- 2007-08 Australian Chess Championship
2-11 January. 38 players. All moves in 90 minutes plus 30 seconds a move from the start .
Dejan Antic won the Open tournament.
Open top 3:
|
Player |
Points | Buccholz |
| 1 |
Antic, Dejan |
8,5 | 73 |
| 2 |
Solomon, Stephen J |
8 | 72,5 |
| 3 |
Van Riemsdijk, Herman |
8 | 71,5 |
James Watson and Bob Liang are the winner of Major and Minor categories respectively .
Official site
- 15th Asian Team Chess Championship 2007
|
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
China |
21,5 |
| 2 |
India Reds |
19,5 |
| 3 |
Vietnam |
19 |
Official site
- 5th Asian Women Team Chess Championship 2007
|
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
China |
19,5 |
| 2 |
India Reds |
16,5 |
| 3 |
Vietnam |
11,5 |
Official site
- Reggio Emilia
December 29 , 2007 - January 6, 2008 .
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Almasi, Zoltan | HUN |
6 |
| 2 |
Gashimov, Vugar | AZE |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Ni Hua | CHN |
5,5 |
| 4 |
Harikrishna, P | IND |
5,5 |
more info
- VII Festival Internacional de Ajedrez GEMA
December 26 , 2007 - January 5, 2008 . The tournament took place in Mondariz Balneario , Spain .
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Zong-Yuan Zhao | AUS |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Diego Suarez Pousa | ESP |
6 |
| 3 |
David Larino Nieto | ESP |
5,5 |
more info
- II Chess International Open Illes Medes
December 28 , 2007 - January 4, 2008 . Average rating: 2218
98 players :
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | ESP |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Aroshidze Levan | GEO |
7 |
| 3 |
Czakon Jakub | POL |
7 |
| 4 |
Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP |
7 |
Official site
- Chess ratings 2008
Men : 1- Kramnik 2799
2- Anand 2799
3- Topalov 2794
Women : 1 - Polgar 2707
2- Koneru 2612
3- Xie 2574
Countries : 1 - Russia 2721
2- Ukraine 2680
3- Israel 2636
Official site or top players
- Czech Chess Christmas 2007
26.12.2007 - 1.1.2008 , David Kanovsky from Czech republic won Fide open with 7,5 points 132 players , average rating : 2022,
Swiss system of 9 rounds , 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move
Official site
- 28th Bethune International Open
Sergey Fedorchuk won the 28th Bethune International Open A (Elo > Or = to 1700) which took place from 26th to 30th December 2007 with 7 points ,
2. Vladimir Burmakin 3. Jean-Marc Degraeve
Open B (Elo < Or = to 1900)
1. Thibault Real 2. Christophe Bege 3. Hubert WIillart
Official site
- Ciudad De Pamplona - Magistral
22 - 29 December 2007 . Average rating: 2652 8 players
Final standing :
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP |
4,5 |
| 2 |
Wang, Yue | CHN |
4 |
| 3 |
Jobava, Baadur | GEO |
4 |
Official site
- Russian Championship Superfinals
The Russian Championship Superfinals took place on 17th-30th December 2007.
Men :
Morozevich won with 8 points after Round 11
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
8 |
| 2 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
7 |
| 3 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
6,5 |
Women :
Players:
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Kosintseva, Tatiana |
7 |
| 2 |
Tairova, Elena |
7 |
| 3 |
Ovod, Evgenija |
7 |
| 3 |
Korbut, Ekaterina |
7 |
more details
- Chess Festival Groningen
21 - 30 December 2007 . Harmonie Open A for the players whose rating is greater than 2100 and Harmonie Open B for those are less than 2100. 9 rounds.
Final standing :
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Halkias, Stelios | GRE |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios | GRE |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Ernst, Sipke | NED |
6,5 |
| 4 |
Adly, Ahmed | EGY |
6,5 |
Official site
- Coulsdon "Christmas" International
winners: Colin McNab IM norm event - A ,
Augustin Madan IM norm event - B ,
Marcus Osborne challengers' - event A ,
Gavin Lock challengers' - event B
Official site
- European Rapid Chess Championship
Aleksej Aleksandrov won the 7th Amplico AIG Life International Chess Tournament –
European Rapid Chess Championship which took place in Warsaw on 15th-16th of December 2007
Final :
Aleksej Aleksandrov - Tomasz Markowski : 1,5 - 0,5
Official site
- Gata Kamsky (USA) won the Chess world cup 2007
Chess world cup took place in Khanty-Mansiysk from 22.11.07 to 18.12.07 .
