THE WEEK IN CHESS 707 26th May 2008 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Bosnia Sarajevo
3) King's Tournament Bazna
4) III President's Cup
5) Guillermo Garcia Memorial
6) Frank K Berry US Championships
7) 11th North American FIDE Invitational
8) Catalan Championship
9) XXVI Festival Lacona Isola d'Elba
10) Festival Santista de Xadrez
11) XXVII Zalakaros Chess Festival
12) Tectura Active
13) Mitropa Cup
14) 17th Chicago Open
15) 82nd Argentine Championship
16) Kaupthing Open
17) 6th Brussels International
18) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Bosnia Sarajevo 31 games
King's Tournament Bazna 15 games
III President's Cup 214 games
Frank K Berry US Championships 56 games
11th North American FIDE Invitational 25 games
Catalan Championship 35 games
XXVI Festival Lacona Isola d'Elba 117 games
Festival Santista de Xadrez 90 games
XXVII Zalakaros Chess Festival 17 games
Tectura Active 25 games
17th Chicago Open 76 games
82nd Argentine Championship 36 games
Kaupthing Open 384 games
1121 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Michael Rahal, Radu-Catalin Chirila, Luis Scalise, Valery Maes, Luiz Roberto Da Costa Jr, Jan Mazuch, Gabor Pali, Jorge Fernandez, Zsuzsa Veroci, Frank Brady and everyone else who helped with the issue.

There are a number of good events on at the moment with more to come before the end of the month. Alexander Morozevich in his usual entertaining way leads with 3/4 at the traditional tournament in Sarajevo. Later this week sees the start of the Leon tournament with World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Peter Leko plays Magnus Carlsen in an 8 game match, the 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup with Gelfand, Ponomariov, Karpov etc and also the French League which has a reputation for strong players.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Bosnia Sarajevo

The traditional Bosnia Sarajevo tournament takes place 23rd May - 2nd June 2008.

Official site should be: http://www.skbosna.ba/

GMA Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 23 v-2 vi 2008 cat. XVIII (2695)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2774 * * ½ . ½ . . . 1 . 1 . 3 2875
2. Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2695 ½ . * * ½ . ½ . . . 1 . 2½ 2789
3. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2690 ½ . ½ . * * ½ . ½ . . . 2 2707
4. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2664 . . ½ . ½ . * * ½ . ½ . 2 2682
5. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2695 0 . . . ½ . ½ . * * ½ . 1½ 2607
6. Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2651 0 . 0 . . . ½ . ½ . * * 1 2514

Round 1 (May 23, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Predojevic, Borki 1-0 57 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 67 E91 King's Indian Classical
Timofeev, Artyom - Movsesian, Sergei ½-½ 17 D15 Slav Defence
Round 2 (May 24, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Timofeev, Artyom ½-½ 30 B45 Sicilian Classical
Movsesian, Sergei - Sokolov, Ivan NED ½-½ 32 C53 Giuoco Piano
Predojevic, Borki - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 35 C11 French Defence
Round 3 (May 25, 2008)
Morozevich, Alexander - Movsesian, Sergei 1-0 37 D15 Slav Defence
Sokolov, Ivan NED - Dominguez Perez, Lenier ½-½ 46 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Timofeev, Artyom - Predojevic, Borki ½-½ 30 D52 Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Round 4 (May 26, 2008)
Dominguez Perez, Lenier - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ 24 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Timofeev, Artyom - Sokolov, Ivan NED ½-½ 32 A29 English Four Knights
Predojevic, Borki - Movsesian, Sergei ½-½ 24 B81 Sicilian Keres Attack

GMB Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 23 v-2 vi 2008 cat. VIII (2446)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Erdogdu, Mert m TUR 2434 * ½ ½ . . ½ 1 . . . 2½ 2561
2. Cabrilo, Goran g SRB 2499 ½ * ½ . . . 1 ½ . . 2½ 2567
3. Savic, Miodrag R g SRB 2542 ½ ½ * ½ . . . . . 1 2½ 2535
4. Stojanovic, Dalibor m BIH 2496 . . ½ * ½ . . . ½ 1 2½ 2532
5. Kosic, Dragan g MNE 2500 . . . ½ * ½ . . ½ 1 2½ 2487
6. Atakisi, Umut m TUR 2365 ½ . . . ½ * 0 1 . . 2 2461
7. Bogut, Zeljko m BIH 2460 0 0 . . . 1 * . 1 . 2 2418
8. Runic, Zoran m BIH 2452 . ½ . . . 0 . * 1 ½ 2 2393
9. Arapovic, Vitomir m BIH 2374 . . . ½ ½ . 0 0 * . 1 2284
10. Benderac, Ana wg SRB 2334 . . 0 0 0 . . ½ . * ½ 2175

3) King's Tournament Bazna

The King's Tournament takes place in Bazna, Romania 24th May - 4th June 2008. Andersson, Beliavsky, Chiburdanidze, Khalifman, Mecking, Murariu, Portisch, Ribli, Andrei Sokolov, Suba, Short and Vaganian.

Official site: http://www.clubulregilor.ro/

King's Tournament Bazna ROM (ROM), 24 v-3 vi 2008 cat. XIII (2573)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2523 * . . ½ ½ . . . . 1 . 2 2662
2. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2660 . * ½ . . . . . ½ . 1 2 2680
3. Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2565 . ½ * . . . . . 1 . . 1½ 2805
4. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2641 ½ . . * . ½ . ½ . . . 1½ 2589
5. Suba, Mihai g ROU 2487 ½ . . . * . . . ½ . ½ 1½ 2541
6. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2617 . . . ½ . * ½ . . ½ . 1½ 2573
7. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2596 . . . . . ½ * ½ . . . 1 2622
8. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2628 . . . ½ . . ½ * . . . 1 2618
9. Timman, Jan H g NED 2565 . ½ 0 . ½ . . . * . . 1 2445
10. Murariu, Andrei g ROU 2483 0 . . . . ½ . . . * ½ 1 2434
11. Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2537 . 0 . . ½ . . . . ½ * 1 2418

Round 1 (May 24, 2008)
Short, Nigel D - Mecking, Henrique ½-½ 53 C96 Ruy Lopez
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Portisch, Lajos ½-½ 62 E38 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Suba, Mihai - Timman, Jan H ½-½ 39 B23 Sicilian Closed
Sokolov, Andrei1 - Vaganian, Rafael A ½-½ 26 C08 French Tarrasch
Murariu, Andrei - Andersson, Ulf ½-½ 32 B40 Sicilian Classical
Round 2 (May 25, 2008)
Portisch, Lajos - Murariu, Andrei 1-0 52 D10 Slav Defence
Vaganian, Rafael A - Beliavsky, Alexander G ½-½ 24 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Khalifman, Alexander - Sokolov, Andrei1 ½-½ 14 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timman, Jan H - Short, Nigel D ½-½ 33 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Andersson, Ulf - Suba, Mihai ½-½ 20 D13 Slav Exchange
Round 3 (May 26, 2008)
Short, Nigel D - Andersson, Ulf 1-0 26 C11 French Defence
Mecking, Henrique - Timman, Jan H 1-0 41 E15 Queens Indian
Beliavsky, Alexander G - Khalifman, Alexander ½-½ 26 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Suba, Mihai - Portisch, Lajos ½-½ 17 A30 English Symmetrical
Murariu, Andrei - Vaganian, Rafael A ½-½ 85 C08 French Tarrasch

4) III President's Cup

The III President's Cup took place 11th-21st May 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan dedicated to the memory of Haydar Aliyev and had a prize fund of $85000. Evgeniy Najer took clear first with 7.5/9.

