THE WEEK IN CHESS 730 3rd November 2008 by Mark Crowther
Sponsored by the London Chess Centre
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My thanks to Holger Lieske, Gary Suffield, Erik Osbun, George Mirijanian, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr,
Adolivio Capece, Dennis Monokroussos, Miklos Orso, Pierre Bourget, Gabor Pali and everyone else who helped with the issue.
Viswanathan duly saw out the 11th game with white to a draw and retained his world title. This world championship
match victory probably ticks the final box in a career full of achievement. He has earned quite a high
place now in the list of people who have held the title and a couple of defences against say Topalov next year and
Carlsen after that would leave his career with few rivals. He has the power to add. Kramnik said afterwards that
he would look to improve both his own preparation which he conceded was inferior to Anand's and possibly try
and also change his style. I feel he isn't playing to his full potential and it will be interesting to see
what he does change. Its been a busy week elsewhere also with the Spanish Team Championships (not a terrribly
good game file I'm afraid) and Cap D'Agde which was won by Hikaru Nakamura who beat Vassily Ivanchuk. Oh and
5 new games from Gary Kasparov, although it was a simul against quite weak opposition and Peter Svidler
grabbed his 5th Russian title in a playoff.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
World Champion Viswanathan Anand successfully defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in a 12 game match in Bonn, Germany, October 14th - 2nd November, 2008. The main sponsor was Evonik Industries AG and the prizemoney 1,5 Million Euro.
Official Website: http://www.uep-worldchess.com/
| World Championship Results |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - | Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 32 | D14 | Slav Exchange |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 32 | E25 | Nimzo Indian Saemisch |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - | Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | 41 | D49 | Queens Gambit Meran |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 29 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - | Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | 35 | D49 | Queens Gambit Meran |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - | Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 | 47 | E34 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 36 | D19 | Slav Defence |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - | Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 39 | D39 | QGD Vienna Variation |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 45 | D43 | Anti-Meran Gambit |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - | Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 29 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 24 | B96 | Sicilian Najdorf |
| World Chess Championship Bonn (GER), 14 x - 2xi 2008 |
| Name |
Ti |
NAT |
Rtng |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
Perf |
| Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2783 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | 6½ | 2837 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2772 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | 4½ | 2718 |
Other Coverage
The Cap d'Agde took place 26th October - 1st November 2008. Hikaru Nakamura beat Vassily Ivanchuk
in the final.
Details: http://www.capechecs.com/trophee_ccas.php and coverage:
http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/a-la-une-8e-rencontres-du-cap-d-agde-1451.html
| Trophee CCAS GpA Cap d'Agde (FRA), 26-28 x 2008 | cat. XVI (2637) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
| 1. |
Caruana, Fabiano |
g |
ITA |
2640 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2866 |
| 2. |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2786 |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2774 |
| 3. |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2716 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
4½ |
2728 |
| 4. |
Bu Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2714 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
2728 |
| 5. |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2696 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2678 |
| 6. |
Lahno, Kateryna |
g |
UKR |
2488 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2500 |
| 7. |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2525 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
1 |
2 |
2495 |
| 8. |
Sebag, Marie |
g |
FRA |
2533 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
2230 |
| Trophee CCAS GpB Cap d'Agde (FRA), 26-28 x 2008 | cat. XVI (2634) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
| 1. |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2786 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2841 |
| 2. |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2704 |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2853 |
| 3. |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2751 |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2774 |
| 4. |
Karpov, Anatoly |
g |
RUS |
2651 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
3½ |
2631 |
| 5. |
Hou Yifan |
wg |
CHN |
2578 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3½ |
2641 |
| 6. |
Feller, Sebastien |
g |
FRA |
2526 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2491 |
| 7. |
Koneru, Humpy |
g |
IND |
2618 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
2 |
2477 |
| 8. |
Skripchenko, Almira |
m |
FRA |
2455 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
2350 |
| Trophee CCAS GpB Playoff Cap d'Agde (FRA), 28 x 2008 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|
|---|
| Karpov, Anatoly | g |
RUS |
2651 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2771 |
| Hou Yifan |
wg |
CHN |
2578 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2458 |
| Trophee CCAS Knockout Cap d'Agde
(FRA), 28 x 2008 |
| Final |
|---|
| Ivanchuk,V | 0.5 |
| Nakamura,Hi | 1.5 |
| Semi-final |
|---|
| Carlsen,M | 1.5 |
| Ivanchuk,V | 2.5 |
|
|---|
| Karpov,Ana | 1 |
| Nakamura,Hi | 3 |
| Quarter-final |
|---|
| Bu Xiangzhi | 0.5 |
| Carlsen,M | 1.5 |
|
|---|
| Radjabov,T | 1 |
| Ivanchuk,V | 3 |
|
|---|
| Caruana,F | 2.5 |
| Karpov,Ana | 3.5 |
|
|---|
| Nakamura,Hi | 3 |
| Vachier Lagrave,M | 1 |
The 61st Russian Championship SuperFinal took place 3rd-15th October 2008. There was a three way tie on 7/9. Dmitry Jakovenko beat Nikita Vitiugov to overtake him and catch Evgeny Alekseev. Peter Svidler started with three wins then became becalmed and lost his lead with a loss to Timofeev. In the final round he defeated the leader Evgeny Alekseev to catch him and set up a three way playoff. Playoffs were on 28th October 1pm Moscow time - according to the regulations it was supposed to after the final round, but that would have lasted until 1am - the format was 6 games (double-round robin) of 15'+10'' Peter Svidler won with 3/4 to earn a 5th Russian title.
Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/
| ch-RUS Playoff Moscow (RUS), 28-28 x 2008 | cat. XIX (2718) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
| 1. |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2738 |
* |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
3 |
2901 |
| 2. |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2709 |
½ |
0 |
* |
* |
1 |
1 |
2½ |
2818 |
| 3. |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2708 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
* |
½ |
2401 |
| ch-RUS Moscow (RUS), 3-15 x 2008 | cat. XVII (2673) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
| 1. |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2737 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
7 |
2769 |
| 2. |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2727 |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
7 |
2770 |
| 3. |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2715 |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2771 |
| 4. |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2646 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
6½ |
2740 |
| 5. |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
g |
RUS |
2638 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
6½ |
2741 |
| 6. |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2787 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
2728 |
| 7. |
Timofeev, Artyom |
g |
RUS |
2670 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2709 |
| 8. |
Lastin, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2651 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2639 |
| 9. |
Sakaev, Konstantin |
g |
RUS |
2640 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
4 |
2574 |
| 10. |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2669 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
4 |
2571 |
| 11. |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2656 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
3½ |
2541 |
| 12. |
Maslak, Konstantin |
g |
RUS |
2544 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
* |
3 |
2510 |
The 1st Gedeon Barcza Memorial takes place 27th October - 5th November 2008.
Official site: http://www.baranyasakk.hu
| I Gedeon Barcza Mem (HUN), 27 x-5 xi 2008 | cat. XII (2532) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
| 1. |
Papp, Gabor |
m |
HUN |
2509 |
* |
* |
½ |
. |
1 |
0 |
½ |
. |
½ |
. |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
2631 |
| 2. |
Ruck, Robert1 |
g |
HUN |
2574 |
½ |
. |
* |
* |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
. |
½ |
. |
4 |
2577 |
| 3. |
Szabo, Krisztian1 |
m |
HUN |
2520 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
* |
* |
½ |
. |
0 |
. |
½ |
. |
3½ |
2536 |
| 4. |
Kulaots, Kaido |
g |
EST |
2556 |
½ |
. |
½ |
0 |
½ |
. |
* |
* |
1 |
0 |
1 |
. |
3½ |
2534 |
| 5. |
Romanishin, Oleg M |
g |
UKR |
2532 |
½ |
. |
0 |
. |
1 |
. |
0 |
1 |
* |
* |
0 |
½ |
3 |
2481 |
| 6. |
Skoberne, Jure |
m |
SLO |
2501 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
. |
½ |
. |
0 |
. |
1 |
½ |
* |
* |
2½ |
2431 |
The finals of the Spanish CECLUB Championships saw four teams compete in Motril over the weekend of
1st-2nd November 2008. The event went to a rapid playoff between Linex-Magic and Cajacanrias after both
teams finished tied 3-3. The rapid playoff also finished 3-3 and Cajacanrias took the title for reasons
I'm unsure of, probably a win on a higher board in the original final match. The games were all broadcast
live but I only have one of the semi-final matches and there is one game from the final missing also,
hopefully they'll turn up somewhere. Its been one of those weeks for games not being easy to come by
so thanks to Gary Suffield and Holger Lieske for their help for this and Cap D'Agde.
