2007
January
Armenia. Karen Asrian won the 67th Armenian Championship in Yerevan with 7.5/11 points.
Belarus. At the Belarus Championships in Minsk, Aleksej Aleksandrov dominated and won with 7.5/11 points.
Croatia. Nikola Sedlak took a clear first at the 13th Chess Festival in Zupanja with 7/9 points.
Cuba. The Cuban Championship in Santa Clara was won by Walter Arencibia with 6.5/9. Neuris Delgado finished at the second place with 6/9.
Czech Republic. At the Czech Chess Christmas Tournament, Viacheslav Dydyshko won on tiebreak ahead of Lukas Cernousek and Mihai-Lucian Grunberg, All of them gained 7/9.
Germany. Arkadij Naiditsch won the German Championship in Bad Koenigshofen with 7/9.
Estonia. The Paul Keres Memorial in Tallinn was a triumph for Georgy Timoshenko who won the tournament with 6/9.
England. Merab Gagunashvili won the Hastings Congress with 7/9 points
India. The 5th Parsvnath Open in New Delhi was won by Alexey Dreev with 8.5/9 points.
Italy. At the 49th Reggio Emilia Torneo di Capodanno, Viorel Iordachescu won with 7/9, half a point clear ahead of Konstantin Landa and Igor Khenkin.
The Arrocco Club in Verona was won by Mihajlo Stojanovic with 6/7 points.
Russia. At the VS Arhipov Memorial in Chelyabinsk, Alexei Bezgodov won with 6/9.
Spain. Mateusz Bartel won the 1st Illes Medes Open with 7.5/9 points.
Sweden. The Rilton Cup was won by Robert Fontaine with 7.5/9 points. Vassilios Kotronias finished at the second place ahead of 3 other players. All of them scored 7/9.
Switzerland. Igor Khenkin won the 23rd Gevena International with 8/9 points. At the Open Group, Christian Bauer shared the first place with Mihajlo Stojanovic, Alexandre Domont and Mladen Palac. They gained 7/9 points.
The 9th Hilton International Chess Festival in Basle was a triumph for Vadim Malakhatko who won with 5.5/7 points.
The Netherlands. At the Corus A Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Levon Aronian shared the first place with Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov. They had 8.5/13 points. The Group B was won by Pavel Eljanov with 9/13 points. Gabriel Sargissian finished at the second place ahead of 3 other players. They scored 8/13 points. At the Corus C, Michal Krasenkow won with 10.5/13. Ian
Nepomniachtchi finished at the second place with 10/13.
Vietnam. Le Quang Liem won the Zonal 3.3 in Phu Quoc with 7.5/9 points.
February
Czech Republic. Tomas Polak shared the first place with Vlastimil Babula at the Czech championship in Prague. Both players gained 7.5/11 but Polak had the better tiebreak.
England. At the GibTelecom Chess Festival, Vladimir Akopian won with 7.5/9 points. Alexander Areshchenko finished at the second place ahead of Hikaru Nakamura and Emil Sutovsky. All of them scored 7/9.
France. Mikhailo Oleksienko took a clear first at the V. Breizh Masters in Guingamp with 7/9. Yuriy Kryvoruchko finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
At the 5th International Chess Festival of Meurthe et Moselle in Nancy, Namig Guliyev won with 7/9.
Poland. The Polish Championship in Opole was won by Tomasz Markowski with 10/13 points. Bartosz Socko finished at the second place with 9.5/13 points.
Romania. At the Romanian Championships, Constantin Lupulescu became the champion after scoring 7/9.
Russia. Evgeniy Najer won the Moscow Open with 7.5/9 points.
At the 6th Aeroflot Festival in Moscow, Evgeny Alekseev won with 7/9. Evgeny Tomashevsky finished at the second place with 6.5/9 ahead of 3 other players with the same score.
Slovenia. The 12th HIT Open in Nova Gorica was won by Ivan Ivanisevic ahead of Oleg Korneev. Both of them gained 6.5/9.
Ukraine. Spartak Vysochin won the 5th Platonov Memorial in Kyiv with 6.5/9 points.
At the Ukranian U20 Championships in Lviv, Yuri Vovk won with 8.5/11 points.
March
Argentina. Diego Flores won the Zonal 2.5 in San Luis with 7/9.
Bulgaria. At the 71st Men’s and 56th Women’s Bulgarian Championships in Pernik, Boris Chatalbashev won with 10/13. At the women’s Tournament, Margarita Voiska won with 7.5/11.
