25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, Round 8, Anand, Carlsen & Aronian won! - Anand maintains 1 point lead!!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Round 8 results:
Vishwanatan Anand - Alexei Shirov 1-0   -- Solid play by Anand
Vassily Ivanchuk - Magnus Carlsen 0-1  -- A wow! game!
Teimour Radjabov - Peter Leko draw
Levon Aronian - Veselin Topalov 1-0  --  Great fighting!!

Round 8 standings:
1. Vishy Anand 5.5
2-3. Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen 4.5
4-5. Alexei Shirov and Veselin Topalov 4.0
6. Teimour Radjabov 3.5
7-8. Peter Leko and Vassily Ivanchuk 3.0


http://www.chessvibes.com/tournaments/lang_nlronde-8-met-commentaarlang_nllang_enround-8-with-commentslang_en/
http://www.soloajedrez.com/ciudaddelinares/

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament - A brief pause!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

February 15-23, 2008 / The 1st half in Morelia, Mexico  
(Rest days - February 18 & 21)

Players fly to Spain...

so, a brief pause here...

February 28-March 7, 2008 / The 2nd half in Linares, Spain  
(Rest days - March 2 & 5)

So, the tournament action would be live again on February 28... from Spain...
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More on current tournaments here...

http://chessthatiamwatchingnow.blogspot.com/2008/02/chess-tournaments-live-now-future-just.html

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, Round 7, Topalov, Shirov & Carlsen won!, Anand & Ivanchuk draw!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Halfway of the tournament

Dramatic 7th round, Aronian drops to 3rd spot! and Topalov & Shirov climbs!

Anand maintains lead by 1/2 point!!

Round 7 results!
Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk, 1/2-1/2
Alexei Shirov - Teimour Radjabov, 1-0
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian, 1-0
Peter Leko - Veselin Topalov, 0-1

Round 7 standings!
1. Vishy Anand - 4.5
2-3. Alexei Shirov and Veselin Topalov - 4.0
4-5. Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen - 3.5
6-7. Teimour Radjabov and Vassily Ivanchuk - 3.0
8. Peter Leko - 2.5

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/morelia/games/round07.htm
http://www.chessvibes.com/tournaments/morelia-linares-round-7-carlsen-topalov-shirov-win/

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, Round 6, Radjabov won!, Anand leads!!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Round 6 results!

Radjabov won!, Anand leads by 1/2 point!!

Radjabov - Carlsen 1-0
Topalov - Anand ½-½
Aronian - Leko ½-½
Ivanchuk - Shirov ½-½

http://www.chessvibes.com/tournaments/lang_nlradjabov-wint-zijn-eerste-potlang_nllang_enradjabov-wins-his-first-gamelang_en/

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, Rest day!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Today is rest day!

Action will continue from tomorrow!

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, Round 5, Anand & Carlsen win!, Anand Leads!!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Round 5 results!

Anand & Carlsen won!

Topalov - Carlsen, 0-1
Leko - Anand, 0-1
Radjabov - Ivanchuk, ½-½
Aronian - Shirov, ½-½

Anand! leads tournament by 1/2 point ahead of Aronian

http://www.chessvibes.com/tournaments/morelia-linares-round-5-carlsen-anand-win-vishy-leads/

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, Round 4, Shirov won! on Topalov, Ivanchuk blundered

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Round 4 results!

Vishy Anand ½-½ Teimour Radjabov

Vassily Ivanchuk 0-1 Levon Aronian (Thanks to Ivanchuk, who blundered and lot a peice (??))

Alexei Shirov 1-0 Veselin Topalov

Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Peter Leko

http://72.167.41.64/morelia-linares/r4/

http://www.chessvibes.com/tournaments/morelia-linares-round-4-shirov-beats-topalov-ivanchuk-blunders/

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess - Rest day

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess

Today is rest day.

Carlsen & Aronian played Tennis!, not chess.

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess - Round 3 results

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Round 3 results!

Carlsen - Anand, 0 - 1
Easy win by Anand on Carlsen. Anand had no trouble at all.

Topalov - Ivanchuk, 1-0
Good end game by Topalov, this looked easy win too!

Other games were drawn.
Aronian - Radjabov, 1/2 - 1/2
Leko - Shirov, 1/2 - 1/2

http://72.167.41.64/morelia-linares/r3/

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess - Round 2 results

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Round 2 results!

