Ivanchuck wins 2008 Tal Blitz

The chess hero of Tal Tournament

It's two in a row for Big Chucky. Just a couple of days after winning the classical Tal Memorial, Ivanchuck proved to the chess world that he is also the master of blitz tournament by capturing these years edition of 2008 Tal Blitz in Moscow. After 17 rounds he was actually running third behind Kramnik and Carlsen, both of whom he handily defeated today. But after strings of heroic victory on the final day, it was Ivanchuck who emerge as the over all winner of these tough tournament that attracted a number of GM's from all over the planet. Other list of his victims on the final 17 rounds are Svidler, Mamedyarov, Grischuck, Kamsky, Graschev, Alekseev, Karpov, Morozevich, Movsesian, and Eljanov. Kramnik finished a strong second and the "wild card" entry Magnus Carlsen finished third. Another wild card entry former world champion Antoly Karpov ended in 14th place.

Here are the final standings:

1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 23.5

2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 22.5

3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 21.0

4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 20.0
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 20.0

6. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2741 18.0
7. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 18.0
8. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 18.0

9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 17.5
10. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 17.5

11. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 17.0

12. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2640 14.5

13. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 14.0
14. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2651 14.0
15. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 14.0

16. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2723 12.5
17. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2716 12.5

18. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2664 11.5

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1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Open chess championship: So drew with Azmaiparashvili

GM Wesley So (2577) held top seed GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili (2615) of Georgia to a draw in the fifth round of the first Dragon Capital Vietnam Open chess championship. So and Azmaiparashvili however remain at the top spots as other leaders of the tournaments, the two Vietnamese players, also halved the point in their fifth-round match.

Two other Filipino bets — IMs Richard Bitoon and Rolando Nolte - - also drew their matches to remain in contention but it was IM Julio Catalino Sadorra, who provided the lone victory for the Filipinos on the fifth round.

Detailed reports to be followed.

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Under-16 Chess Olympiad RP bronze: A review

So and Pascua wasn't able to attend the awarding ceremony because they have to hurry home to prepare for their next tournaments. It is not true what other accused of campo of wanting to steal the show ;)

Honorary FIDE President Florencio "Campo" Campomanes wrote an interesting article regarding the recently concluded World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad held at Mersin Turkey where the Philippine team lead by chess wizard, GM Wesley So finished third over all behind power house India and Russia. Campo wrote:

By FLORENCIO CAMPOMANES (Former president of the International Chess Federation, FIDE)

"...they were all 14 years of age. Jam was the Benjamin, leaving his 13th only a few weeks before Mersin. Other teams were mostly 15 or 16-year teenagers. In today’s electronic chess mode, one or two years of difference in age can mean a lot."

"They played their hearts out to gain some honors for the country in international sports, considering the poor RP medal harvests of late- Five Bronze medals and a fair-sized trophy for the team, and a gold medal for Wesley and his Board One performance, only two draws and unbeaten. All told, not bad! To get these, they defeated the top-seeded Russia, England and Turkey in their individual confrontations. They lost solely to winner India with the lowest margin of difference."

You can read the rest of the article HERE

Tal Blitz 2008: Kramnik leads

Ex-wold champion Vladimir Kramnik pull off a nice victory against Magnus Carlsen with a stunning sacrificial move in the end game 47. Rxd3! to lead the 2008 Tal Blitz tournament in Moscow. Other notable match of the day is the face off between two Ukranian super GM, 2008 Tal Memorial king and defending champion, Vassily Ivanchuck and his prodigy Sergei Karjakin. The game actually run pretty smooth and it looks like the match will end in a draw as both players arrive in a pretty balance position after 35. g6 with equal chances but the veteran champion come up with an instantaneous, god knows where it came from, devastating knock out punch despite in severe time trouble and saw 35...d3! Karjakin's position then crumbled in an instant and was mated 5 moves later! Now who says chess doesn't have any sense of humor eh?

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Tal Blitz 2008 Standings Leg 1

				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Kramnik,V	2788	+39	*	1	½	1	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	11.0/17
2	Carlsen,M	2775	+31	0	*	½	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	0	10.5/17	88.25
3	Ivanchuk,V	2781	+25	½	½	*	1	1	0	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	0	0	1	1	10.5/17	86.75
4	Gelfand,B	2720	+68	0	0	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	10.0/17
5	Grischuk,A	2728	+39	1	1	0	½	*	1	0	½	½	0	1	½	1	0	0	1	1	½	9.5/17	81.00
6	Svidler,P	2738	+28	1	0	1	0	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	0	½	9.5/17	80.25
7	Mamedyarov,S	2742	+3	0	0	½	0	1	½	*	0	½	0	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	9.0/17
8	Kamsky,G	2723	+3	1	0	1	½	½	0	1	*	0	1	1	0	1	½	0	0	0	1	8.5/17	73.00
9	Morozevich,A	2788	-65	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	½	½	1	1	0	0	½	1	1	8.5/17	67.25
10	Leko,P	2741	-36	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	0	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	½	8.0/17	69.00
11	Karjakin,S	2727	-21	½	1	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	8.0/17	65.75
12	Karpov,A	2651	+59	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	1	0	½	0	*	1	0	1	1	0	1	8.0/17	64.75
13	Movsesian,S	2723	-17	1	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	*	1	1	1	0	1	8.0/17	64.50
14	Ponomariov,R	2718	-32	½	½	0	0	1	1	0	½	1	0	0	1	0	*	½	½	1	0	7.5/17	64.75
15	Grachev,B	2640	+50	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	½	½	7.5/17	63.25
16	Alekseev,E	2708	-42	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	1	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	7.0/17	57.00
17	Eljanov,P	2716	-51	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	½	0	*	1	7.0/17	56.00
18	Tkachiev,V	2664	-86	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	½	½	0	*	5.0/17

