeld 4.Bg5
Riazantsev, Alexander - Vitiugov, Nikita ½-½ 128 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½ 30 A30 English Symmetrical
Maslak, Konstantin - Sakaev, Konstantin ½-½ 25 D39 QGD Ragozin
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ 14 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin

3) Bundesliga

The new Schachbundesliga season 2008/09 started this weekend 3rd-5th October and runs until March 2009. 16 Teams compete with team rosters of 16-18 players but only eight play each weekend,

OSG Baden-Baden is the big favourite with 16 Grandmasters in its squad headed by Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. The strongest challengers are Werder Bremen with Shakhryar Mamedyarov and some strong ukrainian players such as Eljanov, Efimenko or Areshchenko and SV Mülheim-Nord with Dmitry Jakovenko, former world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov and the strong French player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

For the first time all the games of the Schachbundesliga will be covered live in the internet. This service is for all chess fans for free.

The Website of the Schachbundesliga (http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx) serves as entrance site and from there you can go to the four playing venues and follow the games. In the first part of the season there is an additional match on Friday (the floating round 7), There will be 128 games at least.

Further information (in German) and the entrance site for the live coverage: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx
Bundesliga 2008-9
(GER), 3 x 2008 - iii 2009
Hamburg
Round 7 Friday 3rd October 2008 4 pm
Hamburger SK5.5 - 2.5SF Berlin
Round 1 Saturday, 4th October, 2 pm
Hamburger SK3-5 TV Tegernsee
SF Berlin4.5 - 3.5 FC Bayern Muenchen
Round 2 Sunday, 5th October, 10 am
TV Tegernsee6-2 SF Berlin
FC Bayern Muenchen2.5-5.5 Hamburger SK
Trier
Round 7 Friday, 3rd October, 4 pm
SG Trier3.5 - 4.5SC Remagen
Round 1 Saturday, 4th October, 2 pm
SG Trier1-7 OSG Baden Baden
SC Remagen3.5 - 4.5 SC Eppingen
Round 2 Sunday, 5th October, 10 am
OSG Baden Baden5-3 SC 1950 Remagen
SC Eppingen4.5-3.5 SG Trier
Bremen
Round 1 Saturday, 4th October, 2 pm
SK Turm Emsdetten3.5 - 4.5 SC Kreuzberg
Werder Bremen6-2 USV TU Dresden
Round 2 Sunday, 5th October, 10 am
SC Kreuzberg4-4 Werder Bremen
USV TU Dresden1-7 SK Turm Emsdetten
Solingen
Round 7 Friday, 3rd October, 4 pm
SG Aljechin Solingen5 - 3SV Wattenscheid
Round 1 Saturday, 4th October, 2 pm
SG Aljechin Solingen2-6 SV Muelheim Nord
SV Wattenscheid5-3 SF Katernberg
Round 2 Sunday, 5th October, 10 am
SV Muelheim Nord6-2 SV Wattenscheid
SF Katernberg4-4SG Aljechin Solingen
Bundesliga 2008-9
(GER), 3 x 2008 - iii 2009
Round 2 Standings:
1.Hamburger SK3414,0
2.SV Mülheim-Nord2412,0
3.OSG Baden-Baden2412,0
4.TV Tegernsee2411,0
5.SC Eppingen249,0
6.SG Aljechin Solingen3311,0
7.Werder Bremen 2310,0
8.SC Kreuzberg238,5
9.SC Remagen3211,0
10.SK Turm Emsdetten2210,5
11.SV Wattenscheid3210,0
12.SF Berlin329,0
13.SF Katernberg217,0
14.SG Trier308,0
15.FC Bayern München206,0
16.USV TU Dresden203,0
Bundesliga 2008-9
(GER), 3 x 2008 - iii 2009
Round 7
Hamburger SK 5½-2½ Schachfreunde Be
1 Gustafsson,Ja ½-½ Nataf,Igor-Al 1
2 Baramidze,Dav 1-0 Miezis,Normun 3
3 Kempinski,Rob 1-0 Polzin,Rainer 4
6 Ftacnik,Lubom ½-½ Lauber,Arnd 6
8 Mueller,Karst ½-½ Schneider,Ilj 7
10 Heinemann,Thi 1-0 Degtiarev,Evg 10
11 Beikert,Guent ½-½ Abel,Dennes 12
14 Huschenbeth,N ½-½ Thinius,Marco 14
SC Trier 3½-4½ SC Remagen
1 Parligras,Mir ½-½ Fedorchuk,Ser 3
2 Bobras,Piotr ½-½ Goloshchapov, 4
3 Cyborowski,Lu ½-½ Gharamian,Tig 5
4 Lupulescu,Con ½-½ Feller,Sebast 6
5 Svetushkin,Dm 0-1 Dgebuadze,Ale 8
6 Jaracz,Pawel ½-½ Degraeve,Jean 9
8 Flumbort,Andr ½-½ Mainka,Romual 10
12 Kolbus,Dietma ½-½ Swinkels,Robi 12
SG Aljechin Soli 5-3 SV Wattenscheid
1 Stellwagen,Da ½-½ Najer,Evgeniy 1
3 Werle,Jan ½-½ Macieja,Bartl 3
4 Smeets,Jan ½-½ Rustemov,Alex 5
5 Jussupow,Artu ½-½ Czarnota,Pawe 6
7 Buhmann,Raine 1-0 Appel,Ralf 8
8 Naumann,Alexa ½-½ Handke,Floria 10
9 Ragger,Markus ½-½ Dinstuhl,Volk 11
10 Ernst,Sipke 1-0 Tereick,Benja 12
Round 1
Hamburger SK 3-5 TV Tegernsee
1 Gustafsson,Ja ½-½ Volokitin,And 1
2 Baramidze,Dav ½-½ Khenkin,Igor 4
3 Kempinski,Rob 0-1 Sokolov,Andre 5
6 Ftacnik,Lubom ½-½ Rozentalis,Ed 6
10 Heinemann,Thi 0-1 Bischoff,Klau 8
11 Beikert,Guent ½-½ Boensch,Uwe 9
14 Huschenbeth,N ½-½ Hertneck,Gera 13
15 Sebastian,Dir ½-½ Stangl,Markus 15
Schachfreunde Be 4½-3½ FC Bayern Münche
1 Nataf,Igor-Al ½-½ Bezold,Michae 2
3 Miezis,Normun 1-0 Belezky,Alexa 3
4 Polzin,Rainer ½-½ Jorczik,Julia 4
6 Lauber,Arnd 1-0 Reiss,Tibor 5