Anand - Aronian, 0 - 1

Anand looked to igonore 18th response from Aronian!!, which triggered King side attack against Anand.

Anand's 30th move was really innocent looking move and is, after Aronian played Rook in between Queen & Knight, Anand's mistake was clear.

Anand's Bishop at d8 was out of play (which was trapped for eating a poisoned pawn at move 26)
Also, the Rook at a1 was spectator ('A' file was cleared, just to give a check, shud that be executed?)
Aronian won!!!

Ivanchuk - Leko 1-0
It was wow!!! game by Leko, who trapped the Queen of Ivanchuk! at move 20!
but, Ivanchuk came out as a ultimate hero, as Leko dint have a good plan to go ahead
Ivanchuk won!

Other games were drawn.

http://72.167.41.64/morelia-linares/r2/

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess - Round 1 results

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Round 1 results!

Shirov - Anand 0-1
Anand won!!!
Shirov (?) with no real plan to execute, went into great time trouble, and got mated by Anand!!!

Carlsen - Ivanchuk ½-½
It was no agressive game, ended in a draw. White looked like a bit in advantage.

Leko - Radjabov 1-0
Radjabov mistook Leko's "trap-pawn", and had severe beating in the game, and lost the game.
Leko won!

Topalov - Aronian 1-0
Topalov is Topalov!
Last time he lost to Aronian, but this time he took it back!
Topalov's novelty eventually pushed Aronian into time trouble (just 10 mins for 20 moves???).
Topalov won!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

February 15-23, 2008 / The 1st half in Morelia, Mexico   
February 28-March 7, 2008 / The 2nd half in Linares, Spain   
(Rest days - Feb 18 & 21, Mar 2 & 5)

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament 

- Anand, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Peter Leko, Magnus Carlsen, Aronian, Radjabov & Shirov  

http://www.chessmorelialinares.com/english/  

http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/english/

http://72.167.41.64/

Moscow Open 2008, Round 7 results

Moscow Open 2008

Round 7 results

Under "Open A",

Rank Title Name Rating Country Points
1 GM Timofeev Artyom 2664 RUS 6
2 GM Popov Ivan 2595 RUS 6
3 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2681 RUS 6

Under "Open C-ladies tournament",

Rank Title Name Rating Country Points
1 IM Muzychuk Anna 2460 SLO 6
2 WFM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2317 RUS 6
3 WFM Girya Olga 2342 RUS 6

Indian
7 IM Harika Dronavalli 2455 IND 5

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Round 7, Ganguly Surya Shekhar leads with 5.5 points!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 7

Below are the undefeated! still (also top 3 are leaders!)

Rank Title Name Rating Points

1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2579 5,5
2 GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 5,0
3 GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 5,0
4 Thejkumar M S 2382 4,5
8 GM Gopal G N 2528 4,5
12 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2418 4,0

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Round 5, Ganguly Surya Shekhar & Bakre Tejas leading with 4!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 5

Ganguly Surya Shekhar & Bakre Tejas are leading with 4 points!

Unbeaten players till now!

1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2579 4
2 GM Bakre Tejas 2459 4
3 Thejkumar M S 2382 3.5
5 GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 3.5
6 GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 3.5
7 GM Gopal G N 2528 3.5
12 IM Shetty Rahul 2320 3.0
15 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2418 3.0

There is a very very good game lesson here!

If you "get the feeling that you already won!", check once! -- else you may loose next move (?)

Looked like Arun Prasad S fell just a step before victory!, against Adhiban B
Sure this game will come in dreams of the looser, for the next 3-5 years to come!
Just look at this game, sacrificing all, a single pawn went all the way to become Queen but a mere mis-calculation of a simple check by opponent, will loose that pawn and game!

Moscow Open 2008, Round 4 results

Moscow Open 2008

Round 4 results!

Under "Open A" main category,
GM Riazantsev Alexander leads with pefect score 4/4!
A big list follows on 3 points!

Under "Open C-ladies tournament",
A perfect 4/4 score for IM Tairova Elena and IM Ushenina Anna, leads the tournament!
Indian IM Harika Dronavalli now on 2 poinst, after winning! on Savina Anastasia.

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Bakre Tejas shoots into lead!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 4

Bakre Tejas crushed previous round leader Deepan Chakkravarthy J, in just 33 moves, and shoots himself into lead!

Sethuraman,S P (2424) crushed Kunte,Abhijit (2550)
Example for "No King safty, No game!"