Kamsky, Gata (USA) - Shirov, Alexei (ESP) : 2,5 - 1,5 . The results of final matches
- European Rapid Chess Championship
7th Amplico AIG Life International Chess Tournament –
European Rapid Chess Championship take place in Warsaw on 15th-16th of December 2007
Official site
- Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championships
3-10 December 2007
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buchholz Tie-Breaks |
| 1 |
Ramesh R B | IND |
8,5 | 23 |
| 2 |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND |
8,5 | 21,5 |
| 3 |
Gupta Abhijeet | IND |
8 | 24,5 |
Official site
- European Team Chess Championships 2007
The tournament took place on 27 October to 7 november with the participation of the 40 teams.
- Open Porec 2007
6-9 December 2007
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Fercec Nenad | CRO |
5,5 |
| 2 |
Zaja Ivan | CRO |
5,5 |
All results of Open Porec 2007
- 5th Mediterranean Men & Women Championships
Darko Doric from Croatia is the 5th Mediterranean Men Champion and Lilja Drljevic from Montenegro is the 5th Women Champion in Hammam Sousse, Tunisia. 26th November - 4th December 2007
| MEN Final Ranking |
|
Team | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Doric Darko | CRO |
7 |
| 2 |
Atalik Suat | TUR |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Estremera Panos Sergio | ESP |
6,5 |
|
| WOMEN Final Ranking |
|
Team | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Drljevic Ljilja | MNE |
6 |
| 2 |
Milliet Sophie | FRA |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Sedina Elena | ITA |
5,5 |
|
- Open 'Mediterranean 2013' Rijeka (CRO) 2007
Rijeka from 22.11.07 to 2.12.07 . 112 players
| Final standings |
|
Player |
Country | Points | Bucholz | Rating |
| 1 |
Jovanovic Zoran | CRO |
7 | 43 | 2549 |
| 2 |
Kovacevic Aleksandar | SRB |
7 | 41 | 2554 |
| 3 |
Chatalbashev Boris | BUL |
7 | 40,5 | 2581 |
- Chess oscar goes to Vladimir Kramnik
The Twelfth Chess Oscar goes to Vladimir Kramnik who beat Veselin Topalov in World Championship 2006 after the poll of the chess experts.
- World Youth Chess Championships 2007
Antalya , Turkey
| WINNERS |
|
boys |
girls |
| U-8 |
SAVENKOV Konstantin (RUS) |
FURTADO Ivana Maria (IND) |
| U-10 |
WANG Tong Sen (CHN) |
STYAZHKINA Anna (RUS) |
| U-12 |
NARODITSKY Daniel (USA) |
EFROIMSKI Marsel (ISR) |
| U-14 |
SJUGIROV Sanan (RUS) |
PAIKIDZE Nazi (GEO) |
| U-16 |
CHIRILA Ioan Cristian (ROU) |
TSATSALASHVILI Keti (GEO) |
| U-18 |
POPOV Ivan (RUS) |
GUNINA Valentina (RUS) |
- Arab Teams Chess Championship 2007
13 - 21 November 2007 , Egypt
| Final standings Men |
|
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Egypt |
26 |
| 2 |
Syria | 23,5 |
| 3 |
Algeria | 20,5 |
|
| Final standings Women |
|
Country |
Points | Tie Break2: MatchPoints |
| 1 |
Egypt |
17,5 | 15 |
| 2 |
Syria | 17,5 | 13 |
| 3 |
Iraq | 13,5 | 7 |
|
- 5 th Open du Jura
16 - 18 November 2007 , Delemont . 92 players
| Final standings |
|
Player |
Points | Bucholz | Rating |
| 1 |
Andrei Sokolov |
4,5 | 16,5 | 2588 |
| 2 |
Sebastien Maze | 4,5 | 16,5 |
2576 |
| 3 |
Dejan Bojkov | 4,5 | 16 |
2520 |
- Mikhail Tal Memorial chess tournament
Vladimir Kramnik won the tournament. 9 to 23 November Moscow. Average rating: 2741
round 9
Jakovenko - Shirov : 0,5 - 0,5
Mamedyarov - Alekseev : 0,5 - 0,5
Ivanchuk - Kramnik : 0,5 - 0,5
Carlsen - Kamsky : 0,5 - 0,5
Gelfand - Leko : 0,5 - 0,5
- 34th Women’s National A Chess Championship of India
Tania Sachdev won Indian Women’s Championship
| Final standings |
|
Player |
Points | Bucholz | Rating |
| 1 |
Tania Sachdev |
8 | 66 | 2413 |
| 2 |
Kiran Manisha Mohanty | 8 | 64,5 |
2263 |
| 3 |
Soumya Swaminathan | 8 | 63,5 |
2244 |
- Chess Champions League 2007
Chess Champions League took place from November 1st to 15th, 2007, in Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain.