7 Schneider,Ilj 1-0 Renner,Christ 6
10 Degtiarev,Evg 0-1 Heinzel,Olaf 8
12 Abel,Dennes ½-½ Deglmann,Ludw 13
14 Thinius,Marco 0-1 Unzicker,Ferd 14
SC Trier 1-7 OSG Baden Baden
3 Cyborowski,Lu 0-1 Shirov,Alexei 3
5 Svetushkin,Dm ½-½ Movsesian,Ser 6
8 Flumbort,Andr 0-1 Nisipeanu,Liv 7
11 Seger,Ruedige 0-1 Naiditsch,Ark 10
12 Kolbus,Dietma ½-½ Caruana,Fabia 13
15 Jeitz,Christi 0-1 Dautov,Rustem 14
16 Weissert,Guid 0-1 Schlosser,Phi 15
17 Korman,Maxim 0-1 Doettling,Fab 16
SC Remagen 3½-4½ SC Eppingen
3 Fedorchuk,Ser ½-½ Tiviakov,Serg 1
4 Goloshchapov, ½-½ Braun,Arik 2
5 Gharamian,Tig 0-1 Berkes,Ferenc 3
6 Feller,Sebast 0-1 Bindrich,Falk 6
8 Dgebuadze,Ale 0-1 Acs,Peter 8
9 Degraeve,Jean ½-½ Medvegy,Zolta 9
10 Mainka,Romual 1-0 Guliyev,Namig 10
12 Swinkels,Robi 1-0 Vogt,Lothar 12
SK Turm Emsdette 3½-4½ SC Kreuzberg
2 Hector,Jonny ½-½ Sargissian,Ga 1
3 Feygin,Michae ½-½ Maksimenko,An 3
5 Janssen,Ruud ½-½ Luther,Thomas 4
6 Spoelman,Wout ½-½ Shengelia,Dav 5
7 Pruijssers,Ro 0-1 Figura,Atila 6
8 Brandenburg,D ½-½ Richter,Micha 8
9 Giri,Anish ½-½ Kalinitschew, 10
13 Kabatianski,A ½-½ Tischbierek,R 11
Werder Bremen 6-2 USV TU Dresden
2 McShane,Luke ½-½ Maiwald,Jens- 1
3 Eljanov,Pavel 1-0 Roos,Michael 3
4 Efimenko,Zaha ½-½ Gauglitz,Gern 4
5 Areshchenko,A ½-½ Seifert,Volke 5
7 Meier,Georg 1-0 Hoffmann,Paul 6
12 Babula,Vlasti 1-0 Eichner,Sebas 7
13 Fish,Gennadij ½-½ Graf,Felix 10
15 Knaak,Rainer 1-0 Baier,Silvio 13
SG Aljechin Soli 2-6 SV Mülheim Nord
1 Stellwagen,Da ½-½ Kasimdzhanov, 2
3 Werle,Jan 0-1 Vachier-Lagra 3
4 Smeets,Jan ½-½ Tregubov,Pave 4
5 Jussupow,Artu 0-1 Landa,Konstan 5
7 Buhmann,Raine 0-1 Fridman,Danie 6
8 Naumann,Alexa ½-½ Potkin,Vladim 7
9 Ragger,Markus 0-1 Golod,Vitali 8
10 Ernst,Sipke ½-½ Malakhatko,Va 9
SV Wattenscheid 5-3 SF Katernberg
1 Najer,Evgeniy ½-½ Motylev,Alexa 1
3 Macieja,Bartl 1-0 Laznicka,Vikt 3
5 Rustemov,Alex 0-1 L'Ami,Erwin 4
6 Czarnota,Pawe ½-½ Glek,Igor V 9
8 Appel,Ralf 1-0 Seel,Christia 10
9 Holzke,Frank ½-½ Siebrecht,Seb 12
10 Handke,Floria 1-0 Ris,Robert 13
11 Dinstuhl,Volk ½-½ Scholz,Christ 16
Round 2
TV Tegernsee 6-2 Schachfreunde Be
1 Volokitin,And 1-0 Nataf,Igor-Al 1
4 Khenkin,Igor 1-0 Miezis,Normun 3
5 Sokolov,Andre 1-0 Polzin,Rainer 4
6 Rozentalis,Ed ½-½ Lauber,Arnd 6
8 Bischoff,Klau ½-½ Schneider,Ilj 7
9 Boensch,Uwe ½-½ Abel,Dennes 12
13 Hertneck,Gera 1-0 Rudolf,Henrik 13
15 Stangl,Markus ½-½ Thinius,Marco 14
FC Bayern Münche 2½-5½ Hamburger SK
2 Bezold,Michae 0-1 Gustafsson,Ja 1
3 Belezky,Alexa ½-½ Baramidze,Dav 2
4 Jorczik,Julia ½-½ Kempinski,Rob 3
5 Reiss,Tibor ½-½ Ftacnik,Lubom 6
6 Renner,Christ 0-1 Heinemann,Thi 10
8 Heinzel,Olaf 1-0 Beikert,Guent 11
13 Deglmann,Ludw 0-1 Reeh,Oliver 13
14 Unzicker,Ferd 0-1 Sebastian,Dir 15
OSG Baden Baden 5-3 SC Remagen
3 Shirov,Alexei 0-1 Fedorchuk,Ser 3
6 Movsesian,Ser 1-0 Goloshchapov, 4
7 Nisipeanu,Liv ½-½ Gharamian,Tig 5
10 Naiditsch,Ark 1-0 Feller,Sebast 6
13 Caruana,Fabia ½-½ Dgebuadze,Ale 8
14 Dautov,Rustem ½-½ Degraeve,Jean 9
15 Schlosser,Phi ½-½ Mainka,Romual 10
16 Doettling,Fab 1-0 Swinkels,Robi 12
SC Eppingen 4½-3½ SC Trier
1 Tiviakov,Serg 1-0 Parligras,Mir 1
2 Braun,Arik 0-1 Bobras,Piotr 2
3 Berkes,Ferenc ½-½ Cyborowski,Lu 3
6 Bindrich,Falk ½-½ Lupulescu,Con 4
8 Acs,Peter 1-0 Svetushkin,Dm 5
9 Medvegy,Zolta ½-½ Jaracz,Pawel 6
10 Guliyev,Namig ½-½ Flumbort,Andr 8
12 Vogt,Lothar ½-½ Seger,Ruedige 11
SC Kreuzberg 4-4 Werder Bremen
1 Sargissian,Ga ½-½ McShane,Luke 2
3 Maksimenko,An 1-0 Eljanov,Pavel 3
4 Luther,Thomas ½-½ Efimenko,Zaha 4
5 Shengelia,Dav ½-½ Areshchenko,A 5
6 Figura,Atila 0-1 Meier,Georg 7
8 Richter,Micha 1-0 Babula,Vlasti 12
10 Kalinitschew, ½-½ Fish,Gennadij 13
11 Tischbierek,R 0-1 Knaak,Rainer 15
USV TU Dresden 1-7 SK Turm Emsdette
1 Maiwald,Jens- 0-1 Hector,Jonny 2
3 Roos,Michael 0-1 Feygin,Michae 3
4 Gauglitz,Gern 0-1 Janssen,Ruud 5
5 Seifert,Volke 0-1 Spoelman,Wout 6
6 Hoffmann,Paul 0-1 Pruijssers,Ro 7
7 Eichner,Sebas 0-1 Brandenburg,D 8
10 Graf,Felix ½-½ Giri,Anish 9
13 Baier,Silvio ½-½ Kabatianski,A 13
SV Mülheim Nord 6-2 SV Wattenscheid
2 Kasimdzhanov, ½-½ Najer,Evgeniy 1
3 Vachier-Lagra 1-0 Macieja,Bartl 3
4 Tregubov,Pave ½-½ Rustemov,Alex 5
5 Landa,Konstan 1-0 Czarnota,Pawe 6
6 Fridman,Danie 1-0 Appel,Ralf 8
7 Potkin,Vladim ½-½ Holzke,Frank 9
8 Golod,Vitali ½-½ Handke,Floria 10
9 Malakhatko,Va 1-0 Dinstuhl,Volk 11
SF Katernberg 4-4 SG Aljechin Soli
1 Motylev,Alexa ½-½ Stellwagen,Da 1
3 Laznicka,Vikt 1-0 Werle,Jan 3
4 L'Ami,Erwin ½-½ Smeets,Jan 4
9 Glek,Igor V ½-½ Jussupow,Artu 5
10 Seel,Christia ½-½ Buhmann,Raine 7
12 Siebrecht,Seb ½-½ Naumann,Alexa 8
13 Ris,Robert 0-1 Ernst,Sipke 10
16 Scholz,Christ ½-½ Hoffmann,Mich 11

