Magistral Casino de Barcelona 2008

Magistral Casino de Barcelona 2008 is one tournament of several that are going on at this time. I hope all the latest tournaments is what's keeping players from taking on TransWarp, although in good spirit, GM Zhang Pengxiang played a game today, but the day is just starting, hopefully there will be more action. But to the subject.

The participants of this tournament are:

GM Alexey Dreev (RUS 2670) *
GM Baadur Jobava (GEO 2664) *
GM Kiril Georgiev (BUL 2644)
GM Holden Hernández (CUB 2580)
GM Artur Kogan (ISR 2561)
GM Boris Gulko (USA 2552)
IM Fidel Corrales (CUB 2551)
GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL 2550)
GM JM. López (ESP 2547)
GM Marc Narciso (ESP 2511)
(again the *'s are for those who have played TransWarp, GM Jobava played the 2.3.2a version though, GM Dreev has played both versions, but Deep Rybka 3 only once. He did get +0=2-17 vs 2.3.2a x64 mp out of 19 games vs that version for and +0=0-1 vs Deep Rybka 3. GM Jobava only played Rybka 2.3.2a x64 mp for 5 games in Jan, 08 getting 1 draw for +0=1-4) but again, it's cool to have some of the big names play now and then.)

After 3 rounds: courtesy of Chessdom.Com

Round 1 30.10.2008 at 16:00

GM Gulko Boris 2552 - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2548 ½-½
GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2511 - GM Jobava Baadur 2664 0-1
GM Hernandez Holden 2580 - IM Corrales Jimenez Fidel 2552 ½-½
GM Lopez Martinez Josep 2547 - GM Kogan Artur 2561 1-0
GM Dreev Alexey 2670 - GM Georgiev Kiril 2645 ½-½

Round 2 31.10.2008 at 16:00

GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2548 - GM Georgiev Kiril 2645 ½-½
GM Kogan Artur 2561 - GM Dreev Alexey 2670 0-1
IM Corrales Jimenez Fid 2552 - GM Lopez Martinez Josep 2547 0-1
GM Jobava Baadur 2664 - GM Hernandez Holden 2580 1-0
GM Gulko Boris 2552 - GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2511 1-0

Round 3 01.11.2008 at 16:00

GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2511 - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2548 ½-½
GM Hernandez Holden 2580 - GM Gulko Boris 2552 1-0
GM Lopez Martinez Josep M. 2547 - GM Jobava Baadur 2664 0-1
GM Dreev Alexey 2670 - IM Corrales Jimenez Fid 2552 ½-½
GM Georgiev Kiril 2645 - GM Kogan Artur 2561 1-0

Round 4 02.11.2008 at 16:00 (Today's Pairings) Games ongoing now 10:00 ICC Time

10 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2548 - GM Kogan Artur 2561
8 IM Corrales Jimenez Fid 2552 - GM Georgiev Kiril 2645
9 GM Jobava Baadur 2664 - GM Dreev Alexey 2670
1 GM Gulko Boris F 2552 - GM Lopez Martinez Josep M. 2547
2 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2511 - GM Hernandez Holden 2580

Here is a game from Round 2, a very nice game by GM Jobava



And on the homefront, here's today's game between TransWarp and GM Zhang Pengxiang, who was also the 2007 Individual Asian Champion. I hope he gets his wish of a good tournament to play as he's no slouch with an ELO of 2636.

zpx (3215) vs TransWarp (3794) (ICC blitz ratings)