Last Update: Sunday 30th November 2008. 12:15 GMT

Robert Graham Wade 1921-2008

Bundesliga

Georgios Souleidis reports: Three days after the Chess Olympiad in Dresden the German "Schachbundesliga" opens its doors again for some new first-class chess encounters. The fifth, sixth and some pairings of the seventh round take place at four venues. The German champion Baden-Baden organizes his first home games this season and is aiming to maintain his leadership in the table. With many olympic contenders Baden-Baden is in all games clear favourite. In Emsdetten one of the most exciting pairings will take place. The runner-up Muelheim encounters the team of Bremen who started badly in the season with some unexpected losses against lower rated teams. In Dresden there will be some interesting clashes against relegation. In Munich the host team will try to achieve his first points in this season against the teams of the west Solingen and Wattenscheid. This teams also encounter the strong squad of Tergernsee. These pairings also promise to be very exciting.

All games will be covered live in the internet. Official site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx

Round 6 Games in PGN

Round 5 Games in PGN

Round 7 Games in PGN

Bundesliga Round 6 Live

Live games in PGN

Round 6 (November 30, 2008)
Gabriel, Christian	- Hertneck, Gerald	½-½	46	E44	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Bromberger, Stefan	- Ernst, Sipke	½-½	34	D15	Slav Defence
Ragger, Markus	- Bischoff, Klaus	½-½	19	B45	Sicilian Classical
Ribli, Zoltán	- Naumann, Alexander	1-0	52	D17	Slav Defence
Buhmann, Rainer	- Rozentalis, Eduardas	0-1	34	E04	Catalan
Sokolov, Andrei1	- Sandipan, Chanda	½-½	16	C42	Petroff's Defence
Nikolic, Predrag	- Khenkin, Igor	½-½	39	A08	Barcza System
Volokitin, Andrei	- Stellwagen, Daniël	½-½	47	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Straeter, Timo	- Unzicker, Ferdinand	½-½	66	D32	Tarrasch Defence
Rodewis, Thomas	- Dinstuhl, Volkmar	0-1	41	D82	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Handke, Florian	- Meister, Peter	1-0	59	C03	French Tarrasch
Reich, Thomas	- Appel, Ralf	½-½	21	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Czarnota, Pawel	- Heinzel, Olaf	½-½	36	C87	Ruy Lopez
Jorczik, Julian	- Rustemov, Alexander	0-1	46	D19	Slav Defence
Bartel, Mateusz	- Belezky, Alexander	1-0	46	C18	French Winawer
Marcelin, Cyril	- Najer, Evgeniy	0-1	37	D14	Slav Exchange

Round 6 (November 30, 2008)
Thinius, Marco	- Vogt, Lothar	1-0	56	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Mann, Christian	- Rudolf, Henrik	½-½	20	A00	Irregular Openings
Abel, Dennes	- Guliyev, Namig	0-1	37	D20	QGA
Medvegy, Zoltan	- Berndt, Stephan	½-½	61	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Kraemer, Martin	- Bindrich, Falko	½-½	55	B10	Caro Kann
Gyimesi, Zoltan	- Schneider, Ilja	1-0	30	D15	Slav Defence
Lauber, Arnd	- Balogh, Csaba	½-½	30	D10	Slav Defence
Braun, Arik	- Polzin, Rainer	1-0	26	E68	King's Indian Fianchetto
Sebastian, Dirk	- Schlosser, Philipp	0-1	41	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Dautov, Rustem	- Reeh, Oliver	1-0	40	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Beikert, G(ü)nther	- Vallejo Pons, Francisco	0-1	38	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Nielsen, Peter Heine	- Heinemann, Thies	1-0	27	E15	Queens Indian
Ftácnik, Lubomir	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	½-½	29	A34	English Symmetrical
Bacrot, Etienne	- Adly, Ahmed	½-½	68	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kempinski, Robert	- Movsesian, Sergei	½-½	27	D15	Slav Defence
Svidler, Peter	- Baramidze, David	1-0	32	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer

Round 6 (November 30, 2008)
Cioara, Andrei Nestor	- Goldberg, Alexander	½-½	43	A45	Trompowsky
Graf, Felix	- Kolbus, Dietmar	1-0	31	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Erdos, Viktor	- Loxine, Jakov	1-0	55	A50	Queen's Indian (without e7-e6)
Eichner, Sebastian	- Erdos, Viktor	1-0	34	D48	Queens Gambit Meran
Jaracz, Pawel	- Hoffmann, Paul	½-½	23	C11	French Defence
Gauglitz, Gernot	- Lupulescu, Constantin	0-1	46	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Cyborowski, Lukasz	- Roos, Michael	½-½	25	E70	King's Indian Fianchetto
Maiwald, Jens-Uwe	- Parligras, Mircea	0-1	46	E12	Queens Indian Petrosian
Swinkels, Robin	- Berger, Steve	0-1	28	C18	French Winawer
Kalinitschew, Sergey	- Mainka, Romuald	½-½	62	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Degraeve, Jean-Marc	- Richter, Michael	1-0	20	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Figura, Atila Gajo	- Dgebuadze, Alexandre	½-½	27	E33	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
H(ü)bner, Robert	- Shengelia, Davit	½-½	43	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Luther, Thomas	- Gharamian, Tigran	½-½	21	C42	Petroff's Defence
Goloshchapov, Alexander	- Maksimenko, Andrei	1-0	31	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Socko, Bartosz	- Fedorchuk, Sergey A	1-0	38	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 6 (November 30, 2008)
Souleidis, Georgios	- Babula, Vlastimil	½-½	44	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Hracek, Zbynek	- Ris, Robert	1-0	34	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Siebrecht, Sebastian	- Meier, Georg	0-1	42	A13	Reti Opening
Fressinet, Laurent	- Senff, Martin	1-0	40	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Firman, Nazar	- Areshchenko, Alexander	1-0	18	B93	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.f4
Efimenko, Zahar	- Negi, Parimarjan	½-½	53	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Chuchelov, Vladimir	- Eljanov, Pavel	1-0	40	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Halkias, Stelios	½-½	33	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Berelowitsch, Alexander	- Zumsande, Martin	1-0	54	C06	French Tarrasch
Giri, Anish	- Malakhatko, Vadim	½-½	19	D16	Slav Lasker/Smyslov
Potkin, Vladimir	- Brandenburg, Daan	1-0	41	A58	Volga Gambit
Pruijssers, Roeland	- Fridman, Daniel2	0-1	37	C42	Petroff's Defence
Landa, Konstantin	- Janssen, Ruud	1-0	69	D11	Slav Defence
Feygin, Michael	- Tregubov, Pavel V	0-1	49	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Hector, Jonny	1-0	42	C72	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	50	A20	English Opening



Bundesliga 2008-9 (GER), 2 x 2008 - iii 2009
Baden-Baden
Round 7 Friday November 28th 2008
OSG Baden-Baden	6-2	SC Eppingen
Round 5 Saturday November 29th 2008 2pm
OSG Baden-Baden	6.5-1.5	SF Berlin
SC Eppingen	5.5-2.5	Hamburger SK
Round 6 Sunday November 30th 2008 10am
SF Berlin	-	SC Eppingen
Hamburger SK	-	OSG Baden-Baden
Emsdetten
Round 7 Friday November 28th 2008 4pm
SK Turm Emsdetten	5.5-2.5	Werder Bremen
Round 5 Saturday November 29th 2008 2pm
Werder Bremen	5-3	SV Muelheim Nord
SK Turm Emsdetten	5.5-2.5	SF Katernberg
Round 6 Sunday November 30th 2008 10am
SV Muelheim Nord	-	SK Turm Emsdetten
SF Katernberg	-	Werder Bremen
Dresden
Round 7 Friday November 28th 2008 4pm
USV TU Dresden	0.5-7.5	SC Kreuzberg
Round 5 Saturday November 29th 2008 2pm
USV TU Dresden	1.5-6.5	SC Remagen
SC Kreuzberg	4.5-3.5	SG Turm Trier
Round 6 Sunday November 30th 2008 10am
SC Remagen	-	SC Kreuzberg
SG Turm Trier	-	USV TU Dresden
Munich
Round 5 Saturday November 29th 2008 2pm
Bayern Muenchen	2-6	Aljechin Solingen
TV Tegernsee	5-3	SV Wattenscheid
Round 6 Sunday November 30th 2008 10am
Aljechin Solingen	-	TV Tegernsee
SV Wattenscheid	-	Bayern Muenchen

Remco Heite

The Remco Heite tournament takes place Friday 28th - Sunday 30th November 2008 in the Dutch city of Wolvega.

Participants in the main group are: Loek van Wely, Sergey Tiviakov, Artur Yusupov, Simen Agdestein, Bartlomiej Macieja and Erik van den Doel.

They play a single round robin: 2 games on Friday, 1 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.

The winner receives, among others, a bonus with which he can buy a real race horse, for which this Frisian region 'De Stellingwerven' is famous!

On Saturday and Sunday an Open will also be held at Wolvega, featuring grandmasters Erwin L'Ami, Sipke Ernst, Friso Nijboer, John van der Wiel and Zhaoqin Peng. In this 9-round open the players will have 45 minutes each for the entire game.

Games, reports (in Dutch) and photos: http://www.heiteschaaktoernooi.nl

Dresden Olympiad

Games in PGN

38th Olympiad Dresden (GER), 13-25 xi 2008 Games in PGN
Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	All
Men	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Rd1-11
Women	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Rd1-11

I continue to make corrections when I find them. I am somewhat defeated by a couple of fixtures in Rd10 where the players don't match those given on chessresults.com so I changed them to their results. Including Bolivia - Puerto Rico.

Malcolm Pein Reports with additional comments by Mark Crowther

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

Round 11 News by Mark Crowther

• Final Round 11.
• In the top match Wang Yue and Aronian drew early. Tigran L Petrosian beat Li Chao B and this allowed Armenia to retain their title.
• The US beat the Ukraine comfortably and might even have won 4-0 if Nakamura had converted a winning position. Gata Kamsky beating Vassily Ivanchuk on top board. This gave the US Bronze.
• Boris Gelfand missed out on gold for best board one performance after a draw against Van Wely he was pipped by a single point by Peter Leko after he beat Sergei Zhigalko in one of the final games to finish. However he did lead Israel to Silver after they beat the Netherlands in the final round.
• Nigel Short lost against Zdenko Kozul. I used to see a lot of Kozul's games when I read Serbian newspapers for chess information about 15 years ago. Very hit and miss but on his day very exciting. The match was drawn when Howell beat Stevic.

