GM Sasikiran Wins 2008 Najdorf Memorial

Submitted by Patzer24 on Tue, 08/12/2008 at 10:19am from www.chess.com

The 2008 Najdorf Memorial took place in Warsaw, Poland from August 2-10, 2008. This was a category XV event with an average rating of 2608. GM Sasikiran won clear first with a score of 6.5/9 a full point ahead of second place and going throughout the event undefeated.





Final Standings:


1) GM Sasikiran (6.5/9)


2-3) GM Berg, GM Nyback (5.5/9)


4-5) GM Socko, GM Krasenkow (5/9)


6) GM Rozentalis (4/9)


7-9) GM Macieja, GM Kempinski, GM Balogh (3.5/9)


10) IM Olszewski (3/9)