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EU Open Championships ~ Jan Werle Wins 2008-09-20 04:17:00 Jan WerleThe 2008 EU Individual Chess Championship in Liverpool has ended with Jan Werle of the Netherlands (pictured) winning with a score of 8/10.Werle finished ahead of British players Mickey Adams and Nigel Short, and the French players Etienne Bacrot and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave among many others to take the title. It's the 24 year-old law student's best chess result and earned him the princely Read more:Championships
Kuala Langat Open 2008 2008-09-16 02:10:00 Organised by Majlis Daerah Kuala Langat( THIS IS A NATIONAL RATED EVENT )Date:12th October 2008 ( Sunday )Time:7.30 am – 6.00 pmVenue:COMMERCIAL HALL, AIMPOINT PLAZA ( TESCO ),BANTING, SELANGOR ( Just 15mins from KLIA ).System: SWISS SYSTEM – 7 ROUNDSTime Control :25 minutesTie Break:SOLKOFF, SONNEBORN BERGER, PROGRESSIVE SCORERound 1 : 09.30 AMEntry Fees:RM10.00 – Primary School StudentRM15
World Women`s Chess Championship Nalchik 2008 2008-09-12 23:29:00 Alexandra Kosteniuk Wins The CrownWomenWorld
Chess Championship, Nalchik, RussiaAlexandra Kosteniuk played another superb game today to clinch the final match and crown herself as the 14th Women's World Champion. Seven years after losing a final to Zhu Chen, Kosteniuk was ready for the Chinese challenge and outplayed 14-years old GM-elect Hou Yifan by 2.5-1.5.Alexandra KosteniukYifan Defeats Kone
BIG PRIZE !!! Pencarian Jaguh Catur Terengganu (Grand Final) FIDE Rated tournament with Total Prize RM 18,000 2008-09-12 00:57:00 9 round swiss , Individu open to FIDE rated players only and 30 selected players from 5 series of the Pencarian Jaguh Catur Terengganu
series tournaments who accumulated highest points will be invited to play in the grand final.time control : 90 minute + 30 second incremententry fee : RM 50For futher details, contact Md. Arshad , Secretary Terengganu Chess Associatian at 012-9210841 (mobile) or em Read more:Final
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UNIKL CHESS OPEN 2008(KULIM) 2008-09-12 00:16:00 DATE : 17 OCTOBER 2008(Human Chess Competition)VENUE : INDITATER UniKL MSIDATE : 18 OCTOBER 2008(UniKL Open Chess)VENUE : CAFETERIA UniKL MSIAny inquiries kindly contact: NoorAzwanPhone: 017-5605071 @ 019-4495017Fax: 604-4035201E-mail: shinazwan_07@yahoo.com.myOpen Category : RM 20Under 17 Category : RM 10Under 12 Category : RM 8>Payment via bank-in must be made to :Norazwan Bin KamaruzamanAccount
Chess Grand Slam Bilbao Final Masters 2008-09-03 22:38:00 Bilboa Final
Standings:1--- Topalov, Veselin ----- BUL 2777- 172-3 Aronian, Levon------ ARM 2737- 13---- Carlsen, Magnus ---- NOR 2775- 134-- Ivanchuk, Vassily---- UKR 2781- 125-- Radjabov, Teimour-- AZE 2744- 106-- Anand, Viswanathan IND 2798- 8Provisional World Chess Rankings after 13-10-2008:1 Topalov 2790.62 Morozevich 2787.03 Carlsen 2786.14 Ivanchuk 2785.65 Anand 2783.26 Kramnik 2771.97 Aron Read more:Bilbao
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Result : Club Sukan Kilang Gula Perlis Open 2008 2008-09-02 23:39:00 Congratulation. MD HairiMd Hairi was a 1st runner up in UUM 2008 chess competition.In Kilang Gula Perlis 2008 opened recently, he won over several state favorites player and became a Champion after had completely won in a 6 games which straightly entitled to get $250 and a trophyMD HAIRIKategori TerbukaKategori Bawah 18 Tahun Read more:Result
Astro Merdeka Standard 2008 Results 2008-08-31 20:02:00 Apocalypse Manila sharing equal 20 1/2 points with Selangor eclipsed the latter to emerge Champion through a tie-break. The sole foreign team truly deserved the title making a strong comeback in Day 2 winning all the games then, including the final game against Selangor. Selangor took the Second place and Best State Medal as wellApocalypse Manila TeamOther results:Crosstable ResultsTeam Compositio Read more:Astro
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Tal Memorial Tournament 2008-08-31 19:40:00 It was double victory for Ivanchuk in Tal Memorial
this year , after winning the super Tal Memorial , now he 's back in blitz. The final standings:1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 23.52. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 22.53. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 21.04. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 20.05. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 20.06. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2741 18.07. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 18.08. Read more:Tournament
Miami Chess Open 2008 2008-08-29 02:48:00 The 2008 Miami
Chess Open was held from 10-14 September and won by the 13 year-old American prodigy, Ray Robson (pictured), ahead of several Grandmasters.Ray lives with his parents in Florida and would like to become a professional chess player one day. Looks like he's already well on the way!After 9 hard fought rounds, Ray was tied with GM Darmen Sadvakasov of Kazakhzan on 7 points and proceeded
