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25. International Böblinger Open
December 26-30, Böblingen, Germany
Moves: 9 rounds Swiss system, 40 moves in 2 hours + 30 Minutes to the end game
90 players
Final standings, top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Sumets, Andrey | UKR |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Gharamian, Tigran | FRA |
7 |
| 3 |
Abbasov, Farid | AZE |
7 |
| 4 |
Lauber, Arnd | GER |
7 |
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Elista chess grand prix
Decembre 14-28, Elista, Russia
Average rating : 2712
Final round :
Round 13 :
Gashimov Vugar - Kasimzhanov Rustam : 0,5 - 0,5
Eljanov Pavel - Inarkiev Ernesto : 1 - 0
Alexeev Evgeny - Jakovenko Dmitry : 0,5 - 0,5
Wang Yue - Leko Peter : 0,5 - 0,5
Akopian Vladimir - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar : 0,5 - 0,5
Grischuk Alexander - Radjabov Teimour : 0,5 - 0,5
Cheparinov Ivan - Bacrot Etienne: 0,5 - 0,5
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World chess open Leon
Decembre 26-28, Leon, Spain
Moves: 40 minutes per player + 3 second increment per move.
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Bareev, Eugeny | RUS |
7,5 | 52 |
| 2 |
Yussupow, Artur | GER |
7,5 | 49,5 |
| 3 |
Shirov, Alexei | ESP |
7,5 | 49,5 |
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Nanjing Pearl Spring chess tournament
Decembre 10-22, Nanjing, China
Average rating : 2752
Topalov won the tournament.
Round 10
Topalov Veselin - Movsesian Sergei : 0,5 - 0,5
Ivanchuk Vassily - Bu Xiangzhi : 1 - 0
Aronian Levon - Svidler Peter : 0,5 - 0,5
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Brazil chess championship
Decembre 7-16, Porto Alegre, Brazil
12 players.
Average rating : 2470
Round 11 , Final round
Alexandr Fier - Carlos Alberto Barreto Filho : 1 - 0
Andre Diamant - Giovanni Vescovi : 0,5 - 0,5
Darcy Lima - Gilberto Milos : 0 - 1
Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian - Rafael Leitao: 0,5 - 0,5
Diego Rafael Di Berardino - Jorge Bittencourt : 1 - 0
Allan Gattas - Silvio Eduardo Oliveira : 0 - 1
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III International Open Chess City of Palma, Iberostar Trophy
December 6 - 14 , Palma
128 players from 26 countries:
Swiss system 9 rounds.
time: 90 minutes per player is set for the whole game, with a 30 seconds increase per movement.
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Haslinger, Stewart G | ENG |
7,5 | - |
| 2 |
Svetushkin, Dmitry | MDA |
7 | 43 |
| 3 |
Safarli, Eltaj | AZE |
7 | 41,5 |
| 4 |
Cabrera, Alexis | ESP |
7 | 41 |
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Benidorm international
November 28 - Decembre 8, Benidorm, Spain
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR |
8 |
| 2 |
Shirov, Alexei | ESP |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Tiviakov, Sergei | NED |
5,5 |
| 4 |
Lahno, Kateryna | UKR |
4 |
| 5 |
Vila Gazquez, Xavier | ESP |
3 |
| 6 |
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | ESP |
2 |
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Figueira da Foz chess tournament
Novembre 30 - December 7 , Portugal
51 players.
Average rating : 2356
Swiss system 9 rounds.
time: 1h 30 minutes + 30 seconds per move.
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Spraggett Kevin | CAN |
7,5 | 19575 |
| 2 |
Kovalyov Anton | CRO |
7,5 | 19562 |
| 3 |
Paunovic Dragan | CRO |
7,5 | 19023 |
Tie Break: Sum of the ratings of the opponents
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12th International Tournament Zenica
Novembre 29 - December 6 , Zenica , Bosnia-Herzegovina
10 players.
Average rating : 2356
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Dizdarevic Emir | BIH |
7 |
| 2 |
Martinovic Slobodan | SRB |
6 |
| 3 |
Rezan Sasa | CRO |
5,5 |
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Open Mediterranean Rijeka
Novembre 29 - December 6 , Rijeka , Croatia
141 players.
Average rating : 2081
90 minutes per player + 30 extra seconds for each move
Final Standings , top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Saric Ivan | CRO |
7,5 | - |
| 2 |
Bosiocic Marin | CRO |
7 | 43 |
| 3 |
Jovanic Ognjen | CRO |
7 | 43 |
| 4 |
Predojevic Borki | BIH |
7 | 42 |
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68th Italy Individual Championship
December 2 - 15 , Italy
11 players:
MI Sabino Brunello, MI Fabio Bruno, GM Fabiano Caruana, MI Daniel Contin, MF Danyyil Dvirnyy, GM Carlos Garcia Palermo, MI Daniele Genocchio, GM Michele Godenir, MI Pierluigi Piscopo, MI Denis Rombaldoni, MI Luca Shytaj, MF Alessio Valsecchi
Average rating: 2671
Swiss system 11 rounds.
time: 100 minutes for 40 moves + 50 for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move.
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Caruana Fabiano |
8 |
| 2 |
Godena Michele |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Bruno Fabio |
7 |
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XXXII International Open Vicente Bonil
Novembre 29-30, Almeria, Spain
Final Standings , top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Suba Mihai | ROU |
7 |
| 2 |
Dreev Alexey | RUS |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Milov Vadim | SUI |
6,5 |
| 4 |
Perez Mitjans Orelvis | CUB |
6,5 |
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Remco Heite Chess tournament
Novembre 29-30,
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
L'Ami, Erwin |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Nijboer, Friso |
7 |
| 3 |
Saulin, Dmitri |
6,5 |
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15th International Tournament Tuzla
Novembre 11-27, Tuzla, Bosna-Herzegovina
9 round,
Average rating: 2300
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Budimir Boris | BIH |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Guidarelli Laurent | CRO |
6 |
| 3 |
Abergel Thal | BIH |
6 |
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38th Chess Olympiad 2008 Dresden
Novembre 12-25, Dresden, Germany
11 round,
154 teams in men's division, 116 in women's division.
Armenia won gold medal in men section , Georgia in women section.