Final standings :
| - |
Name |
Player |
Country |
Rating |
| 1 |
Topalov Veselin |
BUL |
7 | 2769 |
| 2 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
UKR |
5,5 | 2705 |
| 3 |
Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter |
ROU |
5 | 2668 |
| 4 |
Polgar Judit |
HUN |
5 | 2708 |
| 5 |
Kasımdzhanov Rustam |
UZB |
4,5 | 2690 |
| 6 |
Karpov Anatoly |
RUS |
3 | 2670 |
Official site
|
- Open liberec 2007
The chess tournament takes place on 11-17 november in Liberec. 137 players
- International Ataturk chess festival 2007-open
The chess tournament took place in Adana Turkey on 2-9 November 2007 with the participation of the 149 players.
| Final standings open |
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Sulashvili Malkhaz | GEO |
8 |
| 2 |
Zarkua Davit | GEO |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Yilmaz Turhan | TUR |
7,5 |
|
- European team championship
| Final standings men |
|
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Russia |
17 |
| 2 |
Armenia |
14 |
| 3 |
Azerbaijan |
13 |
|
| Final standings women |
|
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Russia |
17 |
| 2 |
Poland |
13 |
| 3 |
Armenia |
13 |
|
- 2007 Elwood Chess Championship
Darryl Johansen won the tournament which took place on 3 - 6 November with the participation of 86 players with 6 Points
- 31st World Chess Problem Solving Championship
John Nunn won the chess tournament which took place in Rhodes, Greece
| Final standings |
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
John Nunn | GBR |
89 |
| 2 |
Georgy Evseev | RUS |
83,5 |
| 3 |
Piotr Murdzia | POL |
83 |
- 7 th Open Rohde
The tournament takes place on 27 October to 3 november . 200 players
- Ivanchuk - Leko rapid match
Ivanchuk won the rapid match. Match takes place in in Mukachevo ( Ukraine) on 24 - 31/10/2007 (12 rounds, rapid, 10 min + 10 sec per move)
|
|
r1 |
r2 |
r3 |
r4 |
r5 |
r6 |
r7 |
r8 |
r9 |
r10 |
r11 |
r12 |
tie break r13 |
tie break r14 |
TOTAL |
| UKR |
Ivanchuk |
0,5 |
1 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
1 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0 |
0,5 |
0 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
1 |
7,5 |
| HUN |
Leko |
0,5 |
0 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
1 |
0,5 |
1 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0 |
6,5 |
- Guernsey International Chess Festival
The 33rd Festival will be held from 21st to 27th October 2007 . 68 players in Open , 49 for Holiday tournament.
| Final standings |
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Hillarp-Persson | SWE |
6 |
| 2 |
Epishin | RUS |
5,5 |
| 3 |
van der Linde | NED |
5,5 |
- Heviz 2007
Heviz 2007 took place on 24 - 31/10/2007
| Final standings |
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buchholz |
| 1 |
Szalanczy, Emiln | HUN |
6 | 39,5 |
| 2 |
Wilke, Werner | AUT |
6 | 38,5 |
| 3 |
Mittermayr, Gerhard | Aut |
6 | 33 |
- IV Calvia chess festival international open
The tournament took place from 15th-23th October, 2007, in the Polideportivo Municipal de Magaluf. 144 players in international category.
| Final standings |
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz |
| 1 |
Mikhalevski Victor | ISR |
8 | 47 |
| 2 |
Spraggett Kevin | CAN |
7 | 44,5 |
| 3 |
Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO |
6,5 | 51 |
| 4 |
Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR |
6,5 | 48,5 |
| 5 |
Berg Emanuel | SWE |
6,5 | 46,5 |
| 6 |
Godena Michele | ITA |
6,5 | 46,5 |
| 7 |
Wojtaszek Radoslaw | ITA |
6,5 | 45,5 |
| 8 |
Arencibia Rodriguez Walter | CUB |
6,5 | 45,5 |
| 9 |
Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan | GEO |
6,5 | 44 |
| 10 |
Heberla Bartlomiej | POL |
6,5 | 43,5 |
| 11 |
Strikovic Aleksa | SRB |
6,5 | 42,5 |
- Essent Chess Tournament Crown Group
14-20 October . Average rating: 2671
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan won the tournament with 4,5 Points
Round 6 :
Ponomariov - Van Wely : 0 - 1
Andriasian - Mamedyarov : 0 - 1
- 7th Winterthur Chess Week 2007
7th Winterthur 2007 Open tournament took place between 5 - 13 October 2007 with the participation of 123 players .