4th Kalamaria Open Chess Tournament 2008-08-21 01:57:00 Here are the final standings of the event:1 GM Kotronias Vasilios GRE 2602 8,02 GM Gelashvili Tamaz GEO 2604 7,53 GM Graf Alexander GER 2595 7,04 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2573 7,05 GM Parligras Mircea ROM 2542 7,06 GM Stocek Jiri CZE 2572 7,07 GM Jedynak Radoslaw POL 2540 7,08 GM Jakubiec Artur POL 2541 7,09 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta POL 2354 7,010 FM Lauridsen Jesper Morch DEN 2302 7,0participants fr Read more:Tournament
NM ZARUL SHAZWAN TEMERLOH OPEN CHAMPION 2008-08-17 22:23:00 Prize winners for Temerloh Open.Open section1.NM Zarul Syazwan Zulkaflli (6.5 points) (RM1000)2.Abdullah Che Hassan (6.o points) (RM500)3.Md Izz Saifuddin (5.5 points) (RM400)4.MD Fadli Zakaria (5.5 points) (RM350)5.Sumant Subramaniam (5.5 points) (RM250)6.Abd Khalid Musa (5.0 points) (RM180)7.Zarul Shafiq Zulkaffli (5.0 point) (RM80)8.Shaharuddin Said (5.0 points) (RM60)9.Sulaiman Johari (5.0 poi
MERDEKA Rapid 2008 Winners!!! 2008-08-17 22:11:00 Individual ResultFull ResultChampion Team(Team Philipines)1. Team Philipines(Champion)2. Runner up- Goldis Berhad3. third place - Laguna Chess Team4. fourth place - Letran Calamba5. fifth place - Apocalypse - Manila6. ASTRO Malaysia Squad ( Best Malaysian team)7. Balls On Fire ( 2nd best Malaysian team)8. sixth place - Royal Bengal Tiger9. seventh place - Bhayangkara Polri10. eighth place- Glory K Read more:Rapid
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DATMO 2008 Player’s List 2008-08-17 21:43:00 Below are the participants of the DATMO 2008:-SNo. Name IRtg FED1 GM Zhang Zhong 2632 SIN2 GM Li Chao b 2590 CHN3 GM Rahman Ziaur 2564 BAN4 Zhou Weiqi 2556 CHN5 GM Dzhumaev Marat 2549 UZB6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2532 INA7 GM Paragua Mark 2523 PHI8 Nolte Rolando 2522 PHI9 GM Iuldachev Saidali 2520 UZB10 GM Li Shilong 2511 CHN11 GM Sermek Drazen 2509 CRO12 GM Laylo Darwin 2504 PHI13 IM Dimakiling Oliv
Ian Nepomniachtchi wins Ordix Open after dramatic last round in Mainz 2008-08-14 08:19:00 The winner of the Ordix Open: 18-year-old GM Ian NepomniachtchiThe 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 Read more:dramatic
GM Sasikiran Wins 2008 Najdorf Memorial 2008-08-14 06:49:00 Submitted by Patzer24 on Tue, 08/12/2008 at 10:19am fromThe 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 Standings: 1) GM Sasikiran (6.5/9)2-3) GM Berg, GM Nyback (5.5/9)4-5) GM So
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2008 2008-10-07 20:56:00 Nigel Short Wins Commonwealth
ChampionshipThe 2008 Commonwealth Chess Championship in Nagpur, India, has been won by the English Grandmaster, and former world title challenger, Nigel Short (pictured).Short took a clear first place with 9.5/11, half a point ahead of his nearest challenger, Surya Shekhar Ganguly.More Detail: 2008 Commonwealth Chess Championship
List 94 Active Malaysian FIDE Rated Players(October 2008) 2008-10-04 01:16:00 Hope so will get more Malaysian
Fide Rated Players
After Pencarian Jaguh Catur Trengganu Tournament on Dec 2008Mas HafizulhelmiMas Hafizulhelmi Lead for Malaysian Fide Players and has crossed the 2400 mark.2nd Lim Yee Weng 23963rd Nicholas Chan 2386List 94 Malaysian Fide Rated Players (October
2008)Updated ~ Detail Report:-fide-rated-playersoctober-2008/ Read more:Active
Russian Superfinal~Championship Of Russia 2008 2008-10-04 00:53:00 Round 4 Results:Lastin - Svidler 1/2-1/2Morozevich - Timofeev 1/2-1/2Riazantsev - Vitiugov 1/2-1/2Tomashevsky - Alekseev 1/2-1/2Maslak - Sakaev 1/2-1/2Inarkiev - Jakovenko 1/2-1/2Round 3 Results:Svidler - Riazantsev 1-0Jakovenko - Alekseev 1-0Vitiugov - Morozevich 1/2-1/2Timofeev - Inarkiev 1-0Sakaev - Lastin 1/2-1/2Maslak - Tomashevsky 1/2-1/2 The 2008 'Superfinal' Championship of Russia
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World Youth Chess Championship 2008~Vung Tau, Vietnam 2008-09-30 00:08:00 The World
Youth Chess Championship 2008 will take place in Vung Tau
, Vietnam
, October 20-30. Until now 70 federations are sending more than 800 players to the World Youth Chess Championship in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Among the biggest delegations are the host from Vietnam (95), India (63), USA (30), and South Africa (33).Looking at the top players, however, we will notice a clear dominance of the India
SPICE Cup 2008 ~ International Invitational Chess Tournament 2008-09-23 20:44:00 Harikrishna, Onischuk, Kritz, and Akobian win SPICE Cup 20084 way tie for first, Harikrishan best on tiebreaks:The fighting last round of the 2008 SPICE Cup produced a four-player tie on the first place - Harikrishna Pentala, Alexander Onischuk, Leonid Kritz and Varuzhan Akobian all finished with 5.5 points. Pentala was declared winner on best additional criteria. Hopefully, this wonderfully organ Read more:International
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