Official site: http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/regulations.htm

III President's Cup Baku (AZE), 11-21 v 2008
Final Leading Round 9 Standings
1 9 GM Najer Evgeniy 2627 RUS 7,5 53,0 50,0 45,5 6
2 28 GM Abbasov Farid 2528 AZE 7,0 54,5 51,0 46,0 5
3 10 GM Guseinov Gadir 2625 AZE 7,0 54,5 50,0 45,0 6
4 13 GM Lastin Alexander 2622 RUS 7,0 54,5 50,0 45,0 5
5 1 GM Milov Vadim 2690 SUI 7,0 53,0 49,0 43,5 6
6 19 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2582 BLR 7,0 53,0 48,5 44,0 5
7 12 GM Gelashvili Tamaz 2622 GEO 7,0 52,5 48,5 43,5 5
8 5 GM Jobava Baadur 2658 GEO 7,0 52,5 47,5 42,5 5
9 4 GM Short Nigel D 2660 ENG 7,0 51,5 46,5 41,5 5
10 23 GM Dzhumaev Marat 2557 UZB 6,5 54,5 50,0 44,5 6
11 7 GM Fridman Daniel 2640 GER 6,5 51,5 47,5 42,5 5
12 2 GM Sokolov Ivan 2690 NED 6,5 51,5 47,0 42,0 5
13 11 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2624 GER 6,5 51,0 47,0 41,5 6
14 21 GM Timman Jan H 2565 NED 6,5 48,5 45,0 41,5 5
15 15 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas 2617 KAZ 6,5 48,5 45,0 40,0 4
16 24 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2538 BUL 6,5 48,0 45,0 40,5 6
17 51 FM Agaragimov Djakhangir 2343 AZE 6,5 42,0 39,5 36,0 5
18 18 GM Korchnoi Viktor 2598 SUI 6,0 53,0 49,0 44,0 5
19 14 GM Malakhatko Vadim 2621 BEL 6,0 53,0 49,0 44,0 4
20 29 GM Safarli Eltaj 2524 AZE 6,0 52,0 48,0 43,0 4
21 8 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2635 GEO 6,0 51,5 47,5 42,5 3
22 47 IM Durarbeyli Vasif 2384 AZE 6,0 51,0 47,0 43,0 5
23 16 GM Mamedov Rauf 2617 AZE 6,0 51,0 46,5 42,0 4
24 6 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2641 SLO 6,0 50,5 46,0 41,5 5
25 32 GM Guliev Sarhan 2487 AZE 6,0 49,0 45,5 41,5 5
26 31 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2491 GEO 6,0 49,0 45,5 41,5 4
27 35 IM Sanikidze Tornike 2458 GEO 6,0 49,0 45,5 41,0 5
28 37 IM Esen Baris 2451 TUR 6,0 49,0 45,0 40,5 5
29 36 Nigalidze Gaioz 2455 GEO 6,0 48,0 45,0 41,0 5
30 33 GM Babaev Rashad 2482 AZE 6,0 48,0 43,5 39,0 5
31 25 GM Ibrahimov Rasul 2535 AZE 6,0 46,5 43,0 38,5 5
32 72 Rzayev Bahruz 2225 AZE 6,0 45,5 43,0 38,5 5
33 22 GM Savchenko Stanislav 2560 UKR 6,0 45,5 42,0 38,0 4
34 57 Bayramov Vugar 2306 AZE 6,0 45,0 42,5 38,5 6
35 3 GM Van Wely Loek 2677 NED 6,0 44,0 40,5 37,0 5
36 53 Mammadov Ayaz 2333 AZE 6,0 43,5 40,0 36,0 6
179 players

5) Guillermo Garcia Memorial

The Guillermo Garcia Memorial takes place in Santa Clara  (Cuba) 19th-27th May, 2008. ELO (2513) - Cat. XI. Sadly like the Capablana Memorial there are still no games available.

The Torneo Moncada takes place in Santiago de Cuba 29th May - 6th June 2008 is a Swiss Open - 9 rounds 

Results: http://www.ajedrezactual.com/guillermo0508.html

Guillermo Garcia Memorial (CUB), 19-27 v 2008 cat. XI (2513)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1Quezada Perez,Yuniesky GM CUB 2567 +109 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5.0 15.25
2Nogueiras Santiago,Jesus GM CUB 2559 +120 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5.0 14.25
3Hernandez Carmenates,Holden GM CUB 2568 +102 ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 5.0 14.00
4Martinez,Lelys FM CUB 2499 +81 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 4.0 13.25
5Arencibia Rodriguez,Walter GM CUB 2534 +28 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 4.0 12.50
6Cordova,Emilio IM PER 2518 -10 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 1 3.5
7Delgado Ramirez,Neuris GM CUB 2530 -64 0 0 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ 3.0
8Glud,Jakob Vang IM DEN 2456 -31 0 0 0 1 1 0 * ½ 2.5
9Matsuura,Everaldo IM BRA 2500 -155 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 2.0
10Stamenkovic,Dragan IM SRB 2440 -226 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1.0

6) Frank K Berry US Championships

The 2008 FKB US Chess Championship took place in Tulsa, OK, May 13th-21st 2008. Yuri Shulman took the men's title with 7/9 alone. Anna Zatonskih took the women's title by beating Irina Krush after an armageddon playoff game (they'd already drawn a rapid playoff 2-2).

Official site: http://monroi.com/the-2008-fkb-us-chess-championship-home.html

Frank K Berry ch-USA Tulsa (USA), 13-21 v 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2606 =12 +17 +10 =2 +11 +3 +7 =6 =4 7 2760
2. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2664 =16 +21 +6 =1 =3 =7 +11 =5 +12 6½ 2707
3. Kudrin, Sergey g USA 2549 +24 +8 =11 +5 =2 -1 +13 =4 =6 6 2672
4. Friedel, Joshua E m USA 2484 -11 +23 =8 +10 =7 =6 +14 =3 =1 5½ 2614
5. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2601 =21 =16 +14 -3 =15 +18 +9 =2 =7 5½ 2596
6. Perelshteyn, Eugene g USA 2552 =18 +20 -2 =12 +17 =4 +15 =1 =3 5½ 2559
7. Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2575 =17 +12 +15 =11 =4 =2 -1 =13 =5 5 2597
8. Ivanov, Alexander g USA 2560 +19 -3 =4 -15 +22 =10 -12 +17 +16 5 2517
9. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2539 =20 =18 =16 =17 +23 =13 -5 +15 =11 5 2508
10. Gulko, Boris F g USA 2559 +22 =15 -1 -4 =19 =8 +20 =16 +21 5 2501
11. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2596 +4 +14 =3 =7 -1 =15 -2 =12 =9 4½ 2545
12. Fedorowicz, John P g USA 2459 =1 -7 +19 =6 -13 +23 +8 =11 -2 4½ 2543
13. Shabalov, Alexander g USA 2633 -15 +22 =18 =16 +12 =9 -3 =7 =14 4½ 2487
14. Gurevich, Dmitry g USA 2513 +23 -11 -5 =22 =20 +19 -4 +24 =13 4½ 2429
15. Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2518 +13 =10 -7 +8 =5 =11 -6 -9 =19 4 2514
16. Kraai, Jesse g USA 2509 =2 =5 =9 =13 -18 =17 +24 =10 -8 4 2465
17. Pruess, David m USA 2425 =7 -1 +21 =9 -6 =16 +18 -8 =22 4 2455
18. Ludwig, Daniel USA 2357 =6 =9 =13 =19 +16 -5 -17 =23 =24 4 2423
19. Vigorito, David m USA 2405 -8 +24 -12 =18 =10 -14 =21 =20 =15 3½ 2351
20. Langer, Michael f USA 2254 =9 -6 -22 =24 =14 =21 -10 =19 +23 3½ 2352
21. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2425 =5 -2 -17 -23 +24 =20 =19 +22 -10 3½ 2342
22. Kaufman, Larry C m USA 2365 -10 -13 +20 =14 -8 =24 +23 -21 =17 3½ 2353
23. Shankland, Samuel L USA 2296 -14 -4 +24 +21 -9 -12 -22 =18 -20 2½ 2237
24. Galant, Sergey USA 2235 -3 -19 -23 =20 -21 =22 -16 -14 =18 1½ 2135