1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Open chess championship: Wesley So join the leaders

GM Wesley So scores a back to back victories against his lower rated opponents to share the lead with top seed GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili of Georgia and GMs Le Quang Liem and Dao Thien Hai of Vietnam after 4 rounds of the ongoing first Dragon Capital Vietnam Open chess championship. So defeated Vietnamese WFM Dang Bich Ngoc in the third round and IM Weiming Goh of Singapore in the fourth round. He has now garnered a total of 3 1/5 points, three wins and a draw. So will be facing top seed and co-leader of the tournament, GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili of Georgia today.

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First known picture of Michael Phelps

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1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Open chess championship: IM Bitoon upsets No.2 seed Viet; So held to a draw

Vung Tau Beach

IM Richard Bitoon (2439) defeated the tournament no.2 seed and Vietnam's chess hero, GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2579) to share the lead with Georgian GM Zurab Azmaiprashvili and three other players in the early lead with two wins apiece. GM Wesley so meanwhile drew his second round assignment against another Vietnamese bet, CM Nguyen Van Huy (2386) while IM Julio Catalino Sadorra (2470) lost to top seed Azmaiparashvili (2615) at the top board. Other Filipino who were victorious in the second round is 7th seed IM Rolando Nolte (2522) who bounced back from a first-round setback and crushed Nguyen Vanh Than.

In the third round, Bitoon will be pitted against 3rd seed Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem with the black pieces, while So will be facing Vietnames WFM Dan Bich Ngoc.

Nolte will be up against Huynh Mai Phuong Dung, while Sadorra faces Tran Ngoc Lan.

The time control of the tournament will be 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment for every move starting from the first move. The official playin venue is P & T Hotel, Vung Tau, Vietnam.

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Ivanchuck wins 2008 Tal Memorial

The new chess hero of Tal Memorial

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.0–0 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Ne5 Ke7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.Nxc6+ ½–½ and that's all there is. Just 12 theoretical moves is all what "Big Chucky" needs to take home yet another major title in his long illustrious career. Almost all other players conceded the title to Ivanchuck by way of quick, unfought draws. Only the match up between Ruslan Ponomariov and Gata Kamsky go to the distance in a hard fought game that ended in another draw. Both players battle it all out to the very end as if the title is at stake between the two that they ended up with bare kings! Now that's what I call a fight :)

During the Amber tournament, where he celebrated his 39th birthday, Ivanchuck claimed to have a “perfect age for chess”. It’s great to see that some stars from the nineties (chess players I grew up with ;) of the last century can still be stars in the new one as well.



GM Kamsky (2723) - GM Ponomariov (2718) [C65]
27.08.2008 - Tal Memorial - Round 9

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0–0 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.h3 0–0 8.Nc3 Bb6 9.Re1 h6 10.Na4 c5 11.Nh2 Bd7 12.Nc3 Nh7 13.a4 Ba5 14.g4 Qe8 15.Re3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Bxa4 17.Rg3 a5 18.c4 Bd7 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qe7 21.Bd2 a4 22.Bc3 c6 23.Nf1 f6 24.h4 Be6 25.Ne3 Qd7 26.Qf3 a3 27.Ra2 Qb7 28.Kf2 Qb1 29.Ra1 a2 30.Qh1 Qxh1 31.Rxh1 Rfb8 32.Rgg1 Ra3 33.Ba1 Ra7 34.Bc3 Nf8 35.g5 fxg5 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Rxg5 Rb1 38.Rhg1 Rxg1 39.Rxg1 g6 40.Ba1 Kf7 41.Nd1 d5 42.cxd5 cxd5 43.exd5 Bxd5 44.Nc3 Bc6 45.Bb2 Bd7 46.Ke3 Ra6 47.Kd2 Bf5 48.Ra1 Be6 49.Ne4 c4 50.Ng5+ Ke7 51.Nxe6 Nxe6 52.dxc4 g5 53.Be5 Nf4 54.Kc3 Ke6 55.Bc7 Kf5 56.Kb2 g4 57.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 58.Kxa2 g3 59.Bb6 g2 60.Bg1 Nh3 61.Bh2 Ng5 62.Bg1 Nf3 63.Bf2 Ke4 64.c5 Nd4 65.Ka3 Nxc2+ 66.Ka4 Nd4 67.Ka5 Ne6 68.c6 Kd3 69.Kb6 Ke2 70.Bg1 Kf1 71.Bh2 g1B+ 72.Bxg1 Kxg1 73.c7 Nxc7 74.Kxc7 1/2

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Mamedyarov, S (2742) - Kramnik, V (2788) [E15]
2008 Tal Memorial (9), 27.08.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0–0 12.0–0 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Re1 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Nd7 19.Ne4 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Rad1 Qb6 22.Qxb6 ½–½

Ivanchuk, V (2781) - Shirov, A (2741) [D27]
2008 Tal Memorial (9), 27.08.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.0–0 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Ne5 Ke7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.Nxc6+ ½–½

Alekseev, Evgeny (2708) - Leko, Peter (2741) [C53]
2008 Tal Memorial (9), 27.08.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.Qb3 Be6 13.0–0 f5 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Ne5 Nd6 17.Nxc6 Nc4 18.Rae1 Kh8 19.Nb4 Qf7 20.Na4 Qg6 21.Kh1 Ba5 22.a3 Bh3 23.Rg1 Bg4 24.Nc5 c6 25.f4 Rab8 ½–½