Official site: http://www.feda.org
| CECLUB Finals Motril
ESP, 1-2 xi 2008 |
| Semi-Finals 1st November 2008 |
|---|
| LINEX-MAGIC | 4-2 | MERIDA PATRIMONIO AJOBLANCO |
|---|
| Shirov, Alexei | 1-0 | Karjakin, Sergei |
| Adams, Michael | 1/2 | Jakovenko, Dimitri |
| Ponomariov. Ruslan | 1-0 | Eljanov, Pavel |
| Akopian, Vladimir | 1/2 | Volokitin, Andrei |
| Sargissian, Gabriel | 1/2 | Khamrakulov, Ibrahim |
| Pérez Candelario, Manuel | 1/2 | Llanes, Miguel |
| CAJACANARIAS | 4.5-1.5. | SOLVAY |
|---|
| Alekseev, Evgeny | 1/2 | Harikrishna, Pentala |
| Motylev, Alexander | 1-0 | Ganguly, Surya |
| Bareev, Evgeny | 1-0 | Mamedov, Nidjat |
| Korneev, Oleg | 1/2 | Negi, Parimarjan |
| Illescas, Miguel | 1-0 | Ubilava, Elizbar |
| San Segundo, Pablo | 1/2 | Bernal, Luis J |
| Finals 2nd November 2008 |
|---|
| LINEX-MAGIC | 3-3 | CAJACANARIAS |
|---|
| Shirov, Alexei | 1/2 | Ivanchuk, Vassily |
| Adams, Michael | 1-0 | Alekseev, Evgeny |
| Ponomariov. Ruslan | 1/2 | Motylev, Alexander |
| Akopian, Vladimir | 1/2 | Bareev, Alexander |
| Sargissian, Gabriel | 1-0 | Illescas, MIguel |
| Pérez Candelario, Manuel | 1/2 | San Segundo, Pablo |
| Playoff |
|---|
| CAJACANARIAS | 3-3 | LINEX-MAGIC |
|---|
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | 0-1 | Shirov, Alexei |
| Alekseev, Evgeny | 0-1 | Adams, Michael |
| Motylev, Alexander | 1/2 | Ponomariov. Ruslan |
| Bareev, Alexander | 1-0 | Akopian, Vladimir |
| Illescas, MIguel | 1/2 | Sargissian, Gabriel |
| San Segundo, Pablo | 1-0 | Pérez Candelario, ManLe |
| 3rd-4th Places 2nd November 2008 |
|---|
| MERIDA PATRIMONIO AJOBLANCO | 2-4 | SOLVAY |
|---|
| Karjakin, Sergei | 0-1 | Harikrishna, Pentala |
| Jakovenko, Dimitri | 1-0 | Ganguly, Surya |
| Eljanov, Pavel | 0-1 | Mamedov, Nidjat |
| Volokitin, Andrei | 0-1 | Negi, Parimarjan |
| Khamrakulov, Ibrahim | 1/2 | Ubilava, Elizbar |
| Llanes, Miguel | 1/2 | Bernal, Luis J |
The Casino De Barcelona
tournament takes place in Barcelona October 30th - November 7th, 2008.
Official site: http://www.directefcde.org/ and http://escacs.cat/ciutat08/index.html
| Casino de Barcelona Barcelona (ESP), 30 x-7 xi 2008 | cat. XIV (2583) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
| 1. |
Georgiev, Kiril |
g |
BUL |
2645 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
. |
. |
½ |
. |
. |
1 |
3½ |
2748 |
| 2. |
Dreev, Alexey |
g |
RUS |
2670 |
½ |
* |
1 |
. |
. |
½ |
½ |
. |
. |
1 |
3½ |
2743 |
| 3. |
Jobava, Baadur |
g |
GEO |
2664 |
0 |
0 |
* |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
1 |
1 |
. |
3 |
2662 |
| 4. |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
g |
BUL |
2548 |
½ |
. |
. |
* |
. |
½ |
. |
1 |
½ |
½ |
3 |
2641 |
| 5. |
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel |
g |
ESP |
2547 |
. |
. |
0 |
. |
* |
½ |
1 |
. |
½ |
1 |
3 |
2640 |
| 6. |
Gulko, Boris F |
g |
USA |
2552 |
. |
½ |
. |
½ |
½ |
* |
. |
0 |
1 |
. |
2½ |
2571 |
| 7. |
Corrales Jimenez, Fidel |
m |
CUB |
2552 |
½ |
½ |
. |
. |
0 |
. |
* |
½ |
. |
1 |
2½ |
2600 |
| 8. |
Hernandez Carmenates, Holden |
g |
CUB |
2580 |
. |
. |
0 |
0 |
. |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
. |
2 |
2493 |
| 9. |
Narciso Dublan, Marc |
g |
ESP |
2511 |
. |
. |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
. |
½ |
* |
. |
1½ |
2429 |
| 10. |
Kogan, Artur |
g |
ISR |
2561 |
0 |
0 |
. |
½ |
0 |
. |
0 |
. |
. |
* |
½ |
2226 |
The 2008 season of the US Chess League started 25th August 2008.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com/
US Chess League ICCINT, 27 viii-29 xi 2008
Final Round 10 Results: |
| 29th October 2008 |
|---|
| Carolina | vs | Philadelphia | |
|---|
| 1 | IM | Lev Milman | CAR | vs | GM | Sergey Kudrin | PHI | 1/2 |
| 2 | FM | Tom Bartell | PHI | vs | FM | Oleg Zaikov | CAR | 1-0 |
| 3 | FM | Ron Simpson | CAR | vs | WGM | Jennifer Shahade | PHI | 1-0 |
| 4 | FM | Michael Shahade | PHI | vs | NM | Craig Jones | CAR | 0-1 |
| Boston | vs | Queens | |
|---|
| 1 | GM | Larry Christiansen | BOS | vs | IM | Dmitry Schneider | QNS | 1-0 |
| 2 | IM | Eli Vovsha | QNS | vs | GM | Eugene Perelshteyn | BOS | 0-1 |
| 3 | SM | Marc Esserman | BOS | vs | IM | Alex Lenderman | QNS | 1/2 |
| 4 | | Benjamin Katz | QNS | vs | NM | Ilya Krasik | BOS | 0-1 |
| New York | vs | New Jersey | |
|---|
| 1 | GM | Pascal Charbonneau | NY | vs | GM | Joel Benjamin | NJ | 1-0 |
| 2 | IM | Dean Ippolito | NJ | vs | IM | Irina Krush | NY | 1-0 |
| 3 | SM | Gregory Braylovsky | NY | vs | SM | Mackenzie Molner | NJ | 1/2 |
| 4 | | Andrew Ng | NJ | vs | NM | Matthew Herman | NY | 0-1 |
| Tennessee | vs | Baltimore | |
|---|
| 1 | GM | Jaan Ehlvest | TEN | vs | GM | Sergey Erenburg | BAL | 1/2 |
| 2 | FM | Tegshsuren Enkhbat | BAL | vs | FM | Todd Andrews | TEN | 1-0 |
| 3 | FM | Jonh Bick | TEN | vs | FM | Ralph Zimmer | BAL | 1-0 |
| 4 | NM | Aaron Kahn | BAL | vs | | Gerald Larson | TEN | 0-1 |
| Miami | vs | San Francisco | |
|---|
| 1 | GM | Julio Becerra | MIA | vs | GM | Vinay Bhat | SF | 1/2 |
| 2 | IM | David Pruess | SF | vs | FM | Bruci Lopez | MIA | 1/2 |
| 3 | FM | Osmany Perea | MIA | vs | FM | Dmitry Zilberstein | SF | 1-0 |
| 4 | NM | Gregory Young | SF | vs | | Matan Prilleltensky | MIA | 1/2 |
| Dallas | vs | Chicago | |
|---|
| 1 | IM | Davorin Kuljasevic | DAL | vs | FM | Emory Tate | CHC | 1-0 |
| 2 | FM | Mehmed Pasalic | CHC | vs | IM | John Bartholomew | DAL | 1-0 |
| 3 | FM | Andrei Zaremba | DAL | vs | IM | Angelo Young | CHC | 1/2 |
| 4 | | Adam Strunk | CHC | vs | WFM | Bayaraa Zorigt | DAL | 0-1 |
| Arizona | vs | Seattle | |
|---|
| 1 | IM | Levon Altounian | ARZ | vs | GM | Gregory Serper | SEA | 1/2 |
| 2 | FM | Slava Mikhailuk | SEA | vs | IM | Mark Ginsburg | ARZ | 1-0 |
| 3 | FM | Robby Adamson | ARZ | vs | WGM | Katerina Rohonyan | SEA | 1-0 |
| 4 | NM | Michael Lee | SEA | vs | NM | Warren Harper | ARZ | 0-1 |
US Chess League ICC
INT, 27 viii-31 x 2008
Final Round 10 Standings |
| EASTERN DIVISION | W | L | Game Points | Opp Avg Rating | Opps Record |
|---|
| Carolina | 7 | 3 | 24.0/40 (60%) | 2388 | 38.5-47.5 (45%) |
| Queens | 7 | 3 | 23.5/40 (59%) | 2401 | 41.0-45.0 (48%) |
| Boston | 6 | 4 | 23.0/40 (58%) | 2406 | 41.0-45.0 (48%) |
| New York | 5 | 5 | 18.0/40 (45%) | 2416 | 41.5-44.5 (48%) |
| New Jersey | 4.5 | 5.5 | 20.0/40 (50%) | 2419 | 41.0-45.0 (48%) |
| Philadelphia | 2 | 8 | 15.0/40 (38%) | 2429 | 44.0-42.0 (51%) |
| Baltimore | 1.5 | 8.5 | 14.0/40 (35%) | 2398 | 40.0-46.0 (47%) |
| WESTERN DIVISION | W | L | Game Points | Opp Avg Rating | Opps Record |
|---|
| Miami | 7 | 3 | 26.5/40 (66%) | 2407 | 47.5-38.5 (55%) |
| San Francisco | 6.5 | 3.5 | 23.5/40 (59%) | 2404 | 46.5-39.5 (54%) |
| Dallas | 6.5 | 3.5 | 21.0/40 (53%) | 2409 | 46.5-39.5 (54%) |
| Seattle | 4.5 | 5.5 | 18.0/40 (45%) | 2400 | 42.5-43.5 (49%) |
| X- Arizona | 4.5 | 5.5 | 17.5/40 (44%) | 2398 | 48.5-37.5 (56%) |
| Chicago | 4 | 6 | 19.5/40 (49%) | 2392 | 42.0-44.0 (49%) |
| Tennessee | 4 | 6 | 16.5/40 (41%) | 2398 | 41.5-44.5 (48%) |
US Chess League ICC Quarter Finals
INT, 10 xi 2008
Final Round 10 Standings |
| 1 | Boston Blitz | vs | Queens Pioneers | 7:00 ET | (Queens receives draw odds) |
| 2 | New York Knights | vs | Carolina Cobras | 7:30 ET | (Carolina receives draw odds) |
| 3 | San Francisco Mechanics | vs | Dallas Destiny | 8:30 ET | (SF receives draw odds) |
| 4 | Miami Sharks | vs | Seattle Sluggers | 9:00 ET | (Miami receives draw odds) |
The Chigorin Memorial took place in St Petersburg 4th-11th October 2008. Vladimir Belov
took first place on tie-break from Farrukh Amonatov and Valerij Popov after all finished on 7/9.
