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GM Ivan Sokolov of Netherlands won the 2008 Essent Chess Tournament, Hoogeveen. He beat everyone Black and White to win by a mile. The final tally was 5 points out of a total 6 in the Crown group, which is a 2847 rating performance. Adly and Smeets were placed second in this group. Marie Sebag finished fourth and last, but did put up a fight after a bad start. Crown Group Final Standings Sokolov 5 Adly, Smeets 2.5 Sebag 2 In the Open section, Alexandr Fier continues to lead, but now with Stewart Haslinger. Open Group Leading Standings Fier, Haslinger 6.5 Nijboer, Naumkin 6 Here's one of the games where Sokolov torments Smeets. Notice the 10 ... g5 and the relentless torture after that.

Five players were tied for the first place at the Groningen Chess Festival. Stelios Halkias won the title on tie-break. The final standings after round 9 in the Harmonie Open A category at Groningen 2007: 1 GM Halkias, Stelios 6.5 GRE 2 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 6.5 GRE 3 GM Ernst, Sipke 6.5 NED 4 GM Adly, Ahmed 6.5 EGY 5 IM Lobzhanidze, Davit 6.5 GEO 6 GM Banikas, Hristos 6.0 GRE 7 GM Li, Shilong 6.0 CHN 8 IM Hoffmann, Michael 6.0 GER 9 GM Nijboer, Friso 5.5 NED 10 GM Rotstein, Arkadij 5.5 GER 11 IM Swinkels, Robin 5.5 NED 12 IM Pruijssers, Roeland 5.5 NED 13 FM Burg, Twan 5.5 NED 14 GM Reinderman, Dimitri 5.0 NED 15 IM Simutowe, Amon 5.0 ZAM 16 IM Spoelman, Wouter 5.0 NED 17 IM Hendriks, Willy 5.0 NED 18 IM Van Oosterom, Chiel 5.0 NED 19 FM De Jong, Migchiel 5.0 NED 20 FM Clemens, Adrian 5.0 NED

The 8th round of the A section of the Harmonie open has been completed. The top ten in this tournament are: 1 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 6.0 2 Ernst, Sipke 6.0 3 Li, Shilong 6.0 4 Adly, Ahmed 6.0 5 Banikas, Hristos 5.5 6 Halkias, Stelios 5.5 7 Rotstein, Arkadij 5.5 8 Lobzhanidze, Davit 5.5 9 Hoffmann, Michael 5.5 10 Nijboer, Friso 5.0

Banikas upset the in-form Li Shilong at the Groningen Chess festival in the fourth round. Standings after Round 4: 1 GM Banikas, Hristos 3.5 GRE 2 GM Ernst, Sipke 3.5 NED 3 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 3.0 GRE 4 GM Nijboer, Friso 3.0 NED 5 GM Reinderman, Dimitri 3.0 NED 6 GM Li, Shilong 3.0 CHN 7 GM Adly, Ahmed 3.0 EGY 8 IM Lobzhanidze, Davit 3.0 GEO 9 IM Hoffmann, Michael 3.0 GER 10 IM Simutowe, Amon 3.0 ZAM

The Chess Festival at Groningen, The Netherlands has started. Li Shilong is creating waves with a 100 % score after the first three rounds in the Harmonie A section. World Junior champion Ahmed Adly of Egypt is also participating. He is currently lying at the 10 th position. Standings after 3 rounds 1 GM Li, Shilong 3.0 CHN 2 GM Banikas, Hristos 2.5 GRE 3 GM Halkias, Stelios 2.5 GRE 4 GM Nijboer, Friso 2.5 NED 5 GM Ernst, Sipke 2.5 NED 6 IM Brandenburg, Daan 2.5 NED 7 IM Hoffmann, Michael 2.5 GER 8 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 2.0 GRE 9 GM Reinderman, Dimitri 2.0 NED 10 GM Adly, Ahmed 2.0 EGY