2008
January
Armenia. At the 68th Armenian Championship in Yerevan, Karen Asrian took the first place from Artashes Minasian. Both of them scored 8/11 points.
Azerbaijan. The Championship of Azerbaijan in Baku was won by Rauf Mamedov with 7/9 points.
Belarus. Alexei Fedorov won the Championships of Belarus with 9.5/13 points. Sergei Zhigalko finished at the second place with 9/13.
Croatia. Hrvoje Stevic took a clear first at the Croatian Chess Championship in Split with 8/12 points. Robert Zelcic took the second place with 7/12.
Czech Republic. The Prague Open was won by Viesturs Meijers ahead of Evgeny Sveshnikov and Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi. They scored 7/9 points.
England. Vadim Malakhatko won the Celebration 83rd Hastings International Congress ahead of Nidjat Mamedov and Valeriy Neverov. All of them scored 7.5/10 points.
Estonia. At the Keres Memorial in Tallinn, Vasily Yemelin won the tournament with 6/9 points.
Gibraltar. Bu Xiangzhi edged out Hikaru Nakamura, so became the champion at the 6th edition of Gibraltar’s Gibtelecom Chess Festival. Both of them scored 8/10 points.
India. Abhijeet Gupta won the 6th Parsvnath Open in New Delhi with 9/10 points. Surya Shekhar Ganguly finished at the second place with 8.5/10.
China Team took a clear first at the Asian Team Championships in Visakhpatnam.
Indonesia. The 1st Leg ASEAN Chess Circuit Closed Tournament in Tarakan was won by Zhang Zhong with 9/11.
Israel. At the International Tournament in Maalot-Tarshiha, Ilia Smirin shared the first place with Evgeny Postny. Both players had 6/9 points.
Italy. The 50th “Torneo di Capodanno” in Reggio Emilia was a triumpf for Zoltan Almasi, who reached 6/9 points. Vugar Gashimov took the second place from Ni Hua and Peter Harikrishna. They collected 5.5/9.
Russia. Denis Khismatullin edged out Dmitry Kokarev and Evgeny Shaposhnikov at the 6th ch-PriFO in Kazan. All of them scored 7/9 points.
Spain. At the XIX Open Internacional Villa de Roquetas, Elizbar Ubilava shared the first place with Julio Granda Zuñiga. Both players scored 7.5/9.
Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez took a clear first at the II Obert Internacional d’Escacs Illes Medes in L’Estartit with 7.5/9 points.
Karen Movsziszian won the XXXIII Abierto Internacional “Ciudad de Sevilla” with 7.5/9 points. Ibragim Khamrakulov finished at the second place ahead of 7 other players (7/9).
Sweden. Radoslaw Wojtaszek won the XXXVII Rilton Cup in Stockholm with 6.5/9 on tiebreak ahead of 8 other players.
The Netherlands. The Corus A Wijk aan Zee was won by Levon Aronian ahead of Magnus Carlsen. Both of them scored 8/13. Sergei Movsesian won the B Group with 9.5/13. Fabiano Caruana took a clear first at the C Group with 10/13 points.
U.S.A. At the 91st Marshall Chess Club Championship, Jaan Ehlvest won the title with 6.5/9 points.
Ukraine. At the 2nd ACP World Rapid Cup in Odessa,Teimour Radjabov became the champion on tiebreak ahead of Alexander Grischuk in a blitz playoff to win the final 2.5-1.5 points.
Venezuela. The Venezuelan National Championship in the Room of Conventions Henrique Tirado Reyes of San Felipe City, Yaracuy State was won by Eduardo Iturrizaga with 10/11.
February
Belarus Alexander Ivanov won the Bermuda Open in a playoff against Nick De Firmian. Both players had 4.5/5 points.
France. At the 24th Cappelle La Grande Open, Vugar Gashimov took the first place from 7 other players with 7/9 points. Christian Bauer shared the first place with Ruben Felgaer and Joseph Sanchez at the Festival des Jeux in Cannes. All of them scored 7/9 points.
Christian Bauer won the 6th international Festival in Nancy with 6.5/9 points. Konstantin Landa finished at the second place with 6/9.
Germany. The 1st Pfalz Open in Neustadt was won by Tomasz Markowski with 7.5/9. Sergei Tiviakov took the second place and edged out 5 other players. All of them scored 7/9.
Daniel Fridman took a clear first at the 79th German Championship in Bad Woerishofen with 7.5/9.
India. Surya Shekhar Ganguly won the Indian Championship in the TNCA Club,Chennai, and edged out K Rathnakaran. Both of them collected 9/11.