Chigorin Memorial St Petersburg
(RUS), 4-11 x 2008
Final Round 9 Standings: |
| 1. | Belov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2579 | 7.0 | 54.5 | 41.00 | 39.0 | 2733 | +1.77 |
| | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 2634 | 7.0 | 49.5 | 37.00 | 36.5 | 2674 | +0.50 |
| | Popov, Valerij | g | RUS | 2542 | 7.0 | 48.5 | 37.00 | 34.5 | 2633 | +1.04 |
| 4. | Sjugirov, Sanan | m | RUS | 2549 | 6.5 | 52.5 | 35.75 | 37.0 | 2639 | +1.19 |
| | Zontakh, Andrey | g | UKR | 2579 | 6.5 | 52.5 | 38.50 | 32.5 | 2581 | +0.18 |
| | Vysochin, Spartak | g | UKR | 2520 | 6.5 | 52.0 | 34.50 | 35.5 | 2605 | +1.10 |
| | Savchenko, Boris | g | RUS | 2648 | 6.5 | 50.0 | 34.50 | 35.5 | 2649 | +0.11 |
| | Demchenko, Anton | m | RUS | 2510 | 6.5 | 48.0 | 33.00 | 34.0 | 2599 | +1.15 |
| | Brodsky, Michail | g | UKR | 2550 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 33.00 | 31.0 | 2548 | +0.10 |
| | Ionov, Sergey | g | RUS | 2543 | 6.5 | 46.0 | 32.50 | 31.0 | 2481 | -0.52 |
| 11. | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2592 | 6.0 | 49.5 | 32.50 | 33.0 | 2568 | -0.25 |
| | Rozum, Ivan | m | RUS | 2439 | 6.0 | 49.5 | 30.50 | 33.0 | 2557 | +1.55 |
| | Vorobiov, Evgeny E. | g | RUS | 2577 | 6.0 | 48.0 | 31.00 | 34.0 | 2579 | +0.07 |
| | Levin, Evgeny A. | m | RUS | 2487 | 6.0 | 48.0 | 31.25 | 32.5 | 2538 | +0.67 |
| | Loginov, Valery A | g | RUS | 2481 | 6.0 | 47.0 | 29.25 | 31.0 | 2514 | +0.46 |
| | Yevseev, Denis | g | RUS | 2534 | 6.0 | 46.5 | 29.75 | 32.5 | 2539 | +0.15 |
| | Utkin, Aleksey | f | RUS | 2359 | 6.0 | 46.5 | 30.75 | 27.0 | 2540 | +1.90 |
| | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2617 | 6.0 | 46.0 | 29.00 | 32.5 | 2562 | -0.52 |
| | Teterev, Vitaly | g | BLR | 2513 | 6.0 | 46.0 | 29.75 | 31.0 | 2501 | +0.04 |
| | Yakovich, Yuri | g | RUS | 2567 | 6.0 | 45.5 | 28.75 | 29.5 | 2466 | -0.90 |
| | Trushelyov, Victor | | AZE | 2340 | 6.0 | 45.0 | 26.75 | 31.0 | 2522 | +2.28 |
| | Matlakov, Maxim | m | RUS | 2490 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 28.00 | 30.0 | 2460 | -0.26 |
| | Shimanov, Aleksandr | m | RUS | 2476 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 28.50 | 30.0 | 2480 | +0.14 |
| | Ponfilenok, Vladimir | | RUS | 2440 | 6.0 | 41.0 | 27.25 | 29.5 | 2429 | -0.05 |
| | Pakhomov, Egor | | RUS | 2220 | 6.0 | 40.0 | 23.50 | 25.5 | 2393 | +1.74 |
| 26. | Goganov, Aleksey | | RUS | 2356 | 5.5 | 46.5 | 27.25 | 29.0 | 2505 | +1.91 |
| | Melnikov, Dmitry | f | RUS | 2280 | 5.5 | 46.5 | 26.25 | 25.0 | 2428 | +1.75 |
| | Lovkov, Roman | m | RUS | 2434 | 5.5 | 45.5 | 25.25 | 30.5 | 2385 | -0.36 |
| | Lintchevski, Daniil | m | RUS | 2502 | 5.5 | 45.5 | 26.00 | 30.0 | 2454 | -0.47 |
| | Malakhov, Igor | f | RUS | 2346 | 5.5 | 45.0 | 25.25 | 29.5 | 2501 | +1.93 |
| | Alavkin, Arseny | m | RUS | 2476 | 5.5 | 45.0 | 26.50 | 27.0 | 2360 | -1.22 |
| | Duzhakov, Ilya | | RUS | 2276 | 5.5 | 44.5 | 23.25 | 27.5 | 2474 | +2.32 |
| | Slugin, Sergey | f | RUS | 2431 | 5.5 | 43.0 | 23.75 | 29.5 | 2435 | +0.28 |
| | Kurilov, Viktor | | RUS | 2312 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 22.75 | 29.0 | 2415 | +1.36 |
| | Balakirev, Ilya | | RUS | 2243 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 24.50 | 25.5 | 2439 | +2.32 |
| | Demina, Julia | wg | RUS | 2357 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 21.50 | 27.0 | 2393 | +0.53 |
| | Gladyszev, Oleg | m | RUS | 2448 | 5.5 | 40.0 | 23.00 | 25.0 | 2337 | -1.16 |
| | Kaganskiy, Gleb | f | RUS | 2330 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 23.75 | 24.5 | 2382 | +0.66 |
| | Solovjova, Valentina | wm | RUS | 2303 | 5.5 | 39.0 | 22.25 | 27.0 | 2455 | +1.65 |
| | Pankov, German | f | RUS | 2375 | 5.5 | 38.5 | 21.25 | 25.5 | 2366 | +0.03 |
| | Sudakova, Irina | wg | RUS | 2349 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 20.00 | 25.0 | 2346 | +0.09 |
| | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wf | RUS | 2381 | 5.5 | 34.0 | 21.75 | 20.0 | 2203 | -1.75 |
| 138 players |
The Milko Bobotsov Memorial took place in Sofia 15th-22nd October 2008. Milen Vasilev was a convincing winner
with 8/9.
Official site: http://www.chessbg.com/calendar.php?i=tournament&s=results&id=486
| 1st Bobotsov Mem Sofia (BUL), 15-22 x 2008 | cat. VIII (2447) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
| 1. |
Vasilev, Milen |
m |
BUL |
2477 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
2794 |
| 2. |
Rusev, Krasimir |
m |
BUL |
2541 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
2602 |
| 3. |
Georgiev, Vladimir |
g |
MKD |
2517 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2518 |
| 4. |
Ermenkov, Evgenij |
g |
PLE |
2465 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
5 |
2487 |
| 5. |
Nikolov, Momchil |
m |
BUL |
2488 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2485 |
| 6. |
Filev, Georgi |
f |
BUL |
2375 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
4 |
2411 |
| 7. |
Janev, Evgeni |
g |
BUL |
2491 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
3½ |
2361 |
| 8. |
Mrdja, Milan |
m |
CRO |
2401 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
3 |
2326 |
| 9. |
Todorov, Ognjan |
m |
BUL |
2318 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
2½ |
2294 |
| 10. |
Dragojlovic, Andjelko |
m |
SRB |
2393 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
* |
2 |
2232 |
The Ugra Cup took place in Khantiy Mansiysk 15th-23rd October 2008. Dmitry Bocharov took clear first
place with 6.5/9. Games from the final four rounds are not yet available.
