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This event was held in the Hotel Bali in Benidorm, Spain, from the 28th November to the 8th of December 2008. The Grand Torneo de las Estrellas (grand tournament of the stars) was a six-player double round robin, with more than five hundred points separating the strongest from the weakest player. It was part of an annual chess festival which includes side events like blitz, rapid opens, simulultaneous exhibitions, etc.
Here are the individual results from all rounds of the Torneo de las Estrellas:
Round one |
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Vassily Ivanchuk |
1 - 0 |
Kateryna Lahno |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
0 - 1 |
Alexei Shirov |
Xavier Vila Gazquez |
0 - 1 |
Sergey Tiviakov |
Round two |
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Kateryna Lahno |
0 - 1 |
Sergey Tiviakov |
Alexei Shirov |
1 - 0 |
Xavier Vila Gazquez |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
1 - 0 |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
Round three |
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Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
0 - 1 |
Kateryna Lahno |
Xavier Vila Gazquez |
0 - 1 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Sergey Tiviakov |
0 - 1 |
Alexei Shirov |
Round four |
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Kateryna Lahno |
1 - 0 |
Alexei Shirov |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
1 - 0 |
Sergey Tiviakov |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
½ - ½ |
Xavier Vila Gazquez |
Round five |
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Xavier Vila Gazquez |
0 - 1 |
Kateryna Lahno |
Sergey Tiviakov |
½ - ½ |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
Alexei Shirov |
½ - ½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Round six |
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Kateryna Lahno |
0 - 1 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Alexei Shirov |
1 - 0 |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
Sergey Tiviakov |
½ - ½ |
Xavier Vila Gazquez |
Round seven |
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Sergey Tiviakov |
1 - 0 |
Kateryna Lahno |
Xavier Vila Gazquez |
1 - 0 |
Alexei Shirov |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
0 - 1 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Round eight |
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Kateryna Lahno |
1 - 0 |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
1 - 0 |
Xavier Vila Gazquez |
Alexei Shirov |
1 - 0 |
Sergey Tiviakov |
Round nine |
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Alexei Shirov |
1 - 0 |
Kateryna Lahno |
Sergey Tiviakov |
½ - ½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Xavier Vila Gazquez |
0 - 1 |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
Round ten |
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Kateryna Lahno |
0 - 1 |
Xavier Vila Gazquez |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez |
0 - 1 |
Sergey Tiviakov |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
0 - 1 |
Alexei Shirov |
In the first eight games Vassily Ivanchuk conceded just one draw – he was leading by two full points, with 7.5/8 to Shirov's 5.5/8, and needing only half a point from the last tow games to clinch tournament victory. But as will sometimes happen, the meteoric flight ended abruptly. In round nine Ivanchuk got a draw against Sergey Tiviakov, to take overall victory, but the tenth round white pieces loss to Shirov was not in line with the four-fifths of the tournament.
Vassily Ivanchuk playing in and winning Benidorm
Alexei Shirov, on the other hand, had faltered in the middle of the event with suprise losses to Kateryna Lahno, 238 Elo points below him, and then to Xavier Vila Gazquez, who is over 300 points below the Latvian/Spanish GM. But three straight victories in the last three rounds brought Shirov a second place, half a point behind the leader.
Rk. | Title | Name | FED | Rtg |
Pts. |
1 | GM | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2786 |
8.0 |
2 | GM | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2726 |
7.5 |
3 | GM | Sergey Tiviakov | NED | 2686 |
5.5 |
4 | GM | Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2488 |
4.0 |
5 | IM | Xavier Vila Gazquez | ESP | 2422 |
3.0 |
6 | WGM | Sabrina Vega Gutierrez | ESP | 2278 |
2.0 |
The playing venue, with the Estrellas group on the right
Alexei Shirov, half a point behind the winner
GM Sergey Tiviakov of Holland, two points behind Shirov
GM Kateryna Lahno, who scored a surprise win over Alexei Shirov
IM Xavier Vila Gazquez defeated Shirov in round eight, and then lost the
remaining three games
WGM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez finished at the bottom of the tabler with 2.0/10
points
Europe-Echecs video: Ivanchuk
teaches chess in Benidorm, Katya Lahon gives a simul