Great!! game by Venkatesh M R (2444)
Sacrificing a Bishop, and winning a Queen!

End game power by Adhiban B!

Attacked like a Tiger! - Sharma R Preetham! (2314)
Here too an example for "No King safty, No game!"

Here are the standings!

1 GM Bakre Tejas (2459) 3.5
2 Thejkumar M S (2382) 3
3 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J (2491) 3
4 GM Gopal G N (2528) 3
5 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar (2579) 3
6 GM Kunte Abhijit (2550) 3
7 IM Venkatesh M R (2444) 3
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13 GM Negi Parimarjan (2526) 2.5
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Moscow Open 2008, Round 3 results

Moscow Open 2008
Round 3 


Below are with perfect scores!


Under Open A 

GM Svetushkin Dmitry 
GM Efimenko Zahar 
GM Riazantsev Alexander 
GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 
GM Volkov Sergey 
GM Naumkin Igor 3 
IM Zherebukh Yaroslav 


Under Open C-ladies tournament 

WGM Manakova Maria 
WGM Zhukova Natalia 
IM Ushenina Anna 
IM Tairova Elena 
WFM Severiukhina Zoja 
WFM Bodnaruk Anastasia 
Kuzevanova Evgenia 


IM Harika Dronavalli (2455) of India, with Black, lost to WGM Manakova Maria (2331)

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Round 3, GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J leads with perfect score!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 3

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J leads with 3/3 score!

Here are the standings of the leaders, after 3 rounds!

1 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J (2491) - 3.0
2 Thejkumar M S (2382) - 2.5
3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar (2579) - 2.5
4 GM Bakre Tejas (2459) - 2.5


GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J (2491) won! against young prodigy GM Negi Parimarjan (2526)

Great attacking game by Deepan Chakkravarthy J, with 2 Rooks on Negi's weakened position!

Ganguly & Bakre games are also entertaining!

Thejkumar's game was great, eating away all the opponent's pawns, & well defending own pawns!

Here are the entertaining games!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Round 2

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 2

Many result were witnessed!

All the below won their weaker opponents!

Kunte Abhijit (2550) 
Negi Parimarjan (2526) 
Deepan Chakkravarthy J (2491)
Thipsay Praveen M (2473)  
Bakre Tejas (2459)  
Adhiban B (2401) 
Roktim Bandyopadhyay (2373)


Below crushed their higher rated opponents!

Satyapragyan,Swayangsu (2406) crushed Venkatesh,M R (2444) 
Vishnu,Prasanna (2340) crushed Neelotpal,Das (2486) 
Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2319) crushed Shivananda,B S (2373) 


Below crushed their higher rated opponents!, with Black!!

Thejkumar,M S (2382), with Black, crushed Ashwin,Jayaram (2478) 
Lalith,Babu M R (2299), with Black, crushed Prathamesh,Sunil Mokal (2371)

Below is 27 move win by Thejkumar M S!

Below is 26 move win by Lalith Babu M R!

Moscow Open 2008, Round 2 results

Moscow Open 2008

Round 2

Under "Open A" category, 36 players on 2/2 result!

Under "Tournament B" category, 66 players on 2/2 result!

Under "Open C-ladies tournament" below also have 2 rounds, with 2 points results:

WGM Melia Salome (2362)
WGM Kovanova Baira (2348)
WGM Zhukova Natalia (2457)
WGM Manakova Maria (2331)
WGM Grabuzova Tatiana (2392)
WGM Mongontuul Bathuyag (2389)
WIM Vasilkova Svetlana (2359)
WIM Charochkina Daria (2383)
WFM Girya Olga (2342)
WFM Bodnaruk Anastasia (2317)
WFM Fominykh Maria (2305)
WFM Severiukhina Zoja (2199)
WFM Malgina-Sterliagova Tatiana (2374)
IM Ushenina Anna (2484)
IM Danielian Elina (2480)
IM Muzychuk Anna (2460)
IM Harika Dronavalli (2455)
IM Tairova Elena (2386)
Kuzevanova Evgenia (2167)
Borisova Elizaveta (2305)

Indian IM Harika Dronavalli won again on Kudriashova Irina!

Moscow Open 2008, Round 2

Moscow Open 2008,  Round 2

Under "Open A" category:

There is a game that might need a mention, as it completed in a mere number of moves!

