18th Pamplona International 23 December 2008
Traditional 18th Pamplona International tournament will take part from December 22nd to 29th in Pamplona, Spain. Participants: Sasikiran (2694), Roiz (2677), Malakhov (2675), Vallejo Pons (2664), Caruana (2640), Delchev (2632), Nepomniachtchi (2616), Salgado Lopez (2556). Average ELO: 2644. ChessOK will thoroughly analyze each game with Rybka 3 Aquarium. Krishnan Sasikiran has won the tournament. Analyzed games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], All games [ PGN]

Final standings

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Below are round-by-round pairings and results;

Round 1 – Dec. 22nd

Salgado Lopez – Vallejo Pons 0-1 Caruana – Nepomniachtchi ½ – ½ Sasikiran – Malakhov ½ – ½ Roiz – Delchev ½ – ½ Round 1 analysis [ PGN]

Round 2 – Dec. 23rd

Vallejo Pons – Delchev 1-0 Malakhov – Roiz ½ – ½ Nepomniachtchi – Sasikiran ½ – ½ Salgado Lopez – Caruana ½ – ½ Round 2 games analyzed with Rybka Aquarium [ PGN]

Round 3 – Dec. 24th

Caruana – Vallejo Pons 1-0 Sasikiran – Salgado Lopez ½ – ½ Roiz – Nepomniachtchi ½ – ½ Delchev – Malakhov ½ – ½ Round 3 games analyzed with Rybka Aquarium [ PGN]

Round 4 – Dec. 26th

Vallejo Pons – Malakhov ½ – ½ Nepomniachtchi – Delchev 0-1 Salgado Lopez – Roiz ½ – ½ Caruana – Sasikiran 0-1 Round 4 games analyzed with Rybka Aquarium [ PGN]

Round 5 – Dec. 27th

Sasikiran – Vallejo Pons 1-0 Roiz – Caruana ½ – ½ Delchev – Salgado Lopez ½ – ½ Malakhov – Nepomniachtchi ½ – ½ Round 5 games analyzed with Rybka Aquarium [ PGN]

Round 6 – Dec. 28th

Vallejo Pons – Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Salgado Lopez – Malakhov 0-1 Caruana – Delchev ½ – ½ Sasikiran – Roiz 1-0 Round 6 games analyzed with Rybka Aquarium [ PGN]

Round 7 – Dec. 29th

Roiz – Vallejo Pons ½ – ½ Delchev – Sasikiran ½ – ½ Malakhov – Caruana ½ – ½ Nepomniachtchi – Salgado Lopez 1-0 Round 7 games analyzed with Rybka Aquarium [ PGN]