Gelfand, Boris (2720) - Morozevich, Alexander (2788) [A04]
2008 Tal Memorial (9), 27.08.2008

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.d4 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Bg7 6.Qd1 c6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.Be3 Qxb2 9.Na4 Qb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa3 11.Bc1 Qb4+ 12.Bd2 Qa3 13.Bc1 ½–½

Tal Memorial Final Standings

				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1	Ivanchuk,V	2781	+80	*	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	6.0/9
2	Morozevich,A	2788	-9	0	*	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	½	5.0/9	22.00
3	Gelfand,B	2720	+66	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	5.0/9	21.75
4	Ponomariov,R	2718	+68	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	5.0/9	21.25
5	Kramnik,V	2788	-9	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	5.0/9	21.00
6	Leko,P	2741	+4	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	1	4.5/9
7	Kamsky,G	2723	-14	0	1	½	½	½	0	*	½	0	1	4.0/9	17.50
8	Alekseev,Evgeny	2708	+2	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	4.0/9	17.25
9	Mamedyarov,S	2742	-75	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	0	*	0	3.5/9
10	Shirov,A	2741	-115	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	3.0/9

NCFP Press Release: PGMA & PICHAY CUP INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Paranaque Geographical Map

Here's a very recent press release from the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) website concerning two major chess events that will be held in the country this coming September, the 3rd PGMA Cup International Chess Championship and 4th Prospero Pichay Jr. Cup International Chess Championship. Li Chao of China, the last edition's champion won't be around to defend his title but a number of strong and super GMs will be coming that would simply make this festival one of the biggest chess competetions in the whole of Asia this year. Here's the complete press release from NCFP official website:

WITH the Beijing Olympic Games now over, international chess takes center stage with the staging of the 2008 President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo Cup international chess championship scheduled Sept. 6-13 at the Duty Free Fiesta Mall in Paranaque City.

Thirty-four foreign players, led by GMs Murtas Kazhgaleyev (ELO 2641)

of Kazakhstan, Zhang Zhong (ELO 2632) of Singapore and Zurab Azmaiparashvili (ELO 2615) of Georgia have already confirmed their participation in the prestigious, nine-round tournament being organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) for the fourth straight year in honor of Presdient Arroyo.

At stake are US$40,000 with the champion pocketing the lion’s share of US$6,000, the runner-up getting US$5,000 and the third placer earning US$4,000.

The fourth to 32nd placers will also bring home cash prizes.

“In terms of participation and cash prizes, this is surely one of the biggest chess competitions in the whole of Asia this year,” said NCFP president Prospero “Butch” Pichay, who is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the success of the tournament.

“The whole chess world will be watching our very own players, led by GM Wesley So and GM Eugene Torre , fight it out with top-rated players from Europe, the former Russian republics and Asia,” added Pichay.

So, whose meteoric rise as the world’s youngest GM made him the newest toast of local and international chess, will spearhead the Filipinos’ challenge in the annual event sanctioned by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

The other notable players who have confirmed their participation are GMs Mikhail Mchedishvili (ELO 2604) and Konstantin Shanava (ELO 2522) of Georgia, Marat Dzhumaev (ELO 2549) and Saidali Iuldachev (ELO 2520) of Uzbekistan, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (ELO 2597) of Iran, Nguyen Ngoc Turong Son (ELO 2579) and Le Quang Liem (ELO 2577) of Vietnam, Weiqi Zhou (ELO 2556) of China, Susanto Megaranto (ELO 2532) of Indonesia, Shilogn Li (ELO 2511) of China and Morteza Mahjoob (ELO 2502) of Iran.

Also in the early list are GM Zaw Win Lay (ELO 2488) of Myanmar, GM Yan Weng (ELO 2487) of China, GM Dao Thien Hai (ELO 2489) of Vietnam, GM Tejas Bakre (ELO 2474) of India, IM Zaw Htun Wynn (ELO 2428) of Myanmar, IM Aleksander Wohl (ELO 2384) of Australia and Yunguo Wan (ELO 2471), Ziyang Zhang (ELO 2441), Deshun Xiu (ELO 2410) and WGM Xiaobing Gu (ELO 2286), all of China.

Aside from So and Torre, also expected to carry the fight for the Filipinos are GMs Mark Paragua, Rogelio Antonio Jr. , Jayson Goznales, Buenaventura “Bong” Villamayor and Darwin Laylo and IMs Rolando Nolte, Richard Bitoon, Julio Catalino Sadorra, Chito Garma Ronald Bancod and Barlo Nadera and NMs Manny Senador, Mirabeua Maga, Petronio Roca, Rustum Tolentino and Adrian Pacis.

Aside from the PGMA Cup, the accompanying PGMA Chess Challenge will also be held on Sept. 7-12.

NCFP executive director Willie Abalos said the champion in the chess challenge will receive P40,000, the runner-up will get P20,000 and the third placer will earn P15,000.

PRES. GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO CUP INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

September 6 - 13, 2008

Duty Free Fiesta Mall, Paranaque City

- open to all players with FIDE rating of 2200 and above.