Croatia. Borki Predojevic shared the first place with Miso Cebalo at the Zagreb Open. Both players had 7.5/9.
France. The 4th Balagne International Open in Calvi was a triumph for Ni Hua who won the title with 6.5/7 points. Wang Yue finished at the second place with 6/7.
Wang Yue won the Cappelle la Grande Open with 7/9 ahead of 5 other players with the same score.
The 2nd Trophee Universitaire in La Roche sur Yon was won by Andrei Istratescu with 6.5/9 points.
Georgia. At the 66th Georgian Championships in Tbilisi, Baadur Jobava won with 8.5/11. David Arutinian finished at the second place with 7.5/11.
Germany. Bu Xiangzhi won the 23rd Bad Wörishofen International Open with an excellent 8.5/9 points.
The 13th Sander Schloss Open was won by Davit Shengelia with 6/7.
Kazakhstan. The Championship of Kazakhstan in Astana was won by Darmen Sadvakasov with 9.5/12.
Mexiko. At the Morelia / Linares Tournament, Vadim Milov won on tiebreak from Ivan Cheparinov. Both players had 6/7 points.
Monaco. Vladimir Kramnik won the Amber Blindfold in Monte Carlo with 9/11.
Russia. The 8th Poikovsky Karpov Tournament was won by Dmitry Jakovenko with 6/9. Alexander Onischuk finished at the second place with 5/9 ahead of Evgeny Alekseev and Viktor Bologan with the same score.
Serbia. At the Serbian Championship in Vrasac, Mihajlo Stojanovic won with 9/13 points.
Spain. Aleksa Strikovic won the X. Malaga Open with 7/9 points.
At the 1st Ruy Lopez International Festival in Zafra, Gabriel Sargissian dominated and won with 6.5/7 points. Julio Granda Zuniga finished at the second place with 4/7.
Gabriel Sargissian won the 1st Ruy Lopez International Festival in Zafra with 7.5/9 on tiebreak ahead of Sergey Fedorchuk.
Turkey. The Turkish Championship in Ankara was won by Suat Atalik with 11/13.
April
Argentina. At the Abierto Berazategui Tournament, Ruben Felgaer won on tiebreak ahead of Andres Rodriguez. Both of them reached 6/7.
Australia. Ian Rogers won the 45th Doeberl Cup in Canberra with 6/7.
The Sydney International was won by Georgy Timoshenko with 7.5/9 points.
Bangladesh. At the 33rd Bangladesh Championships in Dhaka, Al-Rakib Abdulla became the champion with 11/14.
Czech Republic. The Ostravsky Konik was won by Michal Krasenkow with 4.5/6 points. Sergei Movsesian finished at the second place with 3.5/6.
Denmark. Sune Berg Hansen won the Danish Championships in Aalborg with 6.5/9. Lars Bo Hansen finished at the second place with 6/9.
France. At the 25th Metz International Open, Sergey Fedorchuk won with 7/9 points.
Germany. The 8th Individual European Chess Championships in Dresden was won by Vladislav Tkachiev ahead of 6 other players. They finished with 8/11.
Iceland. Normunds Miezis won the Reykjavik International with 7/9.
At the Kaupthing Bank Tournaments, Normunds Miezis took a clear first with 7.5/9.
Norway. Magnus Carlsen won the Gausdal Chess Classics with 7/9.
Philippines. At the Philippine International Open in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Wang Yue shared the first place with Zhang Zhong and Ni Hua. All of them had 7/9.
Russia. The Russian GM, Vladimir Belov won the Moscow Championship with 4.5/7 on tiebreak ahead of Boris Grachev.
Spain. The Catalonian Championship was won by Viktor Moskalenko with 7.5/9 points.
Sweden. Ivan Cheparinov won the 5th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in Malmo with 7/9.
United Arab Emirates. The Georgian GM, Levan Pantsulaia won the 9th Dubai Open at the Dubai Chess Club in Dubai with 6.5/9 ahead of Gadir Guseinov.
U.S.A. At the Foxwoods Open, Gata Kamsky won ahead of Zviad Izoria, Ildar Ibragimov and Alexander Stripunsky. All of them gained 7/9.
May
Azerbaijan. The Baku Chess Festival was won by Arkadij Naiditsch with 7.5/9. Vadim Malakhatko finished at the second place with 7/9.
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Milan Drasko won the 37th Bosna Sarajevo Tournament with 6/9.