Round 11 men
China - Armenia : 1,5 - 2,5
Lithuania - Germany 1 : 1,5 - 2,5
USA - Ukraine : 3,5 - 0,5
Israel - Netherlands : 2,5 - 1,5
Russia - Spain : 2 - 2
France - Azerbaijan : 1,5 - 2,5
Vietnam- Serbia : 2,5 - 1,5
Hungary - Belarus : 2,5 - 1,5
Georgia - Romania : 2,5 - 1,5
Germany 2 - Turkey : 2 - 2
Round 11 women
Poland - Ukraine : 1,5 - 2,5
Germany 1 - Sweden : 3 - 1
Georgia - Serbia : 3 - 1
USA - France : 2,5 - 1,5
Netherlands - Russia : 1,5 - 2,5
Latvia - Turkey : 2 - 2
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40th Vaucluse Open
Novembre 2-5, Avignon, France
Brih Said won the tournament with 6 points.
Final Standings , top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Brih Said | FRA |
6 | 25,5 |
| 2 |
Guidarelli Laurent | FRA |
6 | 25 |
| 3 |
Abergel Thal | FRA |
5,5 | 25 |
| 4 |
Dobrev Nanko | BUL |
5,5 | 20 |
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Bavarian chess championship
Novembre 1-9, Bad Wiessee, Germany
Edouard, Romain won the tournament with 7,5 points.
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Ehlvest, Jaan | USA |
7 |
| 2 |
Ivanov, Alexander | USA |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Friedel, Joshua | USA |
6,5 |
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Pan American-Continental Championship 2008
Jaan Ehlvest USA won the tournament.
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Ehlvest, Jaan | USA |
7 |
| 2 |
Ivanov, Alexander | USA |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Friedel, Joshua | USA |
6,5 |
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World Blitz Championship
November 7-8 Kazakhistan
Dominguez Perez won the tournament.
Final Standings , top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB |
11,5 |
| 2 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR |
10 |
| 3 |
Svidler, Peter | RUS |
10 |
| 4 |
Grischuk, Alexander | RUS |
10 |
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Rakovnik chess tournament
August 9 - 16
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Neuman Petr | CZE |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Stocek Jiri | CZE |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Sergeev Vladimir | UKR |
6 |
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Acropolis International Tournament
August 9 - 17
Athens, Greece
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Smirin Ilia | ISR |
7 |
| 2 |
Parligras Mircea | ROU |
7 |
| 3 |
Dzagnidze Nana | GEO |
6,5 |
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World Junior Chess Championship
August 2 - 15
Gaziantep,Turkey
109 boys, 68 girls
Final Standings Junior, top 7
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
GUPTA Abhijeet | IND |
10 |
| 2 |
NEGI Parimerjan | IND |
9,5 |
| 3-7 |
BRAUN Arik | GER |
9 |
| 3-7 |
HOWELL David | ENG |
9 |
| 3-7 |
SAFARLI Eltaj | AZE |
9 |
| 3-7 |
HOU Yifan | CHN |
9 |
| 3-7 |
AMIN Bassem | EGY |
9 |
Final Standings Junior Girls, top 5
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
HARIKA Dronavalli | IND |
10,5 |
| 2-5 |
MUZYCHUK Mariya | UKR |
9 |
| 2-5 |
OZTURK Kubra | TUR |
9 |
| 2-5 |
GOMES Mary Ann | IND |
9 |
| 2-5 |
PAIKIDZE Nazi | GEO |
9 |
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FIDE Grand Prix Sochi 2008
July 30 - August 15
Aronian Levon (ARM) won 2nd FIDE Grand Prix
Round 13 :
Navara David - Kamsky Gata : 0 - 1
Ivanchuk Vassily - Wang Yue : 0,5 - 0,5
Aronian Levon - Grischuk Alexander : 1 - 0
Karjakin Sergey - Radjabov Teimour : 0 - 1
Al-Modiahki Mohamad - Gelfand Boris : 0,5 - 0,5
Jakovenko Dmitry - Cheparinov Ivan : 1 - 0
Gashimov Vugar - Svidler Peter : 0 - 1
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Romanian open
August 10 - 17
Romania
9 round swiss system
90 min/game and 30 sec/move from the first move
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Arctic Chess Challenge 2008
August 2-10
Tromso, Norway
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Igor Kurnosov | RUS |
7,5 | - |
| 2 |
Simen Agdestein | NOR |
7 | 45,5 |
| 3 |
Matthew J Turner | SWE |
7 | 45 |
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7th Najdorf International
August 2-10
Warsaw, Poland
Tournament A is round-robin GM tournament
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Nyback, Tomi | FIN |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Berg, Emanuel | SWE |
5,5 |
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British Championship
July 28 - August 8
Liverpool
70 Players
time control : First 40 moves in 120 mins. Next 20 moves in 60 mins. 30 mins to completion
Stuart Conquest is champion after the play-off against Keith Arkell : 1,5 - 0,5 .
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Conquest, Stuart |
8 |
| 2 |
Arkell, Keith C |
8 |
| 3 |
Davies, Nigel R |
7,5 |
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Istanbul chess festival
July 30 - August 8
Istanbul
386 players from 11 countries : 13 GM, 6 WGM, 6 IM,5 WIM 10 FM
Swiss (Berlin) System; 9 rounds.
Time control: 90 mn + 30 sec/moves
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Atalik Suat | TUR |
8 | 55,5 |
| 2 |
Babujian Levon | ARM |
7 | 49,5 |
| 3 |
Gurevich Mikhail | TUR |
7,5 | 55 |
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Baltic Sea Cup 2008
July 29 - August 6,
Ronne
Swiss, 10 rounds
66 players from 12 countries, 12 GM, 3 IM, 2 FM
time control : 40 moves in two hours, one hour
added after move 40. Six hours in
total.
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Savchenko, Boris | RUS |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Kogan, Artur | ISR |
7 |
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Curacao Chess Festival
July 26 - August 4
Curacao, the Netherlands Antilles
9 rounds Swiss System ,
time control : 1 hour 30 minutes for the whole game with incremental time of 30 seconds
41 players
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
CHRISTIANSEN, Larry | USA |
7 |
| 2 |
BERNAL MORO, Luis Javier | ESP |
7 |
| 3 |
BENJAMIN, Joel | USA |
7 |
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Marx György Memorial 2008
July 25 - August 4
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime from France won the double round robin tournament.
round 10
Sargissian Gabriel - Stellwagen Daniel : 1 - 0
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime - Acs Peter : 0,5 - 0,5
Beliavsky Alexander G - Berkes Ferenc : 0,5 - 0,5
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Chess Classic Mainz
Rapid Chess World Championship
Anand won the tournament.
Anand - Carlsen : 3 - 1
| Anand | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3 |
| Carlsen | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 |
Morozevich takes third place.