| Final standings |
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz |
| 1 |
Buhmann, Rainer | GER |
7,5 | 48 |
| 2 |
Malakhatko,Vadim | BEL |
7,5 | 47 |
| 3 |
Jenni,Florian | SUI |
7 | 48,5 |
- 23rd European Club Cup 2007
Tournament took place in Kemer, Antalya , Turkey. 2 - 9 Ocober 2007
Men : 56 teams , Women : 18 teams.
| MEN Final Ranking |
|
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Linex Magic - Merida |
13 |
| 2 |
Ural Sverdlovskaya |
12 |
| 3 |
Tomsk-400 |
11 |
| 4 |
OSC Baden-Baden e.V. |
11 |
|
| WOMEN Final Ranking |
|
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo |
11 |
| 2 |
AVS Krasnoturinsk |
11 |
| 3 |
MIKA Yerevan |
10 |
| 4 |
Southern Ural Cheliabinsk |
10 |
| 5 |
Finec St.Petersburg |
10 |
|
- XVIII. Internationale Gocher Open 2007
Miezis,Normunds won Gocher Open tournament which took place between 04.10. - 07.10.2007 with the participation of 138 players .
- Baltic Sea Chess Stars tournament
International youth team competition The Baltic Sea Chess Stars tournament will take place from October 8-13, 2007 .
The team size is 10 youths (5 girls and 5 boys) – each country’s chess champions from 10-18 years old (1 representative from each age category). Chess teams from Baltic Sea countries have been invited to the competition.
- Corfu International Chess Festival 2007
2-10 October . Players and their ratings:
GM Savchenko Stanislav 2571 - IM Kapnisis Spyridon 2412 -
FM Nikolaidis Konstantinos 2316 - IM Bronznik Valerij 2402 -
Simeonidis Ioannis 2309 - IM Shavtvaladze Nikoloz 2386 -
GM Shneider Aleksandr 2537 - IM Dembo Yelena 2464 -
GM Karpatchev Aleksandr 2466 - IM Khetsuriani Besarion 2367
- Miami chess open
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the 2007 Miami chess open! 9 round open chess tournament . Total 49 players .
- 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man
16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International Masters tournament
22 September - 30 September 2007. An open 9-round Swiss system.
. 98 players . Ratings of 11 players are over 2600.
Final standings :
| - |
Name |
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Bartel, Mateusz |
POL |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Efimenko, Zahar |
UKR |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Golod, Vitali |
ISR |
6,5 |
| 4 |
Kobalia, Mikhail |
RUS |
6,5 |
| 5 |
Roiz, Michael |
ISR |
6,5 |
| 6 |
Yakovich, Yuri |
RUS |
6,5 |
| total 86 players Official site |
- World Chess Championship 2007
Vishwanathan Anand is the new world Chess Champion 2007
round 14
Svidler - Grischuk : 1 - 0
Anand - Leko : 0,5 - 0,5
Morozevich - Gelfand : 0,5 - 0,5
Kramnik - Aronian : 1 - 0
- OPEN Tatry 2007
Peter Vavrak won the tournament which took place in Slovakia with the participation of 203 players during 22-29.9.2007.
- 17th Chess Senior World Championship
Butnorius Algimantas won the tournament took place in Mexico City, Mexico during 17th to 28th September 2007 in Gmunden/ Austria .Seniors: men born before 01.01.1947, women born before 01.01.1957
Final standings:
|
Name | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Butnorius Algimantas | LTU |
9 |
| 2 |
Vasiukov Evgeni | RUS |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Jansa Vlastimil | CZE |
8,5 |
| 4 |
Shabanov Yuri | RUS |
8,5 |
| total 233 players : Official site |
- 17th European Youth Chess Championship 2007
Final results of 17th European Youth Chess Championship in Croatia. Totel players : 758 : 449 boys , 329 girls
U18 boys :
1- Saric Ivan CRO 7 points
2- Edouard Romain FRA 7 points
3- Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 7 points
U18 girls :
1- Ivakhinova Inna RUS 7,5 points
2- Leks Hanna POL 7 points
- Asian Individual Chess Championship
Tournament takes place in Philippines with the participation of 72 players.