| Ugra Cup Khantiy Mansiysk
RUS, 15-23 x 2008 |
| 1. | Bocharov, Dmitry | 6.5 | 46.5 | 32.25 | 33.5 | 2597 | 2700 | +1.25 |
| 2. | Mamedov, Rauf | 6.0 | 49.5 | 33.00 | 31.5 | 2631 | 2694 | +0.75 |
| | Guseinov, Gadir | 6.0 | 48.0 | 31.00 | 32.0 | 2650 | 2661 | +0.18 |
| | Kokarev, Dmitry | 6.0 | 46.0 | 28.00 | 34.0 | 2588 | 2658 | +0.88 |
| | Iordachescu, Viorel | 6.0 | 45.5 | 26.25 | 30.5 | 2572 | 2620 | +0.55 |
| | Frolyanov, Dmitry | 6.0 | 45.0 | 28.25 | 31.5 | 2557 | 2652 | +1.20 |
| | Gasanov, Eldar | 6.0 | 41.0 | 25.75 | 26.0 | 2550 | 2558 | +0.16 |
| 8. | Smirnov, Pavel | 5.5 | 48.5 | 28.50 | 31.0 | 2579 | 2637 | +0.74 |
| | Kurnosov, Igor | 5.5 | 46.5 | 27.50 | 27.5 | 2606 | 2605 | +0.02 |
| | Kabanov, Nikolai | 5.5 | 46.0 | 26.25 | 27.5 | 2483 | 2613 | +1.63 |
| | Chuprov, Dmitry | 5.5 | 43.5 | 24.25 | 28.5 | 2573 | 2550 | -0.16 |
| | Zhumabayev, Rinat | 5.5 | 41.5 | 21.25 | 26.0 | 2490 | 2556 | +0.89 |
| 13. | Kotsur, Pavel | 5.0 | 45.0 | 21.50 | 28.0 | 2563 | 2559 | +0.01 |
| | Ovetchkin, Roman | 5.0 | 43.5 | 22.25 | 25.5 | 2540 | 2488 | -0.58 |
| | Solodovnichenko, Yuri | 5.0 | 43.0 | 22.00 | 26.0 | 2590 | 2526 | -0.73 |
| | Chernyshov, Konstantin | 5.0 | 41.5 | 22.75 | 26.0 | 2569 | 2519 | -0.60 |
| | Alikhanov, Felix | 5.0 | 40.5 | 21.00 | 22.5 | 2438 | 2485 | +0.56 |
| | Obodchuk, Andrei | 5.0 | 39.0 | 17.25 | 23.5 | 2434 | 2518 | +1.00 |
| 19. | Obukhov, Alexander | 4.5 | 42.5 | 19.25 | 22.0 | 2436 | 2475 | +0.49 |
| | Iljiushenok, Ilia | 4.5 | 39.0 | 16.00 | 19.5 | 2314 | 2459 | +1.68 |
| | Tolstikh, Nikolay | 4.5 | 36.5 | 16.50 | 21.5 | 2383 | 2388 | +0.06 |
| | Vokarev, Sergey | 4.5 | 36.0 | 18.00 | 20.5 | 2542 | 2354 | -2.14 |
| | Reutsky, Sergei | 4.5 | 34.0 | 14.75 | 18.0 | 2411 | 2418 | +0.08 |
| 24. | Pridorozhni, Aleksei | 4.0 | 44.0 | 17.50 | 23.5 | 2523 | 2450 | -0.80 |
| | Demianjuk, Alexander | 4.0 | 37.0 | 13.25 | 18.0 | 2323 | 2366 | +0.48 |
| | Matvienko, Ivan | 4.0 | 36.5 | 12.75 | 18.5 | 2268 | 2334 | +0.54 |
| | Gutov, Andrey | 4.0 | 35.5 | 14.00 | 19.0 | 2477 | 2333 | -1.70 |
| | Belyakov, Bogdan | 4.0 | 32.0 | 12.50 | 16.5 | 2194 | 2268 | +0.65 |
| 29. | Lozhnikov, Vyacheslav | 3.5 | 42.0 | 13.25 | 21.0 | 2250 | 2369 | +1.15 |
| | Iskusnyh, Sergei | 3.5 | 41.0 | 13.75 | 22.5 | 2467 | 2395 | -0.91 |
| | Erushev, Gennady | 3.5 | 38.0 | 12.00 | 18.5 | 2351 | 2296 | -0.57 |
| | Kazakov, Konstantin | 3.5 | 38.0 | 10.50 | 16.5 | 2250 | 2311 | +0.48 |
| | Karpov, Alexander | 3.5 | 35.0 | 9.25 | 15.5 | 2330 | 2237 | -1.01 |
| 34. | Sosnin, Anatoly | 3.0 | 33.5 | 5.25 | 16.0 | 2274 | 2208 | -0.69 |
| | Pogromsky, Mikhail | 3.0 | 31.5 | 6.00 | 12.0 | 2413 | 2167 | -2.55 |
| 36. | Artamonov, Valery | 2.5 | 33.5 | 6.50 | 12.5 | 2309 | 2174 | -1.34 |
| | Tjurin, Alexander P. | 2.5 | 33.0 | 5.75 | 12.5 | 2339 | 2171 | -1.65 |
| 37 players |
The 8th Rohde Open took place 25th October - 1st November 2008. Daniele Vocaturo won with 7.5/9.
Official site: http://www.sautronechecs.fr
| 8th Rohde Open Sautron
FRA, 25 x 1 xi 2008 |
| Pl | Name | | Elo | Fede | Pts | Tr. | Bu. | Perf. | FFE |
|---|
| 1 | VOCATURO Daniele | m | 2383 | ITA | 7,5 | 43,5 | 52,5 | 2678 | 2734 |
| 2 | GAGUNASHVILI Merab | g | 2576 | GEO | 7 | 45,5 | 57 | 2648 | 2648 |
| 3 | MAIOROV Nikita | g | 2530 | BLR | 7 | 42,5 | 52,5 | 2515 | 2448 |
| 4 | SPASSOV Liuben | g | 2417 | BUL | 7 | 41 | 50,5 | 2505 | 2523 |
| 5 | LAFUENTE Pablo | g | 2522 | ARG | 6,5 | 46,5 | 57 | 2521 | 2511 |
| 6 | LALIC Bogdan | g | 2531 | CRO | 6,5 | 46 | 55,5 | 2540 | 2532 |
| 7 | CARLSSON Pontus | g | 2515 | SWE | 6,5 | 44 | 53,5 | 2521 | 2512 |
| 8 | ABBASOV Farid | g | 2578 | AZE | 6,5 | 43 | 51,5 | 2433 | 2224 |
| 9 | COLIN Vincent | m | 2421 | FRA | 6,5 | 42,5 | 51,5 | 2433 | 2401 |
| 10 | MONROY Charles | f | 2400 | FRA | 6,5 | 41 | 50 | 2362 | 2315 |
| 11 | SERAFIMOV Tervel | | 2371 | BUL | 6,5 | 40,5 | 50,5 | 2364 | 2334 |
| 12 | BENSDORP Marlies | mf | 2303 | NED | 6,5 | 39,5 | 48 | 2320 | 2315 |
| 13 | DAMIA Angelo | f | 2222 | ITA | 6,5 | 39 | 48 | 2329 | 2349 |
| 14 | TISSIR Mohamed | m | 2463 | MAR | 6 | 46 | 56,5 | 2447 | 2437 |
| 15 | DAS Arghyadip | | 2404 | IND | 6 | 44,5 | 55 | 2398 | 2392 |
| 16 | ROMBALDONI Denis | m | 2436 | ITA | 6 | 43 | 52 | 2352 | 2224 |
| 17 | DELORME Alban | f | 2257 | FRA | 6 | 40 | 48 | 2180 | 2109 |
| 18 | GODART Francois | | 2012 | FRA | 6 | 40 | 47,5 | 2177 | 2292 |
| 19 | GRILL Marc | | 2161 | FRA | 6 | 39 | 47,5 | 2186 | 2226 |
| 20 | JAULIN Philippe | | 2175 | FRA | 6 | 35,5 | 43,5 | 2049 | 1994 |
| 21 | BEAUGEARD Meddy | | 1893 | FRA | 6 | 31,5 | 38 | 1851 | 1851 |
| 37 players |
The 12th Corsica Masters started in Bastia 25th-26th October and finished in Ajaccio 27th-28th October 2008.
There were a large number of events. Gary Kasparov gave a simul and there was a
big swiss rapid open 15mins + 3secs per move. This acted as a qualifier (top 13 finishers) for a knockout for
the masters title. I don't have the results from the knockout although after round one the games seem to
be almost complete (one Mamedyarov game missing) and the results correct. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat
Sergei Tiviakov in the final. Games from the first 8 rounds of the swiss only are available.