Morozevich - Polgar : 2,5 - 1,5
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International Tournament "Pays de Charleroi" 2008
July 26th - August 2nd, 2008
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North Urals Cup
July 27 - August 3
Krasnoturinsk
round robin tournament ,
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL |
4,5 |
| 2 |
Anna Ushenina | UKR |
4 |
| 3 |
Pavlovic, Milos | FRA |
4 |
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Mlada Boleslav 2008 GM CUP
July 27 - August 3,
Czech rep.
Swiss, 9 rounds
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Spirin Oleg | RUS |
6 | 23,75 |
| 2 |
Zilka Stepan | CZE |
6 | 23,50 |
| 3 |
Cernousek Lukas | CZE |
5,5 | - |
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Edmonton International
July 31 - August 4
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Swiss system 9 rounds
Time control: Game 90 mn for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with 30 seconds increment added to each move
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Biel chess grandmasters tournament
July 20 , August 1
Biel
round robin tournament
Average rating : 2687
Alekseev won the tournament after tie break against Dominguez : 2,5 - 1,5
Tie-break games:
1. game : Evgeny Alekseev - Leinier Dominguez ½ - ½
2. game : Leinier Dominguez - Evgeny Alekseev ½ - ½
3. game : Evgeny Alekseev - Leinier Dominguez ½ - ½
4. game : Leinier Dominguez - Evgeny Alekseev 0 - 1
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Open Dutch Championship
July 21 - 31,
Open Dutch Championship for players with a rating of more than 2100
73 players,
40 moves in two hours, followed by 60 minutes extra time for the completion of the game.
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Bitalzadeh, Ali |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Sandipan, Chanda |
6,5 |
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Open Women Bulgarian championship
July 25 - 31
9 round of Swiss system.
Time control: For each player 90 mins + 30 secs per played move
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Bulmaga Irina | MDA |
7 |
| 2 |
Dragomirescu Angela | ROU |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Maksimovic Suzana | SRB |
6 |
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13th Pannonia Cup
July 30 - August 3
Balatonalmadi (Hungary)
Swiss system 7 rounds
Time control: 90 minutes + 30 sec after each move
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Politiken Cup
July 19 - 27,
Denmark
Swiss, 10 rounds
182 players,
time control : 40 moves in 100 minutes then 30 minutes ( 30 seconds increment after the 1st move)
Final standings
1- Sergey Tiviakov 8 points,
2- Vladimir Malakhov 8,
3- Yurij Kuzubov 8,
4- Peter Heine Nielsen 8,
5- Boris Savchenko 8,
6- Jonny Hector 8
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17th. Andorra Open International
July 19 - 27,
Andorra
Swiss, 9 rounds
182 players,
90 minutes+30 seconds/move for all the game.
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Rodshtein Maxim | ISR |
7 | 2530 |
| 2 |
Damljanovic Branko | SRB |
7 | 2669 |
| 3 |
Del Rio Angelis Salvador G | ESP |
7 | 2624 |
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I Open International Sabadell
July 13 - 21,
Sabadell
Final Standings , top 4
|
Player |
Points | Country | tie break |
| 1 |
Jankovic Alojzije | CRO |
7 | 42 |
| 2 |
Rojas Luis | CHI |
7 | 41,5 |
| 3 |
Jovanic Ognjen | CRO |
7 | 40 |
| 4 |
Kovchan Alexander | UKR |
7 | 40 |
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2nd Leiden Chess Tournament
July 11 - 20
Leiden, Netherlands
Swiss, 9 rounds
85 players
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player |
Points | tie break |
| 1 |
Pruijssers, Roeland |
7 | 53,5 |
| 2 |
Van Den Doel, Erik |
7 | 52 |
| 3 |
Pavlovic, Milos |
23 | 50 |
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Poikovsky chess tournament 2008
July 8 - 18
Bragin Poykovsky, Siberia
Final Round
Shirov, Alexei - Rublevsky, Sergei (2699) : 0,5 - 0,5 -- Sicilian Taïmanov
Onischuk, Alexander - Jakovenko, Dmitry (2709) : 0,5 - 0,5 -- Queen's Indian Defense
Wang, Hao - Gashimov, Vugar (2717) : 0,5 - 0,5 -- Petroff's Defense
Volokitin, Andrei - Sutovsky, Emil (2654) : 0,5 - 0,5 -- Spanish opening
Inarkiev, Ernesto - Bologan, Viktor (2686) : 0,5 - 0,5 -- Spanish opening
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2008 Turkish Women Championship
July 12 - 18,
Konya , Turkey
Swiss, 9 rounds
52 players
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Atalik Ekaterina |
8 |
| 2 |
Yildiz Betül Cemre |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Öztürk Kübra |
7 |
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115th Scottish Chess Championships
Saturday 5th - Sunday 13th July, 2008
Glasgow Academy
57 players
Alan Tate is the Scottish Champion after the tie break against Andrew Muir.
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Sport Summer 2008
Paracin, Serbia, July 7 - 13
Round robin tournament
Average rating: 2360
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Pancevski Filip | MKD |
6 |
| 2 |
Milenkovic Mladen | SRB |
6 |
| 3 |
Jevtic Sasa | SRB |
5,5 |
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7th Open international La Fère
July 5 - 12
Swiss system, 9 rounds
1h40 + 30s per move for 40 moves then 30 min. + 30s per move
Draw offer can be make after 25th move.
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
ABBASOV Farid | AZE |
7 |
| 2 |
SUMETS Andrey | UKR |
7 |
| 3 |
DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc | BUL |
6,5 |
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3rd International Chess Tournament
Lubawka Gate 2008
Poland
July 5 - 11
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Jaracz, Pawel | POL |
7 |
| 2 |
Brodowski, Piotr | LUX |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Cyborowski, Lukasz | POL |
6,5 |
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2nd Leiden Chess Tournament
July 11 - 20
Leiden, Netherlands
Swiss, 9 rounds
85 players
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International championship Paris
June 28 - July 6. Paris
52 players , Open Fide,
Final Standings , top 5
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie break |
| 1 |
Vachier-lagrave Maxime | FRA |
7 | 41 |
| 2 |
David Alberto | LUX |
7 | 40,5 |
| 3 |
Malakhatko Vadim | BEL |
6,5 | 41 |
| 4 |
Quezada Perez Yuniesky | CUB |
6,5 | 40 |
| 5 |
Lalic Bogdan | CRO |
6,5 | 33 |
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Karjakin - Short Rapid Match
July 3-7
Karjakin - Short : 7,5 - 2,5
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2008 World Open
June 28 - July 6
Final Standings , top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Evgeny Najer | NY |
7 |
| 2 |
Parmijaran Negi | CZE |
7 |
| 3 |
Lubomir Ftacnik | SVK |
7 |
| 3 |
Alexander Moiseenko | UKR |
7 |
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Dortmund 2008
June 28 - July 6
Leko from Hungary won the tournament with 4,5 points.