Frank K Berry ch-USA w Tulsa (USA), 13-21 v 2008 cat. I (2251)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Krush, Irina m USA 2479 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 2498
2. Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2458 ½ * 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 2500
3. Rohonyan, Katerina wg USA 2309 ½ 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6 2369
4. Abrahamyan, Tatev wf USA 2239 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 2376
5. Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg wm USA 2278 0 1 0 1 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 5½ 2327
6. Battsetseg, Tsagaan wm USA 2254 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 2250
7. Zenyuk, Iryna wf USA 2233 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 1 3½ 2172
8. Epstein, Esther wm USA 2184 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 2 2037
9. Airapetian, Chouchanik wf USA 2092 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 2 2048
10. Jamison, Courtney USA 1979 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1836

7) 11th North American FIDE Invitational

The 11th North American FIDE Invitational took place 17th-23rd May 2008. Mehmed Pasalic won the event with 6.5/9 half a point clear of Mark Ginsburg and Emory Tate.

Official site: http://www.nachess.org/fide/

11th North American FIDE Inv Chicago USA (USA), 17-23 v 2008 cat. II (2288)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Pasalic, Mehmed f GER 2392 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2442
2. Ginsburg, Mark m USA 2365 ½ * 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2404
3. Tate, Emory m USA 2378 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6 2402
4. Bartell, Thomas f USA 2365 ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2359
5. Monokroussos, Dennis f USA 2327 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 5½ 2363
6. Young, Angelo m PHI 2381 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 4 2234
7. Inumerable,Florentino USA ---- 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 4 2276
8. Loncarevic, Robert USA 2095 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * 1 0 3 2184
9. Stamnov, Aleksander f MKD 2239 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 3 2168
10. Gauri, Shankar f IND 2335 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 * 1½ 2009

8) Catalan Championship

The Campeonato Absoluto de Cataluna 2008 took place 17th-24th May 2008. The knockout event was won by Jordi Magem Badals who won the final after winning a rapid playoff 1.5-0.5 against Jorge Fluvia Poyatos. One of these playoff games is missing.

Official site: http://www.escacs.cat/circulars/circulars2008/circular21.htm

9) XXVI Festival Lacona Isola d'Elba

The XXVI Festival Lacona Isola d'Elba took place 10th-18th May 2008. Lexy Ortega took first place. 14 year old Marina Brunello of Italy made her first WGM norm and only the second in Italy's history (Barbara Pernici Lucerne 1982). Games from the final couple of rounds are missing.

Official site: http://www.scacchielba.it/

XXVI Festival Lacona Isola d'Elba (ITA), 10-18 v 2008
Pos Name Ti Rtg Fed Pts Buc1 BucT
1 Ortega Lexy GM 2459 ITA 7.0 45.50 50.50
2 Gromovs Sergejs FM 2339 ITA 7.0 45.50 50.00
3 Rigo Janos IM 2298 HUN 6.5 47.50
4 Evangelisti Claudio M 2244 ITA 6.0 46.00
5 Csala Imre FM 2254 HUN 6.0 43.50 47.50
6 Paleologu Vladimir CM 2170 SUI 6.0 43.50 46.00
7 Qendro Llambi IM 2389 ALB 6.0 40.00
8 Ceccarini Marco CM 2077 ITA 5.5 38.00
9 Ricci Alfredo CM 2036 ITA 5.5 37.00
10 Vuelban Virgilio FM 2270 PHI 5.0 43.50
11 Brunello Marina CM 2035 ITA 5.0 43.00
12 Horton-Kitchlew Andr CM 2105 ENG 5.0 42.50
13 Lazar Andras FM 2111 HUN 5.0 42.00 45.50
14 Oschetzki Stefan M 2175 GER 5.0 42.00 45.00
15 Luciani Carlo M 2256 ITA 5.0 38.50
16 Giacometto Mario CM 1925 ITA 4.5 41.50
17 Bodenschatz Josef CM 2023 GER 4.5 39.00
18 Castiello Luigi CM 2141 ITA 4.5 37.00
19 Juhasz Nagy Sandor 1N 1938 HUN 4.5 36.50
20 Guerrini Donato CM 2026 ITA 4.5 35.50
21 Pepino Enrico CM 2137 ITA 4.5 34.50
22 Codenotti Marco CM 2063 ITA 4.0 38.00
23 Mazzetta Renato CM 1908 ITA 4.0 33.00
24 Doleschal Johannes CM 2037 GER 4.0 32.00 35.00
25 Bossoni Mario CM 1977 ITA 4.0 32.00 35.00
26 Gardi Giuseppe CM 2061 ITA 4.0 32.00 34.00
27 Cammarota Vittorio CM 1914 ITA 3.5 34.50
28 Gambardella Piero(W) CM 2024 ITA 3.5 33.50
29 Papa Angelo CM 1874 ITA 3.5 33.00
30 Bini Lorenzo CM 2023 ITA 3.5 32.50
31 Calisi Elia CM 1874 ITA 3.5 31.00
32 Scipioni Gaetano (W) CM 2124 ITA 3.0 36.00
33 Proia Gaetano CM 2026 ITA 3.0 35.50
34 Bartoli Fabio 1N 1869 ITA 3.0 35.00
35 Picone Franco 1N 1882 ITA 3.0 34.50
36 Nelli Carlo CM 1948 ITA 3.0 28.50
37 Kopischke Maik 1N 1949 GER 2.5 34.00
38 Bini Alessandro CM 2007 ITA 2.5 30.00

10) Festival Santista de Xadrez

The Festival Santista de Xadrez saw 2 GM Norm Tournaments and an open took place in Santos, Brazil 17th-25th May 2008. Gilberto Milos and Sandro Mareco finished on 6.5/9 in the main Mario Covas Memorial event.

Official site: http://www.fpx.com.br/

VIII Mario Covas Santos (BRA), 17-25 v 2008 cat. IX (2465)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Milos, Gilberto g BRA 2594 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2616
2. Mareco, Sandro m ARG 2470 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2630
3. El Debs, Felipe de Cresce f BRA 2423 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 2549
4. Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag m BRA 2466 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2544
5. Cramling, Dan m SWE 2399 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 4½ 2472
6. Zambrana, Oswaldo g BOL 2479 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 4 2420
7. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2604 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 0 1 4 2406
8. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2430 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 3½ 2388
9. Coelho, Luis Henrique m BRA 2392 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 2½ 2306
10. Flores Rios, Mauricio f CHI 2391 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ * 2½ 2307

VI Regina Helena Prol Santos (BRA), 17-25 v 2008 cat. VII (2401)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Fier, Alexandr g BRA 2527 * 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2738
2. Rodriguez Vila, Andres g URU 2533 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2659
3. Di Berardino, Diego Rafael m BRA 2431 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 5½ 2478
4. Bachmann, Axel g PAR 2519 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 2388
5. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2396 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 4 2359
6. Diamant, Andre m BRA 2407 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ 2320
7. Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2365 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 1 3½ 2325
8. Perdomo, Carlos Andres m COL 2353 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 3½ 2326
9. Campelo, Leandro Fabricio BRA 2248 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 * ½ 3 2293
10. Sega, Carlos Alberto f BRA 2235 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 2 2199

11) XXVII Zalakaros Chess Festival

The XXVII Zalakaros Chess Festival takes place 22nd-30th May 2008.