News and games from http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
| 12th Corsica Masters KO Bastia/Ajaccio
(FRA), 25-27 x 2008 |
| Pl | Name | Elo | | Pts | Tr. | Perf | Bu. |
|---|
| 1 | MILOV Vadim | 2681 | | 9 | 71 | 2745 | 84 |
| 2 | TIVIAKOV Sergei | 2686 | | 8˝ | 68˝ | 2643 | 79 |
| 3 | HAMDOUCHI Hichem | 2598 | | 8 | 71 | 2603 | 83˝ |
| 4 | MALAKHATKO Vadim | 2633 | | 8 | 70 | 2617 | 81˝ |
| 5 | TREGUBOV Pavel V. | 2658 | g | 8 | 69˝ | 2625 | 80˝ |
| 6 | DIMITROV Radoslav | 2378 | | 8 | 68˝ | 2510 | 80 |
| 7 | AGREST Evgenij | 2574 | g | 8 | 68 | 2544 | 78˝ |
| 8 | DIMITROV Pavel | 2404 | | 8 | 68 | 2478 | 79 |
| 9 | GODENA Michele | 2517 | | 8 | 67 | 2493 | 77 |
| 10 | SANCHEZ Joseph | 2471 | | 7˝ | 69˝ | 2476 | 79˝ |
| 11 | DJURIC Stefan | 2463 | g | 7˝ | 68 | 2434 | 80 |
| 12 | ZOZULIA Anna | 2380 | | 7˝ | 68 | 2408 | 78 |
| 13 | BRIH Said | 2243 | | 7˝ | 65˝ | 2299 | 76 |
| 14 | BUJISHO Benjamin | 2417 | m | 7˝ | 64˝ | 2343 | 76˝ |
| 15 | MASSONI Michael | 2244 | | 7˝ | 63˝ | 2280 | 74 |
| 16 | ORNDAHL Markus | 2195 | | 7˝ | 63 | 2276 | 73 |
| 17 | MOINGT Jean-Claude | 2285 | f | 7˝ | 62 | 2324 | 70˝ |
| 18 | CRISTOFARI Antoine | 2136 | | 7˝ | 59˝ | 2189 | 68˝ |
| 19 | HAMDOUCHI Adina-Maria | 2306 | gf | 7˝ | 59 | 2185 | 70 |
| 20 | ORNDAHL Mats | 2160 | | 7˝ | 58˝ | 2155 | 67 |
| 21 | ANGELOV Zvetomir | 2126 | | 7 | 63˝ | 2169 | 71 |
| 22 | PREVOST Matthieu | 2020 | | 7 | 63˝ | 2132 | 73 |
| 23 | HUMEAU Cyril | 2203 | | 7 | 60 | 2197 | 70 |
| 24 | DIONISI Thomas | 2115 | | 7 | 60 | 2128 | 70 |
| 25 | COSTA Pierre-Mathieu | 1958 | | 7 | 59 | 2034 | 67 |
| 26 | BRONGERS Henk | 2121 | | 7 | 58˝ | 2157 | 68˝ |
| 27 | BARNIER Alain | 2046 | | 7 | 57˝ | 2041 | 64˝ |
| 123 players |
| 12th Corsica Masters KO Ajaccio
(FRA), 27-28 x 2008 |
| Final |
|---|
| Mamedyarov,S | 1.5 |
| Tiviakov,S | 0.5 |
| Semi-finals |
|---|
| Mamedyarov,S | 2 |
| Tregubov,P | 0 |
|
|---|
| Bacrot,E | 1 |
| Tiviakov,S | 3 |
| Quarter-final |
|---|
| Mamedyarov,S | 1 |
| Agrest,E | 0 |
|
|---|
| Milov,V | 2 |
| Tregubov,P | 2 |
|
|---|
| Bacrot,E | 2 |
| Sanchez,Joseph | 0 |
|
|---|
| Tiviakov,S | 2 |
| Malakhatko,V | 0 |
| Round 1 Results incomplete |
|---|
| Mamedyarov,S | 1 |
| Brih,S | 0 |
|
|---|
| Agrest,E | 1 |
| Godena,M | 0 |
|
|---|
| Dimitrov,Pa | 0 |
| Milov,V | 1 |
|
|---|
| Tregubov,P | 1 |
| Bujisho,B | 0 |
|
|---|
| Bacrot,E | 1 |
| Dimitrov,R | 0 |
|
|---|
| Hamdouchi,H | 0 |
| Sanchez,Joseph | 1 |
|
|---|
| Djuric,S | 1 |
| Malakhatko,V | 0 |
The 18th World Seniors takes place in Bad Zwischenahn 28th October - 9th November 2008.
Mihai Suba is the top seed. I couldn't find a PGN file.
Official site: http://www.seniorenschach.de/
The Le Touquet Open took place 25th October - 1st November 2008. Andrei Sokolov took first place
on tie-break from Neelotpal Das after both finished on 7/9.
Official site: http://www.opalechecs.com/accueil.php
| Le Touquet Open A
(FRA), 25 x-1 xi 2008 |
| Pl | Name | Ti | Elo | Fede | Pts | Tr. | Perf. |
|---|
| 1 | SOKOLOV Andrei | g | 2559 | FRA | 7 | 43 | 2575 |
| 2 | NEELOTPAL Das | g | 2477 | IND | 7 | 41,5 | 2539 |
| 3 | D'COSTA Lorin A R | f | 2411 | ENG | 6,5 | 46 | 2516 |
| 4 | COLLINS Sam E. | m | 2412 | IRL | 6,5 | 44,5 | 2484 |
| 5 | GORMALLY Daniel W | g | 2514 | ENG | 6,5 | 43,5 | 2464 |
| 6 | MAES Wim | f | 2294 | BEL | 6,5 | 43 | 2465 |
| 7 | CLERY Nicolas | f | 2349 | FRA | 6,5 | 42,5 | 2470 |
| 8 | ARKELL Keith C | g | 2521 | ENG | 6,5 | 41 | 2435 |
| 9 | SHIRAZI Kamran | m | 2416 | FRA | 6,5 | 39,5 | 2364 |
| 10 | QUILLAN Gary | | 2329 | ENG | 6,5 | 38,5 | 2506 |
| 11 | HOUSIEAUX David | f | 2425 | FRA | 6 | 41,5 | 2406 |
| 12 | BERNARD Christophe | m | 2364 | FRA | 6 | 38,5 | 2345 |
| 13 | SOYEZ Cyril | | 2234 | FRA | 6 | 38 | 2313 |
| 14 | STEFFENELLO Leonard | | 2162 | BRA | 6 | 37 | 2286 |
| 15 | MICHIELS Rob | | 2262 | BEL | 5,5 | 42,5 | 2358 |
| 16 | DOBREV Nanko | m | 2408 | BUL | 5,5 | 40 | 2329 |
| 17 | CAPPON John | | 2222 | FRA | 5,5 | 39,5 | 2284 |
| 18 | AGLAVE Arnaud | | 2136 | BEL | 5,5 | 36 | 2127 |
| 19 | HELSEN Steff | | 2171 | BEL | 5,5 | 35,5 | 2193 |
| 20 | LARMUSEAU Michiel | | 1969 | BEL | 5,5 | 32,5 | 2204 |
| 78 players |
There was a very strong open in Zvenigorodsk near
Moscow,24th-30th September 2008. Vladimir Belov edged out Evgeniy Naer, Farrukh Amonatov, Anton Shomoev and Dmitry Bocharov
on tie-break as all finished on 6.5/9.
Official site: http://www.obninskchess.ru/alltur/alltur08/zvos08/
| Zvenigoroskaya Open A
RUS, 24-30 ix 2008 |
| 1 | Belov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2561 | 6,5 | 1,92 | 50,5 |
| 2 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2670 | 6,5 | 0,6 | 49,5 |
| 3 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 2650 | 6,5 | 0,78 | 47,5 |
| 4 | Shomoev, Anton | g | RUS | 2566 | 6,5 | 1,43 | 44 |
| 5 | Bocharov, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2582 | 6,5 | 1,17 | 44 |
| 6 | Buhmann, Rainer | g | GER | 2561 | 6 | 1,16 | 47 |
| 7 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2574 | 6 | 1,12 | 47 |
| 8 | Lysyj, Igor | g | RUS | 2596 | 6 | 0,67 | 44 |
| 9 | Kokarev, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2582 | 6 | 0,43 | 44 |
| 10 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2575 | 5,5 | 0,21 | 48 |
| 11 | Shaposhnikov, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2558 | 5,5 | 0,42 | 46,5 |
| 12 | Deviatkin, Andrei | g | RUS | 2567 | 5,5 | 0,19 | 46 |
| 13 | Zhumabayev, Rinat | m | KAZ | 2442 | 5,5 | 2,18 | 45,5 |
| 14 | Krapivin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2471 | 5,5 | 1,3 | 42,5 |
| 15 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2635 | 5,5 | -0,91 | 41,5 |
| 16 | Malakhatko, Vadim | g | BEL | 2612 | 5,5 | -0,88 | 41,5 |
| 17 | Frolyanov, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2567 | 5,5 | -0,09 | 41 |
| 18 | Smirnov, Pavel | g | RUS | 2592 | 5,5 | -0,18 | 41 |
| 19 | Kotsur, Pavel | g | KAZ | 2566 | 5,5 | -0,84 | 39,5 |
| 20 | Vorobiov, Evgeny E | g | RUS | 2550 | 5,5 | -0,28 | 39 |
| 21 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2613 | 5 | 0,01 | 50,5 |
| 22 | Yandemirov, Valeri | g | RUS | 2463 | 5 | 1,27 | 46,5 |
| 23 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2578 | 5 | -0,25 | 45 |
| 24 | Ponkratov, Pavel | m | RUS | 2530 | 5 | -0,03 | 44,5 |
| 25 | Filippov, Anton UZB | g | UZB | 2531 | 5 | 0,08 | 43 |
| 26 | Tunik, Gennady | g | RUS | 2490 | 5 | 0,27 | 42,5 |
| 27 | Golovin, Leonid | | RUS | 2457 | 5 | 0,51 | 42,5 |
| 28 | Romanov, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2554 | 5 | -0,2 | 41 |
| 29 | Vysochin, Spartak | g | UKR | 2514 | 5 | -0,5 | 41 |
| 30 | Zimmerman, Yuri | m | RUS | 2318 | 5 | 2,29 | 38,5 |
| 31 | Romanko, Marina | wg | RUS | 2374 | 5 | 0,98 | 35,5 |
| 69 players |
3rd Magistral de Zaragoza took place 18th-26th October 2008. Aimen Rizouk and Diego Adla finished on
6/9.
