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GM Ivanchuk won the 2008 edition of the Bali Benidorm tournament. He finished just half a point ahead of Shirov after being ahead by 2 points at one time. Ivanchuk drew and lost games in the last two rounds. Final Standings after Round 10 1 GM IVANCHUK Vassily UKR 2786 8 2 GM SHIROV Alexei ESP 2726 7,5 3 GM TIVIAKOV Sergei NED 2686 5,5 4 GM LAHNO Kateryna UKR 2488 4,0 5 IM VILA GAZQUEZ Xavier ESP 2422 3,0 6 WGM VEGA GUTIERREZ Sabrina ESP 2278 2,0

Ivanchuk continues to dominate the Bali Benidorm tournament 2008. He has virtually won the tournament with 2 rounds to spare with 7.5/8 and a mind boggling 2918 rating performance. He is gaining more than 10 FIDE points in this tournament alone. If you thought Ivanchuk would be affected by the drug controversy, think again! He is now just 2 points behind World Chess Champion Anand. Shirov is in second place, way behind Ivanchuk. Lahno is putting up a strong show. Top Players based on Live Rating Calculations 01 Topalov 2796 02 Anand 2791 03 Ivanchuk 2789 04 Carlsen 2776 05 Morozevich 2772 06 Kramnik 2760 07 Leko 2758 08 Radjabov 2753 09 Wang Yue 2751 10 Aronian 2750

Chess Calendar 2008-2009 If you are conducting an International Tournament, write to us. If you spot any differences, please inform. Thanks IBCA Olympiad, Heraklion, Crete 18-29 Oct World Youth Chess Championships 19-31Oct Casino De Barcelona Oct 30-Nov7 Cap d'Agde 26 Oct - 1 Nov World Blitz Chess Championship Almaty Nov 7-8 Dresden Olympiad 12-25 Nov 9th Liberec Open 15-22Nov British Rapidplay 29-30 Nov Bali Benidorm 29 Nov-8 Dec Mediterranean 2017 Rijeka 29 Nov - 6 Dec Torino Chess 30 Nov - 8 Dec 68th Italian Championship 3-14 Dec Società Scacchistica Milanese, Milan 6-13Dec FIDE Grand Prix - Doha, Qatar 13-29 Dec 2nd Berkeley Masters 14-23 Dec Leon Open 26-28 Dec Hastings Chess Congress 28 Dec - 5 Jan Czech Litomysl Chess Christmas 26 Dec - 2Jan African Junior Chess Championships, South Africa 28 Dec - 6 Jan Gjøvik chess festival, Norway 2-5 Jan 2nd Queenstown Chess Classic 15-24 Jan 2009 Corus Wijk aan Zee Jan 16-1 Feb 25th Bermuda Open 30Jan-1Feb Wesley So Eugene Torre Match F...