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Promotions
Grand Slam Final Bilbao. All games were drawn in round 5. Rest day Sunday.
Women's World Championship. Round 4 - players get a rest day on Tuesday as all matches were decided on day 2. Live coverage here of a couple of games. Chessdom have live reports from the site.
European Union Championships, Liverpool. Round 1 Tuesday.
61st Russian Championship Higher League.
CECLUB Spanish Club Championship. Very strong team event. Moves updated regularly.
Chalons en Champagne
5th LGA Premium Schach CUP
Montreal. Yuri Shulman took clear first place with 6½/9.
Antwerp
NH Chess Tournament. Wang Yue scored 8.5/10 and qualified for next years Amber tournament. Youth fully out did experience winning 33.5-16.5.
July 2008 FIDE Rating List

New John Watson chess book and software reviews.

John Watson has a program called Chess Talk on ICC Chess.fm.
Most recent review: 4th January 2008. John Watson Book Review #86: The Big Three and Then Some

John Watson Book Review #85: A Convenient Truth

Recent reviews:
#84 - John Watson Book #83: - Reply # 83 -#82 - #81 - #80 - #79 - #78 - #77 - #76 - #75 - #74

Past Reviews

John Watson's ambitious works"Mastering the Openings, Volume 1" and "Mastering the Openings, Volume 2" are now available, with Volume 3 planned. The books aim to explain openings on an instructional and conceptual basis. His "Dangerous Weapons: The French" is also available at the London Chess Center, along with his recent, co-authored, book "How to Succeed in the Queen Pawn Openings". Other of Watson's award-winning books include "Chess Strategy in Action", "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy", and "Play the French, 3rd Edition". John reports that TWIC is a constant Web companion.
 
 
 
TWIC Theory and Promotions

New Rybka.


TWIC Theory

TWIC Theory is an electronic monthly magazine with high quality articles delivered in PGN and PDF format on the 25th of every month. You can still get the back issues.

TWIC Theory Diagram September 2007 Benko Gambit by Alex Finkel
Number 35 September 2007. Benko Gambit - Main Line/ The Latest Trends in the post-Topalov period By GM Alex Finkel

Details: http://www.chesscenter.com/twictheory/
 
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Grand Slam Final Bilbao


Round 6. Photo © http://www.chessvibes.com who has on the spot reports.

The Chess Grand Slam Final takes place in Bilbao 1st-13th September 2008. There are 6 players. The first qualifiers were the winners of Corus 2008, Morelia - Linares 2008, and Mtel Masters 2008 - GM Levon Aronian, GM Viswanathan Anand, and GM Vassily Ivanchuk. Then the 2nd place players also qualified GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Veselin Topalov and finally the best all-round player left Teimour Radjabov. Three points for a win and one for a draw rules are in effect.

Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and another 60 minutes to finish the game.

Players are not allowed to agree draw without arbiter's permission. In case both players request it to him, the arbiter will make his decision after consulting with a technical assistant.

Official site for the event: http://www.bilbaofinalmasters.com. On the spot reports from http://www.chessvibes.com. Videos also from http://www.europe-echecs.com and http://www.chessclub.com/. Some commentary at: http://www.chessok.com/ (seems to have temporarily disappeared), Playchess.com and http://www.chessdom.com/

Games in PGN

Regular updates for the games during play.

Silverlight Chessboard application
by Martin Bennedik
(http://www.bennedik.de/
Silverboard.html).

Round 1 (September 2, 2008)
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 51 A32 English Symmetrical
Anand, Viswanathan - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 58 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Radjabov, Teimour - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 49 C45 Scotch Game
Round 2 (September 3, 2008)
Topalov, Veselin - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 37 D11 Slav Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 29 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Anand, Viswanathan - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ 34 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 3 (September 4, 2008)
Carlsen, Magnus - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 56 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 42 D16 Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Radjabov, Teimour - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½ 35 D20 QGA
Round 4 (September 5, 2008)
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 25 E15 Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0 37 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Aronian, Levon - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 70 D27 QGA
Round 5 (September 6, 2008)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 44 E34 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 36 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Radjabov, Teimour - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 34 C45 Scotch Game
Round 6 (September 8, 2008)
Topalov, Veselin - Radjabov, Teimour * 45 E74 King's Indian Averbakh
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 1-0 36 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 32 D19 Slav Defence

Table will be manually updatad at the end of play due to the unusual scoring system of three points for a win and one for a draw. Rightly or wrongly I'm going to stick with 1, ½ and 0 in the actual results part of the table.