Official site: http://www.csutisk.extra.hu

XXVII Open A Zalakarosi (HUN), 22-30 v 2008
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings
RankNameTiFed.RatingScoreBHSBTPRW-We
1Chatalbashev, BorisGMBUL26054111131361
2Chernyshov, KonstantinGMRUS25503.5119.527200.68
3Groszpeter, AttilaGMHUN25393.5108.2527110.68
4Horvath, AdamGMHUN25243.5108.2526910.66
5Medvegy, ZoltanGMHUN25123.59.57.7526680.63
6Szabo, KrisztianIMHUN25073.58726050.38
7Horvath, PeterGMHUN24693.5108.2526510.74
8Bluvshtein, MarkGMCAN254439.5725550.07
9Guliyev, NamigGMAZE254238.56.252481-0.21
10Cao, SangGMHUN253538.562511-0.08
11Romanishin, Oleg MGMUKR2514310725270.11
12Czebe, AttilaGMHUN2513310625760.37
13Bokros, AlbertIMHUN2452396.525010.3
14Bui, VinhIMVIE24483117.7525570.62
15Meszaros, TamasIMHUN243737.55.752431-0.01
16Csiszar, CsabaIMHUN2415384.524520.28
17Duong, The AnhFMVIE2403384.524280.22
18Luch, MichalIMPOL238338.54.524340.33
19Liu, QingnanCHI234439.56.525991.35
20Csirik, AndrasHUN222537.5424261.05
21Prohaszka, PeterIMHUN25062.57.53.52356-0.69
22Nguyen, Huynh Minh HuyFMVIE24822.5105.52441-0.17
23Farago, IvanGMHUN24702.58.55.252326-0.65
24Okhotnik, VladimirIMFRA24622.595.252341-0.59
25Berczes, DavidIMHUN24532.5115.752428-0.08
26Berczes, CsabaIMHUN24092.594.52347-0.27
27Horvath, GyulaIMHUN23982.574.252259-0.67
28Feher, GyulaIMHUN23902.5732328-0.23
29Pataki, GyozoIMHUN23862.595.52371-0.04
30Tompa, JanosIMHUN23822.59.54.752360-0.08
31Varga, Csaba ZoltanFMHUN23562.594.2523990.27
32Gara, AnitaWGMHUN23312.594.2523750.29
33Pergel, LaszloFMHUN23272.552.252244-0.31
34Werner, DimoIMGER23002.583.2523540.31
35Boronyak, ArpadFMHUN22742.584.252205-0.27
36Takacs, BalazsHUN22692.59.54.7524130.81
37Magyar, AndrasHUN22452.572.7522830.27
38Lizak, PeterHUN22262.57.52.523330.56
39Amstadt, AronHUN20632.58.55.2523611.52
102 players

12) Tectura Active

The Tectura Active tournament took place in Horsholm on the 17th May 2008. Jonny Hector, Peter Heine Nielsen and Sergey Klimov finished on 6/7.

Official site: http://www.fribonden.dk/Turneringer/Tectura_Active_2008/TAC_2008_Resultater.htm and a photo report at: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4652

Tectura Active Horsholm (DEN), 17 v 2008
Leading Final Round 7 Standings
RankNameRatingScore
1Hector, Jonny25426
2Nielsen, Peter Heine26336
3Klimov, Sergey24846
4Vitiugov, Nikita26175.5
5Hansen, Lars Bo25635.5
6Brynell, Stellan24685
7Høi, Carsten23765
8Kristiansen, Jens24435
9Rasmussen, Casper Dahl23825
10Rhee, Alexander21035
11Akdag, Dara Sevkan21365
12Nielsen, Frode Benedikt19635
13Christensen, Bo Garner21914.5
14Hagen, Andreas Skytte22734.5
58 players

13) Mitropa Cup

The 2008 Mitropa Cup takes place May 24th - June 4th 2008.

Official web site: http://www.federscacchi.it/mitropa/

14) 17th Chicago Open

The 17th annual Chicago Open takes place May 23-26 2008.

Official site: http://chesstournamentservices.com/chicago/2008/

17th Open Chicago (USA), 23-26 v 2008
Leading Round 5 (of 7) Standings
#NameTiRtngStTot
1Hikaru NakamuraGM2740NY4
2Tigran L PetrosianGM2716ARM4
3Atanas Ivan KolevGM2620BUL4
4Nikola MitkovGM2575IL4
5Alex YermolinskyGM2568SD4
6Alonso ZapataGM2510COL4
7Alexande ShabalovGM2709PA3½
8Yury ShulmanGM2676IL3½
9Varuzhan AkobianGM2666CA3½
10Dmitry GurevichGM2594IL3½
11Joshua E FriedelIM2539NH3½
12Mark C ParaguaGM2508PHI3½
13Jacek StopaIM2460POL3½
14Julio J BecerraGM2648FL3
15Gilbert HernandezGM2602MEX3
16Darwin LayloGM2596PHI3
17Lev MilmanIM2528NY3
18Dashze SharavdorjGM2488CO3
19Jan M Van De MortelIM2467NED3
20Zhe QuanFM2465CAN3
21Florin FelecanFM2459IL3
22Mehmed PasalicFM2420GER3
23Mesgen AmanovIM2390IL3
24Kazim GulamaliFM2370GA3
25Ray S RobsonFM2426FL2½
26Emory A TateIM2368IN2½
27Dan Wolf2321ISR2½
28Glenn Bady2186PA2½
29Iryna Zenyuk2186NY2½
30Garrett L Smith2165IN2½
54 players

15) 82nd Argentine Championship

The 82nd Argentine Championship takes place in Mendoza 19th-31st May 2008.

Official site: http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/

82nd ch-ARG Mendoza ARG (ARG), 20-31 v 2008 cat. IX (2453)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2574 * ½ . ½ ½ . . 1 1 . ½ . 4 2564
2. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2515 ½ * . ½ ½ ½ . . 1 . 1 . 4 2559
3. Valerga, Diego m ARG 2482 . . * . . 1 0 ½ ½ 1 . 1 4 2576
4. Salguero, Francisco ARG 2320 ½ ½ . * ½ . 1 . . 0 . 1 3½ 2522
5. Alonso, Salvador m ARG 2420 ½ ½ . ½ * ½ . . . . ½ 1 3½ 2489
6. Lemos, Damian m ARG 2458 . ½ 0 . ½ * . 1 . ½ ½ . 3 2469
7. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2546 . . 1 0 . . * 0 ½ ½ 1 . 3 2436
8. Flores, Diego m ARG 2548 0 . ½ . . 0 1 * . ½ . 1 3 2466
9. Real de Azua, Ernesto m ARG 2417 0 0 ½ . . . ½ . * 1 . 1 3 2475
10. Mahia, Gustavo f ARG 2432 . . 0 1 . ½ ½ ½ 0 * . . 2½ 2404
11. Liascovich, Lucas m ARG 2419 ½ 0 . . ½ ½ 0 . . . * 1 2½ 2412
12. Luconi, Cristian ARG 2306 . . 0 0 0 . . 0 0 . 0 * 0

16) Kaupthing Open

The Kaupthing Open took place 10th-17th May 2008 in the the Woiwer Sports Center, Differdange, Luxembourg. Andrei Istratescu edged out Parimarjan Negi and Dmitry Frolyanov after all finished on 7/9. All the games now available, my thanks to Valery Maes.