Iran. The 16th Fajr Open in Urmia was won by Ehsan Ghaem Maghami with 9.5/11 points.
Ireland. Peter Svidler won the Bunratty Chess Festival with 5.5/6 points.
Russia. At the FINEC Tournament in St Petersburg, Stanislav Savchenko shared the first place with Eduard Gorovykh. They collected 6/9 points.
Artyom Timofeev finished at the first place with 7.5/9 points at the 4th International Chess Festival Moscow Open. Alexander Riazantsev edged out 8 other players.
Ian Nepomniachtchi won the Aeroflot Open in Moscow with 7/9 points.
Slovenia. Borki Predojevic won the 13th HIT Open in Nova Gorica with 6.5/9 points. Luka Lenic finished at the second place with 6/9.
The Netherlands. The Noteboom tournament in Leiden was a triumph for Predrag Nikolic, who edged out John Van der Wiel. Both of them scored 5.5/6 points.
March
Australia. Varuzhan Akobian won the Doeberl Cup Premier with 7.5/9 points. Zhang Zhong finished at the second place ahead of 6 other players (6.5/9).
Shekhar Surya Ganguly won the 2008 Sydney International Open at Parramatta Town Hall ahead of Zhang Zhong, Jones Gawain and Zhao Zong-Yuan. All of them scored 7/9.
Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Championship was won by Vasil Spasov with 9.5/13 points.
Croatia. At the Belisce-Metalis Open in Bizovac, Dusan Popovic took the first place from Zoran Jovanovic and Robert Zelcic. All of them reached 6/7.
Denmark. Peter Heine Nielsen won the Danish Championship in Silkeborg with 7/9 points.
England. The Jack Spiegel Memorial alongside the Southend Easter Congress was won by David Howell with 6/7.
France. At the 17th Amber Blindfold Chess Tournament, Vladimir Kramnik shared the first place with Levon Aronian, Alexander Morozevich and Veselin Topalov. All of them scored 6.5/11 points. Levon Aronian won the Amber Rapid in Nice with 8/11.
Germany. Vladimir Burmakin shared the first place with 5 other players at the 24th Bad Wörishofen Schachfestival. They scored 7/9 points.
At the 12th Neckar Open in Deizisau, Falko Bindrich won with 7.5/9.
Hungary. Csaba Balogh won the Palace Hotel International Chess Tournament in Heviz ahead of 4 other players. They gained 5.5/10 points.
Iceland. At the Reykjavic Open, Wang Hao took the first place from Stefansson Hannes and Wang Yue. All of them scored 7/9 points.
Iran. The Iranian Championship in Tehran was a triumph for Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, who won the event with 12/13 points.
Poland. Bartosz Socko won the 65th Polish Chess Championship in Lublin with 9/13 points. Bartlomiej Macieja shared the second place with Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Marcin Dziuba. They collected 8.5/13 points.
Romania. The Romanian Championship in Cluj was won by Vladislav Nevednichy ahead of Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo and Constantin Lupulescu. All the players scored 7/9 points.
At the Victor Ciocaltea Memorial in Bucharest, Vadim Shishkin won with 7.5/11.
Russia. Dmitry Bocharov took the first place from Igor Lysyj at the World University Chess Championship in Novokuznetsk.
Petr Kiriakov won the Siberian Championship in Novokuznetzk ahead of Anton Shomoev and Ivan Smikovski. They collected 7/9.
Spain. At the XI Malaga Open in Malaga, Omar Almeida Quintana shared the first place with 6 other players. All of them scored 7/9 points.
Viswanathan Anand won the Morelia – Linares Tournament with 8.5/14 points. Magnus Carlsen finished at the second place with 8/14. Levon Aronian shared the third place with Veselin Topalov. Both of them scored 7.5/14 points.
Ahmed Adly took a clear first at the V. Los Llanos de Aridane International with 8/10.
Serbia. The Serbian Championship in Mataruska was won by Ivan Ivanisevic with 9/13 points.
Slovenia. Evgeny Sveshnikov won the 25th Chess Festival in Bled with 7/9 points.
Switzerland. At the 20th Lenk International Chess Festival, Florian Jenni won with 6.5/7 points.
Turkey. The Ataturk International Women Masters in Istanbul was won by Hou Yifan with 7/9 points.
Ukraine. Vladimir Onischuk shared the first place with Michail Brodsky and Gevorg Harutjunyan at the 10th Rector Cup took place in Kharkiv. All of them scored 6/9 points.
U.S.A. At the Foxwood Open in Ledyard, Alexander Shabalov won the event on tiebreak ahead of Yuri Shulman, Julio Becerra Rivero, Alexander Ivanov and Robert Hess. They collected 7/9 points.
