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