- 6th Izmir International Open Chess Tournament
Tornike Sanikidze from Georgia won the tournament with 8 points.
|
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Tornike Sanikidze |
8 |
| 2 |
Malkhaz Sulashvili |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Suat Atalik |
7,5 |
| 4 |
Konstantine Shanava |
7,5 |
| total 192 players : Official site |
- 6th Georgiev - Kesarovski Memorial
10 - 18 September 2007 in Bulgaria , 118 players
Krasimir Rusev won the tournament with 8 points.
|
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Rusev Krasimir |
8 |
| 2 |
Nikolov Momchil |
7 |
| 3 |
Dimitrov Pavel |
7 |
| total 119 players : Official site |
- Riviera dei Cedri chess festival
Open A tournament will take place in Grisolia during 12 - 15/09/2007 with the participation of 35 players.
- The 60th Championship of Russia
Final standings: top 6 players :Rychagov, Vitiugov, Dreev, Amonatov, Tomashevsky, Timofeev
- Asian Women Chess Championship
2 - 12 September 2007 in Tehran, Iran
32 players , ELO between 2000 - 2433 .
| - |
Name |
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Tania, Sachdev |
IND |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Ruan, Lufei |
CHN |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Nguyen, Thi Thanh An |
VIE |
6 |
| 4 |
Mohota, Nisha |
IND |
6 |
| 5 |
Le, Thanh Tu |
VIE |
6 |
| total 32 players Official site |
- African Individual Chess Championships
The tournament took place on 31 August - 11 September 2007.
| Men |
| - |
Name |
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Gwaze Robert |
ZIM |
7 |
| 2 |
Aderito Pedro |
ANG |
6,5 |
| 3 |
El Gindy Essam |
EGY |
6,5 |
| 4 |
Amin Bassem |
EGY |
6,5 |
| 5 |
Adly Ahmed |
EGY |
6,5 |
| total 48 players Official site |
| Women |
| - |
Name |
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Mona Khaled |
EGY |
8 |
| 2 |
Solomons Anzel |
RSA |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Alaa El Din Yosra |
EGY |
6 |
| total 16 players Official site |
- Liverpool Chess International 2007
final result , China : 28 - UK : 20
| rounds |
China |
UK |
| round 1 |
5 |
3 |
| round 2 |
5 |
3 |
| round 3 |
3 |
5 |
| round 4 |
5 |
3 |
| round 5 |
5,5 |
2,5 |
| round 6 |
4,5 |
3,5 |
| |
28 |
20 |
UK team : GM Michael Adams 2724 , GM Nigel Short 2683 ,
Jonathan Rowson 2599 , GM Nick Pert 2536 , GM Gawain Jones 2526 , GM David Howell 2519 , IM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 2418 , IM Jovanka Houska 2401
Average ELO: 2551
China team :GM Wang Yue 2696 , GM Bu Xiangzhi 2685 , GM Ni Hua 2681 , GM Zhang Pengxiang 2649 ,GM Wang Hao 2626 ,WGM Hou Yifan 2523 ,WGM Shen Yang 2439 ,WFM Ding Yixin 2278
Average ELO: 2571
- 6th International Istanbul Chess Festival
Mikhail Gurevich from Turkey won the tournament took place with the participation of 505 players between 28 August - 8 September 2007
| rank | Player | Country | Pts |
| 1 | Gurevich Mikhail | TUR | 8 |
| 2 | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 7,5 |
| 3 | Gasanov Eldar | UKR | 7,5 |
| 4 | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 7,5 |
| 5 | Margvelashvili Giorgi | GEO | 7,5 |
| 6 | Aroshidze Levan | GEO | 7,5 |
| 7 | Shanava Konstantine | GEO | 7,5 |
| 8 | Pashikian Arman | ARM | 7,5 |
| 9 | WGM Zakurdiyeva İrina | RUS | 7,5 |
| 10 | Arutinian David | GEO | 7,5 |
| 11 | Lomsadze Davit | GEO | 7,5 |
| 12 | Safarlı Eltaj | AZE | 7,5 |
| total 550 players . Official site |
- 9. Trieste International Chess Festival
The tournament took place on 1 - 8 September 2007.