Official site: http://ajedrezaragon.com/index.htm
| III It Zaragoza (ESP), 18-26 x 2008 | cat. IX (2467) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
| 1. |
Rizouk, Aimen |
g |
ALG |
2507 |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
6 |
2587 |
| 2. |
Adla, Diego |
m |
ARG |
2497 |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
6 |
2588 |
| 3. |
Mirzoev, Azer |
g |
AZE |
2567 |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2535 |
| 4. |
Reinaldo Castineira, Roi |
m |
ESP |
2516 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
5 |
2504 |
| 5. |
Barsov, Alexei |
g |
UZB |
2513 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5 |
2504 |
| 6. |
Llorente Zaro, Alfonso |
m |
ESP |
2424 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2514 |
| 7. |
Antoli Royo, Joaquin Miguel |
f |
ESP |
2425 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
½ |
½ |
4 |
2428 |
| 8. |
Ramiro Ovejero, Juan Luis |
f |
ESP |
2380 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
3½ |
2396 |
| 9. |
Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando |
m |
ESP |
2444 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
2½ |
2303 |
| 10. |
Garza Marco, Sergio |
m |
ESP |
2394 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
2½ |
2308 |
The Vasylyshyn Memorial took place 21st-31st October 2008. Yaroslav Zherebukh took clear first place
with 11/15.
| Vasylyshyn Mem Lviv (UKR), 21-31 x 2008 | cat. X (2483) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
| 1. |
Zherebukh, Yaroslav |
m |
UKR |
2473 |
* |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
11.0 |
2659 |
| 2. |
Vovk, Yuri |
g |
UKR |
2549 |
1 |
* |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9.5 |
2573 |
| 3. |
Babujian, Levon |
m |
ARM |
2502 |
0 |
1 |
* |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9.5 |
2577 |
| 4. |
Geller, Jakov |
m |
RUS |
2511 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
* |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
9.0 |
2553 |
| 5. |
Vovk, Andrey |
m |
UKR |
2488 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9.0 |
2555 |
| 6. |
Ipatov, Alexander UKR |
|
UKR |
2472 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
8.5 |
2534 |
| 7. |
Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V |
g |
RUS |
2537 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
8.0 |
2500 |
| 8. |
Margvelashvili, Giorgi |
m |
GEO |
2478 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
8.0 |
2504 |
| 9. |
Papin, Vasily |
m |
RUS |
2455 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
7.5 |
2485 |
| 10. |
Oleksienko, Mikhailo |
g |
UKR |
2585 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
7.5 |
2476 |
| 11. |
Kravtsiv, Martyn |
m |
UKR |
2549 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
* |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
7.0 |
2457 |
| 12. |
Nyzhnyk, Illya |
f |
UKR |
2444 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
6.5 |
2435 |
| 13. |
Grekh, Andrey |
m |
UKR |
2391 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6.0 |
2417 |
| 14. |
Muzychuk, Mariya |
wg |
UKR |
2436 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
4.5 |
2337 |
| 15. |
Leniart, Arkadiusz |
f |
POL |
2368 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
4.5 |
2342 |
| 16. |
Sulashvili, Malkhaz |
m |
GEO |
2495 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
4.0 |
2307 |
The Magistral Endesa GM took place 23rd-31st October 2008.Ruben Felgaer and Salvador Alonso finished on 7/9.
| Magistral Endesa GM Endesa CHI (CHI), 23-31 x 2008 | cat. VII (2419) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
|
| 1. |
Felgaer, Ruben |
g |
ARG |
2591 |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2619 |
| 2. |
Alonso, Salvador |
m |
ARG |
2446 |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2635 |
| 3. |
Valenzuela Fuentealba, Luis |
m |
CHI |
2434 |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
6½ |
2583 |
| 4. |
Ricardi, Pablo |
g |
ARG |
2505 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
* |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2489 |
| 5. |
Lopez Silva, Hugo |
|
CHI |
2410 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2499 |
| 6. |
Vasquez, Rodrigo |
g |
CHI |
2522 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
2487 |
| 7. |
Michel Yunis, Christian D |
m |
PLE |
2368 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3½ |
2344 |
| 8. |
Llorens, Marcelo |
f |
CHI |
2353 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
½ |
2½ |
2260 |
| 9. |
Valdes Escobar, Alvaro |
|
CHI |
2305 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
2080 |
| 10. |
Valiente, Cristobal |
m |
PAR |
2254 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
1 |
2086 |
The Pan-American Continental Chess Championship takes place in Florida November 2nd-7th 2008.
Leading players: GM Julio Becerra (USA) Rating 2602,
GM Alexander Shabalov (USA) Rating 2585,
GM Jaan Ehlvest (USA) Rating 2581,
GM Alexandr Stripunsky (USA) Rating 2553,
GM Alexander Ivanov (USA) Rating 2546,
GM Manuel Leon Hoyos (Mexico) Rating 2535,
GM Alonso Zapata (Colombia) Rating 2501,
IM Josh Ed Friedel (USA) Rating 2498,
IM Vinay Bhat (USA) Rating 2497,
GM Darcy Lima (Brazil) Rating 2488,
IM Alder Escobar (Colombia) Rating 2482 and
IM Everaldo Matsuura (Brazil) Rating 2469
I hope that they put together a file of games in one place. Getting games one by one from Monroi
is not really a fun process.
Official site: http://chesseducators.com/ and Live Games: http://www.monroi.com/
13th IBCA. Olympiad took place in Heraklion, Crete from 18th-29th October 2008. Russia took clear first place, ahead
of Ukraine and Spain.
Official site: http://www.sokoridallou.gr/olympiad08/index.html
| 13th IBCA Olympiad (GRE) 18-29 x 2008 |
| Rank | Team | Gam. | + | = | - | MP | SB |
|---|
| 1 | Russia | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 274 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 238˝ |
| 3 | Spain | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 194˝ |
| 4 | Poland | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 223˝ |
| 5 | Germany | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 199˝ |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 190 |
| 7 | Serbia | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 189 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 186 |
| 9 | Croatia | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 163 |
| 10 | Czech Rep | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 145 |
| 11 | Romania | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 179˝ |
| 12 | Fyrom | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 168 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 155 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 139 |
| 15 | Venezuela | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 134 |
| 16 | Moldova | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 141˝ |
| 17 | Montenegro | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 137 |
| 18 | Hungary | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 130 |
| 19 | India | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 127˝ |
| 20 | Netherlands | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 127˝ |
| 21 | Slovakia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 121˝ |
| 22 | Italy | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 105˝ |
| 23 | Sweden | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 161 |
| 24 | Belgium | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 96 |
| 25 | Finland | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 121˝ |
| 26 | Greece 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 90 |
| 27 | Turkey | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 72˝ |
| 28 | Norway | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 72 |
| 29 | Switzerland | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 52 |