Bulgaria. At the MTel Masters in Sofia, Veselin Topalov won with 5.5/6. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov finished at the second place with 5/6
China. Bu Xiangzhi won the Chinese Zonal 3.5 in Shandong with 7.5/9. Wang Yue finished at the second place with 6.5/9 points.
Cuba. Vassily Ivanchuk dominated and won the 42nd Capablanca Memorial with 7.5/10.
Germany. Sergei Ovsejevitsch won the Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft in Gerlingen with 6/7 points.
Liechtenstein. The 25th Liechtenstein Open was won by Alexander Baburin with 7.5/9 points. Eduardas Rozentalis finished at the second place with 7/9.
Lithuania. Sarunas Sulskis won the Lithuanian Championship in Siauliai with 8/11 points.
Russia. At the V. International Chess Tournamen in Kirishi ,Ian Nepomniachtchi won with 7/11 ahead of 3 other players.
Spain. Ibragim Khamrakulov won the XX Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm with 8/10 points.
Switzerland. At the 1st Thun Open (part of the Swiss Chess Tour), Andrei Sokolov won with 6.5/7 points.
The Netherlands. The Inaugural Limburg Open was won by Leonid Kritz with 6/7 points. Emanuel Berg finished at the second place with 5.5/7.
U.S.A. At the Frank K Berry 2007 US Championships in Stillwater, Alexander Shabalov won with 7/9. Alexander Onischuk finished at the second place with 6.5/9 points.
The 16th Annual Chicago Open 2007 in Oak Brook, Illinois was won by Vadim Milov on tiebreak ahead of Yuri Shulman. Both of them finished with 6/7 points.
June
Bangladesh. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami won the 8th United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament with 8/10 points.
Brazil. At the Zonal 2.4 in Sao Paulo, Gilberto Milos shared the first place with Rafael Leitao. Both players had 6/8 points.
Croatia. The Croatian GM, Robert Zelcic won the Pula Open with 7.5/9 points.
Dominican Republic. The Cuban GM, Lenier Dominguez Perez won the Zonal 2.3 in Santo Domingo with 11.5/13. Lazaro Bruzon Batista finished at the second place with 11/13.
Georgia. At the 2nd Maia Chiburdanidze Cup in Tbilisi, Levan Pantsulaia won with 7.5/9 points.
Germany. Konstantin Landa won the 10th IHEM with 8/9 points. Robert Kempinski finished at the second place with 7/9.
At the Baden Challenge III. in Neuhausen, Vladimir Georgiev won with 7.5/9 points.
Romania. The Kings Tournament in Bazna was won by Alexander Khalifman with 7/10. Rafael Vaganian finished at the second place with 6/10 points.
Russia. Farrukh Amonatov won the 11th International Chess Festival Voronezh ahead of Alexander Lastin and Boris Savchenko. All of them scored 7/9 points.
The V.K. Doroshkevich Memorial in Belorechensk was a triumph for Alexander Lastin who won the event with 7/9 points.
Farrukh Amonatov took a clear first at the 29th Nezhmetdinov Memorial in Kazan with 7.5/9 points.
Serbia. At the “Gorenje 2007” Tournament in Valjevo, Michael Roiz won ahead of Suat Atalik. Both of them finished with 6.5/9 points.
Spain. The German GM, Alexander Graf won the I. Xose Henrique Rodriguez Pena Memorial International in Ourense with 6.5/9 points. Namig Guliyev finished at the second place with the same score.
Nikola Sedlak took the first place from Michele Godena at the European Union Championship in Arvier. They had 8/10 points.
At the IV. Sanxenxo Sanxenxo Open, Alexander Graf won on tiebreak ahead of Vugar Gashimov and Roi Reinaldo Castineira. All of them gained 7/9.
Sergey Fedorchuk won the Narciso Yepes Memorial in Lorca with 6.5/9 points.
The Netherlands. At the Dutch Championships in Hilversum, Daniel Stellwagen won with 8/11 points. Sergei Tiviakov finished at the second place with the same score.
Ukraine. Vassily Ivanchuk won the Aerosvit tournament in Foros with 7.5/11. Sergey Karjakin finished at the second place with 7/11 points.
U.S. A. The National Open in Las Vegas was a triumph for Hikaru Nakamura who won the tournament with 5.5/6 points. Viktor Korchnoi shared the second place with 5 other players. All of them had 5/6 points.
July
Andorra. At the XXV International Chess Open of Andorra, Maxim Rodshtein took the first place from Branko Damljanovic and Salvador Del Rio Angelis. They gained 7/9 points.