4) FIDE Rating List

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

There were huge changes in the order of the players at the top of the list which was not a big surprise because of the closeness in ratings. Veselin Topalov moved from 5th to 1st and World Champion Viswanathan Anand made the reverse journey. Alexander Morozevich held on to 2nd place, Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen are at 3rd and 4th, Vladimir Kramnik drops to 6th. These top 6 clearly stand out from the rest and the recent drops of Anand and Kramnik probably reflect the nature of the build up to their world title match, they needed some practice but couldn't play their best opening ideas, rather than any objective fall in strength. We will of course see later in the month. Just outside the top 6 are Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov and Peter Leko who are just behind the top 6 and capable of getting back in there, these 9 clearly form the current elite. Then there are a huge group of players around the same strength. The fall of Peter Svidler and Alexei Shirov from 11th and 9th to 17th and 18th reflects the size of this pack which also includes such players as Adams, Kamsky, Gelfand and Grischuk. The rating of the 100th player has risen yet again, from 2631 to 2633.

October 2008 FIDE rating list top 100
RankJu08NameTiNATYroB ja07ap07ju07oc07ja08ap08ju08Oc08Gms
15 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 19752783277227692769278027672777 2791 10
22 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 19772741276227582755276527742788 2787 9
34 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 19692750272927622787275127402781 2786 50
46 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 19902690269327102714273327652775 2786 31
51 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 19692779278627922801279928032798 2783 10
63 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 19752766277227692785279927882788 2772 16
712 Aronian, Levon g ARM 19822744275927502741273927632737 2757 23
87 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 19872729274727462742273527512744 2751 23
910 Leko, Peter g HUN 19792749273827512755275327412741 2747 16
 1024 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 19832691270827352710272027112709 2737 39
 1129 Wang, Yue g CHN 19872644265626962703269826892704 2736 23
 1213 Adams, Michael g ENG 19712735273427242729272627292735 2734 16
 1316 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 19782637264226672670267726952723 2732 12
 148 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 19852754275727572752276027522742 2731 16
 1515 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 19902678268626782694273227322727 2730 24
 1617 Kamsky, Gata g USA 19742705270527182714272627262723 2729 22
 1711 Svidler, Peter g RUS 19762728273627352732276327462738 2727 24
 189 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 19722715269927352739275527402741 2726 34
 1921 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 19832675268627012691269226872716 2720 26
 2018 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 19682733273327332736273727232720 2719 27
 2125 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 19832677267826802683269126952708 2719 15
 2219 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 19832723271727062705271927192718 2719 14
 2314 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 19832717271727262715271127162728 2719 13
 2439 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 19902573259325952634263726322681 2716 30
 2526 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 19852661267926892716271127112708 2715 30
 2623 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 19852644265626852692269127082710 2714 9
 2722 Polgar, Judit g HUN 19762727272727072708270727092711 2711 0
 2827 Ni, Hua g CHN 19832632265426812641268027032705 2710 5
 2933 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 19832705270926952695270027052691 2705 23
 3031 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 19872651265826472648267026862697 2704 6
 3120 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 19862658264426552663266526792717 2703 27
 3230 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 19742677268026792676269526952699 2702 14
 3336 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 19862640264626572670271326952687 2696 28
 3434 Wang, Hao g CHN 19892619263826242643266526842691 2696 9
 3538 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 19812700269026762661267726792684 2694 9
 3679 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 19732667266326482643264926342645 2686 56
 3732 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 19762689269326832668268426842692 2684 19
 3849 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 19772605262426232635263426272670 2682 20
 3937 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 19712658263626502657266326652686 2682 9
 4028 Milov, Vadim g SUI 19722665267626752676269026902705 2681 9
 4148 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 19852616262026242624263826602670 2680 10
 4245 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 19712700269827082713270026732673 2679 5
 4397 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 19802627263026412646264326502632 2678 40
 4454 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 19852663265426442639263826232665 2678 17
 4540 Roiz, Michael g ISR 19832605260526302644265926592680 2677 32
 4644 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 19812646264426462654265626562673 2676 12
 4735 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 19802663267926762690268926892689 2675 21
 4860 Postny, Evgeny g ISR 19812616262225982599262726492661 2674 40
 4943 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 19792647264226482645264426662674 2672 11
 5041 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 19792682267726832690268126812679 2672 5
 5173 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 19852663265826502637266426642650 2670 20
 5264 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 19692658263326062607263326572657 2670 5
 5342 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 19852669266926632674268126842675 2669 22
 5451 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 19602626263126462657266526742669 2669 0
 5575 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 19822679267626662660267526842650 2664 22
 5655 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 19832650265826442644264326582665 2664 12
 5756 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 19862644264726452638264526502664 2664 0
 5858 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 19732649265226552661265726572664 2664 0
 5952 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 19762669267526822691266726742668 2663 5
 6071 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 19732640265126492638262626292652 2662 10
 6146 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 19862645265426812678267426842672 2659 29
 6253 Harikrishna, P. g IND 19862673265026642668266426792668 2659 12
 6357 Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 19772602261425952607264926492664 2658 42
 6466 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 19782644264426452641262826322656 2657 16
 65-- Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 19852629262126152623262826382617 2656 32
 6685 Grachev, Boris g RUS 19862563257826012602260126102640 2653 22
 6787 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 19762583259025832597260426222639 2651 20
 6870 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 19772629263726562655264226302654 2651 19
 6972 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 19512668266826682670265526552651 2651 0
 7082 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 19862585258626122614261726252643 2650 20
 7163 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 19682652265526662673268626902658 2650 11
 7290 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 19682654265026492639261626302637 2649 27
 7398 Zhang, Zhong g SIN 19782618262126342634261726132632 2649 20
 74-- Savchenko, Boris g RUS 19862562258325772583258925692578 2648 43
 7567 Khenkin, Igor g GER 19682611262926022600260226092655 2647 20
 7669 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 19662643264326532653267726772655 2647 15
 7762 Tregubov, Pavel V. g RUS 19712613261525992609263626292658 2646 12
 7859 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 19762658265926582674267726742663 2646 11
 7977 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 19872624264126542646264626582646 2646 0
 8080 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 19852591260025972606261826182645 2645 27
 8147 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 19652661266026632649266226652671 2645 23
 8250 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 19752663266326502674266426642670 2644 30
 8399 Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 19792596261526182635261926292632 2643 16
 8461 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 19832658265126672673267626432660 2642 12
 8568 Short, Nigel D g ENG 19652691269126832649264526602655 2642 11
 8695 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 19742641263326342634264626492634 2640 11
 87-- Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 19922492251325492594259826202630 2640 10
 8884 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 19732579260325992588259426172641 2640 9
 89-- Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 19872604259226082594260926172616 2638 21
 90-- Graf, Alexander g GER 19622610262025952576258626112621 2636 32
 9183 Zhang, Pengxiang g CHN 19802643265726492644264026402643 2636 4
 92103 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 19782604260926092617261726172631 2635 9
 9374 Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 197825592574259826372649????2650 2634 29
 94102 Gurevich, Mikhail g TUR 19592635263926332627260726112631 2634 19
 9586 Nyback, Tomi g FIN 19852604258525672565257925872639 2634 18
 96-- Gustafsson, Jan g GER 19792584258826062606260726032620 2634 12
 9796 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 19602638264226342634262826302634 2634 0
 98-- Malakhatko, Vadim g BEL 19772604259825962596260026212612 2633 69
 9976 Navara, David g CZE 19852719272026562656268026722646 2633 22
 10091 Istratescu, Andrei g ROU 19752619262526292631261726282636 2633 9
Dropping out of the top 100 in October 2008
NoJu08NameTiNATYroBja07ap07ju07oc07ja08ap08ju08Oc08Gms
--78Afromeev, VladimirfRUS1954262826282642264626462646264626460
--101Baklan, VladimirgUKR19782618261826482639264726472631262544
--89Fridman, DanielgGER1976262626352628262126272640263726309
--104Ganguly, Surya ShekhargIND19832571257825862585257926142631260340
--94Khalifman, AlexandergRUS19662619262426322643263826282634262211
--100Korneev, OleggRUS19692606256525652587264526512631262339
--88Krasenkow, Michal gPOL 19632651266126602668263626242639262430
--65Lautier, JoelgFRA1973265626612654265726572657265726570
--93Predojevic, BorkigBIH19872587260926282645264126512634261519
--81Van Wely, LoekgNED19722683267426792679268126762644261834
--92Volkov, SergeygRUS19742636264026592648262326332636263211

