Dubai Open (2008)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Gadir Guseinov, Wesley So, Li Chao, Yuri Kuzubov, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Levan Pantsulaia, Yuri Drozdovskij, Tamaz Gelashvili, Parimarjan Negi, Zhou Weiqi, Pavel Kotsur, Eltaj Safarli, Ahmed Adly, David Arutinian, Evgeny Gleizerov, Abhijeet Gupta, Tigran Kotanjian, Valery Neverov, Rasul Ibrahimov, Igors Rausis, Anuar Ismagambetov, Sarhan Guliev, Nurlan Ibraev, Evgenij Kalegin, Farou El Taher, Mohamed Tissir, Mikheil Gagunashvili, Ramalhandran Ramesh, Jayaram Ashwin, Julio Catalino Sadorra, Logman Guliev, Sami Khader, Vasif Durarbeyli, Mas Hafizulhelmi, Tania Sachdev, A R Salem, Lanka Ravi, Ali Frhat, R R Laxman, Nisha Mohota, Srinath Narayanan, C Praveen Kumar, Wu Xibin, Dinesh K Sharma, Ulvi Bajarani, Mikhail Nedochetov, Abdul Hameed El Arousy, Maria Sergeeva, Sahaj Grover, A Othman, Ilgar Bajarani, Khosla Shiven, Adbo Somoff, Atousa Pourkashiyan, Aarthie Ramaswamy, M Sadatnajafi, D Debashis, Antonio Molina, C Arvind, S Phadke, F Mohannad, P Doostkam, Karolina Smokina, C Natarajan, E Momeni, A Nasri, J Al Huwar, Stefan Schmid, Ishaq Saeed, Balasubramaniam Ramnath, S Moosavian, A M Soozankar, Abdul Hassan, Elena Partac, Ho Mohamed, K T Suresh, Shayesteh Ghader Pour, Jobannie C Tabada, P Mari Ooriad, Mohamed Saud, S Meera, M Darwish, N Chaichi, V Antonio, O Noroozi, M Swati, C Rice, E Nikzaban, A Marwan, H Mroweh, O Ali, Charles Kayle, K Al Housa, N Omar, A Al Sulaiti, Sabri Al Mahayri, Paul Dargan, Wang Li, Zhang Jilin, P I Johny

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Guseinov vs C Natarajan 1-0 19 2008 Dubai Open C00 French Defense 2. A Al Sulaiti vs W So 0-1 23 2008 Dubai Open B30 Sicilian 3. A R Salem vs C Kayle 0-1 39 2008 Dubai Open D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. H Mroweh vs Ramesh   0-1 34 2008 Dubai Open A46 Queen's Pawn Game 5. R Ibrahimov vs M Saud   1-0 32 2008 Dubai Open A15 English 6. M Darwish vs E Safarli   ½-½ 48 2008 Dubai Open B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. A Molina vs Negi   0-1 33 2008 Dubai Open D97 Grunfeld, Russian 8. O Ali vs J Ashwin 0-1 21 2008 Dubai Open A22 English 9. F El Taher vs A Marwan   ½-½ 25 2008 Dubai Open B41 Sicilian, Kan 10. C Rice vs S Guliev   0-1 26 2008 Dubai Open A10 English 11. R Laxman vs M Swati 1-0 16 2008 Dubai Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. E Partac vs E Kalegin   ½-½ 33 2008 Dubai Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 13. M Gagunashvili vs P Mari Ooriad 0-1 27 2008 Dubai Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. I Saeed vs E Gleizerov   ½-½ 38 2008 Dubai Open A90 Dutch 15. Zhou Weiqi vs S Ghader Pour   1-0 45 2008 Dubai Open E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 16. K Smokina vs T Gelashvili 0-1 84 2008 Dubai Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 17. L Pantsulaia vs U Bajarani   1-0 34 2008 Dubai Open A09 Reti Opening 18. S Meera vs E Maghami 0-1 21 2008 Dubai Open B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. Y Kuzubov vs Ho Mohamed   1-0 22 2008 Dubai Open A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation 20. A M Soozankar vs D Arutinian   ½-½ 14 2008 Dubai Open B32 Sicilian 21. Y Drozdovskij vs S Narayanan   1-0 20 2008 Dubai Open E61 King's Indian 22. S Schmid vs Li Chao   0-1 30 2008 Dubai Open D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 23. A Adly vs B Ramnath   1-0 44 2008 Dubai Open A48 King's Indian 24. I Rausis vs N Chaichi   1-0 45 2008 Dubai Open A14 English 25. S Al Mahayri vs T Kotanjian   0-1 55 2008 Dubai Open B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Apr-16-08    kasp: Congratulations to Wesley So. Apr-16-08    BOYETSANTOS: Congrats Wesley So for winning 2008 Dubai Open! You make Filipino proud. Apr-16-08    sallom89: i wonder what was Ahmed adly score, and grats to Wesley. Apr-17-08    safar: Ahmed Adly scored 6/9, an excellent score! Apr-17-08    sallom89: ouch! thats close, the guy plays awesome chess i just hope he does better in his coming tournament. thanks for providing the information. Apr-17-08    s4life: Neverov got 7.5/9 shouldn't he have won this thing? Apr-17-08    unsound: Neverov scored 6.5/9. His game against Salem is marked as a win in this database--but a glance at the final position will tell you he lost: A R Salem vs V Neverov, 2008 May-05-08    rjsolcruz: I wonder how many GM scalps did GM Wesley got in this event? May-06-08    BOYETSANTOS: Congrats again to Philippine youngest grandmaster Wesley So for winning the Battle of GMs.

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