Grand Slam Final Bilbao (ESP), 2-13 ix 2008 cat. XXI (2769)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2777 * * 1 . ½ . ½ . ½ . 1 . 9 2916
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 0 . * * 1 . ½ . 1 . ½ . 8 2839
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2737 ½ . 0 . * * 1 . ½ . ½ . 6 2775
4. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 ½ . ½ . 0 . * * ½ . ½ . 4 2694
5. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 ½ . 0 . ½ . ½ . * * ½ . 4 2701
6. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2798 0 . ½ . ½ . ½ . ½ . * * 4 2690
 
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Women's World Championship


Antoaneta Stefanova lost to Pia Cramling in the first game of round 4. Photo © http://www.chessdom.com/

The World Women's Championship 2008 takes place in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation), 28th August - 18th September 2008 with a prize fund of 450,000 USD. FIDE and the organisers have stressed that events in Ossetia shouldn't have any impact on the event but a number of players have chosen not to participate. These include all the Georgian players (Maia Chiburdanidze, Lela Javakhishvili, Sopio Gvetadze, Maia Lomineishvili, Sopiko Khukhashvili and Nino Khurtsidze), Tea Bosboom Lanchava, Karen Zapata, Marie Sebag, and Irina Krush all of whom lost by default in the first round and also it looks like Ekaterina Korbut didn't make it either. Two pairings seem to have no players in attendance so there will be byes in round 2.

Sudden Death Playoff regulations: White shall receive 6 minutes, Black shall receive 5 minutes, without any addition. The winner qualifies for the next round. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces qualifies for the next round.

Games in PGN from today

Games in PGN Archive

Official site: http://nalchik2008.fide.com

http://www.chessdom.com/ has live blog coverage.

Regular updates for the games during play.
Round 4 Game 2 (September 7, 2008)
Cramling, Pia - Stefanova, Antoaneta ½-½ 49 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Hou Yifan - Mkrtchian, Lilit 1-0 38 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Shen Yang - Koneru, Humpy 0-1 42 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Ushenina, Anna - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1 26 E35 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
WCh-Women Nalchik (RUS), 28 viii - 18 ix 2008
Round 4 Results 8th-10th September 2008.
NAT Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 4 Match 01
RUS Kosteniuk, Aleksandra 2510½1     1½
UKR Ushenina, Anna 2476½0     ½
Round 4 Match 02
IND Koneru, Humpy 262211     2
CHN Shen, Yang 244500     0
Round 4 Match 03
ARM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2436½0     ½
CHN Hou, Yifan 2557½1     1½
Round 4 Match 04
BUL Stefanova, Antoaneta 25500½     ½
SWE Cramling, Pia 25441½     1½

WCh-Women Nalchik (RUS), 28 viii - 18 ix 2008
Round 3 Results 4th-7th September 2008.
NAT Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 3 Match 01
RUSMatveeva, Svetlana241200    0
UKRUshenina, Anna247611    2
Round 3 Match 02
HUNHoang Thanh Trang2487½0    ½
INDKoneru, Humpy2622½1    1½
Round 3 Match 03
CHNHou, Yifan25571011   3
ITASedina, Elena23440100   1
Round 3 Match 04
UKRGaponenko, Inna246800    0
BULStefanova, Antoaneta255011    2
Round 3 Match 05
SWECramling, Pia25441½    1½
CHNRuan, Lufei24990½    ½
Round 3 Match 06
INDHarika, Dronavalli2461½0    ½
ARMMkrtchian, Lilit2436½1    1½
Round 3 Match 07
CHNShen, Yang2445½½011½ 3½
RUSKosintseva, Nadezhda2460½½100½ 2½
Round 3 Match 08
RUSKosteniuk, Aleksandra2510½1    1½
RUSKosintseva, Tatjana2511½0    ½