Official site: http://www.lecavalier.lu/Kaupthing-Open-2008.htm

Kaupthing Open Differdange (LUX), 10-17 v 2008
Pl Player Ti TWZ Land Punkte PktSu Buchh
1 Istratescu,Andrei GM 2628 ROU 7 36.5 52
2 Negi,Parimarjan GM 2514 IND 7 36 48
3 Frolyanov,Dmitry GM 2553 RUS 7 34 48.5
4 Kritz,Leonid GM 2609 GER 6.5 33 48.5
5 Schlosser,Philipp GM 2563 GER 6.5 32.5 46.5
6 Socko,Monika IM 2505 POL 6.5 31 47
7 Gupta,Abhijeet GM 2521 IND 6 34.5 49.5
8 Stefansson,Hannes GM 2583 ISL 6 32.5 48.5
9 Gharamian,Tigran IM 2554 FRA 6 32.5 48.5
10 Socko,Bartosz GM 2644 POL 6 30 47
11 Thorhallsson,Thro GM 2437 ISL 6 29.5 44.5
12 Delorme,Axel FM 2377 FRA 6 28.5 41.5
13 Macak,Stefan   2342 SVK 6 26 40.5
14 Velicka,Petr GM 2496 CZE 5.5 33 51
15 Drozdovskij,Yuri GM 2581 UKR 5.5 33 49.5
16 Danielsen,Henrik GM 2510 ISL 5.5 32.5 47.5
17 Feller,Sebastien GM 2540 FRA 5.5 30 48
18 Dzagnidze,Nana IM 2443 GEO 5.5 29.5 47
19 Bauer,Christian GM 2619 FRA 5.5 28.5 46
20 Marzolo,Cyril IM 2476 FRA 5.5 28.5 45.5
21 D`Costa,Lorin A R FM 2410 ENG 5.5 28.5 41.5
22 Faibisovich,Vadim IM 2421 RUS 5.5 28 45.5
23 Nebolsina,Vera WGM 2345 RUS 5.5 27.5 41.5
24 Gunnarsson,Jon Vi IM 2431 ISL 5.5 27 46
25 Henrichs,Thomas IM 2497 GER 5.5 25 40
26 Edouard,Romain IM 2509 FRA 5 32.5 50.5
27 Kristjansson,Stef IM 2485 ISL 5 29.5 41
28 Degtiarev,Evgeny FM 2350 GER 5 28 45.5
29 Papadopoulos,Ioan IM 2471 GRE 5 28 45
30 Ajrapetjan,Yuriy GM 2504 UKR 5 27.5 44.5
31 Nezar,Mustapha FM 2397 FRA 5 26.5 42.5
32 Tania,Sachdev IM 2423 IND 5 26 47.5
33 Leniart,Arkadiusz FM 2324 POL 5 24 43.5
34 Wirig,Anthony IM 2477 FRA 5 23.5 39
35 Raykhman,Alexande   2242 GER 5 23 40
36 Jansa,Vlastimil GM 2489 CZE 5 23 37.5
37 Thorfinnsson,Bjor FM 2417 ISL 4.5 27.5 47.5
38 Zdebskaja,Natalia WGM 2368 UKR 4.5 27 47.5
39 Johannesson,Ingva FM 2344 ISL 4.5 25.5 43.5
40 Siebrecht,Sebasti IM 2490 GER 4.5 25 43
41 Dembo,Yelena IM 2429 GRE 4.5 25 41
42 Bakalarz,Mietek IM 2361 LUX 4.5 24.5 44.5
43 Thorfinnsson,Brag IM 2408 ISL 4.5 23.5 43
44 Haub,Thorsten Mic IM 2467 GER 4.5 23.5 42.5
45 Vatter,Hans-Joach FM 2325 GER 4.5 21.5 39.5
46 Wagener,Claude FM 2275 LUX 4.5 21 41
47 Rudolf,Anna WGM 2302 HUN 4.5 21 39.5
48 Berend,Elvira WGM 2303 LUX 4.5 20.5 39
49 Linster,Philippe   2104 LUX 4.5 20 42.5
50 Prizker,Boris   2214 GER 4.5 19.5 36
51 Andersen,Alf R.   2203 NOR 4.5 19.5 32.5
52 Schweitzer,Viktor WIM 2218 FRA 4.5 19 35
53 Wagener,Anna WGM 2266 LUX 4.5 18 36.5
85 players

17) 6th Brussels International

The 6th Brussels International rapid tournament took place 24th-25th May 2008. Predrag Nikolic took clear first with 9.5/11. No games currently available.

Official site: http://www.creb.be

6th Brussels International (BEL), 24-25 v 2008
N Name Fide Pts Perf S B B M Cum Kash Lot
1 Nikolic Predrag 2665 9.5 2689 66.25 50.5 56.5 28 89
2 Popovic Petar 2480 8.5 2501 56.25 49.0 50.5 24 100
3 Buhr Carl-Christian 2290 8.0 2506 57.75 54.0 51.0 23 221
4 Cekro Ekrem 2458 8.0 2441 55.50 48.5 50.0 23 681
5 Tiviakov Sergey 2649 8.0 2523 54.25 49.5 50.5 23 22
6 Alienkin Aleksander 2407 8.0 2455 54.00 49.5 50.5 23 626
7 Pytel Krzysztof 2413 8.0 2475 53.00 48.5 50.5 22 29
8 Dgebuadze Alexandre 2520 8.0 2478 52.50 48.5 51.0 22 575
9 Akesson Ralf 2470 7.5 2482 49.50 50.0 52.0 21 696
10 Kadimova Ilaha 2326 7.5 2399 49.50 47.5 48.0 21 251
11 Picard Romain 2368 7.5 2322 48.00 49.5 46.0 22 843
12 Ringoir Tanguy 2266 7.5 2392 47.50 49.0 47.0 22 985
13 Mohandesi Shahin 2323 7.5 2297 47.00 47.5 45.5 21 269
106 players

18) Forthcoming Events and Links

Magistral Ciudad de León

The 21st edition of the "Magistral Ciudad de León" takes place May 29th - June 2nd in León, Spain.

The players will be World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk, and the 2 best Spanish Players, Alexei Shirov and Francisco Vallejo Pons.

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

Leko - Carlsen Match

There is an 8 game rapid match between Peter Leko and Magnus Carlsen 28th May - 1st June 2008.

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

4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup

The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup takes place in Odessa 30th May - 2nd June 2008. Participants: Boris Gelfand (2723, ISR) Ruslan Ponomariov (2719, UKR) Anatoly Karpov (2655, RUS) Pavel Tregubov (2629, RUS) Viktor Korchnoi (2598, SUI) Yuri Drozdovskij (2581, UKR) Valery Beim (2523, AUT) Mikhail Golubev (2474, UKR)

Official site: http://www.worldcup.pivdenny.com

French League Top 16

The final three rounds of the French League Top 16 Group Stage took place 10th-13th April 2008. There will be the final pool stages (Haute and Basse) 29th May - 1st June 2008.

Official site: http://www.echecs.asso.fr

Illescas - Deep Junior Rapid Match

There is a match between Miguel Illescas Cordoba and Deep Junior in a two game rapid match at the CosmoCaixa in Barcelona on 5th June 2008. Illescas will be aided by the single processor version of Junior 9. Games at 18.00 h and 19.00 h will be broadcast live on the internet and on ICC.