5) Banja Luka

The 9th Grandmaster's Tournament takes place in Banja Luka 29th September - 8th October 2008.

Official site: http://www.skbanjaluka.com/ - Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr16277.aspx?lan=2

IX GM Banja Luka (BIH), 29 ix-8 x 2008 cat. XI (2512)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Heberla, Bartlomiej g POL 2510 * ½ . 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ . 5 2672
2. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2602 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ . 1 . 1 5 2666
3. Gopal, Geetha Narayanan g IND 2572 . ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 . 1 1 4½ 2619
4. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2636 0 ½ ½ * . . 1 ½ ½ 1 4 2551
5. Ilincic, Zlatko g SRB 2519 0 0 1 . * ½ . ½ 1 1 4 2551
6. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2461 ½ ½ ½ . ½ * 0 ½ 1 . 3½ 2512
7. Vukic, Milan g BIH 2457 0 . 0 0 . 1 * 1 ½ ½ 3 2456
8. Savanovic, Aleksandar m BIH 2417 ½ 0 . ½ ½ ½ 0 * . ½ 2½ 2416
9. Drasko, Milan g MNE 2508 ½ . 0 ½ 0 0 ½ . * ½ 2 2355
10. Jakovljevic, Vlado m BIH 2442 . 0 0 0 0 . ½ ½ ½ * 1½ 2300

Round 2 (September 30, 2008)
Heberla, Bartlomiej - Vukic, Milan 1-0 51 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Korchnoi, Viktor - Javakhishvili, Lela ½-½ 80 A13 Reti Opening
Gopal, Geetha Narayanan - Drasko, Milan 1-0 34 C03 French Tarrasch
Savanovic, Aleksandar - Volkov, Sergey1 ½-½ 75 A12 Reti Opening
Jakovljevic, Vlado - Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1 39 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Round 3 (September 1, 2008)
Volkov, Sergey1 - Heberla, Bartlomiej 0-1 62 E20 Nimzo Indian
Ilincic, Zlatko - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 90 D12 Slav Defence
Javakhishvili, Lela - Savanovic, Aleksandar ½-½ 39 A13 Reti Opening
Vukic, Milan - Gopal, Geetha Narayanan 0-1 30 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Drasko, Milan - Jakovljevic, Vlado ½-½ 33 D77 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 4 (September 2, 2008)
Heberla, Bartlomiej - Javakhishvili, Lela ½-½ 20 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Gopal, Geetha Narayanan - Volkov, Sergey1 ½-½ 39 C06 French Tarrasch
Savanovic, Aleksandar - Ilincic, Zlatko ½-½ 40 A01 Larsen Opening
Drasko, Milan - Vukic, Milan ½-½ 11 E62 King's Indian 6...Nc6
Jakovljevic, Vlado - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 41 E36 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 5 (September 3, 2008)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Savanovic, Aleksandar 1-0 40 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Volkov, Sergey1 - Drasko, Milan ½-½ 63 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Ilincic, Zlatko - Heberla, Bartlomiej 0-1 36 E04 Catalan
Javakhishvili, Lela - Gopal, Geetha Narayanan ½-½ 51 D03 Queen's Pawn Game
Vukic, Milan - Jakovljevic, Vlado ½-½ 56 A09 Reti Opening
Round 6 (September 5, 2008)
Heberla, Bartlomiej - Korchnoi, Viktor ½-½ 17 C02 French Advance
Gopal, Geetha Narayanan - Ilincic, Zlatko 0-1 83 C01 French Exchange
Vukic, Milan - Volkov, Sergey1 0-1 27 A09 Reti Opening
Drasko, Milan - Javakhishvili, Lela 0-1 36 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Jakovljevic, Vlado - Savanovic, Aleksandar ½-½ 21 D59 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Round 7 (September 6, 2008)
Korchnoi, Viktor - Gopal, Geetha Narayanan ½-½ 52 A32 English Symmetrical
Volkov, Sergey1 - Jakovljevic, Vlado 1-0 60 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Ilincic, Zlatko - Drasko, Milan 1-0 67 E11 Bogo Indian Defence
Javakhishvili, Lela - Vukic, Milan 0-1 60 A55 Old Indian Defence
Savanovic, Aleksandar - Heberla, Bartlomiej ½-½ 9 B72 Sicilian Dragon

6) Spanish Championship

The Campeonato de Espana Individual Absoluto took place in Ceuta, 27th September - 4th October 2008. 19 year old David Larino Nieto won the event after two standard time rate games then two rapid (20mins + 10secs) and then blitz (3mins+2secs). Reports in Spanish newspapers suggest he won 2.5-1.5 in the playoffs (1.5-0.5 in the blitz). I'm not 100% on this as the final position of the game given as game 6 was crushing for white so either Arizmendi lost on time or won as far as I can see (the first 17 moves and then the final position is available). The official website gives a 2-1 score in the playoffs which is impossible. My thanks to Holger Lieske for the games that were broadcast as the official website only has an imcomplete games selection. All round a bit unsatisfactory. Also in round one it turns out that Manuel Rivas Pastor was disqualified as he refused to take a drugs test (all players were tested). Whether this was a heroic stance against a stupid rule (the view of Hans Ree) or in the knowledge he was taking something is open to question.