WCh-Women Nalchik (RUS), 28 viii - 18 ix 2008
Round 2 Results 1st-3rd September 2008.
NAT Name Rtng G1 G2 Rp1 Rp2 Bz1 Bz2 SD Total
Round 2 Match 01
RUS Matveeva, Svetlana 2412 1  ½            1½
CHN Xu, Yuhua 2483 0 ½            ½ 
Round 2 Match 02
IND Koneru, Humpy 2622 + -           2
    - +           0
Round 2 Match 03
MGL Mongontuul, Bathuyang 2406 0  0            0 
CHN Hou, Yifan 2557 1  1            2 
Round 2 Match 04
BUL Stefanova, Antoaneta 2550 ½  ½  1  1        3 
CHN Ju, Wenjun 2389 ½  ½  0  0        1 
Round 2 Match 05
CHN Tan, Zongyi 2387 ½  0            ½ 
SWE Cramling, Pia 2544 ½ 1            1½
Round 2 Match 06
POL Gasik, Anna 2211 ½  0            ½
ARM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2436 ½ 1            1½
Round 2 Match 07
CHN Shen, Yang 2445 1  ½            1½ 
CHN Zhao, Xue 2522 0 ½            ½ 
Round 2 Match 08
RUS Kosintseva, Tatjana 2511 1  ½            1½ 
USA Zatonskih, Anna 2446 0 ½            ½ 
Round 2 Match 09
    - -           0
RUS Kosteniuk, Aleksandra 2510 + +           2
Round 2 Match 10
LTU Cmilyte, Viktorija 2508 ½  ½  0  ½        1½ 
RUS Kosintseva, Nadezhda 2460 ½  ½  1  ½        2½ 
Round 2 Match 11
IND Harika, Dronavalli 2461 ½  ½  ½  1        2½ 
SLO Muzychuk, Anna 2504 ½  ½  ½  0        1½ 
Round 2 Match 12
CHN Ruan, Lufei 2499 ½  1            1½ 
ARG Amura, Claudia 2345 ½  0            ½ 
Round 2 Match 13
UKR Gaponenko, Inna 2468 1  0  ½  1        2½ 
USA Rohonyan, Katerine 2321 0  1  ½  0        1½ 
Round 2 Match 14
VIE Nguyen, Thi Thanh An 2323 ½  ½  0  0        1 
ITA Sedina, Elena 2344 ½  ½  1  1        3 
Round 2 Match 15
POL Socko, Monika 2473 ½  0            ½ 
HUN Hoang Thanh Trang 2487 ½  1            1½ 
Round 2 Match 16
GER Paehtz, Elisabeth 2481 0  ½            ½ 
UKR Ushenina, Anna 2476 1  ½            1½ 

Round 1 results in TWIC 721
 
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European Union Championships Liverpool

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.

Official site:  http://www.liverpoolchessinternational.co.uk            

European Union Championships Liverpool
(ENG), 9-18 ix 2008
Top 10 players:
NameTRating
1Adams, Michaelg2735
2Bacrot, Etienneg2691
3Vachier-Lagrave, Maximeg2681
4Short, Nigel Dg2655
5Tiviakov, Sergeig2645
6Fridman, Danielg2637
7L'Ami, Erwing2610
8Beliavsky, Alexander Gg2606
9Laznicka, Viktorg2601
10Baramidze, Davidg2593
138 players
 
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61st Russian Championship Higher League

The 61st Russian Championship Higher League takes place in Novokuznetsk 3rd-14th September 2008. The event is a qualifier for the superfinals held in October. The event is an 11 round swiss with some very strong players. Live coverage of all the games on the official site. Play starts at 3pm local time, but be aware its GMT+8 there at the moment.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.rcc2008.org/eng/index.htm

Regular updates for the games during play.