Uzbekistan. Farrukh Amonatov shared the first place with Anton Filippov and Vitaly Tseshkovsky at the 2nd Georgy Agzamov Memorial in Tashkent. All of them scored 7/9.
April
Brazil. At the V. Magistral da Hebraica in Sao Paulo, Rafael Leitao shared the first place with Gilberto Milos. Both players had 6.5/9.
France. The 2nd Gap Open was won by Dmitry Svetushkin with an amazing 8.5/9 points.
Vadim Malakhatko took a clear first at the 4th Rhone Open with 8/9 points. Amon Simutowe finished at the second place with 7.5/9.
Andrei Shchekachev won the Metz International with 7/9 points.
India. Viktor Laznicka shared the first place with Krishnan Sasikiran at the 3rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament. Both of them scored 8.5/10 points.
Montenegro. Kiril Georgiev won the Sozina Open in Bar with 7.5/9 Igor Miladinovic finished at the second place with 7/9.
Norway. At the Gausdal Chess Classic, Gregory Kaidanov won with 7/9. G.N Gopal finished at the second place with 6/9.
Spain. The II. Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival in Merida was won by Michael Adams with 5.5/7 points. Zhang Pengxiang finished at the second place with 5/7.
At the Torneo Internacional de La Laguna in La Laguna, Oleg Korneev won with 7/9 points.
Sweden. At the 16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament in Malmo, Tiger Hillarp Persson won with 7.5/9. Daniël Stellwagen reached the second place with 6.5/9 points.
The Netherlands. Jan Smeets took a clear first at the Dutch Championship in Hilversum with 7.5/9.
Turkey. At the Turkish Championship, Mikhail Gurevich won with 11.5/13 points. Suat Atalik finished at the second place with 11/13 points.
Ukraine. The 6th V. Nabokov Memorial was a triumph for Illya Nyzhnyk. He won the tournament with 8.5/11 points.
United Arab Emirates. Wesley So won the 10th Dubai Open ahead of Merab Gagunashvili, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and Li Chao. All of them gained 7/9.
May
Argentina. At the 82nd Argentine Championship in Mendoza, Ruben Felgaer shared the first place with Fernando Peralta and Diego Valerga. They collected 7/11 points.
Armenia. Arman Pashikian took a clear first at the Gyumri International in Armenia with 9/11 points.
Azerbaijan. At the 1st FIDE Grand Prix in Baku, Vugar Gashimov took the first place from Wang Yue and Magnus Carlsen. They reached 8/11 points.
The III President’s Cup in Baku was won by Evgeniy Najer with 7.5/9.
Brazil. Gilberto Milos shared the first place with Sandro Mareco at the Festival Santista de Xadrez. Both of them scored 6.5/9.
Bulgaria. Kateryna Lahno won the women’s Torunament in Plovdiv with 8.5/11.
Vassily Ivanchuk finished at the first place with 8/10 points at the M-Tel Masters. Veselin Topalov took the second place with 6.5/10.
Cuba. At the VII Aberto de Xadrez de Registro , Milos Gilberto won on tiebreak ahead of 4 other players. All of them reached 7.5/9 points.
Lenier Dominquez Perez won the 43rd Torneo Capablanca In Memoriam in La Habana with 6/9 points. Farrukh Amonatov finished at the second place with 5.5/9.
The Cuban GM, Jesus Nogueiras Santiago won the Guillermo Garcia Memorial in Santa Clara ahead of Holden Hernandez Carmenates. Both players gained 6.5/9 points.
Germany. Andrey Sumets won the Offene Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft in Ditzingen ahead of Thomas Luther. Both of them scored 6/7 points.
At the 11th Hamburg International, Dorian Rogozenco won on tiebreak ahead of Ahmed Adly and Zigurds Lanka. All of them scored 6.5/9 points.
India. At the Mayors Cup in Mumbai, Michal Krasenkow took the first place from 5 other players who finished on 9/11 points.
Italy. Jonathan Rowson won the Capo d’Orso Open in Porto Mannu Palau with 7.5/9. Oleg Korneev finished at the second place with 6.5/9 points.
Liechtenstein. The 26th Liechtenstein International Open in Triesen was won by Sergei Ovsejevitsch with 7/9 points.
Lithuania. At the Lithuanian Championship in Kaunas, Aloyzas Kveinys won with 8.5/11 points.
Luxemburg. Andrei Istratescu won the Kaupthing Open in the the Woiwer Sports Center, Differdange with 7/9.
Poland. The I. International Chess Festival Augustowska Forest Cup in Augustów was won by Andrei Kovalev.
