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December

Russian Championship Superfinals

The Russian Championship Superfinals took place 17th-30th (Round 1 18th) December 2007. Alexander Morozevich won the event with 8/11 a point clear of Alexander Grischuk.Tatiana Kosintseva won the women's event on tie-break after a four way tie on 7/11.

Games in PGN - Women's Games in PGN

Russian Chess Championship Round 11 (December 30, 2007)
Morozevich, Alexander	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	1-0	58	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Grischuk, Alexander	- Svidler, Peter	½-½	39	A16	English Opening
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	24	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Rychagov, Andrey	1-0	27	D35	QGD Exchange
Sakaev, Konstantin	- Amonatov, Farrukh	1-0	63	E91	King's Indian Classical
Timofeev, Artyom	- Dreev, Alexey	½-½	50	B65	Sicilian Rauzer
Russian Chess Championship Women Round 11 (December 30, 2007)
Korbut, Ekaterina	- Ovod, Evgenija	0-1	41	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Pogonina, Natalija	- Kosintseva, Tatiana	0-1	36	B84	Sicilian Scheveningen
Shadrina, Tatiana	- Kosintseva, Nadezhda	½-½	50	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Stepovaia, Tatiana	- Tairova, Elena	1-0	47	C01	French Exchange
Girya, Olga	- Gunina, Valentina	1-0	30	C11	French Defence
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	- Matveeva, Svetlana	½-½	17	C01	French Exchange

60th ch-RUS Superfinal Moscow RUS (RUS), 18-30 xii 2007 cat. XVII (2656)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2755	*	1	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	8	2821
2.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2715	0	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7	2752
3.	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2646	0	0	*	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	6½	2721
4.	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2607	1	½	½	*	1	½	0	1	0	0	½	½	5½	2660
5.	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2674	0	½	1	0	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2654
6.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2594	1	½	0	½	0	*	½	½	0	½	1	1	5½	2661
7.	Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	2634	0	½	0	1	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	0	5½	2657
8.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2710	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	5½	2650
9.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2732	0	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	*	½	0	½	5	2612
10.	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	2637	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	1	4½	2592
11.	Rychagov, Andrey	g	RUS	2528	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	0	4	2565
12.	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2637	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	0	1	*	3½	2524

57th ch-RUS w Moscow RUS (RUS), 18-30 xii 2007 cat. VII (2415)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2492	*	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	0	7	2509
2.	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2391	0	*	1	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	0	1	7	2518
3.	Ovod, Evgenija	m	RUS	2386	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	7	2519
4.	Korbut, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2443	½	½	0	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7	2514
5.	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2462	0	0	½	1	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	0	6	2446
6.	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2469	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	6	2445
7.	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2433	½	½	½	½	0	1	*	0	1	0	½	1	5½	2412
8.	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2379	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	*	1	½	1	1	5½	2417
9.	Stepovaia, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2375	1	1	½	0	½	½	0	0	*	½	0	1	5	2382
10.	Girya, Olga	wf	RUS	2338	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	*	1	1	4	2319
11.	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2448	0	1	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	*	½	3½	2278
12.	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2359	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	*	2½	2208

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

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Pamplona

The XVII Pampona International took place 21st-29th December 2007. Francisco Vallejo Pons won the event with 4.5/7.

Games in PGN

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

Magistral Pamplona (ESP), 22-29 xii 2007 cat. XVII (2652)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2660	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	4½	2752
2.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2703	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	4	2694
3.	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2644	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	4	2703
4.	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2646	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	0	3½	2652
5.	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2670	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	3½	2649
6.	Rodshtein, Maxim	m	ISR	2615	½	½	½	0	½	*	1	0	3	2607
7.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2673	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	3	2598
8.	Khamrakulov, Ibragim S	g	ESP	2604	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	*	2½	2556

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Groningen Chess Festival

The Groningen Chess Festival included the Harmonie Open A which took place 21st-30th December 2007. Dimitrios Mastrovasilis took first place from four other players on tie break after all finished on 6.5/9.