- 9 rounds Swiss System

- 90 minutes with increment of 30 seconds per move

- Total cash prize of $ 40,000, as follows:

1^st US$ 6,000

2^nd US$ 5,000

3^rd US$ 4,000

4^th US$ 3,000

5^th US$ 2,000

6^th US$ 1,500

7^th US$ 1,300

8^th US$ 1,200

9^th -14^th US$ 1,000

15^th US$ 900

16^th US$ 800

17^th US$ 700

18^th US$ 600

19^th-32^nd US$ 500

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4th PROSPERO PICHAY JR. CUP INTERNATIONAL

CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

September 13 - 20, 2008

Duty Free Fiesta Mall, Paranaque City

- open to all players with FIDE rating of 2200 and above.

- 9 rounds Swiss System

- 90 minutes with increment of 30 seconds per move

- Total cash prize of $ 30,000, as follows:

1^st US$ 5,000

2^nd US$ 4,000

3^rd US$ 3,000

4^th US$ 2,000

5^th US$ 1,500

6^th-13^th US$ 1,000

14^th US$ 900

15^th US$ 800

16^th US$ 700

17^th US$ 600

18^th-24^th US$ 500

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Dog Hero: Feisty puppy scares off 3 bears in N.J. back yard

Pawlee the puppy hero

WYCKOFF, N.J. - If only Goldilocks had had a cockapoo.

A 15-pound cocker spaniel-poodle mix named Pawlee scared off a mother bear and her two cubs Sunday morning after they strayed into his owners' back yard.

Whether his bark was worse than his bite, Pawlee's tactic worked just fine. These three bears got the hint and took off.

"We had just let him out for the morning and he ran into the yard and started barking his head off," owner Fran Osiason said.

Osiason said her 9-year-old son, Jacob, went outside to see what the commotion was about and came running back in to report there were bears in the yard.

She was worried that the mother would come after Pawlee to protect her cubs, but the pugnacious pup, just 8 months old, had other plans.

His barking drove the two cubs up a tree, and they eventually climbed down and hopped over a fence with their mother and retreated into the woods.

Osiason said she, her son, husband Andrew and daughter Eden, 6, have had Pawlee since he was about 8 weeks old. She marveled at his fearlessness.

"He's a little fur ball," she said.

Northern New Jersey seems to breed feisty pets: In 2006, a tabby cat named Jack chased a bear up a tree in his West Milford yard.

This story is from msnbc.com

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2008 Tal Memorial Round 8: Kamsky,Kramnik, Shirov wins

Mikahil Tal: 1936-1992

Vassily Ivanchuk held on for a draw against the determined fellow Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov to extend his lead to a full point heading into the final round. Because of severe time trouble, Ivanchuck had to sacrifices some of his pieces to obtain a draw in the end game and he did. Vladimir Kramnik meanwhile defeated his fellow Russian counter part, Evegeny Alekseev after the 41st moves of the English Opening. Black sacrifices a pawn in the 18th move to gain a counterplay on the king side But Kramnik reacted calmly by superbly mobilizing his pieces on either side of the board. Round 8 also saw Alexei Shirov pulled of his first victory of the tournament by defeating Shak Mamedyarov after the 33d moves of the Sicilian Taimanov. But arguably the most interesting match of the day is the match between he unofficial wold no.1 player in the world, Alexander Morozevich and Gata Kamsky. Kamsky, opt for the Cao Kann defense with the black pieces and although a pawn down he rejected a threefold repetetion in the 18th moves to go for the win and it payed well for him. Then in the crucial end game, Morozevich made a huge blunder by reacting 54.Qh5? to black's own offer 53...Qf4 instead of the obvious 54.Qxf4 where the game would have been a draw. The other draw of the day is a quick one, the match up between Boris Gelfand and Pete Leko. The draw was agreed after 24th moves of the Petroff.

GM Morozevich (2788) - GM Kamsky (2723) [B12]
26.08.2008 - Tal Memorial

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Nd7 7.0–0 Ne7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Na3 c3 10.Nb5 Nd5 11.Nxc3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Be7 13.Qb3 0–0 14.Qxb7 Rb8 15.Qxa7 cxd4 16.exd4 Ra8 17.Qb7 Rb8 18.Qa7 Rxb2 19.Bb5 Nb6 20.a4 Bg4 21.Kh1 Bb4 22.Na2 Be7 23.Nc1 Nd5 24.Nd3 Rc2 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Nxc1 Ne3 27.Re1 Nf5 28.Bc6 Bb4 29.Rd1 Bxf3 30.Bxf3 Qh4 31.a5 Be1 32.Ne2 g5 33.Qb7 Bxa5 34.g3 Qh6 35.Qe4 Ne7 36.Ra1 Bd8 37.Qd3 Ng6 38.Nc3 Be7 39.Ne4 Rd8 40.Qe3 Qf8 41.Kg2 Rb8 42.Bh5 Qc8 43.Rc1 Rb2+ 44.Kh3 Qb7 45.Bxg6 fxg6 46.g4 h5 47.Rc3 Qa6 48.Rd3 Qa1 49.Nd2 Qd1 50.Qf3 Qe1 51.gxh5 Rxd2 52.Rxd2 Qxd2 53.hxg6 Qf4 54.Qh5?? Qh4+ 55.Qxh4 gxh4 56.Kg4 Kg7 57.h3 Bd8 58.Kf4 Bb6 59.Ke4 Bxd4 60.Kxd4 Kxg6 61.Ke4 Kg5 62.Ke3 Kf5 63.Kf3 Kxe5 64.Kg4 Ke4 65.Kxh4 Kf4 66.Kh5 e5 67.h4 e4 68.Kg6 e3 69.h5 e2 Black wins 0–1

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Kramnik, V (2788) - Alekseev, Evgeny (2708) [A37]
2008 Tal Memorial (8), 26.08.2008

