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The traditional Politiken Cup 2008 is being held in Lo-skolen College near Helsingør, Denmark. It lasts from Saturday 19 July 2008 to Sunday 27 July 2008, with rounds generally starting at 13:00h CEST (final round at 10:00h). The tournament is a ten-round Swiss, open to all players. Rate of play: 100 min for 40 moves + 30 min for the rest of the game + 30 sec increment for every move played starting from the first move. Prizes (in DKK): 15,000, 12,000, 10,000, 8,000, 6,000, 5, 000, etc. with special rating prizes of DKK 3,000 and 2,000. The Krone is worth 0.13 € or US $0.21, so that the first prize of 15,000 DKK equals 2,000 Euro or US $3,153.
| # | Sd. | Player | Rating | Pts |
| 1 | 13 | GM Boris Savchenko | 2578 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 | GM Yurij Kuzubov | 2578 | 5½ |
| 3 | 2 | GM Vladimir Malakhov | 2689 | 5 |
| 4 | 20 | GM Jacob Aagaard | 2531 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | GM Sergey Tiviakov | 2645 | 5 |
| 6 | 10 | GM Emanuel Berg | 2592 | 5 |
| 7 | 17 | GM Sune Berg Hansen | 2542 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | GM Michael Roiz | 2680 | 5 |
| 9 | 11 | GM Vitali Golod | 2578 | 5 |
| 10 | 16 | GM Alexei Iljushin | 2546 | 5 |
| 11 | 15 | GM Alexander A. Evdokimov | 2555 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | GM Peter Heine Nielsen | 2652 | 5 |
| 13 | 8 | GM Konstantin Landa | 2615 | 5 |
| 14 | 29 | IM Ashwin Jayaram | 2436 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 | GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili | 2604 | 5 |
| 16 | 7 | GM Bartosz Socko | 2628 | 5 |
| 17 | 19 | GM Jonny Hector | 2537 | 5 |
| 18 | 53 | Djurre den Heeten | 2278 | 5 |
| 19 | 30 | IM Bengt Lindberg | 2432 | 5 |
The event is taking place in Helsingør, which lies at a narrow strait connecting the Baltic Sea in the south with the the North Sea in the north. It is a one-hour bus or train ride from Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
The medieval town of Helsingør (Elsinore), known for its fourteenth century castle, Kronborg, made famous by Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
The venue is the Lo-skolen College complex located on the outskirts of Helsingør. Lo-skolen is an educational institution, a centre for conferences and adult education, with close ties to the Danish labour movement. It has 18,500 square metres, two hundred bedrooms, all with individual phones, showers and toilets.
The college was orginally designed by Danish architects Jarl Heger and Ebbe and Karen Clemmensen in 1969 (and later reconstructed), with all the hallmarks of quality and taste.
The college is beautifully situated in a park by the sea, with an excellent view of the surrounding woods, golf courses and of course the sea.
Yurij Kuzubov, Ukraine, 2578, in second place with 5½/6 points
Facing the St Petersburg GM: Tania Sachdev of India against Boris Savchenko
in round four
Tania,Sachdev (2432) - Savchenko,Boris (2578)
Politiken Cup 2008 Helsingør (4.12), 21.07.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qd3
d5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 h5 11.h4 Nxg3 12.fxg3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 gxh4 14.Rxh4 Qd6 15.g4
b6 16.gxh5 Bb7 17.Rh3 0-0-0 18.e3 Kb8 19.Qb5 Rdg8 20.Kf2 f5 21.a4 a6 22.Qb2
e5 23.Bc4 Rg4 24.Rg1 e4 25.Nh2 Rg5 26.Qe2 f4 27.g4 Rf8 28.Rf1 Bc8 29.exf4 Bxg4
30.Nxg4 Rxf4+ 31.Ke1 Rgxg4 32.h6? White, who has survived some dangerous
moments, should have simply exchanged rooks on f4 to get a solid position.
32...Nxd4! 33.cxd4? Qb4+ 34.Qd2 Qxc4 and the game is already decided. 35.Rfh1 e3 36.Rxe3 Rxd4 37.Qc3 Qd5 38.Rf1 Rg2 39.Re8+ Kb7 40.Qf3 Rd1+ 0-1.
After six rounds Tania has four points and is on place 38
Lithunian IM Viktorija Cmilyte, 2508, has 4½/5 and is on place 25
To eat or not to eat: GM Sergey Tiviakov enjoying a Danish meal
That's all they gave me! Tournament leader Boris Savchenko goofing around at
dinner
Boris Savchenko ia a 22-year-old grandmaster from Krasnodar, Russia (just like our reporter Sergey Tiviakov). Actually Boris was born in St. Petersburg, but when he was eight his family moved to Krasnodar, where he grew up. When he finished school in Krasnodar he went to study in Moscow at the RGSU, and in September he will try to enter post-studies as a Magister. This young man is not just scarily strong – after six rounds his performance was 3151 – but also a playful lad with a great sense of humour.
But not to worry, when you don't get enough in the restaurant...
... you can always find delicious raspberries in the Danish forests
Boris and his colleague GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili manage to survive on this
diet of wild fruit
An unknown type of berry which the grandmasters prudently avoid
Another option: foraging for what the narrow strait of Helsingør
might yield
What are these? Giant fish hooks? Anchors from ancient marooned ships?
Caught! The perilous life of a modern-day grandmaster
Nice joke, Boris. Now wouldn't it be great if you could get your head out again...
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