Games in PGN

Official site: http://www.so-on.org/kerst2007/2007eng.html

Harmonie Open A Groningen (NED), 21-30 xii 2007 Final Round 9 Standings:
Rank		Name	Fed.	Score	BH	SB	Rating	TPR
1	Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios	GM	GRE	6.5	48.5	33.5	2559	2654
2	Ernst, Sipke	GM	NED	6.5	48.0	33.75	2539	2642
3	Halkias, Stelios	GM	GRE	6.5	46.0	31.0	2589	2559
4	Adly, Ahmed	GM	EGY	6.5	45.0	30.25	2494	2578
5	Lobzhanidze, Davit	IM	GEO	6.5	43.0	30.5	2489	2490
6	Li, Shilong	GM	CHN	6.0	50.0	31.25	2509	2600
7	Banikas, Hristos	GM	GRE	6.0	47.5	30.0	2591	2598
8	Hoffmann, Michael	IM	GER	6.0	46.5	29.5	2471	2532
9	Nijboer, Friso	GM	NED	5.5	52.0	31.0	2559	2527
10	Swinkels, Robin	IM	NED	5.5	46.5	27.0	2433	2454
11	Pruijssers, Roeland	IM	NED	5.5	44.5	25.5	2408	2425
12	Rotstein, Arkadij	GM	GER	5.5	43.0	23.75	2534	2475
13	Burg, Twan	FM	NED	5.5	39.0	20.5	2275	2433
14	Hendriks, Willy	IM	NED	5.0	46.0	23.0	2402	2410
15	Van Den Berg, Harmen		NED	5.0	45.5	24.75	2167	2438
16	Simutowe, Amon	IM	ZAM	5.0	43.5	23.5	2446	2407
17	Spoelman, Wouter	IM	NED	5.0	43.5	21.5	2445	2438
18	Otte, Marijn		NED	5.0	43.0	22.75	2155	2422
19	Reinderman, Dimitri	GM	NED	5.0	42.5	21.75	2510	2367
20	Van Oosterom, Chiel	IM	NED	5.0	42.0	21.0	2401	2332
21	De Jong, Migchiel	FM	NED	5.0	40.5	19.25	2341	2396
22	Hovenga, Alje		NED	5.0	39.5	19.5	2186	2397
23	Clemens, Adrian	FM	NED	5.0	38.5	19.25	2316	2254
24	Michielsen, Joost		NED	4.5	46.0	20.25	2309	2347
25	Skatchkov, Pavel	GM	RUS	4.5	39.0	19.0	2509	2260
26	Kuipers, Stefan		NED	4.5	37.0	16.25	2283	2260
27	Van Ketel, Raoul	FM	NED	4.5	36.5	16.0	2336	2195
28	Pijpers, Arthur		NED	4.5	34.0	16.25	2000	2242
29	Brandenburg, Daan	IM	NED	4.0	44.0	15.0	2483	2276
30	Hoeksema, Hendrik Pieter	IM	NED	4.0	42.5	16.75	2373	2212
31	Vinke, Andreas		GER	4.0	41.0	15.75	2173	2329
32	Pel, Bonno	FM	NED	4.0	40.5	13.5	2280	2277
33	Geurink, Jasper		NED	4.0	39.0	11.0	2339	2229
34	Van Kampen, Robin		NED	4.0	38.5	16.5	2252	2242
50 players

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XX Carlos Torre Memorial

The XX Carlos Torre Memorial took place in Mérida, Yucatán, México 15th-23rd December 2007. Vassily Ivanchuk added to his wins in 2004 and 2006 to retain his title. He beat 3rd seed Pentala Harikrishna in the final 3-1 after two rapid playoffs. My thanks to Jesper Norgaard Welen for his help with the games.

Wimbledon KO games in PGN - Magistral Games in PGN

Website: http://www.carlostorre.org.mx/ or http://www.idey.gob.mx/ct2008.htm

XX Carlos Torre Wimbledon Merida (MEX), 19-22 xii 2007
1/8 Final
No	Ti	Name	FED	Rating	P1	P2	D1	D2	TB	MS
1	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2787	1	½				1.5
16	GM	Bruzón, Lazaro	CUB	2607	0	½				0.5

8	GM	Almeida, Omar	CUB	2502	½	1				1.5
9	GM	Gonzalez, José	MEX	2541	½	0				0.5

4	IM	León Hoyos, Manuel	MEX	2495	0	0				0
13	GM	Quezada, Yuniesky	CUB	2546	1	1				2

5	GM	Hernandez, Holder	CUB	2566	0	0				0
12	GM	Graf, Alexander	GER	2576	1	1				2

2	GM	Dominguez Perez, Lenier	CUB	2683	½	½	1	0	0	2
15	GM	Nogueiras, Jesús	CUB	2549	½	½	0	1	1	3

7	IM	Cordova, Emilio	PER	2493	1	1				2
10	GM	Zapata, Alonso	COL	2495	0	0				0

3	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2668	1	½				1.5
14	GM	Hernandez, Gilberto	MEX	2536	0	½				0.5