Armenia. The Category 12 Lake Sevan Tournament was won by Yuri Vovk with 5.5/9 points.
Belarusian. At the Inautomarket Open in Minsk, Andrey Zhigalko shared the first place with Dmitry Bocharov. Both of them had 7.5/9 points.
Belgium. Evgenij Miroshnichenko won the IM Tournament in Antwerp with 7.5/9 points.
The 30th Open International Chess Tournament of Ghent was won by Vyacheslav Ikonnikov who shared the first place with Vladimir Baklan. Both of them reached 8/9.
Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Banja Luka Tournament was won by Viktor Korchnoi with 6.5/9 points.
Canada. At the Canadian Open Chess Championship in Ottawa, Bu Xiangzhi won with 8/10 points. Nigel Short shared the second place with 4 other players. All of them had 7.5/10 points.
Vassily Ivanchuk won the 8th Montreal International with 7/9. Sergei Tiviakov finished at the second place with 6/9.
At the Quebec Open in Montreal, Andrey Rychagov won with 7/9 points. Alexander Huzman finished at the second place ahead of 5 other players. All of them gained 6/9 points.
Columbia. The IV. Continental Open in Cali was won by Julio Granda Zuniga with 8/11 points.
Czech Republic. Vlastimil Babula won the Czech Open in Pardubice with 7.5/9 points.
Denmark. The Polish GM, Michal Krasenkow won the 29th Copenhagen Open Politiken Cup with 8/10 points. Emanuel Berg finished at the second place with the same score.
Finland. At the Heart of Finland Open in Jyvaskyla, Normunds Miezis won with 7.5/9 points.
France. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave shared the first place with Pavel Tregubov and Laurent Fressinet at the Championnat International de Paris in the Stade Pierre de Coubertin. All of them reached 7/9 points.
Hungary. The First Saturday Tournaments in Budapest was won by Fabiano Caruana with 7/9 points.
Luxemburg. At the 1st Kaupthing Open in Differdange, Humpy Koneru took the first place from Hannes Stefansson. Both players gained 7/9 points.
Poland. The Ukrainian IM, Vadim Shishkin won the Kowalewo Pomorskie Open with 7.5/9 points.
Bartlomiej Macieja won the Mazovian Chess Festival in Grodzisk Mazowiecki with 7/9 points.
Russia. At the Kotov Memorial in Tula, Vladimir Afromeev won with 9/12 points.
The North Urals Cup in Krasnoturinsk was won by Zhu Chen with 6/9 points.
Slovakia. Sergei Movsesian won the Slovakian Championship in Banska Stiavnica with 7.5/9 points. Jan Markos finished at the second place with 6.5/9 points.
Spain. At the XIII. Memorial Jorge Alvarez in El Ejido, Vladimir Baklan won with 7/9. Georgy Timoshenko finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
Aleksander Delchev won the 12th Balaguer Open with 8/10 points.
At the 33rd Sitges Open, Viktor Moskalenko won the event with 7.5/9 points.
Sweden. The Swedish GM, Tiger Hillarp Persson won the Swedish Championship in Stockholm with 9/13 points. Emanuel Berg finished at the second place with 8/13.
The Netherlands. At the 1st Leiden Chess Tournament, Erik Van den Doel won with 8/9.
U.S. A. Sergey Erenburg won the New Jersey Futurity International in Parsippany with 6.5/9 points. Leonid Yudasin finished at the second place with 6/9 points.
Hikaru Nakamura won the 35th Annual World Open in King of Prussia ahead of 8 other players. All of them gained 6.5 points.
August
England. The 5th Staunton Memorial was a triumph for Michael Adams who won the title with 8.5/11 points. Ivan Sokolov finished at the second place with Loek Van Wely. Both of them finished with 7.5/11.
France. Vladislav Tkachiev won the French Championships ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Both players scored 7.5/11.
Greece. At the Kavala Open, Ivan Ivanisevic won with 7.5/9 points. Vasilios Kotronias finished at the second place with 7/9.
Ilia Smirin won the Acropolis International Chess Tournament in Athens with 7/9. Kiril Georgiev finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
At the Kalamaria Open, Vasilios Kotronias won with 8/9 points.
The French IM, Tigran Gharamian won the 15th Nikea Open with 8/9 points.
Holland. The Euro Chess Tournament in Twente was won by Igor Lysyj with 6.5/9 points.
Italy. At the Bratto Chess Festival, Vladimir Burmakin shared the first place with Miso Cebalo. They both finished on 7/9 points.