Official site: http://www.feda.org/ Marca reports: http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/ajedrez/es/desarrollo/1172232.html and Spanish AOL http://www.aol.es/noticias/story/David-Lari%C3%B1o-se-proclama-campe%C3%B3n-de-Espa%C3%B1a-de-ajedrez-tras-dos-desempates/6390644/index.html

Spanish Championship Ceuta (ESP), 27 ix - 4 x 2008
Round 1 27-28 ix 2008
GMMiguel Illescas CAN2603 2-0 Jose L. Blazquez RIO2255
GMIbrahim Khamrakulov EXT2597 1-1 (2-0) MF Jorge Cabrera CAN2423
GMJose M. Lopez CAT2531 0,5-1,5 MI Ismael Teran AND2442
GMPablo San Segundo CAN2560 1,5-0,5 MI Juan M. Carrasco EXT2425
MIManuel Perez EXT2537 1-1 (1-3) MI David Larino NAV2426
GMMarc Narciso CAT2525 2-0 MI Horacio Saldano CAT2442
GMJulen Arizmendi VAL2524 1,5-0,5 MI Alejandro Franco EUS2472
GMManuel Rivas AND2508 1/2 MI Jose C. Ibarra AND2496
Round 2 29-30 ix 2008
GMMiguel Illescas CAN2603 1-1 (1-3) MI Jose C. Ibarra AND2496
GMIbragim Khamrakulov EXT2597 1-1 (2-3) GM Julen Arizmendi VAL2524
GMMarc Narciso CAT2525 1-1 (0.5-1.5) MI Ismael Teran AND2442
GMPablo San Segundo CAN2560 1-1 (1.5-2.5) MI David Larino NAV2426
Round 3 1-2 x 2008
MIJosé C. IbarraAND2496 1-12-4 MIDavid LariñoNAV2426
GMJulen ArizmendiVAL2524 1-13-1 MIIsmael TeránAND2442
3rd-4th 3-4 x 2008
MIJosé C. IbarraAND2496 1-11,5-0,5 MIIsmael Teran AlvarezAND2442
Final 3-4 x 2008
MIDavid LarinoNAV2426 1-12.5-1.5 GMJulen ArizmendiVAL2524

7) Commonwealth Chess Championship

The Commonwealth Chess Championship took place 28th September - 6th October 2008 in Nagpur, India. Nigel Short took clear first place with 9.5/11 half a point clear of Surya Shekhar Ganguly.

The games file from this event, as with many Indian events was a nightmare to process. Indian names have the following convention - people in the south India are known by first names like in Iceland and north India by surnames like in Europe.

This is hard enough for a westerner to get right but the bulletin for this event had names both ways round, this seemed especially true of the Monroi broadcast games. I've also recently seen names such as Tania Sachdev volley between orders in consecutive Elo lists. This inconsistancy is especially calculated to drive anyone trying to use the games nuts. I can reverse names if I want to but a mixture? I would ask the Indian chess federation to make sure the names that appear in the FIDE rating list are of the form people are expected to use and then stick to it. India is a coming nation in chess I think its important to get these things right but events like this are not making this at all easy.

Official site: http://www.commonwealth-chess.com and games broadcast live at: http://www.monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1120

ch-Commonwealth Nagpur (IND), 28 ix-6 x 2008
Final Leading Round 11 Standings:
Rk.NameTiFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2
1Short Nigel DGMENG26559,560,074,0
2Ganguly Surya ShekharGMIND26319,064,578,0
3Hossain EnamulGMBAN24898,561,076,0
4Arun Prasad SIMIND24928,066,081,5
5Venkatesh M RIMIND24628,063,576,5
6Rohit GogineniIMIND24578,062,075,5
7Vidit Santosh GujrathiFMIND23568,062,075,0
8Negi ParimarjanGMIND25298,061,074,5
9Laxman R RIMIND24988,060,574,0
10Sengupta DeepIMIND24548,060,074,0
11Deepan Chakkravarthy JGMIND24648,060,073,5
12Girinath P D SIMIND24238,060,073,0
13Panchanathan Magesh ChandranGMIND24868,059,571,5
14Rahman ZiaurGMBAN25648,058,571,0
15Neelotpal DasGMIND24628,057,570,5
16Murali Krishnan B TIND24127,566,080,5
17Priyadharshan KFMIND22977,562,575,0
18Kunte AbhijitGMIND25547,561,576,0
19Barua DibyenduGMIND24977,561,073,5
20Ashwin JayaramIMIND24367,560,573,5
21Gupta AbhijeetGMIND25517,559,072,5
Saptarshi RoyIMIND24047,559,072,5
23Singh D PIMIND22997,559,071,0
24Thejkumar M SIND24417,557,070,5
25Ravi LankaIMIND23717,556,068,5
26Tejas RavichandranIND21237,555,564,5
27Himanshu SharmaIMIND24237,555,067,5
28Suvrajit SahaIMIND23677,067,081,0
29Karthikeyan PIMIND24027,064,578,0
30Das ArghyadipIND24047,062,575,5
31Akshat KhampariaFMIND23057,062,575,0
32Konguvel PonnuswamyIMIND24157,061,574,5
33Sundararajan KidambiIMIND24467,061,073,5
34Sethuraman S PIMIND24257,060,575,0
35Nitin SFMIND23037,060,073,0
36Meenakshi SubbaramanWGMIND23367,060,072,5
Joshi G BIND23027,060,072,5
38Premnath RIND22577,060,071,5
39Vaibhav SuriIND20817,059,572,0
40Lalith Babu M RIND23287,059,070,5
41Praveen Kumar CIND23027,058,571,0
42Phadke SohanIND22837,058,570,0
Joshi PankajIND22817,058,570,0
44Satyapragyan SwayangsuIMIND24147,058,072,5
45Wohl Aleksandar HIMAUS23847,058,071,5
46Murshed NiazGMBAN24377,058,070,5
Kiran Manisha MohantyWIMIND22467,058,070,5
48West GuyIMAUS23427,057,570,0
49Debashis DasIND22947,057,069,5
50Fenil ShahIND21297,056,568,5
51Pranav ShettyIND21387,056,566,5
52Swapnil S DhopadeIND23897,056,068,5
53Narayanan SrinathFMIND22207,056,068,0
54Prasanna RaoFMIND22337,056,067,0
55Girish A KoushikFMIND21087,056,066,5
56Shashikant KutwalIND23407,055,569,0
57Adhiban BIMIND24227,055,568,0
58Akshayraj KoreIMIND23927,055,067,5
59Jabbar AbdulIND22117,054,564,5
60Karavade EeshaWGMIND22977,053,566,0
61Mas HafizulhelmiIMMAS23857,053,565,0
Anwesh UpadhyayaIND21897,053,565,0
63Grover SahajFMIND23067,053,065,5
64Ghosh DiptayanIND20287,050,562,5
65Majumdar ChandrasishIND20507,050,061,5
66Sangma RahulIND23396,563,577,5
272 players

8) US Chess League

The 2008 season of the US Chess League started 25th August 2008.

