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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 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 77  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Saeed vs Gleizerov  ½-½382008Dubai OpenA90 Dutch
2. M Darwish vs E Safarli  ½-½482008Dubai OpenB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
3. E Partac vs E Kalegin  ½-½332008Dubai OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
4. F El Taher vs A Marwan  ½-½252008Dubai OpenB41 Sicilian, Kan
5. A M Soozankar vs D Arutinian  ½-½142008Dubai OpenB32 Sicilian
6. L Guliev vs S Phadke  ½-½222008Dubai OpenB30 Sicilian
7. J Ashwin vs C Praveen Kumar  ½-½552008Dubai OpenC03 French, Tarrasch
8. S Guliev vs A Ramaswamy  ½-½432008Dubai OpenD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
9. Gleizerov vs M Nedochetov  ½-½212008Dubai OpenD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
10. R R Laxman vs C Li  ½-½652008Dubai OpenD85 Grunfeld
11. J C Sadorra vs T Kotanjian  ½-½572008Dubai OpenD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. A Farahat vs Gleizerov  ½-½742008Dubai OpenC14 French, Classical
13. C Praveen Kumar vs S Guliev  ½-½362008Dubai OpenA81 Dutch
14. A Al-Sulaiti vs V Durarbayli  ½-½292008Dubai OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
15. J Al-Huwar vs S Khader  ½-½412008Dubai OpenB32 Sicilian
16. A Pourkashiyan vs L Guliev  ½-½512008Dubai OpenB88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
17. F El Taher vs A Ramaswamy  ½-½462008Dubai OpenB32 Sicilian
18. Kuzubov vs N Ibraev  ½-½482008Dubai OpenE20 Nimzo-Indian
19. R Ibrahimov vs T Gelashvili  ½-½142008Dubai OpenA13 English
20. I Bajarani vs F El Taher  ½-½92008Dubai OpenC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
21. M Tissir vs K Smokina  ½-½332008Dubai OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
22. L Guliev vs A M Soozankar  ½-½472008Dubai OpenB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
23. S Khader vs V Antonio  ½-½372008Dubai OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
24. E Momeni vs L Ravi  ½-½282008Dubai OpenE91 King's Indian
25. N Ibraev vs G Guseinov  ½-½562008Dubai OpenE68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 77  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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