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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 5; games 1-25 of 101  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Guseinov vs C Natarajan 1-0192008Dubai OpenC00 French Defense
2. L Pantsulaia vs U Bajarani  1-0342008Dubai OpenA09 Reti Opening
3. Kuzubov vs H Mohamed 1-0222008Dubai OpenA67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
4. Y Drozdovskij vs S Narayanan  1-0202008Dubai OpenE61 King's Indian
5. A Adly vs R Bhuvanesh  1-0442008Dubai OpenA48 King's Indian
6. P Kotsur vs K T Suresh 1-0432008Dubai OpenB55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack
7. W Zhou vs S Ghader Pour  1-0452008Dubai OpenE50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5
8. R Ibrahimov vs M Saud  1-0322008Dubai OpenA15 English
9. I Rausis vs N Chaichi Mellatshahi  1-0452008Dubai OpenA14 English
10. R R Laxman vs M Swati 1-0162008Dubai OpenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
11. S H Moosavian vs G Guseinov  1-0592008Dubai OpenB25 Sicilian, Closed
12. T Gelashvili vs T Sachdev  1-0652008Dubai OpenE20 Nimzo-Indian
13. E Ghaem Maghami vs V Antonio  1-0362008Dubai OpenA15 English
14. C Li vs L Wang  1-0602008Dubai OpenB42 Sicilian, Kan
15. T Kotanjian vs L Ravi  1-0402008Dubai OpenD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. V Neverov vs J Zhang  1-0372008Dubai OpenD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
17. So vs X Wu 1-0542008Dubai OpenB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
18. A Ismagambetov vs S Grover  1-0452008Dubai OpenC77 Ruy Lopez
19. R Ramesh vs C J Arvind  1-0402008Dubai OpenC03 French, Tarrasch
20. D Arutinian vs M Darwish  1-0262008Dubai OpenD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. S Narayanan vs N Omar  1-0402008Dubai OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
22. A Gupta vs E Ghaem Maghami  1-0452008Dubai OpenE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
23. Y Drozdovskij vs A Ismagambetov  1-0482008Dubai OpenE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
24. A Adly vs R Ramesh 1-0182008Dubai OpenE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
25. P Kotsur vs M Tissir  1-0452008Dubai OpenC24 Bishop's Opening
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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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