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Najer wins World Open

8 July 2008 14:50 PM | Last modified: 15:10

Again, an “Armageddon” game had to decide a major event in the United States, but the spectators and winner Evgeny Najer probably didn’t complain. Last Sunday, the Russian won the World Open in Philadelphia.

The World Open took place July 1-6 in Philadelphia, United States. The nine-round Swiss tournament ended with a four-way tie for first between Evgeny Najer, Parimarjan Negi, Lubomir Ftacnik and Alexander Moiseenko. They all scored 7 out of 9 and earned over US $12,000.

Because Najer and Negi had the highest tiebreaks, they advanced to the playoff. This involved one Armageddon game for an extra 400$, with seven minutes for the White pieces and a must win, and Black getting five minutes and draw odds. Najer, who had the best tiebreaks, chose White and scored a great win in Tal-style.

After the game Negi commented that even with 6 to 5, he would prefer playing White! (Source: Chess Life Online.)



Here’s a video report by Vijay Kumar which includes an interview with Parimarjan Negi. We hadn’t heard from the now 15-year old Indian for a while, after he became the second youngest grandmaster ever, two years ago. His shared first at the World Open is excellent of course, as was his first place at the Philadelphia International.

World Open 2008 Final Standings (top 50)

1 GM Evgeny Najer 2689 NY 7.0   26 IM Justin Sarkar 2460 NY 5.5
2 GM Parimarjan Negi 2615 IND 7.0   27 GM Artur Yusupov 2698 GER 5.5
3 GM Lubomir Ftacnik 2582 SVK 7.0   28 IM Bryan G Smith 2462 PA 5.5
4 GM Alexander Moiseenko 2716 UKR 7.0   29 IM Alex Lenderman 2518 NY 5.5
5 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2679 ISR 6.5   30 GM John P Fedorowicz 2540 NY 5.5
6 GM Ilya Smirin 2763 ISR 6.5   31 GM Abhijit Kunte 2595 IND 5.0
7 GM Alexander Ivanov 2621 MA 6.0   32 GM Michael A Rohde 2484 NY 5.0
8 GM Jiri Stocek 2707 CZE 6.0   33 IM John Bartholomew 2488 MN 5.0
9 GM Alex Yermolinsky 2596 SD 6.0   34 IM Robert L Hess 2538 NY 5.0
10 GM Surya She Ganguly 2729 IND 6.0   35 GM Alejandro Ramirez 2589 CRC 5.0
11 GM Alexander Shabalov 2662 PA 6.0   36 Daniel Ludwig 2454 FL 5.0
12 IM Arun Prasad 2565 IND 6.0   37 GM Alonso Zapata 2522 COL 5.0
13 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2687 NY 6.0   38 GM Vadim Milov 2750 SUI 5.0
14 GM Leonid G Yudasin 2620 ISR 6.0   39 GM Dashze Sharavdorj 2472 MGL 5.0
15 IM Kirill Kuderinov 2522 KAZ 6.0   40 FM Jonathan Tayar 2357 CAN 5.0
16 GM Sergey Kudrin 2609 CT 6.0   41 FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat 2455 MD 5.0
17 GM Sergey Erenburg 2613 ISR 6.0   42 FM Jon Jacobs 2314 NY 5.0
18 IM Rajaram Laxman 2588 IND 6.0   43 IM Dean J Ippolito 2504 NJ 5.0
19 GM Julio J Becerra 2636 FL 5.5   44 Eric Hansen 2368 AB 5.0
20 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2669 CA 5.5   45 GM Eugen Perelshteyn 2619 MA 5.0
21 GM Melikset Khachiyan 2568 CA 5.5   46 IM David Pruess 2480 CA 5.0
22 IM K Rathnakaran 2588 IND 5.5   47 GM Nick E De Firmian 2571 US 5.0
23 GM Yury Shulman 2680 IL 5.5   48 Samuel Shankland 2355 CA 4.5
24 GM Geetha Gopal 2662 IND 5.5   49 FM Daniel Naroditsky 2322 CA 4.5
25 IM Renier Gonzalez 2565 FL 5.5   50 GM Zviad Izoria 2692 GEO 4.5

Written by peter | Filed under Blitz, Coverstory, Tournaments 

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2 Responses to “Najer wins World Open”

  1. Terrance on 10 July 2008 1:55 AM

    Great Video.

  2. Daaim Shabazz on 15 July 2008 4:14 AM

    Lots of content at The Chess Drum including interview with Negi.


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