61st ch-RUS HL Novokuznetsk (RUS), 3-14 ix 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2602 +46 +17 =4 +10 =8 =2 . . . . . 4½ 2806
2. Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2616 +49 +24 =6 =5 +9 =1 . . . . . 4½ 2770
3. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2650 =37 +39 =22 =12 +30 +14 . . . . . 4½ 2758
4. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2674 +19 +36 =1 =9 =6 =10 . . . . . 4 2732
5. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2617 +45 =22 +23 =2 =14 =8 . . . . . 4 2729
6. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2639 +54 +21 =2 =14 =4 =11 . . . . . 4 2743
7. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2618 +12 =53 =35 =33 =27 +25 . . . . . 4 2697
8. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2640 =52 =25 +41 +35 =1 =5 . . . . . 4 2694
9. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2592 =43 +31 +38 =4 -2 +32 . . . . . 4 2720
10. Volkov, Sergey1 g RUS 2636 =25 +52 +20 -1 +24 =4 . . . . . 4 2703
11. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2675 =29 =28 +53 =18 +33 =6 . . . . . 4 2706
12. Maslak, Konstantin g RUS 2521 -7 +56 +34 =3 =15 +27 . . . . . 4 2724
13. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2615 -24 =49 =31 +44 +22 +23 . . . . . 4 2669
14. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2615 +50 =23 +32 =6 =5 -3 . . . . . 3½ 2684
15. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2635 -22 +45 =37 +39 =12 =20 . . . . . 3½ 2604
16. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2634 =41 =26 =25 =40 +45 =19 . . . . . 3½ 2590
17. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2663 +42 -1 =40 =19 +41 =18 . . . . . 3½ 2622
18. Kokarev, Dmitry g RUS 2582 =55 =47 +43 =11 =23 =17 . . . . . 3½ 2606
19. Kryakvin, Dmitry m RUS 2565 -4 =44 +49 =17 +43 =16 . . . . . 3½ 2626
20. Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2596 +51 =38 -10 =26 +40 =15 . . . . . 3½ 2625
21. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2582 +48 -6 =26 -23 +54 +37 . . . . . 3½ 2615
22. Sjugirov, Sanan m RUS 2545 +15 =5 =3 =27 -13 =35 . . . . . 3 2623
23. Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2689 +33 =14 -5 +21 =18 -13 . . . . . 3 2596
24. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2506 +13 -2 +36 =30 -10 =42 . . . . . 3 2607
25. Maletin, Pavel g RUS 2545 =10 =8 =16 +38 =32 -7 . . . . . 3 2641
26. Matlakov, Maxim m RUS 2484 =30 =16 =21 =20 =38 =29 . . . . . 3 2606
27. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2658 =39 =37 +28 =22 =7 -12 . . . . . 3 2557
28. Ovetchkin, Roman g RUS 2558 =32 =11 -27 =48 +50 =30 . . . . . 3 2591
29. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2566 =11 -32 =52 =50 +46 =26 . . . . . 3 2554
30. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2609 =26 =41 +48 =24 -3 =28 . . . . . 3 2528
31. Kornev, Alexei g RUS 2523 =34 -9 =13 =42 +53 =33 . . . . . 3 2589
32. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2670 =28 +29 -14 +53 =25 -9 . . . . . 3 2575
33. Shomoev, Anton g RUS 2566 -23 +50 +47 =7 -11 =31 . . . . . 3 2568
34. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2629 =31 =43 -12 =37 =39 +48 . . . . . 3 2504
35. Deviatkin, Andrei g RUS 2567 =47 +55 =7 -8 =37 =22 . . . . . 3 2530
36. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2613 +44 -4 -24 -45 +55 +51 . . . . . 3 2511
37. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2550 =3 =27 =15 =34 =35 -21 . . . . . 2½ 2563
38. Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2650 +40 =20 -9 -25 =26 =41 . . . . . 2½ 2493
39. Smikovski, Ivan m RUS 2554 =27 -3 +46 -15 =34 =45 . . . . . 2½ 2533
40. Kiriakov, Petr g RUS 2553 -38 +51 =17 =16 -20 =43 . . . . . 2½ 2515
41. Chadaev, Nikolai m RUS 2535 =16 =30 -8 +47 -17 =38 . . . . . 2½ 2543
42. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2558 -17 =46 =44 =31 =48 =24 . . . . . 2½ 2456
43. Pokazanjev, Nikolai m RUS 2442 =9 =34 -18 +52 -19 =40 . . . . . 2½ 2521
44. Kalegin, Evgenij m RUS 2495 -36 =19 =42 -13 =49 +53 . . . . . 2½ 2516
45. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2521 -5 -15 +56 +36 -16 =39 . . . . . 2½ 2519
46. Smirnov, Artem m RUS 2452 -1 =42 -39 +56 -29 +54 . . . . . 2½ 2481
47. Kravtsov, Sergey m RUS 2404 =35 =18 -33 -41 -56 +55 . . . . . 2 2388
48. Garakov, Mikhael m RUS 2439 -21 +54 -30 =28 =42 -34 . . . . . 2 2455
49. Skorchenko, Dmitriy g RUS 2511 -2 =13 -19 -54 =44 +56 . . . . . 2 2415
50. Iskusnyh, Sergei g RUS 2499 -14 -33 +55 =29 -28 =52 . . . . . 2 2421
51. Chuprikov, Dmitry RUS 2450 -20 -40 =54 =55 +52 -36 . . . . . 2 2421
52. Rychagov, Andrey g RUS 2549 =8 -10 =29 -43 -51 =50 . . . . . 1½ 2345
53. Chuprov, Dmitry g RUS 2577 +56 =7 -11 -32 -31 -44 . . . . . 1½ 2371
54. Rustemov, Alexander g RUS 2547 -6 -48 =51 +49 -21 -46 . . . . . 1½ 2319
55. Klimov, Anton f RUS 2423 =18 -35 -50 =51 -36 -47 . . . . . 1 2246
56. Kosov, Ivan f RUS 2405 -53 -12 -45 -46 +47 -49 . . . . . 1 2224
 