Official site: http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/centros/cosmocaixabcn_es.html

Marshall Chess Club International

The Marshall Chess Club New York International takes place 21th-25th June 2008. 9 round swiss.

Details: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/

Olomouc Chess Summer

The 11th International Chess Festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2008 takes place 30th July - 7th August 2008. Closed GM and IM tournaments, FIDE open, seniors tournament, active chess and blitz tournament are part of the festival.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/olomouc-chess-summer/regulations/

5th Highlands Open

The 5th International Chess Festival Highlands Open 2008, takes place in the town of Zdar nad Sazavou 20th-28th September 2008.

Details: http://www.czechtour.net/highlands-open/regulations/

World Championship Match Anand vs Kramnik in Bonn

The World Championship match where Viswanathan Anand will defends his World title against Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany will now take place October 14th-2nd November, 2008. The main reason for the slight change in dates is to fit in with the sponsors and politicians ability to attend the opening. The main sponsor is Evonik Industries AG and the prizemoney 1,5 Million Euro. The contract was signed by both players 18th December 2007.

Dates for the match: Gm1: Oct 14th, Gm2: Oct 15th, Gm3: Oct 17th, Gm4: Oct 18th, Gm5: Oct 20th, Gm6: Oct 21st, Gm7: Oct 23rd, Gm8: Oct 24th, Gm9: Oct 26th, Gm10: Oct 27th, Gm11: Oct 29th, Gm12: Oct 31st, Tiebreak Nov 2nd.

Advanced booking for the World Chess Championship 2008 between Viswanathan Anand (India) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) has started. The tickets are available at the price of 35 Euro per day. The following benefits are included: - entrance to the playing hall - entrance to the commentary room with analysis by prominent grandmasters. The tickets are available at all ticket agencies in Germany. You can also buy tickets for the match in advance via BONNTICKET: http://www.bonnticket.de tickets@bonnticket.de. Tel. +49-(0)-180/5001812. Tickets for a possible tiebreak on November 02, 2008, will be available after the 12th game. Exclusive VIP tickets are also available. Details at the website below along with features on the leadup to the championships.

Website: http://www.uep-worldchess.com/

Porto Carras, Greece

3rd International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2008", takes place in Porto Carras, Greece 12th-19th July 2008

Further details: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2008

Panevezys Open

The 21st International Panevezys Open 2008 takes place in Panevezys, Lithuania 12th-18th August 2008. Two Open A and Open B and two closed norm tournaments second woman WGM and GM takes place in chess Festival program this year.

More details: http://www.chesslyga.lt/panevezys2008

For information e-mail: chessfanas@gmail.com

Open "Mediterranean 2017" Rijeka

The Open "Mediterranean 2017" Rijeka (CRO) takes place 29th November - 6th December 2008.

Details: http://www.mediteran2013.com/en/default.asp

Baltic Sea Cup 2008

The Baltic Sea Cup 2008 (Bornholm Summer Chess) takes place in Denmark 29th July - 6th August 2008. 10 round swiss. Top players already signed up include: GM Michael Roiz 2659, GM Sergei Tiviakov 2635, GM Igor Khenkin 2609, itali Golod 2606, GM Yuriy Kuzubov and GM Zoltan Gyimesi 2600.

Details: http://www.balticseacup.dk

Hungarian Chess Tournaments May - December 2008

1. 16th-21th of May 2008 KECSKEMET, IM Berger tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: http://www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South-East from Budapest.

2. 7th-19th of June FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM, GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER), 9…13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities in Budapest, venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1/

3. 22nd-30th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, 1st prize 500,000 Ft (brutto 2 thousand EURO), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, e-mail: mssz@zalaszam.hu Mobile: 36-20-9777003

4.13th-21st of June, Balatonlelle Open, GM-IM round robin, org: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu

5.21st-30th of June IM tmt Kecskemet, org: Mr. Erdelyi

6.5th-17th of July, GM-IM-FM, First Saturday Budapest, org: Nagy Laszlo

7.19th-28th of July IM Kecskemet, org Erdelyi,

8.23rd-27th of July, 32nd AGRIA chess festival, Open 9 rounds Swiss, EGER, 100 km North East from Budapest, org: rauch@freemail.hu www.eurochess.hu

9.2nd-14th of August GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy Laszlo

10.16th-25th of August, IM tmt, Kecskemet, org: Erdelyi

11.6th-18th of September GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy Laszlo,

12.20th -29th September IM tmt Kecskemet, org Erdelyi

13.4th-16th of October, GM-IM-FM tmt, First Saturday Budapest, org.Nagy L.

14.18th-27th of October IM tmt Kecskemet, org Erdelyi.

15.1st-13th of November GM-IM-FM First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L.

16.14th-22nd of November Tenkes Kupa Open, Harkany, 300 km South-West from Budapst, 9 round Swiss, org: Ambrus Lajos, mobile: 36-30-851-4224 e-mail: info@baranyasakk.hu www.baranyasakk.hu

17.6th-18th of December GM-IM-FM tmt, First Saturday Budapest, org Nagy L.

18.27th of Dec 5th of January IM-FM tmt Kesckemet, org: Erdelyi.

Blackstone Chess Festival

Blackstone Chess Festival incorporating the New England Masters - 11th-17th August 2008.

The New England Masters will take place at the Blackstone Chess Academy, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA, from August 11-15, 2008. The event will be a 9 round Swiss with GM/IM norm opportunities and a prize fund of $3,300. The Masters is open to a maximum of 50 players rated FIDE 2100 or higher. Please visit http://www.NewEnglandMasters.com for more info.

The Masters event will be followed by the Blackstone Open on August 16-17, 2008, at the same location. This event will be a 4 round Swiss, split into two sections, an Open (minimum rating USCF 1600) and an Under 1900 Section. The total prize fund is $4,000. Please visit http://www.blackstonechess.com/event88g.htm for more info.

I Masters of Olalachess Academy Training Camp

The I Masters of Olalachess Academy Training Camp takes place in Salou, Spain 1st-7th September 2008.

Details: http://www.masters.olalachess.com

Aerosvit Tournament

The Aerosvit-2008 tournament takes place in Foros, Crimea 7th-20th June 2008.

Official site: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm

Aerosvit - Foros (UKR), 7-20 vi 2008
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765
2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740
4 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2740
5 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732
6 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2711
7 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711
8 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2687
9 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2684
10 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2684
11 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2676
12 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2664

European U18 Team championships

The European U18 Team championships take place 13th-22nd June 2008 in Szeged, Hungary. Szeged is a major town on the South of Hungary on the river Tisza.

Invitation, registration form, bank account number, list of entries and other important information can be found at: http://www.chess.hu/u18etc

13th Pannonia Cup

The 13th Pannonia Cup takes place in Balatonalmádi (Hungary) 30th July - 3rd August 2008 International Open for FIDE ratings (without age limit)

Contact details: Fáncsy Imre: 8222. Balatonalmádi, Gábor Áron u. 15.; HUNGARY E-mail: almadikupa@freemail.hu

Details: http://fancsyimi.fw.hu

VI Gyorgy Marx Memorial

The VI.Gyorgy Marx Memorial takes place in Paks, Hungary 24th July - 4th August, 2008.

Players: Acs Peter, Aleksander Beliavsky, Berkes Ferenc, Gabriel Sargissian, Daniel Stellwagen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave average:2617 cat XV.

