World Junior Chess Championship after round 9 standing

Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts Fide Rtg+/- Ra Rp
1 23 IM BRAUN Arik 2533 GER 7½ 37½ 27 2503 2776
2 14 GM HOWELL David 2561 ENG 7 37½ 18 2506 2726
3 2 GM RODSHTEIN Maxim 2605 ISR 7 33 9 2467 2683
4 6 GM LI Chao B 2590 CHN 6½ 37½ 11 2518 2684
5 28 GM SAFARLI Eltaj 2527 AZE 6½ 36½ 18 2502 2668
6 11 GM SO Wesley 2577 PHI 6½ 32½ 9 2485 2651
7 16 WGM HOU Yifan 2557 CHN 6 35 8 2494 2619
8 20 GM POPOV Ivan 2549 RUS 6 34 5 2463 2588
9 25 GM BRKIC Ante 2530 CRO 6 32½ 14 2519 2644
34 IM SANIKIDZE Tornike 2486 GEO 6 32½ 18 2505 2624
11 9 GM NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son 2579 VIE 6 31½ 3 2479 2604
29 IM MELKUMYAN Hrant 2507 ARM 6 31½ 12 2474 2599
13 19 GM GUPTA Abhijeet 2551 IND 6 31 1 2433 2558
14 26 GM NEGI Parimerjan 2529 IND 6 30½ 6 2449 2574
33 GM WEN Yang 2487 CHN 6 30½ 10 2430 2551

full standing here

FIDE Grand Prix in Sochi 2008 after Round 10

Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Kelab Sukan Kilang Gula 2008, Perlis

Kindly be informed that Kelab Sukan Kilang Gula Felda Perlis in collaboration with Persatuan Catur Prestij Perlis (PCPP) will be organizing Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Kelab Sukan Gula Perlis on 24th August 2008. Details of the tournament are as follow:-

Date : 24th August 2008 (Sunday)
Venue : Dewan Sekolah Men. Syed Hassan, Kangar, Perlis.
Entries : Open to all Perlis residence
Entry fees : Open – RM10 / Under 18 – RM5
Total Cash Prizes :RM 1955

Contacts :
1. Syaiful (013-393 9838)
2. Azrul (013-596 9652)

Players are encouraged to register early as seats are limited.
Champion for the open category will also receive Piala Pusingan Presiden Kelab Sukan Gula Perlis
Download Entry form

Topalov wins Villarobledo

(from susanpolgar blog)
This strong Villarobledo rapid tournament took place on August on 2-3, 2008. Former World Champion Veselin Topalov won clear first. He only yielded 2 draws (against Mamedyarov and Ponomariov). His key victory was against Shirov in the last round.
Final standings:1. Topalov 8.0 (9 rounds)
2. Mamedyarov 7.5
3-7. Ponomariov, Palac, Malakhov, Ljubojevic, Arizmendi 7.0
8-17. Shirov, Paunovic, I.Sokolov, Van Wely, Abreu, Perez Candelario, Dreev, Guliyev, Lafuente, Minzer 6.5, etc. (136 players total)

Official website: http://www.ajedrezenvillarrobledo.com/

Ian Nepomniachtchi wins Ordix Open after dramatic last round in Mainz

The 18-year-old Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi win the 15th Ordix Open. With eight wins in a row, could not keep up the pace and lost in the penultimate round. But he make a comeback in the last round by beating Evgeny Bareev.In the end his opponent collapsed and lost on time.


The winner of the Ordix Open: 18-year-old GM Ian Nepomniachtchi

Anand 3-1 Carlsen in Mainz

The Champ with his potential successor
Anand gave his young opponent no chances and defended his title of Grenkeleasing Rapid Chess World Champion without trouble with 2 win and 2 game draw.

Master Tournament Biel Chess Festival

IM Mas at 11th. Congrat Mas.
Final Standings

1. Belov,Vladimir GM 2561 RUS 8.5 71.5 685.0
2. Maze,Sebastien GM 2553 FRA 8.0 73.0 687.5
3. Grachev,Boris GM 2640 RUS 8.0 72.0 694.0
4. Avrukh,Boris GM 2656 ISR 8.0 72.0 675.5
5. Kritz,Leonid GM 2610 GER 8.0 70.5 677.5
6. Ivanisevic,Ivan GM 2664 SRB 8.0 70.5 675.5
7. Bauer,Christian GM 2583 FRA 8.0 70.0 680.0
8. Bindrich,Falko GM 2516 GER 8.0 69.0 663.0
9. Kim,Alexey GM 2460 KOR 7.5 70.0 651.0
10. Gleizerov,Evgeny GM 2549 RUS 7.5 69.5 663.5
11. Mas Hafizuhelmi IM 2386 MAS 7.5 69.0 635.0
12.Benkovic Petar IM 2479 SRB 7.5 65.5 652.5
13. Ulibin,Mikhail GM 2520 RUS 7.5 65.0 635.5
14. Jenni,Florian GM 2544 SUI 7.5 64.5 654.5
15. Skoberne,Jure IM 2499 SLO 7.5 61.5 619.0
16. Smirin,Ilia GM 2637 ISR 7.0 72.0 677.0
17. Berczes,David IM 2458 HUN 7.0 71.5 672.5
18. Nezad,Husein Aziz IM 2372 QAT 7.0 70.5 666.0
19. Al Sayed,Mohamad IM 2470 QAT 7.0 69.0 644.0
20. Narayanan,Srinath FM 2220 IND 7.0 66.0 629.0

41 biel chess festival result of Grand Master Tournament

Tie-break (July 31st):
1st game
Evgeny Alekseev - Leinier Dominguez ½ - ½

2nd game
Leinier Dominguez - Evgeny Alekseev ½ - ½

3rd game
Evgeny Alekseev - Leinier Dominguez ½ - ½


4th game
Leinier Dominguez - Evgeny Alekseev 0 - 1

Standings after round 10

Points
1.GM Leinier Dominguez (CUB, 2708) 6.5 (29.50)

2.GM Evgeny Alekseev (RUS, 2708) 6.5 (26.75)

GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2775) 6.0
4. GM Etienne Bacrot (FRA, 2691) 5.5
5. GM Alexander Onischuk (USA, 2670) 4.0
6. GM Yannick Pelletier (SUI, 2569) 1.5

Rybka Wins Chess960 At Mainz

Rybka 3,the recently released newest incarnation of the strongest chess engine in the world, beating Shredder 11 in the final. The score in the final was 2.5. - 1.5.

Hikaru Nakamura wins FiNet Open at Mainz

(result from chesstigers )
The 7. FiNet Open ended with a triumph by Hikaru Nakamura. The American, who had qualified through the ICC Qualifyer, dominated the field right from the start. However, with two rounds to go, when he already looked to be a certain winner, he stumbled against Arkadi Naiditsch, lost, and allowed the German to catch up with him. When Nakamura did not achieve more than a draw in the last round everybody believed the German would win the tournament ?after all he was a whole queen up. But in desperate time trouble Naiditsch ran into a mate in three moves. Apart from Nakamura Sergei Movsesian and Alexander Motylev also scored 9 points, though were worse on tie-break points.