(see all-time tournament summary)
Note that the poster wrongly numbers the event as IV not VI.
Katalunia berriro nagusi [EU]
| 6th Cuatro Naciones Team Tournament: San Sebastián 2008 |
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| 6th Cuatro Naciones Team Tournament (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 19th - 20th December 2008 |
| City: | Donostia-San Sebastián, The Basque Country autonomous community, Spain |
| Venue: | Polideportivo Manteo, Gros district |
| Tournament Director: | N/A |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Lukas Iruretagoiena Pascual (ESP) |
| Teams participating: | 4 |
| Players participating: | 18 (incl. 8 GMs, 7 IMs and 2 FMs) |
| Games played: | 24 |
| Competition format: | Four board round robin. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Game points; 2. Sonneborn-Berger |
| Time control: | 90 minutes per game + 30 sec. increment per move |
| Official poster: | Note that the poster wrongly numbers the event as IV not VI. |
| Website: | LAU NAZIOEN VI. XAKE TXAPELKETA |
| Other websites: | info at chess-results.com Katalunia berriro nagusi [EU] |
| Downloadable game file: | 08cnat.zip |
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The invited two were France, second place winners from 2006 and Argentina who grabbed top spot in two premier editions. The line-ups seemed pretty equal with Catalonia being top seeds, but they only drew bottom seeded team Euskadi in the opening domestic derby. As they beat Argentina 3-1 they had to play France in the decisive match and they won 2½-1½ to grab third consecutive tournament win. Argentina defeated the Basque team moving ahead of France in the final standings. GM Peralta of Argentina and GM Magem Baldas of Catalonia scored 2½/3 - the two best individual scores. |
| bd | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Peralta, Fernando |  |
ARG | 2½ | 3 | 83.3 |
| 2. | GM Magem Badals, Jordi |  |
CATA | 2½ | 3 | 83.3 |
| 3. | GM Narciso Dublan, Marc | |
CATA | 2 | 2 | 100.0 |
| 4. | FM Del Rey, Diego | |
ARG | 2 | 3 | 66.7 |