Alongside is the XII.Paks Open 30th Julybv- 3rd August, 2008, 7 rounds, rapid, blitz and children tournaments Apply and information:Vidéki Sándor videkis2001@yahoo.com

Official site: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy

2nd Queenstown Chess Classic 2009

Queenstown Chess Classic takes place in Queenstown, South Island of New Zealand 15th-24th January 2009.

This will be the second such event, the first was held in Jan 2006.

The Tournament promoter is GM Murray Chandler. Over $50,000 (NZ) is being offered in prizes with additional prizes in the Rapid and Blitz events being held on January 25th-26th 2009.

Full details: http://www.queenstownchess.com

GM Boris Alterman's Chess Lessons

GM Boris Alterman has a blog with free chess lessons on it.

Website: http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/

19th Czech Open

The 19th Czech Open takes place 10th-27th July 2008 (Pardubice, CEZ Arena and Ideon)

THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL CHESS AND GAMES FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD (5908 starts of players from 50 countries in CZECH OPEN 2007!). Open grand master tournament (ELO FIDE >= 2200), Open European Amateurs Championships ( 1800,  2000,  2200), hundreds of other tournaments in chess and also in other games

Contacts: AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o., Sukova 1556, 530 02 Pardubice, Czech Republic, tel./fax +420 - 466 535 200, mobile phone + 420 - 608 203 007, e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz,

Further information: http://www.czechopen.net

8th Savaria Summer

The 8th Savaria Summer International Chess Tournament takes place 14th-22nd August 2008, Szombathely, Hungary

Details: http://sakk.savaria.hu/main.php?Lang=EN

Chess Classic Mainz 2008

The schedule for Chess Classic Mainz 2008 is now available. The event takes place 27th July - 3rd August 2008 in Mainz/Germany. Anand , Morozevich, Carlsen and Polgar play.

In addition there is a Chess Classic Calendar for the next year, which will be available in the first week of December. It is a big format (420 x 594 mm) and shows the stars and the biggest moments of the 14 years tournament history. The copies are limited to 200 (39,- Euro plus delivery) plus 64 with an autograph of World Champion Vishy Anand (48,- Euro plus delivery). Contact for order: juergen.wienecke@chesstigers.de

Further details: http://www.chesstigers.de

Voronezh Chess Festival

12th Voronezh traditional chess festival takes place 10th-21st June 2008.

Details: http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open

Arctic Chess Challenge

The Arctic Chess Challenge 2008 takes place August 2nd - 10th in Tromsø, Norway. Contact address: simsim64@gmail.com

Details: http://www.arcticchess.org

Last year's event had 99 participants and was won by Alexander Moiseenko ahead of Kjetil Lie, Vugar Gashimov and Magnus Carlsen.

Ikaros Chess Festival

The main event of the Ikaros Chess Festival, the International Aegean Open Championship takes place from 12th-20th July 2008. It is a 9 round swiss event with prize fund 3000 Euros in total (1st prize 800 Euros, special money prizes for ladies and veterans). Special conditions for GMs/IMs and WGMs/WIMs are provided. The URL of Ikaros Chess Festival is: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros . Our e-mail is: ikaros@chess.gr while to contact us on the phone one can try: +30 6932 478386 or +30 210 5010871 (Mr. Savas Kyriakou). For general information about the island of Ikaria one can also check at: http://www.island-ikaria.com

European Union Championships, Liverpool 2008

This years European Union Championships takes place in Liverpool, England 9th - 18th September 2008. The prize fund is 30,000 pounds with 6000 pounds first prize. Already 16 Grandmasters have entered including Nigel Short, Sergei Tiviakov and Maxim Vachier-Lagrave.

Details:  http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk            

8th Brno Chess Festival

The 8th Brno Chess Festival 2008 takes place 27th or 29th June - 6th July 2008) in the luxury hotel BOBYCENTRUM****. Two open tournaments (FIDE and national) and closed tournaments (one grandmaster and 2-3 masters) are proposed. More details at: http://www.skduras.cz/en

VII Benidorm International Chess Festival 2008

The VII Benidorm International Chess Festival takes place 28th November - 8th December 2008. For information contact: E-Mail: eventosdeajedrez@yahoo.es festivaldebenidorm@gmail.com News: Patricia Claros Aguilar.

Dvoretsky-Jussupow Chess School in Paris

The Dvoretsky-Jussupow Chess School will hold lessons in Paris in June.

The first stage will be held in the "Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris" 11th-15th June 2008. The training sessions (3 hours with Dvoretsky and 3 hours with Jussupow)are given in english (with possible translation into french), and the trainers will deliver written lessons (available both in English and French).

Groups : limited to 16 persons a day, groups of 8 persons maximum for each trainer.

Charges : 220 Euro per day.

Wednesday : under 1700 elo.

Thursday :1700-2100

Friday :1800-2199

Saturday :+2200

Sunday :+2200

Send your reservations to : L’Ecole Parisienne du jeu d’Échecs, 2 rue des Goncourt, 75011 Paris, France (cheque 220 Euro, order E.P.J.E.). The lessons will be delivered in la Cité Internationale Universitaire, Maison internationale, 19 Bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris. From 10h to 13h and from 14h to 17h. Further information: eneiman@free.fr or phone: +33 6 81 48 64 58

Official site (in French): http://epje.free.fr/

FIDE Grand Prix Events

The line ups for the FIDE Grand Prix events have been announced. The top four players in the world, along with players such as Morozevich and Shirov are missing. It seems that in the case of Kramnik and Topalov that they believe that the event doesn't have big enough prize money (according to quotes in Chess Today). All this was more or less known beforehand. However the players who have signed up make this a very attractive and interesting series of events. The grand prix is organised by Global Chess which is headed by Bessel Kok.

Details: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1607


FIDE Grand Prix 2008-9
Surname First Name NAT Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ck 08 Criteria WRk
Svidler Peter RUS 2763 2763 2763
2763
2763 4 2 Pres Nom 5
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2760 2760
2760 2760
2760 4 2 Rating 6
Leko Peter HUN 2753

2753 2753 2753 2753 4 1 Rating 8
Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2751
2751
2751 2751 2751 4 1 Rating 9
Aronian Levon ARM 2739
2739
2739 2739 2739 4 1 Rating 10
Gelfand Boris ISR 2737
2737
2737 2737 2737 4 1 Rating 11
Radjabov Teimour AZE 2735 2735 2735 2735 2735

4 3 Rating 12
Carlsen Magnus NOR 2733 2733
2733 2733
2733 4 2 Wcup 13
Karjakin Sergey UKR 2732 2732 2732
2732 2732
4 2 Wcup 14
Adams Michael ENG 2726 2726
2726
2726 2726 4 2 Reserve 16
Kamsky Gata USA 2726 2726 2726
2726 2726
4 2 Matches 15
Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2720
2720 2720
2720 2720 4 2 Hcity 17
Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2713 2713 2713 2713

2713 4 3 Pres Nom 19
Grischuk Alexander RUS 2711 2711 2711 2711 2711

4 3 Reserve 21
Bacrot Etienne FRA 2700 2700
2700 2700 2700
4 2 Pres Nom 22
Wang Yue CHN 2698 2698 2698 2698
2698
4 3 Pres Nom 25
Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2681 2681
2681
2681 2681 4 2 Hcity 34
Navara David CZE 2680 2680 2680

2680 2680 4 2 Hcity 37
Gashimov Vugar AZE 2665 2665 2665 2665
2665
4 3 Hcity 48
Pelletier Yannick SWZ 2600

2600 2600 2600 2600 4 1 Hcity 165
Al Modiahki Mohamad QTR 2569
2569 2569 2569
2569 4 2 Hcity 274
AVERAGE RATING