| 30 | Brasil | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 101˝ |
| 31 | South Africa | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 66 |
| 32 | Greece 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 56 |
| 33 | Denmark | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 63 |
| 34 | Greece 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 21˝ |
| 13th IBCA Olympiad Top 20 performers (GRE) 18-29 x 2008 |
| Rank | Ti | Name | Rtg | Team | Rp | Pts. | Games | Bo. |
|---|
| 1 | WIM | Zsiltzova-Lisenko L. | 2265 | Ukraine | 2435 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| 2 | IM | Krylov Sergey | 2388 | Russia | 2424 | 7˝ | 9 | 3 |
| 3 | | Clemente Llamero R. | 2118 | Spain | 2384 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | | Grigorchuk Sergey | 2244 | Ukraine | 2371 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | IM | Crouch Colin S | 2359 | Un. Kingdom | 2369 | 6˝ | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | | Vela Ignacio Jos M. | 2103 | Spain | 2358 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| 7 | FM | Mueller Oliver | 2292 | Germany | 2351 | 7˝ | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | IM | Dukaczewski Piotr | 2338 | Poland | 2336 | 5˝ | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | IM | Meshkov Yuri A | 2400 | Russia | 2319 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 10 | FM | Kocovski Ivan | 2266 | Fyrom | 2292 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | | Pulvett Daniel | 2207 | Venezuela | 2268 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 12 | FM | Pribeanu Dacian | 2232 | Romania | 2252 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 13 | | Gunajew Rafal | 2233 | Poland | 2237 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 14 | | Smirnov Sergei | 2301 | Russia | 2225 | 6˝ | 8 | 4 |
| 15 | | Palacios Perez Manuel | 2195 | Spain | 2220 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | IM | Berlinsky Vladimir | 2325 | Russia | 2216 | 5˝ | 8 | 2 |
| 17 | | Marendic Vlatko | 2089 | Croatia | 2197 | 7˝ | 9 | 2 |
| 18 | | Bibikov Yuriy | 1400 | Kazakhstan | 2193 | 7˝ | 9 | 3 |
| 19 | | Olsar Jaroslav | 2326 | Czech Rep | 2189 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 20 | FM | Wassin Sergej | 2325 | Ukraine | 2161 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
The First Saturday tournaments take place in Hungary 1st-11th November 2008.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/
| FSGM November Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-11 xi 2008 | cat. VIII (2428) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
| 1. |
Martinovic, Sasa |
f |
CRO |
2416 |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
1 |
|
| 2. |
Varga, Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2494 |
. |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
1 |
|
| 3. |
Kosic, Dragan |
g |
MNE |
2511 |
. |
. |
* |
½ |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2452 |
| 4. |
Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy |
m |
VIE |
2452 |
. |
. |
½ |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2511 |
| 5. |
Prasanna, Rao |
f |
IND |
2311 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
* |
½ |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2425 |
| 6. |
Recuero Guerra, David |
f |
ESP |
2425 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2311 |
| 7. |
Wittmann, Walter |
m |
AUT |
2281 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
* |
½ |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2383 |
| 8. |
Thorfinnsson, Bragi |
m |
ISL |
2383 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2281 |
| 9. |
Ilincic, Zlatko |
g |
SRB |
2542 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
* |
? |
. |
. |
0 |
|
| 10. |
Prohaszka, Peter2 |
m |
HUN |
2502 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
? |
* |
. |
. |
0 |
|
| 11. |
Arngrimsson, Dagur |
f |
ISL |
2392 |
0 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
* |
. |
0 |
|
| 12. |
Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor |
m |
ISL |
2430 |
. |
0 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
* |
0 |
|
| FSIMA November Budapest HUN (HUN), 1-11 xi 2008 | cat. I (2268) |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
| 1. |
Denisov, Ivan |
|
RUS |
2189 |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
1 |
|
| 2. |
Kjartansson, Gudmundur |
f |
ISL |
2284 |
. |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
1 |
|
| 3. |
Konnyu, Janos |
|
HUN |
2316 |
. |
. |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
1 |
|
| 4. |
Bacso, Gabor |
f |
HUN |
2181 |
. |
. |
. |
* |
. |
. |
½ |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2309 |
| 5. |
Horvath, Andras |
f |
HUN |
2251 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
* |
½ |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2278 |
| 6. |
Kislik, Erik Andrew |
|
USA |
2278 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2251 |
| 7. |
Lengyel, Bela |
m |
HUN |
2309 |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
. |
. |
* |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2181 |
| 8. |
Werner, Dimo |
m |
GER |
2328 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
* |
½ |
. |
. |
. |
½ |
2330 |
| 9. |
Humphrey, Jonathan |
f |
AUS |
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Naslund, Mikael |
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Szeberenyi, Adam |
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Toth, Lili |
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Adams, Nick A |
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USA |
2205 |
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Henriksson, Jacob |
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Farago, Sandor |
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Kahn, Evarth |
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Parkanyi, Attila |
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Pochinkov, Andrey |
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The National Chess League took place in Villa Martelli 9th August - 4th October 2008.
Martelli - Vte. Lopez won the event with 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Games section not yet complete, I will wait until it is.
Official site: http://www.lna.org.ar/liga08/lna2008.htm
The 16th North American FIDE Invitational took place October 18th - 24th 2008. IM Valay Parikh won with 7/9.
I couldn't find a games file and only 5 rounds were available on Monroi.
Official site: http://nachess.org/fide/
The World Youth Championships took place in Vung Tau city 20th-30th October 2008. Ivan Saric
won the main open (boys) championship on tie-break. I've put the games from the Boys and Girls U18, U16 sections
and Boys U14 in the games section. Games were complicated to deal with but I was impressed with the work done on it by
the bulletin editors.
Official site: http://wycc2008.vietnamchess.com/
and Results
| WYCC Vung Tau City (VIE), 20-30 x 2008 |
| Boys U18 |
|---|
| Rank | | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. | BH. |
|---|
| 1 | IM | Saric Ivan | 2516 | CRO | 8 | 78 | 78 |
| 2 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2567 | VIE | 8 | 77˝ | 77˝ |
| 3 | FM | Shankland Samuel L | 2436 | USA | 8 | 73˝ | 73˝ |
| 4 | FM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2495 | ARM | 8 | 72 | 72 |
| 5 | IM | Chirila Ioan Cristian | 2462 | ROU | 8 | 70 | 70 |
| 6 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2583 | VIE | 7˝ | 69 | 69 |
| 7 | GM | Howell David W L | 2593 | ENG | 7˝ | 68 | 68 |
| 8 | IM | Can Emre | 2464 | TUR | 7˝ | 65 | 65 |
| 9 | IM | Tomczak Jacek | 2461 | POL | 7 | 75 | 75 |
| 10 | IM | Matlakov Maxim | 2490 | RUS | 7 | 73˝ | 73˝ |
| 11 | IM | Ashwin Jayaram | 2437 | IND | 7 | 73 | 73 |
| 12 | IM | Karthikeyan P | 2426 | IND | 7 | 70˝ | 70˝ |
| 13 | | Ma Qun | 2241 | CHN | 7 | 69˝ | 69˝ |
