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The 2009 US Chess Championship takes place in St Louis, United States, May 7th-17th 2009. 24 players: Varuzhan Akobiana, Julio Becerra Rivero, Joel Benjamin, Michael Brooks, Larry Christiansen, Jaan Ehlvest, Josh Friedel, Boris Gulko, Robert Hess, Tyler Hughes, Ildar Ibragimov, Gregory Kaidanov, Gata Kamsky, Melik Khachiyan, Irina Krush, Charles Lawton, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Onischuk, Ray Robson, Enrico Sevillano, Alexander Shabalov, Yury Shulman and Anna Zatonskih. Official site: www.saintlouischessclub.org

The Junior Championships of the Netherlands take place in Venlo, in the southeast of the Netherlands.

The VII International junior tournament "Young Stars of the World" in Vania Somov memory take place 15th-28th May in Kirishi (Saint-Petersburg region).

Sergey Karjakin won a 71st Corus Chess tournament which took place Friday, January 16th to Sunday, February 1st, 2009 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. As usually will be 3 groups: A, B and C. Group A participants: Alexander Morozevich RUS 2 (world rank) 2787 (born 1977), Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 3 2786 (1969), Magnus Carlsen NOR 4 2786 (1990), Levon Aronian ARM 7 2757 (1982), Teimour Radjabov AZE 8 2751 (1987), Wang Yue CHN 11 2736 (1987), Michael Adams ENG 12 2734 (1971), Sergei Movsesian SLW 13 2732 (1978), Sergei Karjakin UKR 15 2730 (1990), Gata Kamsky USA 16 2729 (1974), Leinier Dominguez CUB 21 2719 (1983), Loek van Wely NED 2618 (1972), Daniel Stellwagen NED 2605 (1987), Jan Smeets NED 2604 (1985).

Final standings(group A) 1 Karjakin - 8.0 2 Aronian - 7.5 3 Radjabov - 7.5 4 Movsesian - 7.5 5 Carlsen - 7.0 6 Dominguez Perez - 7.0 7 Kamsky - 6.5 8-10 Van Wely, Wang Yue, Smeets - 6.0 11-14 Ivanchuk, Stellwagen, Adams, Morozevich - 5.5		Final standings(group B) 1 Caruana - 8.5 2-4 Short, Motylev, Kasimdzhanov - 8.0 5-6 Volokitin, Vallejo Pons - 7.5 7 Efimenko - 7.0 8 Navara - 6.5 9-10 Reinderman, Hou Yifan - 6.0 11 L'Ami - 5.5 12 Mecking - 4.5 13-14 Werle, Sasikiran - 4.0
Round 1(group A) (January 17) Karjakin - Morozevich 1-0 Aronian - Wang Yue 1/2 Carlsen - Radjabov 1/2 Kamsky - Adams 1/2 Stellwagen - Movsesian 1/2 Van Wely - Dominguez Perez 1/2 Ivanchuk - Smeets 0-1		Round 1 (group B) Sasikiran - L'Ami 1/2 Short - Werle 1/2 Volokitin - Caruana 1/2 Mecking - Efimenko 0-1 Hou Yifan - Kasimdzhanov 0-1 Reinderman - Vallejo Pons 0-1 Motylev - Navara 0-1
Round 2 Smeets - Karjakin 1/2 Movsesian - Adams 1-0 Stellwagen - Carlsen 1/2 Radjabov - Aronian 1/2 Dominguez - Kamsky 1/2 Morozevich - Van Wely 1-0 Wang Yue - Ivanchuk 0-1		Round 2 Kasimdzhanov - Navara 1/2 Caruana - Mecking 1-0 Efimenko - Motylev 1/2 Werle - Volokitin 1/2 Vallejo Pons - Short 0-1 Hou Yifan - Sasikiran 1-0 L'Ami - Reinderman 1/2
Round 3 Karjakin - Wang Yue 1/2 Kamsky - Morozevich 1-0 Carlsen - Movsesian 1/2 Aronian - Stellwagen 1/2 Adams - Dominguez Perez 1/2 Van Wely - Smeets 1/2 Ivanchuk - Radjabov 0-1		Round 3 Short - L'Ami 1-0 Navara - Efimenko 1-0 Reinderman - Hou Yifan 1-0 Volokitin - Vallejo Pons 1/2 Motylev - Caruana 1/2 Sasikiran - Kasimdzhanov 0-1 Mecking - Werle 1/2
Round 4 Radjabov - Karjakin 1/2 Smeets - Kamsky 1/2 Movsesian - Dominguez Perez 1/2 Carlsen - Aronian 1/2 Stellwagen - Ivanchuk 1/2 Wang Yue - Van Wely 1/2 Morozevich - Adams 1/2		Round 4 Kasimdzhanov - Efimenko 1/2 Caruana - Navara 1-0 Vallejo Pons - Mecking 1-0 Werle - Motylev 0-1 Hou Yifan - Short 1/2 L'Ami - Volokitin 1/2 Sasikiran - Reinderman 1/2
Round 5 Kamsky - Wang Yue 1/2 Karjakin - Stellwagen 1-0 Aronian- Movsesian 1-0 Dominguez - Morozevich 1-0 Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2 Adams - Smeets 1/2 Van Wely - Radjabov 1-0		Round 5 Short - Sasikiran 0-1 Navara - Werle 1/2 Reinderman - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 Volokitin - Hou Yifan 1-0 Motylev - Vallejo Pons 1/2 Efimenko - Caruana 1-0 Mecking - L'Ami 1/2
Round 6 Radjabov - Kamsky 1-0 Aronian - Ivanchuk 1/2 Smeets - Dominguez 1/2 Movsesian - Morozevich 1-0 Carlsen - Karjakin 1/2 Stellwagen - Van Wely 1/2 Wang Yue - Adams 0-1		Round 6 Kasimdzhanov - Caruana 1/2 Vallejo Pons - Navara 0-1 Sasikiran - Volokitin 1/2 Werle - Efimenko 1/2 Reinderman - Short 0-1 Hou Yifan - Mecking 1-0 L'Ami - Motylev 0-1
Round 7 Karjakin - Aronian 1/2 Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue 1/2 Adams - Radjabov 1/2 Van Wely - Carlsen 1/2 Kamsky - Stellwagen 1/2 Ivanchuk - Movsesian 0-1 Morozevich - Smeets 1-0		Round 7 Navara - L'Ami 0-1 Short - Kasimdzhanov 1-0 Caruana - Werle 1-0 Motylev - Hou Yifan 1-0 Efimenko - Vallejo Pons 1/2 Volokitin - Reinderman 1-0 Mecking - Sasikiran 1-0
Round 8 Movsesian - Smeets 1/2 Aronian - Van Wely 1/2 Radjabov - Dominguez Perez 1/2 Carlsen - Kamsky 1/2 Stellwagen - Adams 1/2 Ivanchuk - Karjakin 1-0 Wang Yue - Morozevich 1-0		Round 8 Short - Volokitin 1/2 Vallejo Pons - Caruana 1-0 Kasimdzhanov - Werle 1/2 L'Ami - Efimenko 1-0 Sasikiran - Motylev 1/2 Hou Yifan - Navara 1/2 Reinderman - Mecking 1/2
Round 9 Dominguez Perez - Stellwagen 1-0 Karjakin - Movsesian 1-0 Smeets - Wang Yue 1/2 Van Wely - Ivanchuk 1/2 Adams - Carlsen 1/2 Kamsky - Aronian 0-1 Morozevich - Radjabov 1/2		Round 9 Volokitin - Kasimdzhanov 1/2 Motylev - Reinderman 1/2 Navara - Sasikiran 1-0 Caruana - L'Ami 1-0 Efimenko - Hou Yifan 1/2 Werle - Vallejo Pons 0-1 Mecking - Short 1/2
Round 10 Aronian - Adams 1-0 Karjakin - Van Wely 1/2 Carlsen - Dominguez Perez 1-0 Radjabov - Smeets 1/2 Movsesian - Wang Yue 1/2 Ivanchuk - Kamsky 1/2 Stellwagen - Morozevich 1/2		Round 10 Short - Motylev 1/2 Kasimdzhanov - Vallejo Pons 1-0 Volokitin - Mecking 1/2 L'Ami - Werle 1-0 Reinderman - Navara 1/2 Hou Yifan - Caruana 1/2 Sasikiran - Efimenko 0-1
Round 11 Dominguez Perez - Aronian 1-0 Smeets - Stellwagen 1/2 Kamsky - Karjakin 1-0 Van Wely - Movsesian 0-1 Adams - Ivanchuk 1/2 Wang Yue - Radjabov 0-1 Morozevich - Carlsen 1/2		Round 11 Caruana - Sasikiran 1-0 Motylev - Volokitin 1/2 Vallejo Pons - L'Ami 1-0 Navara - Short 0-1 Efimenko - Reinderman 0-1 Werle - Hou Yifan 1/2 Mecking - Kasimdzhanov 0-1
Round 12 Carlsen - Smeets 1-0 Aronian - Morozevich 1/2 Karjakin - Adams 1-0 Movsesian - Radjabov 1/2 Van Wely - Kamsky 1/2 Ivanchuk - Dominguez Perez 1/2 Stellwagen - Wang Yue 1/2		Round 12 Short - Efimenko 1/2 Kasimdzhanov - L'Ami 1-0 Volokitin - Navara 1-0 Reinderman - Caruana 1/2 Hou Yifan - Vallejo Pons 1-0 Sasikiran - Werle 1-0 Mecking - Motylev 1/2
Round 13 Radjabov - Stellwagen 1/2 Dominguez Perez - Karjakin 0-1 Kamsky - Movsesian 1/2 Wang Yue - Carlsen 1-0 Smeets - Aronian 1/2 Adams - Van Wely 1/2 Morozevich - Ivanchuk 1-0		Round 13 Caruana - Short 1-0 Motylev - Kasimdzhanov 1-0 Vallejo Pons - Sasikiran 1-0 Efimenko - Volokitin 1-0 Navara - Mecking 1/2 L'Ami - Hou Yifan 1/2 Werle - Reinderman 1/2