Average rating : 2263
Total players : 36
Final standings:
| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Points |
Buchholz Tie-Breaks |
| 1 |
Tiviakov Sergei |
NED |
7 |
41 |
| 2 |
Baklan Vladimir |
UKR |
7 |
39,5 |
| 3 |
Caruana Fabiano |
ITA |
6,5 |
39 |
| 4 |
Hendriks Willy |
NED |
6 |
40,5 |
| 5 |
Borisek Jure |
RUS |
6 |
39 |
| 6 |
Bagaturov Giorgi |
GEO |
6 |
36 |
| total 36 players . Official site |
- 5th Abierto Internacional
Khamrakulov Dzhurabek from Uzbekistan won the tournament which took place with the participation of 101 players between 25 August - 2 September 2007
-
NH chess tournament
average ELO 2609
Rising Stars team 26,5 - Experience team 23,5
Karjakin won the tournament.
round 10:
Karjakin - Beliavsky : 1 - 0
Negi - Nikolic : 0,5 - 0,5
Smeets - Khalifman : 0,5 - 0,5
Stellwagen - Jussupow : 1 - 0
Cheparinov - Ljubojevic : 0,5 - 0,5
- China vs Russia
China beats Russia 52.5 - 47.5
men : China - Russia = 25.5 - 24.5
women: China - Russia = 27 - 23
- XII International Chess Festival
Konik Morski Rewala 2007
Final standings:
1. IM CZAKON, Jakub , POL , 7.5 points , ELO: 2505
2. FM CHOJNACKI, Krzysztof , POL 7.0 points , ELO:2372
3. m ORZECH, Dominik , POL , 7.0 points , ELO:2394
-
EUWE Stimulans
Amon Simutowe from Zambia won the tournamnet.
Final round :
Puchen Wang - Nona Gaprindashvili : 1 - 0
Amon Simutowe - Dibyendu Barua : 0.5 - 0.5
Vincent Rothuis - Helgi Ziska : 0 - 1
Willy Hendriks - Bianca Muhren : 0.5 - 0.5
Oscar Panno - Friðrik Ólafsson : 0.5 - 0.5
- Championnat de France - National
Final standings , top three :
1. VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime 7,5 points
2. TKACHIEV Vladislav 7,5 points
3. SOKOLOV Andrei 7 points
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The 5th Staunton Memorial Tournament 2007
Holland : 38 - U.K. : 28
Top three
1.Michael Adams UK 8,5 points
2.Loek Van Wely HOL 7,5 points
3.Ivan Sokolov HOL 7,5 points
round 11 :
Colin McNab - Jan Werle :0.5 - 0.5
Ivan Sokolov - Michael Adams : 0.5 - 0.5
Loek Van Wely - Jonathan Speelman : 0.5 - 0.5
Jan Timman - Gawain Jones : 0 - 1
Jan Smeets - Erwin L'Ami : 0.5 - 0.5
Peter Wells - Jovanka Houska : 0.5 - 0.5
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Marx György Memorial
Acs won the tournament. Tournament took place in Hungary between 4-15 August.
Average rating : 2582 ,
Category : 14
round 10 :
Korchnoi - Acs: 0 - 1
Balogh - Harikrishna: 0,5 - 0,5
Hou - Berkes: 0,5 - 0,5
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CMMB Caribbean Chess Championships
Central America & Caribbean Zonal Chess Championship 2007 takes place in Barbados. Humberto Pecorelli-Garcia from Cuba leads after 5.round
1 Pecorelli-Garcia, Humberto CUB 4,5 points
2-3 Simutowe, Amon ZAM 4 points
Pitterson, Jomo JAM 4 points
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16 th Open International tournament of Kavala
It took place in Kavala between 4-12 August with 145 players in group A 234 players in group B . Ivan Ivanisevic won the tournament :
| rank | Player | Pts |
| 1 | Ivanisevic Ivan | 7,5 |
| 2 | Kotronias Vasilios | 7 |
| 3 | Gelashvili Tamaz | 6,5 |
| 4 | Banikas Hristos | 6,5 |
| 5 | Halkias Stelios | 6,5 |
| 6 | Danielian Elina | 6,5 |
| 7 | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | 6,5 |
| | Milanovic Danilo | 6,5 |
| 9 | Nikolov Momchil | 6,5 |
| 10 | Oleksienko Mikhailo | 6,5 |
| 11 | Margvelashvili Giorgi | 6,5 |
| 12 | Dimitrov Pavel | 6,5 |
| total 145 players . Official site |
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World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007
World Youth U16 Olympiad 2007 took place in Singapore. India won the tournament
| rank | country | Pts |
| 1. | India | 28 |
| 2. | Hungary | 27,5 |
| 3. | Philippines | 25,5 |
| 4. | Uzbekistan | 24,5 |
| 5. | Australia 1 | 24 |
| 6. | Turkey | 23,5 |
| 7. | Indonesia | 23,5 |
| total 34 countries . Official site |
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Arctic Chess Challenge 2007
Alexander Moiseenko won the tournament. Arctic Chess Challenge 2007 took place in Tromso between 4-12 August with the participation of 99 players. Alexander Moiseenko
Top 4 players:
1. Alexander Moiseenko UKR 7,5 pts
2. Kjetil A. Lie NOR 7 pts
3. Vugar Gashimov AZE 7 pts
4. Magnus Carlsen NOR 7 pts
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International Tournament "Pays de Charleroi" 2007 July 28th - August 4th, 2007
Tigran Gharamian won the tournament.