2715.9 2709.9 2697.4 2714.9 2707.7 2708.9



Player Count 21
2709.1 14 14 14 14 14 14 84 42

Event 1 April 20th - May 6th 2008, Baku, Azerbaijan
Event 2 July 30th - August 15th 2008, Sochi, Russia
Event 3 December 13th - 29th, 2008, Doha, Qatar
Event 4 April 14th - 28th, 2009, Montreux, Switzerland
Event 5 August 8th - 24th, 2009, Elista, Russia
Event 6 December 7th - 23rd, 2009, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Grand Prix 2008-9 Prizes Each Event
Place EUR Points
1 30,000 140 + 40 bonus
2 22,500 130 + 20
3 20,000 120 + 10
4 15,000 110
5 12,500 100
6 11,000 90
7 10,000 80
8 8,500 70
9 7,500 60
10 6,000 50
11 5,500 40
12 5,000 30
13 4,500 20
14 4,000 10


Grand Prix 2008-9
Prizes for Final Standings
(Best three events)
Pl Prize (Euros)
1st 75,000
2nd 50,000
3rd 40,000
4th 30,000
5th 25,000
6th 20,000
7th 18,000
8th 16,000
9th 14,000
10th 12,000

British Chess Championships 2008

The 95th Championships of The British Isles organised by the English Chess Federation takes place Sunday 27th July - Saturday 9th August 2008 in St. George's Hall, Liverpool.

Details: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/events/bc2008/index.html

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place in Montreal July 19th-27th 2008.

Further details: Fédération québécoise des échecs

Cidade de Ferrol International

XXIII International Chess tournament Cidade de Ferrol Prizes : 14750 euros (different sections) Dates : 15th-20th July 2008 Time rate : 90’ + 30 Secunden Accomodation : 24,5 euros Full board in a Student house. There other posibilities. Entry: 30 euros . contact e-mail: xanrei@arrakis.es Other tournaments: Bernasque 3/7-12/7. Circuito Galego From 22/7 to 30/9

Further info: http://www.cfxadrez.org

X Sants Open

The X International Open of Sants, Hostafrancs and la Bordeta (Barcelona - Spain) takes place 22nd-31st August 2008. 10 round swiss system tournament with + 12.000 euros in prizes.

Other activities include a blitz tournament and rapid chess tournament with 1500 euros in prizes. Last year: 500 players from 40 countries including 70 titled players competed. There were 2 GM and 5 IM norms.

Details: http://http://www.cotxeres.org/open

Yerevan Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2008

The Chess Federation of Armenia is organizing an International Open Rapid Chess Tournament which takes place June 12th-15th, 2008, in Yerevan, Armenia. The event is organized simultaneously with the tournament "Chess Giants Yerevan 2008" with the participation of the world's top grandmasters.

The total prize fund of the open rapid tournament is 33000 USD with the following breakdown.

Breakdown of the Prize Fund
1st place 6 000 USD
2nd place 4 000 USD
3rd place 3 500 USD
4th place 2 500 USD
5th place 2 000 USD
6th place 1 800 USD
7th place 1 600 USD
8th place 1 500 USD
9th place 1 400 USD
10th place 1 300 USD
11th-20th 800 USD

Grandmasters and chess players with an Elo above 2450 will pay no entry fee. For the other participants the following fees are fixed: International Masters with an Elo up to 2450 30 USD Chess players with an Elo from 2301 to 2450 50 USD Chess players with an Elo from 2151 to 2300 70 USD Chess players with an Elo up to 2150 and without an Elo 100 USD The board and lodging costs will be covered by the participants. The following accommodation options are offered: Ani Plaza Hotel Single room - 80 Euro Double room - 50 Euro Breakfast is included in the prices. Optionally lunch - 10 Euro, dinner - 10 Euro Erebuni Hotel Single room - 60 Euro Double room - 35 Euro Breakfast is included in the prices.

For further information please contact: Mr. Gaguik Oganessian General Secretary, Armenian Chess Federation President, FIDE Zone 1,5
Tel.: (374)10-554923
Fax: (374)10-570758
E-Mail armchess@arminco.com

The 8th European Senior Championship

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2008" will present the 7th Chess Summer Festival in Davos from August 9th to 17th, 2008. The main event will be the 8th European Individual Senior Championship. The second tournament will be traditional, 7th Davos Open.

8th European Individual Senior Championship, August 9th to 17th 2008. "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in Congress Center. Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and rating: FIDE, Swiss (SSB) and German (DWZ). Seniors: men born 1947 and earlier; women born 1957 and earlier. Prize (men): 2.500/1.700/1.000/700/600/500/2x400/2x300 CHF. 3-4 group rating prize (200/150/100 CHF). Women: 400/300/3x200 CHF; Entry fee 80 CHF; at the door 20 CHF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 9th; Round 2/8 9.30-15.30 August 10th-16th; Round 9 9.30-15.30 August 17th.

7th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 5 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 30 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.000 SF, 800, 600, 400, 300, 200, 2x150 CHF. Natural prizes for 4 and more points. Entry fee 130 CHF, FMs and juniors 60 CHF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel free; at the door 20 CHF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 10th; Round 2/7 16.00-22.00 August 10th-16th. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress Center. Closing ceremony August 17th, 4 p.m. Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) Email beochess@bluewin.ch or read the website: http://www.beochess.ch

Paleochora International Open 2008

The Paleochora (southern Crete) International Open takes place 21st-28th July 2008.

Further details: http://www.chaniachess.gr

The Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival 2008

12th International Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" will be held 18th-25th. July 2008. in Senta (the Vojvodina /Serbia).

Further details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yuand in English: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/select.php?lang=3&xid=2

XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra

The XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra takes place 19th-27th July 2008. Contact: open@escacsandorra.com FEVA - Tel/Fax: 00.376.824465

Further details: http://www.escacsandorra.com

Alushta Diary 2008

GM Norm events: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, IM Norm: 23.05 - 1.06, 2.06 - 12.06, 15.06 - 25.06, 2.09 - 12.09, 14.09 - 24.09, 26.09 - 6.10, Rating tournament: 4.06 - 12.06, 22.06 - 27.06, Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 3.06 - 11.06, 13.06 - 21.06, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman) - 500$ 28.06 - 6.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 7.07, Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 8.07 - 9.07, Alushta Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 21.06 - 27.06 Individual and group studying. phone +38 (06560)5-05-32,

Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua

Pula Open 2008

The Pula Open 2008 takes place 21st-28th June 2008 in Pula, Croatia. Contact e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr

Further details: http://www.skpula.hr

Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match

A Press release from UEP Promotions announces that Viswanathan Anand will defend his World title against Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, Germany October 11th-30th October, 2008. Main sponsor Evonik Industries AG and prizemoney 1,5 Million Euro. The match will be 12 games followed by playoffs if required. The contract was signed by both players 18th December 2007.

Website: http://www.uep-worldchess.com/

Mindsports

The World Mindsports games takes place in Beijing, China after the Olympics 3rd -18th October 2008.

Details: http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/Calendar/files/WorldMindSportsGames2007.pdf.

Etienne Bacrot's Website

Etienne Bacrot has a website at: http://www.chess22.fr/ with his analysis and news. Very worth while, especially when he's playing.

ICC and FICS client for mobile phones

Mats Luthman has written a program that connects to ICC and FICS, compatable with many modern mobile phones. I've been looking for something like this for a while for watching live tournaments if I'm out and about. Its a nice free solution, you can also play but I haven't tried that.

Website: http://www.luthman.nu/Mobi/Mobi.html