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Official site: www.coruschess.com

Vassily Ivanchuk won a Ivanchuk - Leko Match which took place 3rd-5th January 2009 in Mukachevo, Ukraine. Time control: (6 rounds, 25 min + 10 sec per move).
Ivanchuk: 1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 1, 1/2 - 3.5
Leko: 1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 0, 1/2 - 2.5
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Official site: www.ivanchukleko2009.com

The Aker Chess Challenge and the Gjovik International Festival 2008-9 took place 29th December - 7th January 2009. The main event is the Aker Chess Challenge with Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, Hikaru Nakamura (USA) and Kjetil Lie who play in a Super rapid tournament January 2nd-5th 2009.
Club Rapid Final
Svidler: 1/2, 1 - 1.5
Carlsen: 1/2, 0 - 0.5
Club Rapid Bronze
Nakamura: 1, 1/2 - 1.5
Lie: 0, 1/2 - 0.5
Blitz
1 Carlsen - 2.0
2 Svidler - 1.0
3 Nakamura - 0.0

Round 1 Svidler - Nakamura 1-0

Round 2 Carlsen - Svidler 1-0

Round 3 Nakamura - Carlsen 0-1

Round 6 standings
1 Carlsen NOR 2776 - 4.0
2 Svidler RUS 2723 - 4.0
3 Nakamura USA 2699 - 4.0
4 Lie NOR 2539 - 0.0

Round 1 Carlsen - Lie 1-0 Svidler - Nakamura 1-0		Round 2 Nakamura - Lie 1-0 Svidler - Carlsen 1/2		Round 3 Carlsen - Nakamura 0-1 Lie - Svidler 0-1
Round 4 Nakamura - Svidler 1/2 Lie - Carlsen 0-1		Round 5 Carlsen - Svidler 1-0 Lie - Nakamura 0-1		Round 6 Nakamura - Carlsen 1/2 Svidler - Lie 1-0

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Official site: www.gjovikfestival.sjakkweb.no

Ni Hua won a 51st Reggio Emilia Tournament which took place 27th December 2008 - 4th January 2009. Participate 10 chess players: Almasi HUN 2663, Ni Hua CHN 2710, Dreev RUS 2670, Gustafsson GER 2634, Leon Hoyos MEX 2535, Marin ROU 2556, Landa RUS 2613, Shytaj ITA 2472, Cebalo CRO 2493, Ronchetti ITA 2414.

Final standings
1 Ni Hua - 7.5
2 Almasi - 6.0
3-5 Landa, Gustafsson, Marin - 5.0
6-7 Dreev, Leon Hoyos - 4.5
8 Ronchetti - 3.0
9 Shytaj - 2.5
10 Cebalo - 2.0
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Official site: www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/Live Games

The latest Grand Prix tournament took place in Elista 13th-29th December 2008. Participate 14 chess players: Gashimov Vugar, Eljanov Pavel, Jakovenko Dmitry, Wang Yue, Radjabov Teimour, Cheparinov Ivan, Mamedyarov Shakhriyar, Grischuk Alexander, Inarkiev Ernesto, Alekseev Evgeny, Bacrot Etienne, Kasimdzhanov Rustam, Leko Peter, Akopian Vladimir.
Final standings
1 Radjabov - 8.0
2 Jakovenko - 8.0
3 Grischuk - 8.0
4 Gashimov - 7.5
5-9 Leko, Bacrot, Mamedyarov, Wang Yue, Kasimdzhanov - 6.5
10 Cheparinov - 6.0
11-12 Alekseev, Eljanov - 5.5
13-14 Akopian, Inarkiev - 5.0
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Official site: www.elista2008.fide.com

Veselin Topalo won a Super GM Tournament which took place in Nanjing, China 10th - 22nd December 2008. Six players participated in a double round robin event. They were: Veselin Topalov g BUL 2791, Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2786, Levon Aronian g ARM 2757, Movsesian Sergei g 2732 SVK, Peter Svidler g 2727, Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2714. It was the strongest tournament ever held in China.

Final standings
1 Topalov - 7.0
2 Aronian - 5.5
3 Bu Xiangzhi - 5.0
4 Svidler - 4.5
5-6 Movsesian, Ivanchuk - 4.0

Round 1 Aronian - Topalov 1/2 Movsesian - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2		Round 2 Aronian - Ivanchuk 1-0 Topalov - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 Svidler - Movsesian 0-1		Round 3 Bu Xiangzhi - Svidler 1/2 Movsesian - Aronian 1/2 Ivanchuk - Topalov 1/2		Round 4 Bu Xiangzhi - Ivanchuk 1/2 Movsesian - Topalov 1/2 Svidler - Aronian 1/2
Round 5 Aronian - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 Topalov - Svidler 1-0 Ivanchuk - Movsesian 1/2		Round 6 Topalov - Aronian 1-0 Bu Xiangzhi - Movsesian 1-0 Svidler - Ivanchuk 1/2		Round 7 Bu Xiangzhi - Topalov 1/2 Ivanchuk - Aronian 0-1 Movsesian - Svidler 0-1		Round 8 Topalov - Ivanchuk 1-0 Aronian - Movsesian 1/2 Svidler - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0
Round 9 Bu Xiangzhi - Aronian 1/2 Svidler - Topalov 0-1 Movsesian - Ivanchuk 1/2		Round 10 Topalov - Movsesian 1/2 Aronian - Svidler 1/2 Ivanchuk - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0

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Nadezhda Kosintseva is the Champion of Russia-2008.Women's superfinal of Russian Championship took place in Moscow 4th-14th December. In the round robin tournament participate 10 chess players: Tatjana Kosintseva (2513), Natalja Pogonina (2474), Nazhda Kosintseva (2468), Ekaterina Korbut (2459), Evgenija Ovod (2429), Tatjana Shadrina (2429), Marina Romanjko (2398), Tatjana Stepovaja (2386), Anastasija Bodnaruk (2381), Valentina Gunina (2381). The prize fund is 1 700 000 rubles (about $60000).

Final standings
1 Kosintseva N. - 6.5
2-3 Kosintseva T., Bodnaruk - 5.5
4-5 Romanjko, Shadrina - 4.5
6-9 Korbut, Pogonina, Gunina, Ovod - 4.0
10 Stepovaja - 2.5
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The VI International junior tournament "Young Stars of the World" in Vania Somov memory took place 15th-27th November in Kirishi (Saint-Petersburg region). The juniors under 18 y.o took part in the event.
The top results:
1 Alexander Shimanov 2476 (Russia) - 9.5
2 Jaroslav Zhereburkh 2466 (Ukraine) - 9.5
3 Anish Giri 2466 (Russia) - 7.0
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Official site: www.somovs-memorial.ru

Armenia and Georgia became the winners of The Olympiad which took place in Dresden 12th-25th November. The top teams were: Russia (Kramnik, Svidler, Grischuk, Morozevich, Jakovenko), Ukraine (Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Eljanov, Yefimenko, Volokitin), China (Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Ni Hua, Wang Hao, Li Chao), Azerbajdzhan (Radjabov, Mamedyarov, Gashimov, Guseinov, Mamedov), Hungary (Leko, Polgar, Almashi, Balog, Berkesh), Bulgaria (Topalov, Cheparinov, Georgiev, Delchev, Iotov), France (Bacro, Vashje-Lagrav, Fressine, Tkachiev, Maze), Israel (Gelfand, Avrukh, Roiz, Postny, Rodshtein), Armenia (Aronian, Akopian, Sargissian, Petrosian, Minasian), USA (Kamsky, Nakamura, Onischuk, Shulman, Akobian).
Men's tournament (top teams)

Final standings 1 Armenia 19 400,5 2 Israel 18 377,5 3 USA 17 362.0 4 Ukraine 17 348,5 5 Russia 16 375,0 6 Azerbaijan 16 359,5 7 China 16 357,5 8 Hungary 16 341,5 9 Vietnam 16 340,0 10 Spain 16 337,5 11 Georgia 16 321,0 12 Netherlands 15 343,0 13 Germany 1 15 339,0 14 Bulgaria 15 327,5

15 England 15 320,0 16 India 15 310,0 17 Slovenia 15 288,0 18 Belarus 14 307,0 19 Romania 14 306,5 20 Serbia 14 302,0 21 Norway 14 300,0 22 France 14 295,0 23 Cuba 14 294,5 24 Greece 14 292,5 25 Sweden 14 286,0 26 Montenegro 14 279,0 27 Croatia 14 275,5 28 Canada 14 272,5