Russia. At the Final tournament of the Moscow Chess Championship, Boris Savchenko won with 5/7 points.
Spain. Vladimir Burmakin shared the first place with Boris Avrukh, Eduardo Iturrizaga and Stewart Haslinger at the XXI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Benidorm. All of them gained 8/10 points.
Azer Mirzoev won the X Salou International Open with 7/9 points.
Switzerland. The 2nd Thun Open was a triumph for Mihajl Stojanovic, who won the event on tiebreak from Petar Benkovic and Monika Seps. They collected 5.5/7 points.
U.S.A. Yuri Shulman took the first place with 7/9 at the 2008 FKB US Chess Championsip in Tulsa. Alexander Onischuk finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
Nakamura Hikaru shared the first place with Petrosian Tigran and Akobian Varuzhan at the 17th annual Chicago Open . All of them scored 5.5/7.
Uzbekistan. At the Uzbek Championship in Tashkent, Dzhurabek Khamrakulov became the champion with 7.5/11.
June
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Alexander Morozevich took a clear first with 7.5/10 at the traditional Bosnia Sarajevo Tournament. Lenier Dominguez Perez finished at the second place with 6/10.
China. Ni Hua won the Chinese Championships in Beijing with 7.5/11 points and Hou Yifan took a clear first among the women with 9/11 points.
Croatia. The Croatian GM, Ante Brkic won the Pula Open with 7.5/9.
Finland. At the Finnish Championship in Mantassa, Tomi Nyback dominated and won with 9/9 points.
Paraguay. Axel Bachmann won the Magistral Ciudad de Asuncion “Copa Benito Roggio” with 9/10 points.
Romania. At the King’s Tournament in Bazna, Nigel Short won the title with 7/10.
Russia. The Nezhmetdinov Memorial in Kazan was won by Dmitry Bocharov who took the first place from Andrei Kharlov. Both of them scored 7/9.
At the V. Mukhamedzhianov Memorial and the X Belyaev Memorial in Naberezhnye Chelny, Yuri Solodovnichenko won with 7.5/10 points.
Aleksej Aleksandrov took the first place from Sergei Zablotsky at the 12th Voronezh Traditional Chess Festival. They collected 7/9 points.
The Netherlands. Friso Nijboer won the Utrecht Open with 5.5/6 points.
Ukraine. At the Aerosvit-2008 Tournament in Foros, Magnus Carlsen won with 8/11. Vassily Ivanchuk finished at the second place with 7/11 points.
U.S. A. Gata Kamsky took the first place from 5 other players at the National Open in Las Vegas. They gained 5/6 points.
Parimarjan Negi won the Phildelphia International with 7/9.
July
Andorra. David Howell won the XXVI International Chess Open of Andorra with 8/9.
Argentina. Ruben Felgaer dominated and won the Buenos Aires Open with 8.5/9 points.
Armenia. The “Lake Sevan 2008” International Tournament in Martuni was won by Arman Pashikian with 6.5/9. The Chinese GM, Jianchao Zhou finished at the second place with 6/9.
Austria. The Austrian Individual Championship in Leoben was a triumph for Markus Ragger who won with 7/9 points.
Canada. At the Canadian Open in Montreal, Alexander Moiseenko took the first place from Eduardas Rozentalis, Victor Mikhalevski and Matthieu Cornette. All of them scored 6.5/9.
Czech Republic. Eldar Gasanov won the 19th Czech Open in Pardubice with 7.5/9 points. Jiri Stocek took the second place from 8 other players. All of them gained 7/9.
Denmark. There was a five way tie on 8/10 between Sergey Tiviakov, Vladimir Malakhov, Yurij Kuzubov, Peter Heine Nielsen, Boris Savchenko and Jonny Hector at the Politiken Cup in Helsingor.
France. At the International Championship of Paris, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took the first place from David Alberto. Both of them reached 7/9.
Farid Abbasov took the first place from Andrey Sumets at the 7th La Fere Open. Both of them scored 7/9.
Germany. Peter Leko won the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund with 4.5/7 points. Vassily Ivanchuk finished at the second place ahead of Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Jan Gustafsson. All of them scored 4/7.
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami took a clear first at the ZMD Open in Dresden.
Greece. At the Ikaros Chess Festival, Hristos Banikas shared the first place with Robert Markus. Both players reached 7.5/9. Evgeny Postny finished at the third place with 7/9.
Aleksandr Rakhmanov shared the first place with 8 other players at the Paleochora International Open. All of them scored 7/9.
Ireland. The Irish GM, Alexander Baburin won the Irish Championship in Dublin ahead of Alon Greenfeld. They gained 8/9.
