The El Sauzal Rapid took place on November 1-2, 2008. Dutch GM Tiviakov, one of the busiest GMs in the world, won clear first. Here are the final standings of the leaders:

Rk. 0 0 Nombre FED Elo Club/Ciudad Pts. Des 1 Des 2 Des 3 K elo+/-
1 NED GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2686 8,5 44,5 59,0 49,5 10 19,9
2 PER GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2628 8,0 42,0 58,5 49,5 10 14,4
3 RUS GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2613 7,5 40,0 55,5 46,0 10 11,4
4 BEL GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2633 7,0 38,5 55,5 46,5 10 5,1
5 RUS GM Epishin Vladimir RUS 2581 7,0 38,5 55,0 46,0 10 6,4
6 SRB GM Strikovic Aleksa SRB 2533 7,0 38,5 54,0 47,0 10 9,8
7 ARM GM Movsziszian Karen ARM 2558 7,0 38,5 53,0 45,0 10 3,9
8 SWE GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 2574 7,0 38,0 55,0 46,5 10 4,7
9 UKR GM Moskalenko Viktor UKR 2568 7,0 38,0 54,5 44,0 10 4,0
10 ESP GM Todorcevic Miodrag ESP 2448 7,0 38,0 54,0 44,5 10 6,9
11 ESP IM Fernandez Romero Ernesto ESP 2447 7,0 37,0 56,0 46,0 10 10,3
12 MNE WFM Stojanovic Marija R MNE 2199 7,0 32,0 42,5 36,0 15 14,7
13 SRB GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2532 6,5 36,5 53,5 44,5 10 -3,3
14 ESP IM Brito Garcia Alfredo ESP 2349 GC 6,5 35,5 53,5 45,0 10 4,2
15 ARG GM Hoffman Alejandro ARG 2425 6,5 35,0 49,0 41,0 10 -2,8
16 UKR GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 2441 6,5 34,5 47,5 40,5 10 -4,6
17 ESP FM Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javie ESP 2217 6,5 34,5 45,5 38,5 15 1,4
18 ESP Hernandez Leon Alberto ESP 2235 LP 6,5 34,0 48,0 41,5 15 10,6
19 ESP Ramos Aguilar Jose Manuel ESP 2225 TF 6,5 33,5 49,0 41,5 15 3,3
20 GER GM Glek Igor GER 2512 6,5 32,5 48,0 41,0 10 -4,6
21 ESP Medal Paves Jose Maria ESP 2095 TF 6,5 32,0 50,5 41,0
22 ESP Machin Arbelo Pedro Alexis ESP 2134 GO 6,5 32,0 46,0 40,0 15 13,1


Here is the full wall chart.

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar November 5, 2008 Chess Improvement, Major Tournaments 1 Comment
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