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CECLUB Spanish Club Championship

The CECLUB Spanish Club Chess Championship took place 3rd-7th September 2008.

Hon Group 1 Games - Hon Group 2 Games

Official site: http://www.feda.org/. Excellent coverage with detailed tables, results and live games.
 
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62nd Foire de Chalons-en-Champagne au Parc

The 62nd Foire de Chalons-en-Champagne au Parc takes place 4th-5th September 2008. Play 4pm-7pm local time. Maxime Vachier Lagrave leads at the half way stage.

Coverage: http://www.europe-echecs.com
 
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5th LGA Premium Schach CUP

The 5th LGA Premium Schach CUP takes place 4th-7th September 2008 in Nuernberg, Germany. Live coverage at the official site.

Official site: http://live.schach.lga.de
 
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Montreal Tournament

The Tournoi international de Montreal took place 24th August - 2nd September 2008. The main sponsor was the EMPRESA Group. Yuri Shulman took clear first place with 6½/9.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://perso.b2b2c.ca/lesechecauquebec/tim2008.htm

9th TIM Montreal (CAN), 24 viii-2 ix 2008 cat. XIII (2556)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Shulman, Yuri g USA 2623 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ 2714
2. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2697 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5½ 2619
3. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2610 ½ 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5½ 2629
4. Bluvshtein, Mark g CAN 2548 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 2636
5. Nataf, Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2534 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2557
6. Maze, Sebastien g FRA 2553 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 4½ 2555
7. Zugic, Igor m CAN 2457 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 3½ 2486
8. Charbonneau, Pascal g CAN 2499 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 0 1 3½ 2481
9. Kovalyov, Anton m ARG 2548 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 3½ 2476
10. Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas m CAN 2486 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 2½ 2397
 
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Antwerp Tournament

The Antwerp tournament took place 23rd-31st August 2008. Bu Xiangzhi took clear first place with 7/9.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.inventichess.com the website http://www.schaakfabriek.be will be on the spot.