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

US Chess League ICCINT, 27 viii-31 x 2008
Round 6 of 10 Results:
29th September 2008
New YorkvsSeattle
1GMJohn FedorowiczNYvsGMHikaru NakamuraSEA 0-1
2GMGregory SerperSEAvsIMIrina KrushNY 0-1
3IMJay BoninNYvsFMMarcel MilatSEA 1/2
4Andy MaySEAvsNMEvan RosenbergNY 1-0
ArizonavsSan Francisco
1IMRogelio BarcenillaARZvsIMVinay BhatSF 1/2
2IMDavid PruessSFvsIMMark GinsburgARZ 1-0
3FMDaniel RenschARZvsFMSam ShanklandSF 0-1
4FMDaniel NaroditskySFvsNMLeo MartinezARZ 1/2
1st October 2008
CarolinavsQueens
1IMLev MilmanCARvsIMDmitry SchneiderQNS 1/2
2IMAlex LendermanQNSvsFMOleg ZaikovCAR 1-0
3FMRon SimpsonCARvsNMMichael ThalerQNS 1-0
4Benjamin KatzQNSvsUdayan BapatCAR 0-1
New JerseyvsBaltimore
1GMJoel BenjaminNJvsGMSergey ErenburgBAL 0-1
2FMTegshsuren EnkhbatBALvsIMDean IppolitoNJ 0-1
3SMMackenzie MolnerNJvsFMRay KaufmanBAL 1-0
4NMAaron KahnBALvsNMVictor ShenNJ 1-0
BostonvsPhiladelphia
1SMJorge Sammour-HasbunBOSvsGMSergey KudrinPHI 0-1
2FMTom BartellPHIvsIMDavid VigoritoBOS 1-0
3SMDenys ShmelovBOSvsIMRichard CostiganPHI 1/2
4FMMatthew BengtsonPHIvsNMIlya KrasikBOS 1-0
ChicagovsMiami
1GMNikola MitkovCHCvsGMJulio BecerraMIA 0-1
2IMBlas LugoMIAvsIMEmory TateCHC 0-1
3IMAngelo YoungCHCvsFMCharles GalofreMIA 1-0
4NMEric RodriguezMIAvsNMJon BurgessCHC 1-0
TennesseevsDallas
1GMJaan EhlvestTENvsIMMarko ZivanicDAL 1/2
2IMJohn BartholomewDALvsFMTodd AndrewsTEN 0-1
3FMPeter BereolosTENvsFMIgor SchneiderDAL 1/2
4WFMBayaraa ZorigtDALvsNMBrian McCarthyTEN 1/2

US Chess League ICC INT, 27 viii-31 x 2008
Round 6of 10 Standings :
EASTERN DIVISION WLGame PointsOpp Avg Rating
Queens 5116.0/24 (67%)238613.5-16.5 (45%)
New Jersey 4214.0/24 (58%)241814.0-14.0 (50%)
Carolina 3.52.513.5/24 (56%)239312.5-17.5 (42%)
Boston 3312.0/24 (50%)240315.5-14.5 (52%)
Philadelphia 2410.0/24 (42%)243815.0-15.0 (50%)
Baltimore1.54.510.0/24 (42%)240715.5-12.5 (55%) 
New York 157.0/24 (29%)241815.0-15.0 (50%)
WESTERN DIVISION WLGame PointsOpp Avg Rating
San Francisco4.51.514.5/24 (60%) 240815.5-14.5 (52%)
Dallas3.52.513.0/24 (54%)241816.0-14.0 (53%)
Seattle 3.52.511.5/24 (48%)239114.0-16.0 (47%)
Miami3314.0/24 (58%)240714.5-15.5 (52%)
Chicago 3313.5/24 (56%)240216.0-14.0 (53%) 
Arizona2.53.510.0/24 (42%)238218.0-12.0 (60%)
Tennessee249.0/24 (38%) 239615.0-15.0 (50%)

9) 17th Croatian Team Championship

The 17th Croatian Team Championship took place in Sibenik 27th September - 5th October 2008. SK Zagreb (Sasikiran, Ki Georgiev, etc) won the main men's event.

Official site: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/sibenik/liga_08/index.shtm

and results at: http://chess-results.com/tnr16247.aspx

17th TCh-CRO 1a Sibenik (CRO), 27 ix-5 x 2008
PlEkipaGam.+=-Bod.MBSB.SB
1SK ZAGREB, Zagreb961234,013163,25876,00
2GSK MRAVINCE DC, Mravince961231,513165,50812,25
3SK LIBURNIJA, Rijeka943230,511134,25772,75
4SK RIJEKA, Rijeka961228,513169,25751,75
5SK OSIJEK, Osijek934228,510131,50753,75
6SK GRGIN DOL, Pozega942327,510124,00716,50
7SK ĞURO ĞAKOVIC-HOLDING,Sl. Brod932427,08100,00716,75
8HASK MLADOST, Zagreb913524,0563,25638,50
9SK ĞAKOVO-HOTEL BLAZA, Ğakovo912620,0450,50535,25
10SD VARAZDIN, Varazdin911718,5334,00500,00
17th TCh-CRO 1b Sibenik (CRO), 27 ix-5 x 2008
PlEkipaGam.+=-Bod.MBSB.SB
1SK A1 SPLIT, Split980135,016205,50903,75
2SK PULA, Pula971135,015186,50873,00
3SK JUNIOR, Rijeka951334,511126,25863,50
4SK VUKOVAR '91, Vukovar933329,59115,00754,00
5SK SIBENIK, Sibenik943227,011128,75650,25
6SK SLAVEN-SEDES, Vukovar932425,0885,00616,50
7SK DUBROVNIK, Dubrovnik922525,0666,25631,00
8SK GORANKA-ALLIANZ, Ravna Gora922524,5673,75641,00
9SK GORAN, Bibinje940522,5891,00564,50
10SK ERICSSON-NIKOLA TESLA, Zagreb900912,000,00342,50
17th TCh-CRO 1w Sibenik (CRO), 27 ix-5 x 2008
PlEkipaGam.+=-Bod.MBSB.SB
1SK LUCIJA-BKS BANK, Rijeka990025,018110,00301,50
2SK POLET, Busevec980120,51689,50232,25
3HASK MLADOST, Zagreb942314,01055,25168,50
4SK SAH. SKOLA DELNICE, Delnice933313,5944,75150,00
5SK STRIDON, Strigova933312,5948,75147,75
6SK GORAN, Vrbovsko932412,0839,25131,00
7SK A1SPLIT, Split921610,0530,25127,75
8SK DRAGA, Rijeka913510,0525,50109,00
9SK GORANKA-ALLIANZ, Ravna Gora92169,5527,50105,00
10SK JELSA, Jelsa92168,0526,5094,25

10) Club Argentino-Ruibal

The Club Argentino-Ruibal takes place 29th September - 9th October 2008. Former candidate Bent Larsen is playing, unfortunately he's playing junk openings, possibly to avoid theory, but its left him on 0/5 which is a sad sight indeed.

Official site: http://www.argentinodeajedrez.com.ar/caarui08/caarui08.htm

Club Argentino-Ruibal Buenos Aires (ARG), 29 ix-9 x 2008 cat. IX (2452)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2531 * . 1 . ½ . ½ 1 1 . 4 2663
2. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2502 . * ½ ½ 1 ½ . . 1 . 3½ 2606
3. Lemos, Damian m ARG 2479 0 ½ * . . 1 1 . . 1 3½ 2630
4. Dos Santos, Ramiro f ARG 2435 . ½ . * ½ ½ . . 1 1 3½ 2616
5. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ITA 2456 ½ 0 . ½ * . 1 1 . . 3 2513
6. Mareco, Sandro m ARG 2477 . ½ 0 ½ . * . 1 1 . 3 2504
7. Liascovich, Lucas m ARG 2435 ½ . 0 . 0 . * 1 . 1 2½ 2446
8. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2304 0 . . . 0 0 0 * . 1 1 2232
9. Mahia, Gustavo f ARG 2441 0 0 . 0 . 0 . . * 1 1 2241
10. Larsen, Bent g DEN 2461 . . 0 0 . . 0 0 0 * 0

11) 4NCL

Rounds 1-2 of the 4NCL took place 4th-5th October 2008. There are two halves of the first division, after 7 rounds the top teams meets in the final stages. I will round up the results and games next week.