6	GM	Meier, Georg	GER	2558	0	1	0	1	1	3
11	GM	Tregubov, Pavel	RUS	2609	1	0	1	0	0	2
1/4 Final
No	Ti	Name	FED	Rating	P1	P2	D1	D2	TB	MS
1	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2787	1	½				1.5
8	GM	Almeida, Omar	CUB	2502	0	½				0.5

13	GM	Quezada, Yuniesky	CUB	2546	½	0				0.5
12	GM	Graf, Alexander	GER	2576	½	1				1.5

15	GM	Nogueiras, Jesús	CUB	2549	1	1				2
7	IM	Cordova, Emilio	PER	2493	0	0				0

3	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2668	1	½				1.5
6	GM	Meier, Georg	GER	2558	0	½				0.5
1/2 Final
No	Ti	Name	FED	Rating	P1	P2	D1	D2	TB	MS
1	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2787	1	0	½	1		2.5
12	GM	Graf, Alexander	GER	2576	0	1	½	0		1.5

15	GM	Nogueiras, Jesús	CUB	2549	½	0				0.5
3	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2668	½	1				1.5
Final
No	Ti	Name	FED	Rating	P1	P2	D1	D2	TB	MS
1	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2787	1	0	1	1		3
3	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2668	0	1	0	0		1

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World Chess Cup

The World Chess Cup took place in Khanty-Mansiysk. Arrival 22nd, Opening Ceremony 23rd and Round 1 24th November, departure after 7 knockout rounds on 18th December 2007.

Time control. Standard 90m+30s/move to move 40 then 30m+30s/move to the end of the game. Rapids 25m+10s/move, Blitz 5m+10s/move. Final sudden death game White 6 mins, Black 5 mins, without any addition. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is declared as winner. [FIDE regulations]

Official site: http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/main_e.htm [and link to the handy pairings tree is at: http://www.fide.com/news.asp?id=1520] Further coverage: http://www.chessdom.com/world-chess-cup-2007/ and http://www.chessvibes.com/

Previous Results

World Cup Results 2007

Malcolm Pein Commentary and Annotated Games

Round 6 by Malcolm Pein
Round 5 by Malcolm Pein
Round 4 by Malcolm Pein
Round 3 by Malcolm Pein
Round 2 by Malcolm Pein
Round 1 by Malcolm Pein

Games in PGN

Games in PGN Final Rd7

Previous Rounds

Games in PGN Rd6 - Games in PGN Rd5 - Games in PGN Rd4 - Games in PGN Rd3 - Games in PGN Rd2 - Games in PGN Rd1

World Chess Cup Round 7 Final 13th-17th December 2007
Player	NAT	Elo	G1	G2	G3	G4	R1	R2	B1	B2	SD	Score
Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2739	½	0	½	½						1½
Kamsky, Gata	USA	2714	½	1	½	½						2½

World Chess Cup Round 6 9th-11th December 2007
Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	2694	1.5-2.5	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2739
Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2714	0.5-1.5	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2714

World Chess Cup Round 5 6th-8th December 2007
Top Half
Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	2694	2,5-1,5	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2716
Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2739	2-0	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2710
Bottom Half
Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2705	0.5-1.5	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2714
Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2714	1.5-0.5	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2670

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My 61 Memorable Games?

Before being pulled Ebay had a new edition of My 60 Memorable games which is said to be sourced from Bobby Fischer. It is reported it may contain 12 pages of new text from Fischer (which I'm sure will be just great if you like his radio broadcasts) and an additional annotation of game one from Fischer-Spassky II (bulking it up to 100 games with post-1967 games and especially the 1972 match might be worth buying). Its reported Fischer can't touch his fortune at the moment because his original swiss bank wanted to transfer the money to another bank to be rid of his custom. Fischer of course won't have it. Its impossible to feel sorry for a millionaire who would rather be short of money than do this. Also one additional game is hardly anything to write home about. Of course this could also be a scam or the subject of a dispute, its hard to know, or indeed care anymore. My advice don't touch this stuff with a long barge pole.