InventiChess GM Antwerp (BEL), 23-31 viii 2008 cat. XII (2546)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2710 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7 2748
2. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2593 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2707
3. Timman, Jan H g NED 2562 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2624
4. Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2594 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2584
5. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2586 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2585
6. Werle, Jan g NED 2591 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 4½ 2541
7. Schebler, Gerhard g GER 2453 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 4 2513
8. Michiels, Bart m BEL 2442 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 3½ 2478
9. Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2507 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 2½ 2384
10. Van der Stricht, Geert m BEL 2426 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1½ 2286
 
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NH Chess Tournament


Wang Yue. Photo © Fred Lucas http://www.fredlucas.eu/

The 3rd NH Chess Tournament took place in Amsterdam August 20th-30th, 2008. The venue of this clash between 'Rising Stars' and 'Experience' is the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in the centre of the Dutch capital, at a five minutes’ walk from Central Station.

Games in PGN

Wang Yue scored 8.5/10 and qualified for next years Amber tournament. Youth fully out did experience winning 33.5-16.5.

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


Round 10 (August 30, 2008)
Caruana, Fabiano - Agdestein, Simen 1-0 47 B03 Alekhine's Defence
L'Ami, Erwin - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 35 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Stellwagen, Daniël - Jussupow, Artur ½-½ 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Wang Yue - Bareev, Evgeny ½-½ 9 D11 Slav Defence
Cheparinov, Ivan - Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½-½ 84 C10 French Rubinstein

3rd NH Amsterdam (NED), 20-30 viii 2008
Final Round 10 Standings:
Youth
1. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 8½ 2892
2. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 7½ 2789
3. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2630 6½ 2706
4. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2638 6 2668
5. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2616 5 2596
Total 33½
Experience
1. Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2583 4 2577
2. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2655 4 2577
3. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SRB 2520 3½ 2539
4. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2602 2½ 2456
5. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2587 2½ 2456
Total 16½
 
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FIDE Rating List for July 2008

The FIDE Rating List for July has been released. Anand holds on to top spot. Morozevich catches Kramnik in 2nd but Aerosvit isn't rated so Carlsen doesn't move to that spot.

July 2008 FIDE Rating List

 
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COMPLETED EVENTS
 
Tal Memorial
2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi
Staunton Memorial
World Junior Championship
British Championship
 
 
Tal Memorial


The winners podium Vassily Ivanchuk took first place in both events. Photo © http://www.europe-echecs.com/

The Tal Memorial in Moscow (GUM, Exhibition Hall- very close to Red Square) took place 17th-31st August 2008. Playing days 18th-22nd and 24th-27th August 2008. Then there was a blitz tournament with qualfiers on the 27th and 28th and then the main event on 29th-30th, Magnus Carlsen and Antoly Karpov were amongst the invitees along with the players in the main event.

Vassily Ivanchuk took clear first place in the main category XX event a point clear of the field and then repeated the trick in the blitz tournament.

Games in PGN

Blitz Games in PGN

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

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Europe-Echecs interview with Kramnik interview in 2 parts (13 minutes). Speaking about his openings preparation, health and of course match against Anand.