round 7:
Ivanchuk – Kramnik : 1 – 0
van Wely – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov : 0 – 1
Leko – Naiditsch : 0,5 - 0,5
Gustafsson – Nepomniachtchi : 0,5 - 0,5
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Teplarny Brno 2008
June 27 - July 6. Brno
12 players , Average rating : 2452
Final Standings , top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points | Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break |
| 1 |
Mista Aleksander | POL |
7 | 32,75 |
| 2 |
Polak Tomas | CZE |
6,5 | 30,25 |
| 3 |
Bobras Piotr | POL |
6,5 | 29 |
| 3 |
Philippe Christophe | FRA |
6,5 | 27,25 |
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Turkish chess league
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Adana Truva |
30 |
| 2 |
Manisa Doruk College |
26 |
| 3 |
Turkish Airlines |
26 |
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July ratings
List of the top players & countries
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17th Adolf Anderssen Memorial
June 28 - 29 . Wroclaw
Time control: 25 min per game, 15 min per game in Consolation tournament
1st day - Eimination tournament 8 rounds, played by swiss system
2nd day - The best 8 players qualify to the final tournament played in a knockout system, and the rest of players who didn't qualify play in the consolation tournament
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2nd Open International Chamaliere
June 28 - July 4
9 rounds
1h40/40 move + 40mn + 30s/move
79 players.
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2nd Open International Chamaliere
June 28 - July 4
9 rounds
1h40/40 move + 40mn + 30s/move
79 players.
- 22th International Open Tournament Pula 2008
June 21 - 28 2008, Pula ,Croatia
9 rounds,
90 minutes + 30 seconds bonification for every
move
268 players
Final standings:
|
Player | Country |
Points | Tie-break |
| 1 |
Brkic Ante | CRO |
7,5 | |
| 2 |
Vavrak Peter | SVK |
7 | 52,5 |
| 3 |
Fercec Nenad | CRO |
7 | 52 |
- Aerosvit 2008 chess tournament
June 7 - 20 2008,
Carlsen from Norway won the tournament with 8 points.
Round 11 :
Svidler, Peter - Van Wely, Loek : 0,5 - 0,5
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Eljanov, Pavel : 1 - 0
Karjakin, Sergey - Carlsen, Magnus : 0,5 - 0,5
Volokitin, Andrei - Alekseev, Evgeny : 1 - 0
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter : 0,5 - 0,5
Onischuk, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei : 0 - 1
- Chess Giants Asrian Memorial
June 8 - 15 2008,
Round 13
Gelfand 1-0 Sargissian
Leko 0-1 Morozevich
Aronian 1-0 Adams
Akopian 1/2 Bu
Round 14
Sargissian 0-1 Gelfand
Morozevich 1/2 Leko
Adams 1/2 Aronian
Bu 1/2 Akopian
Final standings :
1. Levon Aronian : 8.5 ,
2. Peter Leko 8 ,
3. Alexander Morozevich 7.5 ,
4. Boris Gelfand : 7.5
|
Player | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
| 1 | Sargissian | ARM | XX | 1/2 , 1 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 0,0 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 6,5 |
| 2 | Morozevich | RUS | 0 , 1/2 | XX | 1/2 , 0 | 1/2 , 0 | 1/2 , 1 | 1 , 1/2 | 1 , 1/2 | 1 , 1/2 | 7,5 |
| 3 | Bu | CHN | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1 , 1/2 | XX | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 0 | 0 , 1/2 | 1 , 1/2 | 6 |
| 4 | Aronian | ARM | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1 , 1/2 | 1 , 1/2 | XX | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1 , 1/2 | 1 , 1/2 | 8,5 |
| 5 | Akopian | ARM | 1/2 , 1/2 | 0 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | XX | 1/2 , 1/2 | 0 , 0 | 0 , 1/2 | 4 |
| 6 | Leko | HUN | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2,1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1/2 | XX | 1 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Gelfand | ISR | 1 , 1 | 0 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1 | 0 , 1/2 | 1 , 1 | 1/2 , 0 | XX | 1/2 , 0 | 7,5 |
| 8 | Adams | ENG | 1/2 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 0 | 1/2 , 0 | 0 , 1/2 | 1/2 , 1 | 0 , 1/2 | 1 , 1/2 | XX | 6 |
- Vila de l'Ampolla Tournament 2008
Final Standings , top 5
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Moskalenko Viktor | UKR |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Perez Mitjans Orelvis | CUB |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Komljenovic Davorin | CRO |
6,5 |
| 4 |
Barsov Alexei | UZB |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Djuric Stefan | SRB |
6,5 |
- King's Tournament
May 24 - June 3 2008,
Average rating: 2573
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Short Nigel D | ENG |
7 |
| 2 |
Andersson Ulf | SWE |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Portisch Lajos | HUN |
5,5 |
- Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup
Final Standings , top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Tregubov P. | RUS |
9 |
| 2 |
Drozdovskij Y. | UKR |
9 |
| 3 |
Gelfand B. | ISR |
9 |
| 4 |
Ponomariov R. | UKR |
9 |
- Leko - Carlsen rapid match
| Players | ratings | r1 | r2 | r3 | r4 | r5 | r6 | r7 | r8 | Points |
|---|
| LEKO, Peter | 2741 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1/2 | 3 |
| CARLSEN, Magnus | 2765 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 5 |
- Sarajevo Tournament
May 23 - June 2 2008,
Double Robin round with ELO average 2695.
Rate of play is 90 min. for 40 moves + 15 min. for the rest of the moves + 30 sec
additional time for each move from the first move.
|
Rank |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
Pts |
|
1 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
2774 |
RUS |
7,5 |
|
2 |
Dominguez Perez, Lenier |
2695 |
CUB |
6 |
|
3 |
Movsesian, Sergei |
2695 |
SVK |
5 |
|
4 |
Timofeev, Artyom |
2664 |
RUS |
4,5 |
|
5 |
Predojevic, Borki |
2651 |
BIH |
4 |
|
6 |
Sokolov, Ivan |
2690 |
NED |
3 |
-
XXI Ciudad de Leon
Ivanchuk is winner in Leon.
Final :
Ivanchuk - Anand : 2,5 - 1,5
Semi final :
Viswanathan Anand - Francisco Vallejo Pons : 3,5 - 2,5 ( Rapid games: 2- 2 ,tie break blitz: 1,5 - 0,5 )
Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexei Shirov : 3 - 1 ( Rapid games score )
- US Chess Championship
May 13 - 21 2008, Tulsa,
Players:
Men Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Shulman, Yury | USA |
7 |
| 2 |
Onischuk, Alexander | USA |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Kudrin, Sergey | USA |
6 |
- III International Chess Festival President’s Cup
May 9 - 21 2008, Baku,
President’s Cup Chess Festival dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliev
was organized in Baku ,Azerbaijan
Open Tournament is a 9-round Swiss tournament
Time control: 90 minutes per each player with the increment of 30 seconds for each move.