Further discussion: http://www.chessninja.com

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Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival

The 6th edition of Gibraltar's Gibtelecom Chess Festival will be held from 22nd-31st January 2008 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar's best hotels. Leading players include: Alexander Grischuk Wang Yue Bu Xiangxi Viktor Bologan Kiril Georgiev Hikaru Nakamura Alexander Beliavsky Bartosz Socko

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

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November

World Blitz Cup

Vassily Ivanchuk emerged as the winner from a strong field in the World Blitz Cup in Moscow. Photo © http://www.europe-echecs.com

The World Blitz Cup took place 21st-22nd November 2007 (with qualifiers on 19th-20th). Vassily Ivanchuk won the event a point clear of Viswanathan Anand who he beat in the final round. Defending champion Alexander Grischuk was 3rd.

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

Games in PGN

World Blitz Moscow RUS 21-22 xi 2007 cat. XIX (2710) Final Round 38 Standings
Place	SNo.	Name	Fed.	FIDE	Total	S.B.	Wins
1	16	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2787	25.5	480	19
2	4	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2801	24.5	437	18
3	3	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2715	23.5	430.5	14
4	7	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2714	23.5	429	16
5	8	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2785	21.5	393.75	13
6	1	Leko, Peter	HUN	2755	21.5	392.5	13
7	9	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	2676	21.5	385.75	16
8	18	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2755	21	378.5	16
9	17	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2714	20.5	352	15
10	13	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2752	18.5	344.75	13
11	20	Adams, Michael	ENG	2729	18.5	337.25	13
12	11	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2705	18	339.5	15
13	5	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2690	17.5	319.75	11
14	2	Dreev, Alexey	RUS	2607	17	313.5	12
15	14	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2736	17	310.75	10
16	6	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2583	17	291.5	13
17	19	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2739	16	298.75	11
18	12	Karpov, Anatoly	RUS	2670	14	252	8
19	10	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2695	12	235	9
20	15	Korotylev, Alexey	RUS	2600	11.5	205.25	7

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Tal Memorial Moscow

Tal Mem Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19 xi 2007 cat. XX (2741)
Round 9 (November 19, 2007)
Gelfand, Boris	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	27	E15	Queens Indian
Carlsen, Magnus	- Kamsky, Gata	½-½	37	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	28	C42	Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	59	C42	Petroff's Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Alekseev, Evgeny	½-½	16	A04	Dutch System

Tal Mem Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19 xi 2007 cat. XX (2741)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2785	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½	2901
2.	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2739	0	*	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	5	2784
3.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2736	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2741
4.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2714	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	4½	2743
5.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2710	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	½	4½	2744
6.	Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2755	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4½	2739
7.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2787	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	4	2692
8.	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2714	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	4	2700
9.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2752	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	*	½	4	2696
10.	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2716	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	3½	2663

European Team Chess Championships

Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich for Russia, not a bad top two boards for a team! Photo © http://www.chessdom.com/

The European Team Chess Championships (ETCC) took place 27th October - 7th November 2007 in the luxurious Creta Maris Conference Hotel in Crete, Greece. Russia took first place in both the men's and women's events.

Official site: http://www.euroteams2007.org there are now interviews including with Veselin Topalov at: http://videos.chessdom.com/. Also check out Etienne Bacrot's blog site (under "My Tournaments") commented games day by day in French then translated into English.

All Games in PGN Men - All Games in PGN Women [All corrected for Jones,RS 2327]

