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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 3 of 3; games 51-71 of 71  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. T Gelashvili vs A R Saleh Salem  0-1812008Dubai OpenA06 Reti Opening
52. N Chaichi Mellatshahi vs T Sachdev  0-1352008Dubai OpenA22 English
53. S H Moosavian vs I Saeed  0-1432008Dubai OpenB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
54. A Ramaswamy vs K Shiven  0-1482008Dubai OpenB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
55. A R Saleh Salem vs C Li 0-1592008Dubai OpenD85 Grunfeld
56. A Adly vs E Ghaem Maghami  0-1552008Dubai OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
57. R Ramesh vs T Gelashvili  0-1322008Dubai OpenB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
58. I Saeed vs N Ibraev 0-1582008Dubai OpenE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
59. T Gelashvili vs R R Laxman  0-1622008Dubai OpenE14 Queen's Indian
60. E Momeni vs W Zhou  0-1612008Dubai OpenE15 Queen's Indian
61. A Ismagambetov vs A Somoff  0-1322008Dubai OpenC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
62. K Shiven vs S Guliev  0-1482008Dubai OpenC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
63. A El Arousy vs J Ashwin  0-1342008Dubai OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
64. E Nikzaban vs M Nedochetov  0-1252008Dubai OpenB10 Caro-Kann
65. S Khader vs I Saeed  0-1402008Dubai OpenB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
66. J Al-Huwar vs N Mohota  0-1212008Dubai OpenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
67. N Ibraev vs E Ghaem Maghami  0-1392008Dubai OpenC41 Philidor Defense
68. A Somoff vs R Ibrahimov  0-1352008Dubai OpenB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
69. I Saeed vs L Guliev  0-1372008Dubai OpenE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
70. I Bajarani vs A Ismagambetov  0-1392008Dubai OpenC67 Ruy Lopez
71. H Mas vs K Shiven  0-1482008Dubai OpenB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
 page 3 of 3; games 51-71 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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