Fixtures 2008-9

Rounds 1 and 2: 4th/5th October 2008 De Vere Venues, Sunningdale Divisions 1-2

Rounds 3-4: 6th/7th December 2008 Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island Divisions 1-3

Rounds 5-6: 17th/18th January 2009 De Vere Venues, Sunningdale Divisions 1-2

Rounds 7-8: 21st/22nd March 2009 Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island Divisions 1-3

Rounds 9-11: 2nd-4th May 2009 De Vere Venues, Staverton Park Divisions 1-2

Official website: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/ and live coverage: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/4ncl/0809/index.htm

4NCL 2008-9 Sunningdale (ENG), 4 x 2008 - 4 v 2009
Division 1A results - Round 1
RD 1 GUILDFORD-A&DC 224182½-5½WHITE ROSE 12320
1wHebden, Mark L25150-1Wells, Peter K2516
2bKing, Daniel J25180-1Jones, Gawain C B2548
3wKosten, Anthony C2510½-½McNab, Colin2455
4bBuckley, Graeme2399½-½Palliser, Richard2407
5wTissir, Mohamed24631-0Barrett, Steve J2226
6bMuir, Andrew J2359½-½Gayson, Peter M2254
7wCooksey, Paul S23040-1Adams, David M2177
8bSandu, Mihaela (F)22730-1Parmar, Amisha (F)1974
RD 1 SAMBUCA SHARKS21963-5RICHMOND2180
1wRendle, Thomas E2385½-½Bates, Richard A2387
2bKrensing, Jan22871-0Wall, Gavin2307
3wRoberson, Peter T22360-1Bisby, Daniel L2287
4bVan Weersel, Arlette (F)22090-1Muter, Donny2190
5wWilliams, Samuel G22180-1Osborne, Marcus E2199
6bRuston, Mark R20851-0Meyer, Gordon2161
7wVarnam, Liam D21180-1Mitchem, Nicholas D1971
8bMakepeace, Philip J2027½-½Sirisena, Chantal N (F) *1935
RD 1 WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 124446½-1½CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 12243
1wGordon, Stephen J25211-0Dearing, Eddie2393
2bTrent, Lawrence2470½-½Mah, Karl C C2408
3wGreet, Andrew N2440½-½Pinter, Gabor2355
4bArakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (F)24481-0Alfred, Nathan2323
5wHanley, Craig A24311-0Moskovic, David M2307
6bMartin, Andrew D2425½-½Quist, Sven Roy2137
7wRechel, Bernd24221-0Churm, Rohan M2207
8bMcDonald, Neil23981-0Kourtseva, Julie (F)1815
RD 1 SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 122324-4BARBICAN 4NCL 12388
1wCobb, James E2451½-½Parker, Jonathan2538
2bCooper, John G23620-1Turner, Matthew J2505
3wRees, Ioan2297½-½D'Costa, Lorin A R2411
4bKett, Timothy22720-1Ferguson, Mark2398
5wBlackburn, Jonathan L B21751-0Cox, John J2381
6bZeidler, Sven P22241-0Knott, Simon2348
7wMorris, Charles F21951-0Rogers, Jonathan W2347
8bBlackburn, Suzie (F)18830-1Lauterbach, Ingrid (F)2178
Division 1B results - Round 1
RD 1 BETSSON.COM22933-5PRIDE AND PREJUDICE2303
1wHunt, Adam C24311-0Ward, Chris G2431
2bLedger, Andrew J24290-1Emms, John M2489
3wAnsell, Simon2410½-½Summerscale, Aaron2467
4bEames, Robert G23290-1Hunt, Harriet (F)2462
5wDuncan, Christopher R22941-0Zhou, Yang-Fan2276
6bLedger, David J22540-1Kilpatrick, Callum2184
7wLedger, Stephen C2151½-½Winkelmann, Elena (F)2096
8bYurenok, Maria S (F)20480-1Auckland, Elliott *2017
RD 1 BARBICAN 4NCL 222895-3THE GAMBIT ADS2340
1wCollinson, Adam2389½-½Speelman, Jonathan S2530
2bDevereaux, Maxim24151-0Davies, Nigel R2490
3wBerry, Neil23230-1Jirka, Jiri2448
4bTaylor, Martin R23420-1Cernousek, Lukas2435
5wDorrington, Christopher22591-0Snape, Ian2219
6bTwyble, Michael S22611-0Anderton, David2239
7wTaylor, Peter22541-0Cafferty, Bernard2179
8bBhatia, Kanwal K (F)2065½-½Bellin, Jana (F)2183
RD 1 WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 222425½-2½NORTH WEST EAGLES2176
1wPein, Malcolm2394½-½Morrison, Graham2328
2bSowray, Peter J23161-0Hague, Ben (def)2281
3wFowler, Simon22140-1Lyell, Mark2248
4bTherrien, Alex22531-0Hulmes, David I (def)2203
5wBriscoe, Christopher2253½-½Redmond, John2199
6bHagasaether, Ellen (F)22391-0Jaunooby, Ali (def) *2145
7wHagesaether, Arne21811-0Grigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)2076
8bHegarty, Sarah (F)2088½-½Morrison, Lynne (F)1926
RD 1 BRISTOL 122151½-6½GUILDFORD-A&DC 12492
1wRudd, Jack23441-0Rowson, Jonathan2596
2bCobb, Charles24070-1Pert, Nicholas2532
3wBeaumont, Chris23170-1Conquest, Stuart C2526
4bPoobalasingam, Peter22350-1Cornette, Matthieu2548
5wBuckley, David E22440-1Flear, Glenn C2473
6bCurtis, John21220-1Shaw, John K2469
7wCollier, David O20890-1Pert, Richard G2453
8bSmith, Olivia (F)1961½-½Lalic, Susan (F)2341
Division 1A results - Round 2
RD 2 RICHMOND22123½-4½GUILDFORD-A&DC 22406
1wBates, Richard A2387½-½Kosten, Anthony C2510
2bWall, Gavin2307½-½Flear, Glenn C2473
3wBisby, Daniel L2287½-½Shaw, John K2469
4bMuter, Donny2190½-½Buckley, Graeme2399
5wOsborne, Marcus E21990-1Tissir, Mohamed2463
6bMeyer, Gordon21611-0Muir, Andrew J2359
7wFranklin, Michael J2232½-½Cooksey, Paul S2304
8bSirisena, Chantal N (F) *19350-1Sandu, Mihaela (F)2273
RD 2 BARBICAN 4NCL 123973½-4½WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 12444
1wParker, Jonathan25381-0Gordon, Stephen J2521
2bTurner, Matthew J2505½-½Trent, Lawrence2470
3wD'Costa, Lorin A R2411½-½Greet, Andrew N2440
4bFerguson, Mark23980-1Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (F)2448
5wCox, John J23810-1Hanley, Craig A2431
6bKnott, Simon2348½-½Martin, Andrew D2425
7wDevereaux, Maxim24151-0Rechel, Bernd2422
8bLauterbach, Ingrid (F)21780-1McDonald, Neil2398
RD 2 WHITE ROSE 123205-3SAMBUCA SHARKS2196
1wWells, Peter K2516½-½Rendle, Thomas E2385
2bJones, Gawain C B25481-0Krensing, Jan2287
3wMcNab, Colin24551-0Roberson, Peter T2236
4bPalliser, Richard2407½-½Van Weersel, Arlette (F)2209
5wBarrett, Steve J22261-0Williams, Samuel G2218
6bGayson, Peter M2254½-½Ruston, Mark R2085
7wAdams, David M2177½-½Varnam, Liam D2118
8bParmar, Amisha (F)19740-1Makepeace, Philip J2027
RD 2 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 122434-4SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 12232
1wDearing, Eddie23931-0Cobb, James E2451
2bPinter, Gabor2355½-½Cooper, John G2362
3wMah, Karl C C24081-0Rees, Ioan2297
4bAlfred, Nathan23230-1Kett, Timothy2272
5wMoskovic, David M23071-0Morris, Charles F2195
6bChurm, Rohan M2207½-½Blackburn, Jonathan L B2175
7wQuist, Sven Roy21370-1Zeidler, Sven P2224
8bKourtseva, Julie (F)18150-1Blackburn, Suzie (F)1883
Division 1B results - Round 2
RD 2 THE GAMBIT ADS23405½-2½BETSSON.COM2293
1wSpeelman, Jonathan S25301-0Hunt, Adam C2431
2bDavies, Nigel R2490½-½Ledger, Andrew J2429
3wJirka, Jiri24481-0Ansell, Simon2410
4bCernousek, Lukas24351-0Eames, Robert G2329
5wSnape, Ian2219½-½Duncan, Christopher R2294
6bAnderton, David22390-1Ledger, David J2254
7wCafferty, Bernard2179½-½Ledger, Stephen C2151
8bBellin, Jana (F)21831-0Yurenok, Maria S (F)2048
RD 2 GUILDFORD-A&DC 125048-0WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 22242
1wRowson, Jonathan25961-0Pein, Malcolm2394
2bPert, Nicholas25321-0Sowray, Peter J2316
3wConquest, Stuart C25261-0Fowler, Simon2214
4bCornette, Matthieu25481-0Therrien, Alex2253
5wKing, Daniel J25181-0Briscoe, Christopher2253
6bHebden, Mark L25151-0Hagasaether, Ellen (F)2239
7wPert, Richard G24531-0Hagesaether, Arne2181
8bLalic, Susan (F)23411-0Hegarty, Sarah (F)2088
RD 2 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE23036-2BARBICAN 4NCL 22274
1wWard, Chris G2431½-½Berry, Neil2323
2bEmms, John M2489½-½Taylor, Martin R2342
3wHunt, Harriet (F)24621-0Rogers, Jonathan W2347
4bSummerscale, Aaron24671-0Twyble, Michael S2261
5wZhou, Yang-Fan2276½-½Dorrington, Christopher2259
6bKilpatrick, Callum21841-0Coleman, David2209
7wWinkelmann, Elena (F)2096½-½Taylor, Peter2254
8bAuckland, Elliott *20171-0Regan, Natasha (F)2197
RD 2 NORTH WEST EAGLES21765-3BRISTOL 12215
1wMorrison, Graham23281-0Rudd, Jack2344
2bLyell, Mark2248½-½Cobb, Charles2407
3wHague, Ben2281½-½Beaumont, Chris2317
4bHulmes, David I22031-0Poobalasingam, Peter2235
5wRedmond, John2199½-½Buckley, David E2244
6bGrigoryan-Lyell, Meri (F)2076½-½Collier, David O2089
7wJaunooby, Ali *21451-0Curtis, John2122
8bMorrison, Lynne (F)19260-1Smith, Olivia (F)1961