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0–0 d6 7.a3 Nge7 8.b4 h6 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.d3 0–0 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Ne1 f5 13.Qa4 f4 14.e3 g5 15.b5 Na5 16.Ne2 b6 17.exf4 gxf4 18.gxf4 Ng6 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Qd1 Qd7 21.Be4 Bf5 22.Bxa5 bxa5 23.Ng3 Bxe4 24.dxe4 Qh3 25.Nf5 Rbd8 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 Rd3 28.Ne1 Rc3 29.Kh1 Bf6 30.Rg1 Kh7 31.b6 axb6 32.Rxb6 Rf7 33.Ng2 Rxa3 34.Nge3 a4 35.Ng4 Bg5 36.Ngxh6 Bxh6 37.Rgxg6 Bf4 38.Kg2 Rb7 39.Rh6+ Bxh6 40.Rxb7+ Kg6 41.Rb6+ 1–0

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Shirov, A (2741) - Mamedyarov, S (2742) [B46]
2008 Tal Memorial (8), 26.08.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 e5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Bc4 Qa5 12.0–0 Bc5 13.Qf2 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 0–0 15.h3 Re8 16.Bb3 Be6 17.Na4 Rad8 18.Nc5 Qb6 19.Rf3 Bxb3 20.axb3 a5 21.Nd3 Qc7 22.Raf1 Rd4 23.Rxf6 gxf6 24.Nf2 h5 25.Qh6 Re6 26.Qxh5 Kf8 27.c3 Rd7 28.Ng4 Ke7 29.Kh2 Qb6 30.Qh8 Qxb3 31.Nxf6 Rd8 32.Qg7 Qxb2 33.Ng8+ Kd6 1–0

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Round 8 results:

Ponomariov, Ruslan - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Morozevich, Alexander - Kamsky, Gata 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir - Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0
Leko, Peter - Gelfand, Boris ½-½
Shirov, Alexei - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0

Standings after 8 rounds:

1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 5½

2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 4½
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 4½
4. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 4½
5. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 4½

6. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 4

7. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 3½
8. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 3½

9. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 3

10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 2½

Final Round Pairings:

Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexei Shirov
Boris Gelfand - Alexander Morozevich
S. Mamedyarov - Vladimir Kramnik
Gata Kamsky - Ruslan Ponomariov
Evgeny Alekseev - Peter Leko

1st Dragon Capital Vietnam chess open

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

The Dragon Capital Viet Nam Chess Tournament Open will starts today in Ba Ria-Vung Tau and will end next Tuesday September 2 with a total of nine matches. Participating players from seven countries are from the Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Georgia, Australia, India and Vietnam. 31 of them are titled players with 10 of those were grandmasters.

The time control of the tournament will be 90 minutes for the whole game with 30 seconds increment for every move starting from the first move. The official playin venue is P & T Hotel, Vung Tau, Vietnam.

The top five in the overall standings in the ASEAN Grand Prix until now, all in the running for a share of the USD 25,000 prize for overall winners are IM Sadorra, GM Wesley So, GM Joey Antonio, IM Rolando Nolte, and IM Richard Bitoon, all from the Philippines. 14 year old Wesley So, gold medalist of the recently concluded World Youth U-16 Chess Chamionshi in Turkey and the highest rated players from the Philippines with unoffical live rating of 2620 will be the fourth seeded in this tournament.

Participants

1 GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab GEO 2615
2 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2579
3 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2577
4 GM So Wesley PHI 2577
5 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2549
6 GM Shanava Konstantine GEO 2522
7 Nolte Rolando PHI 2522
8 FM Phyo Chit MYA 2500
9 GM Nguyen Anh Dung VIE 2499
10 GM Tu Hoang Thong VIE 2493
11 GM Dao Thien Hai VIE 2489
12 GM Zaw Win Lay MYA 2488
13 FM Zaw Oo MYA 2485
14 IM Sadorra Julio Catalino PHI 2470
15 FM San Thit Lwin MYA 2450
16 IM Bitoon Richard PHI 2439
17 IM Wynn Zaw Htun MYA 2428
18 Sie Thu MYA 2414
19 IM Goh Weiming SIN 2403
20 IM Tu Hoang Thai VIE 2395
21 CM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2386
22 Vo Thanh Ninh VIE 2360
23 FM Pham Chuong VIE 2343
24 FM Hoang Canh Huan VIE 2339
25 FM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2319
26 CM Nguyen Hoang Nam VIE 2310
27 WIM Le Kieu Thien Kim VIE 2286
28 CM Tran Thanh Tu VIE 2267
29 CM Nguyen Van Hai VIE 2232
30 Le Quang Long VIE 2226
31 FM Ton That Nhu Tung VIE 2216
32 CM Nguyen Van Thanh VIE 2194
33 WFM Dang Bich Ngoc VIE 2194
34 Doan Van Duc VIE 2160
35 WFM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung VIE 2158
36 Nguyen Manh Truong VIE 2131
37 Tran Ngoc Lan VIE 2123
38 Huynh Mai Phuong Dung VIE 2099
39 WIM Nguyen Quynh Anh VIE 2098
40 Attwood James AUS 2069
41 Pham Thi Ngoc Tu VIE 2065
42 Dong Bao Nghia VIE 2006
43 Do Hoang Minh Tho VIE 0
44 Pham Xuan Dat VIE 0

Official website (Vietnamese)

Alert! Alert! Bulletin 2 for the 38th Chess Olympiad 2008

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2008 Tal Memorial round 7: Ivanchuck defeated Morozevich, grabs the lead