| 14 | | Tran Manh Tien | 2159 | VIE | 7 | 68˝ | 68˝ |
| 15 | FM | Pereira Ruben | 2437 | POR | 7 | 62 | 62 |
| 16 | | Darini Pouria | 2263 | IRI | 6˝ | 72 | 72 |
| 17 | | Ludwig Daniel | 2400 | USA | 6˝ | 68˝ | 68˝ |
| | | Kulakov Viacheslav | 2377 | RUS | 6˝ | 68˝ | 68˝ |
| 19 | | Pavlidis Anastasios | 2322 | GRE | 6˝ | 68 | 68 |
| 20 | FM | Paichadze Luka | 2437 | GEO | 6˝ | 63˝ | 63˝ |
| 21 | FM | Klimov Anton | 2451 | RUS | 6˝ | 61˝ | 61˝ |
| 22 | FM | Tologontegin Semetey | 2359 | KGZ | 6˝ | 59˝ | 59˝ |
| 23 | | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2409 | ARM | 6˝ | 57˝ | 57˝ |
| 74 players |
| Boys U16 |
|---|
| Rank | | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. | BH. |
|---|
| 1 | IM | Adhiban B | 2439 | IND | 9 | 78˝ | 74 |
| 2 | IM | Sethuraman S P | 2441 | IND | 8 | 75˝ | 71 |
| 3 | | Debashis Das | 2309 | IND | 8 | 72 | 68˝ |
| 4 | | Soors Stef | 2176 | BEL | 8 | 71˝ | 67˝ |
| 5 | | Hansen Eric | 2362 | CAN | 8 | 66˝ | 62˝ |
| 6 | FM | Priyadharshan K | 2245 | IND | 7˝ | 76 | 72˝ |
| 7 | IM | Durarbeyli Vasif | 2434 | AZE | 7˝ | 74˝ | 70 |
| 8 | FM | Gritsenko Andrey | 2380 | RUS | 7˝ | 74 | 69˝ |
| 9 | FM | Kanarek Marcel | 2458 | POL | 7˝ | 66˝ | 62˝ |
| 10 | FM | Bregadze Levan | 2387 | GEO | 7 | 75˝ | 70 |
| 11 | FM | Grandelius Nils | 2464 | SWE | 7 | 73 | 68 |
| 12 | FM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2387 | TUR | 7 | 72 | 66˝ |
| 13 | FM | Jorczik Julian | 2382 | GER | 7 | 71 | 66˝ |
| 14 | IM | Shyam Sundar M | 2402 | IND | 7 | 70 | 65 |
| 15 | | Kocheev Aleksandr | 2114 | BLR | 7 | 66 | 62˝ |
| 16 | | Kilpatrick Callum | 2184 | ENG | 7 | 64 | 59˝ |
| 17 | | Khamroev Ravshan | 2181 | UZB | 7 | 61 | 57˝ |
| 18 | IM | Shimanov Aleksandr | 2476 | RUS | 6˝ | 80 | 75 |
| 19 | | Karayev Assylkhan | 2283 | KAZ | 6˝ | 68 | 63˝ |
| 20 | | Pascua Haridas | 2307 | PHI | 6˝ | 66 | 61˝ |
| 21 | FM | Saeed Ishaq | 2179 | UAE | 6˝ | 65˝ | 61˝ |
| 22 | | Rojas Alarcon Julian Antonio | 2187 | MEX | 6˝ | 65 | 61˝ |
| 23 | | Csirik Andras | 2324 | HUN | 6˝ | 63 | 59 |
| 73 players |
| Boys U14 |
|---|
| Rank | | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. | BH. |
|---|
| 1 | FM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2356 | IND | 9 | 78˝ | 73˝ |
| 2 | | Lortkipanidze Nodar | 2135 | GEO | 8˝ | 73˝ | 69 |
| 3 | IM | Swiercz Dariusz | 2478 | POL | 8 | 77 | 72 |
| 4 | FM | Bajarani Ulvi | 2232 | AZE | 8 | 78˝ | 73 |
| 5 | FM | Lagarde Maxime | 2332 | FRA | 8 | 74 | 70 |
| 6 | FM | Stukopin Andrey | 2363 | RUS | 7˝ | 73˝ | 68 |
| 7 | FM | Narayanan Srinath | 2412 | IND | 7˝ | 70˝ | 66˝ |
| 8 | FM | Van Kampen Robin | 2307 | NED | 7˝ | 67 | 63 |
| 9 | FM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2382 | USA | 7˝ | 66˝ | 62 |
| 10 | | Garcia Jan Emmanuel | 2256 | PHI | 7 | 76 | 72˝ |
| 11 | | Chen Peng | 2046 | CHN | 7 | 70˝ | 66˝ |
| 12 | | Berchtenbreiter Maximilian | 2116 | GER | 7 | 67˝ | 64 |
| 13 | CM | Grigoryan Karen H | 2072 | ARM | 7 | 66 | 61˝ |
| 14 | | Juhasz Kristof | 2214 | HUN | 7 | 65 | 61 |
| 15 | FM | Moussard Jules | 2293 | FRA | 7 | 65 | 60˝ |
| 16 | FM | Chua Xing-Jian Graham | 2229 | SIN | 7 | 57˝ | 53˝ |
| 17 | | Bok Benjamin | 2265 | NED | 6˝ | 76˝ | 72 |
| 18 | | Givon Asaf | 2101 | ISR | 6˝ | 70 | 66 |
| 19 | | Meskovs Nikita | 2247 | LAT | 6˝ | 68 | 64 |
| 20 | FM | Bukavshin Ivan | 2376 | RUS | 6˝ | 68 | 63 |
| 21 | | Pham Hoai Nam | 1973 | VIE | 6˝ | 67˝ | 64˝ |
| 22 | | Ankit R Rajpara | 2200 | IND | 6˝ | 67 | 63 |
| 23 | | Talipov Nafis | 2029 | RUS | 6˝ | 66˝ | 62 |
| 24 | | Kotainy Jens | 2210 | GER | 6˝ | 65˝ | 61˝ |
| 25 | CM | Chan Yi-Ren Daniel | 2260 | SIN | 6˝ | 63˝ | 59˝ |
| | | Baboyan Eduard | 2170 | RUS | 6˝ | 63˝ | 59˝ |
| 27 | | Urtnasan Nasanjargal | 2075 | MGL | 6˝ | 62 | 60 |
| 28 | | Navalgund Niranjan | 2064 | IND | 6˝ | 58˝ | 55 |
| 86 players |
| Boys U12 |
|---|
| Rank | | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. | BH. |
|---|
| 1 | | Das Sayantan | 2112 | IND | 9˝ | 71 | 69˝ |
| 2 | | Gordievskiy Dmitry | 2217 | RUS | 8˝ | 76 | 70˝ |
| 3 | FM | Yang Darwin | 2182 | USA | 8 | 77 | 73 |
| 4 | | Ynojosa Felix Jose | 2145 | ENG | 8 | 70˝ | 66 |
| 5 | | Gagare Shardul | 2092 | IND | 8 | 67 | 63˝ |
| 6 | | Shiven Khosla | 2206 | IND | 8 | 66 | 62 |
| 7 | | Le Tuan Minh | 2027 | VIE | 7˝ | 81 | 76˝ |
| 8 | | Nguyen Hung Cuong | 0 | VIE | 7˝ | 75 | 70 |
| 9 | | Wagner Dennis | 2000 | GER | 7˝ | 70˝ | 67 |
| 10 | FM | Girish A Koushik | 2161 | IND | 7˝ | 70 | 66 |
| 11 | | Georgiadis Nico | 1952 | SUI | 7˝ | 69 | 64 |
| 94 players |
| Boys U10 |
|---|
| Rank | | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. | BH. |
|---|
| 1 | | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2013 | POL | 9˝ | 77 | 74 |
| 2 | | Xu Yi | 0 | CHN | 8˝ | 77 | 72˝ |
| 3 | | Wang Yi Ye | 0 | CHN | 8˝ | 81˝ | 76 |
| 4 | | Ghosh Diptayan | 2041 | IND | 8 | 75 | 72˝ |
| 5 | FM | Pichot Alan | 1925 | ARG | 8 | 75 | 72 |
| 6 | | Lorpari Zangeneh Shahin | 0 | IRI | 8 | 75 | 70 |
| 7 | | Nguyen Ngoc Minh Tri | 0 | VIE | 8 | 69 | 65 |
| 8 | | Mousavi Seyed Khalil | 2042 | IRI | 7˝ | 72˝ | 68˝ |
| 9 | | Tari Aryan | 0 | NOR | 7˝ | 67 | 64 |
| 10 | | Asgarizadeh Ahmad | 2026 | IRI | 7˝ | 65˝ | 61˝ |
| 90 players |
| Boy U8 |
|---|
| Rank | | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. | |
|---|
| 1 | | Tran Minh Thang | 0 | VIE | 10 | 77 | |
| 2 | | Liu Xiangyi | 0 | CHN | 9 | 81 | |
| 3 | | Liao Yu Hao | 0 | CHN | 8˝ | 73 | |
| 4 | | Olamaei Alireza | 0 | IRI | 8 | 79˝ | |
| 5 | | Chiang Jonathan | 1535 | USA | 8 | 73˝ | |
| 6 | | Sarana Alexey | 0 | RUS | 7˝ | 71 | |
| 7 | | Lee Jonah | 0 | CAN | 7˝ | 67˝ | |
| 8 | | Sabhareesh m | 1499 | IND | 7˝ | 67 | |
| 83 players |
| Girls U18 |
|---|
| Rank | | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. | BH. |
|---|
| 1 | WGM | Golubenko Valentina | 2273 | CRO | 9 | 74 | 69 |
| 2 | | Preethi R | 2156 | IND | 8 | 69˝ | 65˝ |
| 3 | WFM | Girya Olga | 2332 | RUS | 7˝ | 76˝ | 70˝ |
| 4 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2369 | CZE | 7˝ | 72˝ | 67 |
| 5 | | Li Panru | 2126 | CHN | 7˝ | 69˝ | 66 |
| 6 | WFM | Gevorgyan Irina | 2179 | UZB | 7 | 70˝ | 66˝ |
| 7 | WFM | Zhorzholiani Meri | 2122 | GEO | 7 | 69˝ | 69 |
| 8 | | Agrest Inna | 2215 | SWE | 7 | 64 | 60˝ |
| | WFM | Rysbayeva Aigerim | 2180 | KAZ | 7 | 64 | 60˝ |
| 10 | WFM | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | 2201 | KAZ | 7 | 62˝ | 59 |
| 11 | | Gosciniak Maria | 2161 | POL | 6˝ | 74 | 70˝ |
| 12 | WFM | Pham Bich Ngoc | 2090 | VIE | 6˝ | 65 | 61˝ |
| 13 | WGM | Corke Anya | 2301 | HKG | 6˝ | 65 | 60 |
| 14 | WFM | Ngo Dieu Hoa | 2007 | VIE | 6˝ | 60˝ | 58 |
| 15 | | Skinke Katrina | 2186 | LAT | 6 | 72˝ | 68˝ |
| 16 | WFM | Danelia Mariam | 2218 | GEO | 6 | 72 | 67˝ |
| 17 | | Bakhtiyarly Aysel | 1988 | AZE | 6 | 69 | 64 |
| 18 | | Hannes Diana | 2055 | GER | 6 | 66 | 61˝ |
| 19 | | Deur Zrinka | 2003 | CRO | 6 | 64˝ | 61 |
| 20 | WFM | Nguyen Thi Diem Huong | 0 | VIE | 6 | 64˝ | 60˝ |
| 21 | | Pham Thi Thu Hien | 2006 | VIE | 6 | 64 | 63˝ |
| 22 | | Shlakich Anna | 2203 | RUS | 6 | 59 | 55˝ |
| 23 | | Richard Emma | 2082 | FRA | 6 | 57˝ | 54 |
| 24 | WFM | Ozturk Kubra | 2254 | TUR | 5˝ | 64 | 60 |
| 47 players |
| Girls U16 |
|---|
| Rank | | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | BH. | BH. |
|---|
| 1 | WFM | Paikidze Nazi | 2292 | GEO | 9 | 74 | 69˝ |
| 2 | WFM | Kulon Klaudia | 2228 | POL | 9 | 73˝ | 68 |
| 3 | WIM | Tsatsalashvili Keti | 2235 | GEO | 8 | 72˝ | 67˝ |
| 4 | WFM | Le Hoang Tran Chau | 2041 | VIE | 7˝ | 69 | 65 |
| 5 | | Abylkassymova Raushan | 1834 | KAZ | 7˝ | 65 | 62 |
| 6 | | Guliyeva Sabina | 2004 | AZE | 7˝ | 63 | 61 |
| 7 | WFM | Eric Jovana | 2146 | SRB | 7 | 73 | 68 |
| 8 | WFM | Repina Varvara | 2258 | RUS | 7 | 69 | 65 |
| 9 | | Shakryan Zozan | 1899 | ARM | 7 | 68 | 63˝ |
| 10 | | Bernales Christy Lamiel | 1998 | PHI | 7 | 67˝ | 63 |
| 11 | | Docena Jedara | 1978 | PHI | 7 | 67 | 63˝ |
| 12 | WFM | Pon N K |
