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 2008
MTel Masters
| ROUND |
DATE |
GAME OF DAY VIDEO |
HOST |
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1
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5/8/08
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GM Joel Benjamin
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2
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5/9/08
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GM Larry Christiansen
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Standings after Round 2
2.0 points
GM Ivanchuk UKR (2740)
1.5 points
GM Cheparinov BUL (2695)
1.0 point
GM Topalov BUL (2780)
0.5 points
GM Radajabov AZE (2751)
GM BU Xiangzhi CHN (2708)
GM Aronian ARM (2763) |
Round 3 Pairings
Cheparinov, I - Topalov, V
Radjabov, T - Aronian, L
Ivanchuk, V - Xiangzhi, Bu |
 From
the Grand Prix we move directly to the Grand Slam, with the MTel Masters, opened
by Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, running 7-18th May at the Central
Military Club on #1, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Grand Slam
includes the competitions in Sofia, Linares, Wijk aan Zee and Mexico City -
with the winners going forward later in the year to the final tournament of
the Grand Slam circuit in Bibao, Spain.
What makes MTel Masters unique is that the rules prohibit
conventional draw offers in the pursuit of fighting chess! Local hero Veselin
Topalov (Bulgaria) heads the list of this intriguing six-player event, and
he's joined by Levon Aronian (Armenia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan),
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Bu Xiangzhi (China) and Ivan Cheparinov
(Bulgaria).
And ICC Chess.FM will bring you a ringside seat throughout with live commentary
with Mig Greengard and his top GM analysis team of Joel Benjamin, Larry
Christiansen, Ronen Har-Zvi and Nick de Firmian. We'll also
have the NIC Trivia Contest (where each day ICC members can win a 12
month subscription to New
In Chess magazine), GOTD, and Macauley Peterson videos
direct from the playing venue in Sofia. And look out for special guest Boris
Spassky, who will be there also in Sofia, and has agreed to make an appearance
on one of Chess.FM's live shows! Checkout the GOTD
calendar and ICC finger notes finger
Mtel08 for the full schedule, photos and videos.
The official tournament site is http://www.mtelmasters.com
VII 'New In Chess' Trivia Contest winners
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 The
'New in Chess' TRIVIA Contest!
ICC and New
in Chess present The New in Chess Trivia Contest! Tune-in
to Mig on ICC Chess.FM for our
round-by-round coverage of MTel 2008, and each round you could
win a 1-year subscription to the world's best chess magazine. For more
information and rules, visit our help page. |
WINNERS |
| Round |
ICC 3 months |
ICC 6 months |
NiC subscription |
| Round 1 |
Ytilitalov |
Default |
Ytilitalov |
EICC
Winner
Macauley wraps up the 2008 European Individual Chess Championship, held in
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, April 21 to May 3.
Sergey Tiviakov of The Netherlands was the surprise winner in the Men's
Championship after winning his last round game against Emil Sutovsky.
Tiviakov avoided the large tiebreak that determined second and third place,
and the twenty-two qualifiers to the FIDE World Cup tournament. Sergei Movsesian
took the silver after beating Sergey Volkov in the playoffs.
In the Women's Championship, Ukraine's Kateryna Lahno won with 8.5/11,
a half point ahead of the field. Viktorija Cmylite beat Anna Ushenina
in the playoffs to take the silver.
Men's
Games (PGN)
Women's Games (PGN)
Official Site
ICC Events
 ICC
Newsletter XVIII-2008
May 2
In this issue:
Grischuk in Pole Position, 2008 MTel Masters, Are You A Member of the USCF?,
Chess.FM videos, Tomato Central, and the ICC Store. |
All events are free to ICC members unless noted. All times are Eastern Standard Time. Add 5 hours for GMT. Add 6 hours for CET.
Friday, May 09
|  | 00:45 |  Tournament Sleepless - 3 tournaments, 5 rounds of 3 0 |  |
| | 07:00 | Tournament Early Morning - 7 rounds of 3 1 | |
| | 10:00 | Tournament ICC Store - 8 rounds of 1 0 | |
| | 11:30 | Tournament Chess21 Series - 5 rounds of 5 0 | |
| | 13:00 | Tournament Chess21 Series - 5 rounds of 5 0 | |
 | 13:00 | Special SimulMaster! with a FIDE titled player | |
| | 14:15 | Tournament Daily Standard - 4 rounds of 30 0 | |
 | 15:00 | Webcast GM Benjamin "Game of the Week" GOTW | |
| | 17:00 | Tournament Zhouse League - 6 rds 1 0, 2x6 rds 3 0 | |
| | 20:00 | Tournament Unrated blitz - 7 rounds of 5 0 | |
| | 23:00 | Tournament Nightly U1500 - 5 rounds of 2 6 | |
| | 23:00 | Tournament Nightly O1500 - 7 rounds of 5 0 | |
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