Montenegro. The Montenegran Championship in Cetinje was won by Milan Drasko with 7.5/11.
Norwegia. Jon Ludvig Hammer shared the first place with Frode Elsness at the Norwegian Championship in Tonsberg. Both of them reached 6.5/9.
Russia. The XII. Izmailov Memorial in Tomsk was won by Artyom Timofeev on tiebreak ahead of Oleg Loskutov, Denis Khismatullin and Dmitry Kokarov. They all finished on 7/9.
Sergei Rublevsky won the Poikovsky Tournament on tiebreak from Dmitry Jakovenko, Vugar Gashimov and Alexei Shirov. They all finished on 5.5/9.
There was a two way tie on 6.5/10 between Andrey Zontakh and Alexei Gavrilov at the Kings Gambit in Lipetsk.
Alexander Riazantsev dominated and won the Superfinal of the Chelyabinsk Oblast in Satka with 9/12.
Scottland. Jan Markos took the first place from Tautvydas Vedrickas at the 115th Scottish Chess Championships International Open in Glasgow. Both of them scored 7.5/9.
Spain. At the IV. Vila de Sort International Open, Aleksander Delchev won with 8/10.
Lazaro Bruzon Batista won ahead of Fidel Corrales Jimenez at the XXXI Open Internacional de Barbera del Valles. Both players scored 7.5/9 points.
Julio Granda Zuniga won the XXVIII Open Internacional “Villa de Benasque” with 8.5/10 points.
The13th Balaguer Open was a triump for Vladimir Baklan who won the tournament with 8/10.
Sweden. Tiger Hillarp Persson took the first place from Emanuel Berg at the Swedish Championship in Vaxjo. Both of them scored 10/13 points.
U.S. A. Evgeny Najer shared the first place with Parmijaran Negi, Lubomir Ftacnik and Alexander Moiseenko at the 36th World Open in Philadelphia. They collected 7/9 points.
At the 2nd New Jersey Futurity International, Sergey Erenburg dominated and won with 7.5/9 points.
August
Argentina. Anton Kovalyov shared the first place with Diego Flores and Ruben Felgaer at the 83rd Argentine Championship in Plata. All of them reached 8/11.
Austria. The GM Tournament in the Kunsthalle Vienna was won by Sarunas Sulskis with 7/9.
Belarus. At the Inautomarket Open in Minsk, Dmitry Andreikin won half a point clear of the field. Alexei Fedorov finished at the second place with 7/9.
Belgium. The Antwerp Tournament was won by Bu Xiangzhi with 7/9 points. Evgenij Miroshnichenko finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
Brazil. At the Ideal Max Euwe International Tournament, Zhao Zong-Yuan shared the first place with Gilberto Milos. Both players had 6.5/9.
The Amizade International at the Clube de Xadrez Sao Paulo was won by Giovanni Vescovi with 8/9 points.
Canada. Alexander Moiseenko won the 3rd Edmonton International in Edmonton with 7/9. Alexander Shabalov finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
Curacao. At the Curacao Open Larry Christiansen won ahead of Luis Javier Bernal Moro and Joel Benjamin. Both of them reached 7/9.
Denmark. The Baltic Sea Cup in Bornholm was won by Nikita Vitiugov who took the first place from Boris Savchenko. Both players had 7.5/10.
England. At the Staunton Memorial in London, Michael Adams won with 8/11. Loek Van Wely finished at the second place with 7.5/11.
Alex Berelovich won the Jessie Gilbert Celebration International in Coulsden Surrey with 8/10 points.
France. There was a 3 way tie on 7.5/9 between Jean-Marc Degraeve, Andrei Sokolov and Jean-Noel Riff at the 8th Saint-Chely d’Aubrac Open.
At the XV. Nice Open, Vladimir Epishin won with 7.5/9.
Etienne Bacrot shared the first place with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave at the French Championship in Pau. They had 8.5/11.
Greece. The 17th Kavala Open was won by Stelios Halkias ahead of Alexander Graf. Both players gained 7/9.
Ilia Smirin shared the first place with Mircea Parligras at the 23rd Acropolis 2008 International Open Chess Tournament in Athens. Both of them scored 7/9.
Hungary. Maxime Vachier Lagrave won the VI. Gyorgy Marx Memorial in Paks with 7/10. Alexander Beliavsky finished at the second place with 6/10.
At the 8th Savaria Summer International Chess Tournament in Szombathely, Yuri Vovk dominated and won with 7/9.
Italy. The 28th Bratto Open was won by Sergei Tiviakov ahead of Franco Car Matamoros and Vladimir Burmakin. They gained 7/9 points.