Volkov Sergey won on Demin Vladimir, in 14 moves!!

Below was the position when Demin Vladimir resigned:

Moscow Open 2008, Round 1

Moscow Open 2008 started! (February 2-10)

Round 1

Under "Open A" category:

Number one seeded GM Akopian Vladimir, with White, could not win on a much lower rated player FM Moskalenko
Number two seeded GM Inarkiev, with Black, lost to FM Okara


Under "Open C-ladies tournament" category:

Indian IM Harika Dronavalli (2455), with Black, won on WFM Gvanceladze Anna (2069)

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Round 1

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship (13 day tournament)

In the Round 1,

Good start for the below, who won! their 1st rounds:

GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2579 
GM Gopal G N 2528

GM Negi Parimarjan 2526
GM Barua Dibyendu 2491
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J 2491
IM Sriram Jha 2457
IM Venkatesh M R 2444
IM Rathnakaran K 2437
IM Sethuraman S P 2424
IM Arun Prasad S 2423
IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2418
IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu 2406
IM Saptarshi Roy 2404

IM Shetty Rahul 2320

IM Shetty Rahul (2320) won on a higher rated IM Sundararajan Kidambi (2442).

Chess Tournaments! - Live now, future & just concluded!

You are @  
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Updated daily!

(Check the bold letters in the middle to find the current live tournaments!)

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December 17-30, 2007 / Moscow, RUSSIA  

60th Russian Championship Superfinals

- Morozevich, Grischuk, Svidler and others   
- Morozevich won - Grischuk 2nd

http://www.russiachess.org/online/ 
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December 29, 2007 - January 6th 2008  

50th "Torneo di Capodanno" - Reggio Emilia 2008

- Harikrishna & others
- Zoltan Almasi of Hungary won - Harikrishna, Gashimov & Ni Hua tie at 2nd best points

http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/50_tdc/  
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January 2-9, 2008  

(15th Asian Team Chess Championship 2007   
  5th Asian Women Team Chess Championship 2007)  

- Team - (Gold for China - Silver for India)   
- Women Team - (Gold for China - Silver for India)   

(Top 20 boards)   
http://www.vizagchess.net/Live%20Games/monroi_live.htm  
(Rest of the boards - deferred games)  
http://www.vizagchess.net/Online%20games.html  
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January 4-7, 2008 / Odessa, Ukraine

The Second ACP World Rapid Cup
- Radjabov won - Grischuk 2nd

http://www.russiachess.org/online/  
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January 11-27, 2008 / De Moriaan Community Centre, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 / Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008

Group A (Category 20 event)  
- Anand, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Kramnik, Judit Polgar, Magnus Carlsen, Loek van Wely (plays dangerously, ya less than Morozovich), Peter Leko & others  
Group B (Category 15 event) 
- Pentala Harikrishna, Koneru Humpy, Etienne Bacrot, Ivan Cheparinov, Nigel Short, Hou Yifan, Daniel Stellwagen, Jan Smeets & others  
Group C (Category 11 event)  
- Parimarjan Negi (Well done young Negi! - learn more to play more), & others  
Group Honorary / Corus Veterans   
- Viktor Kortchnoi, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Jan Timman & Lajos Portisch   

Winners 

Group A 
1. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 8 
3. T. Radjabov, V. Anand 7½ 
5. V. Ivanchuk, P. Leko 7 

Group B 
1. S. Movsesian 9½ 
2. E. Bacrot, N. Short 8½ 
4. P. Harikrishna 7½ 

Group C 
1. F. Caruana 10 
2. P. Negi, D. Reinderman 8 
4. P. Carlsson 7½ 

Group Honorary
1. L. Ljubojevic 4 
2. V. Kortchnoi 
J. Timman 3 
4. L. Portisch 2 
http://www.coruschess.com/livegames.php  
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January 22-31, 2008

Gibtelecom Masters 2008 
(in Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar) 

http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2008/live/index.html 
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February 2-10 

Moscow Open 2008 
(in Moscow, Russia)

600+ participants, including below indian: 
Harika Dronavalli wgm 2455, in the women category 

http://www.moscowchessopen.ru/eng/index.shtml 
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February 3-15, 2008 / Chennai, India

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

- GMs like Ganguly Surya Shekhar, Kunte Abhijit, Gopal G N, Negi Parimarjan, Barua Dibyendu, Deepan Chakkravarthy J, Neelotpal Das,Ramesh R B,Thipsay Praveen M,Bakre Tejas and others

http://www.tamilchess.in/ACHESS/Livegames.html

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February 14-22 February 2008