The new tournament leader

With just 20 seconds left on the clock to complete the last ten moves, Vassily Ivanchuck painfully held his composure to beat the surging Alexander Morozevich and grab the lead after seven rounds of the super tournament 2008 Tal Memorial in Moscov Russia. Over all, round seven is a fighting day that saw two more matches ended in decisive wins. Ponomariov beat the struggling Shirov after the 38th moves of the Sicilian Rosolimmo Variations while 2008 Dortmund titlist Peter Leko bounced back after two devastating loss and trounced Gata Kamsky with the black pieces after 48th moves in the highly complicated Indian Systems. Newly crowned 2008 Biel king, Evgeny Alekseev show superb fantastic form to humbled the ever dangerous Shak Mamedyarov after 38th moves of the French/Rubenstein Variation. The only draw of the day was the match up between ex-world champion Vladimir Kramnik and Boris Gelfand. The drawn was agreed after 47th moves of the Semi-Slav.

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Standings after 7 rounds:

1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 5

2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 4½

3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 4
4. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 4

5. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 3½
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 3½
7. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 3½

8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 3

9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 2½

10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 1½

Ivanchuk, V (2781) - Morozevich, A (2788) [D87]
2008 Tal Memorial (7), 25.08.2008

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 0–0 9.0–0 Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bd3 b6 13.Rb1 e5 14.dxc5 Ba4 15.Qd2 Qd7 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Nc1 Rfc8 18.Rxb6 Bf8 19.Ra6 Qb7 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.axb3 Bxb3 23.Rb1 Qa3 24.h3 Be6 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Qc2 Bb3 27.Qb1 Ba2 28.Qb5 Rc8 29.Qxe5 Bc5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Qb8+ Kg7 32.Qf4 Qb2 33.Qe3 f6 34.Bf1 Qxc1 35.Qxc5 Qe1 36.Qd4 g5 37.c4 Qc1 38.c5 Be6 39.f3 h5 40.Kf2 h4 41.Qe3 Qc2+ 42.Kg1 Bc4 43.Bxc4 Qxc4 44.Kh2 Kf7 45.Qa3 Ke6 46.Qa7 Qc1 47.Qb6+ Kf7 48.Qd6 Qf4+ 49.Qxf4 gxf4 50.Kg1 Ke6 51.Kf2 Kd7 52.Ke2 Kc6 53.Kd3 Kxc5 54.Kc3 Kd6 55.Kd4 Ke6 56.Kc4 Kd6 57.Kb5 Ke6 58.Kc6 Ke5 59.Kd7 f5 60.exf5 1–0

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Alekseev, Evgeny (2708) - Mamedyarov, S (2742) [C10]
2008 Tal Memorial (7), 25.08.2008

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.0–0 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Nf6 10.Bf3 Be7 11.Bf4 0–0 12.c3 a6 13.Re1 Ra7 14.a4 Bd7 15.Qb3 Qc8 16.a5 Bc5 17.Rad1 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Bc6 19.Qb6 Ra8 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qxc6 bxc6 22.c4 Rfd8 23.Red1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Kf8 25.g4 Ke8 26.g5 Ng8 27.Be5 f6 28.gxf6 gxf6 29.Bc7 Ne7 30.Rd6 Kf7 31.Bb6 e5 32.Bc5 Ng6 33.Rxc6 Nf4 34.Be3 Nd3 35.b3 f5 36.Rd6 e4 37.f4 Rg8+ 38.Kf1 Rg4 1–0

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Kamsky, G (2723) - Leko, P (2741) [A46]
2008 Tal Memorial (7), 25.08.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.c3 b6 6.a4 a6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.exd4 d6 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Re1 0–0 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Ne3 Rfe8 14.Rc1 e5 15.Bb1 b5 16.c4 bxa4 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.c5 dxc5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Rxe5 21.Bxf6 Rxf5 22.Bxf5 Qf4 23.Nh4 Qh6 24.Qc2 Qxf6 25.Bxh7+ Kh8 26.Be4 Rb8 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.Qxa4 Qxb2 29.Rf1 Qb5 30.Qf4 Qd3 31.g3 Kg8 32.Qc1 c4 33.Rd1 Qb3 34.Kg2 c3 35.Rd8 Rc7 36.Nf5 Qb7+ 37.f3 Qb2+ 38.Qxb2 cxb2 39.Rb8 Rc2+ 40.Kh3 a5 41.Ne3 Rf2 42.Nc4 a4 43.Nxb2 a3 44.Nc4 a2 45.Ra8 f6 46.Kg4 Kf7 47.Kf5 Rxf3+ 48.Ke4 Ra3 0–1

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Ponomariov, R (2718) - Shirov, A (2741) [B30]
2008 Tal Memorial (7), 25.08.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e5 9.Nb3 d6 10.Nc3 f5 11.f4 g6 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Bg5+ Ke8 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Nd5 Kf7 17.Rf1 h6 18.Bh4 Kg8 19.c3 Bd3 20.Rfe1 g5 21.Bg3 Rd8 22.Nf6+ Kf7 23.Ng4 e4 24.Nf2 Be7 25.Nxe4 Bc4 26.Nbc5 Bxc5+ 27.Nxc5 Kg6 28.b3 Bf7 29.Nxb7 Rd2 30.Nd6 Bd5 31.Ne4 Rc2 32.c4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Nb4 34.Re6+ Kf5 35.Rd6 Rxa2 36.Rf1+ Ke4 37.Re1+ Kf5 38.h3 1–0

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Philippine Cup Chess Challenge

Map of Paranaque (click to enlarge)