1. Tigran Gharamian 6,5 points
2. Vladimir Georgiev 6 points
3. Aloyzas Kveinys 5 points
4. Igor Rausis 5 points
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Curacao Chess festival 2007
Victor Mikhalevski won the tournament. Final standings
1. Mikhalevski, Victor 7,5 points
2. Shabalov, Alexander 7
3. Tate, Emory 6,5
4. Benjamin, Joel 6,5
- 40 th International Chess Festival Biel 23 July - 4 August 2007
Magnus Carlsen is winner of Grandmaster Tournament.
Final Standings :
| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Points |
Sober |
| 1 |
Magnus Carlsen |
NOR |
5,5 |
24,25 |
| 2 |
Alexander Onischuk |
USA |
5,5 |
23 |
| 3 |
Yannick Pelletier |
SUI |
5 |
22 |
| 4 |
Judit Polgar |
HUN |
5 |
21,75 |
| 5 |
Alexander Grischuk |
RUS |
5 |
21,50 |
| 6 |
Teimour Radjabov |
AZE |
5 |
20,75 |
| 7 |
Bu Xianghzi |
CHN |
3,5 |
16,25 |
| 8 |
Loek Van Wely |
LAT |
3,5 |
15,75 |
| 9 |
Alexander Motylev |
RUS |
3,5 |
15,50 |
| 10 |
Boris Avrukh |
ISR |
3,5 |
14,75 |
- 2007 International Women's Grand-Prix Finale
Pia Cramling won the International Women's Grand-Prix Finale.
round 7 :
Rajlich, Iweta - Roy, Myriam : 1 - 0
Foisor, Cristina Adela - Houska, Jovanka : 0,5 - 0,5
Javakhishvili, Lela - Krush, Irina : 1 - 0
Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan - Cramling, Pia : 0 - 1
Standings and previous rounds
- 8th Montreal international chess tournament Empresa
Vassily Ivanchuk is the winner of this international chess tournament Empresa
round 9:
Sergei Tiviakov - Pascal Charbonneau : 0,5 - 0,5
Vassily Ivanchuk - Pentala Harikrishna : 1 - 0
Emil Sutovsky - Kamil Miton : 1 - 0
Nigel Short - Mark Bluvshtein : 0 - 1
Gata Kamsky - Pavel Eljanov : 0 - 1
Standings and previous rounds
- Czech open 2007
Tournament has started on July 20 with the participation of 429 players
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2007 Canadian Open - final standing
Xiangzhi Bu is winner.
| 1 |
Xiangzhi Bu |
8.0 |
| 2 |
Nigel D. Short |
7.5 |
| 3 |
Kamil Miton |
7.5 |
| 4 |
Chanda Sandipan |
7.5 |
| 5 |
Tomas Krnan |
7.5 |
| 6 |
Bator Sambuev |
7.5 |
| total 280 players . Click for full standing |
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European Youth Chess Team Championship Boys U-18
7 th round:
Bulgaria - Croatia : 2 - 2
Hungary -Serbia 3 : 3,5 - 0,5
Turkey -Serbia 2 : 3,5 - 0,5
Slovakia - Montenegro : 4 - 0
Serbia 1 - Spartak : 4 - 0
Finland - Scotland : 3 - 1
Standings and previous rounds
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Standings of 7.chess festival Brno 2007 :
| Rank |
Name |
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Bernasek Jan |
CZE |
8,5 |
| 2 |
Zilka Stepan |
CZE |
7 |
| 3 |
Ivanov Mikhail M |
RUS |
7 |
|
Brener Ilja |
GER |
7 |
| 5 |
Polak Tomas |
CZE |
6 |
| 6 |
Chytilek Roman |
CZE |
5,5 |
| 7 |
Popchev Milko |
BUL |
5 |
| 8 |
Cernousek Lukas |
CZE |
4,5 |
| 9 |
Jirka Jiri |
CZE |
4,5 |
| 10 |
Savage Ben D |
ENG |
4 |
| 11 |
Rogule Laura |
LAT |
3,5 |
| 12 |
Radovanovic Jovica |
SRB |
3,5 |
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Anand has won XX. Torneo Magistral de Leon
Anand - Ponomariov: 3 - 1
Topalov - Kasimdzhanov: 2,5 - 1,5
Final : Anand - Topalov: 3 - 1
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III International Rapid tournament Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup
Vasily Ivanchuk wins.
The final standings:
| Rang |
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Ivanchuk |
7 |
| 2 |
Grischuk |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Radjabov |
5,5 |
| 4 |
Shirov |
5,5 |
| 5 |
Gelfand |
5 |
| 6 |
Drozdovskij |
4 |
| 7 |
Bacrot |
3,5 |
| 8 |
Korchnoi |
3 |
| 9 |
Smirin |
2,5 |
| 10 |
Tukmakov |
2,5 |
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July 2007 chess ratings : Top players & countries
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Dortmund 2007 chess tournament
Kramnik won Dortmund 2007 chess tournament
Final round , 7th round :
Carlsen - Anand : 0,5 - 0,5
Leko - Mamedjarow 1 : 0,5 - 0,5
Naiditsch - Gelfand : 0,5 - 0,5
Alexejew - Kramnik : 0,5 - 0,5
Standings and previous rounds
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Aerosvit 2007 chess tournament
Final round :
Dominguez - Eljanov : 0,5 - 0,5
Shirov - Ivanchuk : 0 - 1
Svidler - Jakovenko : 1 - 0
Karjakin - Onischuk : 0,5 - 0,5
Nisipeanu - Sasikiran : 0,5 - 0,5
Van Wely - Rublevsky : 0,5 - 0,5
Standings and previous rounds
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Gorenje tournament Valjevo 2007
Michael Roiz and Suat Atalik finished with 6.5 : Roiz first on better tiebreaks
9th round:
Roiz - Atalik : 0,5 - 0,5
Pavasovic - Karpov : 0,5 - 0,5
Stojanovic - Ivanisevic : 0,5 - 0,5
Damljanovic - Georgiev : 0 - 1
Iordachescu - Nikolic . 0 - 1
Standings and previous rounds
- 2007 World Championship - Round 2
Final results :
1) Aronian Levon (ARM) - Shirov Alexei (ESP) : 3,5 - 2,5
2) Leko Peter (HUN) - Bareev Evgeny (RUS) : 3,5 - 1,5
3) Grischuk Alexander (RUS) - Rublevsky Sergei (RUS): 5,5 - 3,5 (after tie break : 2,5 - 0,5 ); 3 - 3
4) Kamsky Gata (USA) - Gelfand Boris (ISR): 1,5 - 3,5
Leko , Gelfand ,Aronian and Grischuk qualified for the final stage of the World Championship in Mexico City .
Read more on official site
- 7th European Individual Senior Championship
Nukhim Rashkovsky is new European Senior Champion
– Elena Fatalibekova wins ladies competition
| Rang |
Player |
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Rashkovsky,Nukhim |
RUS |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Butnorius,Algiman |
LTU |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Murey,Jacob |
ISR |
7 |
| 4 |
Jansa,Vlastimil |
CZE |
7 |
| 5 |
Farago,Ivan |
HUN |
7 |
| 6 |
Uhlmann,Wolfgang |
GER |
7 |
| 7 |
Klovans,Janis |
LAT |
6,5 |
| 8 |
Khanukov,Boris |
GER |
6,5 |
| 9 |
Donchenko,Anatoly |
GER |
6,5 |
| 10 |
Tseitlin,Mark D |
ISR |
6,5 |
| total : 158 players |
Read more on official site
- 2007 World Championship - Round 1 :
16 Candidate matches -
:
1) Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) - Aronian, Levon (ARM) : 5 - 7 (after tie break : 2 - 4 ); 3 - 3
2) Leko, Peter (HUN) - Gurevich, Mikhail (TUR) : 3,5 - 0,5
3) Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) - Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS): 2,5 - 3,5
4) Gelfand, Boris (ISR) - Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) :5,5 - 3,5 (after tie break : 2,5 - 0,5 ); 3 - 3
5) Kamsky, Gata (USA) - Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) : 3,5 - 0,5
6) Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS):3,5 - 1,5
7) Polgar, Judith (HUN) - Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) :2,5 - 3,5
8) Adams, Michael (ENG) - Shirov, Alexei (ESP) : 3,5 - 5,5 (after tie break : 0,5 - 2,5 ); 3 - 3
Aronian , Leko , Kamsky , Rublevsky , Gelfand, Grischuk , Bareev and Shirov qualify to Round 2
Round 2 will be played as of 6 June until 14 June 2007.
Read more on official site
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