Lithuania. At the 21st International Panevezys Open in Panevezys, Vadim Malakhatko won with 7/9.
Malesia. Li Chao won the 5th Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess in Kuala Lumpur with 9/11. Zhang Zhong finished at the second place with 8.5/11 points.
Norwegia. The Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromso was won by Igor Kurnosov with 7.5/9. Simen Agdestein finished at the second place with 7/9.
Poland. At the Najdorf Memorial in Warsaw, Grzegorz Gajewski took the first place from Kacper Piorun and Vladimir Onischuk. They finished on 7/9.
Alexander Moiseenko won the Akiba Rubinstein International Chess Festival in Polanica Zdroj with 6.5/9. Kamil Miton finished at the second place with 6/9.
Andrey Zhigalko won the Rewal Chess Festival in Poland with 8/9.
Russia. The North Urals Cup in Krasnoturinsk was won by Antoaneta Stefanova with 4.5/7.
At the 2nd FIDE Grand Prix Tournament in Sochi, Levon Aronian won with 8.5/13. Teimour Radjabov finished at the second place with 8/13 points.
Vassily Ivanchuk won the Tal Memorial in Moscow with 6/9 points. Alexander Morozevich finished at the second place ahead of 3 other players with 5/9 points.
Denis Yevseev won the Petrovskaya Ladya Festival in Peterhof with 7.5/10. Stanislav Savchenko shared the first place with Michail Brodsky and Evgeny Levin. All of them scored 7/10 points.
Slovenia. At the Ptuj Open, Robert Markus dominated and won with 7.5/9 points.
The Slovenian Championship in Ljubljana was won by Luka Lenic with 7/9.
Spain. Azer Mirzoev dominated and won the XVIII La Pobla de Lillet Open with 8/9. Karen Movsziszian finished at the second place with 7/9.
Lazaro Bruzon Batista shared the first place with other players at the 35th Manresa International -Open. All of the players had 7/9 points.
Alexandre Dgebuadze took the first place from 3 other players at the VII Open Ortigueira. They had 6.5/9.
Switzerland. At the 41st Festival MTO in Biel, Vladimir Belov won with 8.5/11. Sebastien Maze finished at the second place ahead of 6 other players. All of them gained 8/11.
The Netherlands. Lazaro Bruzon shared the first place with Chanda Sandipan and Farrukh Amonatov at the 12th Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament in Vlissingen. They had 7.5/9.
Vladimir Burmakin dominated and won the BDO Chess tournament in Haarlam with 8/9. Kevin Spraggett finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
Turkey. The World Juniors Tournament was won by Abhijeet Gupta with 10/13 points. Parimarjan Negi finished in second with 9.5/13 points.
Ukraine. Alexander Kovchan shared the first place with Andrey Zontakh at the Independence Cup in Kyiv. Both of them scored 6/9.
U.S.A. The Israeli GM, Sergey Erenburg won the New England Masters in Pawtucket with 7.5/9. Timur Gareev finished at the second place with 7/9.
Venezuela. At the XV. Feria del Orinoco Open in Ciudad Bolivar, Julio Granda Zuniga won with 8.5/9 points. Bartlomiej Macieja finished at the second place with 8/9 points.
Vietnam. Le Quang Liem won the 1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open with 7/9 half a point clear of Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Wesley So.
September
Austria. Zdenko Kozul dominated and won the 15th Graz International Open with 7.5/9 points.
The Schwarzach Open was won by Zoran Jovanovic on tiebreak ahead of Mladen Palac and Robert Zelcic. All of them gained 7/9.
Canada. At the Tournoi International de Montreal, Yuri Shulman won with 6.5/9 points. Hikaru Nakamura finished at the second place with 5.5/9 points.
Germany. The 5th LGA Premium Schach Cup in Nuernberg, Aleksandar Berelovich won ahead of 3 other players. All of them scored 6/7 points.
Greece. Tamaz Gelashvili won the 5th Kalamaria Open Chess Tournament ahead of Eduardas Rozentalis. They had 7/9 points.
England. At the European Union Championships in Liverpool, Jan Werle won with 8/10. Viktor Laznicka finished at the second place with 7.5/10 points.
Hungary. Zoltan Almasi won the 58th Hungarian Championship in Nyiregyhaza after defeating Csaba Balogh in a rapid playoff.
Iceland. The Icelandic Chess Championship 2008 in Reykjavik was won by Hannes Stefansson with 9/11 points.
Iran. Merab Gagunashvili shared the first place with 4 other players at the 2nd International Urumia Open Chess Tournament Sardarane Shahid Cup. All of them scored 9/10 points.
