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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 3 of 9; games 51-75 of 213  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. Milov vs A Stefanova 1-0262008President's CupA34 English, Symmetrical
52. E Gasanov vs I Sokolov  ½-½422008President's CupA50 Queen's Pawn Game
53. Jobava vs F Abbasov  ½-½312008President's CupB72 Sicilian, Dragon
54. E Safarli vs A Beliavsky 1-0512008President's CupC41 Philidor Defense
55. Fridman vs K Shanava  ½-½432008President's CupA17 English
56. E Najer vs D Maghalashvili  1-0402008President's CupB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
57. T Sanikidze vs G Guseinov  0-1642008President's CupE90 King's Indian
58. B Esen vs T Gelashvili  0-1492008President's CupD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
59. A Lastin vs E Paehtz  1-0382008President's CupC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
60. S Dovliatov vs V Malakhatko  ½-½352008President's CupC07 French, Tarrasch
61. B Morchiashvili vs R Mamedov  ½-½412008President's CupA04 Reti Opening
62. Fedorov vs L Guliev  0-1572008President's CupB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
63. V Durarbayli vs Korchnoi 1-0322008President's CupC77 Ruy Lopez
64. A Aleksandrov vs V Rasulov  ½-½612008President's CupE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
65. R Allajov vs N Mamedov  0-1422008President's CupE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
66. M Dzhumaev vs M Asgarov  1-0382008President's CupB50 Sicilian
67. Timman vs S Davidov 1-0232008President's CupC45 Scotch Game
68. R Ibrahimov vs H Isgenderova  1-0362008President's CupE92 King's Indian
69. B Khotenashvili vs F Tahirov  1-0302008President's CupD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
70. M Sulashvili vs N Umudova  1-0472008President's CupD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
71. V Abbasov vs S Guliev  0-1252008President's CupB42 Sicilian, Kan
72. Van Wely vs Z Ojagverdiyev  1-0272008President's CupD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
73. R Aliyev vs S Savchenko 0-1312008President's CupD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
74. J Ashwin vs R Javadov  1-0372008President's CupE15 Queen's Indian
75. K Aghasiyev vs G Quparadze  1-0352008President's CupE17 Queen's Indian
 page 3 of 9; games 51-75 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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