38th Olympiad Dresden (GER), 13-25 xi 2008 Leading Final Round 11 Results 25th Nov 2008. 9am GMT start.
Br.	3	CHN China (CHN)	Elo	1½:2½	9	ARM Armenia (ARM)	Elo
1.1	GM	Wang Yue	2736	½-½	GM	Aronian Levon	2757
1.2	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2714	½-½	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2679
1.3	GM	Ni Hua	2710	½-½	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2642
1.4	GM	Li Chao B	2622	0-1	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	2629
Br.	35	LTU Lithuania (LTU)	Elo	1½:2½	11	GER Germany 1 (GER1)	Elo
2.1	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	2533	½-½	GM	Khenkin Igor	2647
2.2	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	2577	½-½	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2634
2.3	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2572	½-½	GM	Fridman Daniel	2630
2.4	IM	Zagorskis Darius	2509	0-1	GM	Baramidze David	2557
Br.	10	USA United States of America (USA)	Elo	3½: ½	2	UKR Ukraine (UKR)	Elo
3.1	GM	Kamsky Gata	2729	1-0	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2786
3.2	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2704	½-½	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2730
3.3	GM	Onischuk Alexander	2644	1-0	GM	Eljanov Pavel	2720
3.4	GM	Shulman Yuri	2616	1-0	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2680
Br.	8	ISR Israel (ISR)	Elo	2½:1½	20	NED Netherlands (NED)	Elo
4.1	GM	Gelfand Boris	2719	½-½	GM	Van Wely Loek	2618
4.2	GM	Roiz Michael	2677	1-0	GM	Smeets Jan	2604
4.3	GM	Avrukh Boris	2657	½-½	GM	Stellwagen Daniel	2605
4.4	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2609	½-½	GM	L'Ami Erwin	2610
Br.	1	RUS Russia (RUS)	Elo	2 : 2	12	ESP Spain (ESP)	Elo
5.1	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2772	½-½	GM	Shirov Alexei	2726
5.2	GM	Svidler Peter	2727	½-½	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2664
5.3	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2719	½-½	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	2604
5.4	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737	½-½	GM	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	2564
Br.	7	FRA France (FRA)	Elo	1½:2½	4	AZE Azerbaijan (AZE)	Elo
6.1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2705	½-½	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2752
6.2	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2716	½-½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2731
6.3	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2676	½-½	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2703
6.4	GM	Tkachiev Vladislav	2664	--+	GM	Huseynov Gadir	2650
Br.	37	VIE Vietnam (VIE)	Elo	2½:1½	22	SRB Serbia (SRB)	Elo
7.1	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2567	½-½	GM	Solak Dragan	2595
7.2	GM	Le Quang Liem	2583	½-½	GM	Kovacevic Aleksandar	2581
7.3	GM	Dao Thien Hai	2510	1-0	GM	Perunovic Milos	2580
7.4	GM	Tu Hoang Thong	2496	½-½	GM	Vuckovic Bojan	2561
Br.	5	HUN Hungary (HUN)	Elo	2½:1½	23	BLR Belarus (BLR)	Elo
8.1	GM	Leko Peter	2747	1-0	GM	Zhigalko Sergei	2592
8.2	GM	Polgar Judit	2711	1-0	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2617
8.3	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2663	0-1	GM	Fedorov Alexei	2584
8.4	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2645	½-½	GM	Zhigalko Andrey	2568
Br.	17	GEO Georgia (GEO)	Elo	2½:1½	14	ROU Romania (ROU)	Elo
9.1	GM	Jobava Baadur	2664	½-½	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2684
9.2	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2615	½-½	GM	Parligras Mircea	2611
9.3	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2580	½-½	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2594
9.4	GM	Arutinian David	2584	1-0	GM	Vajda Levente	2582
Br.	24	CRO Croatia (CRO)	Elo	2 : 2	15	ENG England (ENG)	Elo
10.1	GM	Palac Mladen	2583	½-½	GM	Adams Michael	2734
10.2	GM	Kozul Zdenko	2593	1-0	GM	Short Nigel D	2642
10.3	GM	Stevic Hrvoje	2588	0-1	GM	Howell David W L	2593
10.4	GM	Jovanovic Zoran	2564	½-½	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2548
Br.	6	BUL Bulgaria (BUL)	Elo	3 : 1	34	KAZ Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Elo
11.1	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2696	1-0	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	2640
11.2	GM	Georgiev Kiril	2645	½-½	GM	Kotsur Pavel	2563
11.3	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2632	1-0	GM	Ibrayev Nurlan	2448
11.4	GM	Iotov Valentin	2532	½-½	IM	Zhumabayev Rinat	2490
Br.	21	POL Poland (POL)	Elo	1½:2½	28	SLO Slovenia (SLO)	Elo
12.1	GM	Socko Bartosz	2631	½-½	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2619
12.2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2599	0-1	GM	Pavasovic Dusko	2597
12.3	GM	Gajewski Grzegorz	2577	½-½	GM	Lenic Luka	2569
12.4	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2602	½-½	IM	Borisek Jure	2548
Br.	13	IND India (IND)	Elo	3 : 1	25	SVK Slovakia (SVK)	Elo
13.1	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2694	½-½	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2732
13.2	GM	Harikrishna P	2659	1-0	GM	Ftacnik Lubomir	2571
13.3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2603	1-0	GM	Petrik Tomas	2487
13.4	GM	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	2548	½-½	IM	Vavrak Peter	2478
Br.	53	AUS Australia (AUS)	Elo	1 : 3	16	CUB Cuba (CUB)	Elo
14.1	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2567	1-0	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2623
14.2	IM	Smerdon David	2470	0-1	GM	Quezada Perez Yuniesky	2580
14.3	GM	Johansen Darryl K	2446	0-1	GM	Hernandez Carmenates Holden	2580
14.4	IM	Xie George Wendi	2403	0-1	GM	Nogueiras Santiago Jesus	2574
Br.	49	EGY Egypt (EGY)	Elo	1½:2½	19	NOR Norway (NOR)	Elo
15.1	GM	Adly Ahmed	2586	0-1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2786
15.2	GM	Amin Bassem	2560	½-½	GM	Lie Kjetil A	2526
15.3	IM	Frhat Ali	2418	½-½	GM	Johannessen Leif Erlend	2545
15.4	FM	Abdel Razik Khaled	2406	½-½	IM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	2522
Br.	41	GER Germany 2 (GER2)	Elo	2 : 2	50	TUR Turkey (TUR)	Elo
16.1	IM	Braun Arik	2567	0-1	GM	Gurevich Mikhail	2634
16.2	GM	Bindrich Falko	2517	½-½	IM	Can Emre	2464
16.3	IM	Bogner Sebastian	2448	½-½	IM	Erdogdu Mert	2449
16.4	IM	Huschenbeth Niclas	2417	1-0	IM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	2436

