Zoltan Almasi wins Reggio Emilia 2008

Zoltan Almasi of Hungary won the Reggio Emilia tournament of 2008. He finished half a point clear of three others who were tied at 5.5 points. Almasi garnered 6 points out of a possible 9. The local favorite, Godena, finished at the bottom with 3 points.

Final standings after round 9:

Almasi - 6
Gashimov, Ni Hua, Harikrishna - 5.5
Landa - 4.5
Korchnoi, Navara - 4
Tiviakov, Marin - 3.5
Godena - 3

Reggio Emilia Round 5

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Navara beat Korchnoi in a French Defence game.
Almasi beat Marin - Ruy Lopez game.
Ni Hua beat Tiviakov in a Center Counter game (Scandinavian).
Godena drew Landa in a Sicilian Alapin game.

Results of Round 5 at Reggio Emilia

Godena - Landa 0.5 - 0.5
Navara - Korchnoi 1 - 0
Almasi - Marin 1 - 0
Ni Hua - Tiviakov 1 - 0
Gashimov - Harikrishna 0.5 - 0.5

Standings after Round 5:

Almasi - 3.5 pts
Gashimov, Harikrishna, Landa, Ni Hua - 3 pts
Marin, Tiviakov, Navara, Korchnoi - 2 points
Godena - 1.5 pts

Landa and Gashimov catch Almasi at the top

Konstantin Landa and Vugar Gashimov joined overnight leader, Zoltan Almasi at the Reggio Emilia chess tournament. They have collected 2 points each out of the possible 3. The tournament is a very strong one and even Navara, who was recently above 2700 is in the last place with just one point.

Landa beat Marin and Gashimov beat Navara (with black pieces).
The remaining games were drawn.

Standings after round 3:

Almasi, Landa, Gashimov - 2
Korchnoi, Ni Hua, Harikrishna, Marin - 1.5
Tiviakov, Godena, Navara - 1

Pentala Harikrishna beats Godena

Harikrishna beat in form Godena in the second round of the Reggio Emilia tournament.

All the other games were drawn.

Results of second round:

Gashimov vs Ni Hua 0.5 - 0.5
Korchnoi vs Almasi 0.5 - 0.5
Marin vs Navara 0.5 - 0.5
P Harikrishna vs Godena 1-0
Tiviakov vs Landa 0.5 - 0.5