4NCL 2008-9 Sunningdale (ENG), 4 x 2008 - 4 v 2009
Won Drawn Lost Points
WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 1 2 0 0 4
WHITE ROSE 1 2 0 0 4
RICHMOND 1 0 1 2
SOUTH WALES DRAGONS 1 0 2 0 2
GUILDFORD-A&DC 2 1 0 1 2
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 0 1 1 1
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 0 1 1 1
SAMBUCA SHARKS 0 0 2 0
Team Won Drawn Lost Points
GUILDFORD-A&DC 1 2 0 0 4
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2 0 0 4
THE GAMBIT ADS 1 0 1 2
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 0 1 2
BARBICAN 4NCL 2 1 0 1 2
WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2 1 0 1 2
BETSSON.COM 0 0 2 0
BRISTOL 1 0 0 2 0

12) 1st Womens International Tashkent

The 1st Women's International took place in Tashkent (UZB) 5th-16th September 2008.

Official site: http://www.uzchess.uz/

1st Women It Tashkent UZB (UZB), 5-15 ix 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Sergeeva, Maria wg KAZ 2325 * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2596
2. Zozulia, Anna m BEL 2346 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 7.0 2313
3. Levushkina, Elena wg GER 2251 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 7.0 2322
4. Dauletova, Gulmira wm KAZ 2267 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6.5 2283
5. Doluhanova, Evgeniya wg UKR 2255 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 5.5 2219
6. Tokhirjanova, Hulkar UZB 2106 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 5.5 2233
7. Hamrakulova, Yulduz wm UZB 2145 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5.0 2193
8. Andriasian, Siranush wm ARM 2280 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 4.5 2152
9. Muminova, Nafisa UZB 2242 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ 0 4.0 2119
10. Sabirova, O wm UZB 2185 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 0 4.0 2124
11. Nodirjanova, Nodira UZB 2118 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 * ½ 3.5 2099
12. Gevorgyan, Irina wf UZB 2154 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ * 3.5 2096

13) Yuzhny Chess Festival

The Yuzhny Chess Festival took place 20th-25th September 2008. Denis Kovalev took clear first with 7/9.

Official site: http://ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/t166.html

Open Yuzhny (UKR), 20-25 ix 2008
1. Kovalev, Denis f UKR 2436 7.0 50.5 38.25 37.0 2523
2. Solodovnichenko, Yuri g UKR 2541 6.5 54.5 38.25 37.5 2506
Andreev, Eduard UKR g UKR 2455 6.5 52.5 36.50 36.5 2494
Shkuro, Iuri m UKR 2428 6.5 51.5 35.50 35.0 2443
Golovlev, Nikolay UKR 2332 6.5 49.0 32.75 32.5 2437
Sharapov, Evgeny m UKR 2431 6.5 48.5 33.75 34.0 2451
Polishchuk, Oleg UKR 2228 6.5 44.0 28.75 31.5 2347
Bogdanovich, Stanislav UKR 2299 6.5 42.0 30.00 29.0 2261
9. Kurayan, Ruslan UKR 2155 6.0 48.0 29.00 32.5 2400
Chudinovskikh, Alexander M m RUS 2372 6.0 44.0 28.25 29.0 2346
11. Fingerov, Dmitry m UKR 2365 5.5 53.0 30.25 33.5 2383
Dmitriev, Igor m RUS 2364 5.5 47.0 25.75 28.5 2288
Miljutin, Oleg UKR 2167 5.5 45.5 25.25 28.0 2166
Kamenets, Anatolij m UKR 2265 5.5 44.0 22.75 28.0 2165