European Team Championships Round 9 Results 6th November 2007
Bo.	1	RUS RUSSIA (RUS)	Rtg	-	5	BUL BULGARIA (BUL)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
1.1	GM	Svidler Peter	2732	-	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2670	1-0
1.2	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2715	-	GM	Georgiev Kiril	2649	0-1
1.3	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	2716	-	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2613	1-0
1.4	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2710	-	GM	Chatalbashev Boris	2581	1/2
Bo.	4	ARM ARMENIA (ARM)	Rtg	-	8	ISR ISRAEL (ISR)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
2.1	GM	Aronian Levon	2741	-	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2655	1-0
2.2	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2713	-	GM	Avrukh Boris	2641	1-0
2.3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2673	-	GM	Roiz Michael	2644	1/2
2.4	GM	Asrian Karen	2623	-	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2615	0-1
Bo.	6	FRA FRANCE (FRA)	Rtg	-	3	AZE AZERBAIJAN (AZE)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
3.1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2695	-	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2752	1/2
3.2	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2654	-	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2742	0-1
3.3	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2634	-	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2663	1/2
3.4	GM	Bauer Christian	2634	-	GM	Guseinov Gadir	2614	1/2
Bo.	16	ENG ENGLAND (ENG)	Rtg	-	2	UKR UKRAINE (UKR)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
4.1	GM	Adams Michael	2729	-	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2787	1-0
4.2	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2567	-	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2694	0-1
4.3	GM	Hebden Mark L	2542	-	GM	Volokitin Andrei	2678	0-1
4.4	GM	Conquest Stuart C	2540	-	GM	Areshchenko Alexander	2638	1/2
Bo.	19	SLO SLOVENIA (SLO)	Rtg	-	7	ESP SPAIN (ESP)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
5.1	GM	Beliavsky Alexander G	2646	-	GM	Shirov Alexei	2739	0-1
Bo.	26	MKD FYROM (MKD)	Rtg	-	10	POL POLAND (POL)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0
6.1	GM	Georgiev Vladimir	2576	-	GM	Socko Bartosz	2646	0-1
Bo.	9	NED NETHERLANDS (NED)	Rtg	-	12	HUN HUNGARY (HUN)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
7.1	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	2643	-	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2691	1/2
7.2	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2673	-	GM	Balogh Csaba	2561	0-1
Bo.	25	LTU LITHUANIA (LTU)	Rtg	-	20	DEN DENMARK (DEN)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
Bo.	11	GEO GEORGIA (GEO)	Rtg	-	29	ITA ITALY (ITA)	Rtg	3.0 : 1.0
Bo.	13	CZE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE)	Rtg	-	21	SWE SWEDEN (SWE)	Rtg	3.0 : 1.0
10.1	GM	Navara David	2656	-	GM	Berg Emanuel	2593	1-0
Bo.	27	NOR NORWAY (NOR)	Rtg	-	14	SRB SERBIA (SRB)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
11.1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2714	-	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	2607	0-1
Bo.	30	MNE MONTENEGRO (MNE)	Rtg	-	17	GRE GREECE (GRE)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
Bo.	18	CRO CROATIA (CRO)	Rtg	-	28	SUI SWITZERLAND (SUI)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
Bo.	31	ISL ICELAND (ISL)	Rtg	-	34	FIN FINLAND (FIN)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
Bo.	15	GER GERMANY (GER)	Rtg	-	23	TUR TURKEY (TUR)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5
15.1	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2639	-	GM	Gurevich Mikhail	2627	1-0
Bo.	33	EST ESTONIA (EST)	Rtg	-	35	BEL BELGIUM (BEL)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
Bo.	32	AUT AUSTRIA (AUT)	Rtg	-	38	WLS WALES (WLS)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5
Bo.	36	SCO SCOTLAND (SCO)	Rtg	-	40	CYP CYPRUS (CYP)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5
Bo.	39	MNC MONACO (MNC)	Rtg	-	37	LUX LUXEMBOURG (LUX)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0