Tal Memorial Blitz Moscow (RUS), 29-30 viii 2008
Final Round 34 Standings: 		cat. XX (2726)
Pl Name Ti NAT Elo Pts TPR
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 23.5 2863
2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 22.5 2839
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 21.0 2810
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 20.0 2790
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 20.0 2790
6. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2741 18.0 2746
7. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 18.0 2747
8. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 18.0 2747
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 17.5 2733
10. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 17.5 2733
11. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 17.0 2726
12. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2640 14.5 2681
13. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 14.0 2662
14. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2651 14.0 2665
15. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 14.0 2657
16. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2723 12.5 2631
17. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2716 12.5 2631
18. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2664 11.5 2612
Tal Memorial Moscow (RUS), 18-27 viii 2008 cat. XX (2745)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2866
2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5 2783
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2790
4. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2791
5. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2783
6. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2745
7. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 1 4 2704
8. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 2706
9. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 3½ 2665
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 3 2620
 
 
2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi


The prize giving. Photo © http://www.europe-echecs.com/

The 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament took place in Sochi 31st July - 14th August 2008. Levon Aronian took clear first place with 8.5/13 half a point clear of Teimour Radjabov.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://sochi2008.fide.com/. The official videos will be compiled by http://www.europe-echecs.com/ and on the spot reports from http://www.chessvibes.com/

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2nd FIDE GP Sochi (RUS), 31 vii-14 viii 2008 cat. XIX (2708)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2737 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 2816
2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8 2792
3. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ 2765
4. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 7½ 2764
5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 7 2735
6. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2709 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 2737
7. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 7 2735
8. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 6½ 2702
9. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2717 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2707
10. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 6 2677
11. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 6 2681
12. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 5½ 2650
13. Navara, David g CZE 2646 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 4 2572
14. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2556 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 4 2579
 
 
Staunton Memorial

The Staunton Memorial took place in Simpsons in the Strand in London August 7th-18th 2008. Michael Adams secured first place with a quick draw against his closest rival Loek van Wely in the final round.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2008/index.shtml

Steve Giddins Round by Round Reports

Round 11 - Round 10 - Round 9 - Round 8 - Round 7 - Round 6 - Round 5 - Round 4 - Round 3 - Round 2 - Round 1

6th Staunton Memorial London (ENG), 7-18 viii 2008 cat. XIII (2558)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1. Adams, Michael g ENG 2735 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8 2716
2. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2644 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 2683
3. Smeets, Jan g NED 2593 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 2656
4. Timman, Jan H g NED 2562 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 2622
5. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2610 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2589
6. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2658 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2584
7. Speelman, Jon S g ENG 2524 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2561
8. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2655 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2549
9. Werle, Jan g NED 2591 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 1 5½ 2555
10. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2526 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 5 2524
11. Cherniaev, Alexander g RUS 2431 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 3½ 2436
12. Wade, Robert G m ENG 2167 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0
 
 
World Junior Championship

Abhijeet Gupta took the title after beating David Howell with black in the final round, finishing alone on 10/13. Parimerjan Negi drew in the final round and secured the silver on 9.5/13 alone. Harika Dronavalli took a quick draw to take the gold medal in the girls event on 10.5/13 alone.

World Junior Games in PGN - World Junior Girls Games in PGN

Official site: http://wjcc2008.tsf.org.tr/ large gallery of photos at: http://reports.chessdom.com/photos-world-junior-chess-championship

WCh-Junior Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RankSNo.NameRtgFEDPts
119GMGUPTA Abhijeet2551IND10
226GMNEGI Parimarjan2529IND9½
3-723IMBRAUN Arik2533GER9
14GMHOWELL David2561ENG9
28GMSAFARLI Eltaj2527AZE9
16WGMHOU Yifan2557CHN9
13GMAMIN Bassem2561EGY9
8-142GMRODSHTEIN Maxim2605ISR8½
11GMSO Wesley2577PHI8½
9GMNGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son2579VIE8½
29IMMELKUMYAN Hrant2507ARM8½
8GMZHIGALKO Sergei2583BLR8½
33GMWEN Yang2487CHN8½
21IMSJUGIROV Sanan2545RUS8½
15-1910GMLE QUANG Liem2577VIE8
17IMKRAVTSIV Martyn2555UKR8
1GMMAMEDOV Rauf2627AZE8
4GMLAZNICKA Viktor2601CZE8
53IMDURARBEYLI Vasif2413AZE8
20-366GMLI Chao B2590CHN7½
20GMPOPOV Ivan2549RUS7½
24GMRAMIREZ Alejandro2531CRC7½
52LIN Chen2417CHN7½
3GMANDREIKIN Dmitry2604RUS7½
22GMLEON HOYOS Manuel2543MEX7½
36IMBOROS Denes2472HUN7½
31IMARUN Prasad Subramanian2492IND7½
30IMHAMMER Jon Ludvig2494NOR7½
37IMCAN Emre2460TUR7½
35FMNECHEPURENKO Roman2476RUS7½
12GMGEETHA Narayanan Gopal2572IND7½
40IMSENGUPTA Deep2454IND7½
44IMASHWIN Jayaram2436IND7½
5GMBARAMIDZE David2593GER7½
55IMKARTHIKEYAN Pandian2402IND7½
88SIRIN Atakan2107TUR7½
109 players
WCh-Junior Girls Gaziantep (TUR), 3-15 viii 2008
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RankSNo.NameRtgFEDPts
11IMHARIKA Dronavalli2461IND10½
2-52WGMMUZYCHUK Mariya2413UKR9
31WFMOZTURK Kubra2188TUR9
7WIMGOMES Mary Ann2316IND9
14WFMPAIKIDZE Nazi2277GEO9
6-1018WIMMIKADZE Miranda2258GEO8½
12WGMMAMEDJAROVA Turkan2284AZE8½
4WGMNEMCOVA Katerina2372CZE8½
38KAZIMOVA Narmin2148AZE8½
3WFMBODNARUK Anastasia2394RUS8½
11-1310WIMSOUMYA Swaminathan2293IND8
8WFMSEVERIUKHINA Zoja2300RUS8
25WIMNADIG Kruttika2241IND8
14-2333WFMNAKHBAYEVA Guliskhan2170KAZ7½
13WFMABRAHAMYAN Tatev2277USA7½
23WFMNIKOLOVA Adriana2242BUL7½
48GUO Qi2048CHN7½
24MUMINOVA Nafisa2242UZB7½
26WIMYILDIZ Betül Cemre2236TUR7½
5WGMFOISOR Sabina-Francesca2337ROU7½
16WIMPOURKASHIYAN Atousa2269IRI7½
11WIMDAULYTE Deimante2288LTU7½
34WFMSGIRCEA Silvia-Raluca2167ROU7½
68 players
 
 
British Championship

The 95th Championships of The British Isles organised by the English Chess Federation took place Sunday 27th July - Saturday 9th August 2008 in St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Stuart Conquest defeated Keith Arkell 1.5-0.5 in a two game g20m+10s/per move games match.

Games in PGN Rd1-11

Official site: http://www.britishchess08.com includes live coverage of the top boards

Playoff Games 9th August 2008

Gm 1 Arkell, Keith C - Conquest, Stuart C ½-½ 43 A40 Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Gm 2 Conquest, Stuart C - Arkell, Keith C 1-0 46 B17 Caro Kann
95th ch-GBR Playoff (g20m+10s per move) Liverpool (ENG), 9 viii 2008
12
Conquest, Stuart C g ENG 2536 ½ 1 1½ 2699
Arkell, Keith C g ENG 2506 ½ 0 ½ 2343

95th ch-GBR Liverpool (ENG), 28 vii - 9 viii 2008
Final Round 11 Standings:
Pos Player NAT ti Elo Pts
1 Arkell, Keith C ENG g 2506 8
2 Conquest, Stuart ENG g 2536 8
3 Davies, Nigel R ENG g 2478 7½
4 Gordon, Stephen ENG m 2508 7½
5 Lalic, Bogdan CRO g 2533 7½
6 Williams, Simon K ENG g 2496 7½
7 Buckley, Graeme ENG m 2401 7
8 Gormally, Daniel ENG g 2504 7
9 Hawkins, Jonathan ENG 2232 7
10 Hebden, Mark ENG g 2520 7
11 Jones, Gawain C ENG g 2549 7
12 Kolbus, Dietmar