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Ivan Sokolov leads with a perfect 3/3 score at the 2008 edition of Essent Hoogeveen. Marie Sebag finally got herself on the points scoreboard by drawing Adly of Egypt. She faces the leader Sokolov in the fourth round. In the Open section, the surprise leader is Alexandr Fier with 5.5 points, 1 point clear of many others at 4.5. Reigning world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta lost to Fier in the 6th round, and is also among the pack with 4.5 points. Veteran Vlastimil Hort is also shining with a creditable show of 4.5 points. Leaders after the 7th round Alexandr Fier 5.5 Erwin L'Ami, Gupta, Nijboer, Pavlovic, Haslinger, Naumkin, Agamaliev, Hort, Spoelman 4.5

Nigel Short was crowned the 2008 Commonwealth Chess Champion at Nagpur, India. Surya Shekhar Ganguly finished second a half point behind. This was an amazing performance by Short considering the fact that he was beaten by a local kid in an earlier round . World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta suffered in the early rounds and finished way behind in the points tally. D P Singh, who was involved in a huge controversy and accused of taking computer assistance some time back, finished on 8 points and above his expected score. Leading Final Points Tally Short 9.5 Ganguly 9 Hossain 8.5 More details at the official site