Round 1 Russia - Switzerland 2.5:1.5 Germany-1 - Scotland 3.5:0.5 Vietnam - Ukraine 1.5:2.5 China - Philippines 2.5:1.5 Macedonia - Azerbaijan 0:4 Hungary - Iran 2:2 Germany-2 - Bulgaria 2.5:1.5 France - Montenegro 2:2 Latvia - Israel 2:2 Armenia - Italy 4:0 Iceland - United States of America 1.5:2.5 Germany-3 - Spain 0.5:3.5		Round 2 Poland - Russia 1.5:2.5 Slovenia - Germany-1 1:3 Ukraine - Serbia 2.5:1.5 Belarus - China 1:3 Azerbaijan - Slovakia 3:1 Moldova - Armenia 1:3 United States of America - Greece 2:2 Spain - Bosnia & Herzegovina 2.5:1.5 Sweden - India 1:3 Romania - Argentina 2.5:1.5 Denmark - England 1:3 Cuba - Uzbekistan 2.5:1.5		Round 3 Russia - Cuba 3.5:0.5 Georgia - Ukraine 1.5:2.5 China - Norway 1.5:2.5 Netherlands - Azerbaijan 2:2 Armenia - Faroe Islands 4:0 Tajikistan - Spain 1:3 Hungary - Czech Republic 3.5:0.5 France - Greece 2:2 Lithuania - Israel 2:2 South Africa - Unaited States of America 0.5:3.5 Nicaragua - Bulgaria 0:4 Singapore - Poland 1:3
Round 4 Russia - India 2.5:1.5 Ukraine - Armenia 2:2 Spain - Germany-1 1.5:2.5 Norway - England 2:2 Romania - Hungary 1:3 Azerbajdzhan - Unated States of America 3:1 Faroe Islands - Netherlands 1.5:2.5 Macedonia - China 0:4 Italy - Switserland 2.5:1.5 Israel - Egypt 2.5:1.5 Bulgaria - Mongolia 3.5:0.5 Kazakhstan - Turkey 2:2		Round 5 Germany-1 - Russia 2:2 Armenia - Netherlands 2.5:1.5 Hungary - Ukraine 1.5:2.5 Norway - Azerbajdzhan 1:3 England - Italy 2.5:1.5 India - Austria 3:1 China - Scotland 2.5:1.5 Denmark - Israel 0.5:3.5 Spain - Belarus 2:2 Slovenia - Bulgaria 0.5:3.5 Lithuania - Romania 0.5:3.5 Serbia - France 1.5:2.5		Round 6 Russia - England 3:1 Ukraine - Germany-1 2:2 Azerbaijan - Armenia 1.5:2.5 France - Poland 3:1 Bosnia & Herzegovina - India 1.5:2.5 Sweden - Israel 1.5:2.5 Georgia - China 1.5:2.5 Romania - Bulgaria 2.5:1.5 Colombia - Hungary 1.5:2.5 Netherlands - Moldova 3:1 Finland - Norway 2:2 Philippines - Spain 1:3
Round 7 Armenia - Russia 2.5:1.5 Germany-1 - Romania 2.5:1.5 China - Ukraine 2:2 India - France 1.5:2.5 Israel - Spain 3:1 United States of America - Hungary 2.5:1.5 England - Azerbaijan 2:2 Greece - Belarus 2:2 Vietnam - Netherlands 2.5:1.5 Bulgaria - Australia 4:0 Poland - Mongolia 3:1 Italy - Sweden 2:2		Round 8 France - Armenia 0.5:3.5 Israel - Germany-1 2.5:1.5 USA - Russia 1.5:2.5 China - Vetnam 2:2 Ukraine - New Zealand 4:0 Azerbaijan - Croatia 2.5:1.5 Bulgaria - Belarus 2:2 England - Georgia 2.5:1.5 Slovakia - Greece 3:1 Turkey - Poland 1.5:2.5 Slovenia - India 2:2 Romania - Serbia 1.5:2.5		Round 9 Armenia - Israel 1.5:2.5 Poland - Germany-1 2:2 Russia - Ukraine 1.5:2.5 Serbia - Azerbaijan 2.5:1.5 France - China 1:3 Vietnam - England 1:3 Belarus - Slovakia 2:2 Kazakhstan - Netherlands 1:3 Cuba - Hungary 2:2 Sweden - Bulgaria 1.5:2.5 India - USA 0.5:3.5 Norway - Slovenia 1:3
Round 10 Ukraine - Israel 2.5:1.5 Germany-1 - USA 1.5:2.5 Serbia - Armenia 1:3 England - China 1.5:2.5 Slovenia - Russia 1.5:2.5 Spain - Bulgaria 3:1 Netherlands - Poland 2.5:1.5 Slovakia - France 1:3 Georgia - Denmark 2.5:1.5 Hungary - Switzerland 3:1 Azerbaijan - Egypt 4:0 Colombia - Vietnam 0.5:3.5		Round 11 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 Croatia - England 2:2 Bulgaria - Kazakhstan 3:1 Poland - Slovenia 1.5:2.5

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Top women teams: Russia (Kosteniuk, T.Kosintseva, NKosintseva, Korbut, Pogonina), Ukraine (Lahno, Zhukova, Ushenina, Gaponenko, Zdebskaia), China (Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue, Shen Yang, Ju Wenjun, Tan Chzhunyi), Georgia (Chiburdanidze, Dzagnidze, Dzhvakhishvili, Lomineishvili, Khukhashvili), France (Sebag, Skripchenko, Collas, Milliet, Leconte), Armenia (Danielian, Mkrtchian, Aginian, Galoian, Andriasian), USA (Krush, Zatonskikh, Goletiani, Rohonyan, Abrahamian).
Women's tournament (top teams)
Final standings
1 Georgia 18 411,5
2 Ukraine 18 406,5
3 USA 17 390,5
4 Russia 17 367,0
5 Poland 17 364,5
6 Armenia 16 353,0
7 Serbia 16 318,5
8 China 15 392,5
9 Israel 15 325,0
10 Belarus 15 317,5
11 Romania 15 306,5
12 Italy 15 280,0

Round 1 Russia - Azerbaijan 4:0 Iran - Germany-1 2:2 Argentina - Ukraine 2:2 China - Croatia 3.5:0.5 England - Georgia 1.5:2.5		Round 2 Slovenia - Russia 3:1 Germany-1 - Argentina 2.5:1.5 Slovakia - China 1-3 Georgia - Romania 2.5:1.5 Netherlands - France 2.5:1.5		Round 3 Russia - India 2:2: Salvador - Germany-1 1:3 China - Netherlands 2.5:1.5 Georgia - Israel 3:1 Armenia - Germany-2 4:0
Round 4 Hungary - Georgia 2:2 China - Armenia 3.5:0.5 Serbia - Poland 1.5:2.5 Indonesia - Russia 0:4 Ukraine - Lithuania 2:2		Round 5 Poland - China 0.5:3.5 Russia - Georgia 2:2 India - Hungary 1.5:2.5 Spain - Romania 1.5:2.5 Ukraine - Slovakia 3:1		Round 6 Hungary - China 1.5:2.5 Serbia - Germany-1 2.5:1.5 Austria - Russia 1:3 Romania - United States of America 0:4 Georgia - Poland 1.5:2.5
Round 7 China - United States of America 2:2 Germany-1 - Italy 2:2 Russia - Poland 2:2 Netherlands - Ukraine 0.5:1.5 Hungary - Mongolia 3:1		Round 8 Ukraine - China 2:2 Germany-1 - Estonia 2:2 USA - Russia 3:1 Poland - Hungary 3:1 India - Serbia 1.5:2.5		Round 9 China - Serbia 1.5:2.5 Luxembourg - Germany1 2:2 Poland - USA 3:1 Ukraine - Romania 3:1 Georgia - Slovenia 4:0
Round 10 Serbia - Ukraine 2:2 Philippines - Germany-1 1:3 Armenia - Poland 1.5:2.5 China - Georgia 1.5:2.5 Uzbekistan - USA 0.5:3.5		Round 11 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

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Official site: dresden2008.de

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) came to an end on the 9th of November. Ivan Demidov of Moscow, Russia finished second. The WSOP is largest and most prestigious of all poker tournaments around the world.
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Svetlana Matveeva from Moscow and Nikita Vitiugov from Saint-Petersburg became the winners of The men and women final tournaments of the Cup of Russia which took place in Serpukhov, form men 4th-17th November, for women 4th-15th November. In men's tournament played 48 participants. 16 raiting favorits started from the second stage: Evgeny Najer 2682 RUS, Alexander Moiseenko 2678 UKR, Vladimir Malakhov 2675 RUS, Artiom Timofeev 2670 RUS, Boris Grachev 2653 RUS, Alexander Lastin 2651 RUS, Boris Savchenko 2648 RUS, Evgeny Bareev 2647 RUS, Vadim Zvjaginsev 2646 RUS, Evgeny Tomashevsky 2646 RUS Pavel Tregubov 2646 RUS, Konstantin Sakaev 2640 RUS, Nikita Vitiugov 2638 RUS, Farrukh Amonatov 2634 TJK, Sergey Volkov 2632 RUS, Alexnader Galkin 2624 RUS. In women's tournament take part 24 participants. 8 top rated players are: Ekaterina Kovalevskaya 2439 RUS, Svetlana Matveeva 2411 RUS, Tatiana Stepovaya 2386 RUS, Anastasiya Bodnaruk 2381 RUS, Valentina Gunina 2381 RUS, Irina Turova 2381 RUS, Yulia Demina 2357 RUS, Irina Vasilevich 2354 RUS.

Men
Final
Vitiugov - Savchenko 1/2
Semifinals:
Vitiugov - Timofeev 1-0, 1-0
Bocharov - Savchenko 1/2, 0-1
Women
Final
Matveeva - Gunina 1-0, 1-0

Ivan Demidov of Moscow, Russia finished second in The World Series of Poker (WSOP) which came to an end on the 9th of November. The WSOP is largest and most prestigious of all poker tournaments around the world.