The XIX Open Porto San Giorgio was won by Sergio Estremera Panos with 7.5/9 points.
Lithuania. Aloyzas Kveinys took a clear first at the 20th Panevezys Open with 7/9 points.
Malaysia. The IGB 4th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship in Kuala Lumpur was won by the Chinese GM, Li Chao with 9/11 points.
Norway. At the Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø, Alexander Moiseenko won with 7.5/9.
Poland. The 18th Kochan Memorial 2007 in Koszalin was won by Sergei Ovsejevitsch with 7/9 points.
At the Rubinstein Memorial, Bartosz Socko shared the first place with Yuriy Kuzubov. Both of them collected 5.5/9. Vladimir Malaniuk won the Open A Group with 8.5/10 points.
Romania. At the Predeal Chess Festival, Ciprian-Costica Nanu won with 7.5/9.
Russia. Farrukh Amonatov won the Tsiolkovsky Memorial in Kaluga with 7/9 points.
At the Tula Region Championship, Maxim Novikov won with 7.5/9 points.
Serbia. The Stara Pazova-Ilindan 2007 in Stara Pazova was won by Aleksandar Kovacevic with 8/11 points.
Slovenia. At the Slovenian National Championship in Ljubljana, Dusko Pavasovic became the champion with 8/9.
Spain. Artur Kogan won the XVII. Pobla de Lillet Open with 7.5/9 points. Azer Mirzoev finished at the second place with 7/9.
At the 8th Tarragona International Chess Open, Karen Movsziszian took a clear first with 8/9.
Sweden. The Scandinavian Chess Tournament in Taby was won by Li Chao with an amazing 8.5/9 points. Wang Hao finished at the second place with 8/9.
Switzerland. At the 40th Biel Chess Festival, Magnus Carlsen won with 5.5/9 points ahead of Alexander Onischuk. The MTO Open was a triumph for Mikhail Ulibin, who won the group with 8.5/10 points.
The Netherlands. Erik Van den Doel shared the first place with Erwin L’Ami and Deep Sengupta at the Open Dutch Championship in Dieren. All of them had 7/9 points.
At the HZ Open in Vlissingen, Fabiano Caruana shared the first place with Sergei Tiviakov, Ralf Appel and Migchiel De Jong. All of them finished with 7.5/9 points.
U.A.E. Bassem Amin shared the first palce with Ashot Anastasian at the 17th Chess Festival in Abu Dhabi. Both of them had 7/9 points.
Ukraine. The Independence Cup in Kiev was won by Andrey Zontakh with 9/11.
U.S.A. At the US Open in Philadelphia, Boris Gulko shared the first place with 6 other players. They gained 7.5/9 points.
Leonid Kritz won the New England Masters with 7/9 points. Alexander Shabalov finished at the second place with 6.5/9 points.
September
Brasil. Luis Galego won the III. Tournament in Rio de Janeiro with 7.5/9 points.
Czech Republic. The Slovakian GM, Sergei Movsesian took the first place from Ruslan Ponomariov at the Czech Coal Carlsbad Chess Tournament. Both of them had 4.5/7 points.
Germany. Jonny Hector took the first place from Vitaly Kunin at the 4th LGA Premium Cup in Nuernberg. Both of them finished with 6/7 points.
Iceland. At the Icelandic Championships in Reykjavik, Hannes Stefansson won with 8/11.
Italy. The 9th International Chess Festival of Trieste was won by Sergei Tiviakov who took the first place from Vladimir Baklan. Both players had 7/9 points.
Mexiko. At the World Chess Championship Tournament in Mexico City, Viswanathan Anand won with 9/11. Vladimir kramnik finished at the second place with 8/11.
New-Zeland. Stuart Conquest won the George Trundle NZ IM in Auckland with 7/9.
Philippines. The 6th Asian Individual Chess Championship in Cebu was won by Zhang Pengxiang with 8/11 ahead of Wang Hao with the same score.
Russia. Nikita Vitiugov reached the first place on tiebreak with 10 other players at the 60th Championship of Russia in Krasnoyarsk. All of them scored 7/9 points.
Spain. At the Sants Open in Barcelona, Friso Nijboer won with 8.5/10 points.
Vladimir Burmakin dominated and won the XV Albacete International with 8/9 points.
Vladimir Epishin won the XXII Parla Open with 7.5/9 points.
Ukraine. The Efim Geller Chess Memorial in Odessa was won by Alexander Zubov with 7/9 points.