Italy. At the 10th Trieste International Festival, Sergei Tiviakov shared the first place with Marin Bosiocic. Both of them scored 7/9 points.
Arkadij Rotstein shared the first place with Evgeny Sveshnikov at the Torre Normanna Hotel Village International Chess Festival. Both players had 7.5/9.
At the 3rd Riviera dei Cedri International Chess Festival in Belvedere, Tigran Gharamian won with 7/9 points.
Oleg Korneev won the 7th Bergamo Chess Open with 5/6 points.
Philippines. The 3rd President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Cup in Manila was won by Eugene Torre ahead of Chao Li and Zhong Zhang. All of them scored 7/9 points.
Romania. At the II. ROMGAZ Open in Bucharest, Alexei Fedorov shared the first place with Dmitry Kononenko and Evgenij Miroshnichenko. All of them gained 7.5/9 points.
Russia. Artyom Timofeev won the 61st Russian Championship Higher League in Novokuznetsk with 8/11. Nikita Vitiugov finished at the second place with 7.5/11 points.
Aleksej Aleksandrov won the Vladimir A Open with 8.5/10 points. Evgeny Shaposhnikov finished at the second place ahead of 3 other players. They had 7/10.
At the Zvenigoroskaya Open, Vladimir Belov won ahead of 4 other players. All of them scored 6.5/9 points.
Spain. The XVI Albacete International Open was won by Julian Radulski ahead of Yuri Solodovnichenko. Both players had 7.5/9.
The Chess Grand Slam Final in Bilbao was a triumph for Veselin Topalov who took a clear first ahead of Levon Aronian, Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen.
Switzerland. At the 9th Lausanne Young Masters Chess Tournament, Alexander Dgebuadze won with 6/7 points.
Turkey. Tornike Sanikidze won the 7th Izmir International Open Chess Tournament with 8.5/10 points.
Ukraine. The Geller Memorial in Odessa was won by Yuri Drozdovskij with 7/9 points.
United Arab Emirates. At the AFOCS 12th Open chess Tournament in Abu Dhabi, Zurab Sturua took the first place from 3 other players. All of them scored 7.5/9 points.
U.S.A. Darmen Sadvakasov took the first place from Ray Robson at the Miami Chess Open. Both of them reached 7/9 points.
The Spice Cup in Lubbock was won by Pentala Harikrishna ahead of Varuzhan Akobian, Alexander Onischuk and Leonid Kritz. They had 5.5/9 points.
October
Argentina. At the Club Argentino-Ruibal in Buenos Aires, Andres Rodriguez Vila won with 7.5/9.
The Villa Martelli Chess Festival was won by Diego Flores with 7.5/9 points.
Bosnia-Hercegovina. Bartlomiej Heberla won the 9th Grandmaster’s Tournament in Banja Luka with 6/9 points. Viktor Korchnoi shared the second place with 3 other players. All of them gained 5.5/9.
China. At the Magistral Endesa GM, Ruben Felgaer won with 7/9 points.
France. Hikaru Nakamura became the champion in Cap d’Agde after defeated Vassily Ivanchuk in the final.
Germany. The LiraH Autumn Open in Berlin was won by Alexander Graf with 8.5/9 points.
Guernsey. Tiger Hillarp-Persson won the 34th Fortis Guernsey Festival with 6.5/7 points.
India. At the Commonwealth Chess Championship, Nigel Short won with 9.5/11 points. Shekhar Ganguly Surya finished at the second place with 9/11.
Russia. The 61st Russian Championship SuperFinal was won by Peter Svidler ahead of Dmitry Jakovenko and Evgeny Alekseev. All of them had 7/9 points.
At the Chigorin Memorial in St Petersburg, Vladimir Belov won ahead of Farrukh Amonatov and Valerij Popov. They reached 7/9.
The Ugra Cup in Khantiy Mansiysk was won by Dmitry Bocharov with 6.5/9 points. Rauf Mamedov shared the second place with 5 other players after all finished with 6/9.
Spain. Viktor Moskalenko took a clear first at the Can Picafort Masters with 6/10. Karen Movsziszian finished at the second place with 5.5/10.
The Netherlands. At the 12th edition of the Essent Chess Tournament in Hoogeveen, Ivan Sokolov dominated and won with 5/6 points. Ahmed Adly finished at the second place with 2.5/6.
Friso Nijboer won on tiebreak ahead of Alexandr Fier and Stewart Haslinger. All of them gained 7/9 points.
Ukraine. Nazar Firman took a clear first at the Podillya GM-norm Tournament in Khmelnitsky with 10.5/14 points.