3RD PGMA CUP CHESS CHALLENGE

• Open to all players in good standing with the NCFP with FIDE rating of 2200 and below
• 9 rounds Swiss System
• Time Control - 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
• Schedule

September 7 0900 Opening Ceremonies

1000 Round 1

1600 Round 2

September 8 0900 Round 3

September 9 0900 Round 4

1600 Round 5

September 10 0900 Round 6

September 11 0900 Round 7

1600 Round 8

September 12 0900 Round 9

1400 Closing Ceremony

• Prizes

Champion Php 40,000

2nd Place 20,000

3rd Place 15,000

4th Place 10,000

5th Place 8,000

6th Place 7,000

7th Place 6,000

8th Place 5,000

9th Place 5,000

10th Place 4,000

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4TH PROSPERO PICHAY JR. CUP CHESS CHALLENGE

• Open to all players in good standing with the NCFP with FIDE rating of 2200 and below
  
• 9 rounds Swiss System
  
• Time Control - 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move.
  
• Schedule
  

September 14 0900 Opening Ceremonies

1000 Round 1

1600 Round 2

September 15 0900 Round 3

September 16 0900 Round 4

1600 Round 5

September 17 0900 Round 6

September 18 0900 Round 7

1600 Round 8

September 19 0900 Round 9

1400 Closing Ceremony

• Prizes
  

Champion Php 40,000

2nd Place 20,000

3rd Place 15,000

4th Place 10,000

5th Place 8,000

6th Place 7,000

7th Place 6,000

8th Place 5,000

9th Place 5,000

10th Place 4,000

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2008 Tal Memorial Round 6: Morozevich, Ivanchuck ,Gelfand victorious

Boris Gelfand defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after 37th moves of a Semi-Slav (Anti-Meran). Peter Leko suffered his second defeats of the tournament by bowing to Vassily Ivanchuck's solid handling of the black pieces, the Ruy Lopez Chigorin and Rustam Ponomariov made an early blunder 11...b5? against Alexander Morozevich who also come up a new idea of his own 7.c6!? of the Nimzoindian that bothered Ponomariov all through out their game. Other matches ended in quiet draws. Alexei Shirov drew with Evgeney Alekseev after 31st moves of Ruy Lopez (Berlin) and Vladimir Kramnik also halve the points with Gata Kamsky after 38th moves of the Gruenfeld.

Below is our choice for the Game of the Day:





Kramnik, V (2788) - Kamsky, G (2723) [D93]
2008 Tal Memorial (6), 24.08.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.0–0 Qa5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Nd5 e5 15.Bh2 Be6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qc4 Nf6 18.e4 Rac8 19.Ng5 Nd4 20.Ne7+ Kf8 21.Nxe6+ Kxe7 22.Nxd8 Rxc4 23.Bxc4 Ne8 24.Nxf7 b5 25.Bd5 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 Nxc1 27.Rxc1 Qd2 28.Rc8 Qxf2 29.Bg1 Qf1 30.Ra8 Nc7 31.Rxa7 Kd7 32.b3 g5 33.a4 g4 34.hxg4 Qf6 35.g5 Qf4 36.axb5 Qh4+ 37.Bh2 Qe1+ 38.Bg1 ½–½


Mamedyarov, S (2742) - Gelfand, B (2720) [D43]
2008 Tal Memorial (6), 24.08.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.0–0 Nd7 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.a4 a6 14.Nde4 0–0–0 15.Bh5 Nf4 16.Bxf7 Nxe5 17.Bxe6+ Kb8 18.Ne2 Bg7 19.Nxf4 gxf4 20.Bxf4 Rxd4 21.a5 Qd8 22.Qe2 Re8 23.Rad1 Ka8 24.Be3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nd3 26.Bf5 Qd5 27.Qg4 Bxb2 28.h4 Bd4 29.Bg6 Rg8 30.Bxd4 Qxd4 31.Qe6 Qd5 32.Qe7 c5 33.f3 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Qg7 35.Qxg7 Rxg7 36.h5 b4 37.Kg1 Bxe4 0–1

Leko, P (2741) - Ivanchuk, V (2781) [C92]
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (6), 24.08.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Rc8 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Qxg4 Nc5 17.Bc2 c6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Ne3 g6 20.Rd1 Bh6 21.b4 Ne6 22.Bb3 Kh8 23.Nd5 Bxc1 24.Raxc1 Rf8 25.Rc2 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Qh5 Qd7 28.Qh6 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Qe7 30.Rcd2 Rc6 31.g3 f4 32.Kh2 Rf6 33.Qh5 Qf8 34.R5d3 e4 35.Qd5 exd3 36.Qxc6 fxg3+ 37.fxg3 Ng5 38.Bd5 Qh6 39.h4 Nf3+ 40.Bxf3 Qxd2+ 41.Kh3 Qxa2 42.Qb6 -+ 0-1


Round 7 pairings:

Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexander Morozevich
Boris Gelfand - Vladimir Kramnik
Gata Kamsky - Peter Leko
Ruslan Ponomariov - Alexei Shirov
Evgeny Alekseev - S. Mamedyarov

Standing after 6 rounds:

1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 4½
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 4
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 3½
4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 3
5. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 3
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 3
7. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 2½
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 2½
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 2½
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 1½

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World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad: India wins the gold, Philippines finished 3rd

Philippine youth chess team settled for third overall.

