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🏆 Dubai Open (2008)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Wesley So, Chao Li, Yuriy Kuzubov, Eltaj Safarli, Igors Rausis, A R Saleh Salem, Parimarjan Negi, Gadir Guseinov, Abhijeet Gupta, Weiqi Zhou, Ahmed Adly, Vasif Durarbayli, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Levan Pantsulaia, Yuri Drozdovskij, Merab Gagunashvili, Tamaz Gelashvili, Julio Catalino Sadorra, Evgeny Gleizerov, Pavel Kotsur, David Arutinian, Tigran Kotanjian, Valeriy Neverov, Rasul Ibrahimov, Anuar Ismagambetov, Ulvi Bajarani, Srinath Narayanan, Sarhan Guliev, Sahaj Grover, Debashis Das, Nurlan Ibraev, Jayaram Ashwin, Evgenij Kalegin, Fouad El Taher, Mohamed Tissir, Ramachandran Ramesh, Rajaram R Laxman, Sami Khader, Logman Guliev, Tania Sachdev, Ishaq Saeed, Viani D'cunha Antonio, Ramnath Bhuvanesh, Lanka Ravi, Ali Farahat, C Praveen Kumar, Nisha Mohota, Omid Noroozi, S Hamed Moosavian, Li Wang, Dinesh Sharma, Xibin Wu, Khosla Shiven, Amohammad M Soozankar, Mikhail Nedochetov, Abdul Hameed El Arousy, Mariya Sergeyeva, Atousa Pourkashiyan, A Moussa Othman, Ilgar Bajarani, Amin Nasri, Hassan Abdullah, Hafizulhelmi Mas, Jasem Al-Huwar, Farhan Mohannad, Abdo Somoff, Aarthie Ramaswamy, C J Arvind, Antonio Molina, Sohan Phadke, Pouyan Doostkam, Karolina Smokina, C Natarajan, E Momeni, Pouya Mari Ooriad, Stefan Schmid, Jilin Zhang, Shayesteh Ghader Pour, Jobannie C Tabada, Elena Partac, Hossein Mohamed, Kumar T J Suresh, Sai Meera, Paul A G Dargan, Mohamed Saud, Mohamed Darwish, Sabri M Al Mohayri, Navid Chaichi Mellatshahi, Mohota Swati, Chris B Rice, Ehsan Nikzaban, Husein Mroweh, Obay Ali, Abdulwahab Marwan, Charles Kayle, P I Johny, Khalil Al-Housa, Noorullah Omar, Ahmad Al-Sulaiti, SeyedMohammad SadatNajafi

 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 71  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. H Abdullah vs P Kotsur  0-1352008Dubai OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
27. I Bajarani vs W Zhou  0-1372008Dubai OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
28. A El Arousy vs R Ibrahimov  0-1362008Dubai OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
29. M Sergeyeva vs M Gagunashvili  0-1642008Dubai OpenC41 Philidor Defense
30. A Molina vs A Nasri  0-1612008Dubai OpenD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
31. I Saeed vs H Mas  0-1622008Dubai OpenA59 Benko Gambit
32. K T Suresh vs E Kalegin 0-1462008Dubai OpenA21 English
33. S M Al Mohayri vs Negi  0-1262008Dubai OpenC45 Scotch Game
34. S Phadke vs J Ashwin  0-1352008Dubai OpenB20 Sicilian
35. L Pantsulaia vs So 0-1482008Dubai OpenE15 Queen's Indian
36. S SadatNajafi vs D Arutinian  0-1412008Dubai OpenB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
37. M Nedochetov vs E Safarli  0-1452008Dubai OpenE15 Queen's Indian
38. C Rice vs I Bajarani  0-1262008Dubai OpenA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
39. H Mroweh vs M Sergeyeva  0-1332008Dubai OpenA48 King's Indian
40. D Sharma vs L Pantsulaia  0-1522008Dubai OpenB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
41. E Kalegin vs S SadatNajafi 0-1992008Dubai OpenC77 Ruy Lopez
42. M Sergeyeva vs L Wang  0-1422008Dubai OpenB42 Sicilian, Kan
43. A Ramaswamy vs A Farahat 0-1452008Dubai OpenB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
44. V Antonio vs E Kalegin  0-1292008Dubai OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
45. J C Sadorra vs D Arutinian  0-1352008Dubai OpenD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
46. L Wang vs Gleizerov  0-1442008Dubai OpenC11 French
47. T Sachdev vs V Neverov  0-1792008Dubai OpenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
48. J Ashwin vs C Li  0-1382008Dubai OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
49. S Guliev vs E Ghaem Maghami  0-1482008Dubai OpenE56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6
50. T Kotanjian vs M Gagunashvili  0-1292008Dubai OpenD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 71  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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.
Mar-13-17  iking: 9 years ago, Even Wesley so could only wish what he got today .... 2822 Elo rating and #2 in the world.

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