U.S.A. Alexander Ivanov edged out Ildar Ibragimov at the 129th New York State Championship in Colonie. Both of them scored 5/6.
At the Miami Chess Open, Darmen Sadvakasov took the first place from 7 other players. All of them had 6.5/9.
October
Italy. Jacob Aagaard won the 29th Arco di Trento International Festival with 7/9 points.
Portugal. At the IV. Festival Figueira da Foz, Kevin Spraggett won with 7/9 points.
Spain. The Bilbao Blindfold Chess World Cup wasa triumph for Bu Xiangzhi who took a clear first ahead of Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen.
At the Casino de Barcelona Tournament, Hikaru Nakamura won with 7/9 points. Lenier Dominguez Perez finished at the second place with 6/9.
Victor Mikhalevski won the IV. Calvià Chess Festival in Mallorca with 8/9. Kevin Spraggett finished at the second place with 7/9.
The Netherlands. Eltaj Safarli won the Essent Open in Hoogeveen with 7/9.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov took a clear first at the 11th Essent Crown Group with 4.5/6 points.
November
France. The 7th Rohde Open in Sautron was won by Farid Abbasov ahead of 3 other players. All of them had 7/9 points.
Germany. Nidjat Mamedov won the 11th OIBM in Bad Wiessee with 7.5/9 points ahead of the Romanian GM, Mircea Parligras.
Greece. At the European Team Chess Championships 2007 in Crete, Russia became the champion ahead of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Russia won the Women Group, too ahead of Poland and Armenia.
Russia. Vladimir Kramnik won the Tal Mem in Moscow with 6.5/9 points. Alexei Shirov finished at the second place with 5/9.
The Cup Russia in Serpukhov was won by Artyom Timofeev who beat Vadim Zvjaginsev int he final.
Vassily Ivanchuk won the World Blitz in Moscow with 25,5/38.
Spain. At the Chess Champions League in Vitoria Gasteiz, Veselin Topalov won with 7/10 points. Ruslan Ponomariov finished at the second place with 5.5/10.
Ukraine. Valeriy Aveskulov won the Ukrainian Championship in Kharkov with 6.5/9. Evgenij Miroshnichenko finished at the second place with 6/9.
U.S. A. The American Open in Los Angeles was won by Alex Yermolinsky with 6/7. Enrico Sevillano finished at the second place with 5.5/7.
December
Belgium. Aleksandar Berelovich won the Eupen IM Norm Tournament with 6.5/9.
Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the 3rd Bosnian Championship in Sarajevo, Predrag Nikolic won with 7/9. Borki Predojevic finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
Brasil. The Festival Internacional de Xadrez Americana was won by Rafael Leitao with 7/9.
Giovanni Vescovi won the 74th Brazilian Championship in Rio de Janeiro with 9/11.
Croatia. At the “Mediterranean 2013” Open chess tournament in Rijeka, Zoran Jovanovic won with 7/9 on tiebreak ahead of Aleksandar Kovacevic and Boris Chatalbashev.
Aleksander Delchev took the first place from Nikola Sedlak at the International Open Championship of Croatia in Zadar. Both of them scored 6.5/9.
Italy. Fabiano Caruana won the 67th Italian Championship in Martina Franca with 9.5/11.
Russia. At the Chigorin Memorial in St Petersburg, Sergei Movsesian won with 6.5/9 points.
Alexander Morozevich won the Russian Championship Superfinals with 8/11. Alexander Grischuk finished at the second place with 7/11.
Singapore. The 4th Singapore International Chess Convention was won by Zurab Azmaiparashvili with 7/9 ahead of Zhang Zhong.
Spain. Kamil Miton won the 17th Magistral de Elgoibar with 7/9.
At the Granada Chess Festival, Branko Damljanovic won with 7.5/9 points.
The Villa de Navalmoral 2007 was won by Julio Granda Zuniga with 7/9 ahead of Salvador Del Rio Angelis and Hichem Hamdouchi.
At the XVII. Pampona International, Francisco Vellejo Pons won with 4.5/7. Wang Yue finished at the second place with 4/7.
Switzerland. The Zurich Weihnachtsopen 2007 was won by Florian Jenni with 6/7 points ahead of Yannick Pelletier.
The Netherlands. Stelios Halkias won the Groningen Chess Festival with 6.5/9. Dimitrios Mastrovasilis finished at the second place with the same score.
U.S. A. At the North American Open in Las Vegas, Hikaru Nakamura won with 6/7.