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Najer Evgeniy | RUS |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Abbasov Farid | AZE |
7 |
| 3 |
Guseinov Gadir | AZE |
7 |
- 43th Capablanca Memorial
May 8 - 17 2008, The tournament took place at the Neptuno-Triton hotel complex in Havana.
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Dominguez Perez , Lenier | CUB |
6 |
| 2 |
Amonatov , Farrukh | TJK |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Khenkin , Igor | GER |
5,5 |
- Moscow Chess Championship – Final tournament
May 12 - 18 2008, Moscow,
Final Standings , top 5
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Savchenko |
5 |
| 2 |
Vorobiev |
4,5 |
| 3 |
Rustemov |
4 |
| 4 |
Gabrielian |
4 |
| 5 |
Deviatkin |
4 |
- M-Tel Masters
May 8 - 18 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ivanchuk Vassily from Ukraine won the tournament with 8 points.
It was a round-robin in two rounds (all play all with White and Black alternatively)
Time control : 90 min for 40 moves + 1 hour to the end of the game.
Players:
Veselin Topalov Bulgaria ELO 2767
Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine ELO 2740
Levon Aronian Armenia ELO 2763
Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan ELO 2751
Ivan Cheparinov Bulgaria ELO 2695
Bu Xiangzhi China ELO 2708
Round 10 :
Topalov, V - Radjabov, T : 0,5 - 0,5
Cheparinov, I - Ivanchuk, V : 0 - 1
Aronian, L - Xiangzhi, Bu : 0,5 - 0,5
- Kaupthing Open 2008
 The tournament was organized at the Woiwer Sports Center, Differdange, Luxembourg May 10-17 2008.
9 rounds Swiss Chess
A-Open : 90’/40 + 30' + 30’’ per move
A-Open : 85 participants, B-Open : 66 , C-Open : 21
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Istratescu,Andrei | ROU |
7 |
| 2 |
Negi,Parimarjan | IND |
7 |
| 3 |
Frolyanov,Dmitry | RUS |
7 |
- Limburg Open 2008
May 9 - 12 2008, Maastricht,
7 round FIDE rated event.
Final Standings , top 4
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Swinkels, Robin | NED |
6 |
| 2 |
Nijboer, Friso | NED |
6 |
| 3 |
Klimov, Sergey | RUS |
6 |
| 4 |
Jones, Gawain C B | ENG |
6 |
- Open de Livry 2008 rapid
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Shchekachev Andrei | FRA |
25 |
| 2 |
Laurent Julien | GEO |
24 |
| 3 |
David Alberto | LUX |
23 |
- Father Ivan Cvitanovic memorial
April 28 - May 6 2008, Split, Croatia
Number of rounds : 9 ,System : Swiss
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Drazic Sinisa | SRB |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Doric Darko | CRO |
6 |
| 3 |
Polak Tomas | CZE |
6 |
- Gyumri 2008
April 25 - May 6 2008, Armenia
Number of rounds : 11 ,System : Swiss
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Pashikian Arman | ARM |
9 |
| 2 |
Bagaturov Giorgi | GEO |
7 |
| 3 |
Gelashvili Tamaz | GEO |
7 |
- Baku chess grand prix
April 20 - May 6 2008, Baku, Azerbaijan
The first FIDE Grand Prix tournament is the first part of a series of six tournaments .
Number of rounds : 13
120 minutes for the first forty moves, 60 minutes for the next twenty moves and then each player will be allotted 15 minutes after the second time control and an increment of 30 seconds per move will be allowed from move 61 onwards.
Draws: Players will not be allowed to offer draws directly to their opponents.
Gashimov, Wang Yue and Carlsen won Baku 2008 with 8 points and share prize money.
Round 13 :
Karjakin Sergey - Kamsky Gata : 0,5 - 0,5
Navara David - Cheparinov Ivan : 1 - 0
Grischuk Alexander - Radjabov Teimour : 0,5 - 0,5
Adams Michael - Gashimov Vugar : 0,5 - 0,5
Bacrot Etienne - Carlsen Magnus : 0 - 1
Wang Yue - Mamedyarov Shakhriyar : 0,5 - 0,5
Svidler Peter - Inarkiev Ernesto : 1 - 0
- 9th European individual chess championships
April 21 - May 5 2008, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Number of rounds : 11 ,System : Swiss
The playing time : 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.
337 players.
Average rating: 2475
Final Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Tiviakov Sergei | HOL |
8,5 |
| 2 |
Movsesian Sergei | SVK |
8 |
| 3 |
Volkov Sergey | RUS |
8 |
- 55th Federal championship Wolfwil , Switzerland
The tournament is being organized in Wolfwil 1-4 May 2008.
Swiss system, 7 rounds, 90 mins for 36 moves + 1 hour
Ratings of the players: 1521 - 2561
93 players.
Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Stojanovic,Mihajl | SRB |
6 |
| 2 |
Milosevic,Goran | SUI |
5,5 |
| 3 |
Giertz,Niklaus | SUI |
6 |
- Unicorn Open 2008
April 30 - May 4 2008 , Berlin. 7 rounds Swiss tournament
Time limit: 120 min for 40 moves + 60 min to end.
210 participants - 132 of it with FIDE-ELO (62%) - 22 titleholders (10%)
The players which has the highest ratings :
GM Robert Rabiega (ELO 2560) ,
GM Sergej Kalinitschew (ELO 2469) ,
IM Martin Krämer (ELO 2436) ,
IM Ilja Brener (ELO 2422) ,
IM Michael Richter (ELO 2411) ,
FM Ismael Karim (ELO 2394) ,
IM Ulf von Herman (ELO 2354) ,
FM Jovica Radovanovic (ELO 2349) ,
FM Norman Thielsch (ELO 2325) ,
FM Werner Reichenbach (ELO 2319) ,
Final standings , top 4
|
Player | Club |
Points |
| 1 |
Rabiega, Robert | SK König Tegel 1949 |
6 |
| 2 |
Krämer, Martin | Erfurter Schachklub |
6 |
| 3 |
Richter, Michael | SC Kreuzberg |
6 |
| 4 |
Böttcher, Patrick | SC Zitadelle Spandau 1977 |
6 |
- Ostravsky Konik 2008
The tournament is organized in Ostrava April 26 - May 4 2008.
FIDE Open - open master tournament.
Swiss system, 9 rounds, 90 mins for 40 moves + 30 mins till the end + 30 secs for move
Players with FIDE rating > 1900
134 players.
Final standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS |
7 |
| 3 |
Velicka Petr | CZE |
7 |
| 4 |
Urban Klaudiusz | POL |
7 |
- 34th Bangladesh National Chess Championship-2008,
April 20 - May 4 2008
Single round robin league system
All moves in 90 minutes for each move a player receives an extra 30 seconds added to his clock time from move no.1.
Final standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Rahman Ziaur | BAN |
12 |
| 2 |
Hossain Enamul | BAN |
11 |
| 3 |
Abdulla Al-Rakib | BAN |
9,5 |
- Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament
April 22 - April 30 2008
Time limit: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
Standings , top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Hillarp-Persson | SWE |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Stellwagen | DEN |
7 |
| 3 |
Hansen | DEN |
6 |
- 7th Open International Chess Malakoff
April 19 - April 26 2008
Number of rounds : 9 ,System : Swiss
Rate of play : 40 moves in 1 hour 30 minutes, plus 30 minutes extra at move 40, with an increment of 30 seconds/move
201 players
Standings , top 5
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
FRANCO ALONSO Alejandro | ESP |
7,5 |
| 2 |
SVESHNIKOV Evgeny | LAT |
7 |
| 3 |
GIFFARD Nicolas | FRA |
7 |
| 4 |
SVESHNIKOV Vladimir | LAT |
7 |
| 5 |
VAN DONGEN Patrick | FRA |
7 |
- XXI Benidorm Open International
The tournament is organized by Benidorm Chess Club April 25 - May 4 2008. 10 Round Swiss system , 1 hour and 30 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for each player.
- Gausdal Classics
The tournament took place from April 8th to 16th with 10 players in Norway. Round-Robin tournament with 10 players. Average ELO is 2518. 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 moves in 1 hour and ½ hour for the rest
Final standings : Top 3
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Gregory Kaidanov | USA |
7 |
| 2 |
Geetha Narayanan Gopal | IND |
6 |
| 3 |
Vasilios Kotronias | GRE |
5,5 |
- Russian Team Chess Championships
The tournament took places in Sochi during April 1-14
Final standings , Top 4 :
|
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Ural |
17 |
| 2 |
Economist 1 |
15 |
| 3 |
TPS Saransk |
14 |
| 4 |
Finek Gazprom |
14 |
Details
- 10th Dubai Open
6-15 April . Average rating: 2188
Final standings :
|
Player | Country |
Points | Sum of the ratings of the opponents |
| 1 |
So Wesley | PHI |
7 | 20234 |
| 2 |
Gagunashvili Merab | GEO |
7 | 20085 |
| 3 |
Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | IRI |
7 | 19789 |
| 4 |
Li Chao B | CHN |
7 | 19605 |
- 2.nd Ruy Lopez Chess Festival
The tournament took place in Merida from April 4th to 13th with 8 players. It was a round robin tournament (Category 15)
Final standings :
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Adams | ENG |
5,5 |
| 2 |
Zhang | CHN |
5 |
| 3 |
Sargissian | ARM |
4,5 |
| 4 |
Koneru | IND |
4,5 |
- 5th "Open International de Balagne"
The tournament took place from April 6th to 12th with 64 players.
9 rounds of which two days with double round , 9 games 1h30 + 30s Fischer.
The players couldn't not offer draw unless it is a dead drawn ending.
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
MACAK Stefan | SVK |
8 |
| 2 |
DAVID Alberto | LUX |
7,5 |
| 3 |
AL-MODIAHKI Mohamad | QAT |
7 |
- 8th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2008
99 players played during April 2 - 9. Swiss System, with 9 rounds for BCC Open. Each player was accorded with a time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move.
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Xiu Deshun | CHN |
8 |
| 2 |
Zhang Ziyang | CHN |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Li Shilong | CHN |
7 |
Details
- European Festival of Chess Composition
European Festival of Chess Composition, including the 4th European Chess Solving Championship took places in Antalya , Turkey between March 28 , April 3
One of the questions : Mate in 2 (Milan Velimirovic).
| FINAL TEAMS RANKING |
|---|
| |
Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Serbia |
223 |
| 2 |
Russia |
222 |
| 3 |
Poland |
206,5 |
| FINAL INDIVIDUAL RANKING |
|---|
| | Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Piotr Murdzia |
77,5 |
| 2 |
Bojan Vuckovic |
76,5 |
| 3 |
Miodrag Mladenovic |
73,5 |
Solution of the problem : 1. Qg1 ! Back to the diagram
- Dutch Championship 2008
The tournament takes place from April 2nd to 13th.
with the participation of 12 players . Average rating is 2536.
The participants :
Sergei Tiviakov 2634, Daniël Stellwagen 2621, Erwin L'Ami 2600, Jan Smeets 2578, Sipke Ernst 2559, Friso Nijboer 2558, Dimitri Reinderman 2526, Ruud Janssen 2504, Yge Visser 2477, Jan-Willem De Jong 2474, Manuel Bosboom 2471 and Daan Brandenburg 2435.
- Turkey chess championship
The tournament takes place between 23 March - 04 April 2008
with the participation of 14 players .
Round 13
Firat Burak - Dogan Ali Ekber: 1 - 0
Ataman Alper - Erdogdu Mert: 0 - 1
Haznedaroglu Kivanc - Buker Muhittin: 1 - 0
Secer Ata - Gurevich Mikhail: 0,5 - 0,5
Yilmaz Mustafa - Duman Aydin: 0,5 - 0,5
Kilicaslan Hasan - Erdogan Hakan: 1 - 0
Citak Selim - Atalik Suat: 0 - 1
- Fide ratings April
- 3rd Kolkata Open
Grandmaster Chess Tournament
The tournament takes place between 23 March - 02 April 2008
in Kolkata, India with 113 players . The ratings of 12 players are over 2500. 18 grandmasters.
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Laznicka Viktor | CZE |
8,5 |
| 2 |
Sasikiran Krishnan | IND |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Safin Shukhrat | UZB |
7,5 |
- 2008 Sydney International Open
Ganguly Surya Shekhar from India won the tournament on tie break with 7 points (44 points Buccholz ).
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz Tie break |
| 1 |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND |
7 | 44 |
| 2 |
Zhang Zhong | SIN |
7 | 43,5 |
| 3 |
Jones Gawain | ENG |
7 | 41,5 |
| 4 |
Zhao Zong-Yuan | AUS |
7 | 41,5 |
Details
- Heviz Grand Master Tournament
Category XVI
18 - 28 March 2008 .
Playing time: 100 minutes/40 moves+ 30-30 minutes + 30-30 seconds / move until the end of the game.
The round robin tournament (10 rounds)
Balogh HUN , Naiditsch GER ,Nisipeanu ROU ,Almasi HUN tied at the top with 5,5 points. Balogh won due to Berger-Sonneborn tie-break.
Round 10
Almasi, Zoltan - Balogh, Csaba : 0,5 - 0,5
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Vallejo Pons, Francisco : 0,5 - 0,5
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Mikhalevski, Victor : 1 - 0
Standings and previous rounds
- Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament 2008
15 - 27 March 2008 .
Aronian won the tournament with 14,5 points.Every day one round (four sessions) is played : two blindfold session and two rapid session.
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz Tie break |
| 1 |
Aronian | ARM |
14,5 | |
| 2 |
Kramnik | RUS |
12 | 133,5 |
| 3 |
Leko | HUN |
12 | 128 |
| 4 |
Toplaov | BUL |
12 | 126 |
standings
Round XI
Blind
Anand-Van Wely 1/2-1/2
Kramnik-Karjakin 1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov-Gelfand 1-0
Topalov-Ivanchuk 1-0
Leko-Aronian 1/2-1/2
Morozevich-Carlsen 1/2-1/2
Rapid
Van Wely-Anand 1/2-1/2
Karjakin-Kramnik 1/2-1/2
Gelfand-Mamedyarov 1-0
Ivanchuk-Topalov 1-0
Aronian-Leko 1/2-1/2
Carlsen-Morozevich 1/2-1/2
Standings and previous rounds
- Scandinavian Ladies Open 2008
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz Tie break |
| 1 |
Muzychuk Anna | SLO |
7 | 49 |
| 2 |
Khukhashvili Sopiko | GEO |
7 | 47,5 |
| 3 |
Danielian Elina | ARM |
7 | 43,5 |
Official site
- 32nd Open International de Fourmies
HAUB Thorsten-Michael from Germany won the tournament which took place between 22-24 March 2008 with 151 players from 11 different countries.
- Schack 08 Norrköping
The tournament takes place between 21-24 March 2008 with 136 players , 5 grand masters. 8 rounds.
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz Tie break |
| 1 |
Brynell Stellan | SWE |
6,5 | 44 |
| 2 |
Miezis Normunds | LAT |
6,5 | 42,5 |
| 3 |
Smith Axel | SWE |
6,5 | 42 |
| 4 |
Karlsson Lars | SWE |
6,5 | 41 |
| 5 |
Akesson Ralf | SWE |
6,5 | 37,5 |
- Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament
The tournament takes place in Istanbul, Turkey between March 11 to March 21. Average elo rating of participants is 2461.5
Round 9
YILDIZ Betul Cemre - CHEN Zhu : 0 - 1
CRAMLING Pia - USHENINA Anna: 0,5 - 0,5
YIFAN Hou - JAVAKHISHVILI Lela : 0,5 - 0,5
XUE Zhao - ATALIK Ekaterina: 1 - 0
DRONAVALLI Harika - KRUSH Irina : 0,5 - 0,5
- Schloss-Open
13 - 16 March 2008 . 924 players .
Elo between 2042 - 2583.
5 rounds (A-Open: 7 rounds) swiss system, FIDE rules
Time limit: A-Open: 90 min for 40 moves + 15 min for rest of the game + 30 sec increment per move from the first move on
Official site
- The XXIII. Reykjavik Open 2008
The tournament takes place in Reykjavik from 3 March to 11 March 2008 with the participation of 90 players .
Elo between 1721 - 2698.
90 min. / 40 moves + 15 minutes after 40 moves. 30 sec. increment for every move.
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz Tie break |
| 1 |
Wang Hao | CHN |
7 | 40 |
| 2 |
Stefansson Hannes | ISL |
7 | 38,5 |
| 3 |
Wang Yue | CHN |
7 | 38 |
Official site
- 16. International Fajr Men's Chess Tournament
11 round Swiss tournament, with the Fide Standard Time Control (90 Minutes+30 seconds per move).
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | IRN |
9,5 |
| 2 |
Grigoryan Avetik | ARM |
9 |
| 3 |
Magalashvili Davit | GEO |
8,5 |
- WGM 'Mediterranean Flowers' Rijeka Croatia
Lujan Carolina won the tournament which took place in Rijeka between 1-8 March 2008 .
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Lujan Carolina | ARG |
8,5 |
| 2 |
Ionica Iulia-Ionela | ROU |
7,5 |
| 3 |
Voicu Carmen | ROU |
6 |
Full results
- 15. Linares Morelia 2008
Players : Alexei Shirov 2755 ,
Magnus Carlsen 2733
Peter Leko 2753
Veselin Topalov 2780
Levon Aronian 2739
Teimour Radjabov 2735
Vassily Ivanchuk 2751
Viswanathan Anand 2799
2.lap in Linares.
Round 14 :
Anand - Topalov: 0,5 - 0,5
Carlsen - Radjabov: 0,5 - 0,5
Leko - Aronian: 0,5 - 0,5
Shirovi - Ivanchuk: 0,5 - 0,5
- 25. Sahovski festival Bled 2008
Slovenija, 23.2.2008-1.3.2008,
9 rounds Swiss
Time: 90min/40move + 15min + 30sec/move . 54 players participate to Open A. ELO between 2568 - 1996
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz |
| 1 |
Sveshnikov | LAT |
7 | 38,5 |
| 2 |
Sebenik | SLO |
6,5 | 40 |
| 3 |
Lenic | SLO |
6,5 | 38,5 |
| 4 |
Drasko | MNE |
6,5 | 36,5 |
| 5 |
Tratar | SLO |
6,5 | 36,5 |
- 15. Sélestat Open
The tournament took place from 21 to 24 February 2008
7 rounds Swiss , Time: 1h 40 + 30 s
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz |
| 1 |
Barsov | UZB |
5,5 | 34,5 |
| 2 |
Ninov | NED |
5,5 | 34 |
| 3 |
Ikonnikov | ISR |
5,5 | 34 |
| 4 |
Karpatchev | ISR |
5,5 | 31,5 |
| 5 |
Haub | GER |
5,5 | 30,5 |
| 6 |
Prasad | GER |
5,5 | 28,5 |
| 7 |
Lerch | RUS |
5,5 | 28,5 |
- 1. Pfalz Open
16 - 23 february 2008 : 224 players . 9 rounds Swiss system. Time control is 40 moves / 120 min, and additional 60 min till the end.
|
Player | Country |
Points | Buccholz |
| 1 |
Markowski | POL |
7,5 | 48 |
| 2 |
Tiviakov | NED |
7 | 51 |
| 3 |
Greenfeld | ISR |
7 | 49,5 |
| 4 |
Postny | ISR |
7 | 49,5 |
| 5 |
Milov | GER |
7 | 48,5 |
| 6 |
Kempinski | GER |
7 | 46,5 |
| 7 |
Korneev | RUS |
7 | 42,5 |
Official site
- Cappelle La Grande chess tournament
Vugar Gashimov won Cappelle La Grande chess tournament which took place from 16 to 23 february 2008 with the participation of 302 players at Palais des Arts et des Loisirs.
