Philadelphia International

June 26-30, 2008 Philadelphia Center City Sheraton

Games 68 total
With Chessbase Player

Pairings & Results
Rd 1
Rd 2
Rd 3
Rd 4
Rd 5
Rd 6
Rd 7
Rd 8
Rd 9

The Philadelphia International started this evening with 43 players from 5 countries joining the mix. A large contingent of 14 players from India are competing this year.

15 year old Indian Grandmaster, Parimarjan Negi took clear first and $2,000 with 7-2.
IM and soon to be GM Arun Prasad scored 6.5 for clear second and $1,000
Taking home $450 was a group with 6-3: GM's Julio Becerra and GN Gopal, WGM Eesha Karavede and Gabriel Battaglini,

Norms Earned

Battaglini (IM) -Earned an IM Norm

Prasad (GM) - He earned his 2500 rating during the tournament and had the three previous norms. He is also earning a 4th Norm here.

Eesha Karavade (IM) - After a FIDE rules clarification, she earned an IM norm

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot Prize

1 GM Parimarjan Negi 2514 W12 W5 W10 W4 W13 D2 D3 D7 D6 7 2000.00

2 IM Arun Prasad 2465 W30 W20 D4 W9 D3 D1 W16 D10 D5 6½ 1000.00

3 GM Julio J Becerra 2575 H--- H--- W37 W18 D2 W13 D1 D4 D7 6 450.00

4 GM G N Gopal 2562 W27 W11 D2 L1 W20 W10 D7 D3 D9 6 450.00

5 Gabriel Battaglini 2356 W31 L1 W15 W35 D10 D8 D9 W14 D2 6 450.00

6 WGM Eesha Karavade 2303 W39 D35 L9 W30 D16 W15 D8 W19 D1 6 450.00

7 GM Surya She Ganguly 2614 D23 W17 D16 D11 W14 D9 D4 D1 D3 5½ 33.33

8 GM Abhijit Kunte 2547 D28 D23 W12 D14 D11 D5 D6 D16 W20 5½ 33.33

9 IM K Rathnakaran 2488 W32 D14 W6 L2 W24 D7 D5 D11 D4 5½ 33.33

10 IM Dean J Ippolito 2425 W33 W18 L1 W19 D5 L4 W23 D2 D11 5½ 33.33

11 IM Michael A Mulyar 2381 W36 L4 W23 D7 D8 D28 W24 D9 D10 5½ 33.33

12 FM Bindi Cheng 2294 L1 W33 L8 W25 W19 L16 W18 W28 D13 5½ 33.33

13 IM Rajaram Laxman 2488 W15 D37 W28 W16 L1 L3 L14 W23 D12 5

14 FM Charles A Galofre 2318 W34 D9 D35 D8 L7 W21 W13 L5 D19 5

15 Eric Hansen 2240 L13 W25 L5 W38 W22 L6 D27 D18 W24 5

16 IM Marani Venkatesh 2450 W29 W19 D7 L13 D6 W12 L2 D8 U--- 4½

17 WGM Nisha Mohata 2400 D22 L7 W39 D28 D23 L24 L20 W32 W30 4½

18 WGM Swathi Ghate 2350 W21 L10 W32 L3 L28 W33 L12 D15 W31 4½

19 FM Nelson Castaneda 2314 W38 L16 W29 L10 L12 W25 W28 L6 D14 4½

20 FM Todd D Andrews 2311 W26 L2 D24 W21 L4 L23 W17 W27 L8 4½

21 Keith Mackinnon 2029 L18 D26 W27 L20 W29 L14 D32 D30 W34 4½

22 WIM Kiran Manisha Mohanty 2316 D17 L28 D36 D33 L15 W38 W31 D24 U--- 4

23 FM Daniel A Yeager 2300 D7 D8 L11 W36 D17 W20 L10 L13 D32 4

24 FM John D Bick 2201 L35 W38 D20 W37 L9 W17 L11 D22 L15 4

25 Marc Widmaier 2062 L37 L15 W34 L12 W36 L19 B--- L26 W33 4

26 William Fisher 1556 L20 D21 L30 D31 D34 D29 X36 W25 U--- 4

27 WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy 2298 L4 D30 L21 X39 D33 W32 D15 L20 U--- 3½

28 Samuel Shankland 2296 D8 W22 L13 D17 W18 D11 L19 L12 U--- 3½

29 WIM Sai Meera 2227 L16 W31 L19 D32 L21 D26 D33 W38 U--- 3½

30 WFM Alisa Melekhina 2208 L2 D27 W26 L6 D32 H--- H--- D21 L17 3½

31 James Chan 2044 L5 L29 L33 D26 W38 W34 L22 B--- L18 3½

32 Michael S Katz 2236 L9 W34 L18 D29 D30 L27 D21 L17 D23 3

33 Kimani A Stancil 2162 L10 L12 W31 D22 D27 L18 D29 D34 L25 3

34 Adarsh Jayakumar 1885 L14 L32 L25 B--- D26 L31 W38 D33 L21 3

35 IM David Pruess 2425 W24 D6 D14 L5 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 2

36 Shelly Mays 2066 L11 H--- D22 L23 L25 B--- F26 U--- U--- 2

37 IM Ronald Burnett 2373 W25 D13 L3 L24 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1½

38 Klaus D Kuenitz 1674 L19 L24 B--- L15 L31 L22 L34 L29 U--- 1

39 Dan Tecker unr. L6 B--- L17 F27 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 1

Continental Chess is sponsoring the tournament. IA Bill Goichberg is directing, Michael Atkins assisting

Standings: Complete standings in wallchart format are available here

Final Standings

Round 2 + 4 Videos

A stroll down the top 7 boards as the round began. FM Todd Andrews,
seen behind his sunglasses will be providing content for US Chess Online

YouTube is not letting me upload this 44 MB video for somereason. Will keep trying. have tried about 15-20 times to post several videos and either the wireless is bad or Youtube is having problems.

GGM Parimarjann Negi, winner of the |
Philadelphia International

The Ladies of India

WGM Nisha Mohata (FIDE 2400)

WGM Swaith Ghate (FIDE 2350)

WIM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (FIDE 2316)

WGM Eesha Karavade (FIDE 2303)

WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy (FIDE 2298)

WIM Sai Meera (FIDE 2227)