Mtel Masters 2008

Mtel Masters Place: Sofia Bulgaria

Date: From 7 to 18 May

Tournament format: Round-robin in two rounds (all play all with White and Black alternatively).

Time control: 90 min for 40 moves + 1 hour to the end of the game.

Official Website: www.mtelmasters.com

Draw-offers will be allowed only through the Chief-Arbiter in three cases: a triple-repetition of the position, a perpetual check and in theoretically drawn positions.

Veselin Topalov Levon Aronian
Topalov Aronian
Bulgaria Armenia
ELO 2767 ELO 2763
Teimour Radjabov Vassily Ivanchuk
Radjabov Ivanchuk
Azerbaijan Ukraine
ELO 2751 ELO 2740
Bu Xiangzhi Ivan Cheparinov
Xiangzhi Cheparinov
China Bulgaria
ELO 2708 ELO 2695

Mtel Masters, Sofia BUL 2008 XX
1 2 3 4 5 6 =
Vassily Ivanchuk GM 2740 xx 1= 1= 11 1= 1= 8
Veselin Topalov GM 2767 0= xx == 11 11 10 6½
Teimour Radjabov GM 2751 0= == xx == =1 =1 5½
Ivan Cheparinov GM 2695 00 00 == xx == 11 4
Levon Aronian GM 2763 0= 00 =0 == xx == 3
Xiangzhi Bu GM 2708 0= 01 =0 00 == xx 3

Round 10

1: Topalov, Veselin 2767 =-= Radjabov, Teimour 2751


2: Cheparinov, Ivan 2695 0-1 Ivanchuk, Vassily 2740


3: Aronian, Levon 2763 =-= Bu, Xiangzhi 2708

Round 9

     1: Bu, Xiangzhi         2708 1-0 Topalov, Veselin     2767 

     2: Ivanchuk, Vassily    2740 =-= Aronian, Levon       2763 

     3: Radjabov, Teimour    2751 =-= Cheparinov, Ivan     2695

Round 8

     1: Topalov, Veselin     2767 1-0 Cheparinov, Ivan     2695 

     2: Aronian, Levon       2763 0-1 Radjabov, Teimour    2751 

     3: Bu, Xiangzhi         2708 =-= Ivanchuk, Vassily    2740

Round 7

     1: Ivanchuk, Vassily    2740 =-= Topalov, Veselin     2767 

     2: Radjabov, Teimour    2751 1-0 Bu, Xiangzhi         2708 

     3: Cheparinov, Ivan     2695 =-= Aronian, Levon       2763

Round 6

     1: Topalov, Veselin     2767 1-0 Aronian, Levon       2763 

     2: Bu, Xiangzhi         2708 0-1 Cheparinov, Ivan     2695 

     3: Ivanchuk, Vassily    2740 =-= Radjabov, Teimour    2751

Round 5

     1: Topalov, Veselin     2767 1-0 Bu, Xiangzhi         2708 

     2: Aronian, Levon       2763 0-1 Ivanchuk, Vassily    2740 

     3: Cheparinov, Ivan     2695 =-= Radjabov, Teimour    2751

Round 4

     1: Radjabov, Teimour    2751 =-= Topalov, Veselin     2767 

     2: Ivanchuk, Vassily    2740 1-0 Cheparinov, Ivan     2695 

     3: Bu, Xiangzhi         2708 =-= Aronian, Levon       2763

Round 3

     1: Cheparinov, Ivan     2695 0-1 Topalov, Veselin     2767 

     2: Radjabov, Teimour    2751 =-= Aronian, Levon       2763 

     3: Ivanchuk, Vassily    2740 1-0 Bu, Xiangzhi         2708

Round 2


     1: Topalov, Veselin     2767 0-1 Ivanchuk, Vassily    2740 

     2: Bu, Xiangzhi         2708 =-= Radjabov, Teimour    2751 

     3: Aronian, Levon       2763 =-= Cheparinov, Ivan     2695

Round 1

     1: Aronian, Levon       2763  0-1 Topalov, Veselin     2767 
     2: Cheparinov, Ivan     2695  1-0 Bu, Xiangzhi         2708 
     3: Radjabov, Teimour    2751  0-1 Ivanchuk, Vassily    2740