European Team Championships Women's Round 9 Results 6th November 2007
Bo.	3	UKR UKRAINE (UKR)	Rtg	-	1	RUS RUSSIA (RUS)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
1.1	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2459	-	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2515	1-0
1.2	WGM	Zhukova Natalia	2452	-	IM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2492	0-1
1.3	IM	Gaponenko Inna	2440	-	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2469	1/2
1.4	IM	Vasilevich Tatjana	2368	-	IM	Korbut Ekaterina	2443	1/2
Bo.	10	ARM ARMENIA (ARM)	Rtg	-	2	GEO GEORGIA (GEO)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
2.1	IM	Danielian Elina	2458	-	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2500	1/2
2.2	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2402	-	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2474	1/2
2.3	WGM	Aginian Nelly	2261	-	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	2450	1-0
2.4	WIM	Andriasian Siranush	2234	-	IM	Dzagnidze Nana	2416	0-1
Bo.	12	ROU ROMANIA (ROU)	Rtg	-	6	POL POLAND (POL)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
3.1	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2405	-	IM	Socko Monika	2473	0-1
3.2	WGM	Voicu Carmen	2333	-	IM	Rajlich Iweta	2411	1/2
3.3	WGM	Motoc Alina	2300	-	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2371	1-0
3.4	WIM	Paulet Iozefina	2276	-	WIM	Przezdziecka Marta	2259	1/2
Bo.	11	SLO SLOVENIA (SLO)	Rtg	-	7	GER GERMANY (GER)	Rtg	2.5 : 1.5
4.1	WGM	Muzychuk Anna	2469	-	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2452	1-0
4.2	WIM	Krivec Jana	2315	-	IM	Kachiani-G Ketino	2404	0-1
4.3	WGM	Srebrnic Ana	2278	-	WGM	Michna Marta	2375	1-0
4.4	WIM	Rozic Vesna	2277	-	WFM	Ohme Melanie	2274	1/2
Bo.	5	HUN HUNGARY (HUN)	Rtg	-	8	NED NETHERLANDS (NED)	Rtg	3.5 : 0.5
Bo.	14	BUL BULGARIA (BUL)	Rtg	-	4	FRA FRANCE (FRA)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0
Bo.	18	AZE AZERBAIJAN (AZE)	Rtg	-	9	SRB SERBIA (SRB)	Rtg	3.0 : 1.0
Bo.	15	ESP SPAIN (ESP)	Rtg	-	16	ISR ISRAEL (ISR)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
Bo.	20	ENG ENGLAND (ENG)	Rtg	-	22	CRO CROATIA (CRO)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
Bo.	13	GRE GREECE 1 (GRE1)	Rtg	-	21	CZE CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE)	Rtg	2.0 : 2.0
Bo.	27	MNE MONTENEGRO (MNE)	Rtg	-	17	LTU LITHUANIA (LTU)	Rtg	1.0 : 3.0
Bo.	30	GRE GREECE 2 (GRE2)	Rtg	-	23	SUI SWITZERLAND (SUI)	Rtg	0.0 : 4.0
Bo.	24	AUT AUSTRIA (AUT)	Rtg	-	29	FIN FINLAND (FIN)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5
Bo.	25	SWE SWEDEN (SWE)	Rtg	-	26	EST ESTONIA (EST)	Rtg	1.5 : 2.5

European Team Championships Leading Final Round 9 Standings
Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	MP	GP	Buc
1	1	RUS	RUSSIA	RUS	9	8	1	0	17	25,0	180,5
2	4	ARM	ARMENIA	ARM	9	6	2	1	14	21,5	175,0
3	3	AZE	AZERBAIJAN	AZE	9	6	1	2	13	20,5	183,5
4	10	POL	POLAND	POL	9	5	2	2	12	21,5	165,0
5	2	UKR	UKRAINE	UKR	9	4	4	1	12	21,0	159,0
6	8	ISR	ISRAEL	ISR	9	5	2	2	12	20,5	181,5
7	5	BUL	BULGARIA	BUL	9	5	1	3	11	22,0	178,0
8	19	SLO	SLOVENIA	SLO	9	5	1	3	11	20,5	172,0
9	6	FRA	FRANCE	FRA	9	5	1	3	11	20,0	186,5
10	12	HUN	HUNGARY	HUN	9	5	1	3	11	20,0	181,5
11	7	ESP	SPAIN	ESP	9	3	5	1	11	19,0	184,0
12	20	DEN	DENMARK	DEN	9	5	1	3	11	19,0	167,0
13	11	GEO	GEORGIA	GEO	9	4	2	3	10	21,5	154,5
14	17	GRE	GREECE	GRE	9	5	0	4	10	21,0	147,0
15	13	CZE	CZECH REPUBLIC	CZE	9	4	2	3	10	20,0	179,0
16	16	ENG	ENGLAND	ENG	9	4	2	3	10	19,5	168,5
17	26	MKD	FYROM	MKD	9	4	2	3	10	18,0	174,5
18	25	LTU	LITHUANIA	LTU	9	4	1	4	9	20,5	147,0
19	9	NED	NETHERLANDS	NED	9	3	3	3	9	19,5	168,5
20	31	ISL	ICELAND	ISL	9	4	1	4	9	19,0	169,5
21	14	SRB	SERBIA	SRB	9	4	1	4	9	19,0	165,5
22	27	NOR	NORWAY	NOR	9	3	3	3	9	19,0	161,5
23	15	GER	GERMANY	GER	9	3	2	4	8	19,5	153,0
24	30	MNE	MONTENEGRO	MNE	9	3	2	4	8	18,0	164,0
25	28	SUI	SWITZERLAND	SUI	9	3	2	4	8	17,0	160,5
26	18	CRO	CROATIA	CRO	9	3	2	4	8	17,0	159,5
27	21	SWE	SWEDEN	SWE	9	2	4	3	8	16,5	184,5
28	33	EST	ESTONIA	EST	9	4	0	5	8	16,5	162,5
29	29	ITA	ITALY	ITA	9	2	4	3	8	16,0	163,5
30	32	AUT	AUSTRIA	AUT	9	3	1	5	7	18,5	146,5
31	34	FIN	FINLAND	FIN	9	2	3	4	7	16,5	159,0
32	36	SCO	SCOTLAND	SCO	9	3	1	5	7	13,0	147,5
33	24	ROU	ROMANIA	ROU	9	2	2	5	6	16,0	152,5
34	23	TUR	TURKEY	TUR	9	2	2	5	6	15,0	157,0
35	35	BEL	BELGIUM	BEL	9	2	2	5	6	14,0	154,0
36	37	LUX	LUXEMBOURG	LUX	9	2	2	5	6	14,0	127,5
37	38	WLS	WALES	WLS	9	1	3	5	5	10,0	140,5
38	40	CYP	CYPRUS	CYP	9	1	2	6	4	10,0	130,5
39	39	MNC	MONACO	MNC	9	0	1	8	1	9,0	143,0
40	22	BIH	BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA	BIH	0	0	0	0	0	0,0	21,0