38th Olympiad Dresden (GER), 13-25 xi 2008 Leading Final Round 11 Standings
Rg.	Snr	Team	Team	Anz	+	=	-	Wtg1	Wtg2	Wtg3	Wtg4
1	9	Armenia	ARM	11	9	1	1	19	400.5	152	31
2	8	Israel	ISR	11	8	2	1	18	377.5	149	28
3	10	United States of America	USA	11	8	1	2	17	362	146	29
4	2	Ukraine	UKR	11	7	3	1	17	348.5	163	25.5
5	1	Russia	RUS	11	7	2	2	16	375	156	27
6	4	Azerbaijan	AZE	11	7	2	2	16	359.5	147	29
7	3	China	CHN	11	7	2	2	16	357.5	150	27
8	5	Hungary	HUN	11	7	2	2	16	341.5	140	27.5
9	37	Vietnam	VIE	11	7	2	2	16	340	137	29
10	12	Spain	ESP	11	7	2	2	16	337.5	142	27.5
11	17	Georgia	GEO	11	8	0	3	16	321	138	28
12	20	Netherlands	NED	11	7	1	3	15	343	146	27.5
13	11	Germany 1	GER1	11	6	3	2	15	339	151	26.5
14	6	Bulgaria	BUL	11	7	1	3	15	327.5	132	29.5
15	15	England	ENG	11	6	3	2	15	320	147	26
16	13	India	IND	11	7	1	3	15	310	142	26
17	28	Slovenia	SLO	11	7	1	3	15	288	134	26
18	23	Belarus	BLR	11	5	4	2	14	307	137	26.5
19	14	Romania	ROU	11	7	0	4	14	306.5	138	25.5
20	22	Serbia	SRB	11	7	0	4	14	302	144	25
21	19	Norway	NOR	11	5	4	2	14	300	139	24
22	7	France	FRA	11	6	2	3	14	295	147	25
23	16	Cuba	CUB	11	6	2	3	14	294.5	142	25.5
24	27	Greece	GRE	11	5	4	2	14	292.5	137	25.5
25	30	Sweden	SWE	11	6	2	3	14	286	133	25.5
26	42	Montenegro	MNE	11	6	2	3	14	279	129	25.5
27	24	Croatia	CRO	11	6	2	3	14	275.5	130	24.5
28	48	Canada	CAN	11	6	2	3	14	272.5	109	30
29	21	Poland	POL	11	6	1	4	13	301	134	27
30	29	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	11	6	1	4	13	294	126	25.5
31	25	Slovakia	SVK	11	6	1	4	13	290	134	27
32	52	Finland	FIN	11	5	3	3	13	287.5	126	27.5
33	51	Estonia	EST	11	5	3	3	13	282	115	28
34	35	Lithuania	LTU	11	5	3	3	13	278	134	24.5
35	47	Germany 3	GER3	11	5	3	3	13	276.5	122	27
36	50	Turkey	TUR	11	5	3	3	13	276.5	121	27.5
37	34	Kazakhstan	KAZ	11	6	1	4	13	272.5	132	25.5
38	18	Czech Republic	CZE	11	6	1	4	13	270.5	130	26
39	32	Denmark	DEN	11	6	1	4	13	268.5	131	25
40	40	Iran	IRI	11	6	1	4	13	265	123	26.5
41	44	Italy	ITA	11	6	1	4	13	261	134	25.5
42	41	Germany 2	GER2	11	5	3	3	13	259	130	23
43	26	Moldova	MDA	11	4	5	2	13	258.5	133	23.5
44	43	Latvia	LAT	11	5	3	3	13	257.5	126	25.5
45	54	Austria	AUT	11	5	3	3	13	252.5	128	24.5
46	38	Philippines	PHI	11	6	1	4	13	250	128	23.5
47	55	Bangladesh	BAN	11	6	1	4	13	249	121	25.5
48	64	Paraguay	PAR	11	6	1	4	13	220.5	116	24
154 teams