Philippines defeated Isek Aquamatch of Turkey 3-1 in the final round to finished the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in third place with a total of 27 points, a point and a half behind India and Russia with 28 1/2 points. The last edition of the Olympiad also saw the Philippines finished third overall behind India and Hungary. Meanwhile India, the defending champion, won on a tiebreak against second place Russia. Russia defeated Azerbaijan narrowly with 2.5-1.5 but that was not sufficient for the top seeds to win the gold medal since they were caught by India who defeated England with 3.5-0.5 to take the gold. Grandmaster Wesley So was the top scorer among the Board One players with 8 wins, two draws and no losses beating Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan (7 pts.) and IM Aleksandr Shimanov of Russia (7.5 pts.).

Below is the final team and board 1 ranking

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Final Ranking
Rank	Team	Pts.	BH.	MP	SB.	BH.
1	INDIA	28½	235	16	188,00	186
2	RUSSIA	28½	234	16	178,50	185½
3	PHILIPPINES	27	231	15	166,25	185½
4	AZERBAIJAN	24½	237½	14	155,00	189
5	ARMENIA	24	238	12	137,00	189½
6	GEORGIA	24	231½	12	125,75	189
7	TURKIYE-A	23	236	12	132,00	189½
8	TURKIYE-B	22	187½	13	107,50	150½
9	SLOVAKIA	21	230	10	103,75	183½
10	TURKIYE-C	21	207	11	98,50	168½
11	GREECE	21	194½	11	90,00	154½
12	TURKIYE-MERSIN	21	184½	11	88,50	150
13	ENGLAND	20½	218½	9	80,00	181½
14	SWITZERLAND-A	20½	201½	10	85,00	163
15	SRI LANKA	20	205½	9	78,00	165½
16	ISEK AQUAMATCH	20	169½	10	68,00	134
17	SOUTH AFRICA-A	19½	172	10	71,50	141½
18	SWITZERLAND-B	19	193½	10	95,25	157½
19	BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA	18	191	7	55,50	158
20	SYRIA	18	165	7	45,50	135½
21	SOUTH AFRICA-B	18	161½	9	54,00	131
22	TURKIYE-GIRLS-A	17	191	9	74,50	155½
23	TURKIYE-GIRLS-B	14	173½	8	49,50	141
24	AUSTRALIA	11½	170	5	36,50	140½
25	KENYA	10	170½	3	15,75	141
26	ALBANIA	8½	170½	1	5,00	138½

BOARD STANDINGS 1st B0ARD
SURNAME Name	COUNTRY	RD	RD	RD	RD	RD	RD	RD	RD	RD	RD	PTS	% PERFORMANCE	GAME	ELO PERFORMANCE	ST
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
DURARBEYLI Vasif	AZE		1									1	100.00
OLCUM Ahmet	TUR M			1								1	100.00
SO Wesley	PHI	1	1	1	1	0.5	1	1	1	1	0.5	9	90.00	10		1
SAFARLI Eltaj	AZE	1		1	0.5	1	1	1	1	0	0.5	7	77.78	9		2
SHIMANOV Aleksandr	RUS	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0.5	7.5	75.00	10	2511	3
ASHIKU Franc	ALB	0	1	1	0.5	0	1	1	1	1	1	7.5	75.00	10	1954
SETHURAMAN S P	IND	0.5								1		1.5	75.00
ATMAN Berkan	TUR B	0.5	1	1		1	0	1	0		1	5.5	68.75
KANNEMEYER Werner	RSA B	0	1	1	0.5			1	1	1	0	5.5	68.75
JEFIC Srdjan	BHI	0	1	0.5	1	0.5	0	1	1	0.5	1	6.5	65.00
TER-SAHAKYAN Samvel	ARM	1	0.5	1	1	0.5	0	1	0	0.5	1	6.5	65.00
MALIKENTZOS Sotirios	GRE	1	0.5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0.5	1	6	60.00
EMIROGLU Cankut	TUR C	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	1	1	5	55.56
UZUN Sarp	TUR M	0	0		1	1	1	0	1	0	1	5	55.56
YILMAZ Mustafa	TUR A	1	0.5	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.5	5	50.00
BREGADZE Levan	GEO	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	0.5	5	50.00
ZEYTINOGLU Nasir Ekin	TUR Q	0	1	0	0.5	1	0	0	1	1	0.5	5	50.00
NURI Kambez	SUI A	1	0.5	0.5	0	0.5	0	0.5	1	0	1	5	50.00
ZHOU Yang-Fan	ENG	1	0	1	0.5	1	1	0	0		0	4.5	50.00
ADHIBAN B	IND		1	0	0	0	0	1	1		1	4	50.00
BORNHEIM Craig	RSA A				0		1					1	50.00
KOMUT Kaan	TUR C			0.5								0.5	50.00
KILPATRICK Callum	ENG									0.5		0.5	50.00
RINDLISBACHER Jan	SUI B	1	1	0.5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4.5	45.00
PETENYI Tamas	SVK	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	40.00
KAPLAN Ebru	TURgb	0	0		0.5	0	1	1	1	0	0	3.5	38.89
KAVINDA Akhila	SRI	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	1	0	3.5	35.00
KHATIB Houssen	SYR	0	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	35.00
KAYA Emel	TURga	0	0		0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	33.33
MEYER Andre	RSA A	0	0	1		0		0	0	0	1	2	25.00
KANLI Kaan	TUR B				0					0.5		0.5	25.00
GROSSMAN Alex	AUS	0	0	0.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	15.00
HOWORTH Aneurin	KEN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
ENSLIN Stefan	RSA B					0	0					0	0.00
ASAN Elvan	TURgb			0								0	0.00
TULAY Seray	TURga			0								0	0.00