AEROFLOT OPEN 2008
(in Moscow)

http://www.aeroflotchess.com/ 
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February 15-23, 2008 / The 1st half in Morelia, Mexico  
February 28-March 7, 2008 / The 2nd half in Linares, Spain  
(Rest days - Feb 18 & 21, Mar 2 & 5)

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

- Anand, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Peter Leko, Magnus Carlsen, Aronian, Radjabov & Shirov 

http://www.chessmorelialinares.com/english/ 
http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/english/ 
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February 16-23, 2008 

Cappelle la Grande 2008 

520 players, including below indians 
SANDIPAN, Chanda 2593 IND 
SARAVANAN, Venkatachalam 2379 IND 

http://www.cappelle-chess.com/ 
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March 3-11, 2008 

XXIII. REYKJAVIK OPEN 2008 

The below players above 2600 are participating: 

GM Wang Yue Kína 2698 
GM Wang Hao Kína 2665 
GM Vladimir Baklan Úkraína 2639 
GM Victor Mikhalevski Ísrael 2632 
GM Vadim Malakhatko Belgía 2600 

Below are the indians: 

GM Parjaman Negi Indland 2526 
IM Tania Sachdev Indland 2421 
Sahaj Grover Indland 2242 
FM Srinath Narayanan Indland 2210 

http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5752&Itemid=418 
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March 10-20, 2008 / Istanbul, Turkey  

(Ataturk Women Masters Chess)  
- Harika Dronavalli (India), Zhu Chen (Qatar), Hou Yifan (China) and others   

http://www.tsf.org.tr/  
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March 14-28, 2008 

Melody Amber Tournament 
Kramnik, Anand, Topalov, Morozevich, Mamedyarov, Leko, Ivanchuk, Aronian, Gelfand, Carlsen, Karjakin and Van Wely 
http://www.amberchess.com/ 
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April 25 - May 4th, 2008 

XXI Open Villa de Benidorm 2008/ XXI Open Internacional Villa de Benidorm 
(in Benidrom, Spain - in Hotel Deloix, Benidorm, 50km from the airport of Altet, Alicante (ALC) 

http://www.chessbenidorm.com/en/ 
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May 7-18, 2008 / Central Military Club in the Bulgarian capital Sofia  

Mtel Masters 2008
- Ivanchuk, Topalov, Radjabov, Aronian, Ivan Cheparinov & Xiangzhi Bu   

www.mtelmasters.com  
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July 19-27, 2008 

2008 Politiken Cup / 30th Copenhagen Open 
325 players 

http://www.politikencup.dk/ 
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September 20-26, 2008 

The 2008 ICCF Congress 
The 2008 International Correspondence Chess Federation Congress 
(in Bulgarian city of Pleven) 

http://www.iccf.com/ 
http://www.corrchessbg.com/ 
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October 11–30, 2008 

Anand - Kramnik (WCC Match) 
Viswanathan Anand will defend his World title against Vladimir Kramnik 
(in Bonn, Germany)

http://www.uep-worldchess.com/ 
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November 12-26, 2008 

Chess Olympiad 2008 
(in Dresden, Germany)

http://www.dresden2008.de/front_content.php?changelang=2 
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November 26, 2008 - December 11, 2008
The Kamsky-Topalov match
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Gibtelecom Masters 2008, Hikaru Nakamura wins!

Hikaru Nakamura wins! Gibtelecom 2008

It was after wining a dramatic 2-0 play-off with Bu Xiangzhi.
Play-off was played after both have tied at 8.0

Before the play-off, below are the ranking after round 10:

1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 8.0 CHN 2691
2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 8.0 USA 2670
3 GM Areshchenko Alexander 7.5 UKR 2645
4 GM Bologan Viktor 7.5 MDA 2663
5 GM Efimenko Zahar 7.5 UKR 2638
6 GM Gopal G.N. 7.5 IND 2528
7 GM Gurevich Mikhail 7.5 TUR 2607
8 GM Ni Hua 7.5 CHN 2680
9 GM Wan, Hao 7.5 CHN 2665

Also, Impressive performance by all who got 7.5, including Gopal G.N.


I guess, Bu could have played cooly, securing his king, already one down, eh might have been tensed

Anyway, here are the games! of Play-off: