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🏆 President's Cup (2008)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Arkadij Naiditsch, Baadur Jobava, Loek van Wely, Nigel Short, Alexander Beliavsky, Rauf Mamedov, Evgeny Najer, Ivan Sokolov, Vadim Milov, Davit Maghalashvili, Viktor Korchnoi, Eltaj Safarli, Jan Timman, Nijat Abasov, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Daniel Fridman, Gadir Guseinov, Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Alexander Lastin, Alexei Fedorov, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Vadim Malakhatko, Vasif Durarbayli, Nidjat Mamedov, Tamaz Gelashvili, Tornike Sanikidze, Konstantine Shanava, Baris Esen, Stanislav Savchenko, Bahruz Rzayev, Farid Abbasov, Marat Dzhumaev, Rasul Ibrahimov, Gaioz Nigalidze, Vugar Rasulov, Antoaneta Stefanova, Giga Quparadze, Misratdin Iskandarov, Eldar Gasanov, Ulvi Bajarani, Amirreza Pourramezanali, Sarhan Guliev, Rashad Babaev, Farhad Tahirov, Nino Batsiashvili, Bella Khotenashvili, Jayaram Ashwin, Zaur Mammadov, Djakhangir Agaragimov, Malkhaz Sulashvili, Elisabeth Paehtz, Levan Bregadze, Mikulas Manik, Logman Guliev, Aleksandar Wohl, Kamal Aghasiyev, Sanan Dovliatov, Bachana Morchiashvili, Orkhan Abdulov, Ayaz Mammadov, Nijat Aghayev, Gulnar Mammadova, Ulviyya Fataliyeva, Zeinab Mamedjarova, Amohammad M Soozankar, Anna Zozulia, Anar Aliakbarov, Narmin Kazimova, Farid Zeynalov, Shahriyar Rahmanov, Asif Hasanov, Samir Davidov, Turkan Mamedjarova, Elshad Orujov, Vusal Abbasov, Nargiz Umudova, Mushfig Asgarov, Vugar Bayramov, Shakhriyar Hasanov, Ana Gavasheli, Mohsen Vaghar, Hossein Aryanejad, Viktorija Ni, Hayale Isgenderova, Samir Badalov, E Allahverdiev, Ramil Allajov, Elnur Aliyev, Fidan Aghasiyeva, Erkin Gurbanzade, Ramil Javadov, Eldar Djabbarov, Afag Khudaverdieva, Fariz Ahmadov, S Atanejhad, Orkhan Huseyn, Rauf Aliyev, Sahar Huseynova, Shahin Hajiyev, Aytaj Ismailova plus 13 more players.

 page 2 of 9; games 26-50 of 213  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. G Quparadze vs Milov  0-1582008President's CupB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
27. I Sokolov vs N Abasov 1-0212008President's CupE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
28. Short vs B Khotenashvili  ½-½522008President's CupB12 Caro-Kann Defense
29. A Beliavsky vs A Mammadov  1-0372008President's CupE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
30. Z Mamedjarova vs Fridman  0-1512008President's CupA46 Queen's Pawn Game
31. E Karimov vs E Najer  0-1322008President's CupB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
32. N Aghayev vs Naiditsch  0-1432008President's CupE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
33. T Gelashvili vs N Batsiashvili 1-0222008President's CupB20 Sicilian
34. V Malakhatko vs F Zeynalov  1-0362008President's CupA28 English
35. S Hasanov vs Kazhgaleyev  0-1452008President's CupC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
36. R Mamedov vs T Mamedjarova  1-0362008President's CupC77 Ruy Lopez
37. S Badalov vs Fedorov  0-1342008President's CupB32 Sicilian
38. Korchnoi vs H Aryanejad  1-0382008President's CupB06 Robatsch
39. F Ahmadov vs A Aleksandrov  0-1272008President's CupE10 Queen's Pawn Game
40. N Mamedov vs E Aliyev  1-0382008President's CupB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
41. F Abbasov vs U Bajarani 1-0342008President's CupD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
42. A Hasanov vs E Safarli  0-1312008President's CupC33 King's Gambit Accepted
43. K Shanava vs M Vaghar 1-0292008President's CupB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
44. H Isgenderova vs M Sulashvili  ½-½412008President's CupB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
45. D Maghalashvili vs A M Soozankar  1-0342008President's CupA37 English, Symmetrical
46. G Mammadova vs T Sanikidze  0-1282008President's CupC45 Scotch Game
47. M Asgarov vs J Ashwin  1-0272008President's CupB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
48. L Guliev vs S Atanejhad  1-0362008President's CupB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
49. T Hasanova vs Timman  0-1432008President's CupE26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
50. S Savchenko vs A Abdullayev  ½-½282008President's CupA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
 page 2 of 9; games 26-50 of 213  PGN Download
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May-16-08
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  chessgames.com: “President’s Cup” III
dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev
May 9 - 21, 2008
Baku, Azerbaijan

Official site: http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/regu...

May-17-08  bravado1: Only 6 draws in 50 games so far. It shows that if you play it out even at grandmaster level most of the games can be won.
May-17-08  Prugno: <bravado> This is mostly because in the first few rounds of big Swiss events there are large differences in strength between the players, so most games are mismatches. Repeat the statistics using games from the last rounds and you'll get results much closer to the average draw percentage :-)
May-17-08  percyblakeney: Some sixth round results:

Sokolov-Korchnoi 0-1
Guliev-van Wely 1-0
Milov-Najer 0-1
Abbasov-Naiditsch 1-0

May-17-08  Elxiddicus: Najer's got 6/6 so far. He's up next white against tenth seed guseinov.
May-18-08  myra: May someone help me where to watch direct game,thx in advance
May-19-08  jon01: Najer - Jobava meet in the last round.
May-20-08  e4ia: The standings after round 8 are here;
one more round to go 5/21 Baku time;
No live games; probably the best all around site for tournament info is "TWIC" with sponsoring tournament links/pgn files/standings etc

http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twi...

GM Najer 7.0
GM Abbasov 6.5
GM Jobava "
GM Lastin "

13 players at 6.0 including the legendary Korchnoi! The top rated seed Milov and ND Short also in 6.0 group

http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/resu...

link to get that is
http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/resu...

May-21-08  Elxiddicus: Final standings:
http://www.chessclub.az/kubok3/resu...
May-30-08  chaarl: Does anyone have the moves of the game between Korchnoi and Sokolov? (From round 6, i think). Can't find the game here or at the official site, for some reason.

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