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Gashimov | AZE |
7 |
| 2 |
Arutinian | GEO |
7 |
| 3 |
Fedorchuk | UKR |
7 |
| 4 |
Kryvoruchko | UKR |
7 |
| 5 |
Chernyshov | RUS |
7 |
| 6 |
Deviatkin | RUS |
7 |
| 7 |
Kotronias | GRE |
7 |
| 8 |
L'ami | NED |
7 |
Official site
- Aeroflot Open 2008
The tournament took place in Moscow from 13 February to 23 February 2008 .
4 tournaments :
A1 for players with a rating higher than 2549 : 66 chess players
A2 for players with a rating between 2550 - 2400 : 92 players
B for players with a rating between 2200 - 2400 : 135 players
C for players with a rating lower than 2200 : 140 players
Swiss system in 9 rounds
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS |
7 |
| 2 |
Motylev, Alexander | RUS |
6,5 |
| 3 |
Dreev, Alexey | RUS |
6,5 |
Official site
- 10th European Senior Team-Chess-Championship
The tournament took place in Dresden from 11th February to 19th February 2008 .
Swiss system in 9 rounds
100 min/40 moves + 40 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 sec from first move
Each team consists of four players and one reserve.
|
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Czech |
16 |
| 2 |
Don Rostov |
15 |
| 3 |
Moscow |
15 |
Official site
- Four Nations Chess Challenge
Norway, Sweden, England and Latvia will challenge in Oslo, Norway. 15-17 February.
40 moves in 90 minutes and 30 minutes for the rest with 30 seconds increment per move.
|
Country |
Match Points | Individual Points |
| 1 |
Sweden | 6 |
20 |
| 2 |
England | 4 |
14 |
| 3 |
Latvia | 1 |
13,5 |
| 4 |
Norway | 1 |
12,5 |
Official site
- Festival International des Jeux 2008
The tournament takes place in Cannes from 11 February to 17 February 2008 .
102 players in tournament A .
Swiss system in 9 rounds
100 min/40 moves + 20 min + 30 sec/move
Final standings:
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Bauer Christian | FRA |
7 |
| 2 |
Felgaer Ruben | ARG |
7 |
| 3 |
Sanchez Joseph | PHI |
7 |
Official site
- Moscow open 2008
Artyom Timofeev from Russia won Moscow open 2008.
274 players challenge in Moscow open 2008 Open A tournament , 414 players in Open B , 414 players in Open C-ladies tournament and 373 children in Children tournament D between 2-9 February in Moscow.
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Artyom Timofeev | RUS |
7,5 |
| 2 |
Alexander Riazantsev | RUS |
7 |
| 3 |
Sergey Volkov | RUS |
7 |
- 68th Daniël Noteboom Tournament 1-3 February 2008
Predrag Nikolic won the 68th Daniël Noteboom Tournament with 5,5 points.
. |
Player |
Points | Buccholz |
| 1 |
Nikolic |
5,5 | 25 |
| 2 |
Van der Wiel |
5,5 | 21 |
| 3 |
Shilong |
5 | 25 |
- 13.Hit Open Nova Gorica
Borki Predojevic won 13. HIT Open 2008 .The chess tournament took place in Nova Gorica between 26.1.-1.2.2008. 30 players. Highest Elo : 2641 , lowest Elo : 2151
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Borki Predojevic | BIH |
6,5 |
| 2 |
Luka Lenic | SLO |
8 |
| 3 |
Viktor Erdos | HUN |
5,5 |
- Gibtelecom 2008 Masters
Nakamura beats Xiangzhi in the play-off by 2-0. Both players had 8 points after the 10.th round.
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Hikaru Nakamura | USA |
8 |
| 2 |
Xiangzhi Bu | CHN |
8 |
| 3 |
Alexander Areshchenko | UKR |
7,5 |
Official site
- Corus chess tournament Wijk aan Zee
Aronian and Carlsen are the joint winners of grandmaster group A. The tournament took place between 11-27 January 2008. Grandmaster Group A : Average rating : 2742
Category : 20
Round 13 - 27 Jan
V. Ivanchuk - L. van Wely : 0,5 - 0,5
J. Polgar - L. Aronian : 0,5 - 0,5
V. Topalov - M. Adams : 0,5 - 0,5
B. Gelfand - P. Eljanov : 1 - 0
P. Leko - S. Mamedyarov : 1 - 0
M. Carlsen - T. Radjabov : 0,5 - 0,5
V. Anand - V. Kramnik : 0,5 - 0,5
S. Movsesian won Corus grandmaster group B with 9,5 points, 2. E.Bacrot and N.Short 8,5 points.
F. Caruana won grandmaster group C with 10 points , 2. P. Negi and D. Reinderman 8 points.
Honorary category:
1. L. Ljubojevic 4 ,
2. V. Kortchnoi ,
J. Timman 3 ,
4. L. Portisch ,
- Gibtelecom Masters 2008
The 6th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival takes place from 22-31 January 2008 .
Gibtelecom Masters (Open to all) - 22-31January 2008 (10 rounds Swiss, FIDE rated)
Challengers A (Under 2250) - 22-26 January 2008
Challengers B (Under 2250) - 27-31 January 2008
Amateur A (Under 1850) - 22-26 January 2008
Amateur B (Under 1850) - 27-31 January 2008
Official site
- 6th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament 2008
|
Player | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Gupta Abhijeet | IND |
9 |
| 2 |
Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND |
8,5 |
| 3 |
Prakash G B | IND |
8 |
Official site
- Prague open 2008
11-18 January 2008. 127 players. Swiss system of 9 rounds, 2 x 1,5h + 30s/move . Open master tournament with IM norm, rating for FIDE
| |
Player |
Country | Points | Buccholz |
| 1 |
Meijers Viesturs |
LAT | 7 | 53 |
| 2 |
Sveshnikov Evgeny |
LAT | 7 | 50,5 |
| 3 |
Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi |
IND | 7 | 50 |
Official site
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