November
France. At the Le Touquet Open, Adrei Sokolov won with 7/9 points.
Namig Guliyev won the 7th Evry Open ahead of Alberto David. Both of them scored 6/7.
Germany. The French IM, Romain Edouard won the 12th Offene Internationale Bayerische Meisterschaft 2008 in Bad Wiessee with 7.5/9 points. Vladimir Burmakin finished at the second place ahead of 13 other players after all finished with 7/9.
At the Dresden Olympiad, Armenia became the champion ahead of Israel and the U.S.A. Georgia won the women section ahead of Ukraine and the U.S.A. Viswanathan Anand defended his World Chess Champion title against Vladimir Kramnik (6.5 – 4.5) in Bonn.
Hungary. The 1st Gedeon Barcza Memorial was won by Robert Ruck with 5.5/10 points.
At the XXXII Tenkes Cup took place in Harkany, Fidel Corrales Jimenez won with 7.5/9. Viktor Erdos finished at the second place with 7/9 points.
Kazakhstan. Leinier Dominguez Perez won the IV World Blitz Championships in Almaty Kazakhstan with 11.5/15 points. Vassily Ivanchuk finished at the second place with 11/15 points.
Serbia. At the 15th Bora Kostic Memorial in Vrsac, Stelios Halkias won ahead of Nikola Sedlak. Both of them had 6/9.
Spain. The Russian GM, Alexey Dreev won the Casino De Barcelona tournament in Barcelona with 7/9 points. Kiril Georgiev finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
The Netherlands. At the Remco Heite Tournament in Wolvega, Loek Van Wely won with 3.5/5 ahead of Bartlomiej Macieja with the same score.
U.S. A. The Pan-American Continental Chess Championship in Florida was won by Jaan Ehlvest with 7/9.
At the UTD Invitational in Richardson, Julio Becerra Rivero won with 6.5/9.
December
Brazil. The 75th Brazilian Championship in Porto Alegre was won by Andre Diamant with 8/11. Giovanni Vescovi finished at the second place with 7.5/11.
Bosnia-Hercegovina. Emir Dizdarevic won the 12th Zenica Tournament with 7/9 points.
Greece. The Greek Championship was won by Hristos Banikas with 8/11.
China. Veselin Topalov won the Pearl Spring in Nanjing with 7/10 points. Levon Aronian finished at the second place with 5.5/10.
Croatia. At the Open “Mediterranean 2017” in Rijeka, Ivan Saric took a clear first with 7.5/9 points.
The 15th Croatian Open in Zadar was won by Sinisa Drazic with 6.5/9.
France. Christian Bauer won the 5th Vandoeuvre Open ahead of Dmitry Svetushkin. Both players gained 7.5/9 points.
India. At the 46th Indian National A Championship for men in Mangalore, Surya Shekhar Ganguly won with 8 /12.
Israel. Boris Avrukh shared the first place with 3 other players at the 34th Israel Chess Championship. All of them gained 6.5/9.
Italy. The 68th Italian Championship in Martina Franca was won by Fabiano Caruana with 8/11 points.
Karen Movsziszian dominated and won the Crespi Memorial organized by Societa Scacchistica Milanese with 7.5/9. Yuri Solodovnichenko finished at the second place with 6.5/9.
Portugal. At the Figueira da Foz Open, Kevin Sraggett shared the first place with Anton Kovalyov and Dragan Paunoviv. All of them finished with 7.5/9.
Russia. The Grand Prix Tournament in Elista was won by Teimour Radjabov on tiebreak ahead of Dmitry Javkovenko and Alexander Grischuk. All of them finished on 8/13.
Spain. Vassily Ivanchuk dominated and won the VII Festival Internacional de Ajedrez takes place in Benidorm with 8/10. Alexei Shirov finished at the second place with 7.5/10 points.
The XVIII Magistral Elgoibar was won by Oleg Korneev ahead of Azer Mirzoev after all finished with 6.5/8.
Evgeny Bareev won the World Chess Open in Leon on tiebreak of 7 other players. All of them had 7.5/9.
The Netherlands. The Groningen Chess Festival was won by Merab Gagunashvili with 7/9.
Ukraine. At the 77th Ukrainian Championships, Evgenij Miroshnichenko won with 6.5/9 ahead of Yuri Drozdovskij with the same score.
U.S. A. Giorgi Kacheisvili won the 2008 Berkeley Masters with 7.5/10 points. Zviad Izoria finished at the second place with 7/10.
At the 18th North American Open, Giorgi Kacheisvili won with 6/7 points. Zviad Izoria finished at the second place ahead of 4 other players. They had 5.5/7 points.