Best Performers by ELO
No.			Name	Rtg	Team	Rp	Pts.	Games	%	Bo.
1	RUS	GM	Svidler Peter	2732	RUSSIA	2989	6,0	7	85,7	1
2	RUS	GM	Morozevich Alexander	2755	RUSSIA	2855	6,0	8	75,0	1
3	ISR	GM	Roiz Michael	2644	ISRAEL	2855	5,5	7	78,6	2
4	ENG	GM	Adams Michael	2729	ENGLAND	2800	5,5	8	68,8	1
5	AZE	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2752	AZERBAIJAN	2798	5,0	8	62,5	1
6	BUL	GM	Topalov Veselin	2769	BULGARIA	2797	3,0	4	75,0	1
7	CZE	GM	Navara David	2656	CZECH REPUBLIC	2792	6,0	9	66,7	1
8	ESP	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2660	SPAIN	2782	6,5	9	72,2	1
9	FRA	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2695	FRANCE	2781	5,0	8	62,5	1
10	RUS	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	2716	RUSSIA	2760	5,0	7	71,4	3
11	UKR	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2694	UKRAINE	2758	4,5	7	64,3	1
12	NOR	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2714	NORWAY	2757	6,5	9	72,2	1
13	ARM	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2673	ARMENIA	2742	6,5	9	72,2	2
14	POL	GM	Gajewski Grzegorz	2573	POLAND	2739	5,5	7	78,6	2
15	NED	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2673	NETHERLANDS	2738	3,5	5	70,0	2
16	CZE	GM	Hracek Zbynek	2598	CZECH REPUBLIC	2737	5,5	8	68,8	2
17	AZE	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2742	AZERBAIJAN	2735	5,5	9	61,1	1
18	BUL	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2670	BULGARIA	2728	5,5	9	61,1	1
19	BUL	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2613	BULGARIA	2726	5,5	8	68,8	3
20	RUS	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2710	RUSSIA	2724	5,5	8	68,8	4

