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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
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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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