Leinier Dominguez became the winner of the IV World Blitz Championship, which took place in Almaty Kazakhstan 7th - 8th November 2008. Time control: 5 minutes per game. The prize-winning fund is 350 000 Swiss francs. Players: Alexander Morozevich 2787 RUS, Vassily Ivanchuk 2786 UKR, Teimur Radjabov 2752 AZE, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2731 AZE, Gata Kamsky 2729 USA, Peter Svidler 2727 RUS, Alexander Grischuk 2719 RUS, Boris Gelfand 2719 ISR, Leinier Dominguez 2719 CUB, Judit Polgar 2711 HUN, Sergey Rublevsky 2702 RUS, Krishnan Sasikiran 2692 IND, Vladislav Tkachiev 2664 FRA, Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2640 KAZ, Rafael Vaganian 2590 ARM, Amin Bassem 2560 EGY.

Final standings
1 Dominguez - 11.5
2 Ivanchuk - 11.0
3 Svidler - 10.0
4 Grischuk - 10.0
5 Mamedyarov - 9.5
6 Radjabov - 9.5
7 Kazhgaleyev - 8.0
8 Morozevich - 7.5
9 Kamsky - 7.0
10 Gelfand - 7.0
11 Tkachiev - 6.5
12 Rublevsky - 6.5
13 Vaganian - 5.5
14 Amin - 4.5
15 Sasikiran - 3.5
16 Polgar - 2.5
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Viswanathan Anand retained the World Champion title. The World Championship match where Viswanathan Anand defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik took place in Bonn, Germany, October 14th- 2nd November. The prizemoney was 1,5 Million Euro. The time control was 2 hours for 40 moves, then 1 hour for 20 moves and 15 minutes till the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for each move starting from the 61st move. The schedule of the match determined a rest day after 2 playing days. The final score is 6.5:4.5

Game 1: Kramnik - Anand 1/2
Game 2: Anand - Kramnik 1/2
Game 3: Kramnik - Anand 0-1
Game 4: Anand - Kramnik 1/2
Game 5: Kramnik - Anand 0-1
Game 6: Anand - Kramnik 1-0
Game 7: Anand - Kramnik 1/2
Game 8: Kramnik - Anand 1/2
Game 9: Anand - Kramnik 1/2
Game 10: Kramnik - Anand 1-0
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Peter Svidler is 5 time champion of Russia! He won the additional match-tournament in rapid chess against Evgeny Alekseev and Dmitry Jakovenko which took place 28th October. The format was 6 games (double-round robin) of 15 minutes + 10 secunds. The result of this match-tournament was: 1 Svidler - 3.0, Jakovenko - 2.5, Alekseev - 0.5. The Russian Championship SuperFinal took place in Moscow 2nd - 16th October. In the robin round tournament took part 12 grandmasters: Alexander Morozevich 2787, Dmitry Jakovenko 2737, Peter Svidler 2727, Evgeny Alekseev 2715, Artiom Timofeev 2670, Ernesto Inarkiev 2669, Alexander Riazantsev 2656, Alexander Lastin 2651, Evgeny Tomashevsky 2646, Konstantin Sakaev 2640, Nikita Vitiugov 2638, Konstantin Maslak 2544. Time raiting was 1 hour 40 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and 10 minutes till the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per each move. It is forbidden to offer a draw. In case of tie the 1st place will take place a match (or match-tournament) in rapid chess. The prize fund is 5 million rubles (about 200.000 USD). The prize for the 1st place is 1.100.000 rubles, 2nd place is 800.000 rubles, 3rd place is 650.000 rubles etc.

Final Round 11 standings
1-3 Alekseev, Jakovenko, Svidler - 7.0
4-6 Vitiugov, Tomashevsky, Morozevich - 6.5
7 Timofeev - 6.0
8 Lastin - 5.0
9-10 Sakaev, Inarkiev - 4.0
11 Riazantsev - 3.5
12 Maslak - 3.0

Round 1 Lastin - Tomashevsky 1-0 Svidler - Inarkiev 1-0 Timofeev - Jakovenko 1/2 Vitiugov - Alekseev 1/2 Maslak - Riazantsev 0-1 Sakaev - Morozevich 0-1		Round 2 Lastin - Maslak 1-0 Alekseev - Timofeev 1-0 Riazantsev - Sakaev 1/2 Morozevich - Svidler 0-1 Tomashevsky - Jakovenko 1/2 Inarkiev - Vitiugov 0-1		Round 3 Svidler - Riazantsev 1-0 Jakovenko - Alekseev 1-0 Vitiugov - Morozevich 1/2 Timofeev - Inarkiev 1-0 Sakaev - Lastin 1/2 Maslak - Tomashevsky 1/2		Round 4 Lastin - Svidler 1/2 Morozevich - Timofeev 1/2 Riazantsev - Vitiugov 1/2 Tomashevsky - Alekseev 1/2 Maslak - Sakaev 1/2 Inarkiev - Jakovenko 1/2
Round 5 Svidler - Maslak 1/2 Vitiugov - Lastin 1-0 Alekseev - Inarkiev 1-0 Timofeev - Riazantsev 1-0 Jakovenko - Morozevich 0-1 Sakaev - Tomashevsky 1/2		Round 6 Morozevich - Alekseev 1/2 Lastin - Timofeev 1/2 Sakaev - Svidler 1/2 Riazantsev - Jakovenko 1/2 Tomashevsky - Inarkiev 1/2 Maslak - Vitiugov 1/2		Round 7 Svidler - Tomashevsky 1/2 Alekseev - Riazantsev 1-0 Vitiugov - Sakaev 1/2 Timofeev - Maslak 1-0 Jakovenko - Lastin 1-0 Inarkiev - Morozevich 1/2		Round 8 Svidler - Vitiugov 1/2 Lastin - Alekseev 1/2 Tomashevsky - Morozevich 1-0 Sakaev - Timofeev 1/2 Riazantsev - Inarkiev 1/2 Maslak - Jakovenko 1/2
Round 9 Alekseev - Maslak 1-0 Timofeev - Svidler 1-0 Jakovenko - Sakaev 1-0 Vitiugov - Tomashevsky 1/2 Morozevich - Riazantsev 1-0 Inarkiev - Lastin 1-0		Round 10 Sakaev - Alekseev 0-1 Vitiugov - Timofeev 1-0 Tomashevsky - Riazantsev 1-0 Svidler - Jakovenko 1/2 Lastin - Morozevich 1/2 Maslak - Inarkiev 1/2		Round 11 Jakovenko - Vitiugov 1-0 Alekseev - Svidler 0-1 Morozevich - Maslak 1-0 Timofeev - Tomashevsky 0-1 Inarkiev - Sakaev 1/2 Riazantsev - Lastin 1/2

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Hikaru Nakamura won the Cap d'Agde tournament, which took place 26th October - 1st November in France. As usually there was a closed rapid tournament divided in 2 groups, than 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and final. Participants were: Vasily Ivanchuk UKR GM 2786, Magnus Carlsen NOR GM 2786, Teimour Radjabov AZE GM 2751, Maxime Vachier Lagrave FRA GM 2716, Bu Xiangzhi CHN GM 2714, Hikaru Nakamura USA GM 2704, Ivan Cheparinov BUL GM 2696, Anatoly Karpov RUS GM 2651, Fabiano Caruana ITA GM 2640, Humpy Koneru IND GM 2618, Hou Yifan CHN WGM 2578, Marie Sebag FRA GM 2533, Sebastien Feller FRA GM 2526, Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS GM 2525, Katerina Lahno UKR GM 2488, Almira Skripchenko FRA WGM 2455.

Final
Nakamura - Ivanchuk 1.5:0.5
1/2 finals
Nakamura - Karpov 3:1
Carlsen - Ivanchuk 1.5:2.5
1/4 finals
Caruana - Karpov 2.5:3.5
Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1:3
Nakamura - Vachier-Lagrave 2:0
Bu Xiandgzhi - Carlsen 0.5:1.5

Group A: Vassily Ivanchuk 2786 Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2716 Bu Xiangzhi 2704 Ivan Cheparinov 2696 Fabiano Caruana 2640 Marie Sebag 2533 Alexandra Kosteniuk 2525 Katerina Lahno 2488

Group B: Magnus Carlsen 2786 Teimour Radjabov 2751 Hikaru Nakamura 2704 Anatoly Karpov 2651 Humpy Koneru 2618 Hou Yifan 2578 Sebastien Feller 2526 Almira Skripchenko 2455

Prelimenary results
Group A
Final standings
1 Caruana - 5.5
2 Ivanchuk - 5.0
3-4 Vachier Lagrave, Bu Xiangzhi - 4.5
5 Cheparinov - 4.0
6-7 Kosteniuk, Lahno - 2.0
8 Sebag - 0.5
Group B
Final standings
1-2 Carlsen, Nakamura - 5.5
3 Radjabov - 5.0
3-4 Karpov, Hou Yifan - 3.5
6-7 Koneru, Feller - 2.0
8 Skripchenko - 1.0
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The teams "Ural" from Russia (Radjabov, Kamsky, Shirov, Grischuk, Malakhov, Motylev, Dreev, Rashkovsky) and "Cercle d'Echecs" from Monte Carlo (Koneru, Cramling, Xie Jun, Dzagnidze, Socko, Skripchenko) become the winners of the European Club Cup 2008 for Men and Women which took place in Kallithea, Greece 16th-24th October.
Men
Final standings:
1 "Ural" - 12 (32)
2 "Baden-Baden" - 12 (27,5)
3 "PVK" - 11 (30; 168)
4 "Bosna" - 11 (30; 157,5)
5 "Economist" - 11 (28; 178)
6 "TPS" - 11 (28; 166,5)
7 "Bank King - 10 (27,5)
8 "Ashdod" - 10 (27)
9 "FINEK" - 10 (26)
10 "Novoborsky SK" - 10 (25,5)
11 "Meulheim Nord" - 10 (25)
12 "Mika" - 10 (24)
13 "Zagreb" - 10 (22,5)
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Women
Final standings:
1 "Cercle d'Echecs" - 12 (19)
2 "Spartak" - 10 (19,5)
3 "Podgorica" - 10 (19)
4 "Economist" - 10 (16,5)
5 "Mika" - 9 (17,5)
6 "EPAM" - 9 (16)
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The 5th China vs Russia Chess Match took place 18th-27th September 2008, in Ningpo, China. 18th-23rd September were classical games (90+30), 24th-26th September rapid (25+10), 27th September blitz (3+2). Participants are:

Russian Men: Svidler 2738 Jakovenko 2709 Alekseev 2708 Inarkiev 2675 Tomashevsky 2646		Russian Women: Kosintseva T. 2511 Pogonina 2469 Kosintseva N. 2460 Korbut 2459 Kovalevskaya 2435
Chinese Men: Bu Xiangzhi 2710 Ni Hua 2705 Wang Yue 2704 Wang Hao 2691 Li Chao 2590		Chinese Women: Zhao Xue 2522 Ruan Lufei 2499 Xu Yuhua 2483 Shen Yang 2445 Huang Qian 2430

Match in classical chess between men ended with the score 10.5:14.5 in favor of China, between women with 13.5:11.5 in favor of Russia. In rapid chess Russia won 13:7 (match points - 28-22). The women tied 10:10 in match points and 25:25 - on individual results. In the blitz-match Chinese men - Russian men 14:6 and Russian women - Chinese women 11:9.
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Veselin Topalov won the Chess Grand Slam Final. The event took place in Bilbao 1st-13th September The players were: Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Magnus Carlsen, Veselin Topalov, Teimour Radjabov.

Final standings (scoring System is: 3 points per win, 1 point per draw, 0 point per loss)
1 Topalov - 17.0
2 Aronian - 13.0
3 Carlsen - 13.0
4 Ivanchuk - 12.0
5 Radyabov - 10.0
6 Anand - 8.0

Round 1 Anand - Ivanchuk 1/2 Radjabov - Topalov 1/2 Aronian - Carlsen 0-1		Round 2 Ivanchuk - Carlsen 1/2 Anand - Radjabov 1/2 Topalov - Aronian 1/2		Round 3 Carlsen - Topalov 0-1 Aronian - Anand 1/2 Radjabov - Ivanchuk 1/2		Round 4 Topalov - Anand 1-0 Carlsen - Radjabov 1-0 Aronian - Ivanchuk 1-0
Round 5 Ivanchuk - Topalov 1/2 Radjabov - Aronian 1/2 Anand - Carlsen 1/2		Round 6 Topalov - Radjabov 1/2 Carlsen - Aronian 1-0 Ivanchuk - Anand 1/2		Round 7 Carlsen - Ivanchuk 0-1 Aronian - Topalov 1-0 Radjabov - Anand 1/2		Round 8 Topalov - Carlsen 1-0 Ivanchuk - Radjabov 1-0 Anand - Aronian 0-1
Round 9 Ivanchuk - Aronian 1/2 Radjabov - Carlsen 1/2 Anand - Topalov 1/2		Round 10 Topalov - Ivanchuk 1-0 Aronian - Radjabov 0-1 Carlsen - Anand 1/2

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Alexandra Kosteniuk is the new World Champion! Our congratulationbs! The World Women's Championship 2008 took place in Nalchik (Russia) 28th August - 18th September with a prize fund of 450,000 USD.

Participants: Koneru Humpy IND 2622, Hou Yifan CHN 2557, Cramling Pia SWE 2554, Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2550, Sebag Marie FRA 2529, Zhao Xue CHN 2522, Kosintseva Tatjana RUS 2511, Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2510, Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2508, Muzychuk Anna SLO 2504, Ruan Lufei CHN 2499, Zhukova Natalia UKR 2489, Chiburdanidze Maya GEO 2489, Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2487, Xu Yuhua CHN 2483, Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2481, Ushenina Anna UKR 2476, Socko Monika POL 2473, Krush Irina USA 2470, Gaponenko Inna UKR 2468, Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2461, Harika Dronavalli IND 2461, Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2460, Korbut Ekaterina RUS 2459, Zatonskih Anna USA 2446, Shen Yang CHN 2445, Mkrtchian Lilit ARM 2436, Tania Sachdev IND 2432, Bojkovic Natasa SRB 2423, Rajlich Iweta POL 2417, Lomineishvili Maia GEO 2414, Khurtsidze Nino GEO 2413, Matveeva Svetlana RUS 2412, Khukhashvili Sopiko GEO 2408, Mongontuul Bathuyang MGL 2406, Ju Wenjun CHN 2389, Tan Zongyi CHN 2387, Moser Eva AUT 2383, Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino GER 2374, Bosboom Lanchava Tea NED 2358, Gvetadze Sopio GEO 2355, Mohota Nisha IND 2354, Nebolsina Vera RUS 2350, Amura Claudia ARG 2345, Zhang Jilin CHN 2344, Sedina Elena ITA 2344, Foisor Sabina-Francesca ROM 2337, Le Thanh Tu VIE 2325, Kadimova Ilaha AZE 2324, Arribas Robaina Maritza CUB 2323, Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2323 , Rohonyan Katherine USA 2321, Zakurdjaeva Irina RUS 2308, Velcheva Maria BUL 2281, Golubenko Valentina CRO 2271, Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2269, Muminova Nafisa UZB 2242, Zuriel Marisa ARG 2231, Gasik Anna POL 2211, Sanchez Castillo Sarai VEN 2202, Zapata Karen PER 2180, Khaled Mona EGY 2007, Alaa El Din Yorsa EGY 1959, Solomons Anzel RSA 1895.
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. Also Ekaterina Korbut didn't play in the 1st round. All of them lost by default in the first round.
In the Final match Alexandra Kosteniuk and Hou Yifan will play 4 classical games, then in case of a draw score 2 rapid games, then 2 blitz games and at last a sudden death game.
Final
Hou Yifan - Kosteniuk 0-1, 1/2, 1/2, 1/2
Round 5
Kosteniuk - Cramling 1-0,1/2
Hou Yifan - Koneru 1-0,0-1,1-0,0-1,1-0,1-0
Round 4
Stefanova - Cramling 0-1,1/2
Mkrtchian - Hou Yifan 1/2,0-1
Koneru Humpy - Shen Yang 1-0,1-0
Kosteniuk - Ushenina 1/2,1-0
Round 3 results
Matveeva - Ushenina 0-1,0-1
Hoang Thanh Trang - Koneru 1/2,1-0
Hou, Yifan - Sedina 1-0,0-1,1-0,1-0
Gaponenko - Stefanova 0-1,0-1
Cramling - Ruan 1-0,1/2
Harika - Mkrtchian 1/2,0-1
Shen - Kosintseva N. 1/2,1/2,0-1,1-0,1-0,1/2
Kosteniuk - Kosintseva T. 1/2,1-0
Round 2 results
Paehtz - Ushenina 0-1,1/2
Socko - Hoang Thanh Trang 1/2, 0-1
Nguyen Thi Thanh An - Sedina 1/2,1/2,0-1,0-1
Gaponenko - Rohonyan 1-0,0-1,1/2,1-0
Ruan - Amura 1/2,1-0
Harika - Muzychuk 1/2,1/2,1/2,1-0
Cmilyte - Kosintseva,N 1/2,1/2,0-1,1/2
Kosintseva,T - Zatonskih 1-0,1/2
Shen Yang - Zhao Xue 1-0,1/2
Gasik - Mkrtchian 1/2,0-1
Tan Zhongyi - Cramling 1/2,0-1
Stefanova - Ju Wenjun 1/2,1/2,1-0,1-0
Mongontuul - Hou Yifan 0-1,0-1
Matveeva - Xu Yuhua 1-0,1/2
Koneru Humpy and Aleksandra Kosteniuk won their matches by default.
The winners in the 1st round become:
Xu Yuhua, Koneru Humpy, Hou Yifan, Stefanova, Cramling, Gasik, Zhao Xue, Kosintseva Tatjana, Kosteniuk, Chmilyte, Muzychuk, Ruan, Nguyen Thi Thanh An, Hoang Thanh Trang, Ushenina, Sedina, Gaponenko, Amura, Harika, Kosintseva Nadezhda, Zatonskih, Shen Yang, Tan Zongyi, Mongontuul, Matveeva.
Some matches were drawn and took place play-off. The winners of these play-off are:
Rohonyan, Paehtz, Socko, Mkrtchian, Ju Wenjun.
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Vassily Ivanchuk won the Tal Memorial. The event took place in Moscow 17th-31st August. The players were: Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Alekseev, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Gata Kamsky, Ruslan Ponomariov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Peter Leko and Boris Gelfand. A blitz tournament took place after the main event (29th-30th August) with qualfiers on the 27th and 28th and the invitees Anatoly Karpov and Magnus Carlsen. Vassily Ivanchuk become the winner also in this tournament.

Final standings in blitz
1 Ivanchuk - 23.5
2 Kramnik - 22.5
3 Carlsen - 21.0
4-5 Svidler, Mamedyarov - 20.0
6-8 Leko, Grischuk, Karjakin - 18.0
9-10 Kamsky, Gelfand - 17.5
11 Ponomariov - 17.0
12 Grachev - 14.5
13-15 Alekseev, Karpov, Morozevich - 14.0
16-17 Movsesian, Eljanov - 12.5
18 Tkachiev - 11.5
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Final standings in the main event
1 Ivanchuk - 6.0
2-5 Morozevich, Gelfand, Ponomariov, Kramnik - 5.0
6 Leko - 4.5
7-8 Kamsky, Alekseev - 4.0
9 Mamedyarov - 3.5
10 Shirov - 3.0

Round 1 Kramnik - Shirov 1-0 Leko - Mamedyarov 1/2 Morozevich - Alekseev 1-0 Ponomariov - Gelfand 1/2 Ivanchuk - Kamsky 1-0		Round 2 Kramnik - Leko 1/2 Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1/2 Mamedyarov - Morozevich 1/2 Alekseev - Ponomariov 1/2 Shirov - Kamsky 0-1		Round 3 Morozevich - Kramnik 1-0 Ivanchuk - Alekseev 1/2 Leko - Shirov 1-0 Ponomariov - Mamedyarov 1/2 Kamsky - Gelfand 1/2		Round 4 Leko - Morozevich 1/2 Mamedyarov - Ivanchuk 1/2 Kramnik - Ponomariov 1/2 Alekseev - Kamsky 1/2 Shirov - Gelfand 1/2
Round 5 Morozevich - Shirov 1/2 Ivanchuk - Kramnik 1/2 Gelfand - Alekseev 1/2 Ponomariov - Leko 1-0 Kamsky - Mamedyarov 0-1		Round 6 Morozevich - Ponomariov 1-0 Mamedyarov - Gelfand 0-1 Kramnik - Kamsky 1/2 Leko - Ivanchuk 0-1 Shirov - Alekseev 1/2		Round 7 Ivanchuk - Morozevich 1-0 Gelfand - Kramnik 1/2 Ponomariov - Shirov 1-0 Alekseev - Mamedyarov 1-0 Kamsky - Leko 0-1		Round 8 Morozevich - Kamsky 0-1 Kramnik - Alekseev 1-0 Ponomariov - Ivanchuk 1/2 Leko - Gelfand 1/2 Shirov - Mamedyarov 1-0
Round 9 Ivanchuk - Shirov 1/2 Gelfand - Morozevich 1/2 Kamsky - Ponomariov 1/2 Alekseev - Leko 1/2 Mamedyarov - Kramnik 1/2

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Etienne Bacrot become the France Champion. The French Championship took place in Pau 11th-23rd August 2008. Participants: Bacrot Etienne g FRA 2691, Vachier-Lagrave Maxime g FRA 2681, Fressinet Laurent g FRA 2673, Bauer Christian g FRA 2583, Sokolov Andrei g FRA 2561, Maze Sebastien g FRA 2553, Vaisser Anatoly g FRA 2542, Nataf Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2534, Degraeve Jean-Marc g FRA 2523, Feller Sebastien g FRA 2523, Apicella Manuel g FRA 2521, Abergel Thal m FRA 2499.

PLay-off
Bacrot - Vachier-Lagrave 1-0, 1/2
Final standings
1-2 Bacrot, Vachier-Lagrave - 8.5
3 Fressinet - 7.0
4-5 Bauer, Maze - 6.0
6 Sokolov - 5.5
7 Feller - 5.0
8-9 Nataf, Abergel - 4.5
10 Degraeve - 4.0
11 Apicella - 3.5
12 Vaisser - 2.5
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Levon Aronian won the 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament, which took place in Sochi 31st July - 14th August. Participants: Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2781, Radjabov Teimour AZE 2744, Svidler Peter RUS 2738, Aronian Levon ARM 2737, Grischuk Alexander RUS 2728, Karjakin Sergey UKR 2727, Kamsky Gata USA 2723, Gelfand Boris ISR 2720, Gashimov Vugar AZE 2717, Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2709, Wang Yue CHN 2704, Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2687, Navara David CZE 2646, Al Modiakhi Mohamad QTR 2556.

Final standings
1 Aronian - 8.5
2 Radjabov - 8.0
3-4 Wang Yue, Kamsky - 7.5
5-7 Svidler, Jakovenko, Karjakin - 7.0
8-9 Ivanchuk, Gashimov - 6.5
10-11 Grischuk, Cheparinov - 6.0
12 Gelfand - 5.5
13-14 Navara, Al-Modiahki - 4.0

Round 1 Grischuk - Karjakin 1-0 Radjabov - Al-Modiahki 1-0 Cheparinov - Gashimov 1/2 Gelfand - Jakovenko 1/2 Navara - Ivanchuk 1/2 Svidler - Kamsky 1/2 Wang Yue - Aronian 1/2		Round 2 Aronian - Navara 1-0 Kamsky - Ivanchuk 1-0 Gashimov - Gelfand 1/2 Jakovenko - Radjabov 1/2 Al-Modiahki - Grischuk 1/2 Svidler - Cheparinov 0-1 Karjakin - Wang Yue 1/2		Round 3 Cheparinov - Kamsky 1-0 Grischuk - Jakovenko 1/2 Radjabov - Gashimov 1/2 Ivanchuk - Aronian 1-0 Gelfand - Svidler 1/2 Wang Yue - Al-Modiahki 1/2 Navara - Karjakin 1/2		Round 4 Cheparinov - Gelfand 1/2 Gashimov - Grischuk 1/2 Svidler - Radjabov 1-0 Jakovenko - Wang Yue 1/2 Kamsky - Aronian 1/2 Al-Modiahki - Navara 1-0 Karjakin - Ivanchuk 1/2
Round 5 Radjabov - Cheparinov 1-0 Grischuk - Svidler 1/2 Gelfand - Kamsky 1/2 Wang Yue - Gashimov 1/2 Ivanchuk - Al-Modiahki 1/2 Aronian - Karjakin 1/2 Navara - Jakovenko 1/2		Round 6 Cheparinov - Grischuk 1-0 Gashimov - Navara 1-0 Kamsky - Karjakin 1/2 Svidler - Wang Yue 1/2 Jakovenko - Ivanchuk 1/2 Gelfand - Radjabov 0-1 Al-Modiahki - Aronian 0-1		Round 7 Radjabov - Kamsky 1/2 Aronian - Jakovenko 1/2 Wang Yue - Cheparinov 1/2 Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2 Ivanchuk - Gashimov 1/2 Karjakin - Al-Modiahki 1-0 Navara - Svidler 1/2		Round 8 Cheparinov - Navara 1/2 Gashimov - Aronian 1/2 Radjabov - Grischuk 1/2 Kamsky - Al-Modiahki 1-0 Jakovenko - Karjakin 1/2 Svidler - Ivanchuk 0-1 Gelfand - Wang Yue 0-1
Round 9 Wang Yue - Radjabov 1-0 Ivanchuk - Cheparinov 1/2 Aronian - Svidler 1/2 Grischuk - Kamsky 1/2 Karjakin - Gashimov 1/2 Navara - Gelfand 1/2 Al-Modiahki - Jakovenko 1/2		Round 10 Gashimov - Al-Modiahki 1-0 Radjabov - Navara 1-0 Cheparinov - Aronian 0-1 Kamsky - Jakovenko 1/2 Grischuk - Wang Yue 1/2 Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1-0 Svidler - Karjakin 0-1		Round 11 Karjakin - Cheparinov 1-0 Al-Modiahki - Svidler 0-1 Ivanchuk - Radjabov 1/2 Aronian - Gelfand 1-0 Wang Yue - Kamsky 1/2 Jakovenko - Gashimov 1-0 Navara - Grischuk 1/2		Round 12 Kamsky - Gashimov 1/2 Svidler - Jakovenko 1-0 Cheparinov - Al-Modiakhi 1/2 Gelfand - Karjakin 1/2 Radjabov - Aronian 1/2 Grischuk - Ivanchuk 1/2 Wang Yue - Navara 1/2
Round 13 Aronian - Grischuk 1-0 Jakovenko - Cheparinov 1-0 Karjakin - Radjabov 0-1 Ivanchuk - Wang Yue 1/2 Gashimov - Svidler 0-1 Navara - Kamsky 0-1 Al-Modiahki - Gelfand 1/2

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Michael Adams became the winner of the Staunton Memorial, which took place in London August 7th-18th. Participants: Adams Michael g ENG 2735, Sokolov Ivan g NED 2658, Short Nigel g ENG 2655, Van Wely Loek g NED 2644, L'Ami Erwin g NED 2610, Smeets Jan g NED 2593, Werle Jan g NED 2591, Timman Jan g NED 2562, Wells Peter g ENG 2526, Speelman Jon g ENG 2524, Cherniaev Alexander g RUS 2431, Wade Robert m ENG 2167.

Final standings
1 Adams - 8.0
2 Van Wely - 7.5
3 Smeets - 7.0
4 Timman - 6.5
5-6 L'Ami, Sokolov - 6.0
7-9 Speelman, Short, Werle - 5.5
10 Wells - 5.0
11 Cherniaev - 3.5
12 Wade - 0.0
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Vishvanatan Anand won The Rapid Chess Mainz which took place 1st-3rd August. There was a double round robin amongst Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Morozevich, Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar. The time rate was 20min + 5 seconds a move. Jan Nepomniachtchi become the winner of The Ordix Chess Mainz which took place 2nd-3rd August. The time rate was also 20min + 5 seconds a move.

The Rapid Chess Mainz:
Final match
Anand - Carlsen 1-0,1-0,1/2,1/2
Match for the 3rd-4th places
Morozevich - Polgar 1/2,1/2,1/2,1-0
Final standings
1 Anand - 4.0
2 Carlsen - 3.5
3 Morozevich - 3.0
4 Polgar - 1.5
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The Ordix Chess Mainz:
Final standings
1-2 Nepomniachtchi, Eljanov - 9.5
3-11 Almasi, Najer, Lahno, Nakamura, Motylev, Naiditsch, Ivanisevic, Kazhgaleyev, Fressinet - 9.0
12-24 Kasimdzhanov, Vaganjan, Bareev, Potkin, Schneider, Mchedlishvili, Tregubov, Bhat, Bischoff, Appel, Barle, Siebrecht, Seel - 8.5
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Veselin Topalov took clear first place with 8/9 at the XXIII Villarrobledo International Rapid Open which took place over the weekend of 2nd-3rd August.

Leading final standings:
1 Topalov - 8.0
2 Mamedyarov - 7.5
3-7 Ponomariov, Palac, Malakhov, Ljubojevic, Arizmendi - 7.0
8-17 Shirov, Paunovic, Sokolov, Van Wely Loek, Abreu, Perez, Dreev, Guliyev, Lafuente, Minzer - 6.5
etc. 163 players.
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Evgeny Alekseev became the winner of the 41st Biel International Chess Festival after a playoff vs Leinier Dominguez 2.5:1.5. The event took place 19th July - 1st August. Participants: Magnus Carlsen NOR 2775, Evgeny Alekseev RUS 2708, Leinier Dominguez CUB 2708, Etienne Bacrot FRA 2691, Alexander Onischuk USA 2670, Yannick Pelletier SUI 2569.

Playoff:
Alekseev - Dominguez 1/2,1/2,1/2,1-0
Round 10 standings
1-2 Dominguez, Alekseev - 6.5
3 Carlsen - 6.0
4 Bacrot - 5.5
5 Onischuk - 4.0
6 Pelletier - 1.5

Round 1 Alekseev - Bacrot 1-0 Carlsen - Pelletier 1-0 Dominguez - Onischuk 1/2		Round 2 Alekseev - Carlsen 1/2 Bacrot - Onischuk 1/2 Pelletier - Dominguez 1/2		Round 3 Carlsen - Bacrot 1-0 Onischuk - Pelletier 1-0 Dominguez - Alekseev 1/2		Round 4 Dominguez - Bacrot 1:0 Pelletier - Alekseev 0:1 Onischuk - Carlsen 1/2
Round 5 Carlsen - Dominguez 1/2 Alekseev - Onischuk 1/2 Bacrot - Pelletier 1-0		Round 6 Onischuk - Dominguez 0-1 Bacrot - Alekseev 1-0 Pelletier - Carlsen 0-1		Round 7 Dominguez - Pelletier 1-0 Carlsen - Alekseev 0-1 Onischuk - Bacrot 0-1		Round 8 Alekseev - Dominguez 0-1 Bacrot - Carlsen 1/2 Pelletier - Onischuk 1/2
Round 9 Onischuk - Alekseev 0-1 Dominguez - Carlsen 1/2 Pelletier - Bacrot 1/2		Round 10 Alekseev - Pelletier 1-0 Carlsen - Onischuk 1/2 Bacrot - Dominguez 1-0

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The 9th Karpov tournament took place 8th-17th July in Poikovsky. Participants: Alexei Shirov ESP 2741, Vugar Gashimov AZE 2717, Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 2709, Sergey Rublevsky RUS 2699, Wang Hao CHN 2691, Viorel Bologan MDA 2686, Ernesto Inarkiev RUS 2675, Andrei Volokitin UKR 2672, Alexander Onischuk USA 2670, Emil Sutovsky ISR 2654.
Final standings
1-4 Rublevsky, Jakovenko, Gashimov, Shirov - 5.5
5 Wang Hao - 5.0
6 Bologan - 4.0
7-10 Sutovsky, Volokitin, Onischuk, Inarkiev - 3.5

Round 1 Sutovsky - Shirov 1/2 Jakovenko - Volokitin 1-0 Bologan - Onischuk 1/2 Wang Hao - Inarkiev 1-0 Rublevsky - Gashimov 1-0		Round 2 Rublevsky - Sutovsky 1/2 Onischuk - Wang Hao 1/2 Shirov - Jakovenko 1/2 Volokitin - Bologan 1/2 Gashimov - Inarkiev 1/2		Round 3 Jakovenko - Rublevsky 1/2 Wang Hao - Volokitin 1/2 Sutovsky - Gashimov 1/2 Bologan - Shirov 1/2 Inarkiev - Onischuk 1/2		Round 4 Rublevsky - Bologan 1/2 Shirov - Wang Hao 1/2 Sutovsky - Jakovenko 1/2 Volokitin - Inarkiev 1-0 Gashimov - Onischuk 1-0
Round 5 Jakovenko - Gashimov 1/2 Bologan - Sutovsky 1/2 Wang Hao - Rublevsky 0-1 Onischuk - Volokitin 1/2 Inarkiev - Shirov 0-1		Round 6 Rublevsky - Inarkiev 1/2 Jakovenko - Bologan 1-0 Shirov - Onischuk 1-0 Gashimov - Volokitin 1-0 Sutovsky - Wang Hao 0-1		Round 7 Wang Hao - Jakovenko 1/2 Bologan - Gashimov 1/2 Inarkiev - Sutovsky 1-0 Onischuk - Rublevsky 1/2 Volokitin - Shirov 0-1		Round 8 Rublevsky - Volokitin 1/2 Jakovenko - Inarkiev 1/2 Gashimov - Shirov 1-0 Bologan - Wang Hao 1/2 Sutovsky - Onischuk 1/2
Round 9 Shirov - Rublevsky 1/2 Wang Hao - Gashimov 1/2 Inarkiev - Bologan 1/2 Onischuk - Jakovenko 1/2 Volokitin - Sutovsky 1/2

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Sergey Karjakin won a 10 game rapid match vs Nigel Short with the score 7.5:2.5. The event took place in Kiev 3rd-7th July. Karjakin - Short 1-0,1-0,1-0,0-1,1-0,1/2,1-0,0-1,1-0,1-0

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Peter Leko became the winner of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting. The event took place in Dortmund 28th June - 6th July 2008. Participants: Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2788, Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2752, Leko Peter HUN 2741, Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2740, Van Wely Loek NED 2676, Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2634, Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2623, Gustafsson Jan GER 2603.

Final standings
1 Leko - 4.5
2-5 Ivanchuk, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedyarov, Gustafsson - 4.0
6 Naiditsch - 3.5
7 Kramnik - 3.0
8 Van Wely - 1.0

Round 1 Gustafsson - Kramnik 1/2 Mamedyarov - Leko 1/2 Naiditsch - Nepomniachtchi 1/2 Ivanchuk - Van Wely 1/2		Round 2 Gustafsson - Naiditsch 1-0 Kramnik - Van Wely 1-0 Leko - Ivanchuk 1-0 Nepomniachtchi - Mamedyarov 1/2		Round 3 Mamedyarov - Gustafsson 1/2 Naiditsch - Kramnik 1-0 Van Wely - Leko 1/2 Ivanchuk - Nepomniachtchi 1/2
Round 4 Gustafsson - Ivanchuk 1/2 Nepomniachtchi - Van Wely 1-0 Naiditsch - Mamedyarov 1/2 Kramnik - Leko 1/2		Round 5 Leko - Nepomniachtchi 1/2 Ivanchuk - Naiditsch 1-0 Mamedyarov - Kramnik 1/2 Van Wely - Gustafsson 0-1		Round 6 Mamedyarov - Ivanchuk 1/2 Gustafsson - Leko 0-1 Naiditsch - Van Wely 1-0 Kramnik - Nepomniachtchi 1/2
Round 7 Leko - Naiditsch 1/2 Ivanchuk - Kramnik 1-0 Nepomniachtchi - Gustafsson 1/2 Van Wely - Mamedyarov 0-1

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Magnus Carlsen became the winner of the 3rd International Chess Tournament 'AEROSVIT-2008' took place 7th-20th June 2008 in Foros, Crimea, Ukraine. Participants: Carlsen Magnus g NOR 2765, Svidler Peter g RUS 2746, Ivanchuk Vassily g UKR 2740, Shirov Alexei g ESP 2740, Karjakin Sergey g UKR 2732, Jakovenko Dmitry g RUS 2711, Alekseev Evgeny g RUS 2711, Eljanov Pavel g UKR 2687, Volokitin Andrei g UKR 2684, Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2684, Van Wely Loek g NED 2676, Onischuk Alexander g USA 2664. Average rating 2711.7 Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves then 30 minutes to the end of the game with addition of 30 sec. after each move starting from the first move. The rest day - Saturday, June 14th. International arbiter Oleg Tovchyga (Ukraine).

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The first playing day was 8th June. The rounds started at 15-00 (+2 GMT)
Final standings
1 Carlsen - 8.0
2 Ivanchuk - 6.5
3-4 Eljanov, Karjakin - 6.0
5-7 Shirov, Volokitin, Jakovenko - 5.5
8-10 Alekseev, Nisipeanu, Svidler - 5.0
11 Van Wely - 4.0
12 Onischuk - 3.5

Round 1 Van Wely - Shirov 0-1 Eljanov - Svidler 1/2 Carlsen - Ivanchuk 1-0 Alekseev - Karjakin 1/2 Nisipeanu - Volokitin 1/2 Onischuk - Jakovenko 1/2		Round 2 Van Wely - Eljanov 1/2 Svidler - Carlsen 1/2 Ivanchuk - Alekseev 1-0 Karjakin - Nisipeanu 1-0 Volokitin - Onischuk 1-0 Shirov - Jakovenko 1-0		Round 3 Onischuk - Karjakin 1/2 Jakovenko - Volokitin 1-0 Alekseev - Svidler 1-0 Eljanov - Shirov 1-0 Carlsen - Van Wely 1-0 Nisipeanu - Ivanchuk 1/2		Round 4 Ivanchuk - Onischuk 1/2 Van Wely - Alekseev 1-0 Volokitin - Shirov 1/2 Karjakin - Jakovenko 1-0 Eljanov - Carlsen 0-1 Svidler - Nisipeanu 1/2
Round 5 Onischuk - Svidler 0-1 Alekseev - Eljanov 1/2 Carlsen - Shirov 1-0 Volokitin - Karjakin 1-0 Jakovenko - Ivanchuk 1/2 Nisipeanu - Van Wely 1-0		Round 6 Svidler - Jakovenko 1/2 Shirov - Karjakin 1/2 Carlsen - Alekseev 1/2 Ivanchuk - Volokitin 1/2 Van Wely - Onischuk 1/2 Eljanov - Nisipeanu 1/2		Round 7 (15th June) Volokitin - Svidler 1/2 Karjakin - Ivanchuk 1/2 Jakovenko - Van Wely 1-0 Onischuk - Eljanov 0-1 Nisipeanu - Carlsen 0-1 Alekseev - Shirov 1/2		Round 8 Shirov - Ivanchuk 0-1 Svidler - Karjakin 1/2 Van Wely - Volokitin 1-0 Alekseev - Nisipeanu 1-0 Carlsen - Onischuk 1/2 Eljanov - Jakovenko 1/2
Round 9 Ivanchuk - Svidler 1/2 Volokitin - Eljanov Karjakin - Van Wely 1/2 Jakovenko - Carlsen 1/2 Onlischuk - Alekseev 1/2 Nisipeanu - Shirov 1-0		Round 10 Van Wely - Ivanchuk 0-1 Eljanov - Karjakin 1/2 Alekseev - Jakovenko 1/2 Carlsen - Volokitin 1/2 Shirov - Svidler 1-0 Nisipeanu - Onischuk 1/2		Round 11 Ivanchuk - Eljanov 1-0 Svidler - Van Wely 1/2 Onischuk - Shirov 0-1 Karjakin - Carlsen 1/2 Volokitin - Alekseev 1-0 Jakovenko - Nisipeanu 1/2

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Levon Aronian became the winner of The Yerevan Chess Giants after the death of GM Karen Asrian renamed in Karen Asrian Memorial. This event took place June 8th-15th in Yerevan. Time control 25 mins + 10 seconds a move. The participants were: Leko Peter g HUN 2741, Aronian Levon g ARM 2763, Sargissian Gabriel g ARM 2643, Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2708, Morozevich Alexander g RUS 2774, Adams Michael g ENG 2729, Gelfand Boris g ISR 2723, Akopian Vladimir g ARM 2673.

Final standings
1 Aronian - 8.5
2 Leko - 8.0
3-4 Morozevich, Gelfand - 7.5
5 Bu Xiangzhi - 7.0
6 Sargissian - 6.5
7 Adams - 6.0
8 Akopian - 5.0
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Pavel Tregubov became the winner of the 4th PIVDENNY BANK CHESS CUP took place in Odessa, Ukraine 30th May - 2nd June 2008. The prize fund was USD 35,000. As usual, some of the world's most famous chess players competed in this rapid chess tournament. So this year Anatoly Karpov (Russia), Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) and Boris Gelfand (Israel) took part. The time control was 10 minutes on the game with an increment of 5 seconds for move. The rest participants were Pavel Tregubov (Russia), Valery Beim (Austria) 2523, Yuri Drozdovskij (Ukraine) 2581, Mikhail Golubev (Ukraine) 2474.

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The rounds start at 13-00 local time (+2 GMT). Two first days participants play 5 rounds, the last 3rd day 4 rounds.
Final standings
1 Tregubov - 9.0
2 Drozdovskij - 9.0
3 Gelfand - 9.0
4 Ponomariov - 9.0
5 Karpov - 8.5
6 Korchnoi - 4.0
7 Beim - 4.0
8 Golubev - 3.5

Round 1 Ponomariov - Karpov 1/2 Korchnoi - Beim 0-1 Tregubov - Gelfand 0-1 Golubev - Drozdovskij 1/2		Round 2 Beim - Drozdovskij 0-1 Karpov - Tregubov 0-1 Gelfand - Golubev 1-0 Korchnoi - Ponomariov 0-1		Round 3 Ponomariov - Beim 1-0 Tregubov - Korchnoi 1/2 Golubev - Karpov 1/2 Drozdovskij - Gelfand 1-0		Round 4 Beim - Gelfand 1/2 Korchnoi - Golubev 1-0 Ponomariov - Tregubov 1/2 Karpov - Drozdovskij 1/2
Round 5 Tregubov - Beim 1-0 Drozdovskij - Korchnoi 1-0 Golubev - Ponomariov 0-1 Gelfand - Karpov 1-0		Round 6 Beim - Karpov 0-1 Korchnoi - Gelfand 0-1 Ponomariov - Drozdovskij 1/2 Tregubov - Golubev 1-0		Round 7 Golubev - Beim 1/2 Karpov - Korchnoi 1-0 Gelfand - Ponomariov 1/2 Drozdovskij - Tregubov 1/2		Round 8 Beim - Korchnoi 1/2 Karpov - Ponomariov 1-0 Gelfand - Tregubov 1/2 Drozdovskij - Golubev 1-0
Round 9 Drozdovskij - Beim 1/2 Tregubov - Karpov 1/2 Golubev - Gelfand 0-1 Ponomariov - Korchnoi 1-0		Round 10 Beim - Ponomariov 0-1 Korchnoi - Tregubov 1/2 Karpov - Golubev 1-0 Gelfand - Drozdovskij 1/2		Round 11 Gelfand - Beim 1-0 Golubev - Korchnoi 1-0 Tregubov - Ponomariov 1-0 Drozdovskij - Karpov 1/2		Round 12 Beim - Tregubov 0-1 Korchnoi - Drozdovskij 1/2 Ponomariov - Golubev 1-0 Karpov - Gelfand 1/2
Round 13 Karpov - Beim 1-0 Gelfand - Korchnoi 1/2 Drozdovskij - Ponomariov 1-0 Golubev - Tregubov 1-0		Round 14 Beim - Golubev 1-0 Korchnoi - Karpov 1/2 Ponomariov - Gelfand 1-0 Tregubov - Drozdovskij 1-0

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Magnus Carlsen won 5:3 an 8 game rapid match vs Peter Leko took place 28th May - 1st June 2008 in Miskolc, Hungary. Leko - Carlsen 1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 0-1, 1/2, 1/2, 0-1, 1/2

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Vassily Ivanchuk became the winner of the Magistral Ciudad de Leon took place May 29th - June 2nd in Leon, Spain. The players were World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov and Francisco Vallejo Pons. Final Anand - Ivanchuk 0-1, 1-0, 1/2, 0-1

Semi-Finals:
Vallejo Pons - Anand 1/2, 0-1, 1-0, 1/2, 0-1, 1/2
Ivanchuk - Shirov 1-0, 1-0, 1/2, 1/2
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Alexander Morozevich won the traditional Bosna-2008 tournament took place 22nd May - 2nd June in Saraevo. In a double round robin tournament played Morozevich Alexander RUS 2774, Movsesian Sergei SVK 2695, Dominguez Perez Leinier 2695 CUB, Sokolov Ivan 2690 NED, Timofeev Artyom 2664 RUS, Predojevic Borki 2651 BIH.

Final standings
1 Morozevich - 7.5
2 Dominguez - 6.0
3 Movsesian - 5.0
4 Timofeev - 4.5
5 Predojevic - 4.0
6 Sokolov - 3.0
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Vladimir Kramnik won a match of 8 games in rapid chess against David Navara for the Cez Chess Trophy with 5.5:2.5. The event took place in Prague (Czech Republic) 14th-18th May.

Game 1 Kramnik - Navara 1-0
Game 2 Navara - Kramnik 0-1
Game 3 Kramnik - Navara 1-0
Game 4 Navara - Kramnik 1/2
Game 5 Kramnik - Navara 1/2
Game 6 Navara - Kramnik 0-1
Game 7 Kramnik - Navara 1/2
Game 8 Navara - Kramnik 1-0
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Vassily Ivanchuk became the winner of the M-Tel Masters took place 7th-18th May 2008 in Sofia (Bulgaria). The event was a 10 round double round robin. Players: Veselin Topalov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Ivan Cheparinov and Bu Xiangzhi. In case of a draw at the top there would be a tie break for determining the winner. The rule for the draws was the same as in previous three editions.

Final standings
1 Ivanchuk - 8.0
2 Topalov - 6.5
3 Radjabov - 5.5
4 Cheparinov - 4.0
5-6 Aronian, Bu Xiangzhi - 3.0

Round 1 Cheparinov - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 Aronian - Topalov 0-1 Radjabov - Ivanchuk 0-1		Round 2 Topalov - Ivanchuk 0-1 Aronian - Cheparinov 1/2 Bu Xiangzhi - Radjabov 1/2		Round 3 Ivanchuk - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 Cheparinov - Topalov 0-1 Radjabov - Aronian 1/2		Round 4 Ivanchuk - Cheparinov 1-0 Radjabov - Topalov 1/2 Bu Xiangzhi - Aronian 1/2
Round 5 Topalov - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 Cheparinov - Radjabov 1/2 Aronian - Ivanchuk 0-1		Round 6 Ivanchuk - Radjabov 1/2 Topalov - Aronian 1-0 Bu Xiangzhi - Cheparinov 0-1		Round 7 Ivanchuk - Topalov 1/2 Radjabov - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 Cheparinov - Aronian 1/2		Round 8 Topalov - Cheparinov 1-0 Aronian - Radjabov 0-1 Bu Xiangzhi - Ivanchuk 1/2
Round 9 Ivanchuk - Aronian 1/2 Radjabov - Cheparinov 1/2 Bu Xiangzhi - Topalov 1-0		Round 10 Topalov - Radjabov 1/2 Cheparinov - Ivanchuk 0-1 Aronian - Bu Xiangzhi 1/2

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