European Team Championships Women's Leading Final Round 9 Standings
Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	-	MP	GP	Buc
1	1	RUS	RUSSIA	RUS	9	6	3	0	15	25,0	184,5
2	6	POL	POLAND	POL	9	5	3	1	13	23,5	179,5
3	10	ARM	ARMENIA	ARM	9	5	3	1	13	21,0	176,0
4	3	UKR	UKRAINE	UKR	9	5	2	2	12	22,5	172,5
5	2	GEO	GEORGIA	GEO	9	5	2	2	12	22,5	166,5
6	11	SLO	SLOVENIA	SLO	9	5	2	2	12	20,5	171,0
7	5	HUN	HUNGARY	HUN	9	5	1	3	11	22,5	172,5
8	12	ROU	ROMANIA	ROU	9	4	3	2	11	20,0	162,5
9	22	CRO	CROATIA	CRO	9	4	2	3	10	21,0	132,0
10	18	AZE	AZERBAIJAN	AZE	9	4	2	3	10	19,0	173,0
11	7	GER	GERMANY	GER	9	4	2	3	10	19,0	170,5
12	8	NED	NETHERLANDS	NED	9	4	2	3	10	17,5	188,5
13	4	FRA	FRANCE	FRA	9	4	2	3	10	17,5	181,5
14	15	ESP	SPAIN	ESP	9	3	3	3	9	19,5	141,0
15	16	ISR	ISRAEL	ISR	9	4	1	4	9	16,5	175,5
16	13	GRE	GREECE 1	GRE1	9	3	2	4	8	19,0	152,0
17	21	CZE	CZECH REPUBLIC	CZE	9	3	2	4	8	18,5	150,5
18	14	BUL	BULGARIA	BUL	9	4	0	5	8	18,0	172,0
19	9	SRB	SERBIA	SRB	9	3	2	4	8	18,0	162,5
20	23	SUI	SWITZERLAND	SUI	9	2	4	3	8	18,0	134,0
21	17	LTU	LITHUANIA	LTU	9	2	4	3	8	16,5	173,0
22	20	ENG	ENGLAND	ENG	9	4	0	5	8	14,5	170,5
23	19	TUR	TURKEY	TUR	9	3	1	5	7	16,0	156,0
24	26	EST	ESTONIA	EST	9	2	3	4	7	14,5	156,0
25	27	MNE	MONTENEGRO	MNE	9	2	3	4	7	13,5	170,5
26	29	FIN	FINLAND	FIN	9	3	1	5	7	12,0	152,0
27	24	AUT	AUSTRIA	AUT	9	1	3	5	5	16,0	137,0
28	25	SWE	SWEDEN	SWE	9	1	3	5	5	15,5	139,0
29	30	GRE	GREECE 2	GRE2	9	0	1	8	1	6,5	157,0
30	28	BIH	BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA	BIH	0	0	0	0	0	0,0	19,0

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Cultural Village Tournament

Leader Dimitri Reinderman - Cultural Village Tournament. Photo © Fred Lucas. http://www.fredlucas.eu

The Cultural Village Tournament took place in the Cafe De Zon in Wijk aan Zee 19th-28th November 2007.

Official site: http://www.ssij.nl/ and details: http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=n140

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Chess Champions League

The "Chess Champions League" (Jesus de Lafuente memorial) took place 1st-15th November 2007 in Vitoria Gasteiz. Veselin Topalov was the convincing winner with 7/10 a point and a half clear of Ruslan Ponomariov.

Games in PGN

Chess Champions League Results
Round 10 (November 14, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	0-1	32	E66	King's Indian Fianchetto
Polgar, Judit	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	58	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Karpov, Anatoly	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	22	E02	Catalan
Round 9 (November 13, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	58	E55	Nimzo Indian
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	32	E17	Queens Indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	33	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 8 (November 11, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	29	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Topalov, Veselin	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	1-0	51	D20	QGA
Polgar, Judit	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	69	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 7 (November 10, 2007)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	32	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	46	D58	Queens Gambit Tartakover
Karpov, Anatoly	- Polgar, Judit	0-1	43	E17	Queens Indian
Round 6 (November 9, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Polgar, Judit	1-0	36	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	1-0	75	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Topalov, Veselin	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	53	E13	Queens Indian 5.Bg5
Round 1 Delayed Game (November 8, 2007)
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	27	A56	Old Indian Defence
Round 5 (November 7, 2007)
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	37	E97	King's Indian Classical
Polgar, Judit	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	27	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karpov, Anatoly	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	½-½	23	E90	King's Indian Classical
Round 4 (November 6, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin	- Polgar, Judit	0-1	34	C42	Petroff's Defence
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	27	C42	Petroff's Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	36	D55	Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Round 3 (November 4, 2007)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	32	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Karpov, Anatoly	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	37	D12	Slav Defence
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	- Polgar, Judit	0-1	36	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Round 2 (November 3, 2007)
Topalov, Veselin	- Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	1-0	42	E15	Queens Indian
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	40	A33	English Symmetrical
Polgar, Judit	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	48	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Round 1 (November 2, 2007)
Karpov, Anatoly	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	48	E36	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Polgar, Judit	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	45	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence

Chess Champions League Vitoria Gasteiz ESP (ESP), 2-14 xi 2007 cat. XIX (2702)
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