38th Olympiad Dresden Women (GER), 13-25 xi 2008 Leading Final Round 11 Standings
Rg.	Snr	Team	Team	Anz	+	=	-	Wtg1	Wtg2	Wtg3	Wtg4
1	4	Georgia	GEO	11	8	2	1	18	411.5	148	31
2	2	Ukraine	UKR	11	7	4	0	18	406.5	146	30
3	7	United States of America	USA	11	8	1	2	17	390.5	145	30.5
4	1	Russia	RUS	11	7	3	1	17	367	144	29.5
5	9	Poland	POL	11	8	1	2	17	364.5	157	27.5
6	6	Armenia	ARM	11	8	0	3	16	353	145	28
7	10	Serbia	SRB	11	7	2	2	16	318.5	146	26.5
8	3	China	CHN	11	6	3	2	15	392.5	159	27.5
9	21	Israel	ISR	11	6	3	2	15	325	137	27.5
10	26	Belarus	BLR	11	6	3	2	15	317.5	119	29.5
11	16	Romania	ROU	11	7	1	3	15	306.5	146	26.5
12	33	Italy	ITA	11	6	3	2	15	280	130	26.5
13	5	France	FRA	11	6	2	3	14	336.5	137	29.5
14	8	Hungary	HUN	11	6	2	3	14	321	148	26.5
15	11	India	IND	11	6	2	3	14	320.5	145	25
16	15	Slovakia	SVK	11	7	0	4	14	299.5	134	26
17	47	Mongolia	MGL	11	6	2	3	14	289	140	23.5
18	17	Netherlands	NED	11	7	0	4	14	286	143	24
19	13	Bulgaria	BUL	11	6	2	3	14	282	127	26.5
20	30	Croatia	CRO	11	7	0	4	14	281.5	123	27.5
21	12	Germany 1	GER1	11	5	4	2	14	279	132	24.5
22	43	Uzbekistan	UZB	11	6	2	3	14	267	137	24
23	22	Spain	ESP	11	7	0	4	14	266.5	135	24.5
24	19	Greece	GRE	11	6	1	4	13	307.5	124	29.5
25	25	Cuba	CUB	11	6	1	4	13	288	125	28
26	24	Vietnam	VIE	11	6	1	4	13	272.5	133	25
27	36	Austria	AUT	11	6	1	4	13	269.5	135	24.5
28	27	Latvia	LAT	11	5	3	3	13	266.5	124	26
29	29	Argentina	ARG	11	6	1	4	13	262	125	27
30	42	Turkey	TUR	11	6	1	4	13	249.5	121	25.5
31	28	Azerbaijan	AZE	11	5	3	3	13	246.5	141	21.5
32	46	Estonia	EST	11	6	1	4	13	245.5	118	26
33	32	Moldova	MDA	11	6	1	4	13	238	132	23
34	48	Germany 2	GER2	11	6	1	4	13	236	131	23
35	34	Montenegro	MNE	11	6	1	4	13	227.5	119	24.5
114 teams

38th Olympiad Dresden (GER), 13-25 xi 2008 Top Board Performances
Board 1
Rg.		Name	Elo	Team	Rp	Anz	Pkt.
1	GM	Leko Peter	2747	Hungary	2834	10	7.5
2	GM	Gelfand Boris	2719	Israel	2833	10	7.5
3	GM	Topalov Veselin	2791	Bulgaria	2821	8	6.5
4	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2732	Slovakia	2794	9	7
5	GM	Meier Georg	2558	Germany 2	2779	9	7
6	GM	Wang Yue	2736	China	2773	10	6.5
7	GM	Kamsky Gata	2729	United States of America	2768	10	6.5
8	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2705	France	2766	10	6.5
9	GM	Jobava Baadur	2664	Georgia	2758	10	6.5
10	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2786	Norway	2757	11	7.5
11	GM	Shirov Alexei	2726	Spain	2755	10	7
12	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2619	Slovenia	2744	10	6.5
13	GM	Aronian Levon	2757	Armenia	2743	10	5.5
14	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2772	Russia	2735	9	5
15	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2786	Ukraine	2722	11	6
16	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2672	Uzbekistan	2721	9	6.5
17	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2752	Azerbaijan	2713	9	5
18	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2694	India	2712	10	6
19	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2678	Germany 1	2706	10	5.5
20	GM	Nyback Tomi	2639	Finland	2701	8	5.5
Board 2
Rg.		Name	Elo	Team	Rp	Anz	Pkt.
1	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2679	Armenia	2813	11	8
2	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2664	Spain	2807	11	9
3	GM	Kotronias Vasilios	2587	Greece	2781	11	8.5
4	GM	Predojevic Borki	2615	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2745	11	8.5
5	GM	Short Nigel D	2642	England	2741	10	7
Board 3
Rg.		Name	Elo	Team	Rp	Anz	Pkt.
1	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2642	Armenia	2869	11	9
2	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2703	Azerbaijan	2765	9	6.5
3	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	2543	Sweden	2762	10	8
4	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2617	Belarus	2738	9	7
5	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2663	Hungary	2734	10	7
Board 4
Rg.		Name	Elo	Team	Rp	Anz	Pkt.
1	GM	Blagojevic Dragisa	2522	Montenegro	2792	9	8
2	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2632	Bulgaria	2788	9	8
3	GM	Fridman Daniel	2630	Germany 1	2741	10	7
4	GM	Huseynov Gadir	2650	Azerbaijan	2739	8	6
5	GM	Efimenko Zahar	2680	Ukraine	2726	9	6
6	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2787	Russia	2720	9	6
Board 5
Rg.		Name	Elo	Team	Rp	Anz	Pkt.
1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737	Russia	2794	9	7
2	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2609	Israel	2776	9	7
3	GM	Berkes Ferenc	2645	Hungary	2696	9	6.5
4	GM	Vuckovic Bojan	2561	Serbia	2695	9	7
5	GM	Li Chao B	2622	China	2680	8	5.5

The Week in Chess 733

Issue #733, November 24th 2008. Latest News

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Topalov - Kamsky match awarded to Bulgaria

A report from Macauley Peterson says that agreement has been reached to hold the Topalov - Kamsky Match in Sofia. As I said a while back the only serious bidders were Bulgaria and so, nomatter that the home advantage gives Topalov a big edge it had to take place there. No doubt there were tough negotiations over the conditions but I have to give Kamsky a big amount of credit for this. Topalov likely has to give up participation at Linares if the dates turn out to be February 16th-28th 2009 but as he stands big favourite in the match and the reward will be a lucrative match against Anand this isn't really such a big stumbling block. Topalov can no doubt agree a future Linares participation in return.

Kudos not only goes to Kamsky but to Macauley for the exclusive.

Kamsky's manager Alexander Chernenko who said he had more money in Lvov is apparently not Kamsky's manager anymore. His bid was too good to be true (3 times the likely amount in Sofia) and we all know what that means, For instance I've had several e-mails today saying I've won huge amounts in lotteries I haven't entered.

Details: https://webcast.chessclub.com/blog/2008/11/18/its-on-kamsky-topalov-sofia-february/

Earlier FIDE announcement on Topalov - Kamsky

Nanjing Super GM

There is a Super GM Tournament in Nanjing, China taking place place 10th - 22nd December 2008. Six-player double round robin event.

Players: 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 will be the strongest tournament ever held in China (at least by Elo average, 2751.6, making it a category 21 tournament)

The Nanjing tournament will become super one like Wijk aan Zee, Sofia, and Linares.

Further info: http://www.64ge.net/ and Gujuan Tzu's Chessnews Blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews

IV World Blitz Championship won by Dominguez

IV World Blitz Almaty KAZ (KAZ), 8-8 xi 2008															cat. XIX (2702)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2719	*	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	11.5	2911
2.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2786	½	*	½	1	0	1	1	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	11.0	2871
3.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2727	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	10.0	2825
4.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2719	0	0	½	*	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	10.0	2825
5.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2731	0	1	1	0	*	½	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	9.5	2794
6.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2751	½	0	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	9.5	2793
7.	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	2640	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	8.0	2726
8.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2787	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	*	0	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	7.5	2696
9.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2729	½	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	*	½	½	0	½	0	1	1	7.0	2679
10.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2719	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	7.0	2679
11.	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2664	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	6.5	2654
12.	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2702	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	6.5	2651
13.	Vaganian, Rafael A	g	ARM	2590	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	1	1	0	5.5	2614
14.	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2560	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	½	0	*	0	1	4.5	2562
15.	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2694	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	½	3.5	2491
16.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2711	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	*	2.5	2428

Corus Qualifier on ICC

Venezuelan GM Eduardo Iturrizaga, beat Brazilian GM Alexander Fier to win the Corus 'C' Group satellite qualifier hosted on the Internet Chess Club.

Iturrizaga, 19, won 3-1 in the blitz tiebreakers after two tough draws in the rapid matches, to take the top prize of the Corus C Group invite, round-trip ticket to Amsterdam, Hotel & Breakfast in Wijk aan Zee, plus $1300 appearance fee.

The result of a place in the famous Corus tournament is a dream come true for the young three-time Venezuelan champion, who is a national hero being his country's one and only grandmaster. It also comes on the back of some promising results during the summer for Iturrizaga, who was runner-up (behind Peruvian GM Julio Granada Zuniga) in the 2008 Iberamerican Championship before going on to win the Central America & Caribbean Fide Sub-Zonal.

16-players - selected by Corus, in consultation with ICC - from around the globe originally fought it out in this unique online rapid knockout tournament. And to ensure fair-play for all, at each location and for each match, an independent "proctor" was in place to oversee the proceedings, many of whom being national chess officials, international arbiters, national arbiters and ICC administrators.

Games in PGN

Details: http://www.chessclub.com/activities/corusqual08/

Corus Internet Qualifier ICC (INT), 1-9 xi 2008
¤	1/8 FINAL	1/4 FINAL	1/2 FINAL	FINAL
1 16	GM Alexander Fier (BRA, 2581) 1.5 FM Graham Morrison (SCO, 2328) 0.5	GM Fier 1.5 IM Mekhitarian 0.5	GM Fier 2.5 GM Salgado 1.5	GM Fier 1 GM Iturrizaga 3
8 9	IM Manuel Rodriguez (CUB, 2521) 0 IM Sevak Mekhitarian (BRA, 2511) 2.0
5 12	GM Ivan Salgado (ESP, 2556) 2.5 FM Anish Giri (RUS, 2466) 1.5	GM Salgado 1.5 GM Bluvshtein 0.5
4 13	GM Mark Bluvshtein (CAN, 2557) IM Robert Ris (NED, 2417) bye/no-show
3 14	GM Georg Meier (GER, 2558) FM Marcus Santo (BRA, 2394) bye/no-show	GM Meier 1.5 IM Robson 0.5	GM Meier 0.5 GM Iturrizaga 1.5
6 11	IM Sanan Sjugirov (RUS, 2549) 2.0 IM Ray Robson (USA, 2466) 3.0
7 10	GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN, 2538) IM David Smerdon (AUS, 2470) bye/no-show	GM Iturrizaga 3 GM Safarli 1
2 15	GM Eltaj Safarli (AZE, 2568) 2.0 WGM Dagne Ciuskytev (ENG, 2339) 0

Fascinating field for Corus A-Group 2009

The 71st Corus Chess tournament takes place Friday, January 16th to Sunday, February 1st, 2009 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. Alexander Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov are the favourites for the event in the absence of world champion Viswanathan Anand, challenger Vladimir Kramnik and World Number one Veselin Topalov. This shake up of the field with these three regular missing has really freshened things up and should make for exciting chess, in the usual way they do things they'll probably be all back next year.

Five players will make their debut in the A-group: the young Dutch grandmasters Jan Smeets and Daniel Stellwagen, the sensational Wang Yue from China, who climbed up to the 11th place on the latest world ranking list, the winner of Grandmastergroup B in 2008, Sergei Movsesian, and Leinier Dominguez from Cuba (ranked 21st on the FIDE October rating list).

The official participants lists of Grandmaster groups B and C will be published later this year. Together with all amateur players and participants in the special groups, approximately 2,000 chess players are expected to come to Wijk aan Zee for the traditional chess festival in the small beach village at the west coast of The Netherlands, approximately 25 kilometers from Amsterdam.

As from January 2009, the rate of play in Grandmaster groups A, B and C will change. The rate of play will be: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour, followed by 15 minutes with 30 seconds per move increment to finish the game.

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

71st Corus Wijk aan Zee A-Group (NED), 16 i - 1 ii 2009
Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2	2787	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

Anand retains World Title

World Chess Championship Stories

Gm11: Anand retains his title

Gm10: Kramnik strikes back

Gm9: Anand three up with three to play

Gm8: Anand needs just a point

Gm7: Anand presses but Kramnik holds on

Gm6: Third win for Anand places him on the verge of victory

Gm5: Catastrophic blunder opens a gap for Anand

Gm4: Kramnik holds Anand

Gm3: Game three produces a great struggle and an Anand victory

Gm2: Kramnik passes Anand's 1.d4 test by IM Malcolm Pein

John Watson Reviews the DVDs of Anand and Kramnik

Gm1: Anand holds Kramnik comfortably by IM Malcolm Pein

Match Facts

World Championship Results
Kramnik, Vladimir	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	32	D14	Slav Exchange
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	32	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Kramnik, Vladimir	-	Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	41	D49	Queens Gambit Meran
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	29	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Kramnik, Vladimir	-	Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	35	D49	Queens Gambit Meran
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	47	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	36	D19	Slav Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir	-	Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	39	D39	QGD Ragozin
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	45	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Kramnik, Vladimir	-	Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	29	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Anand, Viswanathan	-	Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	24	B96	Sicilian Najdorf

World Chess Championship Bonn (GER), 14 x - 2xi 2008
Name	Ti	NAT	Rtng	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	Perf
Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2783	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	0	½	.	6½	2837
Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	.	4½	2718

Games in PGN

Games in PGN - Malcolm Pein Annotated Games in PGN

Other Coverage

• Chessvibes
• Official Broadcaster: Foidos
• Chesscube
• ICC
• Playchess
• Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos

World Chess Championship. Viswanathan Anand retains title

Cap d'Agde

The players. Photo © Europe Echecs

Games in PGN

The Cap d'Agde took place 26th October - 1st November 2008. Hikaru Nakamura beat Vassily Ivanchuk in the final.

Details: http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/a-la-une-8e-rencontres-du-cap-d-agde-1451.html and http://www.capechecs.com/trophee_ccas.php

Trophee CCAS Knockout Cap d'Agde (FRA), 28 x 2008
Final
Ivanchuk,V	0.5
Nakamura,Hi	1.5
Semi-final
Carlsen,M	1.5
Ivanchuk,V	2.5
Karpov,Ana	1
Nakamura,Hi	3
Quarter-final
Bu Xiangzhi	0.5
Carlsen,M	1.5
Radjabov,T	1
Ivanchuk,V	3
Caruana,F	2.5
Karpov,Ana	3.5
Nakamura,Hi	3
Vachier Lagrave,M	1

Cap d'Agde (FRA), 26 x - 1 xi 2008
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

Schachbundesliga 2008-9 2nd weekend

Rounds 3 and 4 of "Schachbundesliga" take place 25th-26th October 2008. The 16 teams are located at four venues and play two matches each. One of the most exciting clashes will take place on Sunday in Munich between the champions OSG Baden-Baden and the strong team of Tegernsee. Other crucial matches are Remagen-Muelheim (possibly with Robert Huebner) and Bremen-Solingen. Like during all the season all the games, this weekend 128, will be covered live on the internet.

Rounds 3 and 4 games in PGN

Bundesliga 2008-9 (GER), 2 x 2008 - iii 2009
Munich
Round 3 Saturday, 25th October, 2 pm
Bayern Muenchen	1.5-6.5	OSG Baden-Baden
TV Tegernsee	4.5-3.5	SC Eppingen
Round 4 Sunday, 26th October, 10 am
OSG Baden-Baden	4.5-3.5	TV Tegernsee
SC Eppingen	5-3	Bayern Muenchen
Berlin
Round 3 Saturday, 25th October, 2 pm
SC Kreuzberg	4-4	SF Berlin
USV TU Dresden	2.5-5.5	Hamburger SK
Round 4 Sunday, 26th October, 10 am
SF Berlin	4.5-3.5	USV TU Dresden
Hamburger SK	2-6	SC Kreuzberg
Remagen
Round 3 Saturday, 25th October, 2 pm
SC Remagen	3.5-4.5	SV Muelheim-Nord
SG Turm Trier	3-5	SF Katernberg
Round 4 Sunday, 26th October, 10 am
SV Muelheim-Nord	6-2	SG Turm Trier
SF Katernberg	5-3	SC Remagen
Wattenscheid
Round 3 Saturday, 25th October, 2 pm
SV Wattenscheid	5.5-2.5	Werder Bremen
Aljechin Solingen	6-2	SK Turm Emsdetten
Round 4 Sunday, 26th October, 10 am
Werder Bremen	3.5-4.5	Aljechin Solingen
SK Turm Emsdetten	2.5-5.5	SV Wattenscheid

Further information (in German) and entrance site for the live coverage: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/index.aspx

European Club Cup

The European Club Cup 2008 (24th European Club Cup for Men, 13th European Club Cup for Women) took place in Kallithea, Greece 16th-24th October 2008. This very strong event had many of the best players in the world. URAL Sverdlovskaya (Radjabov, Kamsky, Shirov, Grischuk, Malakhov, Motylev and Dreev) edged out OSG Baden Baden (Svidler, Bacrot, Nisipeanu, Naiditsch, Vallejo, Harikrishna and Krasenkow) on board count.

Cercle d'Echecs Monte Carlo won the European Club Cup for Women.

Men's Games Archive in PGN - Women's Games Archive in PGN

Official site: http://ecc2008.chessdom.com/

12th Essent Chess Tournament

The 12th edition of the Essent Chess Tournament took place October 17th-25th 2008. The location was the city of Hoogeveen. Ivan Sokolov took clear first in the Crown Group with 5/6.

Official site: http://www.essentchess.nl/

Russian Chess Championship. Svidler takes the title in playoff.

The 61st Russian Championship SuperFinal took place 3rd-15th October 2008. There was a three way tie on 7/9. Dmitry Jakovenko beat Nikita Vitiugov to overtake him and catch Evgeny Alekseev. Peter Svidler started with three wins then became becalmed and lost his lead with a loss to Timofeev. In the final round he defeated the leader Evgeny Alekseev to catch him and set up a three way playoff. Playoffs were on 28th October 1pm Moscow time - according to the regulations it was supposed to after the final round, but that would have lasted until 1am - the format was 6 games (double-round robin) of 15'+10'' Peter Svidler won with 3/4.

Playoff games in PGN

Games in PGN

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

ch-RUS Playoff Moscow (RUS), 28-28 x 2008								cat. XIX (2718)
					1		2		3
1.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2738	*	*	½	1	1	½	3	2901
2.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2709	½	0	*	*	1	1	2½	2818
3.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708	0	½	0	0	*	*	½	2401

ch-RUS Moscow (RUS), 3-15 x 2008													cat. XVII (2673)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2737	*	½	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	7	2769
2.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2727	½	*	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	7	2770
3.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2715	0	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	2771
4.	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2646	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	0	½	½	1	½	6½	2740
5.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2638	0	½	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	6½	2741
6.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2787	1	0	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	6½	2728
7.	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2670	½	1	0	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	6	2709
8.	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	2651	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	5	2639
9.	Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	2640	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	4	2574
10.	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2669	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	*	½	½	4	2571
11.	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2656	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	3½	2541
12.	Maslak, Konstantin	g	RUS	2544	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	*	3	2510

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