| 1st Asian Club Chess Cup: Al-Ain 2008 |
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| 1st Asian Club Cup - Champions League (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 25th - 31st December 2008 |
| City: | Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates |
| Venue: | The Al-Ain Culture and Chess Club |
| Tournament Director: | IO Casto Abundo (PHI) |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Sultan Tahir (UAE) |
| Teams participating: | 30 from 23 countries (incl. 2 home teams) |
| Players participating: | 147 (incl. 30 GMs, 22 IMs, 24 FMs and 2 CMs) |
| Games played: | 416 (8 games were forfeited) |
| Competition format: | Four board seven round Swiss. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Match points; 2. Deducted Berger; 3. Deducted sum of match points; 4. Game points (see explanations) |
| Time control: | 90 minutes per game + 30 sec. increment per move |
| Websites: | ChessBase reports: part1, part2 [EN] |
| Downloadable game file: | 08asianclub.zip |
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N/A |
| no. | name | flag | code | ELOp |
| 1. | GM So, Wesley | |
TGTY | 2706 |
| 2. | GM Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn | |
VTVC | 2697 |
| 3. | GM Karjakin, Serhyi | |
AAIN | 2697 |
| no. | name | flag | code | ELOp |
| 1. | GM Zhou Jianchao |  |
QIYU | 2701 |
| 2. | GM Efimenko, Zahar | |
AAIN | 2638 |
| 3. | IM Sengupta, Deep |  |
CLID | 2607 |
| no. | name | flag | code | ELOp |
| 1. | GM Jobava, Baadur |  |
AAIN | 2742 |
| 2. | GM Petrosian, Tigran L. |  |
FSAT | 2599 |
| 3. | GM Nguyễn Anh Dũng | |
VTVC | 2587 |
| no. | name | flag | code | ELOp |
| 1. | GM Pashikian, Arman | |
FSAT | 2746 |
| 2. | GM Safin, Shukhrat |  |
CHCH | 2673 |
| 3. | GM Laylo, Darwin | |
TGTY | 2599 |
| no. | name | flag | code | ELOp |
| 1. | GM Li Chao | |
AAIN | 2797 |
| 2. | GM El-Gindy, Essam |  |
AIN2 | 2422 |
| 3. | Gamil, Mohamed |  |
YMCC | 2108 |